Monthly Archives: August 2017

Call for Papers – Citing Authorities in the Middle Ages

Call for papers

(deadline: September 15)

“Citing Authorities in the Middle Ages” at the 53rd International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 10-13, 2018), organized by Elizabeth C. Teviotdale and sponsored by the Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University

Medieval Christian authors and scribes cited the sources for information and ideas, often the Bible and works of the patristic fathers, in a variety of ways. Famously, the Carolingian theologian Paschasius Radbertus named his patristic sources in the prologue to his treatise on the Eucharist, and for much of the manuscript tradition, some (but curiously not all) of those authors were identified as sources of particular ideas by shortened names (AM, HIL, etc.) in the margins of the treatise. Authorities for ideas in medieval texts were often identified not by name at all but by sobriquet, as was the case for Averroes, so often referred to simply as “the commentator. ” This session seeks to bring together papers exploring aspects of attribution in medieval texts and manuscripts.

submissions to: e.teviotdale@att.net

 

Call for Papers -Monstrous Medievalism: Toxic Appropriations of the Middle Ages in Modern Popular Culture and Thought

Call for Papers – Leeds International Medieval Congress 2018
2-5 July, Leeds, UK
Sponsor: MEARCSTAPA

Monstrous Medievalism: Toxic Appropriations of the Middle Ages in Modern Popular Culture and Thought

MEARCSTAPA seeks papers to compose a session of 3 or 4 papers to the 2018 International Medieval Congress at Leeds. The Congress theme is “Memory.” Our hope is that this session will run as a twin-session to our proposed panel for Kalamazoo 2018 on Monstrous Medievalisms.

The medieval period continues to be misidentified both as a primitive and savage ‘dark ages’ and as an idealized utopian golden age of racial and religious homogeny. In both cases, aspects of medieval culture—stories, motifs, and themes—are appropriated and reimagined (that is, remembered and reconstructed) in ways that celebrate and promote the othering of certain racial and ethnic groups or cultures. Medievalists should be made uncomfortable by the realization that we share some interests with white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and other groups dedicated to the oppression, segregation, and even elimination of racial and ethnic groups or cultures. Medievalists should feel even more uncomfortable when this othering—intentional or otherwise—becomes common in the presentation of the Middle Ages in various popular cultural media.

These medievalisms use the Middle Ages—our Middle Ages—to advance their racist agendas, which have frequently resulted in malicious acts against individuals and groups. In short, the Middle Ages are often put to monstrous work in modern popular thought and culture, frequently used by one community to attack another. The Middle Ages thus become othered and estranged from the scholars who study and teach from positions of acceptance and inclusion. These monstrous medievalisms use the period to foster some of the most pernicious ideologies of the present day and distort our understanding of the past. We ask, whose Middle Ages are they? And in so doing, we seek to confront these monstrous medievalisms, to unravel and make sense of them in order to dismantle the negative work they do.

Papers for this panel might address topics such as:
Appropriations of the medieval image and narrative in Nazi propaganda
Contemporary White Pride/White Nationalist appropriations of the medieval symbols and signs (tattoos, banners, album covers, banners)
Racist responses to inclusion in “Medieval” film
The medieval fantasies of white identity in the Anglo-Saxon enthusiasm of the founding fathers
Racialized Monsters in the contemporary medieval fantasy
Race War as trope in Ancient and Medieval period films, video games, and/or books
“Unintentional” rehearsals of racist ideologies in popular media

We invite papers from all disciplines and national traditions. Additionally, MEARCSTAPA will provide an award of $500 to the best graduate student submission to this or any of its sessions to help offset the costs of travel and lodging for the IMC.

Please send abstracts of no more than 250 words together with a brief bio to session organizer Renée Ward (rward@lincoln.ac.uk) by 10 September 2017. Please include your name, title, and affiliation on the abstract itself. All abstracts will be vetted by the MEARCSTAPA board and the full session will be submitted to the Congress mid-September 2017.

Medieval and Early Modern Centre – Sydney Medievalists at Leeds, 2017

Medieval and Early Modern Centre

Sydney Medievalists at Leeds, 2017

Papers Originally Presented at the International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, 3–6 July 2017
Thursday 7 September 2017, 4pm–6.30pm
Woolley Common Room (N480), Level 4, John Woolley Building (A20), University of Sydney
A sample of some of the papers given at the International Medieval Congress at the University of Leeds, July 2017.

