Medieval History
The Early Middle English Society, which seeks to promote the study and
scholarly discussion of English literary and cultural production from the
late twelfth century to the mid-fourteenth century, is sponsoring two
sessions at the seventeenth International Medieval Congress in Leeds,
12-15 July 2010.
Session one: Travel and Exploration in Early Middle English Texts
Abstracts are invited for papers dealing with descriptions of travel,
exploration, migration and/or conquest in Early Middle English texts, and
with relations between such texts and travel accounts in other texts.
Possible subjects may include, but are not limited to:
? Descriptions of travel, origins, discovery, conquest
? Relations between texts and maps
? Relations between narrative texts and travel accounts
? Geography and ethnography
? Utopian and/or dystopian narrative
? Texts written by travellers or migrants
? Texts as sources of information for travellers
? Awareness of linguistic consequences of travel
Session two: The Travelling Manuscript in Early Middle English
Abstracts are invited for papers dealing with the idea of travel in
relation to the study of manuscripts of the Early Middle English period.
Possible subjects may include, but are not limited to:
? Manuscripts which bring together texts with an interest in travel,
geography, ethnography and/or conquest
? Texts which "travel together", appearing as a corpus in various
manuscript contexts
? Travel (e.g., geographically, socially) of manuscripts
? Travel (e.g., geographically, socially) of individual texts in the
manuscript tradition
? Conversely, manuscripts which in their presentation of texts preclude
the possibility of a text's travel between different environments
? Diachronic travel of texts: OE texts into the Early Middle English
period, and Early Middle English texts after ca. 1350
? Multilingual contexts of the reception of Early Middle English, and the
exploration of linguistic differences
We particularly, but by no means exclusively, welcome papers with
interdisciplinary and/or diachronic approaches, papers that deal with
several texts in relation to each other, and papers that reach beyond the
conventional chronological, linguistic and geographical borders of Early
Middle English studies.
Please send proposals for twenty-minute papers (title and an abstract of
about 250-300 words, with a short bibliography) by e-mail to Sjoerd Levelt
(s.levelt {at} seh.oxon.org) by September 6, 2009. Inquiries are welcome.
- South Atlantic Mla Convention
South Atlantic MLA Convention, Durham NC, November 9-11, 2012: Traveling through Texts in / to the Middle Ages Writers of the Middle Ages frequently wrote about travels?their own or someone else?s?as a way to bring their contemporary readers to distant,...
- Early English Laws Publishes Online Bibliography
Early English Laws publishes online bibliography Early English Laws (EEL), a collaboration between the Institute of Historical Research and King's College London, is pleased to announce the publication of its online bibliography. The bibliography...
- Bursaries For Editors Of Medieval Legal Texts
Bursaries for editors of medieval legal texts Early English Laws (EEL), a collaboration between the Institute of Historical Research and King's College London, is offering 20 bursaries worth £2,000 each. They are designed to support scholars in the...
- Exploring The Monstrous (i, Ii, .. For Leeds
CFP: 2010 International Medieval Congress, Leeds Title of Session(s): Exploring the Monstrous (I, II, ...) Sponsor: Mearcstapa This year's theme of Travel and Exploration seems tailor-made for work on monsters, many of which were believed to dwell...
- Old And Middle English Language And Literature Section Of The M/mla
Call for Papers: Old and Middle English Language and Literature section of the M/MLA (November 12-15, 2009, St. Louis, MO) "Language Matters in Old and Middle English Texts" Papers dealing with any aspect of language in medieval English texts are invited;...
Medieval History
Early Middle English Society
The Early Middle English Society, which seeks to promote the study and
scholarly discussion of English literary and cultural production from the
late twelfth century to the mid-fourteenth century, is sponsoring two
sessions at the seventeenth International Medieval Congress in Leeds,
12-15 July 2010.
Session one: Travel and Exploration in Early Middle English Texts
Abstracts are invited for papers dealing with descriptions of travel,
exploration, migration and/or conquest in Early Middle English texts, and
with relations between such texts and travel accounts in other texts.
Possible subjects may include, but are not limited to:
? Descriptions of travel, origins, discovery, conquest
? Relations between texts and maps
? Relations between narrative texts and travel accounts
? Geography and ethnography
? Utopian and/or dystopian narrative
? Texts written by travellers or migrants
? Texts as sources of information for travellers
? Awareness of linguistic consequences of travel
Session two: The Travelling Manuscript in Early Middle English
Abstracts are invited for papers dealing with the idea of travel in
relation to the study of manuscripts of the Early Middle English period.
Possible subjects may include, but are not limited to:
? Manuscripts which bring together texts with an interest in travel,
geography, ethnography and/or conquest
? Texts which "travel together", appearing as a corpus in various
manuscript contexts
? Travel (e.g., geographically, socially) of manuscripts
? Travel (e.g., geographically, socially) of individual texts in the
manuscript tradition
? Conversely, manuscripts which in their presentation of texts preclude
the possibility of a text's travel between different environments
? Diachronic travel of texts: OE texts into the Early Middle English
period, and Early Middle English texts after ca. 1350
? Multilingual contexts of the reception of Early Middle English, and the
exploration of linguistic differences
We particularly, but by no means exclusively, welcome papers with
interdisciplinary and/or diachronic approaches, papers that deal with
several texts in relation to each other, and papers that reach beyond the
conventional chronological, linguistic and geographical borders of Early
Middle English studies.
Please send proposals for twenty-minute papers (title and an abstract of
about 250-300 words, with a short bibliography) by e-mail to Sjoerd Levelt
(s.levelt {at} seh.oxon.org) by September 6, 2009. Inquiries are welcome.
- South Atlantic Mla Convention
South Atlantic MLA Convention, Durham NC, November 9-11, 2012: Traveling through Texts in / to the Middle Ages Writers of the Middle Ages frequently wrote about travels?their own or someone else?s?as a way to bring their contemporary readers to distant,...
- Early English Laws Publishes Online Bibliography
Early English Laws publishes online bibliography Early English Laws (EEL), a collaboration between the Institute of Historical Research and King's College London, is pleased to announce the publication of its online bibliography. The bibliography...
- Bursaries For Editors Of Medieval Legal Texts
Bursaries for editors of medieval legal texts Early English Laws (EEL), a collaboration between the Institute of Historical Research and King's College London, is offering 20 bursaries worth £2,000 each. They are designed to support scholars in the...
- Exploring The Monstrous (i, Ii, .. For Leeds
CFP: 2010 International Medieval Congress, Leeds Title of Session(s): Exploring the Monstrous (I, II, ...) Sponsor: Mearcstapa This year's theme of Travel and Exploration seems tailor-made for work on monsters, many of which were believed to dwell...
- Old And Middle English Language And Literature Section Of The M/mla
Call for Papers: Old and Middle English Language and Literature section of the M/MLA (November 12-15, 2009, St. Louis, MO) "Language Matters in Old and Middle English Texts" Papers dealing with any aspect of language in medieval English texts are invited;...