Philippa Maddern ECR Publication Prize and the Patricia Crawford Postgraduate Publication Prize – Applications Now Open

ANZAMEMS is delighted to announce that applications for our two new biennial publication prizes are now open.

ANZAMEMS invites submissions for the Philippa Maddern ECR Publication Prize and the Patricia Crawford Postgraduate Publication Prize:


Philippa Maddern ECR Publication Prize

The Philippa Maddern ECR Publication Prize is awarded to an Early Career Researcher (ECR) for the best article-length scholarly work in any discipline/topic falling within the scope of medieval and early modern studies, published within the previous two years (2014–15).

Philippa Maddern (1952–2014) was Professor of History at The University of Western Australia, Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, an ANZAMEMS stalwart, and an active member of the Association from its inception. Philippa contributed enormously to the development of medieval and early modern studies, both in Australia and globally. She gave great service as an office bearer of ANZAMEMS, serving in a range of capacities on the committee including many years as its Treasurer. Philippa was a great champion of researchers embarking on academic careers and ANZAMEMS is proud to establish a Publication Prize for Early Career Researchers in her honour.

Winners will receive A$1500 in prize money (or NZD equivalent), a travel bursary of A$500 to provide assistance in attending the ANZAMEMS Conference, a year’s membership of ANZAMEMS (including a subscription to Parergon), and a place at the ANZAMEMS Conference Dinner (at which the Prize is to be announced).

Full terms and conditions and the entry form for the Philippa Maddern ECR Publication Prize can be found on the ‘Bursaries and Prizes’ page at the ANZAMEMS website: http://anzamems.org/?page_id=8#PM

Submissions are due by: 5pm AWST, Thursday 1 September 2016.

 

Patricia Crawford Postgraduate Publication Prize

The Patricia Crawford Postgraduate Publication Prize will be awarded to a postgraduate student for the best article-length scholarly work in any discipline/topic falling within the scope of medieval and early modern studies, published within the previous two years (2014–15).

Patricia Crawford (1941–2009) was Professor Emerita of History at The University of Western Australia. A pioneering feminist historian, she is remembered as a leading scholar of early modern England whose work brought new depth to the study of women’s lives and thereby transformed understanding of the period. Trish was internationally recognised and served The University of Western Australia, her discipline, and ANZAMEMS with distinction. An active member of ANZAMEMS and the Parergon Editorial Committee, Trish was a scholar passionate about collaboration, and a mentor of extraordinary generosity, and ANZAMEMS is delighted to establish a Publication Prize for postgraduate students in her honour.

Winners will receive A$500 in prize money (or NZD equivalent), a travel bursary of A$500 to provide assistance in attending the ANZAMEMS Conference, a year’s membership of ANZAMEMS (including a subscription to Parergon), and a place at the ANZAMEMS Conference Dinner (at which the Prize is to be announced).

Full terms and conditions and the entry form for the Patricia Crawford Postgraduate Publication Prize can be found on the ‘Bursaries and Prizes’ page at the ANZAMEMS website: http://anzamems.org/?page_id=8#PC

Submissions are due by: 5pm AWST, Thursday 1 September 2016.

 

Please direct all queries regarding the prizes to: info@anzamems.org

University of Oxford, Two Research Associates: Stories of Survival: Eastern Christianity in the Early Modern World – Call For Applications

Research Associates – Stories of Survival: Eastern Christianity in the Early Modern World – Arabic and/or Syriac Materials (2 posts)
University of Oxford – History Faculty

Location: Oxford
Salary: £30,738 Grade 7 p.a.
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Contract / Temporary

‘Stories of Survival’ is an ambitious and exciting new research project that will investigate the history of Eastern Christianity in the early modern period, ca. 16th – 18th centuries. The team will reconstitute and analyse a ‘lost archive’ of literary, documentary, and printed sources in three continents, ten languages, and dozens of archives to produce a new religious and social history of Eastern Christianity in a global context.

We are seeking two Research Associates to join the project team, focusing on Arabic and/or Syriac sources related to Eastern Christianity (a third post, focusing on European-language sources, is now being advertised separately).

The Research Associates will conduct research in close collaboration with the rest of the project team, meeting regularly to share findings, discuss sources, and collaborate for purposes of research publication and dissemination.

