[MANUSCRIPTS] LAWRENCE J. SCHOENBERG SYMPOSIUM ON MANUSCRIPT STUDIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Held 24-25 October 2008. "In partnership with the Philadelphia Area Center for History of Science (PACHS) and the Chemical Heritage Foundation, the University of Pennsylvania and Penn Libraries are pleased to announce the 1st Annual Lawrence J. Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age, at the Chemical Heritage Foundation and the University of Pennsylvania. This annual symposium, organized by the Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Image (SCETI), brings together scholars from around the world to present research related to the study of manuscript books produced before the age of printing and to discuss the potential for digital technologies in advancing manuscript research. This year's symposium examines scientific manuscript book production in Western Europe, Asia, and the Arabic world before the year 1600. For more information, program details, and registration, go to: [the Web site linked above]. Registration is free and open to the public, but seating is limited for Saturday, October 25. Advance registration required.

LOUISIANA CONSORTIUM OF MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE SCHOLARS

Held 26-28 October 2007. Web site is remarkably silent on the subject of future conferences.

MANUSCRIPT MISCELLANIES: COMPOSITION, AUTHORSHIP, USES

24-26 August 2009 Workshop at the Department of Greek and Latin Studies, Philosophical Faculty of the Charles University in Prague. "The term miscellany is a wide one and can refer to a number of concepts. On the one hand, medieval catalogues of manuscripts often use the term miscellanea for the �leftovers� impossible to classify in a simple way. Many of the miscellaneous codices might have originated in this way � by binding together various 'remaining' texts. On the other hand, a miscellany can be a very carefully designed codex with a clear idea behind and serving a particular purpose. Clearly, the most frequent cases are those inbetween, that is, miscellanies which may be interpreted as designed but whose origin might have also included the aspect of the random. Thus, analysing miscellanies, one encounters also the problems of interpretability.

"Case studies on particular medieval manuscript miscellanies written in any language are welcome at the workshop concentrating especially on three aspects: Composition: How do the contents fit together in specific cases? Is there a plan or a reason behind? If so, what does the selection tells about the compiler�s interests? Authorship: To what degree are the miscellany compilers and gatherers authors? Is there a personal touch discernable and interpretable? Use: How were these manuscripts actually used? Can a specific use of a particular miscellany be detected?... There will be no conference fee. Limited funds are available to support the travel and accommodation expenses of selected participants (priority will be given to scholars from Eastern Europe). Abstracts to Lucie Dolezalova at dolezalova@cts.cuni.cz were due December 31, 2008.

• Lucie Dolezalova
• Jilska 1
• 110 00 Prague
• Czech Republic
• phone: + 420-605-75-80-79
• E-mail: dolezalova@cts.cuni.cz

MEDIEVAL ASSOCIATION OF THE PACIFIC

Held 6-7 March 2009. Albuquerque, hosted by the University of New Mexico. "The Program Committee warmly invites proposals for papers on all topics and in all disciplines and periods of medieval studies. Abstracts may be submitted via our online submission system [SEE link above]. Deadline was 1 October 2008. Please direct enquiries to:

• Anita Obermeier
• Dept of English
• University of New Mexico
• Humanities Bldg, 321
• Albuquerque, NM 87131-1106
• (505) 277-2930
• aobermei@unm.edu

MEDIEVAL ASSOCIATION OF THE PACIFIC

24-26 August 2009. Philosophical Faculty of the Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. "The term miscellany is a wide one and can refer to a number of concepts. On the one hand, medieval catalogues of manuscripts often use the term miscellanea for the �leftovers� impossible to classify in a simple way. Many of the miscellaneous codices might have originated in this way--by binding together various 'remaining' texts. On the other hand, a miscellany can be a very carefully designed codex with a clear idea behind and serving a particular purpose. Clearly, the most frequent cases are those inbetween, that is, miscellanies which may be interpreted as designed but whose origin might have also included the aspect of the random. Thus, analysing miscellanies, one encounters also the problems of interpretability. Case studies on particular medieval manuscript miscellanies written in any language are welcome at the workshop concentrating especially on three aspects: Composition: How do the contents fit together in specific cases? Is there a plan or a reason behind? If so, what does the selection tells about the compiler's interests? Authorship: To what degree are the miscellany compilers and gatherers authors? Is there a personal touch discernable and interpretable? Use: How were these manuscripts actually used? Can a specific use of a particular miscellany be detected?

