Monthly Archives: February 2018

Locke Studies Journal

Locke Studies makes Vols 14-16 freely accessible online

We are pleased to announce that Vols 14-16 of Locke Studies (2014-16) are now freely available on the Locke Studies website. We will be continuing to add back issues to the website as quickly as we are able to prepare them. Eventually we will have the entire series of Locke Studies and The Locke Newsletter issues digitized and freely available. We thank you for your patience as we go through the process of digitizing the back issues; we expect that it will take some time to completely digitize, proof, and copy edit the older material that does not already exist in an electronic format. Hyperlinks to each article will be added to the entries in the Locke Bibliography as they are published online.

2017 Issue of Locke Studies

The 2017 issue is currently being printed and subscribers should expect to receive their copies in the near future. The table of contents is available via the website, but the PDFs of the articles will not be made available until Jan 2019. Beginning with the 2018 issue, all new content will be open access immediately upon publication. Here is the table of contents for the forthcoming 2017 issue of Locke Studies:

Recent Publications, pp. 5-38
JOHN C. ATTIG

Locke’s Orthography and the Dating of his Writings, pp. 39-47
J. R. MILTON

A Puzzle in the Print History of Locke’s Essay, pp. 49-60
PATRICK J. CONNOLLY

Locke’s Ontology of Relations, pp. 61-86
SAMUEL C. RICKLESS

Locke on Individuation and Kinds, pp. 87-116
JOSEPH STENBERG

Toland and Locke in the Leibniz-Burnett Correspondence, pp. 117-141
STEWART DUNCAN

Shaftesbury, Locke, and their Revolutionary Letter?, pp. 143-171
D. N. DELUNA

Locke and Hate Speech Law: A Critical Review, pp. 173-196
J. K. NUMAO

Locke’s Political Theology and the ‘Second Treatise’, pp. 197-232
JOANNE TETLOW

Locke and the Churchill Catalogue Revisited, pp. 233-241
JOHN SAMUEL HARPHAM

Call for Reviewers and Submissions

One of the advantages of moving to an open-access, electronic format is that we can expand our offerings of book reviews. We can now offer timely, desktop delivery of reviews of new works of interest to Lockeans. To receive notification of all new publications within Locke Studies, please register as a “reader” on the Locke Studies website. The aim is to rival the Notre Dame Philosophical Review in publishing high-quality reviews of interesting new books ranging across the entirety of Locke Studies’ wide ambit within four months of their publication. For now, we will be going back 6-9 months and building the pipeline of commissioned reviews. Individuals interested in writing book reviews for us should register as “reviewers” on the Locke Studies website, making sure to indicate your areas of expertise and interests. Authors and publishers wishing to make books of interest to Lockeans available for review can send materials to: Editor, Locke Studies / Department of Philosophy / 3130 Stevenson Hall / The University of Western Ontario / 1151 Richmond St. / London, ON N6A 5B8 / Canada.

We are seeking high-quality submissions on any aspect of Locke’s thought or his intellectual milieu and the thought of his contemporaries, broadly construed, for the 2018 issue of Locke Studies. Submissions may be made through the portal on the journal’s website. We are glad to receive original articles and scholarship as well as shorter discussion notes and research queries detailing archival finds, interesting points about Locke or Locke scholarship, or news of recent publication or ongoing research projects of interest to Lockeans. Shorter discussion notes and research queries are published via The John Locke Society blog and immediately disseminated via our social media as non-peer-reviewed publications. A list of all such publications will appear annually in Locke Studies.

Medieval News – AEMA, CELTIC, IRISH STUDIES CONF, SHAKESPEARE, PRIZES

Australian Early Medieval Association (AEMA)
13th International Conference
Flinders University, Bedford Park, South Australia, 20–21 July 2018
Invasion, Migration, Communication, and Trade
Abstracts of 250–300 words for 20 minute papers to:
conference@aema.net.au by 5 March 2018.
http://www.aema.net.au/conference.html

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Australian School of Celtic Learning, Coming Events
New
St Patrick–Reading the Lives, Friday 16 March
Cost $95/$65
Reminders
Saints of Wales and Cornwall, 1 March
Introduction to Celtic Languages, Introduction to Celtic Languages, seminar series
7 March–12 April
Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts, 280 Pitt Street, Sydney
Enquiries Pamela O’Neill: pamaladh@gmail.com

