Workshop on the Old English Gloss to the Lindisfarne Gospels
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Workshop on the Old English Gloss to the Lindisfarne Gospels


First call for papers and announcement: Workshop on the Old English Gloss to the Lindisfarne Gospels (26th and 27th of April 2011)



You are warmly invited to participate in a Workshop on the Old English Gloss to the Lindisfarne Gospels to be held on the 26th and 27th of April 2011 at the University of Westminster, London. The workshop aims to provide a forum for multidisciplinary discussion on the gloss. You are welcome to present a paper on topics such as:

1) The relationship between the Old English gloss and the Latin text

2) The similarities and differences between the Aldredian gloss and Rushworth 2

3) The linguistic features of the Old English gloss (spelling/phonology, morphology, morphosyntax and lexis)

4) The historical, religious, literary and intellectual context of the gloss

5) The Lindisfarne gloss in the context of Old English glossography



Prof. Michelle Brown, Prof. Jane Roberts and Dr Robert McColl Millar have already confirmed their participation as key-note speakers.



The deadline for submission of abstracts is 10th of January 2011. Abstracts should be approximately 500 words long and should be submitted to Dr Sara M. Pons-Sanz ([email protected]).



The organisers, Dr Sara M. Pons-Sanz (U. of Westminter) and Dr Julia Fernández Cuesta (U. de Sevilla), look forward to meeting you in London next year.




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