Call for proposals: Parergon themed issue

Parergon: Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (Inc.)
www.parergon.org

The journal Parergon, in print since 1971, regularly produces one open issue and one themed issue annually.

Recent and forthcoming themed issues include:

  • 2022, 39.2 Cultures of Compassion in Medieval and Early Modern Literature and Music, guest-edited by Diana Barnes
  • 2023, 40.2 Women’s Agency in Early Modern Europe, guest-edited by Kate Allan and Nupur Patel
  • 2024, 41.2 Transforming the Archive, guest-edited by Rosalind Smith, Sarah Ross and Anna Welch
  • 2025, 42.2 Medieval English Attitudes to the External World, guest-edited by Matthew Firth, Erin Sebo and Cassandra Schilling

We now call for proposals for 2026 (43.2)

Parergon publishes articles on all aspects of medieval and early modern studies, from early medieval through to the eighteenth century, and including the reception and influence of medieval and early modern culture in the modern world. We are particularly interested in research which takes new approaches and crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries.

Parergon asks its authors to achieve international standards of excellence. Essays should be substantially original, advance research in the field, and have the potential to make a significant contribution to the critical debate.

Parergon is available in electronic form as part of Project Muse (from 1983), Australian Public Affairs – Full Text (from 1994), Wilson’s Humanities Full Text (from 2008), and Gale Academic One File (from 2008); it is included in the Clarivate Analytics Master Journal List of refereed journals and in the European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH), and is indexed for nine major database services, including ABELL, IMB and Scopus.

Themed issues contain up to ten essays, plus the usual reviews section. The guest editor is responsible for setting the theme and drawing up the criteria for the essays.

Timeline

Proposals for the 2026 issue (43.2) should be submitted to the Editors by Monday 16 September 2024 (Please note this is an extended deadline).

Proposals should contain the following:
1. A draft title for the issue.
2. A statement outlining the rationale for the issue.
3. Titles and abstracts of all the essays.
4. A short biographical paragraph for the guest editor(s) and for each contributor.

Proposals will be considered by a selection panel drawn from the Parergon International Editorial Board who will be asked to assess and rank the proposals according to the following criteria:
• Suitability for the journal
• Originality of contribution to the chosen field
• Significance/importance of the proposed theme
• Potential for advancing scholarship in a new and exciting way
• Range and quality of authors

Guest editors will be notified of the result of their application by the end of September 2024.

The Editorial Process
Once a proposal has been accepted:

The guest editor(s) will commission and pre-select the essays before submitting them to the Parergon Editors by an agreed date.

The guest editor(s), in consultation with the Parergon editors, will arrange for independent and anonymous peer-review in accordance with the journal’s established criteria.

Occasionally a commissioned essay will be judged not suitable for publication in Parergon. This decision will be taken by the Parergon Editor, based on the anonymous expert reviews. Essays that have already been published or accepted for publication elsewhere are not eligible for inclusion in the journal.

Parergon’s Accessibility
Parergon is available in electronic form as part of Project MUSE (From Volume 1 (1983)),
Australian Public Affairs – Full Text (from 1994), and Humanities Full Text (from 2008)

Parergon is included in the Clarivate Analytics Master Journal List of refereed journals and in the European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH), and is indexed for nine major database services, including ABELL, IMB and Scopus.

Parergon has an Open Access policy. Authors retain their own copyright, rather than
transferring it to Parergon/ANZAMEMS; and can make the “accepted version” of their article freely available on the Web.

Please send enquiries and proposals to the Editors, Prof Rosalind Smith and Prof Sarah Ross at editor@parergon.org.

Call for Applications: ANZAMEMS Seminar

The MEMS group at The University of Western Australia invites postgraduate students and ECRs to apply to present at an ANZAMEMS Seminar to be held on Tuesday 26 November 2024 (as part of the larger CHASS Congress). The seminar, “Intercultural encounters and materialities in the medieval and early modern period,” will explore the methodological and theoretical challenges in researching inter-cultural encounter histories for MEMS scholars.

Abstracts (ca 150 words) for seminar papers (20 mins duration) are now invited and must be received by 15 September 2024. A limited number of bursaries will be available. For further details, see the ANZAMEMS website.

ANZAMEMS Postgraduate Peer Support Group

**Announcing the upcoming ANZAMEMS postgraduate Peer Support Group**

The Peer Support Group is a writing and discussion space for postgraduate members of ANZAMEMS.

The group will run quarterly through 2024 and 2025. Each ‘workshop’ will potentially consist of three elements: one writing day, a writing exchange via email, and a feedback session of around one hour.

The group will run online, via Zoom, and is open to postgraduate members at any stage from honours to PhD. The workshops will be scheduled to accommodate members in time zones spanning from Western Australia to Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Attendance across all sessions is not mandatory. This is an informal support group, and we welcome drop-ins as much as regular attendance.

The initiative is meant to create a safe space to discuss challenges and difficulties associated with postgraduate study and foster connections between medieval and early modern scholars across the community.

More information including specific dates and times will follow shortly.

If you would like to participate or have any questions, please contact ANZAMEMS Postgraduate Representative (AUS) Jenny Davis Barnett at j.barnett@uq.edu.au

CFP: Limina, Solidarity Conference

SOLIDARITY – A CONFERENCE
10-11 October 2024 (in person)

The Limina collective conference committee invites proposals for 20-minute papers from across the breadth of humanities research to explore the theme of Solidarity.

