2008

2–4 September 2008. "Peter of Auvergne. University Master of the 13th Century", Fribourg University, Switzerland. This is the first congress entirely devoted to Peter of Auvergne, one of the greatest masters of the last quarter of the 13th century in the Paris University and definitely one of the most significant commentators on the "Corpus Aristotelicum." The congress is intended to provide studies on the broad range of subjects treated by Peter, from logic, metaphysics, natural philosophy, politics and ethics, to theology. In addition, some papers deal with his life and career, against the background of the condemnation of 1277, as well as his doctrinal relationships with other contemporaneous authors, such as Thomas Aquinas, Albert the Great, Giles of Rome and Henry of Ghent. Contact: Christoph Flüeler (christophe.flueler@unifr.ch; http://www.paleography.unifr.ch/congress.htm).

2–5 September 2008. "Teaching Writing, Learning to Write," the XVIth Colloquium of the Comité International de Paléographie Latine CIPL), will be held at Senate House, University of London. From the medieval viewpoint writing meant not only the skill of handwriting, but also the ability to write with "correct" understanding of grammar, punctuation, etc. The colloquium will address the psychology and sociology of the medieval scribe. How did scribes learn to write in the Middle Ages? What was the social and cultural significance of a script chosen for a particular function ? How was script influenced by features of fashion? What was the interface between scribe and reader and the graphic signs used to communicate a message? Such questions have an impact on the transmission of texts, the growth of literacy, and the history of reading. Contact: Pamela Robinson, Institute of English Studies, Univ. of London, Senate House, Malet St., London WC1E 7HU, U.K. (pamela.robinson@sas.ac.uk; http://www.palaeographia.org/cipl/london/londonPapers.htm).

7–10 September 2008. "CHYMIA: Science and Nature in Early Europe (1450–1750)," an International Conference held at El Escorial, in Madrid. At San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Philip II planned a monument that would perpetuate his glory for centuries. A church for God. A monastery for the Jeronymite order. A palace for the king. A tomb for the Royal Spanish dynasty. A temple for science. It is this last aspect that, unfortunately, has received the least historical attention over the years. This temple of science hosted during the final decades of the sixteenth century some of the most advanced chemical practitioners in Early Modern Europe in its pharmacy and distillation laboratory. The monastery/palace of El Escorial will serve as a backdrop and co-host of this international conference on science and nature in Early Modern Europe. The conference seeks to bring together Spanish and international scholars of science to discuss several topics, including the role of Alchemy from recent historical perspectives. Contact: Miguel López Pérez, Organizing Committee (baeyens@revistaazogue.com; http://www.revistaazogue.com/conference/presentation.htm).

2–5 September 2008. "Teaching Writing, Learning to Write," the 16th colloquium of the Comité International de Paléographie Latine (CIPL) and APICES, at Senate House, University of London. Contact: Pamela Robinson (pamela.robinson@sas.ac.uk).

From the medieval viewpoint writing meant not only the skill of handwriting, but also the ability to write with 'correct' understanding of grammar, punctuation, etc. The colloquium will address the psychology and sociology of the medieval scribe. How did scribes learn to write in the Middle Ages? What was the social and cultural significance of a script chosen for a particular function? How was script influenced by features of fashion? What was the interface between scribe and reader and the graphic signs used to communicate a message? Such questions impact on the transmission of texts, the growth of literacy and history of reading.

This conference is supported by The British Academy, the Association of Manuscripts and Archives in Research Collections, the Bibliographical Society.

Senate House Library Delegates will be able to use Senate House Library throughout the week. Visitor passes will be distributed at registration. Brief lunchtime tours of the specical collections will be organised on Tuesday 2nd and Thursday 4th (4 groups of 12), and delegates are welcome to use the library for reference and study, and to use the computer facilities.

On Wednesday 3 September delegates will have the opportunity to attend a special exhibition of selected early palaeographic examples from the London Branch of the Schøyen Collection. Because of the fragility of the items, and in order to allow all delegates to examine the collection during the day, admission will be in groups of 20 (details to follow).