"The abstract of the proposed 20-minute paper together with information on your affiliation and research interests to Lucie Dole�alova' at (dolezalova@cts.cuni.cz) was due December 31, 2008.

MEDIEVAL MONASTERY AS PILGRIMAGE CENTER

21-24 October 2009. Mobile, Alabama, University of Southern Alabama. "Many centers of pilgrimage that emerged in the later Middle Ages were located in monastic complexes and the address/service of visiting pilgrims was often interwoven with monastic goals...Especially invited are papers examining iconography of artwork addressing both religious and lay devotees in combination, and as cooperative strata of the medieval Church, but any seemingly related proposal will be given full consideration. [Contact:] Rita Tekippe, University of West Georgia. Work phone: (678)839-4953. Cell/mobile phone: (770) 539-4418 E-mail: (rtekippe@westga.edu). Deadline for proposals was April 20th.

MID-AMERICA MEDIEVAL ASSOCIATION

Held 28 February 2009. University of Missouri-Kansas City. "The theme for this year's conference is Urban Life and Culture, however papers on any medieval topic will be considered. Keynote speaker: Dr. Lester K. Little, Professor Emeritus of History, Smith College. Any one who wishes to give a paper, organize a panel, etc., should send one-page abstracts to:

• Dr. Shona Kelly Wray
• President, MAMA
• Cockefair Hall 203
• Department of History
• University of Missouri-Kansas City
• Kansas City, MO 64110
• e-mail: wrays@umkc.edu
• fax: 816-235-2545
• DEADLINE: 15 December 2008

MIDWEST MEDIEVAL HISTORY CONFERENCE

Held 3-4 October 2008. About the same time every year. Note admitted preference for historians: "Not that we don't enjoy the company of theologians, philologists, art historians, or literary critics..." i guess if you go, plan either to be very entertaining or very invisible.

NEW COLLEGE CONFERENCE ON MEDIEVAL-RENAISSANCE STUDIES

11-13 March 2010. Biennial. Areas: "The program committee invites one-page abstracts of proposed twenty-minute papers on topics in European and Mediterranean history, literature, art, and religion from the fourth to the seventeenth centuries. Interdisciplinary work is particularly appropriate to the conference�s broad historical and disciplinary scope. Planned sessions are welcome. The deadline for abstracts is October 1, 2009. [N. B.: An excellent conference! Highly recommended by the editor!] For more information see the Website and contact:

• Nova Myhill (nmyhill[at]ncf.edu)
• Division of Humanities
• New College of Florida
• 5800 Bay Shore Road
• Sarasota FL 34243

NEW ENGLAND MEDIEVAL STUDIES CONSORTIUM GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE

Held 4 April 2009. The 26th Annual Conference held at Yale University.

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS MEDIEVAL GRADUATE STUDENT SYMPOSIUM

30-31 January 2010. "This year�s theme is Language and Communication in the Middle Ages. While we will entertain papers from any discipline of Medieval Studies and on any topic, we particularly welcome those that engage the multiple languages and forms of communication in the Middle Ages to include the visual, the lyrical, the liturgical, the legal, the dramatic, the kinetic, the spatial, as well issues of translation, lingua Franca, and literacy. We encourage submission of papers that have been submitted and/or delivered elsewhere. The deadline for submission is November 1st, 2009. Paper Abstracts should be sent to:

• Abel@unt.edu or
• Dr. Mickey Abel
• Assistant Professor, Art History
• University of North Texas
• 1155 Union Station #305100
• Denton, TX 76203-5017