Paper topics may include, but are not limited to:

  • Solidarity across social, political, economic, ecological, and/or psychological studies
  • Contemporary and/or historic demonstrations of solidarity 
  • Activism and advocacy studies
  • Solidarity and its antithesis
  • Forms of solidarity: fraternity, sisterhood/brotherhood, kinship, and nationality
  • Solidarity in utopian thought and studies
  • Crisis and resolution: falling apart and coming together
  • Theorising solidarity: past, present and/or future
  • Solidarity across temporal/geographical distance
  • Inter/intradisciplinary solidarity
  • Depictions of solidarity in art, literature, and media
  • Any other topics related to the theme of solidarity

Limina is open to all scholars and encourages HDR students and early career researchers (ECRs) to submit abstracts for this in-person conference.

Please submit abstracts (max. 200 words) and a short biography (max. 50 words) to liminajournal@gmail.com before the end of July 2024. Please specify in your proposal whether you are willing to chair a panel.

Expression of Interest: SHAPE Futures EMCR Network Executive Committee Positions

The SHAPE Futures EMCR Network aims to support, connect and advocate for early and mid-career researchers (EMCRs) working in the Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts for People and Environment (SHAPE) disciplines across Australia. The SHAPE Futures Executive Committee is recruiting EMCRs interested in these objectives to take on a role within the Network Executive. All members of the executive are expected to attend the monthly meetings (held via Zoom), with other tasks allocated that are aligned to the position description. The time commitment will vary each month and depending on the role held by an individual. On average, it is anticipated a time commitment of 1-2 hours per week would be necessary.

Expressions of Interest are now open for the three Executive Committee positions listed below. To apply, please email s.midford@latrobe.edu.au including the name of the role/s you are interested in, a short statement about your suitability for the role/s, and your EMCR/HDR status (i.e., how long post-PhD or in what year of your PhD are you). When more than one expression of interest is received for a single position, the SHAPE Futures EMCR Network membership will be asked to vote on their preferred candidate based on the short statement submitted.

Expressions of interest can be sent to Sarah Midford, Chairperson: s.midford@latrobe.edu.au

Deputy Chairperson
One of two Deputy Chair positions is currently vacant on the SHAPE Futures executive committee. The Deputy Chairperson duties include:
• Deputising the executive Chairperson
• Working closely and collaboratively with the co-deputy chairperson
• Holding ultimate responsibility for Advocacy Strategy
• Holding ultimate responsibility for Policy Engagement
• Managing special projects (i.e., annual Network convention, surveys, content generation, co-authorship of policy submissions, etc.)

Website Officer
The SHAPE Futures Website Officer will manage the Network’s online presence. They should be organised and creative with the capacity to take on between 1-2 hours of volunteer work each week. Ideally, the Website Officer will have some experience managing content and using a content management system (ie. WordPress). However, training and guidance will be provided so that the incoming officer has time to learn what is required for this position. The Website Officer will:
• Be the primary contact for all website updates
• Manage the production and scheduling of content to be uploaded to the website
• Collaborate with other members of the executive committee, particularly the Social Media Officer, to regularly post relevant content on the website
• Deputise the Social Media Officer when they are on leave

Social Media Officer
The SHAPE Futures Social Media Officer will manage the Networks social media presence. They should be organised and creative with the capacity to take on between 1-2 hours of volunteer work each week. Ideally, the incoming officer will have some experience writing and posting content for social media (ie. Facebook, X, LinkedIn). However, training and guidance will be provided so that the incoming officer has time to learn what is required for this position. The Social Media Officer will:
• Be the primary contact for all social media posts
• Manage the production and scheduling of content to be posted on social media
• Collaborate with other members of the executive committee, particularly the Website Officer, to regularly post relevant content on the Network’s Social Media sites
• Deputise the Website Officer when they are on leave

ANZAMEMS Reading Group

The next session of the 2024 ANZAMEMS ECR/Postgraduate reading group is scheduled for Tuesday, June 25. This will be a session on Globalised Networks in Van Dyck. See schedule below.

All readings and any updates to the schedule will be shared through the reading group’s Google Drive folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Qi0W8i-38w0Dgwia9jJ0aDCh5OEQjpRF?usp=sharing

Please contact the convenors with any queries: Alexandra Forsyth (University of Auckland), afor784@aucklanduni.ac.nz, and Emily Chambers (Murdoch University), emily.chambers@murdoch.edu.au.

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Online Palaeography Courses – Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Durham University

After a highly successful launch, the Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies (IMEMS) at Durham University is happy to announce its new edition of their online Palaeography courses:

  • Latin European Medieval Palaeography, run by Dr Manuel Muñoz García.
  • Early Modern English Palaeography (1500-1700), run by Dr Arnold Hunt. 

You can find full details and an application form on their website: www.imemsdurhamlearn.com.

Our courses provide quality skills training to facilitate working with manuscripts, whether at graduate level or for those working in a professional environment as a librarian, archivist, etc. Feedback from former students highlights the quality and breadth of the content, the flexibility of the course and the opportunity to engage with a great range of optional videos.

The courses will run July 8th-19th. These are online, full-time courses that consist of asynchronous content and daily live sessions, which are duplicated to allow students from multiple time zones to join. Students will receive feedback on a portfolio of transcriptions after the course, as well as continued access to the asynchronous material for two months.

There are limited spaces (24 students per course) and applications are now open. The final deadline for applications is June 14th, and places will be offered to successful candidates on a first-come, first-served basis.