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Call for Papers

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Chris

Call for Papers

Ceræ: An Australasian Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies is excited to open its call for papers for Volume 3 (2016). Articles are welcome on any topic relating to Medieval and Early Modern studies, in any discipline.

In addition, Volume 3 will contain a themed section on the topic “Words, Signs, and Feelings”, to be interpreted in any way the author sees fit. Authors wishing to be considered for the themed section of Volume 3, or the prizes listed below, must submit their articles by 20 November 2015; however, non-themed articles will continue to be accepted throughout the year.

Possible topics for the ‘Words, Signs and Feelings’ strand include, but are not limited to:

· Representations and depictions of emotions and feelings in words, images, music, architecture and other expressive arts.

· Emotional states prompted by and responsive to religious experiences

· Manifestation of emotional states in physical symptoms and/or the diagnosis of disease

· Affective responses to words, images or music by individuals or groups

· Architecture and the affects of place

· Literary theory and the reception of Medieval and Early Modern texts

· Contemporary reception/adaption of Medieval and Early Modern thought, texts and ideas

Prizes

We are delighted to announce two prizes of $200 each to be awarded to articles published in Volume 3:

Best Essay Published in Volume 3
Thanks to the support of the University of Western Australia (UWA) Postgraduate Students Association and the UWA Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, we will be awarding a prize of $200 to the best article published on any topic related to the theme of “Words, Signs and Feelings” in Volume 3, by a graduate student or early career researcher (five years out from PhD completion).

Best Essay Published in Volume 3 on a topic relating to the History of Emotions
The Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the History of the Emotions is generously sponsoring one prize for the best essay, in either the themed or non-themed sections, on any topic relating to the History of Emotions, by a graduate student or early career researcher.

Submissions: Please submit articles at our online portal. Articles should be approximately 5000 to 7000 words, and conform to MHRA guidelines for referencing.

Publication: Ceræ publishes articles on a rolling basis, as soon as they successfully pass the double-blind peer-review process and copyediting stages. The first few articles for Volume 2 are already available online; we expect seven articles to be published in Volume 2 by the end of December.

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Call for Papers – Franciscan Women: Medieval & Beyond

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Chris

CALL FOR PAPERS
“Franciscan Women: Medieval & Beyond”
Women and the Franciscan Tradition Conference
The Franciscan Institute at St. Bonaventure University
July 12-15, 2016

From July 12-15, 2016, the Franciscan Institute at Saint Bonaventure University will host a major conference dedicated to women and the Franciscan Tradition, ranging from the Middle Ages to the contemporary world. The organizers seek to bring together women and men who are living the Franciscan tradition in various ways — as members or associates of the three Franciscan orders, coworkers in Franciscan institutions, etc. — with academic scholars who want to bring their research into a mutually enriching conversation with a broader audience.
Individual papers, panels, and workshop proposals are sought that engage academic, pastoral, and socio-political aspects of this topic. Possible areas of focus include, but are not limited to the following:

Franciscan women and leadership
Female Franciscanism during the Middle Ages
Female Franciscanism and the Early Modern World
Franciscan women in the “New World”
Franciscan women and ministry
Scholarly trends and the study of religious women
Women and the Franciscan Intellectual Tradition through the ages
Franciscan Women and the Contemporary Church.

Proposals are due by November 20, 2015. Notifications of acceptance, rejection or need for alterations will be sent to authors by January 11, 2016. Send a paper proposal/ draft of your text no later than November 20, 2015, directly to:

Women & the Franciscan Tradition Conference
Franciscan Institute St. Bonaventure University
Murphy Building – Room 100
St. Bonaventure, NY 14778
dcouturi@sbu.edu

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Call for Papers – The Fifteenth Triennial International Courtly Literature Society Congress

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Chris

The Fifteenth Triennial International Courtly Literature Society Congress

WHEN: 24–29 July 2016

WHERE: University of Kentucky, Lexington

DESCRIPTION: Congress Theme: Courtly Pastimes

Paper topics may include, but not be limited to:

Hunting, falconry, jousting and tournaments
Festivals, ceremonies and celebrations
Games and sports
Dance, music, songs and poetry
The Garden: Plants and Nature (real or symbolic, in treatises, in visual arts)
Animals (real, mythical, literary, heraldic, emblematic)
Domestic animals (horses, lap dogs, hunting dogs, household cats)
Exotic pets
Reading and writing
Sewing, embroidery, textile arts
Amorous dalliances
Courtly spaces: Decorous interiors, decorative objects, fabrics and furnishings
Warriors dismounted: Knights at court (courtly conduct, speech, dress)
Courtly Elements in Epic

Special Topic: 500 Years of Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso (anniversary of publication of the first edition)

Additional topics concerning medieval and Renaissance era courts of any country are welcomed.