You will hold a doctorate in a relevant subject (or show evidence that a doctorate is imminent), and be able to research in the languages relevant to your specialism; you will have a capacity for excellent independent research, and also for working as part of a team engaging in innovative forms of collaborative research in the Humanities. You will have outstanding communications skills, and the ability to write to a deadline. Experience of public engagement with historical research would be an advantage.

These are full-time posts based at Oxford, fixed-term for 3 years, tenable from 1 October 2016 and funded by the European Research Council. For an informal discussion about the roles, please contact the Principal Investigator, Dr John-Paul Ghobrial (john-paul.ghobrial@history.ox.ac.uk).

The deadline for applications is 12.00 noon on 1 June, 2016. To apply and for further details, please visit: https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=123092.

Opera: The Art of Emotions – Call For Papers

Opera: The Art of Emotions
The Inaugural Conference of the Opera Special Interest Group of the Musicological Society of Australia in association with ARC Centre for Excellence for the History of Emotions
The Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, The University of Melbourne
30 September-1 October, 2016

Keynote Presenter: Professor Neal Zaslaw (Cornell University, USA)

Voice, music, drama, poetry, plastic arts and dance combine to create a complex alchemy that makes opera an extraordinary experience monopolising the sight, hearing, imagination and sensibility of the audience. Without doubt, the human passions are at work on the opera stage. This conference aims to look at how emotions have been conceived, performed and experienced across the history of opera. We will interrogate and explore new theoretical and methodological approaches to understanding opera and the histories of emotion in which it operates.

Participants will be encouraged to collaborate in workshops, discussion forums as well as present more traditional papers to develop better insight into how to repopulate history with the oral/aural/gestural complexities of opera as emotional communication. We are accepting proposals for workshops (90 mins), discussion panels (90 mins) or single paper presentations (20 mins). Written proposals must not exceed 400 words and include the following: Name of author(s), affiliation(s), names of other participants (e.g., performers), format of presentation (workshop, papers etc.), title, aims, context, method, technical requirements (i.e. performance space etc.). Note that in the case of workshops, we shall encourage delegate participation from the floor, but if singers and instrumentalists are required, these need to be included as part of the author/presenter team and rehearsed appropriately in advance of the event.

Important dates:

  • Proposals submitted – Monday 30 May, to Frederic Kiernan: kiernanf@unimelb.edu.au
  • Outcomes of submission – Monday 20 June
  • Registration deadline – Monday 15 August
  • Conference opening – 5pm Thursday 29 September
  • Conference closing – 5pm Saturday 1 October

Cost information:

Those accepted to participate in the event will be provided with tea and lunch refreshments. Evening meals and accommodation are to be arranged independently by delegates. A small number of grants will be available to support postgraduate presenters travelling interstate. Can those interested in a travel award please include a breakdown of likely travel costs in their proposal submission.

Organising committee:

  • Michael Halliwell and Alan Maddox (MSA, University of Sydney)
  • Jane Davidson, Erin Helyard, Frederic Kiernan, Stephen Grant (CHE, University of Melbourne Hosts)

Performances of La descente d’Orphée aux enfers, an opera in two acts by the French composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1686), will be presented by staff and students of the Early Music Studio at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music on Thursday 29th September and Saturday 1st October at 7:30pm at the Grant Street Theatre, VCA, Southbank.

Nominations Now Open for the 2016 CHASS Australia Prizes

The Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) is inviting nominations for its 2016 Australia Prizes.

Nominations are currently open for four categories:

  • Book: non-fiction book/e-book – cash prize of $3,500 sponsored by Routledge
  • Distinctive Work: an artistic performance, exhibition, film, television show, play, composition or practical contribution to arts policy – cash prize of $3,500 sponsored by Routledge
  • Future Leader: an individual demonstrating leadership skills and potential in the humanities, arts, and social sciences – cash prize of $2,000 sponsored by Future Leaders
  • Student: an essay, project or thesis in any humanities, arts, or social sciences area – $500 voucher sponsored by Co-Op

There is no nomination fee for any category, and self-nominations are welcome. For more details and to apply online, please visit: http://www.chass.org.au/2016-australia-prizes.

Please note nominations will close on 30 June at 5pm (AEST) and we strongly encourage applicants to apply early.