Papers to be presented by:

Daniel Anlezark: “Reading Genesis into Context”
Lola Sharon Davidson: “Heresy and Resistance to the Othering of the Jews”
Lynette Olson: “Otherness in the Writings of St Patrick”
Jonathan Wooding: “The Sea as Borderland in Early Medieval Celtic Britain”

See attached for further details and a proposed dinner afterwards.

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Online Old English Course – English-Speaking Union

The English-Speaking Union (Victorian Branch) is an Australian educational and cultural charity founded in 1919. Our aim is to promote co-operation and understanding among the English-speaking peoples.

Our interest in the English language includes fostering the rich linguistic and cultural heritage that is embedded in Modern English, of which Old English plays such a central part.

The teaching of Old English in Australian universities has a long history. In recent years, however, the academic teaching of Old English in Australia has become increasingly attenuated.

Our organisation is therefore developing an online course in Old English. We believe we have the expertise, together with a preliminary level of funding, to be able to take advantage of the latest advances in computer-based education so as to promote Old English in a dynamic way.

We therefore invite Expressions of Interest from individuals or teams with specialised knowledge of the Old English language and with relevant experience in education, curriculum design and course development. Our Project Brief is available on application from the address below.

The Expression of Interest should respond to the Project Brief and include:

* Name(s) of consultant(s)

* Details of qualifications and relevant experience

* Familiarity with “Course Builder” (or similar software for constructing an online course), and willingness to work with an IT specialist to create the 24-lesson project

* Ability to develop the project in accordance with the ESU’s vision for the course

* Proposed approach and timeline for the work

* Business information including consultant’s full contact details, ABN (if an Australian business) and professional insurances

* Contact details for three professional referees

* Quotation of fee, and the basis for setting the fee

The Expression of Interest should be submitted as an attachment to an email, and sent to: admin@esuvic.org.au

 

 

150 Years of Discovery: Emerging Research video competition – New Zealand

The Royal Society Te Apārangi Early Career Researcher (ECR) Forum invites New Zealand’s ECRs and postgraduate students to celebrate and share their research, innovations, discoveries and insights through the 150 Years of Discovery: Emerging Research video competition.

The research being conducted by ECRs in New Zealand is driving the future of science, society, and culture; contributing to the growth of our economy, industry, and cultural sectors in New Zealand and globally. The 150 Years of Discovery video competitionprovides ECRs with an opportunity to express their passion for innovative research by showcasing their discoveries in a short 3 minute video and sharing it with the public and their fellow researchers.

With the generous help of our sponsors, we are providing three prizes: a Future Leader Award and two People’s Choice Awards. All three winners will receive cash prizes to contribute to their future research goals, while the winner of the Future Leader Award will also present their winning video at the Royal Society Te Apārangi Gala Dinner on 10 October 2017.

Celebrate with us and be a part of this year’s video competition. Show us, New Zealand, and the whole world what you have to offer and why your work matters.

For more information: https://150-years-of-discovery-emerging-research.thinkable.org

 

Good luck! We look forward to seeing your video of discovery.

ECR Forum committee

 

Lecturer / Senior Lecturer position in Media Studies, Massey University, New Zealand

Position overview

Applications are invited for a full-time, ongoing Lectureship or Senior Lectureship (US equivalent Assistant/Associate Professor) in the Media Studies programme of the School of English and Media Studies at Massey University. This position is based at the Manawatu campus in Palmerston North, New Zealand.

The School of English and Media Studies has a strong record in teaching excellence and pastoral care in an interactive learning environment. Courses are taught in internal and distance learning modes (including online delivery), at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The School currently offers programmes in English, Media Studies, Creative Writing, Expressive Arts, Public and Professional Writing, and Theatre Studies.

