Medieval History
Bates College will host the 38th annual New England Medieval Conference beginning at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, in Room G65, Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Road (Alumni Walk).
The theme is "Medieval Miseries: Responses to Hard Times." Conference topics range from the plague to the connection between physical disabilities and royal ambition, from the rise of stock markets to depictions of grieving for the dead.
Among the presenters is Bates Professor of History Michael Jones, who will speak about "The Worst of Times and the Worst of Times: Climate, Famine and Pestilence during the Medieval Transitions." Jones' talk will explore the 6th and 14th centuries in terms of climatic deterioration, famine and epidemic, revealing parallel miseries that afflicted both of these transitional periods.
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Medieval History
Medieval scholars to visit Bates College for 'Hard Times' conference
Bates College will host the 38th annual New England Medieval Conference beginning at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, in Room G65, Pettengill Hall, 4 Andrews Road (Alumni Walk).
The theme is "Medieval Miseries: Responses to Hard Times." Conference topics range from the plague to the connection between physical disabilities and royal ambition, from the rise of stock markets to depictions of grieving for the dead.
Among the presenters is Bates Professor of History Michael Jones, who will speak about "The Worst of Times and the Worst of Times: Climate, Famine and Pestilence during the Medieval Transitions." Jones' talk will explore the 6th and 14th centuries in terms of climatic deterioration, famine and epidemic, revealing parallel miseries that afflicted both of these transitional periods.
Click here to read this article from the Sun Journal
Click here to visit the conference website
- Moravian Conference Will Explore Medieval Era From A Variety Of Perspectives
Moravian College, located on Bethelem, Pennsylvania, will host the Fifth Annual Undergraduate Conference in Medieval and Early Modern Studies on Saturday, December 4. The interdisciplinary conference explores and celebrates the literature, history, art,...
- Plague And Famine: An Interdisciplinary View
Plague and Famine: An Interdisciplinary View I am organizing a session for the 45th International Congress on Medieval Studies to be held from May 13-16, 2010 at Western Michigan University at Kalamazoo on the relationship between plague and famine. Famines...
- Mama Conference
CALL FOR PAPERS:MAMA 33 MAMA 33 (Mid-America Medieval Association) will host its annual conference at UMKC, February 28, 2009. The theme of the conference will be: Urban Life and Culture. If you wish to give a paper, organize a panel, etc., send your...
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nglo-Saxon Futures 2: About Time The Second International Workshop of the Anglo-Saxon Studies Colloquium and King's College London May 23 & 24, 2008 Council Room, Strand At King's College London A 2 day international workshop of seminars and roundtables...
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