Call for Papers – Rethinking Early Modernity: Methodological and Critical Innovation since the Ritual Turn

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Chris

CRRS 50TH ANNIVERSARY ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Rethinking Early Modernity: Methodological and Critical Innovation since the Ritual Turn

Toronto, Ontario, June 26-27, 2014

http://crrs.ca/crrs-conferences/50th

The Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary with a conference in honor of Edward Muir, whose innovative studies of Venetian politics and culture helped to establish cultural anthropology and ritual as major analytical frameworks for scholarship on early modern European history. Building from Muir’s contribution to the field, the conference hopes to focus on the significance of the methodological changes that have characterized early modern research in history, literature and art history over the last thirty years and to reflect upon how these changes have affected our understanding of the importance of the period.

The conference will take place at Victoria University in the University of Toronto on June 26 and 27.

Call for Papers

Interested scholars are invited to submit a paper proposal on topics that exemplify new directions of critical inquiry spurred by the methodological developments over this period, including, but not limited to, the meaning of popular culture, the role of gender, microhistory, the discovery of the body, the importance of ritual, etc. Topics are also welcome that consider how methodological innovations in early modern scholarship—particularly in recent years—have informed changes in the nature of humanities inquiry, broadly conceived.

We welcome papers from all disciplines, geographical areas, and periods housed within the rubric of early modern Europe. Scholars of all ranks are welcome to submit papers, including graduate students.

The deadline for submissions is September 30, 2013.  Please submit a title, short abstract (250 words maximum), and brief CV to Mark Jurdjevic and Rolf Strom-Olsen at crrs50th@gmail.com.

Conference Information

Further information about the event will be posted on the conference website: http://crrs.ca/crrs-conferences/50th/.  Scheduling, travel and hotel information will be available in early 2014.

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Ritual, State and Lordship in Medieval England, c.900-1300

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Chris

Registration is now open for ‘Ritual, State and Lordship in Medieval England, c.900-1300’, a one-day conference to be held on 16 July 1213 at the New College of the Humanities in London. The conference will explore the relationship between ritualised communication, the lordship of kings and magnates, and government in the context of the comparatively powerful structure of the English state. Key topics for discussion will be both how inspiration from early medieval and continental studies of rituals can advance studies of the English Middle Ages, and how study of the rituals of medieval England, with its rich source materials and particular social and political conditions, can contribute to the wider debate about ritualised communication in the medieval period.

Registration cost: £5 for students, £10 for salaried attendees, to be paid on the day. To register please email the organisers at RitualsConference@hotmail.co.uk no later than 7 July.

 

http://events.history.ac.uk/event/show/9753
Organisers: Lars Kjær (NCH), Levi Roach (Exeter), Sophie Ambler (KCL)

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I Tatti Prize: Call for Applicants

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Chris

The I Tatti Prize for Best Essay by a Junior Scholar is awarded to a junior scholar for the best scholarly article on an Italian Renaissance topic, published in English or Italian. The subject can be any aspect of the Italian Renaissance, broadly defined as the period ranging from the thirteenth to the seventeenth centuries, including historiography. The selection committee looks for rigorous and original research, and convincing results expressed in clear and effective prose. The winning article(s) will be posted on the I Tatti website.

To apply, please visit http://itatti.harvard.edu/content/prize-application-best-essay-junior-scholar. Applicants must have received a PhD, dottorato di ricerca or equivalent between 1 January 2008 and 30 June 2013. Please include the title of the journal, volume number, and page range. Only articles printed in 2012 are eligible. If the date on the title page is not 2012, please include proof of publication date below. Current employees of I Tatti, or appointees from academic years 2012/13 or 2013/14 are not eligible.

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Seven Teams of Scholars Awarded 2013 ACLS Collaborative Research Fellowships

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Chris

The American Council of Learned Societies is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2013 Collaborative Research Fellowships.

Two of the seven were awarded to medieval projects:

Historian Michael E. Kulikowski (Professor, Pennsylvania State University, College Park) and classicist Gavin A. J. Kelly (Associate Professor, University of Edinburgh) will publish The Landmark Ammianus Marcellinus, an accessible, critical translation of the understudied fourth-century historian, whose writings provide an invaluable window into the dynamics of the late Roman empire.

English literature scholars Heather Blurton (Associate Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara) and Hannah Johnson (Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh) reconsider the medieval and modern receptions of Chaucer’s anti-Semitic poetry in their proposed monograph Ethics, Criticism, Anti-Semitism: Chaucer’s Prioress and the Jews.

