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The Ninth Biennial Conference of the International Association for Robin Hood Studies will be October 31-November 3, hosted by Saint Louis University.

This year’s theme will be “The Games of Robin Hood,” focusing on any aspect of games or game-playing associated with the Robin Hood stories and plays, ranging from the May-Games of the medieval outlaw, the mischief of Robin and the Sheriff, to Munday’s plays, to games the movies play with their audiences, to videogames.

The deadline for abstracts has been extended to August 15, 2013. Please see the conference’s website to upload your abstract and to register:  http://robinhood.slu.edu/

Also, please email your abstract to Thomas Rowland: trowlan1@slu.edu.

There is a discounted registration rate for students.

FYI: Saint Louis University, located in lovely midtown in St. Louis, Missouri, is within walking distance to many historic attractions (like the Fox Theatre) and restaurants, and within sight of the Arch and downtown.  There is a nice boutique hotel on campus, and two inexpensive hotels nearby, one in the upscale Central West End and by Forest Park, the other by the trendy South Grand district.  The University is home to the Vatican Film Library, repository of manuscripts on microfilm and center for paleographical study, and the St. Louis Room for rare books.  Due to its central location, St. Louis usually features less expensive airfare and associated costs for traveling and staying here.

2014 Mediaeval and Renaissance Conference “Othello’s Island“

Submissions are welcome for this multidisciplinary conference from academics and research students wishing to give papers at the Conference, which takes place in Larnaca in Cyprus next April (2014).

The conference is organised by academics from the Cornaro Institute, University of Sheffield School of English and the University of Leeds School of Fine Art. It will be an opportunity to discuss diverse aspects of this fascinating period in Mediterranean and Levantine history with colleagues and reserach students from around the world. As a multi-disciplinary conference, art, literature and other culture are all welcome topics, as are historical studies, archaeology, cultural and material history, social history and other topics. However this list should not be seen as exhaustive, so please do consider submitting a proposal even if your subject area is not listed.

Similarly, although based in Cyprus the aim of the second conference is to expand our investigations into the wider Mediterranean and Levantine region, and to also encompass aspects of Byzantine, Crusader State and Muslim cultural and social histories, during the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

A major strand is Cyprus and/or the Mediterranean in art, literature and other culture in the period, including their presence in the work of Shakespeare and other writers. Cyprus is, after all, the island of Othello (in a manner of speaking).

Full current information is available at:
http://enqui7024.wix.com/copy-of-cypruscolleg#!othellosisland/c19ye

Performance of Women’s Voices in Medieval Lyric: Theory and Evidence (May 8-11, 2014)
Session Sponsored by the Medieval Studies Institute, Indiana University

~Performance of Women’s Voices in Medieval Lyric: Theory and Evidence:

The representation of women’s voices in medieval lyric texts, whether composed or performed by men or women, can reveal much about medieval constructions of gender.  Nevertheless, assessing the evidence about medieval performances of gender from the documents that remain is complex. How are such performances constructed by particular language, visual spectacle on a page, or aural embodiments of voices sung or spoken in social contexts? How might self-conscious cross-gender performance complicate or illuminate our understanding of women’s voices in medieval lyric? Can manuscript context, illustrations, musical notation, or owner’s inscriptions help us understand the elements that shaped construction of women’s voices in medieval lyric?  The papers in this panel will seek to bring current theory and medieval evidence into closer dialogue.

~Deadline for paper submission:
Sept. 15, 2013.

~Submissions:

Proposals should be 500 words maximum and must include a Participant Information Form (available for download at the International Medieval Congress Website: http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#PIF

Papers not accepted for this session will be forwarded Oct. 1 to the Congress for consideration for inclusion in a General Session.

~Send submissions and inquiries to:

Rosemarie McGerr
Director, Medieval Studies Institute, Indiana University
rmcgerr@indiana.edu

The  Mediterranean Seminar UCMRP Fall Workshop and Conference will be held in conjunction with the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the Townsend Center for the Humanities at the University of California Berkeley on Friday and Saturday, November 15 and 16, 2013.
We are currently accepting proposals for conference papers and workshop presentations.

The theme of the Conference (November 15) is Translation and Mediterranean Culture. We are interested in translation as both a social and a literary practice. Who the translators were; what translation meant in different historical and cultural contexts; the existence of lingua francas; translation and the foundation of Mediterranean culture, etc. We especially welcome presentations that address the role of translation in Mediterranean Studies.

Confirmed speakers include:
Ellen Finkelpearl, Scripps College
Dan Selden,    UC Santa Cruz
Chris Chism, UCLA
Zrinka Stahuljak, UCLA
David Wacks, University of Oregon

Conference paper proposals should be submitted to  mailbox@mediterraneanseminar.org (subject line: Fall 2013 Conference Paper) by 15 September 2013, and should include an abstract  (250-500 words) and two-page CV.

The Workshop consists of discussion of three pre-circulated papers and a talk by our featured scholar, Karla Mallette (Romance Languages, University of Michigan), “Against translation: The cosmopolitan language as literary medium.” The Mediterranean Studies MRP invites proposals for workshop papers (articles or chapters in-progress, approx. 35 double-spaced pages) on the topic “Mediterranean Translations,” 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 7 September 2013. Please submit an abstract (250-500 words) and two-page CV by this date to mailbox@mediterraneanseminar.org (subject line: Fall 2013 Workshop Abstract). Please clearly indicate that the event you are applying to is the “Fall 2013 Workshop.” Successful applicants are expected to submit a 35-page (maximum) double-spaced paper-in-progress for pre-circulation by October 28.

A separate call for conference and workshop registration will be sent out on September 21.