Cambridge: Saturday 6 September: A buffet lunch may be booked at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge on Saturday 6 September. Lunch will be followed by guided tours of Corpus Christi College, St John's College and the Fitzwilliam Museum (details to be confirmed). Bookings for lunch may be made via the Colloquium registration form, and the cost is £35 per head (including dessert, coffee and a glass of wine (menu to be confirmed shortly)). NUMBERS LIMITED SO EARLY BOOKING IS ADVISABLE. NB: Delegates must make their own way to and from Cambridge. Trains leave from Liverpool Street Station (National Express East Anglia cheap day return from £14) or King's Cross (First Capital Connect cheap day return from £18). National Express buses leave from Victoria Coach Station (from £5.40 economy return).

Organiser: Pamela Robinson, Institute of English Studies, Univ. of London, Senate House, Malet St. , London WC1E 7HU (pamela.robinson@sas.ac.uk; http://ies.sas.ac.uk/cmps/events/conferences/CIPLXVI.htm).

4–6 September 2008. Fagel Symposium, at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1802, at the height of the Napoleonic Wars, Hendrik Fagel, Greffier of Holland, lived as an exile in London, where reduced circumstances eventually forced him to sell the family library. Trinity College, Dublin, aquired the entire collection, increasing the holdings of the College library by 40%, from 50 000 to 70 000 volumes. Representing the intellectual and social interests of a wealthy and distinguished Dutch family over a period of some 200 years, the collection transformed the contents of the university library that had until then been dominated by theology. Today Fagel's books, pamphlets and maps live a discrete life in the East Pavilion of the magnificent Old Library. The existence of the Fagel collection is virtually unknown outside Dublin and the research potential of these resources has been little exploited. To help remedy this situation a symposium will be held in Dublin (September 4-6). Its immediate purpose is to bring together a number of academics and librarians, who are working either on the history of the book or in any of the fields mentioned above (and others), to discuss the collection. Contact: Tim Jackson, Dept. of Germanic Studies, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland (tjackson@tcd.ie; http://www.tcd.ie/longroomhub/calls/).

9–12 September 2008. "1308." 36. Kölner Mediaevistentagung, at the Thomas-Institut der Universität Köoln, in Cologne. The conference will consider a historical moment: 1308, the year in which John Duns Scotus died in the house of the Cologne Franciscans. Scarcely anything is known of the circumstances, as is true of Scotus's time in Cologne generally. Explicit mention of the event is usually made only in later chronicles. Attention is rather given to other events: perhaps something regarding the process against the Templars, in which many masters and scholars were involved as authorities. Also in Cologne corresponding investigations were undertaken at the behest of Clemens V. In Poitiers on 12 August 1308, the same pope drew up the bull of convocation for the Council of Vienne. In the same year, Marguerite Porete was taken into custody and handed over to the Dominican Inquisitor, Humbert of Paris, the confewwor of Phillipp the Fair. While Durandus of St. Pourçain held his first lecture on the Sentences in Paris, Peter Sutton, Robert Cowton and William Ockham were active in Oxford; Meister Eckhart worked in Erfurt on his Opus tripartitum, which he would never finish; Dante's hopes of returning to Florence were definitively shattered with the failure of the Italian campaign of Henry VII, after the latter—and not the Cologne archbishop Henry II of Virneburg—was elected the successor of King Albert I, after Albert's murder at Königsfelden. In the same year, Robert of Anjou became Karl I, king of Hungary. And the amount of wine shipped into Bayonne reached a record volume: 104,815 barrels (= 850,000–900,000 hl).

2–4 October 2008. The annual meeting of the Committee on Centers and Regional Associations (CARA) will be held at the Catholic University of American, in Washington, D.C. Contact: Sheryl Mullane-Corvi, Medieval Academy, 104 Mt. Auburn St., 5th Fl., Cambridge, MA 02138 (617-491-1622; SMC@MedievalAcademy.org; http://www.MedievalAcademy.org/cara/cara.htm).