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Call for Papers – MAA 2013 Annual Meeting

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Chris

annualmeetingcallAnnual Meeting, Los  Angeles, 2014: Call for Papers
Deadline for submission is 15 June 2013

The 2014 Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America will be held jointly with the Medieval Association of the Pacific on 10-12 April, in Los Angeles at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and hosted by the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.

The Program 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 2012 and 2013; others may submit proposals as well but must become members in order to present papers at the meeting. Special consideration can be given to individuals whose specialty would not normally involve membership in the Medieval Academy.

The complete Call for Papers with additional information, submission procedures, selections guidelines, and organizers is available here.

Please contact Prof. Massimo Ciavolella at UCLA, if you have any questions.

SESSIONS

  1. Encountering Byzantium: The Empire through the Gaze of Others
  2. Byzantine Art as a Site of Encounter
  3. Architecture and Encounter
  4. On Teaching the Middle Ages to K-12 [two sessions]
  5. Travel and Pilgrimage Literature
  6. The Postcolonial Encounter in Medieval English Literature
  7. The Traffic in Religions
  8. Encounters between Cultures: Conflicts and Conflict Resolution
  9. Medicine and Literature
  10. Shipwrecks and Shipping
  11. What’s New in Medieval Studies?
  12. Empires of Fantasy
  13. Encountering the Past and the Page in Medieval English Literature
  14. Digital Humanities
  15. Museums and the Presentation of the Middle Ages
  16. Medievalism: The Middle Ages in Film and Video Games
  17. Cartography: Visual Representation of Encounters
  18. Preconceptions of the World outside Europe
  19. Medieval Culture of Empire Language Communities
  20. Frederick II and the Islamic World
  21. Sites of Encounter: Armenia
  22. Sites of Encounter: Norman Sicily
  23. Sites of Encounter: North Africa
  24. Sites of Encounter: Iberia
  25. Scandinavians and Empire
  26. Charlemagne
  27. Queens, Empresses, and Women of Power
  28. Diversity of Religious Communities in the Medieval West
  29. Gifts and Exchange
  30. Travel to Different Worlds
  31. Ritual Encounters: Festivals, Processions, Parades and Triumphs
  32. Exploration
  33. Identifying Cultural Encounters and Networks from Archaeological Evidence
  34. German Manuscripts and Imperial Authority: Routes of Transmission
  35. Manuscript Illumination
  36. Rome’s Revival: Encounters with Rome in the Middle Ages
  37. Crusade Encounters
  38. Sites of Encounter in Medieval Literature
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Jobs for Medievalists

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Chris

Visiting Full-Time Position in History

The Department of History at the College of the Holy Cross invites applications for a visiting full-time faculty appointment for the 2013-14 academic year to begin in August 2013.  Candidates should possess expertise in the history of pre-modern/pre-industrial Europe and be able to contribute to the major’s thematic offerings, particularly in the fields of Religion and Society, and Gender in Public and Private Life.  Teaching responsibilities include some combination of introductory surveys of medieval and early modern Europe, topics courses for first-year students, and intermediate-level courses in the candidate’s fields of specialty.

Candidates must demonstrate commitment to, and excellence in, undergraduate teaching as informed by current practice and scholarship in the field.  Visiting full-time faculty teach 3 courses each semester and are eligible for conference travel support and reimbursement of relocation costs within the College’s published policies.  All full-time appointments offer competitive salaries and include full benefits.  The College of the Holy Cross uses Interfolio to collect all faculty job applications electronically. Please submit a current curriculum vitae, a statement on teaching philosophy and interest, a statement on current scholarship, undergraduate and graduate transcripts (Ph.D. preferred), and two letters of recommendation to https://secure.interfolio.com/apply/21340. Questions about the position may be directed to Mark Lincicome, Department of History, College of the Holy Cross, One College Street, Worcester, MA 01610-2395 or at (508) 793-2465.  Review of applications will begin on March 25 and continue until the position has been filled.

The College of the Holy Cross is a highly selective Catholic liberal arts college in the Jesuit tradition. It enrolls about 2,800 students and is located in the second-largest city in New England, 45 miles west of Boston. The College seeks faculty members whose scholarship, teaching, advising, and on- and off-campus service demonstrate commitment to the mission statement of the College (http://offices.holycross.edu/about/president/mission) and the educational benefits of a richly diverse community. Holy Cross aspires to meet the needs of dual-career couples, in part through its membership in the Colleges of Worcester Consortium (http://www.cowc.org) and the New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (http://www.newenglandherc.org). The College is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and complies with all Federal and Massachusetts laws concerning equal opportunity and affirmative action in the workplace.

