Monthly Archives: January 2016

Medieval and Renaissance Music Conference – Call For Papers

Medieval and Renaissance Music Conference
University of Sheffield
5–8 July, 2016

We welcome proposals for individual papers of 20 mins, “lightning talks” of 10 mins, round tables, workshops, and posters. We particularly encourage proposals for themed sessions of 3 or 4 papers.

We are delighted to announce that we will have a ‘conference consort’, 4D/O Beta, available for any delegates to use in delivering their papers. The consort will comprise singer-musicologists experienced in reading from period notation. Paper proposers may wish to use the consort simply for live musical examples, or to build their paper around this facility. Please state in your proposal if you wish to include the consort in your presentation.

All proposals should include

  1. Title
  2. Indication of format
  3. Proposer’s name, affiliation, and a short bio.
  4. Contact email
  5. AV requirements

Individual abstracts should be no longer than 200 words. Themed session abstracts should also include an additional description (no longer than 200 words) of the proposed theme.

Please send your abstract to: medren@sheffield.ac.uk.

If intending to use the conference consort, please also email matthew.a.gouldstone@googlemail.com to discuss your requirements.

The deadline for proposals is 9am GMT on Monday 8 February, 2016.

Human Kind: Transforming Identity in British and Australian Portraits, 1700-1914 – Call For Papers

Human Kind: Transforming Identity in British and Australian Portraits, 1700-1914
University of Melbourne and National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
September 8-11, 2016

Conference Website

Papers are invited that focus on British or Australian portraits between 1700 and 1914, which can be interpreted as separate fields or as overlapping or comparative studies. The portraits may be in any public or private collection worldwide, but in particular in the National Gallery of Victoria. They may be in any medium, including painting, print, drawing, sculpture and photography.

The conference aims to be both informed and provocative and to provide a robust forum for new and contemporary perspectives. These will include:

  • how portraits shape social values and invent new possibilities for defining ‘human kind’
  • the importance of place and provenance in the interpretation of portraits
  • how portraits form a bridge of self-interpretation between Britain and colonial society
  • the bonding role of portraits, their exchange as gifts, as agents in friendship and social cohesion, as testament to empathy and kinship
  • the interaction of portraits with other art forms and cultural media, including theatre, literature and music, photography and film
  • the role of portraits as records of social exclusion, isolation and displacement
  • issues of authorship, attribution, restoration and the multiplication and copying of portraits

Please email abstracts of no more than 250 words and a short CV to portrait-conference@unimelb.edu.au

Deadline for proposals is Friday February 12, 2016.

Keynote speakers

  • Dr Mark Hallett, Director of Studies, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
  • Dr Martin Myrone, Lead Curator Pre-1800, Tate Gallery
  • Dr Kate Retford, Senior Lecturer, Department of History of Art, Birkbeck University of London

The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art (www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk) has provided funding for graduate bursaries. Please direct your enquiries to portrait-conference@unimelb.edu.au. For further information and to keep up-to-date, please visit the conference website (http://culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/human-kind-international-conference).

The Manuscript Book: A Series of Free Public Lectures

The University of Sydney is offering a series of free public lectures on the Medieval Manuscript Book.

Sponsored by ANZAMEMS, MEMC and the Fisher Library

Haraldur Bernharðsson, “Language change and scribal practice in 14th-century Iceland: An examination of three scriptoria”

and

David Andrés-Fernández, “The Processional as a liturgical book”

Date: Tuesday, 9 February
Time: 5:00pm
Venue: Fisher Library (Seminar Rm, Level 2)

Margaret M. Manion, “Manuscript Treasures in the Kerry Stokes Collections”

and

Rodney M. Thomson, “Interrogating Manuscripts: the Scholar as Detective”

Date: Wednesday, 10 February
Time: 5:00pm
Venue: Woolley Common Room (A20 – John Woolley Building)

