Call for Papers: Erotica and the Erotic in the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Call for Papers: Erotica and the Erotic
in the Middle Ages and Renaissance

Extended deadline – November 6, 2011

The 18th Annual ACMRS Conference
16 — 18 February 2012 in Tempe, Arizona

ACMRS invites session and paper proposals for its annual interdisciplinary conference to be held 16 – 18 February, 2012 in Tempe, Arizona. We welcome papers that explore any topic related to the study and teaching of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and especially those that focus on this year’s theme of erotica and the erotic, both in literal and metaphorical manifestations.

Conference Publication:
Selected papers related to the conference theme will be considered for publication in the conference volume of the Arizona Studies in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance series, published by Brepols Publishers (Belgium).

Keynote Speaker:
Professor Albrecht Classen, University of Arizona. Professor Classen’s keynote address is titled “The Erotic and the Quest for Happiness in the Middle Ages. What Everybody Does and Hardly Anyone Truly Achieves.”

Pre-conference Workshop:
Before the conference, ACMRS will host a workshop on manuscript studies to be led by Timothy Graham, Director of the Institute for Medieval Studies at the University of New Mexico. The workshop will be Thursday afternoon, February16, and participation will be limited to 25 participants, who will be determined by the order in which registrations are received. Email acmrs@asu.edu with “conference workshop” as the subject line to be added to the list. The cost of the workshop is $25 and is in addition to the regular conference registration fee.

Deadlines and Fees:
The conference registration fee is $95 ($45 for students) and includes welcoming and farewell receptions, two days of concurrent sessions (Friday and Saturday), and keynote address. Please note that there will be an opening reception Thursday evening, but there will be no sessions that day.

The deadline for proposals is 9:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time on 6 November 2011. Proposals must include audio/visual requirements and any other special requests. Subsequent a/v requests may not be honored without additional charge. In order to streamline the committee review process, submissions will only be accepted at http://link.library.utoronto.ca/acmrs/conference/ until 6 November 2011.

Questions? Call 480-965-9323 or email acmrs@asu.edu.

Please visit our website: http://www.acmrs.org/conferences/annual-acmrs-conference.

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Call for Papers: Archival Scribes in the Medieval West

Call for Papers: Archival Scribes in the Medieval West :Training, Careers, Connections
(Belgium),
2-4 May 2012

For the last two or three decades, the interest for the written evidence of the past has been growing. Primary sources used by historians have acquired new value and become privileged subject matters of history themselves. This new trend in socio-cultural history has been initiated by the studies on the “Schriftlichkeit” or “literacy” (littératie, as we can read in the most recent French-speaking literature). They have raised the question of the process of writing and the written culture, which seemed to prevail in the Middle Ages – or at least, this is how Medievalists see it. Since then, primary written sources have been considered archeological artefacts. The process of their development and use, both mechanical and intellectual, is a central concern. However, it might now be time to take some distance from the object and focus on the men who shaped and wrote these textual sources. Historiography indeed continues to provide us with a rather fixed image of the medieval scribes : monks at work in the silence of the abbey’s scriptorium ; notaries tirelessly busy doing two things at once ; or chancery clerks, with their mass production of official documents. How much of reality is there in such traditional postcard scenes ? Continue reading

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Jobs for Medievalists

We are pleased to announce a position in medieval English literature at Columbus State University.  http://hr.columbusstate.edu/positions/show_details.php?jobID=975&jobty

 

The Department of English invites PhDs in medieval literature to apply for a tenure- track position at the assistant professor rank. The department currently enrolls about 200 undergraduate majors in four tracks: Literature, Professional Writing, Creative Writing, and English and Secondary Education. The candidate hired will teach upper division courses in his/her area of specialty, world literature, and core English courses. Summer teaching optional. The department has a strong tradition of participation in interdisciplinary courses and study abroad programs.

