Monthly Archives: March 2015

ANZAMEMS Annual General Meeting 2015

Dear members,

Please find below the official notice of the upcoming ANZAMEMS AGM to be held at Monash on April 2, 2015, 2:00-3:30pm AEDST.

This AGM will be held via video-link. Institutions which will be linking in with the meeting are: UQ, UWA, University of Tasmania, University of Otago, University of Auckland, University of Canterbury at Christchurch. Please contact your nearest committee member if you wish to attend one of these venues for the meeting. Anyone in the Melbourne area is of course welcome to join us in person at Monash.

A proxy form will be circulated early next week for those who cannot come to the AGM but who still wish to vote.

Notice of Meeting

An Annual General Meeting will be held via video-link on Thursday 2 April , 2015 at 2:00-3:30pm AEDST, at the Clayton videoconference facility, Room G21, Building 75, Monash University, Clayton campus, Victoria.

ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions Masterclass: Dark Materials In Literature and Criticism

“Dark Materials In Literature and Criticism”
ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions Masterclass led by Ewan Fernie (University of Birmingham)

Date: Friday, April 17, 2015
Time: 10:00 – 4:00pm (Sessions will be 10:30-12:30 & 2:00-4:00)
Venue: Room 471, Global Change Institute (Bldg 20), UQ St Lucia campus
RSVP: uqche@uq.edu.au, or (07) 3365-4913 by Friday 10 April

All welcome, but numbers are limited so please RSVP by the date indicated

Morning tea at 10:00am and lunch at 1:00pm is provided.

This forum for discussing the ways in which dark and recalcitrant aspects of human life feature in literature and criticism is intended to open up questions of literary-critical values, method, idiom and form, as well as to bring into focus some problematic but interesting ideas about sex, gender, ethics and religion and some of the ways they intersect.

Readings:

  • Jonathan Dollimore, ‘Introduction to the Third Edition’, Radical Tragedy (2004), pp. xiv-xxxvii
  • Ewan Fernie, from ‘The Possessed’, The Demonic: Literature and Experience (2012), pp. 218-52
  • Kevin Hart, ‘Dark Retreat’, Young Rain (2009), pp. 70-79
  • Kevin Hart, ‘Colloquies’, Morning Knowledge (2011), pp. 12-22

Ewan Fernie is Chair, Professor and Fellow at the Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham, Stratford-upon-Avon, where he co-convenes the pioneering MA in Shakespeare and Creativity and helps run the collaboration with the RSC at The Other Place. He is General Editor (with Simon Palfrey) of the Shakespeare Now! series, and his latest critical book is The Demonic: Literature and Experience. Fernie also writes creatively. He led the AHRC grant-winning project which culminated in Redcrosse: A New Poetic Liturgy for St George’s Day that was performed in major UK cathedrals and by the RSC, and published in 2012. He is currently completing a Macbeth novel (also with Palfrey), and beginning to develop a play with Katharine Craik and the RSC called Marina, as well as seeing through the press a volume of essays edited with Tobias Döring on Shakespeare and Thomas Mann. Fernie’s present critical project is a book entitled Shakespeare’s Freetown: Why the Plays Matter. But he also has a developing interest in the part played by Shakespeare in the nineteenth-century reformation of industrial Birmingham, and in particular in the work and life of the radical preacher and lecturer George Dawson.

CHASS Australia Prize for a Book in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences – Call For Applications

The Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) invites applications for the CHASS Australia Prize for a Book in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences ($3500).

Nominees in this category must have published a non-fiction book (e-books are acceptable) in any HASS area between the dates of 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2014. Self-nominations are acceptable. Books should be by a single author or, at most, two authors. ​The book may have been published overseas, but the nominee must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident. Self-published books and e-books will be considered if the author can provide evidence that the book has been peer-reviewed. All works must be in English; unpublished manuscripts are not eligible. Books are not required to deal solely with Australian topics. For example, biographies of non-Australians and books about events that took place outside of Australia are acceptable.

The ​CHASS prize will be awarded to the author whose book, in the opinion of the judges, contributes most to cultural and intellectual life in Australia. Five copies of the application form, nominated book or CD (for an e-book) are required for judging. A single author can submit up to four books. Application materials and books will not be returned to applicants. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

To access/download the nomination form and to read more head to: http://www.chass.org.au/2015-australia-prizes

Submissions (regular mail or electronic) will be accepted until 5PM (AEST) on the 1 June 2015.

