Authority and Gender in Medieval and Renaissance Chronicles Cambridge International Chronicles Symposium (CICS)
17-19 July 2010, University of Cambridge
The second biennial Cambridge International Chronicles Symposium (CICS) follows the success of our inaugural proceedings held at Cambridge in 2008. The theme for CICS 2010 is Authority and Gender in Medieval and Renaissance Chronicles, which will be debated over the three days during open sessions of three twenty-five minute papers, alternating with longer keynote addresses. Selected papers will be published in a volume bearing the same title within two years of the conference. The 2008 inaugural proceedings appeared in The Medieval Chronicle, vols VI (2009) and VII (2010, forthcoming).
The new symposium will comprise keynote addresses, panel discussions, a tour of Cambridge College Libraries, formal conference dinner, publications fair and wine reception. Refreshments and lunches are provided for conference guests and college accommodation is available. As on the previous occasion, a limited number of small bursaries will be awarded. We invite proposals from scholars in the disciplines including but not limited to English, History, Literature, Philosophy, and Religious Studies.
Topics for discussion could include:
Kingship and Queenship, Earls and Ealdormen;
Abbots and abbesses, monks and nuns;
Ecclesiastical and secular authorities;
Institutional authority;
National authority and identity;
Masculine, feminine, and neuter: linguistic authority;
Auctors and Auctoritas;
Textual authority, witnesses, and scribal traditions;
Kinglists and genealogies;
Nuns in the scriptorium;
Female voices, male scribes – authority and authorship;
Gender and legal practices;
Moral authority;
Ritual and authority;
Establishment of authority: feuds, force, and warfare;
The construction of gender in chronicles.
Abstract (of approximately 250 words) should be sent to CambridgeICS@gmail.com, due no later than 15 December 2009. In special cases, papers will be commissioned for publication without presentation at the conference (contact the organisers for more information). Please check the website for regular updates http://www.asnc.cam.ac.uk/diary/cics/index.html
Cambridge Colloquium in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic "Kith and Kin"
27 February 2010
The Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at the University of Cambridge invites paper proposals from Masters and Doctoral students for its annual interdisciplinary postgraduate conference, the theme of which is "Kith and Kin." This year's keynote speaker will be Dr. Carolyne Larrington, Supernumerary Fellow in English, St. John's College, Oxford. Dr. Larrington will be speaking about "Family Drama in the Heroic Poetry of the Edda." Papers should take no more than twenty minutes to deliver. Please submit a 250-word abstract of your paper by 5 December 2010 to ccasnc@yahoo.co.uk
Negotiating Trade: Commercial Institutions and Cross-Cultural Exchange in the Medieval and Early Modern World An interdisciplinary conference presented by the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Binghamton University (SUNY)
September 24 - 25, 2010
With the ongoing development of trans-regional commerce, trade in the medieval and early modern periods required an increasing number of institutions (social, economic, legal, and administrative) to mediate between local and foreign merchants, and among merchants, state officials, creditors, money exchangers, and brokers. Such institutions protected those who traveled long distances and assisted them in unfamiliar systems of exchange even as they permitted local polities to control and profit from the activities of this growing merchant class. Alongside these institutions may be counted the increasingly international systems of credit and banking, which operated above or beyond the sphere of states issuing currencies, and a growing class of agents who served "on the ground," as it were, translating local languages and practices for traveling merchants.
The Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CEMERS) at Binghamton University invites papers exploring the institutions that facilitated and accommodated long-distance trade and the globalizing of capital in the medieval and early modern world. The conference organizers conceive "institutions" as a broad category that includes formal, informal, permanent and temporary organizations, associations, conventions, and practices. The scope of the conference is global; papers may concentrate on particular localities or regions, or they may present cross-regional comparisons and convergences. We encourage submissions from a broad range of disciplines, methodologies, and
perspectives.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
Permanent sites of trade, such as harbors, marketplaces, customs houses, banks, and exchanges
Hostels, warehouses, and other spaces used by merchants for temporary residence and storage
The development of regional markets (urban and rural) and international "fairs"
Permanent and ephemeral architecture associated with trade
Social and economic conventions that governed commercial transactions
State administrative policies relating to trade and commercial travel
Supra-state networks of trade (social, cultural, geo-political and economic implications)
Cross-cultural systems of banking and credit -Translation across linguistic and cultural boundaries
Modes of determining creditworthiness across regional boundaries
The practices of brokers and creditors
Methods of accounting and documenting transactions
Strategies (individual and corporate) for adapting to foreign systems of trade
Modifications in commercial institutions with the expansion of early modern trade networks
The politics of merchant tribute
The relationship of merchants, companies, banks, and brokers to states minting currency
The emergence and operations of legal institutions adjudicating disputes concerning trade
Religious stances towards cross-cultural commercial endeavors
The representation of commercial institutions in art and literature
Proposals for individual papers (20 minutes maximum) should be no more than 500 words in length and may be sent by email, with a current CV, to cemers@binghamton.edu (Re: 2010 Conference). Those wishing to submit hard copies of the proposal and CV should forward them to:
CEMERS [ATTN.: 2010 Conference]
Binghamton University
P.O. Box 6000
Binghamton, NY 13902-6000
We also welcome proposals for integrated panels. Panel organizers should describe the theme of the panel and send abstracts with names and affiliations of all participants along with current CVs. A panel should consist of no more than three papers, each twenty minutes in length. Selected papers may be published in Mediaevalia, a journal of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Please submit abstracts by November 30, 2009. All inquiries should be sent to cemers@binghamton.edu. For information about CEMERS, please visit our website at www.cemers.binghamton.edu.