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The Plantagenet History Society of Australia Welcomes New Members with an Interest in History
The aim of the Society is to promote interest and discussion of all aspects of the Plantagenet era, Henry II to Richard III (1154 to 1485). This includes: kings and their courts, family life, music, customs, architecture, food and drink, warfare and the law.
Meetings 2.00–4pm on the third Saturday of January, March, May, July, September and November at the Meeting Room, Hornsby Library, Hunter Lane, Hornsby.
17 March 2018
Carole Cusack: Death, Famine, War & Conquest: The Black Death, The Hundred Years’ War, & Popular Revolt in the Calamitous 14th Century
http://plantagenetaustralia.org/

Early Career Researchers and Postgraduate Student Article Prizes 2018–Call for Nominations
Royal Studies Journal and Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU)
Closing date extended to 31 March 2018
http://www.rsj.windhcester.ac.uk/index.php/rsj/pages/view/CCCU
Enquiries to the prize convenor Zita Rohr, zita.rohr@mq.edu.au OR the Journal Editor-in-Chief, Elan Woodacre Elena.Woodacre@winchester.ac.uk

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Call for Papers
Journal of Icon Studies, 2 (2018)
Call for papers for its second issue scheduled for online publication December 2018
Deadline for Submissions 1 June 2018
http://www.museumofrussianicons.org/jis/
Enquiries to Wendy Salmond at research@museumofrussianicons.org

CONFERENCE IN ADVANCE
23RD Australasian Conference of Irish Studies–Irish Studies Conference
Myth and Memory
27 November to 30 November 2018, University of Sydney (Camperdown Campus)

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OVERSEAS
Conference: The Middle Ages in the Modern World
Call for papers due: 15 April 2018
Location: Rome, 21–24 November 2018, with optional site visits on 25 November

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Shakespeare Summer School
Location: Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, France
Convenors Victoria Bladen, Nathalie Vienne-Gurerrin
9–13 July 2018
300 euros/250 euros
University of Queensland students: The summer school is registered as an activity for the purposes of the UQ Employability Award

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PhD students
Conference: Gender and Public Space in History
Supported by Universities at Rouen, Madrid, Naples, Rome and Vienna launch a Graduate School.
Languages are French and English.
Call for Papers: Deadline 1 March 2018 to anna.bellavitis@univ-rouen.fr
Location: Rouen, 4–7 Jun 2018
http://grhis.univ-rouen.fr/grhis/?event=cfp-graduate-school-gender-and-public-space

AHA 2018 – Deadline Extension

In a time-honoured tradition, the AHA 2018 organising committee is pleased to announce that the deadline for submission of abstracts has been extended from 28 February to Monday 12 March 2018 at midnight. If you have been prevaricating you still have the chance to submit!

Full call for papers. Paper and panel submissions can be made through the online abstract submission website; if you have a proposal for a roundtable please email the convenor direct. The committee would be grateful if you could spread the word to your non-AHA member colleagues as well.

We are also pleased to announce that there will be no increase in the price of conference registration.

EHS News

1. SUMMER CONFERENCE 2018: THE CHURCH AND THE LAW

In 2018 the 57th Summer Conference will be held at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, on 24-26 July, on the theme of The Church and the Law. As ever, the intention is to attract a broad spectrum of papers from across the history of Christianity.

Please be aware of the final deadline of 31 March

Postgraduate students should also be aware that the EHS offers a number of generous bursaries which cover the FULL COST of attending the conference, and half bursaries for those who already have some funding from other sources. Please note that in a change to previous practice, bursary applications should now be made alongside your paper proposal, the deadline now being the same: 31 March.

The relevant forms and a poster can be downloaded from the website.

2. REMEMBERING THE REFORMATION: A POSTGRADUATE SYMPOSIUM

To mark the culmination of its third year, the AHRC-funded research project Remembering the Reformation (Prof. Alex Walsham, PI, Prof. Brian Cummings, CI) will hold a day-long postgraduate symposium in association with the Ecclesiastical History Society, The Church of England Record Society and Lambeth Palace Library, on 25 October 2018.

It will take place at Lambeth Palace Library and will close with a public lecture by Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch.

We would like to invite proposals from PhD students and early career academics (within four years of gaining the PhD) for 20 minute papers on any aspect of the Reformation, although papers that consider the relationship between memory and any aspect of the European Reformations will be preferred. Interdisciplinary approaches are encouraged. Titles and abstracts of 100–200 words should be submitted with a short biographical note to rememberingthereformation@hist.ac.uk by 29 March.