For more information, please contact CHASS on: (03) 9925 3935 or events@chass.org.au.

You may also be interested in the additional three Australia Prizes, to be presented at the CHASS Annual National Forum:

CHASS Australia Prize for Distinctive Work in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences ($3,500)
This prize is for a performance, exhibition, research project or a specific advance in policy development in any HASS field.


CHASS Australia Prize for a Future Leader in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences ($2,000)
This prize will be awarded for a future leader in any aspect of the Humanities, Arts or Social Sciences.

CHASS Australia Prize for a Student in the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences ($500 Co-Op Voucher)
This prize is for a student project, performance, exhibition or thesis that best exemplifies the contribution of HASS to our understanding of our nation and us.

Lecturer in Shakespeare and Early Modern Literature – Call For Applications

Lecturer in Shakespeare and Early Modern Literature
Royal Holloway, University of London – Department of English

Location: Egham
Salary: £40,645 to £48,088 per annum inclusive of London Allowance
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Closes: 22nd March 2015
Job Ref: 0215-065

Applications are invited for the post of lecturer in Shakespeare and Early Modern Literature in the Department of English.

The successful candidate will be required to teach undergraduate and MA courses on Shakespeare, with scope for teaching and developing courses in other areas of early modern literature. The appointee will be expected to participate fully in delivering the Department’s objectives, undertaking research and teaching as well as the supervisions of research students, and developing work of lasting impact. They will also participate in departmental administration as requested by the Head of Department.

You will have a completed PhD and a proven record of research, publication and teaching in the specified field. You will have demonstrated the ability to work with others in teaching and/or research, and you should show an ability to address the issues of grant capture and research impact.

This is a full-time and permanent post, available from September 2015. This post is based in Egham, Surrey, where the College is situated in a beautiful, leafy campus near to Windsor Great Park and within commuting distance from London.

For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Professor Tim Armstrong at t.armstrong@rhul.ac.uk or +44 (0)1784 443747.

To view further details of this post and to apply please visit https://jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk. The RHUL Recruitment Team can be contacted with queries by email at: recruitment@rhul.ac.uk or via telephone on: +44 (0)1784 41 4241.

Interview Date: Interviews are expected to take place in April 2015

The College is committed to equality and diversity, and encourages applications from all sections of the community.

Objects in Motion: Material Culture in Transition – Call For Papers

Objects in Motion: Material Culture in Transition
CRASSH, University of Cambridge
18–20 June, 2015

Conference Website

Objects in Motion will bring together diverse scholars, curators, writers, and artists to discuss material culture in transition. Material objects are produced within specific contexts—geographical, cultural, and temporal. This is true for things as diverse as the Great Sphinx built in Egypt at least 4500 years ago, the Lindisfarne Gospels illuminated in 8th-century Northumbria, a wooden ceremonial mask carved in 19th-century Nigeria, or a mobile phone made in 21st-century China.

What happens when objects such as these transition into other contexts? How are differences in use and meaning negotiated? Sometimes later reinterpretations and reincarnations (including ‘fakes’ and reproductions) incorporate elements of the objects’ original use and meaning, and other times they diverge entirely. This can affect not only the objects themselves but also the knowledge and experiences embedded within or produced by them—as with books, musical recordings, and technologies.

Scholars, curators, writers, and artists from all disciplines are welcome to propose relevant talks. Visual artists (including photographers) are also welcome to propose artwork on the theme to be displayed in the Alison Richard Building. Proposals for performing arts may be made as well, within the constraints of space and time stated below. The papers and art, selected by both CFP and invitation, will be complemented by events at local museums.

These diverse contributions will help to shed light on material culture dynamics which remain highly relevant even today despite the growth of multinational corporations, global communication, and increasing standardisation. They will also foster productive dialogue on different disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to studying and responding to these dynamics.

Guidelines for proposing a paper

Proposals for talks should be emailed to the convenor Dr. Alexi Baker (ab933@cam.ac.uk) by 15 March, 2015. They should include a title, an abstract of up to 250 words, a brief biography, contact information, and any institutional affiliations. Scholars at all stages of their careers including independent scholars are encouraged to apply, as are artists and writers who would like offer talks reflecting on the conference theme.

