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PhD Fellowship, University of Liège, Belgium: History of the Senses in the Mediterranean

Shannon McSheffrey — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 17:57:34 GMT

DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP, Entangled Mediterranean Histories of the Proximal Senses (1350-1650)

START DATE: 1ST SEPTEMBER 2026 (NEGOTIABLE)

DEADLINE: 1ST MAY 2026

The Department of History at the University of Liège invites applications for three fully-funded PhD positions (1.0 FTE). The PhD candidates will become part of the ERC-funded project PROXISENSES - Entangled Histories of the Proximal Senses (1350-1650). A Mediterranean History of (Subjective) Knowledge, led by Prof. Viktoria von Hoffmann. We welcome applications from outstanding candidates who can demonstrate academic excellence at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, and provide evidence of relevant research skills to contribute to the project. See the link above for more details.

9 Month contract Position in Premodern History at Mount Allison University

Donna Trembinski — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 16:12:47 GMT

Assistant Professor - Department Of History

Assistant Professor - Department of History

Department:

Department of History

Opportunity type:

Academic (full-time)

Position title:

Assistant Professor - Department of History

Classification:

Assistant professor

Supervisor's title:

Department Head

Posted date:

March 24, 2026

Closing date:

April 20, 2026

Anticipated start date:

August 1, 2026

Position description

Mount Allison University acknowledges, honours, and respects that the land named Sackville, NB is part of the unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People who are the historic inhabitants, custodians, and dwellers on the land where our University is built and confirms its commitment to strengthening relationships with all Indigenous peoples.

Mount Allison University is committed to diversity and inclusiveness. We encourage applications from members of equity-deserving groups, including but not limited to racialized individuals, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, and persons of all sexual and gender identities. We seek candidates with qualifications and knowledge to contribute to the further diversification of our campus community.
The Department of History at Mount Allison University invites applications for a nine-month full-time sessional position at the rank of Lecturer or Assistant Professor in European or transregional or global history before 1800, beginning August 1, 2026, subject to budgetary approval.

The successful candidate will teach five courses in person. In the fall semester they will be responsible for Hist 2001 Europe During the Medieval Era and a third-year special topics course. In the winter semester, teaching duties include a second-year course in either Europe before 1500 or global history before 1800, a first-year special topics course; and a third-year special topics course. In consultation with the Department, the special topics courses may be developed from material in the candidate’s areas of teaching and research expertise, or from History courses listed in the Mount Allison Academic Calendar.

Candidates should have or be very close to completion of a PhD in History and have prior teaching experience at the undergraduate level. A letter of application, a curriculum vitae, a sample syllabus from a first or second year course and one from an upper level course, and the names and contact information of three references should be submitted in one PDF file to :

Dr. Hannah M. Lane
Head, Department of History
Mount Allison University
Email: history@mta.ca

Review of applications will begin on April 20, 2026 and will continue until the position is filled.

At Mount Allison, we are committed to ensuring your interview experience is as comfortable and accessible as possible. If you require any accommodations or adjustments during the interview process, please do not hesitate to inform us. Your needs are important to us, and our dedicated team is here to support you. Please contact People and Culture at hr@mta.ca if you have any questions.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Canadian and permanent residents should indicate their citizenship status in their application.

12 Doctoral Positions in Arthurianism

Kathy Cawsey — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:22:10 GMT

https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQX950/doctoral-positions-swyddi-doethurol?fbclid=IwY2xjawQwroFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeYTyGbJe4RxSQdodzqQvffwVz-95mTU6RSFRDsYXBCP0yD2iJ9fiB1jG9m5A_aem_I6SFJc5UGGVdrsa1oj3kMg

Salary: Bangor positions: £49,500. This includes living, mobility and family allowance and will be subject to change dependent on the successful candidates personal circumstances.
For salary details for all other institutions, please contact the Project Management team at euarthurs@bangor.ac.uk

Contract Duration: Until 30/09/2029

Applications are invited for 11 full-time Doctoral Candidate posts as part of the EUARTHURS: European Arthurs, Medieval to Modern Marie Skłodowska‑Curie Doctoral Network Ref: 101226326 (2026-30).

These posts form part of a major EU-funded international programme involving partners in Wales, Iceland, Italy, the Netherlands, France and the SERI (Swiss government)-funded partner in Switzerland. The network will appoint 11 Doctoral Candidates across six universities, beginning in Autumn 2026. Each project is pre-defined and contributes to one of the network’s methodological strands:

materiality (manuscripts, early printed books, monumental art).
mediality (post‑medieval scholarship, editorial history, critical theory, music and theatre).