ORNAMENT AND DEVOTION IN EARLY MODERN CHURCH ARCHITECTURE

8-10 April 2010. Venice, Italy. Renaissance Society of America Conference. "This session would like to examine this issue further by inviting papers that deal with the continuities, ruptures and changes in the practices and debates concerning ornament in religious architecture. We are particularly interested in the following questions: to what extent were Early Modern discussions on ornament in religious architecture indebted to Early Christian or Medieval ideas? Do the religious struggles of the 16th and 17th centuries introduce new concepts and uses of ornament? Are views on ornament in religious architecture consistently related to devotion, piety and religiosity, or do they become dissociated from religion? Which functions, meanings or agencies are ascribed to architectural ornament and splendour in a religious context? Are religious views of ornament conceptualized, and if so, in which discourses? Or are they shaped by devotional and other practices? Aabstracts to both MaartenDelbeke (maarten.delbeke@ugent.be) and Anne-Fran�oise Morel (annefrancoise.morel@ugent.be) were due 1st of May 2009.

PATRISTIC, MEDIEVAL, AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES CONFERENCE

Held 10-12 October 2008. Villanova University. "Deadline Submission was May 30, 2008." Please visit *the Web site* for more details.

PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR MEDIEVAL STUDIES CONFERENCE

28 March 2009. Theme: �SAILING THE WESTERN SEA: THE ATLANTIC OCEAN IN A MEDIEVAL PERSPECTIVE�. For more information and registration (there is no cost to attend this conference), see the Web site.l

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA GRADUATE CONFERENCE IN MEDIEVAL STUDIES

Held 6-7 February 2009. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Annual?

POSTCOLONIAL THEORY AND MEDIEVAL ART

13-16 July, 2009 International Medieval Congress, Leeds, UK. "Postcolonial theory and medieval art: heretical approaches to an orthodox discipline. Organizers: Eva Frojmovic and Catherine E. Karkov. One of the topics discussed at the 2008 IMC roundtable on postcolonial theory and medieval art was the continued dominance of orthodox constructions of disciplinarity, periodization and methodology in the study of medieval art. Medieval art, especially early medieval art, remains a passive other in terms of its chronological boundaries, its subject matter, and its continued reliance on iconographic and stylistic study. This session seeks papers that use postcolonial theory to intervene in our construction of the medieval past and our understanding of medieval images. We welcome papers that focus on particular case studies, as well as papers that interrogate aspects of the discipline. Abstracts were due 20 September.

• Professor Catherine Karkov
• Postgraduate Tutor
• School of Fine Art, Art History and Cultural Studies
• Old Mining Building
• University of Leeds
• Leeds LS2 9JT
• Tel. 0113 3435276
• Fax 0113 2451977
• c.e.karkov@leeds.ac.uk
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• Dr Eva Frojmovic
• Centre for Jewish Studies
• School of Fine Art, Art History and Cultural Studies
• Old Mining Building
• University of Leeds
• Leeds LS2 9JT
• Tel. 0113 3435197
• Fax 0113 2451977
• e.frojmovic@leeds.ac.uk (on research leave till end December 2008)

POSTCOLONIALIZING THE MEDIEVAL IMAGE

Thursday 17 September 2009, 10.00-17.00, School of Fine Art, University of Leeds. "Short papers and presentations are invited from MA and Ph.D.students working on projects that link the postcolonial with medieval images. The study day will be open to art historians, historians, literary scholars and anyone else interested in the visual.The keynote lecture will be followed by workshops for MA and PhD students on topics such as periodization and temporality, geographies, borders and border crossing, translation subversion and appropriation, especially as they apply to visual culture. Participation will not be limited to medievalists.