Registration for non-speakers will open in early September. The symposium will be free to attend and refreshments will be provided. Remembering the Reformation can provide 5 bursaries of £100 each to contribute to the travel expenses of selected speakers. If you would like to apply for one of these bursaries please send a statement of need with your paper proposal giving details about your circumstances and the importance of the symposium to your
work.

3. ECCLESIASTICAL LAW SOCIETY

Given the theme of this year’s conference, the Ecclesiastical Law Society warmly invites any EHS members with an interest in this area to consider joining them.

The ELS exists to promote the study of ecclesiastical and canon law and related matters concerning law and religion. The annual membership has been held for a further year at £40 (£25 for students).

Member benefits include:
Hard copies of the Ecclesiastical Law Journal, published three times a year
Online access to all issues of the Ecclesiastical Law Journal since1987
Regular receipt of the Society’s Newsletter
Invitations to the Society’s annual conferences and its London Lecture Series

Please visit the Society’s website, and use the following link to sign up as a new member:
https://ecclawsoc.org.uk/membership/join-the-society/

4. OTHER EVENTS

(a) CIHEC Annual Conference: Religion, Diplomacy and Peace: Vatican City, 12-13 June 2018

The Armistice of November 11, 1918 put an end to the First World War, and was a prelude to the ensuing Peace Treaty. The centenary offers an opportunity to study the place of Christianity in diplomacy and international relations across the entirety of the Christian epoch

Papers are invited on any aspect of this theme.

Proposals of 500 words (max) should be sent no later than March 15th 2018 to: Dott. Bernard Ardura, Pontificio Comitato di Scienze Storiche, V-00120 Città del Vaticano; presidente@historia.va

 

 

 

Competitions for MLA Publication Awards

Competitions for MLA Publication Awards

Anyone may nominate a book for an MLA prize, but the author or publisher is responsible for sending the required number of copies, noted in the main list, to the MLA office before the deadline. Each item in the main list indicates, under the heading Eligibility, whether membership in the MLA is required. An author who is not a member of the MLA at the time of publication may become eligible to compete by joining the association before the deadline for the prize for which they are competing. 

Unless otherwise noted, “literary studies” here encompasses works of literary history, literary criticism, philology, and literary theory, as well as works dealing with literature and other arts and disciplines. Translations are eligible only for the three awards specifically devoted to that category.

For detailed announcements of these awards, click on the prize name below or call or write the MLA, 85 Broad Street, suite 500, New York, NY 10004-2434 (646 576-5141; fax: 646 458-0030; awards@mla.org). View a list of all 2018 competitions.

Annual Prizes with Competitions in 2018

 For more information see: https://www.mla.org/Resources/Career/MLA-Honors-and-Awards/Submissions-and-Nominations/Competitions-for-MLA-Publication-Awards

William Riley Parker Prize
Definition: For an outstanding article in PMLA.
Eligibility: Articles published in the October 2017, January 2018, March 2018, and May 2018 issues of PMLA. Commissioned articles and special features are not eligible for this award. Authors must be current members of the MLA.

James Russell Lowell Prize
Deadline: 1 March 2018.
Definition: For an outstanding literary or linguistic study, a critical edition of an important work, or a critical biography. Open to studies dealing with literary theory, media, cultural history, or interdisciplinary topics.
Eligibility: Books published in 2017; authors must be current members of the MLA.
Copies required: Six.

MLA Prize for a First Book
Deadline: 1 March 2018. 
Definition: Same as for James Russell Lowell Prize. 
Eligibility: Book must have been published in 2017 as the first book-length publication of a current member of the MLA. 
Copies required: Six.

Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize
Deadline: 1 May 2018.
Definition: For an outstanding book published in English or Spanish in the field of Latin American and Spanish literatures and cultures. Competing books should be broadly interpretive works that enhance understanding of the interrelations among literature, the other arts, and society. 
Eligibility: Books published in 2017; authors need not be members of the MLA.  
Copies required: Six.
This prize has been endowed by Mimi Singer.

Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Comparative Literary Studies
Deadline: 1 May 2018.  
Definition: For an outstanding scholarly work in comparative literary studies involving at least two literatures. 
Eligibility: Books published in 2017; authors must be current members of the MLA. 
Copies required: Four.
This prize has been endowed by the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Endowment Fund.

Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for French and Francophone Studies
Deadline: 1 May 2018. 
Definition: For an outstanding scholarly work in French or francophone linguistic or literary studies. 
Eligibility: Books published in 2017; authors must be current members of the MLA. 
Copies required: Four.
This prize has been endowed by the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Endowment Fund.

Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for a Translation of a Literary Work
Deadline: 1 April 2018.
Definition: For an outstanding translation into English of a book-length literary work. 
Eligibility: Translations published in 2017; translators need not be members of the MLA.
Copies required: Six, plus 12–15 pages of text in original language.
This prize has been endowed by the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Endowment Fund.
Note: Works for this prize will also be automatically considered for the Lois Roth Award for a Translation of a Literary Work. Definitions and criteria are the same for both awards. Separate submissions are not required.

Lois Roth Award
Deadline: 1 April 2018.
Definition: For an outstanding translation into English of a book-length literary work.
Eligibility: Translations published in 2017; translators need not be members of the MLA.
Copies required: Six, plus 12–15 pages of text in original language. 
This prize has been endowed by the Lois Roth Endowment.
Note: Works submitted for this prize will also automatically be considered for the Scaglione Prize for a Translation of a Literary Work. Definitions and criteria are the same for both awards. Separate submissions are not required.

William Sanders Scarborough Prize
Deadline: 1 May 2018. 
Definition: For an outstanding scholarly study of black American literature or culture. 
Eligibility: Books published in 2017; authors need not be members of the MLA. 
Copies required: Four.

Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Publication Award for a Manuscript in Italian Literary Studies
Deadline: 1 June 2018. 
Definition: For an outstanding manuscript dealing with any aspect of the languages and literatures of Italy. 
Eligibility: Manuscripts approved or ready for publication before award deadline; authors must be current members of the MLA residing in the United States or Canada. 
Copies required: Four, plus contact and biographical information.
This prize has been endowed by the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Endowment Fund.

Matei Calinescu Prize
Deadline: 1 April 2018.
Definition: For a distinguished work of scholarship in twentieth- or twenty-first-century literature and thought. Preference will be given to a first or second work published by a nominee. 
Eligibility: Books published in 2017; authors need not be members of the MLA.
Copies required: Six.
This prize has been endowed by a donor who wishes to remain anonymous.
 

Biennial Prizes with Competitions in 2018
 

MLA Prize for Independent Scholars
Deadline: 1 May 2018. 
Definition: For a scholarly book in the field of English or other modern languages and literatures. 
Eligibility: Books published in 2016 or 2017. At the time of publication of the book, author must not be enrolled in a program leading to an academic degree or hold a tenured, tenure-accruing, or tenure-track position in postsecondary education. Authors need not be members of the MLA. 
Copies required: Six. Return completed entry form with copies.

Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize
Deadline: 1 May 2018. 
Definition: For a work in the fields of language, culture, literacy, or literature with strong application to the teaching of English.
Eligibility: Books published in 2016 or 2017; authors need not be members of the MLA. 
Copies required: Four.

Howard R. Marraro Prize
Deadline: 1 May 2018.
Definition: For an outstanding scholarly work on any phase of Italian literature or comparative literature involving Italian.
Eligibility: Books published in 2017; authors must be members of the MLA.
Copies required: Four.
This prize has been endowed by Howard R. Marraro.

MLA Prize for a Bibliography, Archive, or Digital Project
Deadline: 1 May 2018.
Definition: For an outstanding enumerative or descriptive bibliography, archive, or digital project.
Eligibility: At least one volume must have been published in 2016 or 2017. Editors need not be members of the MLA. 
Copies required: Four.

Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Studies in Germanic Languages and Literatures
Deadline: 1 May 2018.
Definition: For an outstanding scholarly work on the linguistics or literatures of any of the Germanic languages (Danish, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Swedish, Yiddish).
Eligibility: Books published in 2016 or 2017; authors must be members of the MLA.
Copies required: Four.
This prize has been endowed by the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Endowment Fund.

Fenia and Yaakov Leviant Memorial Prize in Yiddish Studies
Deadline: 1 May 2018.
Definition: For an outstanding English translation of a Yiddish literary work.
Eligibility: Books published between 2014 and 2017; translators need not be members of the MLA.
Copies required: Four. 
This prize has been endowed by the family of Fenia and Yaakov Leviant.
Note: This prize will be awarded alternately to an outstanding translation or an outstanding scholarly work in the field of Yiddish. For 2020, the prize will be awarded to an outstanding scholarly work in the field of Yiddish published between 2016 and 2019.