Duties will include:

undertaking doctoral research aligned to one of the defined project topics;
participating in joint training activities;
completing research secondments in partner institutions;
and contributing to the academic and public engagement work of the network.

Candidates must meet the MSCA mobility requirement (not having resided in the host country for more than 12 months in the 36 months before the start date). You must not have already been awarded a PhD Degree. A Master’s degree (completed by December 2026) is required, and applicants must demonstrate proficiency in written and spoken English. Further project‑specific requirements are listed in the job description.

The successful candidates will be expected to commence in Autumn 2026.

Closing date for applications: Monday 4 May 2026.

Informal enquiries may be made to: Professor Raluca Radulescu, Project Lead – EUARTHURS Email: r.radulescu@bangor.ac.uk and euarthurs@bangor.ac.uk

Doctoral-project specific enquiries should be sent to the primary supervisor listed in the project descriptions.

Committed to Equal Opportunities.

How to Apply:

Applications for the 2 EUARTHURS positions at the University of Iceland (including as second, third, or fourth preference) should be submitted via a separate link. For details relating to Doctoral Project 7, please find more information here. For details relating to Doctoral Project 8, please find more information here.

Applications for the 2 EUARTHURS positions at the Université Clermont Auvergne should be submitted via a separate link. Details to follow soon. Initial enquiries to euarthurs@bangor.ac.uk

Applications for all remaining EUARTHURS positions are to be made centrally via Bangor University, however colleagues will be employed and based in their respective countries.

Applicants are required to submit the following documents:

Application Form.
Letter of motivation indicating the project reference, accompanied by a description of the relevant work and research experience relevant to the chosen topic.
Certificate(s) of Master's and Bachelor Degree(s), with an official English translation if issued in a different language.
Letters of recommendation from at least one main supervisor/programme director who has direct knowledge of the applicant's preparation and experience.
Evidence of fluency in English (IELTS test score of 6.5 or higher, TOEFL equivalent, or experience of studying/working in an English-speaking environment).
Evidence of language skills relevant to the project applied for.

Please note: it is possible to express interest in multiple EUARTHURS PhD positions, and we encourage you to list up to 4. You should rank your choices in order of preference in your letter of motivation. Please read the descriptions for each project carefully and ensure that you meet essential criteria and mobility requirements for each of the positions for which you would like to be considered.

Overview:

‘EUARTHURS: European Arthurs, Medieval to Modern’ Ref: 101226326 (2026-30) is a Marie Sklodowska Curie Doctoral Network (MSCA DN) project (c. 3 million euros) led by Prof. Raluca Radulescu (Bangor University, Wales, United Kingdom), PI, with a team of Co-PIs from 6 countries: United Kingdom - Wales (Bangor University: Prof. Raluca Radulescu and Dr Aled Llion Jones); Iceland (University of Iceland, Reykjavik: Prof. Sif Rikhardsdottir); Italy (Scuola Normale di Pisa: Prof. Lino Leonardi and Prof. Fabrizio Cigni); The Netherlands (University of Amsterdam: Dr Marjolein Hogenbirk and Prof. Irene van Renswoude, and University of Utrecht: Dr Martine Meuwese); France (University of Clermont Auvergne: Prof. Sébastien Douchet). Two additional doctoral students are part of the network, funded separately by SERI (the Swiss government) at the University of Zürich and supervised by Prof. Richard Trachsler. The project is hosted by the Centre for Arthurian Studies at Bangor University, where the network Project Manager, who assists Prof. Radulescu in the network coordination is also located.

The Project:

You can read more information about the project here. Descriptions of the 11 individual PhD projects can be viewed here.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Conduct high‑quality doctoral research within one of the predefined EUARTHURS project topics.
Work under a co‑supervision model with academic supervisors and external experts.
Participate in the project’s formal training programme, including manuscript and early‑print training, archival work, and specialist sessions in each host institution and elsewhere.
Complete mandatory secondments.
Participate in international network events, seminars, and collaborative training workshops.
Collaborate with fellow doctoral candidates within the network.
Perform any other reasonable duties within the scope of the post.

