The Medieval Academy of America provides a limited number of travel grants to help Academy members who hold doctorates but are not in full-time faculty positions, or are adjuncts without access to institutional funding, attend conferences to present their work. The deadline for application is 1 November, 2016 for meetings to be held between 16 February and 31 August, 2017.
For full details, please visit: https://medievalacademy.site-ym.com/page/Travel_Grants
ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions presents:
Art, Objects and Emotions
Convened by Prof Charles Zika and Dr Angela Hesson
Date: 15 & 16 November 2016
Venue: Conference Centre, The Woodward Centre, 10th floor, Melbourne Law School
Registrations: http://alumni.online.unimelb.edu.au/s/1182/match/wide.aspx?sid=1182&gid=1&pgid=10012&content_id=7267
Information: http://www.historyofemotions.org.au/events/art-objects-and-emotions-1400-1800
Contact: che-melb-admin@unimelb.edu.au
Collaboratory Dinner:
Date: Wednesday 16 November, 2016
Time: TBC once program is finalised
Venue: The Carlton Wine Room, 172-174 Faraday Street, Carlton VIC 3053
Cost: Full $80, concession $45, speaker (free)
‘Art’ wrote Susanne Langer ‘is the objectification of feeling.’ A century earlier, Paul Cezanne had made the more extravagant claim ‘A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.’ Although the impulse to define art in such succinct and finite terms might be deemed an essentially modern one, the wider notion of the inseparability of art and emotion, and the power of art to evoke strong feelings in viewers has a long history. In more recent times scholars have also begun to explore the role of material objects in human relationships through their power to evoke strong emotions. Artistic and non-artistic objects can generate desire and also violence, pride, belonging, devotion and disgust.
This collaboratory will consider the manifold ways in which art and objects depict, reflect, symbolise, communicate and regulate emotion in Europe in the period from c.1400 to c.1800, a period when objects of all kinds circulated widely and began to be systematically collected and displayed. From so-called fine art such as painting and sculpture, to decorative art and all manner of objects, we will examine the role of emotion in shaping our conception of art and objects, and likewise, of art and objects in shaping our understanding of emotion.
Confirmed speakers include: Lisa Beaven (Art History, University of Melbourne), Thomas Dixon (History, University of London), Stephanie Downes (Literature, University of Melbourne), Elina Gertsman (Art History, Case Western Reserve University), Sasha Handley (History, University of Manchester), Angela Hesson (Art History/Literature, University of Melbourne), Matthew Martin (Curator, NGV), Shelley Perlove (Art History, University of Michigan-Dearborn), Corine Schleif (Art History, Arizona State University), Gary Schwartz (Art History, Independent Scholar), Angela McShane (Victoria & Albert Museum/History, University of Sheffield), Miya Tokumitsu (Art History, University of Melbourne) and Charles Zika (History, University of Melbourne).
Shakespeare in the Great Court
Date: 21 October 2016
Time: 4.00pm – 5.00pm
Venue: Great Court, The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus
Cost: Free
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in collaboration with the Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble present Shakespeare in the Great Court.
Bring your camping chairs and picnic rugs and join us for some Music and Madness as we take a look at some of William Shakespeare’s memorable theatrical moments in a selection of scenes, sonnets and songs performed by the Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble, resident theatre company of UQ’s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences.
This event is free and open to everyone so please spread the word.
Limited seating will be available and paid parking is available on site, for details click here.
Refreshments are available to purchase from the many cafes and bars on campus either before or after the performance.
This event is part of Delighted Spirit – the University’s tribute to the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare.
Please note: alcohol is not permitted at this event.
Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, published annually under the auspices of the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, invites the submission of articles by graduate students and recent PhDs in any field of medieval and Renaissance studies.
Submission deadline for Volume 48 (2017): 1 February, 2017.
The Comitatus editorial board will make its final selections by early May 2017. Please send submissions as email attachments to Dr. Blair Sullivan, sullivan@humnet.ucla.edu.