2–5 October 2008. The 18th-Annual Texas Medieval Association (TEMA) Conference, at Texas Tech University. Plenary Speaker: Thomas F.X. Noble (Director, Medieval Institute, Notre Dame). Concert by Altramar. Saturday Theme: "The Medieval Southwest" features W. Michael Mathes on "Medieval Castile on the Llano Estacado: The Vázquez de Coronado Expedition, 1540–1541" and an exhibit devoted to "The Medieval Southwest: Manifestations of the Old World in the New," sponsored by Humanities Texas, the Helen Jones Foundation, and the Program for Cultural Cooperation between Spain's Ministry of Culture and United States' Universities. Contact: John Howe, Dept. of History, Texas Tech University, P.O. Box 41013, Lubbock, TX 79409-1013 (806-742-1004, ext 233; john.howe@ttu.edu; http://pages.towson.edu/duncan/infopage.htm).

3–5 October 2008. The North American Conference on British Studies (NACBS) will hold its 2008 Annual Meeting in conjunction with the Midwest Conference on British Studies in Cincinnati, Ohio. Call for papers: we solicit proposals for panels on England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and the British Empire broadly defined. Our interests range from the medieval to the modern and we welcome participation by historians, literary critics, economists, political scientists, sociologists, art historians, and scholars in allied disciplines. We invite panel proposals treating selected themes, methodology, and pedagogy, as well as roundtable discussion of topical work. North American scholars, international scholars, and graduate students are all encouraged to submit proposals. Panels that include the full range from graduate students through senior faculty are especially encouraged. To be considered, all paper and panel proposals must be received by Friday, 15 February 2008. Contact: Steven Pincus, NACBS Program Chair, Dept. of History, Yale Univ., P.O. Box 208324, New Haven, CT 06520-8324 (nacbs@yale.edu; http://www.nacbs.org/ann.html).

4–5 October 2008. "Crusade, Jihad, and Identity in the Medieval World," a meeting of the New England Medieval Conference, at Dartmouth College. Call for papers: conference organizers are looking for papers engaging the question of how ideologies of crusade and jihad, or resistance to them, helped shape religious, political, communal, personal and gender identities in the medieval period. Papers are welcome from history, art history, comparative literature, Middle Eastern studies, and other fields, covering Europe, the Mediterranean world, Islamic lands, Spain and frontier regions. Deadline: 15 June 2008 . Contact: Cecilia Gaposchkin (m.c.gaposchkin@dartmouth.edu) or Christopher MacEvitt (christopher.h.macevitt @Dartmouth.edu).

8–10 October 2008. The XVth Colloquium of the Société Internationale pour l'Étude de la Philosophie Médiévale (SIEPM), which will mark the 50th anniversary of the Société, will take place under the sponsorship of the Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame beginning Wednesday, 8 October through Friday, 10 October 2008. The Colloquium has been organized by Kent Emery, Jr. (Notre Dame, Ind.) assisted by William J. Courtenay (Madison, Wisc.). As the title indicates, lectures will focus on the particularities of the teaching of philosophy and theology in the studia of the mendicant (Augustinian, Carmelite, Dominican, Franciscan) and monastic (Benedictine, Cistercian) orders and at the theological schools at the Papal Court (notably at Avignon) as distinct from instruction in the faculties of the university proper.

Speakers scheduled to give papers at the conference are: Fabrizio Amerini (Parma), Luca Bianchi (Vercelli), Alain Boureau (Paris), Stephen F. Brown (Boston), Julie Casteigt (Toulouse), Amos Corbini (Torino), Russell Friedman (Leuven), Joseph W. Goering (Toronto), Hester Gelber (Palo Alto, California), Guy Guldentops (Köln), Wouter Goris (Amsterdam), Jacqueline Hamesse (Louvain-la-Neuve), Maarten Hoenen (Freiburg im Breisgau), Alfonso Maierù (Roma), Michèle Mulchahey (Toronto), Lauge Nielsen (København), Patrick Nold (Albany, New York), Adriano Oliva, O.P. (Paris), Alessandro Palazzo (Lecce), Georgio Pini (Bronx, New York), Sylvain Piron (Paris), François-Xavier Putallaz (Fribourg, Suisse), Neslihan Senocak (New York City), Christopher Schabel (Nicosia), Thomas Sullivan, O.S.B. (Conception Abbey, Missouri), Christian Trottmann (Tours-Paris).

The full program for the Colloquium is posted on the web site of the University of Notre Dame's Medieval Institute: http://www.nd.edu/~medinst/lectures/SIEPMProgram.html.