Papers may be presented in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish or Portuguese.

Presenters are asked to respect a twenty-minute limit on three-person panels.

Organized sessions (4-paper maximum) or round tables are encouraged.

Plenary Speakers and Concert

Lori Walters, The Florida State University, _Jeux à vendre: Poetic and Amorous Games in Christine de Pizan’s Queen’s Manuscript (London, BL, Harley 4431)_

Kristen Figg, Kent State University, _Blind Man’s Buff: From Children’s Games to Pleasure Gardens in late medieval France and England_

Pia Cuneo, University of Arizona, _Emblazoned Saddles: The Courtly Life of Horses in late medieval / early modern Germany_

Elizabeth Tobey, University of Maryland, _The Sport of Dukes: Palios, Stallions and Racing Stables in Renaissance Italy_

Courtly music in concert to be performed by Liber Ensemble for Early Music

All conferees must be members in good standing of their respective ICLS branch by the time of the Congress. Graduate students are kindly requested to include a letter of introduction from their supervising professor. Deadline for Submission of Papers (title and abstract, not over 300 words): 1 December 2015. Abstracts will be posted electronically on the Congress webpage: http://icls2016.as.uky.edu.

Congress organizer: dr.gloria.allaire@hotmail.com

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Conferences – The Provocative Fifteenth Century

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Chris

The Provocative Fifteenth Century

Huntington Library, October 15-17, 2015

Until very recently, the literature of fifteenth-century England had been characterized as overly decorous, overly didactic, and aesthetically and intellectually dull. This conference, which will be held at the Huntington Library October 15-17, 2015, will explore the myriad ways that fifteenth-century texts defy and escape such traditional and traditionally negative critical paradigms, and showcase instead how they are in fact especially provocative in their various engagements with readerly expectations. Bringing together international leaders in the field, this conference is designed to attract interdisciplinary attention to the recent resurgence of critical interest in fifteenth-century texts and manuscripts, and moreover, to help reshape the critical dialogue about this important moment in English literary history at the cusp of the modern age. The conference will begin with a reading at 7:30 pm on Thursday, October 15, by the poet and recently elected professor of poetry of Oxford, Simon Armitage, and continue with paper panels over the next two days. Speakers include Robert Meyer-Lee, Jenni Nuttall, James Simpson, Jessica Brantley, Daniel Wakelin, Andrea Denny-Brown, Shannon Gayk, Alexandra Gillespie, Catherine Sanok, Anthony Bale, Anke Bernau, and Lisa H. Cooper. For more information and to register see http://www.huntington.org/uploadedFiles/Files/PDFs/Provocative15th.pdf or contact Lisa H. Cooper (lhcooper@wisc.edu) or Andrea Denny-Brown (andreadb@ucr.edu).

(See our calendar for more conferences)

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MAA News – Fellows’ Nominations

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Chris

Cod. Pal. germ. 848, Große Heidelberger Liederhandschrift (Codex Manesse), Zürich, c.1300-c.1340, fol. 82v.

Fellows and Corresponding Fellows of the Medieval Academy are scholars who have made notable contributions to the field of medieval studies. Elections are held each year and new Fellows and Corresponding Fellows are inducted during the Annual Meeting.

Members are hereby invited to submit nominations for the 2016 Class of Fellows and Corresponding Fellows. Current Fellows will cast ballots in November and December for the 2016 election, which will operate under by-laws and procedures adopted in 2013 and revised in 2015. Under the established rules, the number of slots available in 2015 for new Fellows is six, for which there must be at least twelve nominations. There is no established minimum number of nominations for Corresponding Fellows, although there are nine openings.

Nominations for the 2016 elections must be received by 1 November 2015.

Instructions for nominations are available here:

http://www.medievalacademy.org/?page=Election_Procedure

Lists of Fellows, Corresponding Fellows, and Emeriti/ae Fellows are available here:

http://www.medievalacademy.org/?page=Fellows

Nominations should be submitted to the Executive Director at LFD@TheMedievalAcademy.org or mailed to:

Lisa Fagin Davis, Executive Director
Medieval Academy of America
17 Dunster St., Suite 202
Cambridge, Mass., 02138

Please note that nominations are to be kept in strictest confidence, from the nominee as well as from others.