Guidelines for proposing visual or performing arts

Proposals for visual or performing arts which reflect upon the conference theme should be emailed to the convenor Dr. Alexi Baker (ab933@cam.ac.uk) by 15 March, 2015. The visual artwork will hang in the ground floor seminar rooms of the Alison Richard Building from the time of the conference until at least October 2015, and must be fitted to the available space and hanging facilities. The artist(s) must be able to transport their works to the Alison Richard Building themselves and to install them with limited assistance from staff. Each piece will need to come fitted with string or hooks on the back so that they can be attached to the hanging rails in the seminar rooms with nylon string. (The type of rails in use can be seen here. Small labels may also be affixed near the artworks using white-tack. Proposals for performing arts will be considered as well as long as they can be staged within the limited space of a seminar room, and have a running time of less than one hour. Possibilities could include for example recitations, musical performances, or self-contained dramatic performances. Proposals for visual or performing arts should consist of:

  • Contact information and any institutional affiliations
  • Title of the installation or performance
  • Description of up to 250 words
  • CV and (if available) website of the artist
  • Examples of the work of the artist
  • Detailed installation or staging requirements

The Senses and Visual Culture from Antiquity to the Renaissance – Call For Papers

The Senses and Visual Culture from Antiquity to the Renaissance
Bristol, UK
8-9 June, 2015

Where does the recent sensory turn in the Arts and Humanities leave the study of Visual Culture? Can the viewer/object model incorporate the full sensorium without imposing ocularcentrism? How has vision’s relation to the other senses been expressed and explored through the visual arts from Antiquity to the Early Modern Period? How have the senses and sensory experience been represented in art before the Modern era?

This conference will explore the complex relationship between the visual and the sensory in contemporary theory and ancient practice. It will investigate the ways that art, from icons to illuminated manuscripts, music to architecture, and poetry to theatre, acted as a space for thinking about sensory experience, and for representing sensory ideas and theories. It will bring together scholars from a range of fields, including Classics and Ancient History, Medieval and Byzantine Studies, Musicology, Museum Studies and the History of Art, to explore these questions in the context of different historical periods and cultures, and in terms of politics, religion, philosophy, and society in the pre-Modern era.

We invite abstracts of 300 words for papers including but not limited to the following themes:

  • The role of the visual
  • The non-visual senses and the reception of visual culture
  • Embodied interaction with apparently visual art
  • The use of ancient sensory theory in later practice
  • Representations of sensory experience
  • The difference between Eastern and Western European traditions in terms of ideas about the senses and how they are represented
  • Displaying historical sensory experiences in museum settings
  • The future of visual culture studies of pre-modern Europe

 

Papers will be 20 minutes long, with 10 minutes for discussion. The conference will be held 8th-9th June 2015 at the University of Bristol, UK. Please send abstracts and CVs to the organisers, Erica O’Brien and Heather Hunter-Crawley at sensesvisualculture@gmail.com, by 10 April 2015. For further information and updates, please see the conference website: sensesandvisualculture.wordpress.com

Uni of Melbourne: Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in English & Theatre Studies – Call For Applications

University of Melbourne
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in English & Theatre Studies
School of Culture & Communication
Faculty of Arts

Work type: Fixed Term
Location: Parkville
Salary: $89,955 – $106,817 p.a. [Lecturer, Level B] or $110,190 – $127,054 p.a. [Senior Lecturer, Level C], plus 17% superannuation.

Applications are invited from outstanding candidates with a strong research and publishing profile in at least one of the following areas: modern literature and/or theatre, poetry, literary and cultural theory, literary and cultural history, genre. The English and Theatre Studies program at the University of Melbourne has been at the forefront of disciplinary innovation in English and Theatre teaching and research. English at Melbourne was recently ranked 1st in Australia and 25th in the world, and was ranked 5 (‘well above world standard’) in the 2012 ERA round. The English and Theatre Studies program is increasingly encouraging collaborative, cross-disciplinary work in line with University priorities, and shares appointments with the Australian Centre and the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions (CHE).

For full details and to apply, please visit: http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/885490/lecturer-senior-lecturer-in-english-theatre-studies

Closing date for applications: 7 April, 2015.

Lecturer in Medieval History – Call For Applications

Lecturer in Medieval History,
Department of History, Classics and Archaeology,
Birkbeck College, University of London

Salary: Grade 7 which is £35,343 rising to £40,460 per annum inclusive of £3,066 London Allowance.