Lineage, Loyalty, and Legitimacy in Iberia and North Africa (600-1600)
Saint Louis University
19-21 June, 2017
The Center of Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Saint Louis University in conjunction with the Medieval Iberia and North Africa Group at the University of Chicago invite abstracts for an upcoming conference, “Lineage, Loyalty, and Legitimacy in Iberia and North Africa (600-1600),” to be held at the SLU campus on June 19-21, 2017 during the 5th Annual Symposium of Medieval and Renaissance Studies. The aim of this sub-conference is to build on recent scholarship which has sought to move beyond notions of “the state” as a mode of inquiry in Iberian and North African studies, and to promote instead a more holistic, interdisciplinary approach to the study of the politics, cultural production, and religious practices of these regions. Toward that end, this conference will bring together scholars from a range of disciplines in order to facilitate conversations about the relationships between politics, historiography, art, literature, and religion in medieval and early modern Iberia and North Africa.
Preliminary guiding questions for proposals include:
These questions are meant to be interpreted broadly, and applicants are invited to submit brief proposals for papers addressing the conference’s title themes. Possible topics include but are not limited to: royal and noble families; inheritance and succession; marriage; dynastic politics and genealogical narratives; oaths and fealty; jurisprudence and theology; intellectual traditions and networks; textual and artistic production, especially the “co-production” of culture across social, ethnic, and religious boundaries; document authenticity and forgery; administra9tive precedent and innovation.
We encourage submissions for 20-minute papers from a range of disciplines including: history, religious studies, literary studies, anthropology, archaeology, manuscript studies, and art history. The hope is that this conference will provide a forum for discussion and collaboration between scholars. Graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and early-career faculty are particularly encouraged to apply.
Please submit a brief CV along with an abstract of roughly 300 words to Edward Holt (eholt3@slu.edu) by December 15. Direct any questions or concerns to Edward Holt or Mohamad Ballan (mballan87@gmail.com).
European Shakespeare Research Association (ESRA) Conference, Gdansk, 27-30 July, 2017
http://esra2017.eu/
Call for papers: ‘He Do Shakespeare in Different Voices: The Use of Regional Accents and Dialects’
Lisa Hopkins, Sheffield Hallam University
Domenico Lovascio, University of Genoa
Lisa Hopkins and Domenico Lovascio invite proposals for papers for their seminar ‘He Do Shakespeare in Different Voices: The Use of Regional Accents and Dialects’. Shakespeare has helped shape English and has been translated into many European languages. What happens, though, when he or his contemporaries are performed in dialect or in regional accents? In England, Northern Broadsides deliberately eschew Received Pronunciation in favour of northern accents; in Italy, Cesare Deve Morire used Neapolitan rather than standard Italian. Sometimes particular accents become synonymous with particular meanings or approaches, as with the Royal Shakespeare Company’s rooted conviction that a Scots accent is funny. This seminar is interested in any production, film, or theatre company, in or from any European country, which (to paraphrase Pound’s proposed title for The Waste Land) does Shakespeare or any of his contemporaries in different voices. Possible approaches may include (but are not limited to):
Abstracts (250-300 words) and biographies (150 words) by Friday 27 January 2017; papers (8-10 pages, Times New Roman, 12 point font, double spacing, 2.5cm margins) by Friday 26 May 2017. Please send proposals and enquiries to both seminar leaders:
Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies 2017
University of Notre Dame, Indiana
March 9–11, 2017
Vagantes, North America’s largest graduate student conference for medieval studies, is seeking submissions for its 16th annual meeting at the University of Notre Dame, March 9–11.
Since its founding in 2002, Vagantes has nurtured a lively community of junior scholars from across the disciplines. Every conference features approximately thirty papers on any aspect of medieval studies, allowing for exciting interdisciplinary conversation and the creation of new professional relationships between future colleagues. Vagantes travels to a new university every year, highlighting the unique resources of the host institution through keynote lectures, exhibitions, and special events. Out of consideration for graduate students’ limited budgets, Vagantes never charges a registration fee.
The 2017 conference will feature a variety of exciting keynote speakers and events. Mary Franklin-Brown, Associate Professor of French & Italian at the University of Minnesota, will present on her current research. David Gura, Curator of Ancient and Medieval Manuscripts in Special Collections at the University of Notre Dame’s Hesburgh Library, will speak about his recent work on Arnulf of Orléans’ commentary on Ovid’s Metamorphoses. In addition, the conference will feature tours of Special Collections, the Basilica, and the Snite Museum of Art, and workshops on a variety of topics. Attendees will also be encouraged to avail themselves of the University’s world-renowned Medieval Institute Library.