Registration is free and the paper sessions are open to all members of the international scholarly community. Register by e-mailing your name, institutional affiliation, and dates of planned attendance to: medinst@nd.edu.

Details about local arrangements (travel, meals, housing, etc.) are available at: http://www.nd.edu/~medinst/lectures/SIEPMConference.html.

Questions about local arrangements may be addressed to the Assistant Director of the Medieval Institute, (Ms.) Roberta Baranowski (rbaranow@nd.edu).

10–12 October 2008. "Meister Eckhart and Modern Thought," the Twenty-First Annual Conference of the Eckhart Society will be held at All Saints Pastoral Centre, London Colney, St Albans, Hertfordshire, U.K. The speakers will be:

Stephen Bullivant, Christ Church, Oxford "A Meister among the Moderns: Hegel, Rosenborg, Bloch and Cage"

Nancy Hawkins IHM, St Bernard's School of Theology & Ministry, Rochester, N.Y. "Dorothee Soelle and Meister Eckhart: Learning to Live Without a Why"

Markus Vinzent, University of Birmingham "Dorothee Soelle and Meister Eckhart: Learning to Live Without a Why"

Máire Aine Ní Mhainnín, National University of Ireland, Galway "Eckhart and Jean Sulivan: From Individual to Universal"

Contact: The Treasurer, The Eckhart Society, Holly Tree Cottage, 2 New Road, Cookham, Maidenhead, Berks SL6 9HB, U.K. (+44 (0) 1628-810-240; cgg@cgglover.com).

16–19 October 2008. The Thirty-Fourth Annual Byzantine Studies Conference (BSC) will be held at Rutgers University from Thursday evening, October 16, through Sunday lunch, October 19. The conference is the annual forum for the presentation and discussion of papers on every aspect of Byzantine studies, and is open to all, regardless of nationality or academic status. It is also the occasion of the annual meeting of the Byzantine Studies Association of North America (BSANA), conducted by the current BSANA officers. Questions concerning local arrangements may be directed to the chair of the Local Arrangements Committee: Tia Kolbaba Dept. of Religion, School of Arts & Sciences, Rutgers University 70 Lipman Dr., Loree Bldg, Rm. 112, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8525 (kolbaba@rci.rutgers.edu; http://www.bsana.net/conference/index.html).

17–18 Oct. 2008. "The Devil in Society in the Pre-modern World," an interdisciplinary conference hosted by the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, Victoria College, University of Toronto. Keynote speakers include Richard Kieckhefer and Audrey L. Meaney. Conference organizers invite submissions for individual 20-minute papers, panels, and workshops or round-tables dealing with any aspect of demonism and its manifestation in the classical, medieval, and Early Modern traditions. Possible topics include Antichrist and the end of the world; Demons and heresy; Demonic possession; Demonology and witchcraft; Demons and sceptics; Exorcism; Demons in art, literature, folklore, exempla or hagiography; Women as healers, mystics, and witches. Contact: Richard Raiswell Dept. of History, Univ. of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Ave., Charlottetown, PEI C1A 4P3 Canada (devilconf@ma.psu.edu).

22–24 October 2008. "Adam: Le premiere homme," the second 2008 Conference of Micrologus: Nature, Sciences and Medieval Societies, at Lausanne University. Contact: Agostino Paravicini Bagliani, Univ. of Lausanne (agostino.paravicini@unil.ch).

26–28 October 2008. "Beyond Saints and Scholars: Medieval Irish Studies in the Twenty-First Century," an International, Interdisciplinary Conference at Saint Louis University. Keynote lecturers:

>>John Bradley, Senior Lecturer, Department of History, National University of Ireland-Maynooth

>>Hiram Morgan, Lecturer, Department of History, University College-Cork

>>Rachel Moss, Lecturer, Department of the History of Art and Architecture, Trinity College, Dublin.

Call for papers: the Conference sponsors request proposals for thirty-minute papers that address new approaches to medieval Irish studies. Topics favored include defining the temporal and geographic limits of medieval Ireland, applying new techniques to old sources, revising "traditional" views of medieval Ireland, crossing disciplinary boundaries, and providing European contexts for medieval Ireland. Send proposals to Thomas Finan, Dept. of History, 3800 Lindell Blvd., Saint Louis University, St. Louis MO 63108 (finantj@slu.edu) Sponsored by the American Society of Irish Medieval Studies, the Mellon Faculty Development Fund of the College of Arts and Sciences at Saint Louis University, and the Centers for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and International Studies at Saint Louis University.