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MAA News – Upcoming MAA Grant Deadlines

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Chris

Der Schulmeister von Eßlingen, from Heidelberg, Cod. Pal. germ. 848, Große Heidelberger Liederhandschrift (Codex Manesse), Zürich, c.1300-c.1340, fol. 292v.

The Medieval Academy of America has long provided a variety of benefits of membership, including numerous fellowships, prizes and grants for travel, research and publications. Please see the list below for prizes and fellowships with looming deadlines, then follow the links for complete descriptions and application information. We encourage all eligible members to apply for these grants.

We are pleased to announce that as of August 2015 all applications for Medieval Academy prizes, awards, and fellowships can (and must) be submitted using our online application system. Links to each form can be found on the Awards section of our website.

Graduate Student Fellowships and Awards

Schallek Fellowship
The Schallek Fellowship provides a one-year grant of $30,000 to support Ph.D. dissertation research in any relevant discipline dealing with late-medieval Britain (ca. 1350-1500). (Deadline 15 October 2015)

Baldwin Fellowship
The Baldwin Fellowship provides a grant of $20,000 to support a graduate student in a North American university who is researching and writing a significant dissertation for the Ph.D. on any subject in French medieval history that can be realized only by sustained research in the archives and libraries of France. (Deadline 15 November 2015)

GSC/MAA Grant

The MAA/GSC Grant(s) will be awarded annually to an individual or graduate student group from one or more universities. The purpose of this grant is to stimulate new and innovative efforts that support pre-professionalization, encourage communication and collaboration across diverse groups of graduate students, and build communities amongst graduate student medievalists. (Deadline 15 February 2016)

Service Award

Kindrick-CARA Award for Outstanding Service to Medieval Studies

The Robert L. Kindrick-CARA Award for Outstanding Service to Medieval Studies recognizes Medieval Academy members who have provided leadership in developing, organizing, promoting, and sponsoring medieval studies through the extensive administrative work that is so crucial to the health of medieval studies but that often goes unrecognized by the profession at large. This award of $1000 is presented at the Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy. (Deadline 15 November 2015)

Teaching Award

CARA Award for Excellence in Teaching

The CARA Award for Excellence in Teaching Medieval Studies recognizes Medieval Academy members who are outstanding teachers who have contributed to the profession by inspiring students at the undergraduate or graduate levels or by creating innovative and influential textbooks or other materials for teaching medieval subjects. (Deadline 15 November 2015)

Independent/Junior Scholars

Olivia Remie Constable Awards

Four Olivia Remie Constable Awards of $1,500 will be granted annually in memory of Remie Constable, each to an emerging junior faculty member, adjunct or unaffiliated scholar (broadly understood: post-doctoral, pre-tenure) for research and travel. (Deadline 15 February 2016)

Travel Grants

The Medieval Academy 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. (Deadline 1 November 2015 for meetings to be held between 16 February and 31 August 2016)

Please see the MAA website for other grants and prizes offered by the Academy.

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MAA News – Book Prize Deadlines

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Chris

Tripoli, Bohemond VI or VII, gold bezant, 1251-87. Courtesy of Princeton University Numismatic Collection.

Please note that as of August 2015 the submission instructions for these prizes have changed. Please see the appropriate webpage for details.

Haskins Medal

The Haskins Medal is awarded annually by the Medieval Academy of America for a distinguished book in the field of medieval studies. First presented in 1940, the award honors Charles Homer Haskins, the noted medieval historian, who was a founder of the Medieval Academy and its second President. The award is announced at the annual meeting of the Academy each spring. The medal was designed in 1939 by Graham Carey. (Deadline 15 October 2015)

John Nicholas Brown Prize

The John Nicholas Brown Prize, established by the Medieval Academy of America in 1978, is awarded annually for a first book or monograph on a medieval subject judged by the selection committee to be of outstanding quality. To be eligible, the author must be resident in North America. John Nicholas Brown was one of the founders of the Medieval Academy and for fifty years served as its Treasurer. The prize established in his name consists of a certificate and a monetary award of $1,000. It is announced at the annual meeting of the academy each spring. (Deadline 15 October 2015)

Van Courtlandt Elliott Prize

The Van Courtlandt Elliott Prize, established by the Medieval Academy of America in 1971, is awarded annually for a first article in the field of medieval studies, published in a scholarly journal, judged by the selection committee to be of outstanding quality. To be eligible, the author must be resident in North America. Van Courtlandt Elliott was Executive Secretary of the Academy and Editor of Speculum from 1965 to 1970. The prize that bears his name consists of a certificate and a monetary award of $500. It is announced at the annual meeting of the academy each spring. (Deadline 15 October 2015)