Monash University, Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Inaugural Annual Symposium
“Tied with indissoluble chains”: Languages of Exile and Imprisonment in Medieval and Renaissance England and Italy
Date: Friday 24 April 2015
Time: 9:15 am – 4:30pm
Venue: Monash Club, Monash University, Clayton
Cost: $40 waged/$35 student (includes lunch, morning and afternoon tea)
Registration: Available online here
Convenors: Lisa Di Crescenzo and Sally Fisher
All welcome!
In Medieval and Renaissance England and Italy, exile and imprisonment were the ubiquitous result of political and dynastic struggles. Scholars have scrutinised the political uses of exile and imprisonment as instruments of government, recognising that the imposition of either performed a role far beyond that of punishment for crime. The invited speakers at this symposium will consider the languages of exile and imprisonment in Medieval and Renaissance England and Italy using such sources as letters, legal documents, chronicles and poems. The symposium aims to explore how the experience of exile and imprisonment was negotiated, reshaped and performed, and to interrogate the intersections and oppositions between these two states.
Plenary Speaker:
- Susan Broomhall (University of Western Australia)
Speakers include:
- Lisa Di Crescenzo (Monash University)
- Stephanie Downes (University of Melbourne)
- Sally Fisher (Monash University)
- Helen Hickey (University of Melbourne)
- Amanda McVitty (Massey University, NZ)
- Natalie Tomas (Monash University)
Enquiries: Lisa Di Crescenzo <lisa.dicrescenzo@monash.edu>; Sally Fisher <safis1@student.monash.edu>.
