Daily Archives: 5 July 2017

The Communities and Margins of Early Modern Scotland – Call For Papers

The Communities and Margins of Early Modern Scotland
St. Mungo’s Museum, Glasgow
20-21 October, 2017

Our aim is to provide a space for postgraduates, early career researchers, and academics to come together and facilitate lively discussion on narratives surrounding the concept of the ‘community’ and those who participated on the margins of early modern Scotland.

Possible themes may include, but are not limited to:

  • Gender relations and social stratification
  • Religious and political communities
  • Textual communities; scholars, poets, playwrights, book-sellers
  • Gaelic culture within and outwith the Highlands
  • Crime, conflict and cohesion within the community
  • Minority communities; the ‘othering’ of marginal sects
  • Scots on the periphery and abroad; identity formation

We welcome proposals for both 20 minute papers, and for panels consisting of no more than three papers. Abstracts of 300 words along with a brief biographical note should be sent to ‘scottishstudies2017@gmail.com’ by Friday 28 July, 2017.

Papers can be delivered in English, Scots or Scottish Gaelic. A limited number of travel bursaries will be made available.

Queensland University of Technology: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer Positions – Call For Applications

The School of Communication at Queensland University of Technology is in a phase of expansion and renewal and seeks up to three new Lecturers / Senior Lecturers who can contribute to the research programs in the Digital Media Research Centre; to the School’s undergraduate, postgraduate programs; and to the supervision of higher degree research students

 

  • Digital Journalism
  • Digital Media and Communication Studies
  • Digital Transformation in the Entertainment and Media Industries

Full details and the position description are available at the following link: https://tinyurl.com/qut-soc-lecturer

Application close 31 July, 2017.

New Directions in the Study of Medieval Sculpture – Call For Papers

New Directions in the Study of Medieval Sculpture
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
16–17 March, 2018

Focusing on the materiality of medieval sculpture has proven crucial to its study and has expanded our historical understanding of sculpture itself. Whether monumental relief sculpture in stone, wooden sculptures in the round, sculpted altarpieces, ivory plaques or enamelled reliquaries, the possibilities for research on medieval sculpture now extend far beyond the established canon.

Contemporary medieval sculpture studies have opened the field to comparative and inclusive research that embraces the social, performative, gendered and ritual uses of medieval sculpture. These developments have inspired the organisers of the conference New Directions in the Study of Medieval Sculpture to reflect on the field and ask how do we investigate medieval sculpture today and what might come ‘after’ materiality?

This two-day conference seeks to assess and critique the state of the field on medieval sculpture and to investigate new directions, approaches and technologies for research. A consideration of the state of the field could be approached through, but is not limited to, the following topics:

  • Processes and techniques of medieval sculpture
  • The sensory experience of medieval sculpture
  • The ephemeral and intangible aspects of medieval sculpture
  • Medieval sculpture, photography and digital reproduction
  • Archives, casts and reconstructing medieval sculpture
  • Sculpture and medievalism
  • Historiography of medieval sculpture studies
  • Exhibition histories of medieval sculpture

This conference is hosted by the Henry Moore Institute, a centre for the study of sculpture, and is convened by Dr Elisa Foster, 2016-18 Henry Moore Foundation Post-doctoral Fellow.

Accommodation and reasonable travel expenses within the UK will be reimbursed.

Paper proposals should be sent via email to Dr Elisa Foster: elisa.foster@henry-moore.org by 30 September, 2017.