Call for Papers – Culture and Violence

Posted on December 1, 2016 by Chris

38th Annual Medieval and Renaissance Forum
Keene State College
Keene, NH, USA
Friday and Saturday April 21-22, 2017

Call for Papers and Sessions
“Culture and Violence”

Keynote speaker:  Professor Richard W. Kaeuper, University of Rochester “From Geoffroi de Charny to Louis de la Tremoille:  The Autumn of Chivalry”

We are delighted to announce that the 38th Medieval and Renaissance Forum will take place on April 21 and 22, 2017 at Keene State College in Keene, New Hampshire.  This year’s keynote speaker is Richard W. Kaeuper, Professor of History at the University of Rochester.

Professor Kaeuper’s research has focused on medieval English and Continental history, justice and public order, and especially on the development of chivalry, with an emphasis on its nexus with violence and religion. Professor Kaeuper’s research bursts traditional disciplinary boundaries, combining institutional and legal history with a strong emphasis on cultural, especially literary and social developments.  His most recent book, Medieval Chivalry, appeared this past spring in the distinguished Cambridge Medieval Textbooks series.  Among his previous publications are Holy Warriors: The Religious Ideology of Chivalry (UPenn, 2009), Chivalry and Violence in Medieval Europe (Oxford, 1999), and an extensive introduction to Elspeth Kennedy’s translation of Geoffroi de Charny’s Book of Chivalry (UPenn, 1996; 2nd edition 2005).

We welcome abstracts (one page or less) or panel proposals that discuss the nature and cultural and religious context of violence in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period.

Papers, however, need not be confined to this theme but may cover other aspects of medieval and Renaissance life, literature, languages, art, philosophy, theology, history, and music.

Students, faculty, and independent scholars are welcome. Please indicate your status (undergraduate, graduate, or faculty), affiliation (if relevant), and full contact information on your proposal.

Undergraduate sessions are welcome but require faculty sponsorship.

Please submit abstracts, audio/visual needs, and full contact information to Dr. Robert G. Sullivan, Assistant Forum Director at sullivan@german.umass.edu.

Abstract deadline: January 15, 2017
Presenters and early registration: March 15, 2017

We look forward to greeting returning and first-time participants to Keene in April!

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University of Illinois-Urbana Rare Book & Manuscript Library Invites Visiting Scholar Applications

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Chris

The John “Bud” Velde Visiting Scholars Program
The Rare Book & Manuscript Library
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 2017-18 Program Cycle

The Rare Book & Manuscript Library annually awards two stipends of $3,000 to scholars and researchers (unaffiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) who would like to spend a month or more conducting research with our materials.

The holdings of The Rare Book & Manuscript Library are comprehensive and support studies in printing and printing history, Renaissance studies, Elizabethan and Stuart life and letters, John Milton and his age, emblem studies, economic history, Italian history, and works on early science and natural history.

The library also houses the papers of the modern literary figures Carl Sandburg, H.G. Wells, William Maxwell, W.S. Merwin, and the world’s single largest collection of Marcel Proust’s correspondence. In addition, it is anticipated that the papers of Gwendolyn Brooks will be open to the public for this latest program cycle.

For information about this program, how to apply, and to find out more about The Rare Book & Manuscript Library, please visit our Website at:

http://www.library.illinois.edu/rbx/research_fellowships.html

Please contact Dennis Sears with further questions about the program or The Rare Book & Manuscript Library:

Dennis Sears
The Rare Book & Manuscript Library
University of Illinois Library, Room 346
1408 West Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801
USA
(217) 333 7242 voice, (217) 244 1755 fax

Or email Dennis: dsears (at) illinois (dot) edu.

Deadline for application: *17 February 2017*.

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Post-Election Statement from the Council of the Medieval Academy

Posted on November 22, 2016 by Chris

In the aftermath of the recent presidential election in the United States, the Medieval Academy of America reaffirms its commitment “to foster an environment of diversity, inclusion, and academic freedom,” as expressed in our “Statement on Diversity and Academic Freedom” published in February 2016 and available on our website. We join other scholarly associations which have recognized that in our role as teachers, scholars, and students of the humanities we can play an essential role in promoting mutual respect and understanding.

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Jobs for Medievalists

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Chris

Rare Books Cataloger, Boston Public Library

The Boston Public Library is seeking an enthusiastic, highly experienced rare books cataloger to provide original and complex bibliographic description of its rare books and manuscripts. Working in a permanent, full-time position under the title of Rare Books and Manuscripts Librarian, the successful candidate will analyze and thoroughly describe a broad range of materials, including incunabula, early and historic imprints, fine press publications, medieval and early modern manuscripts, and print ephemera, among numerous other formats and genres.