28–29 October 2008. "Translating the Middle Ages," an international conference sponsored by the Program in Medieval Studies and the Center for Translation Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Call for papers: we invite submissions for papers on the theory and practice of translation in the Middle Ages, including textual and visual translation. Who translates what, how and why, and to what effect? Papers may address, for example, genre and translation (poetic translations, romance, hagiography, chronicle, scientific, or biblical texts-what gets translated), the cultural context of translation (patronage, circulation, gender, canon formation-who translates for whom), or the practice of translation in the Middle Ages (dictionaries, the transition from manuscript to print, the voice of the translator—how is translation performed in the Middle Ages). The scope is interpreted broadly to include Europe, Iceland, Byzantium and the Islamic Mediterranean. Featured speakers include Christopher Kleinhenz, Brian Merrilees, Rita Copeland, Jeanette Beer, Lars Boje Mortensen, Catherine Batt, and Aden Kumler. An evening event will focus on translations of medieval texts and culture by two renowned contemporary authors who will read from and discuss their work: W. S. Merwin, poet and translator of Dante's Purgatorio and former U.S. poet laureate Robert Pinsky, translator of Dante's Inferno.

Participants will submit completed papers by 1 October to be circulated to the other members of their panel. Selected papers will be published in a volume. Deadline for receipt of abstracts (300 words): 15 April. Notification of acceptance: 15 May. Send abstracts and inquiries to Karen Fresco, Dir., Program in Medieval Studies (kfresco@uiuc.edu).

5–9 November 2008. "The Metaphysics and Ethics of Scotus." This is Conference 3 of The Quadruple Congress: An International Commemoration of the 700th Anniversary of the Death of John Duns Scotus, in Bonn and Cologne, Germany. Contact: Ludger Honnefelder (ami@albertus-magnus-institut.de).

14–15 November 2008. "Global Encounters: Legacies of Exchange and Conflict (1000-1700)" a Conference organized by the Program in Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Key-note addresses will be offered by Professor Karen Ordahl Kupperman (Silver Professor of History at New York University), and by Professor Alfred J. Andrea (Professor Emeritus of History, University of Vermont).

Call for papers: the new Program in MEMS at UNC, Chapel Hill, seeks papers from scholars in a wide variety of disciplines. Papers dealing with topics of cultural mediation, interchange, and conflict are especially welcome. Possible areas of geographical concentration include Europe, the Atlantic world, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. The deadline for paper proposals is 1 April 2008. Proposals should include a title, a 250-word abstract, a brief (two-page maximum) C.V., and full contact information. Proposals should be submitted to the MEMS Organizing Committee, c/o Professor Brett Whalen, chair (bwhalen@email.unc.edu). This Conference is supported by: the College of Arts and Sciences; the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; MEMS, the Program in Medieval and Early Modern Studies at UNC; Associate Provost for International Affairs, UNC Chapel Hill; The Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Duke University.

28-30 November 2008. Liber Conference Berlin. Manuscript librarians from across Europe will meet at the Staatsbibliothek Berlin to discuss matters of mutual professional interest. This Third International Conference of LIBER's Manuscript Librarians Group follows meetings at the Kungliga Biblioteket, Stockholm, in 2000 and at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, in 2003.

The conference will focus on ways in which we communicate the manuscript holdings of our institutions to researchers, to scholars and to the public who visit exhibitions and use the internet. The meeting will work towards a greater mutual knowledge and an active exchange of information and experiences among European libraries, in keeping with the aims of the Group.

There will be a limit of 100 participants. As we anticipate a high demand, you are advised to book early (http://staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/liber/index.html). The LIBER Manuscript Librarians Group recognises the unique significance of manuscript and archive collections, not only for the world of research and learning but also for the wider audience of those interested in history and cultural heritage. The primary aims of the Group are to act as a forum for curatorial concerns, and to enhance understanding and practical cooperation among curators across Europe, taking account of the differences in approach which have occurred historically.