Columbus State University provides a creative, deeply personal and relevant college experience. Serving the Southeast while attracting students from around the world, Columbus State thrives on community partnerships to deliver excellence for students who want to achieve personal and professional success in an increasingly global environment. Just 100 miles southwest of Atlanta, Columbus State University is a proud member of the University System of Georgia, enrolling more than 8,400 students in a wide variety of degree programs, from online degrees to a doctorate in education.

CSU has a nationally recognized track record of partnership and outreach through efforts such as the Cunningham Center for Leadership Development, Coca-Cola Space Science Center, Oxbow Meadows Environmental Learning Center, and its own residence – the Spencer House – in Oxford, England. The University has two primary campus locations in Columbus, Georgia: the original campus on 150 acres in midtown Columbus and a beautiful campus in historic downtown Columbus overlooking the Chattahoochee River. The Columbus region, with more than 350,000 residents, is home to world-class enterprises such as Aflac, Synovus, W.C. Bradley Company, TSYS and Ft. Benning, the U.S. Army’s Maneuver Center of Excellence headquarters. For additional information about the University visit our website at www.ColumbusState.edu.

Minimum Qualifications            The position requires a PhD in English with emphasis in medieval literature. A successful criminal background check will be required as a condition of employment.

Application Procedures             For full consideration, submit a letter of application, current curriculum vitae, copy of transcripts, three letters of recommendation, and a teaching portfolio with sample syllabi to Dr. Susan Hrach, Department of English, Columbus State University, 4225 University Avenue, Columbus, Georgia 31907-5645.

Review of applications will begin November 10, 2011, and continue until the position is filled. Applications for part-time and full-time faculty positions must include transcripts of all academic work, and official transcripts must be presented prior to campus visit if selected for interview. Ability to meet Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) requirements, in particular a minimum of 18 graduate hours in the teaching discipline. Columbus State University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, Committed to Diversity in Hiring.

Contact Information   Dr. Susan Hrach, Department of English, Columbus State University, 4225 University Avenue, Columbus, Georgia 31907-5645. Phone: (706) 568-2054, Fax: (706) 568-2334, E-mail: hrach_susan@columbusstate.edu.

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A Message from the Medieval Academy of America

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 with their deadlines, then follow the links for complete descriptions and application information.

Graduate Student Fellowships and Awards
Birgit Baldwin Fellowship
(Deadline Nov. 15)
Schallek Fellowship and Awards
(Deadline Oct. 15/Feb. 15)
Medieval Academy Dissertation Grants
(Deadline Feb. 15)

  • Hope Emily Allen Dissertation Grant
  • Helen Maud Cam Dissertation Grant
  • Grace Frank Dissertation Grant
  • Etienne Gilson Dissertation Grant
  • Frederic C. Lane Dissertation Grant
  • E. K. Rand Dissertation Grant
  • Charles T. Wood Dissertation Grant

Leyerle-CARA Prize (Deadline Jan. 31)
CARA Tuition Scholarships

  • Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame (Deadline May 1)
  • Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto (Deadline Mar. 1)
  • Institute for Medieval Studies, University of New Mexico (Deadline Apr. 5)

Service Awards
Kindrick-CARA Award for Outstanding Service
(Deadline Nov. 15)

Teaching Awards
CARA Award for Excellence in Teaching
(Deadline Nov. 15)

Independent Scholars/Unaffiliated Faculty
Travel Grants
(Deadlines Nov. 1 and May 1)

Book and Article Awards
Haskins Medal
(Deadline Oct. 15)
John Nicholas Brown Prize
(Deadline Oct. 15)
Van Courtlandt Elliott Prize
(Deadline Oct. 15)
MAA Book Subventions
(Deadline May 1)

Nomination of Fellows
Nomination of Fellows and Corresponding Fellows
 (Deadline Nov. 8 )

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Next Tuesday FMD Lunchtime Lecture Reminder

Just a reminder that The Friends of Medieval Dublin and Dublin City Council, TALES OF MEDIEVAL DUBLIN  will be taking place next Tuesday, October 11th at 1.05pm in the new Wood Quay Venue, Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8.