Person Specification:

Qualifications / Training

Essential

Master’s degree completed by December 2026, or evidence of successful progress toward completion (letter from MA programme director + transcript).
Must not already hold a PhD.
Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees awarded by institutions officially recognised by the lead institution.
Demonstrated proficiency in written and spoken English, proven either through prior university study in English or through TOEFL/IELTS (or equivalent).
Language skills relevant to the specific doctoral project where specified in the project descriptions below (e.g., medieval or modern European languages as aligned to the project topic and the host university requirements).

Experience / Knowledge

Essential

Research experience relevant to medieval studies, manuscript/print culture, textual scholarship, or other areas connected with the EUARTHURS research strands.
Evidence of academic achievement through grades, research output, or MA‑level project work.

Skills / Abilities

Essential

Ability to undertake independent doctoral research within a structured, international supervision model.
Ability to participate effectively in training events, workshops, and international network activities.

Other Requirements

Essential

Must meet the MSCA mobility requirement (not having resided in the host country for more than 12 months in the 36 months before starting the post).
No specific Welsh language requirement. Candidates will be expected to work positively in a bilingual environment.

General information for Bangor University only positions:

Bangor University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We strive to develop a workforce from all sections of the community regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, or age. We promote and facilitate the use of the Welsh language through our progressive Welsh Language Policy. We comply with the Welsh Language Standards and are committed to equality of opportunity. You are welcome to apply for any job in English or Welsh and all applications submitted will be treated equally.

We are a member of Advance HE's Athena SWAN Gender Equality charter and hold a Silver award in recognition of our commitment to and progress towards gender equality within the University's policies, practices, and culture. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

All members of staff have a duty to ensure their actions are in line with the overall environmental aims of the University and minimise their environmental impact.

All offers for the UK-based doctoral candidates are made subject to proof of eligibility to work in the UK and receipt of satisfactory references. Country-specific requirements of a similar kind apply to employment for the doctoral candidates in the other partner institutions. Check the requirements stipulated in each case.

At Bangor University, we have a legal responsibility to ensure that you have the right to work in the UK before you can start working for us. When you apply for one of the positions at Bangor University you will be required to explain the basis upon which you believe you will able to live and work in the UK legally on the commencement date of the role should your application be successful. If you do not have the right to work freely in any position in the UK already, any offer of employment we will make to you will be subject to you obtaining a right to work visa. The following link provides information on the various visa routes into employment and the eligibility requirements (including switching visa status where permissible) https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas. If you are successful in your application we will discuss visa options with you at the time of making the offer of employment.

Candidates should also note that they may be required to apply for an ATAS certificate (Academic Approval Technology Scheme) from the Counter-Proliferation and Arms Control Centre of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office before being able to apply for a visa - https://www.gov.uk/guidance/academic-technology-approval-scheme.

U of T Summer Latin Program Moves Online

Shannon McSheffrey — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:42:08 GMT

U of T CMS Summer Latin Program

As of summer 2026, all Latin courses will be offered online. Please contact the Graduate Administrator for further information and for more details: https://www.medieval.utoronto.ca/latin/summer-latin-program

The Centre offers several non-credit summer Latin courses facilitated by senior CMS graduate students who are thoroughly fluent in Latin and experienced Teaching Assistants (TAs). They work under the supervision of the faculty members teaching Medieval Latin and are trained specifically for these courses; we take great care in making appointments to these positions.

Students admitted to CMS MA or PhD programs can attend any of these summer courses, at the appropriate level, for free.

Students who attend the courses regularly and complete all assignments will be provided with an official letter detailing the course content and their participation. Students outside CMS may take the Latin examination(s) externally. If successful, they will be given a ‘Statement of Proficiency’ certificate that spells out the meaning of a Level I Latin or Level II Latin pass.

The program is under the direction of the Committee for Medieval Latin Studies in the Centre for Medieval Studies. The Centre for Medieval Studies assumes no responsibility for the cancellation of classes due to circumstances beyond its control.

Book Launch: Within Wall: Experience of Enclosure in Christian Spiritualities

Brenna Duperron — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 19:44:32 GMT

Within Wall: Experience of Enclosure in Christian Spiritualities, an edited collection that features members from our community and would be of interest to others has an upcoming hybrid launch on February 27 at 5 PM (Polish time, which should be 9 AM PST, assuming my timezone math won't embarrass me on the date!). Please email wrbrepols@gmail.com to register! Also, if you want a copy, use the following discount & free shipping code: WR2026 until March 27th at www.brepols.net

What is the Philosophical Legacy of Thomas Aquinas?