For more information, please visit: http://anzamems.org/?page_id=10#CURRENT

ANZAMEMS Member News: Pippa Salonius – PATS (2015) Report

Pippa Salonius, Independent Scholar

Thoughts on the ANZAMEMS PATS @ University of Canterbury, November 2015
ANZAMEMS: Postgraduate Advanced Training Seminar ‘Medieval and Early Modern Digital Humanities’ Report

I recently had the pleasure of attending the ANZAMEMS postgraduate training seminar hosted by the University of Canterbury in Christchurch on 18 November 2015. The day was devoted to learning about digital humanities. Two keynote speakers, Professor Evelyn Tribble (University of Otago) and Professor Patricia Fumerton (University of California, Santa Barbara) presented work in their fields of English culture and literature, considering two key academic databases: EEBO (Early English Books Online) and EBBA (English Broadside Ballad Archive). Tribble discussed EEBO in terms of affordance and materiality, drawing attention to how the database can facilitate academic research, but also pointing out its weaknesses. As an art historian, I especially appreciated her highlighting the fact that viewing an object on a screen results in a flattened distortion of its image. In response to this problem, companies such as Factum Arte use digital technology to produce three-dimensional facsimiles of our cultural heritage (see their digitalisation of the earliest known Beato de Liébana manuscript at the Biblioteca Nacional in Madrid http://www.factum-arte.com/pag/46/Digitalisation-of-Beato-Emilianense-BNVIT14-1). Unfortunately, costs are high and as of yet few websites are able to provide their viewers with these types of images.

Tribble’s argument was nicely complemented by Fumerton’s description of the English Broadside Ballads Archive (EBBA). As the driving force behind this on-going digital project, Fumerton was able to give a clear description of the current database and its potential as a working tool, as well as providing insight into on-going questions of its future and development. I found the multimedia aspect of EBBA fascinating. The inclusion of images, text, and sound within a single database and the possibility of search queries in all medium was inspirational and sophisticated stuff! I have since spent many stolen moments exploring the database, moving between ballads, examining their images, and listening to vocal performances of their lyrics. Fumerton’s information has greatly expanded my own understanding of the digital platform, forcing me to reconsider the didactic value of its technology, and its capacity to promote interdisciplinary research. The papers concluded with a lively discussion on the controversial nature of open-access and funding of online digital humanities research tools, with particular reference to ProQuest’s recent revocation of EEBO subscriptions to learned societies due to a downturn in revenues.

In the afternoon workshop, Dr James Smithies (University of Canterbury) presented us with an exemplary model of a formal proposal for a digital humanities project, the ‘Digital Project Scope Document’. His practical approach was encouraging as he attempted to demystify the expectations of its content and layout held by university administrative and funding bodies, as well as external non-academic partners. Drawing on his experience in the Digital Humanities program at the University of Canterbury, Smithies was enthusiastic and convincing in his insistence on the fundamental importance of digital humanities as an integral working tool for current and future academics. His session opened the floor nicely to the critique of postgraduates who presented their own digital projects. These projects ranged from the planning stages to actual websites, and included proposals for interactive web resources tracing political dissent in medieval London, a website for open source translation of medieval European texts, and a comprehensive database mapping Byzantine and medieval art in New Zealand collections. The seminar closed with a panel comprised of Joanna Condon (Macmillan Brown Library), Dr Chris Jones (University of Canterbury), Dr James Smithies (University of Canterbury), and chaired by Anton Angelo (University of Canterbury), who highlighted various points raised during the day of discussion, confronting them with issues of change and context in the world of digital humanities.

As befits the topic, a video recording of the seminar has been posted on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYb2GDxvIpk&feature=youtu.be. Many thanks to Dr Tracy Adams (University of Auckland) and Dr Francis Yapp (University of Canterbury) whose respective roles as compere and organiser assured that the day progressed seamlessly and successfully. Finally, it is always a pleasure for me to be among fellow enthusiasts of medieval and early modern times, whose ideas challenge my own and whose energy is contagious. Thank you.