The talk will be presented by Dr. Michael O’Neill who is a well reknowned architectural historian. The tale is about John More, a mason at Dublin Castle in 1372 who was instrumental in the repair of the great bridge of Dublin in 1385/6.

This is the third last lecture in the series and the remaining two will run on November 22nd and December 13th in the same venue.

A leaflet with details of the talk is attached as a PDF. All are welcome and this is a free event.

Further information will be available on www.fmd.ie or by reply to this email. Queries can also be made by telephone to the Friends of Medieval Dublin on 085 7769358

We hope to see you there!
The Friends of Medieval Dublin

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Scribes Website Live

Linne Mooney, Estelle Stubbs, and Simon Horobin have now launched the Late Medieval English Scribes website at:  http://www.medievalscribes.com

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Call for Papers: Marco Manuscript Workshop

The workshop is organized by Professors Maura K. Lafferty (Classics) and Roy M. Liuzza (English). For this year’s workshop we invite presentations that focus on the reading, interpretation, and use of manuscripts. The relationship between a text and its readers is reciprocal – the text speaks to readers, readers in turn talk back to the text, and meaning emerges through this series of encounters between readers and texts and negotiations among different readers. Readers sometimes create new texts to answer the ones they read – literary practices such as commentary, quotation, or reference. But they also leave traces of their reading in material ways: physical wear and tear, annotations and corrections, interpolations and excisions, glosses and marginalia, the purposeful grouping or arrangement of texts in a codex or books in a library. How is such evidence recognized and understood? How is it presented to modern readers? What does it tell us about the history of the text? We welcome presentations on any aspect of this topic, broadly imagined.

The workshop is open to scholars and students at any rank and in any field who are engaged in textual editing, manuscript studies, or epigraphy. Individual 75-minute sessions will be devoted to each project; participants will be asked to introduce their text and its context, discuss their approach to working with their material, and exchange ideas and information with other participants. As in previous years, the workshop is intended to be more a class than a conference; participants are encouraged to share new discoveries and unfinished work, to discuss both their successes and frustrations, to offer both practical advice and theoretical insights, and to work together towards developing better professional skills for textual and codicological work. We particularly invite the presentation of works in progress, unusual manuscript problems, practical difficulties, and new or experimental models for studying or representing manuscript texts.

–  The deadline for applications is October 15, 2011. Applicants are asked to submit a current CV and a two-page letter describing their project to Roy M. Liuzza, preferably via email to rliuzza@utk.edu, or by mail to the Department of English, University of Tennessee, 301 McClung Tower, Knoxville, TN 37996-0430. Presenters will receive a stipend of $500 for their participation. The workshop is also open at no cost to scholars and students who do not wish to present their own work but are interested in sharing a lively weekend of discussion and ideas about manuscript studies. Further details will be available later in the year; please contact Roy Liuzza for more information.

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Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities

The Jackman Humanities Institute at the University of Toronto is pleased to announce Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities. Three Fellows will be selected for a two-year fellowship on the basis of accomplishment, promise of excellence, and relevance of their research to the 2012-13 theme, Food:

Food is a basic human need. It shapes desires and yields many kinds of enjoyment. The humanities explore food from diverse perspectives seeing it both as an object produced and consumed and also as the means and symbol of our human relations. The diversity of what we eat (and don’t eat) and of how food is produced and shared shapes cultures, communities, nations, and empires. Refracted through literature, religion, and art, food is a central lens for exploring human history and the patterns of our interaction. Hunger, as an index of poverty and of environmental disaster, provides a reversed lens with which we can explore justice and ethics. How humans get what they eat, from near and far, is basic to ways of inhabiting places on the earth and relating to other species. From hunter-gatherers to communal gardens, feudal farming to agribusiness, food and the systems that provide it are matched by a diversity of the tables at which we eat–food for celebration, sustenance, display, competition, joy and sorrow.