Marc Cels — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:22:33 GMT

St Joseph's College at the University of Alberta

Friday 13 March 2026 at 4:00 PM (Mountain Time) in person in the Board Room or on Zoom

Annual Philosophy Roundtable: "What is the Philosophical Legacy of Thomas Aquinas? The 800th Anniversary of Aquinas' Birth"

Jack Zupko, Amy Schmitter, Francis Fast, Celia Hatherly

To Register for Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/mDuMoYtsTPWOdrp7L0o19Q

2026 Summer Skills Seminars: Mediterranean Seminar

Marc Cels — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:15:45 GMT

The Mediterranean Seminar offers synchronous online summer skills seminars in archival, linguistic, and cultural competency in medieval and early modern Mediterranean cultures. Applications are due April 26 2026. Visit: The Mediterranean Seminar

La troisième école d'été internationale francophone, UQAM, 23-28 août 2026

Donna Trembinski — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:13:17 GMT

Du 23 au 28 août 2026 se tiendra à l’Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) la troisième école d'été internationale francophone, Manuscrits médiévaux et premiers livres imprimés: matériaux, contenu, valorisation, fruit d'un partenariat entre l’Institut de Recherche et d’Histoire des Textes (l’IRHT–CNRS Paris), le Département d’Histoire et le Service de bibliothèques de l’UQAM, enfin la Société des Études Médiévales du Québec [SEMQ], avec la collaboration de la Bibliothèque Osler de McGill et le soutien financier de la Walter de Gruyter Stiftung. Cette école d’été s’adresse notamment aux étudiant.e.s aux cycles supérieurs et aux jeunes chercheur.e.s en histoire, littérature, philosophie ou histoire de l’art, ainsi qu’à toute personne dont les travaux requièrent une approche directe des manuscrits médiévaux et des premiers imprimés. Les personnes intéressées sont chaleureusement invitées à déposer leur candidature.

Procédure de candidature:

Les places étant limitées, il est demandé de joindre à sa demande une lettre de motivation (2 pages maximum) ainsi qu’un court CV académique, précisant votre/vos sujet(s) de recherche ou d’intérêt.
Demande d’inscription avant le 30 avril 2026 : inscriptionmss@gmail.com
Frais de participation : 125 $ au maximum; possiblement 0 $ si du financement supplémentaire pour l’événement se confirme.
Site web : https://mss-irht.uqam.ca/

Pour plus d'informations, veuillez consulter le site web mentionné ci-dessus.

DISPUTATIO McGILLENSIS 21 février 2026 -- 24e colloque annuel de la SÉMQ

Shannon McSheffrey — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:47:54 GMT

DISPUTATIO McGILLENSIS

21 février 2026 · Université McGill · Thomson House · 3650 McTavish

Plus de détails: DISPUTATIO MCGILLENSIS.pdf

Funded PhD at University of Toronto / University of Melbourne

Cillian O'Hogan — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 15:21:35 GMT

Research Degree Opportunity

A fully funded joint PhD project, Research-Creation in the early Middle Ages: the example of Hibernicus Exul, primarily based at the University of Melbourne with a minimum 12-month stay at the University of Toronto, is accepting applications.

Applications will close once a suitable candidate is identified, and interested students are encouraged to submit as early as possible.

Degrees Available for this project

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Available Scholarships

The successful applicant will receive a scholarship package which includes a tuition fee waiver, living allowance, health insurance, and relocation support.

Project Details

The pivotal role played by Irish scholars in preserving and transmitting ancient learning during the early Middle Ages is well known even beyond the academy, thanks to popularising works such as ‘How the Irish Saved Civilization’. Yet, a great deal of work remains to be done on individual Irish figures working in continental Europe during the eighth to tenth centuries in order to establish the Irish contribution more rigorously. The shadowy figure known as ‘Hibernicus Exul’ (‘the Irish exile’) provides an ideal test-case for this work: the author of thirty-eight Latin poems, on scholarly, political, and comic topics, his works appear in a single manuscript, Vatican Reg. Lat. 2078. This is an important and influential poetic anthology from the heart of the Carolingian Renaissance, a period of intense cultural and intellectual activity in eighth- and ninth-century Europe during which the literature and learning of the ancient Graeco-Roman world was rediscovered. Concerted efforts were made to standardise and widen access to educational systems, with significant consequences for the intellectual history of Western Europe.

The recruited PhD student will write the first monograph-length study of ‘Hibernicus Exul’, setting his work in the context of the manuscript, addressing the controversial question of his possible identification with the better- known Carolingian scholar Dúngal, and demonstrate how the poet exemplifies the nature of medieval Irish literature, which simultaneously aims to educate and to entertain, and can in many ways be seen as a predecessor of today’s Research-Creation.