Adaptation Essay Prize 2016 – Call For Applications

The Adaptation Essay Prize is a new innovation from the journal, launched in 2011 to encourage the best new scholarship in the field. While the journal publishes many articles which focus on the relationship between literature and film, the Editors are particularly keen to publish work which challenges the primacy of that relationship: this might include essays on computer games, opera, popular music, animation, genre fiction or work with a wider theoretical sweep.

The Adaptation Prize

The winner’s prize will consist of:

  • Publication of the winning paper in a volume of Adaptation
  • A cash prize of £50.00
  • A year’s free print and online subscription to Adaptation

Other entries of sufficient quality may be invited to publish.

Entry requirements

The Essay Prize is open to anyone currently registered for either an undergraduate or postgraduate degree on any subject within adaptation studies. The entry must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. Essays are to be no longer than 4,000 words, inclusive of footnotes and references should conform to Adaptation house style. The closing date will be 1 April 2016,.

For full details on how to apply, please visit: http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/adaptation/essayprize.html

Masterclass: Baroque Music: Performance, Emotions, Insights

Masterclass ‘Baroque Music: Performance, Emotions, Insights’

Date: Wednesday 17 February, 2016
Time: 10am–4:30pm
Venue: The Salon, Ground Floor, Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank Boulevard, Southbank.
Contact: che-melb-admin@unimelb.edu.au. Tickets are free, but places are limited, so advanced booking is essential. Tickets are available for the day or by session.
More information: http://www.historyofemotions.org.au/events/baroque-music-performance-emotions-insights/

Symposium and Performance @ UWA – The Merry Wives of Windsor

Performance: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Date: 16–18 February 2016
Time: 7–9pm
Venue: New Fortune Theatre, The University of Western Australia.
Bookings: $25 Standard, $15 Concession, Child or Student: http://ticketswa.com/event/merry-wives-windsor

With 2016 commemorating the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, this new production by Melbourne’s Nothing But Roaring of Shakespeare’s funniest play of love and lies, fidelity and forgiveness, will transform the New Fortune Theatre into a chamber of laughter. The play features the corrupt and cowardly knight, Sir John Falstaff, who accompanied Prince Hal in Henry IV. In Falstaff’s latest escapades, he attempts to woo two wealthy married women. Rather than turn down the buffooning Falstaff, the ladies conspire to have a laugh (and a little vengance) at his expense.

Symposium: ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’
Date: Wednesday 17 February 2016
Time: 10am–5pm
Venue: Philippa Maddern Seminar Room (Arts 1.33) and the New Fortune Theatre, The University of Western Australia.
More details: http://www.historyofemotions.org.au/events/the-symposium-the-merry-wives-of-windsor

This symposium runs in conjunction with the performances of Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor on the New Fortune Theatre, 16–18 February 2016. It brings together international experts on the play and on theatre history. The emphasis will be on these presentations and discussion, so other papers are not invited.

This is a free event but numbers will be limited so please register well in advance with Pam Bond (pam.bond@uwa.edu.au).

Magic and Magicians in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age – Call For Papers

Magic and Magicians in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age
The University of Arizona, Tucson
April 28–May 1, 2016

Magic and the magician are two critically important aspects of cultural epistemology, challenging and contributing to the world of science, undermining it at the same time. Who was the magician, what did s/he do, how did s/he operate, how did society view him/her, and what does the topic addressed here mean for our own world in reflection upon the past?

This is a self-sustaining academic symposium. Participants are expected to secure travel funds and other resources to cover their costs (housing, registration) from their home institution.

Registration: $90. This will not only cover the conference, but also provide you with a free copy of the subsequent volume, for which I will do intensive research together with all contributors.

Selected papers will be accepted for publication in a planned volume (de Gruyter). Each contributor to the volume will receive a free copy and can negotiate with the publisher reduced prices for any of the volumes in our series.

For anyone interested in joining the symposium as part of the audience, please contact the organizer. Student participation will be most welcome.

