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Time in the Middle Ages

16th annual symposium of the International Medieval Society – Paris

For its 16^th annual symposium, the International Medieval Society Paris invites scholarly papers on any aspect of time in the Middle Ages. Papers may deal with the experience or exploitation of time, its reckoning or measuring, its inscription, its theorization, or the question of how or why or whether we should demarcate the “Middle Ages.” Papers focusing on historical or cultural material from medieval France or post-Roman Gaul, or on texts written in medieval French or Occitan, are particularly encouraged, but compelling papers on other material will also be considered.

Paris

Conference, symposium - Urban studies

Truth and fiction

15th annual conference of the International Medieval Society

The 15^th annual conference of the International Medieval Society (IMS-Paris) is organised in collaboration with the Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris (LAMOP) and the Centre d’Étude et de Recherches Antiques et Médiévales (CERAM). This year on the theme of “Truth and Fiction.”

Girona

Cathedrals and Mosques: Building Urban Memories and Landscapes in Southern Europe (12th - 14th centuries)

This international conference will discuss interdisciplinary questions regarding the importance of cathedrals and mosques in the definition of memory and urban landscape in the medieval Mediterranean from the twelfth to the fourteenth centuries. Our research aims at analysing the role these two buildings played in configuring the urban fabric of the Mediterranean world. One of our primary objectives is to understand how these buildings defined medieval landscape and urban space. How did they modify and condition the social and functional organisation of their urban surroundings? What architectural features contributed to their place in civic memory (decoration, architectural style and building techniques)? We are interested in the place they occupy in their cities’ urban planning and topography.

Heidelberg

Conference, symposium - Europe

The Roll in Western Europe in the Late Middle Ages

Rolls were used in all aspects of medieval society. Key areas in which rolls were utilized include administration, genealogies, poetry, liturgy and heraldry. Despite the significance of the roll as a form for medieval writing culture, it has not received as much attention in respect to its significance. The international conference The Roll in Western Europe in the Late Middle Ages focuses on the materiality and the praxeology of late medieval rolls (1200 – 1500), particularly in England and France. The presentations deal with questions regarding the purpose and function of the rolls, the advantages and disadvantages of the roll form and why it was preferred for certain texts over other forms, such as the codex.

Oslo

Peacemaking and the Restraint of Violence in Medieval Europe (1100-1300)

Practices, Actors and Behaviour

In high medieval Europe, conflict took a number of different forms, from large-scale battles, such as disputes over crowns, power and lands, to more local disputes over inheritance and property. In the absence of well-developed administrative structures which could limit conflict, cultural conventions, rituals and behavioural norms evolved to moderate violence within the elite community.

Kalamazoo

Walruses, Whales and Narwhals

Maritime Ivories in Western Europe, 900-1500

In the history of carved ivories, maritime mammals have often been eclipsed by the elephant, considered as a nobler ivory to which walrus or whale ivory would only be a poor man's substitute. But this historiographical view is not without its shortcomings, as not only did walrus hunting play a significant role in the first European explorations toward the west, but the trade for those ivories went as far as the Islamic world and even the Far East. This session at the 52^nd International Congress on Medieval Studies, sponsored by the National Museum of Scotland, aims to address the variety of questions posed by the maritime ivories: how the raw material was collected, how it was traded, the workshops that carved them and their specific symbolic value in medieval treasuries

St Andrews

Turning Points in French History

Society for the Study of French History 29th Annual Conference

This is a call for papers for the 29th Annual Conference of the UK and Ireland Society for the Study of French History. This conference will take place at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK, on 28th-30th June 2015, and will be hosted by the university’s Centre for French History and Culture. The theme of the plenary sessions will be “Turning Points in French History”. This theme has been chosen because of the number of significant anniversaries that fall in 2015 (1415 Azincourt, 1515 accession of François Ier, 1615 closing of Estates General until 1789, 1715 death of Louis XIV and accession of Louis XV, 1815 end of the Napoleonic era, 1940 fall of France).

Vancouver

Troubadour Poetry : "Lieux de mémoire"

In keeping with the 2015 Presidential theme for the 130th MLA Annual Convention (Vancouver, BC; 8-11 January, 2015) the MLA Provençal Discussion group seeks proposals for its session devoted to troubadour poetry and 'lieux de mémoire,' or sites of memory.

Ramat Gan

Scholarship, prize and job offer - Language

MA studentship and Research assistantship in Medieval Literatures

One position for an MA studentship and Research assistantship in Medieval Literatures (Old French in general or Hebrew literature produced in northern France, 12th-16th centuries).

Louvain-la-Neuve

Scholarship, prize and job offer - History

Pre-doctoral and post-doctoral fellowships in comparative medieval encyclopaedism

As part of our current research project "Speculum Arabicum - Objectifying the contribution of tha Arab-Muslim world to the history of sciences and ideas: the sources and resources of medieval encyclopaedism" (ARC 2012-2017), we are pleased to announce the availability of 2 fellowships (1 doctoral and 1 post-doctoral) to highly qualified scholars.

Exeter

Guillaume de Machaut: Music, Image, Text in the Middle Ages

As part of a three-year Leverhulme-funded project on the musical and literary works and manuscripts of Guillaume de Machaut, led by Prof Yolanda Plumley at the University of Exeter, we are holding a conference drawing together all aspects of current Machaut scholarship.

Paris

Human / Animal

9th annual symposium of the International Medieval Society (IMS-Paris)

SymposiumHuman/Animal - Humain/AnimalSociété internationale des médiévistes (IMS-Paris)Paris, 28-30 juin 2012Centre Malher, 9 rue Malher, 75004 ParisConférenciers d'honneur : Christian Heck, Susan Crane, Peggy McCrackenTable ronde : Nathalie Le LuelInscription obligatoire : www.ims-paris.org

Paris

International Medieval Society - Paris Symposium 2011 - "Ordo"

Le programme du symposium de la Société internationale des médiévistes (IMS-Paris) 2011 sur le thème « ordo ». The programme of the International Medieval Society (IMS-Paris) Symposium 2011 on the theme of « ordo ».

Cambridge

Celebrating France

25th Annual Conference - Society for the Study of French History

Nous sollicitons des contributions de trente minutes (en français ou en anglais) touchant à n’importe quel aspect de l’histoire française, du bas Moyen Âge à l’époque moderne. Nous sollicitons également des propositions de sessions comprenant deux ou trois contributions. Nous avons confirmé la participation en tant qu’intervenants principaux de Lynn Hunt (UCLA), Alice Gérard (Paris I) et Alain Corbin (Paris I).

City of London

Crusades, Islam and Byzantium

An Interdisciplinary Workshop and Conference

Interdisciplinary and international workshop and conference for young researchers and early career academics intended to identify, present and discuss new findings and approaches in the fields of Crusade, Islamic and Byzantine history.

Society for the Study of French History 24th Annual Conference

Proposals are invited for thirty-minute papers (in either English or French) on any aspect of French history from the late medieval to the modern period. Proposals for panels of two or three papers are also invited. Les communications d’une durée de trente minutes (en anglais ou en français) porteront sur tout aspect de l’histoire de France de la fin de la période médiévale jusqu’à nos jours. Des propositions d’un panel de deux ou trois communications seront les bienvenues ainsi que des contributions de doctorants.

Paris