Medieval History
GENDER AND CLASS IN BYZANTINE SOCIETY:
> XVITH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE OF THE
> AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATION FOR BYZANTINE STUDIES
>
> 16-18 April 2010, University of New England
> http://home.vicnet.net.au/~byzaus/conferences/16th2010/
>
> Reminder: Call for Papers Closes April 1
>
> The Australian Association for Byzantine Studies call for papers for its
> XVIth Biennial Conference closes on April 1. \
>
> Plenary speakers: Dr Tom Brown, Reader, School of History, Classics
> and Archaeology, The
> University of Edinburgh
> Professor John Melville-Jones, Classics and Ancient History, University of
> Western Australia
>
> The conference is being held in honour of Professor John Melville-Jones.
>
> Gender and class were key social indicators in Byzantine society, as in many
> others. However, masculine and feminine roles were not always clearly
> defined, while eunuchs made up a 'third gender'. Social status was also in a
> state of flux, as much linked to patronage networks as to wealth, as the
> Empire came under a series of external and internal pressures. This fluidity
> applied in ecclesiastical as much as in secular spheres. We welcome papers
> on all aspects of the theme of gender and/or class from the 4th to the 15th
> centuries, from the Greek East to the westernmost reaches of the Byzantine
> Empire. Contributors are invited to interpret the theme broadly and
> we welcome
> submissions from all fields. Both scholars with academic affiliation and
> working independently, as well as postgraduate students, are encouraged to
> apply.
>
> Registration is open. The Conference will be held 16-18 April 2010
> at the University of New
> England in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia. Full details
> including are available on the conference web site.
>
> Please submit abstracts of up to 500 words in length to: Associate
> Professor Lynda Garland
> School of Humanities University of New England
> Armidale New South Wales 2351 tel +61 2 6773 3236
> fax +61 2 6773 3520
> [email protected]
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GENDER AND CLASS IN BYZANTINE SOCIETY:
GENDER AND CLASS IN BYZANTINE SOCIETY:
> XVITH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE OF THE
> AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATION FOR BYZANTINE STUDIES
>
> 16-18 April 2010, University of New England
> http://home.vicnet.net.au/~byzaus/conferences/16th2010/
>
> Reminder: Call for Papers Closes April 1
>
> The Australian Association for Byzantine Studies call for papers for its
> XVIth Biennial Conference closes on April 1. \
>
> Plenary speakers: Dr Tom Brown, Reader, School of History, Classics
> and Archaeology, The
> University of Edinburgh
> Professor John Melville-Jones, Classics and Ancient History, University of
> Western Australia
>
> The conference is being held in honour of Professor John Melville-Jones.
>
> Gender and class were key social indicators in Byzantine society, as in many
> others. However, masculine and feminine roles were not always clearly
> defined, while eunuchs made up a 'third gender'. Social status was also in a
> state of flux, as much linked to patronage networks as to wealth, as the
> Empire came under a series of external and internal pressures. This fluidity
> applied in ecclesiastical as much as in secular spheres. We welcome papers
> on all aspects of the theme of gender and/or class from the 4th to the 15th
> centuries, from the Greek East to the westernmost reaches of the Byzantine
> Empire. Contributors are invited to interpret the theme broadly and
> we welcome
> submissions from all fields. Both scholars with academic affiliation and
> working independently, as well as postgraduate students, are encouraged to
> apply.
>
> Registration is open. The Conference will be held 16-18 April 2010
> at the University of New
> England in Armidale, New South Wales, Australia. Full details
> including are available on the conference web site.
>
> Please submit abstracts of up to 500 words in length to: Associate
> Professor Lynda Garland
> School of Humanities University of New England
> Armidale New South Wales 2351 tel +61 2 6773 3236
> fax +61 2 6773 3520
> [email protected]
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