Florence Short Term Fellowships in Religious History and Religious Studies – Call For Applications

The Istituto Sangalli per la storia e le culture religiose (Florence, Italy) is very proud to inform the scientific community the start of the program “Florence Short Term Fellowships in Religious History and Religious Studies”.

Our aim is to attract international scholars of every nationality based in Universities and research Centers outside of Italy, or who have an equivalent record of international scholarship, with our short term residential fellowships in Florence. The purpose of the program is to promote exemplary interdisciplinary research in Religious History and Religious Studies (Inter-religious Dialogue, Theology, Arts, Music, Sociology etc.). Candidates for the fellowships must have a record of scholarship in Religious History or in Religious Studies, and must have held the Ph.D. for 10 years or more before this call or possess an equivalent record of international scholarship.

Fellowships are tenable for one or more months (up to 2 months) from July 1st, 2016 to July 30th, 2017.

The deadline is May 30, 2016. For more information, the full call for applications can be found here: http://www.istitutosangalli.it/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Bando-FSTF-en..pdf

UQ School of Music – Shakespearean Feast

Shakespearean Feast – The UQ Symphony Orchestra, UQ Chorale and Guest Choirs

Date: 29 May, 2016
Time: 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Venue: Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Cultural Precinct, Cnr Grey and Melbourne Street, South Bank
Tickets: $30 / $18 (transaction fees apply): https://www.qpac.com.au/event/uq_school_music_may_16.aspx

The University of Queensland Symphony Orchestra and Chorale, with guest choirs, commemorate 400 years of Shakespeare.

Conducted by Warwick Potter, with choirs directed by Graeme Morton, the program includes Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture, Shostakovich’s Hamlet Suite, and Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast, as well as a world premiére composition from UQ student John Rotar.

Come and enjoy the food of love with The University of Queensland!

Dr Kirk Essary, PMRG/CMEMS Public Lecture @ UWA

PMRG/CMEMS Public Lecture: “‘Ponder whether it be not changed for the better’: Erasmus’ Revolutionary New Testament at 500”, by Kirk Essary (UWA)

Date: Wednesday 18 May, 2016
Time: 6:30pm-7:30pm
Venue: Arts Lecture Room 6, G.62, ground floor, Arts Building), UWA
RSVP: This is a free event. RSVPs aren’t required – just come along!

In 1516, Erasmus published the first critical edition of the Greek New Testament, along with a fresh Latin translation of it on facing pages. Controversy arose immediately, for the very existence of Erasmus’ project called into question the long-standing legitimacy of the Vulgate Latin Bible. For the next twenty years, Erasmus would revise and republish his version, along with an increasingly lengthy set of ‘annotationes’, which consisted of philological and theological comments in defence of his choices as a text-critic and translator. While Erasmus’ Bible was rejected by the Catholic Church, its legacy was secured in the fact that Protestants would very soon come to use it extensively, along with his notes, both for the composition of their own commentaries and as a basis for vernacular translations. This paper is meant to celebrate the quincentenary of Erasmus’ New Testament by considering the significance and method of its production as a Renaissance text, and also the role it played in the religious revolutions of the sixteenth century.

Kirk Essary is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Meanings Program of the Centre at The University of Western Australia under the direction of Yasmin Haskell. He holds an MA in Classics (Texas Tech University, 2008) an MA in Religions of Western Antiquity (Florida State University, 2010), and a PhD in the History of Religions (Florida State University, 2014). His publications have considered Erasmus’ and Calvin’s reception of New Testament texts: on the problem of Christian eloquence in 1 Corinthians; on the radical humility and self-emptying of Christ in Philippians 2; on the problem of Christ’s fear in the Garden of Gethsemane. He has also published on the Calvinist underpinnings of the ‘silence of God’ trope in the novels of Cormac McCarthy.

92nd Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America – Call for Papers

92nd Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America
Toronto, Ontario
6-8 April 2017

Hosted by the University of Toronto and The Pontifical Institute for Mediaeval Studies

The Organizing Committee invites proposals for papers on all topics and in all disciplines and periods of medieval studies. Any member of the Medieval Academy may submit a paper proposal, excepting those who presented papers at the annual meetings of the Medieval Academy in 2015 or 2016; others may submit proposals as well but must become members in order to present papers at the meeting. Special consideration will be given to individuals whose field would not normally involve membership in the Medieval Academy. The due date for proposals is 15 June 2016.

