Monthly Archives: July 2017

Frankel Institute Fellowship Announcement

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Chris

Fellowship Opportunity Theme 2018-2019 Sephardic Identities, Medieval and Early Modern The Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan provides residential fellowships for scholars to conduct research around an annual theme. We are currently accepting applications for … Continue reading →

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Conferences – 44th Saint Louis Conference on Manuscript Studies

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Chris

44th Saint Louis Conference on Manuscript Studies, 13–14 October 2017 Vatican Film Library, Saint Louis University St. Louis, Missouri Organized annually since 1974 by the Vatican Film Library, part of the Saint Louis University Libraries Department of Special Collections, this … Continue reading →

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2017 New England Medieval Conference – Registration now open

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Chris

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN Charlemagne’s Ghost:  Legacies, Leftovers, and Legends of the Carolingian Empire 44th Annual New England Medieval Conference Massachusetts Institute of Technology Keynote Speaker:  Simon MacLean, University of St. Andrews “What was Post-Carolingian about Post-Carolingian Europe?” Saturday, October 7, … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers – Memory and Lineage in Medieval Romance

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Chris

Memory and Lineage in Medieval Romance The 25th Leeds International Medieval Congress has a special thematic strand of ‘memory’. Medieval romance lends itself to thinking about memory, in many ways, and not least because of its preoccupation with lineage. We … Continue reading →

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A response to: West, Charles. “Monks Aristocrats, and Justice: Twelfth-Century Monastic Advocacy in a European Perspective.”

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Chris

A response to: West, Charles. “Monks Aristocrats, and Justice: Twelfth-Century Monastic Advocacy in a European Perspective.” Speculum 92/2 [2017]:372–404; doi:10.1086/690661. Reader’s Response: (Jonathan Lyon, Associate Professor of Medieval History, University of Chicago) Dr. Charles West’s article in the April 2017 … Continue reading →

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Conferences – Neighbours and Strangers

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Chris

Neighbours and Strangers Conference, 21 October 2017, Southampton, UK Registration is now open for Neighbours and Strangers An SSMLL/Medium Aevum One-Day Conference, hosted by the Department of English and Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Culture, University of Southampton How did … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers – Economic inequality in pre-industrial societies: causes and effects

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Chris

Call for Papers Applications due: 15 October 2017 Economic inequality in pre-industrial societies: causes and effects 51st Study Week (Settimana) of the Fondazione Datini (Prato, Italy): 12-15 May 2019. Recent interest in inequality has focused on its real or perceived … Continue reading →

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Jobs for Medievalists

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Chris

Lecturer in Medieval Literature and Palaeography (University of York) Location: York Salary: £38,183 Hours: Full Time Contract Type: Permanent Placed on: 7th July 2017 Closes: 28th August 2017 Job Ref: 5854 The Department of English and Related Literature seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Medieval Literature and Palaeography … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers – “Writing the human/animal continuum in the Middle Ages”,

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Chris

CfP: “Writing the human/animal continuum in the Middle Ages”, special session at the ICMS Kalamazoo 2018 CfP deadline: 15th September 2017 The distance between human and non-human across medieval culture could be populated by a plethora of hybrid beings whose … Continue reading →

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Jobs for Medievalists

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Chris

Houghton Library is seeking applicants for the position of Head of the Rare Book Section, who leads, manages, and supports Houghton Library’s efforts to catalog, preserve, and provide access to rare books, graphics, and other printed holdings in all formats … Continue reading →

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