Languages accepted at the symposium: English, French, German, and in exceptional cases Spanish. Non-English papers must be accompanied by a good English summary available as a hand-out. Abstracts of all papers will be posted well ahead of the symposium.

Hotel Accommodations: A special arrangement has been made with Riverpark Inn, $72/night (plus tax [12.05%] plus $2 per night). Price subject to change. Within the USA, call: 1-800 551-1466, refer to “Dept. of German Studies/Magic and the Magician in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Time,” or to the organizer’s name (Classen). Local number: 520 239-2300. Transportation to and from the symposium (at the University of Arizona), will be provided by means of the new streetcar ($4./day). For international guests, please fax your reservations to: 011- 520-239-2329.

Deadline for submission of abstracts: January 31, 2016, but feel free to send an inquiry even after that date, to aclassen@u.arizona.edu

Organizer and Chair: Dr. Albrecht Classen
University Distinguished Professor
Dept. of German Studies, 301 LSB, The University of Arizona
520 621-1395; aclassen@u.arizona.edu; aclassen.faculty.arizona.edu

PopCAANZ 7th Annual International Conference – Call For Papers

PopCAANZ 7th Annual International Conference
Sydney University Village, Sydney, Australia
29 June-1 July 2016

The Popular Culture Association of Australia and New Zealand (PopCAANZ) is devoted to the scholarly understanding of everyday cultures. It is concerned with the study of the social practices and the cultural meanings that are produced and are circulated through the processes and practices of everyday life, as a product of consumption, an intellectual object of inquiry, and as an integral component of the dynamic forces that shape societies.

We invite academics, professionals, cultural practitioners and those with a scholarly interest in popular culture to send a 150 word abstract and 100 word bio to the area chairs listed below. Deadline for proposals: 1 March, 2016.

Biography and Life Writing: Rachel Franks: biography@popcaanz.com
Business: Vicki Karaminas: business@popcaanz.com
Comics, Manga and Anime: Paul Mountfort: comics@popcaanz.com
Creative Writing: Karen Simpson Nikakis: writing@popcaanz.com
Curating: Heather Gailbraith: curating@popcaanz.com
Design: Gjoko Muratovski: design@popcaanz.com
Disability: Kimberley McMahon-Coleman: disability@popcaanz.com
Entertainment: Tanya Nitins: entertainment@popcaanz.com
Fandom: Katherine Larsen: fandom@popcaanz.com
Fashion: Vicki Karaminas: fashion@popcaanz.com
Fiction: Rachel Franks: fiction@popcaanz.com
Film: Bruce Isaacs: film@popcaanz.com
Food: Jill Adams food@popcaanz.com
Gender and Queer: Anita Brady: gender@popcaanz.com
Girlhood Studies: Juliette Peers: girlhood@popcaanz.com
Gothic and Horror: Lorna Piatti-Farnell: gothic@popcaanz.com
History: Bronwyn Labrum: history@popcaanz.com
Journalism: Stephen Harrington: journalism@popcaanz.com
Law: Jason Bainbridge: law@popcaanz.com
Performance: Sue Osmond: performance@popcaanz.com
Popular Romance: Jodi McAlister: popularomance@popcaanz.com
Radio and Audio Media: Martin Hadlow: radio@popcaanz.com
Religion: Holly Randell-Moon: religion@popcaanz.com
Science: Steven Gil: science@popcaanz.com
Spatial Arts: Julieanna Preston: spatial@popcaanz.com
Television: Rosser Johnson: tv@popcaanz.com
Textiles: Denise Rall: textiles@popcaanz.com
Toys and Games: Jason Bainbridge: toys@popcaanz.com
Visual Arts: Adam Geczy: visualarts@popcaanz.com

PopCAANZ will publish double-­‐blind peer reviewed Conference Proceedings online following the conference, and presenters will be invited to submit suitable articles to our new journal from June 2016, The Journal of Asia-­‐Pacific Pop Culture (Penn State University Press). Queries about new areas should be directed to vicepresident@popcaanz.com.