We are looking for a candidate with research and teaching strengths in social and cultural approaches to media. All applications will be carefully considered, but we particularly encourage applicants with additional specialisations in one or more of the following areas: popular culture, critical and cultural theory, digital media, gender studies, critical race studies.
Media Studies is offered as a major in both the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Communication. The undergraduate programme in both degrees currently includes courses across three major areas of specialisation: digital media production, social/cultural approaches to media, and medium-specific approaches/methodologies, including screen studies. An ability to contribute to more than one area, and to teach into the compulsory course 154.101 Introduction to Media Studies, may be an advantage. The graduate programme is available in the Master of Arts and Master of Communication, and offers a selection of courses in the above areas. Candidates are encouraged to view the full range of courses via our website at ems.massey.ac.nz.

The successful applicant will have a PhD either completed or very near to completion at the time of application. Experience of University-level teaching and academic publication or other evidence of ongoing research activity is essential. The level of appointment will depend on qualifications and experience. It is anticipated that the selected candidate will take up the appointment in January 2018.

Enquiries should be directed to Associate Professor Jenny Lawn (j.m.lawn@massey.ac.nz or +64 9 213 6337), School of English and Media Studies, Massey University.

Applications close on 20 September, 2017 and should be submitted via the Massey Careers website http://www.massey.ac.nz/joinus/. Applications should include a full CV and names and addresses of three referees. The University reserves the right not to make an appointment.

Job description

Purpose statement

To enhance the learning and qualification outcomes of Massey’s students and the scholarly ouputs of the University by undertaking an effective programme of teaching; undertaking research including research supervision of students; engaging in the pursuit of external funding; providing administrative and professional service to the University and broader academic or professional communities.

Responsible to
Head of School

Key accountabilities

Teaching/Supervision

1. Undertake effective undergraduate and postgraduate teaching.
2. Develop and teach major curriculum components of courses.
3. Coordinate and administer the teaching of subjects.
4. Supervise the research activities of postgraduate students.
5. Undertake continuing personal professional development.

Research

1. Undertake an active, appropriate and viable personal research programme or participate in team-based research.
2. Regularly publish articles or other scholarly works in academic journals and review papers.
3. Present research and act as a discussant at academic conferences.
4. Generate research funding.

Service to the Community

1. Participate in community service activities that further advance the profession or field and which are consistent with the University’s Charter and Strategic Plan.
2. Assist the School to develop an environment which gives effect to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.

University Responsibilities

1. Serve productively on University and/or School committees.
2. Ensure the observance of University policy, performance standards and codes of practice in all teaching, research, community service and administrative practices.
3. Contribute to the development of a School working environment of teamwork and cooperation.

Any other duties that are consistent with this position, as required by the Head of School.
Person specification

Qualifications

Completed PhD at time of application in Media Studies or other closely relevant field.
Experience
Demonstrable teaching experience at appropriate University levels and research expertise in appropriate subject areas.
Personal attributes and behaviours
Competence in all areas of professional activity.
A strong sense of professionalism.
Suitable skills in time management.
Strong interpersonal skills.
The ability to maintain good collegial relationships, and a willingness to engage in team-work.
The capacity to lead tutors (teaching assistants) in the delivery of courses.

 

Think Globally, Love Locally? – Call For Papers

Think Globally, Love Locally?
Seventh International Conference on Popular Romance Studies
Sydney, Australia
27-29 June, 2018

Keynote speakers:

  • Lisa Fletcher, University of Tasmania
  • Beth Driscoll, University of Melbourne
  • Kim Wilkins, University of Queensland

Space, place, and romantic love are intimately entwined. Popular culture depicts particular locations and environments as “romantic”; romantic fantasies can be “escapist” or involve the “boy/girl/beloved next door”; and romantic relationships play out in a complex mix of physical and virtual settings. The romance industry may be globalized, but popular romance culture is always situated: produced and circulated in distinctive localities and spaces, online and offline. Love plays out in real-world contexts of migration and dislocation; love figures in representations of assimilation and cultural resistance; in different times and places, radically disparate political movements—revolutionary, reactionary, and everything in between—have all deployed the rhetoric and imagery of love.

For its seventh international conference on Popular Romance Studies, the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance calls for papers on romantic love and popular culture, now and in the past, from anywhere in the world. We are particularly interested, this year, on papers that address the relationship between love and locality in popular culture: not just in fictional modes (novels, films, TV shows, comics, song lyrics, fan fiction, etc.), but also in didactic genres (advice columns, dating manuals, journalism), in advertising, and in both digital and material culture (wedding dresses, courtship rituals, etc.).