A limited number of student bursaries for both UK and international students will be available. Please send your proposals (max 1 page, informal) to Dr. Eva Frojmovic (e.frojmovic@leeds.ac.uk) or Professor Catherine Karkov (c.e.karkov@leeds.ac.uk), School of Fine Art, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK, by mid-August at the latest. The "Postcolonizing the Medieval Image" research network is supported by the AHRC. More information about the network is available at: http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/FundedResearch/Pages/ResearchDetail.aspx?id=144078 /BLOCKQUOTE>

QUESTIONING GEOGRAPHIES AND TEMPORALITIES: POSTCOLONISING MEDIEVAL ART

10-13 February 2010. Part of the College Art Association Conference, Chicago, IL; ICMA sponsored and AHRC supported session. "The organisers are inviting scholars who are seeking to make connections between postcolonial thought and medieval/premodern art and visualities. We are especially keen to use this session to explode some of the disciplinary boundaries that have been drawn around the Middle Ages and which have tended to make medieval art a largely "white machine". We want to open up medievalart to encounters with contemporary thought and to question its geographies. We welcome papers on all kinds of art and reaching out beyond art into cultures of display and consumption, urbanism, material culture, museology and curation, medievalism...Session organizers: Dr Eva Frojmovic and Prof. Catherine Karkov, School of Fine Art, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK. Please send abstracts by Friday, May 8, 2009 to both (e.frojmovic@leeds.ac.uk) and (fincek@leeds.ac.uk) Please follow the CAA guidelines for submission of proposals: http://www.collegeart.org/pdf/2010CallforParticipation.pdf

REASSESSING WOMEN'S ROLES IN THE ARTISTIC/ARCHITECTURAL PROCESS

7-10 MAY 2009. Kalamazoo, MICHIGAN. International Center of Medieval Art 44th International Congress on Medieval Studies. "How can we approach the figure of the woman as painter, sculptor, needle- or metalworker when we have archival evidence for her existence but no surviving work of art? These sessions seek to draw together both strands on women's participation in the construction of buildings and the production of art. Studies that set up theoretical or methodological paradigms are welcome, as are case studies from which we can draw larger conclusions. Abstracts were due Sept. 15 to (therese@email.arizona.edu).

SACRED LEAVES GRADUATE SYMPOSIUM

Held 19-20 February 2009. Third Annual, at the University of South Florida, Tampa Library, Tampa, FL. Abstracts of no more than 250 words to Dr. Jane Marie Pinzino, Symposium Coordinator at (jpinzino@lib.usf.edu) by November 14, 2008.

SEWANEE MEDIEVAL COLLOQUIUM 2009

Held 3-4 April 2009. "The City in Medieval Life and Culture" is the theme of the 36th annual Sewanee Medieval Colloquium, to be held at the University of the South. Call for papers: proposals are invited for papers or sessions relating to any aspect of the theme. Please submit abstract (maximum 250 words) and brief c.v. to: (sridyard@sewanee.edu) no later than 1 October 2008. If you would like to propose a session, please include abstracts and c.v.s from all participants. For further information on the conference and on the Sewanee Medieval Colloquium Prize please see: (the Web site, not updated from the 2008 conference!!). Contact: Susan J. Ridyard, Dept. of History, Sewanee Medieval Colloquium, Univ. of the South, 735 University Ave., Sewanee TN 37383.

SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF THE CRUSADES

7-10 May 2009 Part of the International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan. "Papers on all aspects of the crusades and the Latin East are welcome. Please send a short abstract and a Participant Information Form (available at http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions.html) to:

• Thomas F. Madden
• Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
• Saint Louis University
• 3800 Lindell Blvd.
• St Louis, MO 63108 USA
• or via e-mail (maddentf@slu.edu) or fax (314-977-1603)
• Proposals were due no later than September 15, 2008

SOUTHEASTERN MEDIEVAL ASSOCIATION

Held 2-4 October 2008. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. "What did medieval peoples know about their world? What do we know about the Middle Ages? We welcome papers on all aspects of the Middle Ages, but we particularly encourage papers that consider the role of knowledge. Suggested topics include medieval education, medieval philosophies of what can and cannot be known, material artifacts such as manuscripts that let us "know" more about the Middle Ages, the exploitation of the Middle Ages by post-medieval scholars and artists, the limits of knowledge in medieval literature, knowledge of self, and knowledge (or lack thereof) of others. Abstract deadline: July 1, 2009.

SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT UNIVERSITY MEDIEVAL CONFERENCE

Held 8 November 2008. Please see the Web site for more information.

SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF THE CRUSADES AND THE LATIN EAST

Held 28-31 August 2008, Avignon, France. Held every four years. Web site has links to other conferences and sites of interest.