 

This is a great opportunity to work closely with many of the BPL’s signature collections (http://www.bpl.org/distinction/featured-collections/) while making significant contributions, both to the accessibility of rare materials at the BPL, and to the many fields of scholarship that rely on these collections.

 

Salary range: $57,412.62 – $77,434.65 in seven steps. Must be a resident of the City of Boston upon the first day of hire.

 

See the job posting on the City of Boston website for further information or to apply: http://ow.ly/q7Jq306nGw4

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Call for Papers – “Uses of the Past: Cultural Memory in and of the Middle Ages”

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Chris

“Uses of the Past: Cultural Memory in and of the Middle Ages”
The Twenty-Ninth Annual Spring Symposium of the Medieval Studies Institute of Indiana University
3–4 March, 2017
Indiana University, Bloomington

How is the past used (and abused) in the Middle Ages? To what purposes is it deployed in personal, social, religious, and political formation? And how has the medieval served as a foundational past for identities and practices in post-medieval periods? Recent scholarship demonstrates the importance of the past in the creation of medieval identity. In the words of Walter Pohl and Ian Wood, the past could be used “to create legitimacy, explain inclusion and exclusion, establish precedent, provide orientation, exemplify moral exhortation, inspire a sense of what was possible and what was not, to negotiate status, to argue about the right norms or to imagine the future.” Moreover, the medieval past has become a touchstone of current cultural memory, deployed in constructing the past of our own present moment.

The Medieval Studies Institute of Indiana University welcomes scholars from a range of disciplines and objects: history, literature, music; material artifacts and spaces; religion, politics, and law. We are especially interested in papers that explore global perspectives on cultural memory and the use of the past.

Please send an abstract of no more than 300 words to umestsymposium@gmail.com by December 21, 2016

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Deadlines for Newberry Fellowships

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Chris

Our fellowship deadlines are fast approaching!

Long-Term applications are due by November 15
Short-Term applications are due by December 15

All applications must be submitted by 11:59 PM CST
on their respective deadline in order to be considered.

The Newberry Library’s long-standing fellowship program provides outstanding scholars with the time, space, and community required to pursue innovative and ground-breaking scholarship. In addition to the Library’s collections, fellows are supported by a collegial interdisciplinary community of researchers, curators, and librarians. An array of scholarly and public programs also contributes to an engaging intellectual environment.

We invite interested individuals who wish to utilize the Newberry’s collection to apply for our many fellowship opportunities:

Long-Term Fellowships are available to postdoctoral scholars for continuous residence at the Newberry for periods of 4 to 12 months; the stipend is $4,200 per month. Applicants must hold a PhD by the application deadline in order to be eligible. Long-Term Fellowships are intended to support individual scholarly research and promote serious intellectual exchange through active participation in the fellowship program. The deadline for long-term fellowships is November 15.

Short-Term Fellowships are available to postdoctoral scholars, PhD candidates, and those who hold other terminal degrees. Short-Term Fellowships are generally awarded for 1 to 2 months; unless otherwise noted the stipend is $2,500 per month. These fellowships support individual scholarly research for those who have a specific need for the Newberry’s collection and are mainly restricted to individuals who live and work outside of the Chicago metropolitan area. The deadline for short-term opportunities is December 15.

Many of the Newberry’s fellowship opportunities have specific eligibility requirements; in order to learn more about these requisites, as well as application guidelines, please visit our website. Questions should be addressed to research@newberry.org

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Call for Papers

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Chris

Comitatus
A JOURNAL OF MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES

CALL FOR PAPERS

Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, published annually under the auspices of the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, invites the submis-sion of articles by graduate students and recent PhDs in any field of medieval and Renaissance studies; we particularly welcome articles that integrate or synthesize disciplines.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR VOLUME 48 (2017):

1 FEBRUARY 2017

The editorial board will make its final selections by May 2017.
Please send submissions to as e-mail attachments to
Dr. Blair Sullivan, Managing Editor, Comitatus
sullivan@humnet.ucla.edu.

UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
302 Royce Hall
Box 951485
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1485

http://www.cmrs.ucla.edu/publications/comitatus.html

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Jobs for Medievalists

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Chris

Postdoctoral researchers in medieval history, ERC Starting Grant
New Europe College, Bucharest

Two postdoctoral positions as part of the European Research Council Starting Grant Record-keeping, fiscal reform, and the rise of institutional accountability in late-medieval Savoy: a source-oriented approach. The positions will be held at New Europe College – Institute for Advanced Study, Bucharest, for two years starting on 1 October 2017.

Candidates must have a doctorate in medieval history awarded in the last five years and a solid knowledge of medieval Latin and palaeography. Familiarity with the history of medieval Savoy and the capacity for interdisciplinary research in historical anthropology / sociology are a plus.