The conference will be held at Macquarie University’s city campus, 123 Pit Street, Sydney. The venue is in the heart of Sydney’s CBD shopping and dining precinct, a 15-minute walk away from the Sydney Opera House, Harbour Bridge, and historic Rocks area. Travel support for graduate students, independent scholars, and nontenured faculty may be applied for, if your proposal is accepted.

Topics of interest might include:

  • Geographies of love and sexuality
  • Love’s Settings: e.g., the imagined Outback of Rural Romances; the Scottish Highlands; romantic cities; small-town and island romances; the communal space of “Romancelandia”
  • Romantic Chronotopes: times and places when love is imagined to be “truer” or “deeper” than the here-and-now (e.g., Regency or Victorian England; medieval Provence; Tang Dynasty China; the Joseon settings of Korean TV-drama, etc.)
  • Honeymoon travel (past and present) and romantic tourism, including fan pilgrimages for romantic texts and films, destination weddings, and the like
  • Locality and LGBTQIA romance culture
  • Courtship in public and semi-private spaces: e.g., paying visits, dating, office romance, romance and car culture
  • Love’s Architectures: Hotels, Fantasy Suites, Clubs and Restaurants, Domestic Spaces (kitchens, bedrooms, Red Rooms of Pain, etc.)
  • Local, National, and Transnational Book Industries
  • Local Romance Writer Groups, Reader Groups, or Media Fan Groups / Events
    Romance and the (Local) Library or Bookshop
  • Local Love on Television (e.g., Farmer Wants a Wife) and online (Tinder, etc.)
  • “Escapist” reading and the places / practices of romance consumption
  • Place and Race in Popular Romance
  • The “Phone-World” and other Virtual Spaces for Love
  • Off the Map: Emerging and Under-Studied Settings and Romance Cultures
    • Material locations and imaginary spaces for love, and the combination of the two in Edward Soja’s concept of “thirdspace”
    • Migration and love: migration for love, love hampered by distance, love in migrant and refugee communities
    • Non-geographic love (e.g., love experienced entirely online) and the intersections of technology with long-distance love, now and in the past
    • Lieux de memoire in the context of romantic love (as opposed to national identity)
    • Love and nationalism, love and regionalism, love and (local) political struggle

All theoretical and empirical approaches are welcome, including discussions of pedagogy.

Submit 250-300 word proposals for individual papers, full panels, roundtables, interviews, or innovative presentations to conferences@iaspr.org by 15 September, 2017. All proposals will be peer reviewed.

BAA Annual Conference 2018: Cambridge: College, Church and City – Call For Papers

Cambridge: College, Church and City
British Archaeological Association Annual Conference 2018
Cambridge, UK
1-5 September, 2018

The Association holds an annual conference at a centre of established importance in the medieval period, usually in the British Isles and occasionally in mainland Europe.

The annual conferences focus on the medieval art, architecture and archaeology of one location, and visit all the city’s or areas most important medieval sites, including some not usually accessible to the public.

All our conferences welcome professional scholars and amateur enthusiasts alike who are members of the association.

More information: http://thebaa.org/meetings-events/conferences/annual-conferences.

Abstracts Due: 1 February, 2018

URGENT CHANGE OF DATE Thomas Biggs, Huguenots, Book offer – University of Sydney

1.     Department of Classics and Ancient History Research Seminar Series, Semester 2, 2017

CHANGE OF DATE

Thomas Biggs (CCANESA Apollo Fellow, University of Georgia)

New Date: 31 August 2017 4.15pm (originally 21 August)

Conference Room of the Centre for Classical and Near Eastern Studies of Australia, Madsen Building (F09),

2.     The Huguenots: French Reformers. Their Faith and Diaspora.

4 November 2017

10.00am —6.00pm

Dinner 6.00pm at ’99 on York’ York Street, Sydney
Keynote speaker: Dr Robin Gwynn

See attached flyer for registration, payment, program and further information.

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3.     Book-special offer

Muecke and Campanelli, The Invention of Rome: Biondo Flavio’s Roma Triumphans and its Worlds (Geneva, 2017)

See attached prospectus. Book available for a short time at a discounted price

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