Rather than an overarching theme, the 2017 meeting will provide a variety of thematic connections among sessions. The Medieval Academy welcomes innovative sessions that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries or that use various disciplinary approaches to examine an individual topic. To both facilitate and emphasize interdisciplinarity, the Call for Papers is organized in “threads.” Sessions listed under these threads have been proposed to or by the Organizing Committee but the list provided in the Call for Papers is not meant to be exhaustive or exclusive.

The complete Call for Papers, with proposed threads and sessions as well as instructions for submitting proposals, can be found here: http://medievalacademy.site-ym.com/?page=2017Meeting.

Please contact the organizing committee if you have further questions about the meeting, at: MAA2017@TheMedievalAcademy.org.

University of Birmingham: Lecturer in Early Modern Drama & Shakespeare

Lecturer in Early Modern Drama & Shakespeare
University of Birmingham – School of Languages, Cultures, Art History and Music within the College of Arts and Law

Location: Birmingham
Salary: £38,896 to £46,414
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent

The University of Birmingham wishes to appoint a Lecturer in Early Modern Drama and Shakespeare with effect from 1st September 2016. We seek an early career academic with a completed and examined PhD, and a developing record of research and teaching that will complement existing strengths in both the Shakespeare Institute and the Department of English Literature. The post-holder will be expected to create and disseminate knowledge through initiating and conducting original research, through publication and through developing and delivering undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

The post-holder will be based in the School of English, Drama, and American and Canadian Studies (EDACS), reporting directly to the Head of School, and will be expected to contribute to teaching in the Department of English Literature, the Shakespeare Institute, and to take responsibility for leading our new programme of summer schools based in Stratford-upon-Avon. The successful applicant will demonstrate the academic credibility, initiative and organizational skills necessary to take the lead in co-ordinating a series of two week summer schools, two of which will be in Shakespeare Studies and the remainder of which will be led by colleagues in Drama and Creative Writing.

The post-holder will work with academic, technical and professional staff to develop the programming, marketing and teaching methods which will be vital to the success of these summer schools. Teaching load will be managed throughout the year by the Head of School in recognition of the expectation that the appointee will be very active in teaching and administration over the summer period.

The post-holder will work between the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon and the Department of English Literature on the University of Birmingham’s Edgbaston campus.

Shortlisted candidates will be required to attend for interview and do a presentation.

For further information please contact Professor Andrzej Gasiorek, Head of the School of English, Drama, and American and Canadian Studies (EDACS), The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT. Telephone: 0121 414 5693, Email: A.B.P.Gasiorek@bham.ac.uk.

For full details and to apply, please visit: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ANO056/lecturer-in-early-modern-drama-and-shakespeare.

UQ Professional Development Seminar: “Not Only Musical in Himself…”

Professional Development Seminar: “Not Only Musical in Himself…”

Presented by the UQ Node of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions (Europe 1100-1800).

Date: Monday, June 13, 2016
Time: 4:30pm, with afternoon tea from 4:00pm
Venue: Room 275, Global Change Institute (Building 20), University of Queensland, St Lucia
Cost: Free event but RSVP essential, uqche@uq.edu.au

Keynote speaker: Professor Tom Bishop (University of Auckland)

Shakespeare used music extensively and expertly to enrich the texture and resonance of his plays. But his work also served as a prompt to later musicians and writers interested in music, not only in the great tradition of Shakespearean operas, but, even more intriguingly, as an impetus for other original developments and departures. In this talk, we will begin with Shakespeare’s own practice, but then explore some of these subsequent responses in the work of later composers such as Haydn, Berlioz, Mendelssohn and poets such as Tennyson and Auden.

This seminar is open to all, and will count towards Continuing Professional Development targets for secondary school teachers of English, Music, and Drama.

Tom Bishop is Professor of English at the University of Auckland, where he teaches literature and drama. He is the author of Shakespeare and the Theatre of Wonder (Cambridge University Press, 1996); the translator of Ovid’s Amores (Carcanet, 2003); and a general editor of The Shakespearean International Yearbook (Ashgate Press). He is currently working on a book entitled Shakespeare’s Theatre Games.