Darkness and Illumination: the Pursuit of Knowledge in the Medieval and Early Modern World – Call For Papers

“Darkness and Illumination: the Pursuit of Knowledge in the Medieval and Early Modern World”
Ninth Annual Postgraduate Conference
Medieval and Early Modern Student Association, Durham University
15-17 July, 2015

The pursuit of knowledge has had an essential and constant influence upon the shaping of society. The means of its acquisition, interpretation, and dissemination informs the way in which people interact with the world around them, forming religious and cultural identities, scientific knowledge and gender roles among other things. This was as much true in the past as it is today.

Abstracts of 200-300 words to memsaconference2015@gmail.com for papers no longer than 20 minutes by Friday 17 April 2015.
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