Karen-edis Barzman
Associate Professor, Art History
Director, CEMERS
(Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies)
LN-1129
Binghamton University
Binghamton, NY 13902-6000
USA
607 777-2130 (phone)
The UC Humanities Research Institute (UCHRI) invites topical proposals for research groups to be in residence at the Institute for one or two quarters during the 2011-12 academic year (July 1 to June 30). Detailed information available at www.uchri.org/page-no-cat.php?page_id=1402 . Due by December 15, 2009
Studia Celtica Fennica VII (2010)
Papers are invited for the forthcoming theme issue of Studia Celtica Fennica, the peer-reviewed annual publication of the Finnish Society for Celtic Studies SFKS ry. The theme of volume VII (2010) will be "Irish Texts and Their Transmission". We welcome submissions of articles and book reviews written in all major European languages and Celtic languages as well as Finnish and Swedish. The deadline for articles is May 31, 2010.
For further information and submission guidelines please contact the editors
Katja Ritari & Alexandra Bergholm
Department of Comparative Religion
P.O.Box 59
00014 University of Helsinki
Finland
e-mail: katja.ritari(at)helsinki.fi, alexandra.bergholm(at)helsinki.fi
The North American Conference on British Studies
NACBS Undergraduate Essay Contest
The North American Conference on British Studies essay contest in British Studies for undergraduates enrolled at United States universities and colleges awards six prizes of $100 each, according to the following guidelines:
The essay must have been written while the author was a degree-seeking undergraduate at a U.S. college or university. Essays written for courses, or as theses are acceptable.
Each essay must be nominated by a member of the NACBS. No individual may nominate more than one essay in any one year.
Essays in any field of British Studies are welcome.
Essays should be between 10 and 25 pages, excluding citations and references.
Please submit a letter of nomination (including the permanent mailing address and email contact information for the student) along with an electronic or three hard copies of the essay by June 1, 2010 to Professor Peter Hoffenberg, Department of History, University of Hawaii, 2530 Dole Street, Sakamaki Hall A203, Honolulu, HI 96822-2283. For further information please feel free to contact Prof. Hoffenberg: peterh@hawaii.edu.
Seventh Australian Conference of Celtic Studies
The University of Sydney
29 September–2 October 2010
The Seventh Australian Conference of Celtic Studies will take place at the University of Sydney, from September 29 to October 2, 2010. Submissions are invited for scholarly papers (of twenty-five minutes’ duration) on any aspect of Celtic Studies. Send abstracts by Friday 7 May 2010. Acceptances will be announced May 31, 2010. Abstracts of 200–300 words should be sent to Anders Ahlqvist, at this address: ahlqvist@usyd.edu.au. He will also do what he can to answer queries that prospective delegates may have at any time before the conference. Further information about the conference will also be made available, from time to time, on the Celtic Studies website of the University of Sydney: www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/celticstudies/.
The Review of English Studies engages in the historical study of English Literature and the English Language, encouraging fresh interpretations and the comparative study of historical texts. It is the leading scholarly journal of English literature and the English language from the earliest period to the present. Submission of papers focusing on the literature and language of the medieval period are especially welcome.
Fons Luminis: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Medieval Studies
We are pleased to announce the launch of Fons Luminis, a semi-annual, peer-reviewed journal for Medieval Studies. We are seeking submissions of articles from all areas, especially those with an interdisciplinary emphasis. Junior faculty and graduate students are particularly encouraged to submit.
The deadline for submissions for the Autumn issue is 15 July; the deadline for the Spring issue is 15 January. Articles should be around 8000 words, and should follow the Speculum stylesheet. Electronic submissions are preferred. For more information, please see our website at http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/fonsluminis/index.php.
Early Modern Women: an Interdisciplinary Journal (http://www.emwjournal.umd.edu) is now accepting submissions for Volume 2. We will accept submissions of essays related to women and gender covering the years 1400 to 1700. We especially encourage submissions that appeal to readers across disciplinary boundaries. Essays may consider art history, cultural studies, history, history of philosophy, history of science, literature, music, politics, religion, theater, and any global region. Newer and interdisciplinary approaches are especially welcome.
Five paper copies and one electronic copy of each manuscript should be sent to: Editors
Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal
Center for Renaissance & Baroque Studies
0139 Taliaferro Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-7727
USA
All manuscripts must be printed double-spaced (including documentation) on one side of letter-size paper, and should not exceed 35 pages (8750 words) including notes. Documentation should appear as endnotes, and MUST follow Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed. (2003), chs. 16 and 17 (NOT author-date style). All manuscripts are subject to editorial modification with authorial approval. Editors will accept submissions on a continuous basis. Queries and electronic copies may be addressed to emwjournal@umd.edu.