This post is full-time and open-ended

Birkbeck’s Department of History, Classics and Archaeology (HCA) has a long and distinguished record as a centre of research and teaching excellence. In the Research Excellence Framework 2014, HCA was ranked seventh among all History departments in Britain (Times Higher Education research intensity table), with 85% of its research portfolio deemed ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’. As part of its plans for strategic development, and in accordance with its commitment to excellence in research and teaching across broad temporal and geographic ranges, the Department seeks exceptional candidates to appoint to two full-time, open-ended posts, in Medieval and Early Modern History, to begin in September 2015.

The Department of History, Classics, and Archaeology invites applications for a Lectureship in Medieval History. We seek to appoint an outstanding scholar working on any aspect of the history of the period between c.400 and c.1000. Applicants should have a doctorate in Medieval History and a research record appropriate to their career stage, that shows clear evidence of outstanding potential to contribute to the national and international profile of the Department. Experience of teaching at degree level is expected, but experience at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels is particularly desirable.

The person appointed will engage in scholarly research and publication; take responsibility for organisation, supervision, and teaching of the broad period of the Middle Ages, including Late Antiquity, at undergraduate and postgraduate level; supervise postgraduate students; and participate in Departmental, School, and College administration as required.

Applicants are requested to submit a curriculum vitae and a covering letter outlining their research plans, teaching experience, and wider engagement with academic or public bodies. Shortlisted applicants will be asked to submit several sample module proposals, including an MA option with a significant Late Antique component. Details of our current programmes can be found at www.bbk.ac.uk/history/prospective-students

For further information on this opportunity contact Dr Frederick Anscombe, Assistant Dean (Email: f.anscombe@bbk.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0)207 631 6272). A link to the PDF document containing the job description and person specification is available here.

The closing date for completed applications is midnight on 25 March 2015.

Interviews will be held on 22 April 2015.

Monash University: CMRS Inaugural Annual Symposium – Languages of Exile and Imprisonment in Medieval and Renaissance England and Italy

Monash University, Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Inaugural Annual Symposium

“Tied with indissoluble chains”: Languages of Exile and Imprisonment in Medieval and Renaissance England and Italy

Date: Friday 24 April 2015
Time: 9:15 am – 4:30pm
Venue: Monash Club, Monash University, Clayton
Cost: $40 waged/$35 student (includes lunch, morning and afternoon tea)
Registration: Available online here
Convenors: Lisa Di Crescenzo and Sally Fisher

All welcome!

In Medieval and Renaissance England and Italy, exile and imprisonment were the ubiquitous result of political and dynastic struggles. Scholars have scrutinised the political uses of exile and imprisonment as instruments of government, recognising that the imposition of either performed a role far beyond that of punishment for crime. The invited speakers at this symposium will consider the languages of exile and imprisonment in Medieval and Renaissance England and Italy using such sources as letters, legal documents, chronicles and poems. The symposium aims to explore how the experience of exile and imprisonment was negotiated, reshaped and performed, and to interrogate the intersections and oppositions between these two states.

Plenary Speaker:

  • Susan Broomhall (University of Western Australia)

Speakers include:

  • Lisa Di Crescenzo (Monash University)
  • Stephanie Downes (University of Melbourne)
  • Sally Fisher (Monash University)
  • Helen Hickey (University of Melbourne)
  • Amanda McVitty (Massey University, NZ)
  • Natalie Tomas (Monash University)

Enquiries: Lisa Di Crescenzo <lisa.dicrescenzo@monash.edu>; Sally Fisher <safis1@student.monash.edu>.

Australian Academy of the Humanities: Publication Subsidy Scheme – Call For Applications

The Academy’s Publication Subsidy Scheme provides support of up to $3,000 for the publication of scholarly works of high quality in the humanities. The scheme is designed to assist humanities scholars based in Australia. Both independent scholars and those working within an institution are eligible to apply.

If you are interested in applying, please consult the Rules of the Award [.pdf 136kb]. Applicants will need to provide:

  • an assessment of the work by a recognised scholar in the field
  • correspondence from the publisher demonstrating support for the work
  • and a publisher’s reader’s report

Applications for the 2015 Publication Subsidy Scheme are now open. Please click here to apply. Applications close at 5pm AEST on Thursday 9 April 2015.