TEXAS MEDIEVAL CONFERENCE

Held 2-4 October 2008. Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas. "Papers are welcomed on all aspects of medieval history and culture, including medieval art, medieval languages, history [etc]. Early submissions are greatly welcomed, but please try to send in all session proposals and paper abstracts (150-300 words)no later than September 1." See the Web site for details. Added: the program for this year.

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA COLLEGE AT WISE MEDIEVAL-RENAISSANCE CONFERENCE XX

Held 18-20 September 2008. Wise, Virginia. "The Medieval-Renaissance Conference promotes scholarly discussion in all disciplines of Medieval and Renaissance studies. The conference welcomes proposals for papers and panels on Medieval or Renaissance literature, language, history, philosophy, science, pedagogy, and the arts. Abstracts for papers should be 250 or fewer words. Proposals for panels should include: a) title of the panel; b) names and institutional affiliations of the chair and all panelists; c) abstracts for papers to be presented (250 or fewer words). A branch campus of the University of Virginia, the University of Virginia�s College at Wise is a public four-year liberal arts college located in the scenic Appalachian Mountains of Southwest Virginia. For more information, please visit the website. Deadline for Submissions was June 10, 2008. PLEASE MAKE A STABLE WEB SITE

VAGANTES

held 5-7 March 2009. Tallahassee, Florida. Florida State University. "Vagantes is now the largest conference in North America for graduate students studying the Middle Ages. The goal of Vagantes is to provide an open dialogue among young scholars from all fields of medieval studies. The conference features two faculty speakers, twenty-four student papers, and an audience of approximately 100 people. It seeks to create a sense of community for junior medievalists of diverse backgrounds within the margins of a graduate student budget.

"Abstracts for twenty-minute papers are welcome from graduate students on topics considering the Middle Ages. In keeping with the mission of Vagantes to advance interdisciplinary studies, we invite submissions in areas including but not limited to history, literature, art history, philosophy, religious studies, and musicology. Please e-mail a brief vitae and abstract of no more than 300 words by October 1, 2008 to:

• Carey Fee
• careyfee@yahoo.com
• Department of Art History
• Florida State University
• Tallahassee, Florida

WOMEN IN THE MEDIEVAL MEDITERRANEAN

7-10 MAY 2009 Session to be held at the International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan. Sponsored by the Byzantine Studies Association of North America, Inc. "Recent studies of the medieval Mediterranean�both focused historical research as well as investigations of cross-cultural phenomena�have resulted in fresh, dynamic ways of understanding the region as a center for exchange of ideas, economic goods and artistic practices. The goal of this session is to delve deeper into the daily lives of women who lived at the intersections of the Byzantine, western and Islamic worlds. As functionaries in medieval court life, women played a vital role as ambassadors, authors, and as patronesses of art. By investigating their social and religious practices along with their artistic patronage, this session aims to discuss the hybrid character of women's experiences in the 'societies in between.'

DEADLINE FOR PAPER PROPOSALS was 15 September 2008
Paper proposals should consist of the following:
- Abstract of proposed paper (300 words maximum)
- Completed Abstract Cover Sheet (available at:
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions.html#Paper
ALL PROPOSALS AND INQUIRIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO:
Andrea Olsen
History of Art Department
268 Mergenthaler Hall
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD 21218
469-288-1253
andrea.olsen@jhu.edu

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Publication Possibilities

"The online journal Peregrinations has offered to publish a special edition or section on the Bayeux Tapestry. The journal's focus is on pilgrimage related art in the Middle Ages, but the focus of this special edition need not be. In fact, this special edition is interested in all sorts of approaches to this eleventh-century mysterious fabric from a variety of disciplines: literature, art, history, texile studies, new media, and semiotics. If you would like to submit an essay on the Bayeux Tapestry to be considered for this special edition, please send a proposal or the paper itself to the following address by November 30:

• Professor Micheal Crafton
• English Department
• University of West Georgia
• Carrollton, GA 30118
• mcrafton@westga.edu