Conference presenters residing outside the Michiana area who are unable to secure funding from their home institutions are eligible to apply for a travel honorarium to be issued as a reimbursement. See the Vagantes website for further details: www.vagantesconference.org/travel-awards.
Graduate students in all disciplines are invited to submit a paper title and abstract of no more than 300 words on any medieval topic along with a 1-2 page C.V. to organizers@vagantesconference.org by November 2, 2016.
University of Edinburgh
Teaching Fellow in Late Medieval to Early Modern English Literature
Location: Edinburgh
Salary: £31,656 to £37,768 per annum.
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Contract / Temporary
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures
Applications are invited for a Teaching Fellow in English Literature of the late medieval to early modern period.
The successful candidate will have experience in the design and delivery of teaching within the Higher Education sector, and the ability to deliver pre-honours and honours undergraduate courses in English Literature, including postgraduate teaching as appropriate. Successful Candidate will also be expected to contribute to the administration of the subject area including course organisation, as well as to undertake course assessment.
This full-time (35 hours each week) post is available for a fixed-term period of 2 years from 1 January, 2017 (or as soon as possible thereafter) until 31 December, 2018.
Applications should be received no later than 5.00pm (GMT) on Wednesday 26 October, 2016. It is anticipated that interviews will be held on 14 November, 2016.
Informal queries can also be sent via email for the attention of Dr Andy Taylor, Head of English Literature, to llc@ed.ac.uk.
For further particulars and to apply for this post please visit: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AOQ623/teaching-fellow-in-late-medieval-to-early-modern-english-literature
CHE Workshop: “The Song of Songs in the Middle Ages and Dante”, Professor Lino Pertile (Harvard University)
Date: Thursday 20 October, 2016
Time: 3:00pm–5:00pm (afternoon tea served in Tea Room 1.13 from 2.45pm)
Venue: Philippa Maddern Seminar Room 1.33 (First Floor, Arts Building), University of Western Australia
Register: This event is free, but please email Katrina Tap (katrina.tap@uwa.edu.au) to register by 19 October, 2016.
Professor Lino Pertile is Harvard College Professor and Carl A. Pescosolido Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures. Professor Pertile is a renowned scholar on Italian literature, with a particular focus on the medieval and Renaissance periods. He has also been Director of the Villa I Tatti, the Harvard Center for Italian Renaissance Studies (2010-2015). His extensive list of publications include Dante in Context (Cambridge University Press, 2015), The Cambridge History of Italian Literature (Cambridge University Press, 1996 and 1999) and The New Italian Novel (Edinburgh University Press, 1993).
Event information: http://www.historyofemotions.org.au/events/the-song-of-songs-in-the-middle-ages-and-dante.
“Scrapbook Shakespeare: James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps and the preparation of a nineteenth-century Shakespeare edition”, Paul Salzman (La Trobe University)
Date: Thursday 20 October, 2016
Time: 12:00pm–1:00pm
Venue: Leigh Scott Room, Level 1, Baillieu Library, The University of Melbourne
RSVP: Free but RSVP required. Book here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/scrapbook-shakespeare-james-orchard-halliwell-phillipps-and-the-preparation-of-a-nineteenth-century-tickets-26274722402
James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps was responsible for one of the most beautiful and most expensive complete editions of Shakespeare in the nineteenth century. In this talk Professor Paul Salzman will explain how the edition was put together, and how Halliwell-Phillipps created an extensive series of scrapbooks to help with his annotation, creating them in part through a process of slicing pages out of old books, including a number of Shakespeare quarto and folios. Professor Salzman will speak about about the way Shakespeare was edited in general in the nineteenth century, a time when approaches to editing combined with the elevation of Shakespeare into the role of national and indeed international icon.
Paul Salzman, FAHA is an Emeritus Professor of English Literature at La Trobe University. He has published widely on early modern literature; his most recent book is Literature and Politics in the 1620s: ‘Whisper’s Counsells’ (2014).