Medieval History
Apologies for my tardiness, I've been swamped and so postings are behind and hopefully not too late. Much more to come:
*Call for Papers: **Gender and Medieval Studies Conference, Birmingham, 7-10
th January, 2010*
* *
The Annual Gender and Medieval Studies Conference will be hosted in January
2010, by the Centre for the Study of Middle Ages (CeSMA) at the University
of Birmingham. The programme organisers welcome c.250 word proposals for 20
minute papers on the following topic by *30th September, 2009*:
* *
*Gender and the Family*
Family is arguably the fundamental and universal unit of gendered
experience. Gender identities and embodied understandings of the world are
acquired through socialization into family configurations of
relatedness. This
conference will examine the functions and representations of the medieval
family in a range of contexts, addressing the ways in which the family could
be used to reinforce or challenge wider forms of association and provide a
rich metaphorical language for use in the articulation and legitimization of
wider social institutions and hierarchies. It will examine the ways in which
gender roles inform the definition of the medieval family and affect its
internal economy, emotional dynamics, and links to other institutions and
social networks.
We invite papers on a range of themes, which may cover: defining the family;
the changing meanings of relatedness within the family in the medieval
period, including motherhood, fatherhood, sisterhood, and brotherhood, and
the wider family; roles of family members ? for example, in socializing the
young; the link between family and patriarchy, including the family?s uneven
distribution of gender roles and opportunities among sons and daughters;
images of the Holy Family and their implications for gendered behaviour in
medieval society; the queer family and the motherhood of Christ; royal
families and the interaction of gender and power; the monastic community as
family and the (cross-gendered) mapping of family roles onto ecclesiastical
ones; female saints and the dysfunctional family; biblical depictions of the
family and their interpretation by medieval cultures; the meanings of family
in minority medieval communities, including Jewish and Islamic society.
We hope to welcome scholars and perspectives from a range of disciplines,
including history, literature, art history and archaeology, and to promote a
productive and interdisciplinary discussion of this area. It is anticipated
that proceedings will be published after the conference.
Simon Yarrow and Philippa Semper
[email protected]
- Call For Papers: Intimacy: Family, Fealty, And Friendship In The Middle Ages
The City University of New York-Graduate Center in New York is hosting the Annual Graduate Student Conference on Medieval Studies on Friday, March 12, 2010. The theme for this year's conference is Intimacy: Family, Fealty, and Friendship in the Middle...
- Men, Marriage, And The Family In The Middle Ages
CALL FOR PAPERS, Kalamazoo 2010 - please don't hesitate to circulate, and sorry for cross-listing. Session: Men, Marriage, and the Family in the Middle Ages The literature on women in the domestic sphere, as wives, mothers, daughters, and in work,...
- Annual Gender And Medieval Studies
Registration is currently open for the Annual Gender and Medieval Studies conference, on the subject of Gender and the Family, online through the University of Birmingham's online shop at: https://www.bhamonlineshop.co.uk/events/eventdetails.asp?eventid=130...
- Cfp: Border Families And Their Books In Northern England And In Scotland, C. 1480-c. 1620
CALL FOR PAPERS Border Families and their Books in Northern England and in Scotland, c. 1480-c. 1620 A symposium on family books and borders in Scotland and Northern England. Merton College, Oxford, 16-17 April 2010. Plenary Speakers: Sally Mapstone...
- Gender Conference
Call for papers: The Annual UK Gender and Medieval Studies Conference Gender and Difference in the Middle Ages Edinburgh, 11-13 January 2008 The concept of difference enables us to explore medieval gender in a number of ways. It allows us to think about...
Medieval History
Call for Papers: **Gender and Medieval Studies Conference
Apologies for my tardiness, I've been swamped and so postings are behind and hopefully not too late. Much more to come:
*Call for Papers: **Gender and Medieval Studies Conference, Birmingham, 7-10
th January, 2010*
* *
The Annual Gender and Medieval Studies Conference will be hosted in January
2010, by the Centre for the Study of Middle Ages (CeSMA) at the University
of Birmingham. The programme organisers welcome c.250 word proposals for 20
minute papers on the following topic by *30th September, 2009*:
* *
*Gender and the Family*
Family is arguably the fundamental and universal unit of gendered
experience. Gender identities and embodied understandings of the world are
acquired through socialization into family configurations of
relatedness. This
conference will examine the functions and representations of the medieval
family in a range of contexts, addressing the ways in which the family could
be used to reinforce or challenge wider forms of association and provide a
rich metaphorical language for use in the articulation and legitimization of
wider social institutions and hierarchies. It will examine the ways in which
gender roles inform the definition of the medieval family and affect its
internal economy, emotional dynamics, and links to other institutions and
social networks.
We invite papers on a range of themes, which may cover: defining the family;
the changing meanings of relatedness within the family in the medieval
period, including motherhood, fatherhood, sisterhood, and brotherhood, and
the wider family; roles of family members ? for example, in socializing the
young; the link between family and patriarchy, including the family?s uneven
distribution of gender roles and opportunities among sons and daughters;
images of the Holy Family and their implications for gendered behaviour in
medieval society; the queer family and the motherhood of Christ; royal
families and the interaction of gender and power; the monastic community as
family and the (cross-gendered) mapping of family roles onto ecclesiastical
ones; female saints and the dysfunctional family; biblical depictions of the
family and their interpretation by medieval cultures; the meanings of family
in minority medieval communities, including Jewish and Islamic society.
We hope to welcome scholars and perspectives from a range of disciplines,
including history, literature, art history and archaeology, and to promote a
productive and interdisciplinary discussion of this area. It is anticipated
that proceedings will be published after the conference.
Simon Yarrow and Philippa Semper
[email protected]
- Call For Papers: Intimacy: Family, Fealty, And Friendship In The Middle Ages
The City University of New York-Graduate Center in New York is hosting the Annual Graduate Student Conference on Medieval Studies on Friday, March 12, 2010. The theme for this year's conference is Intimacy: Family, Fealty, and Friendship in the Middle...
- Men, Marriage, And The Family In The Middle Ages
CALL FOR PAPERS, Kalamazoo 2010 - please don't hesitate to circulate, and sorry for cross-listing. Session: Men, Marriage, and the Family in the Middle Ages The literature on women in the domestic sphere, as wives, mothers, daughters, and in work,...
- Annual Gender And Medieval Studies
Registration is currently open for the Annual Gender and Medieval Studies conference, on the subject of Gender and the Family, online through the University of Birmingham's online shop at: https://www.bhamonlineshop.co.uk/events/eventdetails.asp?eventid=130...
- Cfp: Border Families And Their Books In Northern England And In Scotland, C. 1480-c. 1620
CALL FOR PAPERS Border Families and their Books in Northern England and in Scotland, c. 1480-c. 1620 A symposium on family books and borders in Scotland and Northern England. Merton College, Oxford, 16-17 April 2010. Plenary Speakers: Sally Mapstone...
- Gender Conference
Call for papers: The Annual UK Gender and Medieval Studies Conference Gender and Difference in the Middle Ages Edinburgh, 11-13 January 2008 The concept of difference enables us to explore medieval gender in a number of ways. It allows us to think about...