Fellowships begin 1 July 2012.  Eligibility: Ph.D. between 1 July 2009 and 30 May 2012.

Apply at www.humanities.utoronto.ca by December 1, 2011:

  1. userID registration
  2. online application form (click Funding, select Post-doctoral Fellowships)
  3. Uploads:
    1. 2-4 page letter of application explaining the link(s) between your research and the 2012-2013 theme, outlining the research to be undertaken during the fellowship
    2. full curriculum vitae
    3. published work, dissertation chapter, or work in progress (not to exceed 25-30 pages)
    4. 2-4 page statement of teaching interests including course proposals.

    4. Names and email addresses of three referees (we will send an automatic reference letter request).

Only completed electronic applications submitted through the website will be considered (no paper, faxes, or email submissions please).

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Paul-Lehmann Graduate Fellowship

The SCRIPTO programme (Scholarly Codicological Research, Information & Palaeographical Tools) at Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg aims to provide a systematic, research-oriented introduction to the study of medieval and early modern books and their interpretation. It combines research and instruction within the framework of a uniquely innovative course of European, not to say world-wide, interest, at the end of which each candidate will be awarded a diploma from Friedrich-Alexander University.

Further information on SCRIPTO:

www.mittellatein.phil.uni-erlangen.de/scripto/scripto.html

www.facebook.com/SCRIPTO.Programm

SCRIPTO coordinator Dr Stefan Weber: Stefan.Weber@as.phil.uni-erlangen.de

The Paul-Lehmann Graduate Fellowship will be awarded to a young scholar who wishes to apply for SCRIPTO V (23rd April to 30th June 2012). The fellowship bears the name of the great medieval scholar Paul Lehmann (1884-1964), whose books constituted the first nucleus of the Erlangen Mittellateinische Bibliothek.

Students must apply for the fellowship in writing before the 15th December 2011. Applicants should write enclosing a full CV to:

Prof. Dr. Michele C. Ferrari
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität
Mittellatein und Neulatein
Kochstr. 4/3
D-91054 Erlangen

 

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Fellowships for Research and Study at the Gennadius Library 2012-2013

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the academic programs and fellowships for the 2012-13 academic year at the Gennadius Library. Opened in 1926 with 26,000 volumes from diplomat and bibliophile, Joannes Gennadius, the Gennadius Library now holds a richly diverse collection of over 118,000 books and rare bindings, archives, manuscripts, and works of art illuminating the Hellenic tradition and neighboring cultures. The Library has become an internationally renowned center for the study of Greek history, literature, and art, especially from the Byzantine period to modern times.

COTSEN TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP FOR RESEARCH IN GREECE: Short-term travel-to collections award of $2,000 for senior scholars and graduate students for projects and research at the Gennadius Library. Open to all nationalities. At least one month of residency required. DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2012.

THE M. ALISON FRANTZ FELLOWSHIP: Ph.D. candidates and recent Ph.D.’s from colleges or universities in the U.S. or Canada for work in the Gennadius Library for full academic year. Stipend of $11,500 plus room, board, and waiver of School fees. DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2012.

THE GEORGE PAPAIOANNOU FELLOWSHIP: Ph.D. candidates or recent Ph.D.’s writing on the Greek Civil War. Fellows are required to make use of and refer to the George Papaioannou Papers housed at the Archives of the Gennadius Library. Open to all nationalities. Stipend of €1,000. DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2012.

MEDIEVAL GREEK SUMMER SESSION AT THE GENNADIUS LIBRARY (SUMMER OF 2013): Graduate students and post-doctoral scholars in Byzantine studies from any university worldwide. Month-long program in intermediate level Medieval Greek language and philology at the Gennadius Library, with site and museum trips. Up to twelve scholarships available. DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2013.  Note: This program is offered every other year, with the next session in June-July 2013.

For further information, consult the website of the American School at www.ascsa.edu.gr/Programs.

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