Religions of the Book CFP
Medieval History

Religions of the Book CFP


CALL FOR PAPERS

"Religions of the Book: Manuscript Traditions in
Judaism, Christianity and Islam, 1000-1500"

Second Annual Sacred Leaves Graduate Symposium
February 21-22, 2008
University of South Florida, Tampa Library, Tampa, FL

Keynote Speaker: Thomas E. Burman, Lindsay Young
Associate Professor Department of History, University
of Tennessee, author of *Reading the Qur'an in Latin
Christendom, 1140-1560*

Keynote Address: Thursday, February 21, 2008, 7:00
p.m., Traditions Hall

The Special Collections Department of the Tampa
Library, University of South Florida seeks papers from
graduate students and recent M.A. or Ph.D. recipients
for its Second Annual Sacred Leaves Graduate
Symposium. This year's theme is "Religions of the
Book: Manuscript Traditions in Judaism, Christianity
and Islam, 1000-1500."

We encourage interdisciplinary topics with comparative
emphases on monotheistic religions in the medieval
world.

Subjects for proposals may include, but are not
limited to:

* sacred myth and narrative
* interreligious dialogue
* scriptural exegesis
* modes of representation
* traditions of illumination
* methods of manuscript production

Please email an abstract of no more than 250 words to
Dr. Jane Marie Pinzino, Symposium Coordinator at
[email protected].

Notification of acceptances will be emailed by January
4, 2008.

Please include the title of your paper, name,
affiliation and email address. Each paper selected
will be allotted 20 minutes for presentation.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE DATE: DECEMBER 14, 2007

The Annual Sacred Leaves Graduate Student Symposium is
organized by the Special Collections Department and
the Humanities Institute, University of South Florida,
Tampa, FL.

Jane Marie Pinzino, Ph.D.
Special Collections Department
University of South Florida, Tampa Library
4202 E. Fowler Avenue, LIB 122
Tampa, FL 33620-5400
813.974-2731 voice
813.396-9006 fax




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