2–6 December 2008. The Seventh Biennial International Conference of theAustralian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (ANZAMEMS), at the University of Tasmania, in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Call for papers, paper proposals on all aspects of medieval, Renaissance, and Early Modern Studies are welcome. The deadline for abstracts from Australian and New Zealand participants is 1 Sept 2008. Participants from countries other than Australia and New Zealand can receive confirmation of their papers and panels by 1 March 2008, if needed. Conference organisers: Michael Bennett, Elizabeth Freeman, Martin Grimmer, Jenna Mead, Pam Sharpe, and Rodney Thomson (anzamems2008@utas.edu.au).

6 December 2008. "The Shape of Time in the Middle Ages and Renaissance," the Barnard Medieval and Renaissance Conference, at Barnard College, in New York. An interdisciplinary conference exploring how time was measured, represented and imagined in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Call for papers: proposals are sought to address a range of topics including the technology of measuring and organizing time, calendars, models of time including astronomical, natural, and liturgical, and the expression of time in literature, fine arts, music, theater, historiography, law and science. Deadline for proposals: 15 May 2008. Contact Laurie Postlewate (212-854-2053; lpostlew@barnard.edu).

2009

19–22 March 2009. "Scotism through the Centuries." This is Conference 4 of The Quadruple Congress: An International Commemoration of the 700th Anniversary of the Death of John Duns Scotus, in Strasbourg. Contact: Mechthild Dreyer (dreyer@mail.uni-mainz.de).

2–5 April 2009. "Shifting Cultural Frontiers in Late Antiquity," the Eighth Biennial Conference of the Society for Late Antiquity, will be held at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. The organizers define the period under discussion as ca. 200–700 AD. The confirmed plenary speakers will be Professors Jas Elsner (Corpus Christi, Oxford) and Seth Schwartz (Jewish Theological Seminary).

Beneath the familiar political and religious narrative of late antiquity lies a cultural history both more complicated and more fascinating. Late antiquity was a time of intense cultural negotiation in which new religious communities and new populations sifted through existing modes of cultural expression, adopting many elements for themselves and turning others aside. This conference seeks to understand how cultural transformation occurred amidst the political and religious disruption that can seem characteristic of late antiquity.

To this end, we seek contributions that explore three distinct areas of late antique cultural history:

1) the interaction of "high" and "low" culture,

2) the impact of changing and collapsing political centers on their peripheries, and

3) the emergence of hybrid literary, artistic, and religious modes of expression.

Possible contributions to these areas may highlight the permeable division between elite and vernacular culture, the ease with which cultural memes were transmitted across geographic and linguistic boundaries, the adaptability of established cultures to new political and social realities, and the degree to which newcomers were integrated into existing cultural communities. As in the past, the conference will provide an interdisciplinary forum for ancient historians, philologists, Orientalists, art historians, archeologists, and specialists in the early Christian, Jewish, and Muslim worlds to discuss a wide range of European, Middle- Eastern, and African evidence for cultural transformation in late antiquity. Proposals should be clearly related to the conference theme. They should state both the problem being discussed and the nature of the new insights or conclusions that will be presented.

Abstracts of not more than 500 words for 20-minute presentations may be submitted via e-mail to Prof. Edward Watts, Dept. of History, Indiana Univ., Ballantine Hall, Rm. 828, 1020 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, IN 47405-7103, USA (shifting.frontiers.8@gmail.com; http://www.indiana.edu/~sf8/). The deadline for submission of abstracts is 15 October 2008. The submission of an abstract carries with it a commitment to attend the conference should the abstract be accepted.

3–4 April 2009. "The City in Medieval Life and Culture" is the theme of the 36th annual Sewanee Medieval Colloquium, to be held at the University of the South. Plenary lecturers are John Najemy (Cornell University) and Pamela King (University of Bristol). Call for papers: proposals are invited for papers or sessions relating to any aspect of the theme. Please submit abstract (maximum 250 words) and brief c.v. to sridyard@sewanee.edu no later than 1 October 2008. If you would like to propose a session, please include abstracts and c.v.s from all participants. For further information on the conference and on the Sewanee Medieval Colloquium Prize please see: http://www.sewanee.edu/medieval/main.html. Contact: Susan J. Ridyard, Dept. of History, Sewanee Medieval Colloquium, Univ. of the South, 735 University Ave., Sewanee TN 37383.