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Rare Book School Summer Programs

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Chris

M-10 Introduction to Paleography, taking place July 22–26 in Charlottesville, VA. Taught by Consuelo Dutschke (Columbia University). This course provides an introduction to the book-based scripts and the text typologies of the western European Middle Ages and the Renaissance from 800 to 1500, from Caroline minuscule through early print. The goal is to learn to read the texts (mainly in Latin). Students will learn the basic tools for working with medieval codices and begin to assess areas that can provide information on localizing and dating the manuscripts. For more information: http://www.rarebookschool.org/courses/manuscripts/m10/

L-70. XML in Action: Creating Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) Texts, taking place June 17­–21 in Charlottesville, VA. Taught by David Seaman (Dartmouth College Library). In this practical exploration of the creation, preservation, and use of electronic texts and their associated images in the humanities, students will learn about the creation and manipulation of XML texts. This course is ideal for scholars keen to develop, use, publish, and control electronic texts for library, research, scholarly communication, or teaching purposes. For more information:http://www.rarebookschool.org/courses/libraries/l70/

B-40 Medieval & Early Renaissance Bookbinding Structures, taking place June 17–21 in New Haven, CT. Taught by Christopher Clarkson (independent conservator). Learn about European bookbinding structures, including the identification of the main types of binding structures, their dating and provenance, and the recognition and recording of materials and techniques. The course is aimed at librarians, archivists, and art historians specializing in early books and manuscripts, and others who handle such material. The course will emphasize studies of the physical book and binding craft techniques of the period. For more information: http://www.rarebookschool.org/courses/binding/b40/

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Call for Presenters: Mediterranean Seminar/UCMRP

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Chris

The Mediterranean Seminar/University of California Multi-Campus Research Project (MRP) in Mediterranean Studies announces its Spring 2013 Workshop, to be held at UCSC on Saturday, May 4, 2013.  This is part of a three-day event which also includes a 2-day symposium “The Mediterranean and Maritime Perspectives” to be held 2–3 May (details below).

The Workshop consists of discussion of three pre-circulated papers and a talk by our featured scholar, William Granara (Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University). The Mediterranean Studies MRP invites proposals for workshop papers (articles or chapters in-progress) on the topic “Mediterranean Perspectives,” which may include works on Mediterranean methodologies or perspectives, or studies strongly informed by such. We seek papers in any relevant discipline, especially comparative or interdisciplinary work that uses the Mediterranean as a frame of analysis. Priority is given to faculty and graduate students from the UC system and collaborating institutions, but any North American-based scholars working on relevant material are encouraged to apply. (Scholars from further abroad are welcome to apply, but we cannot guarantee full travel support.) The Mediterranean Seminar/UCMRP will cover travel and lodging expenses for presenters.

The deadline for workshop proposals is March 1, 2013. Please submit an abstract (250-500 words) and two-page CV by this date to mailbox@mediterraneanseminar.org (subject line: Winter 2013 Abstract). Successful applicants are expected to submit a 35-page (maximum) double-spaced paper-in-progress for pre-circulation by April 14.

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Call for Applicants: Mediterranean Research Fellowships at Université d’Aix-Marseille

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Chris

Labexmed: Laboratory of excellence: Les sciences humaines et sociales au cœur de l’interdisciplinarité pour la Méditerranée, based at the Université d’Aix-Marseille is participating in the Fernand Braudel-IFER Incoming Fellowship Programme for non-French researchers interested in spending nine months working France.

For details, see:
http://labexmed.mmsh.univ-aix.fr/Pages/home.aspx
http://www.msh-paris.fr/recherche/bourses-de-recherche-post-doctorales/bourses-fernand-braudel-ifer/

Deadline: March 31

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Event reminder: “Voice and Voicelessness in Medieval Europe and Beyond” at Boston University this Thursday and Friday

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Chris

A reminder that “Voice and Voicelessness in Medieval Europe and Beyond,” a conference presented by the Boston University Medieval Studies Program, will take place this Thursday and Friday, 28 February-1 March, in room 200 of the College of Arts and Sciences Building, 725 Commonwealth Avenue. For a full program, abstracts, directions, and parking information, please visit the conference website at http://www.bu.edu/medieval/voice/.

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