The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) organizes its 7th Annual International Conference on Mediterranean Studies, 14-17 April 2014, Athens, Greece. The conference website is: www.atiner.gr/mediterranean.htm.

The aim of the conference is to bring together scholars, researchers and students from all areas of Mediterranean Studies, such as history, arts, archaeology, philosophy, culture, sociology, politics, international relations, economics, business, sports, environment and ecology, etc.

The registration fee is €300 (euro), covering access to all sessions, two lunches, the official dinner of the conference (Greek Night), coffee breaks and conference material. Special arrangements will be made with a local luxury hotel for a limited number of rooms at a special conference rate. In addition, a number of social events will be organized: A Greek night of entertainment with dinner (the official dinner of the conference), an archaeological tour (urban walk) of Athens, a special one-day cruise to the Greek islands, and a one-day visit to Delphi. Details of the social program are available at http://www.atiner.gr/2014/SOC-MDT.htm

Please submit an abstract (email only) to: atiner@atiner.gr, using the abstract submission form available at http://www.atiner.gr/2014/FORM-MDT.doc by the 30 September 2013 to: Dr. Gregory A. Katsas, Academic Member of ATINER and Associate Professor, The American College of Greece-Deree College, Greece. Abstracts should include the following: Title of Paper, Full Name (s), Affiliation, Current Position, an email address, and at least 3 keywords that best describe the subject of your submission. Decisions are reached within 4 weeks.

If you want to participate without presenting a paper, i.e. organize a panel (session, mini conference), chair a session, review papers to be included in the conference proceedings or books, contribute to the editing of a book, or any other contribution, please send an email  to Dr. Gregory T. Papanikos, President, ATINER (gtp@atiner.gr).

The Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER) was established in 1995 as an independent academic association with the mission to become a forum, where academics and researchers – from all over the world – could meet in Athens to exchange ideas on their research and to discuss future developments in their disciplines. Since 1995, ATINER has organized more than 250 international conferences, symposiums and events. It has also published approximately 150 books. Academically, the Institute consists of five Research Divisions and twenty-three Research Units. Each Research Unit organizes an annual conference and undertakes various small and large research projects. Academics and researchers are more than welcome to become members and contribute to ATINER’s objectives. The members of the Institute can undertake a number of academic activities. If you want to become a member, please download the form (membership form). For more information or suggestions, please send an email to: info@atiner.gr.

This session aims to rethink narratives of cultural change across the late medieval and early modern periods by bringing together several strands of scholarship that fall under the banner of “phenomenology” but are not usually engaged in direct dialogue. Broadly speaking, those interested in historical phenomenology and in embodied cognition have had little to say to those working in the philosophy of religion, political theology, and ethics. Our objective is to bring these various approaches together in order to open up new perspectives on periodization and to reexamine early drama’s role in narratives of secularization and modernization.

We invite papers that take a phenomenological approach (broadly defined) to the moralities and cycle plays, particularly their contested role as both the quintessence and the end of medieval drama, as well as their relationship to the drama of the long sixteenth century. Papers might consider secularization and pluralization, embodied cognition, historical phenomenology, political theology, the history of the senses, and/or the “religious turn” in phenomenology, as exemplified in the work of Jean-Luc Marion, Michel Henry, Robert Sokolowski, and Jean-Yves Lacoste.

Sponsored by the University of Pittsburgh Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program
Contacts: Ryan McDermott (rjm95@pitt.edu) and Jennifer Waldron (jwaldron@pitt.edu)
Deadline for abstracts: Sept. 15, 2013

Complete info available at http://www.academia.edu/4188146/CFP_Drama_Phenomenology_Periodization

Call for Papers: 21^st International Conference of Europeanists

“Resurrections”
Washington, D.C., USA • March 14-16, 2014
Organized by the Council for European Studies

In the wake of crisis in Europe, bits and pieces of the past are being resurrected as a means of understanding the present and imagining the future.   Historical figures are re-evaluated and held out as models, once-dismissed ideologies reappear as possibilities or as bogeymen, myths and symbols from the past crop up in new productions, and old political and economic institutions are revived as alternatives for action. But resurrections are not simply about nostalgia, and they aren’t just a restoration of the past in unchanged form. Resurrections necessitate fundamental transformations: inserting old things into new contexts, changing their natures, and assigning them new meanings and values. For the 21st International Conference of Europeanists, we welcome papers that relate to the theme of “resurrections.” What elements of Europe’s past, and present, are amenable to reanimation? How do they work in contemporary debate, and how is their relevance to the present disputed? What is the process through which they are revived and how are they changed as they are brought back to life or combined with new elements?

For the 2014 conference, the Council for European Studies (CES) welcomes proposals for panels, roundtables, book discussions and individual papers on the study of Europe broadly defined.  We encourage proposals in the widest range of disciplines; in particular, we welcome panels that combine disciplines, nationalities, and generations. Although it is not mandatory that papers be related to the conference theme, papers that do so are especially welcome. The Committee will accept only two submissions per person as attendees may only present in a maximum of two sessions.

We strongly encourage participants to submit their proposals as part of an organized panel. Full panel proposals will be given top priority in the selection process by the Program Committee. Participants may find it useful to connect with like-minded scholars through the growing number of CES Research Networks.

Deadlines
Proposals may be submitted from August 15 to October 1, 2013. Participants will be notified of the Committee’s decisions by December 4, 2013.

For more information, please visit: http://councilforeuropeanstudies.org/conferences/2014-ces-conference.

Contact:
Ms. Corey Fabian Borenstein
Programs Manager
Council for European Studies | Columbia University
420 West 118th Street, MC 3307
New York, NY   10027
T: 212-854-4172 | F: 212-854-8808

E-mail : ces@columbia.edu
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