Medieval History
- Writing History: Scandinavia And The Wider World
WRITING HISTORY: SCANDINAVIA AND THE WIDER WORLD. Friday and Saturday, 18-19 September, 2015 Announcing the second in a series of three conferences organised by the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic, University of Cambridge. Keynote...
- The Carolingian Frontier And Its Neighbours
University of Cambridge, 4-6 July, 2014While recent scholarship has done much to illuminate early medieval frontiers, the relationship between the Carolingian frontier and its neighbouring societies has yet to be the focus of sustained, comparative discussion....
- Writing Europe
After the success of the Writing England Conference in 2010, "Writing Europe: A Colloquium" aims to draw on a range of approaches and perspectives to exchange ideas about manuscript studies, material culture, multilingualism in texts and books, book...
- Registration For Writing England 2010
Registration for Writing England 2010, University of Leicester 28th-30th April 2010, is now open. The conference draws on different approaches and perspectives, aiming to investigate the writers, compilers, manufacture and reception of books in England...
- Cfp For The Writing England Conference
We are delighted to open a CFP for the Writing England Conference to be held in Leicester, 28-30 April 2010. After the success of the Writing England Conference in 2007, we have expanded the temporal remit of the conference to exchange ideas about manuscript...
Medieval History
CFP: Writing Britain: 500-1500
Writing Britain: 500-1500
University of Cambridge, Faculty of English, 30 June - 2 July 2014
Under the auspices of the Centre for Material Texts
Writing Britain is a biennial event which aims to draw on a range of approaches and perspectives to exchange ideas about manuscript studies, material culture, multilingualism in texts and books, book history, readers, audience and scribes across the medieval period. The 2014 iteration of the Writing Britain Conference will take place in the English Faculty at the University of Cambridge under the auspices of the Centre for Material Texts. Some of the topics which we are keen to explore are literary and non-literary agencies and their significance and/or relevance in the medieval period across British medieval written culture in English, French, Latin, Norse and the Celtic languages. More broadly, we are interested in other questions such as: How did local writers, compilers and readers use writing to inscribe regional identity within broader conventions or, on the other hand, impress 'universal' practices and constructs on local populations? What were the different markets for books? Can we characterize their developments and differences? What new or existing methodologies can be employed to localise texts and books across Britain? What is the role of the Digital Humanities in the study of medieval book culture?
Plenary speakers: Jonathan Wilcox (University of Iowa), Richard Beadle (University of Cambridge) and Simon Horobin (University of Oxford)
We welcome proposals from scholars working on any aspects of British medieval written culture up to 1500. Please visit our conference web site in order to submit an abstract (300 words or fewer) for a twenty-minute paper. Please send your abstract by 20 February 2014. Abstracts from postgraduate students are welcome and graduate rates will be provided. For further information please visit the website where contact details of the organisers will also be available.
Conference website:
www2.le.ac.uk/departments/english/news/conferences/writing_britain
- Writing History: Scandinavia And The Wider World
WRITING HISTORY: SCANDINAVIA AND THE WIDER WORLD. Friday and Saturday, 18-19 September, 2015 Announcing the second in a series of three conferences organised by the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic, University of Cambridge. Keynote...
- The Carolingian Frontier And Its Neighbours
University of Cambridge, 4-6 July, 2014While recent scholarship has done much to illuminate early medieval frontiers, the relationship between the Carolingian frontier and its neighbouring societies has yet to be the focus of sustained, comparative discussion....
- Writing Europe
After the success of the Writing England Conference in 2010, "Writing Europe: A Colloquium" aims to draw on a range of approaches and perspectives to exchange ideas about manuscript studies, material culture, multilingualism in texts and books, book...
- Registration For Writing England 2010
Registration for Writing England 2010, University of Leicester 28th-30th April 2010, is now open. The conference draws on different approaches and perspectives, aiming to investigate the writers, compilers, manufacture and reception of books in England...
- Cfp For The Writing England Conference
We are delighted to open a CFP for the Writing England Conference to be held in Leicester, 28-30 April 2010. After the success of the Writing England Conference in 2007, we have expanded the temporal remit of the conference to exchange ideas about manuscript...