4 April 2009. “New Perspectives on Urban Entertainment in the Middle Ages.” The 29th Annual Conference of the Center for Medieval Studies, Fordham University. A one-day conference at Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus in Manhattan. Speakers include: Mary Erler, Theresa Coletti, Richard Lim, Carol Symes, and Laura Weigert. For more information, contact: medievals@fordham.edu (http://www.fordham.edu/mvst/).

16–18 April 2009. "After Arundel: Religious Writing in Fifteenth-Century England," an international conference organized by the Faculty of English, University of Oxford, in association with the Bodleian Library, marking the 600th anniversary of the publication of Arundel's Constitutions, in Oxford.

* Mapping Chronologies (chaired by James Simpson)
* The Dynamics of Orthodox Reform
* Humanism and Intellectual History
* Literary Self-Consciousness and Literary History
* Discerning the Discourse: Language and Spirituality
* Heresy and its Textual Afterlife

Plenary speakers to include: Jeremy Catto, Anne Hudson, David Lawton, Miri Rubin and Sarah Beckwith; conference respondent: Nicholas Watson. Conference committee: Vincent Gillespie, Helen Barr, Santha Bhattacharji, Mishtooni Bose, Kantik Ghosh, Annie Sutherland, John Watts. Call for papers: please send 500-word abstracts by 1 May 2008 to Vincent Gillespie, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford OX2 6QA, U.K. (vincent.gillespie@ell.ox.ac.uk).

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Panels and Chairs

Each session will have an anchor speaker. The following sessions are agreed (apart from session 1, the order is not yet fixed):

*Mapping Chronologies. A panel to set the agenda for the conference. James Simpson to chair.

*The Dynamics of Orthodox Reform

*Humanism and Intellectual History

*Literary Self-Consciousness and Literary History

*Discerning the Discourse: Language and Spirituality

*Heresy and Its Textual Afterlife

Sessions will be 90 minutes; separate plenaries; no more than two parallel sessions; 30-minute break between sessions. The first plenary will be at 4:00 on Thursday, followed by a prestigious reception and dinner.

Thursday: Registration from 2:00 onwards 4:00 Opening Plenary (Convocation House): Miri Rubin 5:30 Reception (Divinity School) 7:30 Dinner

Friday 9:30-11:00 Session 1: Mapping Chronologies: chaired by James Simpson 11:30-1:00 Session 2: The Dynamics of Orthodox Reform Lunch 2:00-3:30 Session 3: Humanism and Intellectual History 4:00 Second Plenary: Jeremy Catto and Anne Hudson in Conversation 5:30 or 6:00 Reception 7.30 Dinner

Saturday 9:30-11:00 Third Plenary: David Lawton 11:30-1:00 Session 4: Discerning the Discourse: Language and Spirituality 2:00-3:30 Session 5: Literary Self-Consciousness and Literary History 4:00 -5:30 Session 6: Heresy and Its Textual Afterlife 5:45-7:00 45 minute Final Plenary: Sarah Beckwith; Conference Respondent: Nicholas Watson 7:00 Drinks 7:45 Conference Dinner

22–25 April 2009. "Saint Anselm of Canterbury and His Legacy," an international conference to commemorate the 900th anniversary of the death of Saint Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109), has been organised by the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Durham, and the Canterbury Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, at the University of Kent, Canterbury.

Call for papers: taking as its theme the legacy of Anselm, the conference will operate with a broad interdisciplinary remit. The organisers welcome papers on all aspects of the legacy of Anselm's thought and career. The conference will be an opportunity to celebrate, deepen and re-examine key questions about the name that Anselm has enjoyed in the fields of philosophy and theology; to re-assess the impact that he and the intellectual methods he developed had upon his immediate, 12th century and later successors; to look again at the historical Anselm and the role he played in the political and ecclesiastical issues of his day, and to explore the rich and diverse ways in which his memory has been preserved and debated since his death. It is hoped that the breadth and depth of Anselm's interests, from the centre of his monastic life to his activity in the world, will be reflected in the subject matter of the conference.