Each postdoctoral researcher will select a sample of two fourteenth-century Savoyard castellanies and conduct the systematic analysis of their fiscal records (‘computi’). Developments in record-keeping and administration should be analysed in conjunction with local socio-economic trends. The postdoctoral researchers’ work is meant to complement the Principal Investigator’s study of five castellanies in the heartland of medieval Savoy, c. 1270-1375. Among the possible areas for the postdoctoral researchers’ sample of material are Bresse, Bugey, Chablais, Novalaise, Val d’Aosta, and Vaud.

Each postdoctoral researcher will contribute a chapter to a collective volume to be published as part of the project and an article for publication in a peer-reviewed journal.

Candidates should familiarise themselves with the description of the ERC Starting Grant project, available at http://www.nec.ro/data/pdfs/projects/castellany.pdf

New Europe College (http://www.nec.ro/) is an independent research institute in Bucharest, member of the Network of European Institutes for Advanced Study; it fosters an interdisciplinary research atmosphere by bringing together international scholars from all fields of the humanities and social sciences.

The researchers will divide their work time between New Europe College and field research in the relevant archives in France, Italy, and Switzerland.

The net monthly salary is approximately 1,700 euro; there is an annual travel allowance of 4,000 euro.

For inquiries, contact the Principal Investigator, Ionuț Epurescu-Pascovici, at IEpurescu@nec.ro

To apply, send (1) cover letter describing research experience and interest in the project, (2) academic CV, (3) research proposal detailing the selection of source material, the proposed methodology, and the envisaged contribution to the overall project (not more than 2,500 words, not counting references), (4) a sample of academic writing (such as a peer-reviewed article or chapter), and (5) a scan of the PhD diploma to applicationsERCStG@nec.ro, by 1 February 2017. All application materials should be in English, with the exception of the writing sample, which can be in any major language.

Short-listed candidates will be interviewed via Skype at the beginning of March 2017.

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Jobs for Medievalists

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Chris

Assistant Professor – Medieval Literature – Spanish & Portuguese and Other Humanities-Based Programs

Job #JPF01150

  • College of Letters & Science – Spanish & Portuguese

Recruitment Period

Open October 26th, 2016 through November 28th, 2016

Description

The University of California, Berkeley seeks applications for an Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Medieval literature, with an expected start date of July 1, 2017.

The position entails broad competence in literary studies, demonstrable either through formal study or publication record, and excellence in teaching. Principal area of focus is the Iberian Peninsula, with optional complimentary specializations in French, Provencal Latin, Arabic, or Hebrew, allowing for a joint appointment with the Departments of Spanish and Portuguese, and another department in the Humanities. Final departmental affiliations will depend upon the expertise and qualifications of the candidate. We welcome all critical approaches and scholarly interests as long as the work has a comparative component, and all applicants must demonstrate serious interest and ability to work in more than one language and literature.

Minimum Basic Qualifications (by time of application): The minimum basic qualification to be considered an applicant for this position is the completion of all PhD, or equivalent degree, requirements except the dissertation.

The dissertation must be filed within one year of the start date of the appointment.

Additional Qualifications (by start date): Native or near-native fluency in Spanish or French and English, and demonstrated excellence in teaching and research.

Preferred Qualifications (by start date): Preference will be given to applicants demonstrating clear evidence of scholarly potential. The successful candidate will teach a broad range of undergraduate and graduate courses in the departments of the joint appointment.

To apply please go to the following link: – https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/apply/JPF01150, and submit a cover letter (applicants should discuss their research and teaching interests), a Curriculum Vitae, and three letters of recommendation. Additional statements of research and teaching are optional, as well as a statement of contributions to diversity (statement addressing past and/or potential contributions to diversity through research, teaching, and/or service).
Candidates under serious consideration will be asked to provide a writing sample if selected for further review.

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Summer Institute on Objects, Places and the Digital Humanities June 19-23, 2017 & June 2018

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Chris

The Summer Institute on Objects, Places, and the Digital Humanities at the National Humanities Center in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina will focus on the theory and practice of digital work for topics in art, architectural, urban history or material culture.  The two-year Institute will provide “hands-on” training with tools for geospatial mapping, 3D modeling, photogrammetry, and data collection and visualization.

Participants will develop a digital component to a research project related to the lives of things as interrogations of meaning, circulation, and change over the long life of places and objects. Participants will examine how modeling, database and mapping tools can move research in new directions, reframing evidence towards new questions and expanding scholarship into new arenas of research and public outreach.

The workshop is intended for mid-career scholars engaged in research that can be expanded to include a digital dimension.  No previous experience in digital scholarship required.  The Institute will be led by Caroline Bruzelius and Mark Olson, both in the Department Art, Art History &Visual Studies and co-founders of the Wired! lab at Duke University. Application may be made until midnight February 21, 2015. Instructions are available via http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/sidh/index.htm

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