Medieval History
Call for Papers
ICMS, Kalamazoo, MI 2011
*Special Session: Neuming Medieval Literary Manuscripts: Text, Theory, Case
Study
*Following a line of inquiry put forward by Jan Ziolkowski in *Nota
Bene,*this panel seeks to build out a more robust understanding of uses of
neumes
(medieval musical notations) in non-performative spaces in the Middle Ages.
The appearance of neumes in historical, homiletic and literary manuscripts
troubles the designations performative/non-performative and raises
questions
about literacy and performance from the 10th-12th centuries.
This panel invites papers exploring the appearance of neumes in unexpected
texts and contexts. Was literary neuming widespread geographically, and
long-lived? Was it more likely to occur in specific locations or times?
What role do neumes play in relation to developing forms of punctuation? Just how
broad is the list of neumed "literary" works? Was it restricted to the
Classics, or much more open-ended? Does neuming reveal or cross the
boundaries between texuality, orality and aurality, and if so, how?
Send abstracts for twenty-minute papers to:
Sharon M. Rowley
Department of English
Christopher Newport University
1 University Place
Newport News, VA 23606
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Medieval History
Special Session: Neuming Medieval Literary Manuscripts: Text, Theory, Case Study
Call for Papers
ICMS, Kalamazoo, MI 2011
*Special Session: Neuming Medieval Literary Manuscripts: Text, Theory, Case
Study
*Following a line of inquiry put forward by Jan Ziolkowski in *Nota
Bene,*this panel seeks to build out a more robust understanding of uses of
neumes
(medieval musical notations) in non-performative spaces in the Middle Ages.
The appearance of neumes in historical, homiletic and literary manuscripts
troubles the designations performative/non-performative and raises
questions
about literacy and performance from the 10th-12th centuries.
This panel invites papers exploring the appearance of neumes in unexpected
texts and contexts. Was literary neuming widespread geographically, and
long-lived? Was it more likely to occur in specific locations or times?
What role do neumes play in relation to developing forms of punctuation? Just how
broad is the list of neumed "literary" works? Was it restricted to the
Classics, or much more open-ended? Does neuming reveal or cross the
boundaries between texuality, orality and aurality, and if so, how?
Send abstracts for twenty-minute papers to:
Sharon M. Rowley
Department of English
Christopher Newport University
1 University Place
Newport News, VA 23606
- ?travel In The World Of Arthur?
CFP, International Medieval Congress at Western Michigan University (?Kalamazoo?): May 12-15, 2011 (With apologies for cross-posting) ?Travel in the World of Arthur? The International Arthurian Society, North American Branch is hosting a session on Traveling...
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Teaching off the Grid: The Promise and Perils of Using Non-Canonical Texts in the Classroom (Roundtable discussion) The ?canon wars? of the 1980s and 90s may seem a distant memory, yet literary canonicity continues to be a vexed and embattled concept....
- ?proselytism And Performance?
?Proselytism and Performance? International Medieval Congress in Kalamazoo, Michigan 12-15 May 2011 Throughout the Middle Ages and Renaissance, live performances served to promote religious ideologies and practices among believers, as well as to proselytize...
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