Please send proposed paper titles, with an abstract of 300 words (papers to be 20 minutes long) to: Giles E. M. Gasper, Dept. of History, Durham Univ., 43 North Bailey, Durham, DH1 3EX, U.K. (+44-191-3341073; g.e.m.gasper@durham.ac.uk; http://www.dur.ac.uk/cmrs/conferences/anselm2009/). The deadline for proposal submissions is mid-October 2008.

23–26 April 2009. The American Association for the History of Medicine invites submissions in any area of medical history for its 82nd annual meeting, to be held in Cleveland, Ohio. The Association welcomes submissions on the history of health and healing; history of medical ideas, practices, and institutions; and histories of illness, disease, and public health. Submissions from all eras and regions of the world are welcome.

Besides single-paper proposals, the Program Committee accepts abstracts for sessions and for luncheon workshops. Please alert the Program Committee Chair if you are planning a session proposal. Individual papers for these submissions will be judged on their own merits. Presentations are limited to 20 minutes. Individuals wishing to present a paper must attend the meeting. All papers must represent original work not already published or in press.

Because the Bulletin of the History of Medicine is the official journal of the AAHM, the Association encourages speakers to make their manuscripts available for consideration by the Bulletin. When proposing a historical argument, state the major claim, summarize the evidence supporting the claim, and state the major conclusion(s). When proposing a narrative, summarize the story, identify the major agents, and specify the conflict. Please provide the following information on the same sheet as the abstract: name, preferred mailing address, work and home telephone numbers, e-mail address, present institutional affiliation, and academic degrees. Abstracts must be received by 15 September 2008. E-mail or faxed proposals cannot be accepted.

The AAHM uses an online abstract submissions system. We encourage all applicants to use this convenient software (http://histmed.org). If you are unable to submit proposals online, send eight copies of a one-page abstract (350 words maximum) to the Program Committee Chair, Howard Markel, M.D., Ph.D., Univ. of Michigan, 100 Simpson Memorial Institute, 102 Observatory, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0725 (734-647-6914; howard@umich.edu).

24–25 April 2009. 30th Annual Medieval and Renaissance Forum, at Plymouth State University. Call for Papers and Sessions "Dreams, Imagination, Fantasy" What was the role of the imagination in medieval and Early Modern culture? Was "fantasy" distinguishable from "reality"? How did people talk about and experience dreams? Papers need not be confined to the theme, but may cover many aspects of Medieval and Renaissance life, literature, languages, art, philosophy, theology, history and music.

This year's keynote speaker is Dr. Carole Levin, Willa Cather Professor of History at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Dr. Levin is the author of numerous books and articles on Early Modern English culture, notably The Heart of Stomach of a King: Elizabeth I and the Politics of Sex and Power and her most recent book Dreaming the English Renaissance: Politics and Desire in Court and Culture, to be released October, 2008 from Palgrave Macmillan.

Ensemble Chaconne will be performing the music of Shakespeare's plays. To learn more about Ensemble Chaconne and their Music of Shakespeare's Plays, visit: http://cdbaby.com/cd/ensemblechaconne.

Please submit abstracts and audio-visual requests through our website (http://www.plymouth.edu/medieval) or via U.S. mail to Dr. Karolyn Kinane, Dir., Medieval Studies, Dept. of English MSC 40, Plymouth State Univ., Plymouth, NH 03263 (603-535-2402; kkinane@plymouth.edu).

The abstract deadline is 15 January 2009. Deadline for resenters and early registration is15 March 2009

13–16 July 2009. "Heresy and Orthodoxy" will be the theme of the International Medieval Congress, Leeds. The IMC seeks to provide an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of all aspects of Medieval Studies. Papers and sessions on any topic related to the European Middle Ages are welcome. Call for papers: Proposals completed on line are preferred. Proposals must be submitted by 31 August 2008; session proposals must be submitted by 30 September 2008. The Imc welcomes session and paper proposals submitted in all major European languages. Contact: Axel E. W. Müller, International Medieval Congress, Institute for Medieval Studies, Parkinson Bldg. 1.03, Univ. of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K. (+44-113-343-3614; fax: +44-113-343-3616; imc@leeds.ac.uk; http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/imc).