MLA Prize for Studies in Native American Literatures, Cultures, and Languages
Deadline: 1 May 2018.
Definition: For an outstanding scholarly work in the field of Native American literatures, cultures, and languages. 
Eligibility: Books published in 2016 or 2017; authors must be current members of the MLA.
Copies required: Four.
 

Biennial Prizes with Competitions in 2019
 

Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize
Deadline: 1 May 2019. 
Definition: For a work in the fields of language, culture, literacy, or literature with strong application to the teaching of languages other than English. 
Eligibility: Books published in 2017 or 2018; authors need not be members of the MLA. 
Copies required: Four.

Morton N. Cohen Award for a Distinguished Edition of Letters
Deadline: 1 May 2019.
Definition: For an outstanding edition of letters. Editions may be in single or multiple volumes.
Eligibility: At least one volume must have been published in 2017 or 2018; editors need not be members of the MLA.
Copies required: Four.
This prize has been endowed by Morton N. Cohen.

Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for a Translation of a Scholarly Study of Literature
Deadline: 1 May 2019.
Definition: For an outstanding translation into English of a book-length work of literary history, literary criticism, philology, or literary theory.
Eligibility: Books published in 2017 or 2018; translators need not be members of the MLA.
Copies required: Four.
This prize has been endowed by the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Endowment Fund.

Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Studies in Slavic Languages and Literatures
Deadline: 1 May 2019.
Definition: For an outstanding scholarly work on the linguistics or literatures of the Slavic languages.
Eligibility: Books published in 2017 or 2018; authors need not be members of the MLA.
Copies required: Four.
This prize has been endowed by the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Endowment Fund.

Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Italian Studies
Deadline: 1 May 2019.
Definition: For an outstanding scholarly work on any phase of Italian literature or culture or comparative literature involving Italian.
Eligibility: Books must be published in 2018; authors must be members of the MLA.
Copies required: Four.
This prize has been endowed by the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Endowment Fund.

MLA Prize for a Scholarly Edition
Deadline: 1 May 2019.
Definition: For an outstanding scholarly edition. Editions may be in single or multiple volumes.
Eligibility: At least one volume must have been published in 2017 or 2018; editors need not be members of the MLA.
Copies required: Four.

MLA Prize in United States Latina and Latino and Chicana and Chicano Literary and Cultural Studies
Deadline: 1 May 2019. 
Definition: For an outstanding scholarly study in any language of United States Latina and Latino or Chicana and Chicano literature or culture. 
Eligibility: Books published in 2017 or 2018; authors must be current members of the MLA.
Copies required: Four.

Revelation Academic Conference – Call for Papers

REVELATION ACADEMIC CONFERENCE
CALL FOR PAPERS NOW OPEN!

DEADLINE APRIL 30TH, 2018

Submit abstracts here by the end of April 2018

Drawing delegates from around the country Revelation Academic is a truly interactive two days of intense discussion and debate on all things cinema. We’ll be posting them online shortly.

Revelation is Australia’s only international film festival to host and encourage academic discussion alongside its screening program and we look forward to taking its discoveries to audiences around the country and world. It represents an important platform in film discussion and analysis in this country.

Taking place on the first Monday July 9th and Tuesday July 10th 2018, the Revelation Academic Conference draws local, national and international academics to discuss and analyse issues such as:

  • New modes of distribution and exhibition
  • Gender representation
  • Genre
  • Movements in international cinema
  • Independent cinema (narrative and documentary)
  • All aspects of screen culture

Registrations are $150 and include a 6 film festival mini-pass. If you’re interested in the Academic side of the industry, we strongly urge you to attend and work with us in developing a critical and collaborative industry across all its moving parts.

It’s young, it’s passionate, it’s political and it’s directly connected to the screening program. You don’t have to be presenting a paper – or be an academic – to attend but if you’re interested in challenge, change, discussion and making people work for their ideas (and money) we suggest you register.

If conferences and networking is also new to you, then you can’t find a more supportive environment in which to train. We’re all friends and all ideas and opinions are valued and welcomed.

Conference attendees receive a delicious lunch at Guzman Y Gomez Mexican Taqueria, festival tickets and an industry soiree.

Abstracts (no more than 200 words please) and proposals for panels (no more than 300 words) should be submitted here by the end of April 2018. 

 

Australian Academy of the Humanities – Grants and Awards Applications

Applications now open for our 2018 grants and awards

Every year, we offer a series of prestigious grants and awards that promote excellence in the humanities and support the next generation of scholars and practitioners.

We are pleased to announce that applications for the following grants and awards are now open and will close at AEST 5:00pm Wednesday 4 April, 2018.

Medal for Excellence in Translation

The Medal for Excellence in Translation is a major national award that recognises outstanding achievement in translation and the vital role of translators and translation in Australian culture and scholarly discourse. The Medal is awarded biennially for a book-length translation into English of a work of any genre (including scholarship) from any language and period.

Max Crawford Medal

The Max Crawford Medal is Australia’s most prestigious award for excellence and promise in the humanities. It is presented biennially to an Australian-based early career scholar, whose research and publications make an exceptional contribution to the understanding of their discipline by the general public. The Medal has been awarded since 1992 and recipients have gone on to forge strong careers in the Australian humanities community.

The Medal celebrates the outstanding career of eminent historian and Academy Foundation Fellow Emeritus Professor R. M. (Max) Crawford OBE FAHA. This award has been made possible by a generous bequest to the Academy by Professor Crawford.

Humanities Travelling Fellowships

Our Humanities Travelling Fellowships offer grants of up to $4000 to support Australian early career researchers to undertake research overseas, including accessing archives and other materials and connecting with international researchers and networks.

Publication Subsidy Scheme

Our Publication Subsidy Scheme offers grants of up to $3000 to support the publication of high quality scholarly works by Australian-based academics.

This year, applications are being accepted for The Sir Frederick and Peter White Fund – a $500 subsidy to support archaeological publications. Applicants can apply to the Fund for a stand-alone subsidy or in addition to the maximum $3000 available through the Publication Subsidy Scheme.

Before applying for any of our grants or awards, please review the nomination guidelines for further details regarding eligibility, selection criteria, supporting material, and conditions.

All applications are to be made via our online application system by AEST 5:00pmWednesday 4 April, 2018.

Shakespeare summer school – Montpellier, France 2018

Montpellier, France 2018
Shakespeare summer school
9 – 13 July 2018

You’re invited to join us for a unique literary summer school experience in Montpellier, in the south of France, exploring the work of Shakespeare and his world. Sessions will include lectures from an international group of scholars on various aspects of Shakespeare and the early modern world, and on Shakespeare on screen, together with play readings from our focus plays Henry IV Part 1 and Henry V. A detailed programme will be provided closer to the time.
 

No prior experience is necessary; students, general readers, scholars all welcome!

Convenors: Dr Victoria Bladen (The University of Queensland, Australia) &

Prof Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin (University Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3), in partnership with the Institut de Recherche sur la Renaissance, l’âge Classique et les Lumières (IRCL)

Click here for information about the convenors

 

Enquiries:  victoria.bladen@uqconnect.edu.au or  nvienneguerrin@orange.fr

http://victoriabladen.wixsite.com/shakespeareforall

Cost: Full – 300 euros        Student/Unwaged – 250 euros

Students of the host institution (Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier III): no registration fee

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Society for Renaissance Studies: Postdoctoral Fellowships 2018

Society for Renaissance Studies: Postdoctoral Fellowships 2018

Location: Cardiff
Salary: £9,500 per annum
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed on: 1st February 2018
Closes: 30th April 2018

The Society for Renaissance Studies invites applications for its Postdoctoral Fellowships, which support research in all aspects of Renaissance Studies. There will be two Postdoctoral Fellowships awarded in the academic year 2018-19, each worth £9500. The period of tenure is twelve months from 1st October 2018.

Among other topics, previous holders of the Fellowships have studied dynastic world of the late medieval and Renaissance Gaeltacht, practices of religious recantation in early modern England, the relationship between marital harmony and health in early modern England, the influence of Italian pattern books on Welsh country houses, the technical innovations in music introduced on the continent by fifteenth-century English émigré communities, the relationship between the space of the church, its decoration and the administration of charity in early modern Lutheran Germany, late medieval illuminators who worked on ornamenting early modern printed books, and the scientific studies of a female Paduan apothecary.

The closing date for applications is 30th April 2018. Applicants must be graduates of British or Irish universities, and currently engaged in full-time research, part-time teaching or independent scholarship. Applicants must either already have been awarded their PhD no more than five years before 1st October 2018, or have been provisionally awarded their PhD by 31st May 2018, subject to no more than minor corrections. In normal circumstances, such fellowships should not be held in conjunction with a postdoctoral or academic teaching post which is for more than 60% of a full-time post.

For further details, see http://www.rensoc.org.uk/funding/fellowships/postdoctoral