The successfully chosen student will work with Principal Supervisor, Sarah Corrigan, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, University of Melbourne, and External Co-Supervisor, Cillian O’Hogan, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto.

Please note the additional requirements listed below when submitting your Expressions of Interest.

Additional requirements

Statement of research interest [max. 1000 words]
MA in a related field, or equivalent, to be completed by the programme start date.
Evidence of at least six semesters of Latin, or equivalent, with grades of B+ or higher, or equivalent

Anticipated project start date

August 31, 2027

Submit your expression of interest here.

Project details.

JOB: The Marco Institute at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is now hiring for a full-time, non-tenure track Teaching Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Program Coordinator in Medieval & Renaissance Studies

Shannon McSheffrey — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 16:19:32 GMT

The Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, invites applications for a full-time position of Teaching Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Program Coordinator of Medieval and Renaissance Studies (MRST) beginning August 1, 2026. This is a career-track (NTT) position with teaching (75%) and service (25%) responsibilities. The teaching load is 2 sections of one course per semester (12 hours per week). The service component corresponds to MRST programmatic needs, such as advising, mentoring, outreach, and curriculum development. Interest in teaching a methods course for MRST majors and/or leading a summer study abroad program (for additional pay) is considered a plus.

Appointment to this position will be for an initial two-year term and is renewable contingent upon evidence of excellence in teaching and service duties. The position has promotional potential and comes with full benefits and additional funds available to assist with research, travel, and professional development.

The Marco Institute is an internationally-acclaimed center for the study of the history and culture of the premodern world (c.300-1700). With our rich programming schedule of lectures, workshops, and symposia; multiple fellowship opportunities for faculty and graduate students; undergraduate major and minor and graduate certificate; and annual premodern language training program, we pursue the research and teaching of the early periods at the highest levels. Our award-winning faculty represents a wide range of disciplines and periods – drawing from over a dozen departments and programs spanning from late antiquity to the early modern period and from Europe and the Mediterranean to East Asia and the Americas – and we boast special strengths in late antique history and religion and in medieval and early modern literature. Our interdisciplinary approach and collaborative enterprises contribute to the intellectual life of the UT campus, the Knoxville community, and beyond.

Qualifications

PhD in Medieval Studies or any field related to premodern studies (i.e., History, Literature, Languages, Religious Studies, Musicology, Art History, etc.) is required by the time of appointment. Candidates must be able to demonstrate excellence in teaching at the college level, familiarity with current student-oriented pedagogy, including in a large classroom, and with the use of technology to enhance learning. The program seeks candidates with expertise in teaching an expansive global, interdisciplinary perspective in premodern studies. The Candidate must also demonstrate potential for successful academic programmatic development and mentoring as well as scholarly expertise.

Application Instructions

Review of applications will begin on February 16, 2026 and will continue until the position is filled. The University of Tennessee is seeking candidates with the ability to contribute in meaningful ways to achieving the mission of the Marco Institute and the University.

Please submit to Interfolio (https://apply.interfolio.com/180018) your complete dossier including the following:

Letter of Application
CV
Names and contact information for three references
Two-page maximum Statement of Teaching Philosophy (must address teaching pre-modern studies from a global and interdisciplinary perspective and teaching large classes)

Finalists will be asked, in addition, to share a sample syllabus in preparation for the Zoom interview.

For inquiries, please contact the chair of the Search Committee, Dr. Anne-Hélène Miller (ahm@utk.edu).

2027 MAA Annual Meeting Call for Papers -- CSM as one of the hosting partners

Shannon McSheffrey — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:33:00 GMT

CALL FOR PAPERS
The 102^nd ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
MEDIEVAL ACADEMY
OF AMERICA

Centre for Medieval Studies
University of Toronto
15-17 April 2027

The 102^nd Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America will take place on the campus of the University of Toronto. The meeting is hosted by The Centre for Medieval Studies, in partnership with the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies and the Canadian Society of Medievalists.

https://www.medievalacademy.org/page/MAA2027

APPEL À COMMUNICATIONS POUR LE COLLOQUE JEAN-MARIE FECTEAU DES CYCLES SUPÉRIEURS EN HISTOIRE UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL 24 et 25 mars 2026

Shannon McSheffrey — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:31:40 GMT

APPEL DE COMMUNICATIONS POUR LE COLLOQUE JMF.pdf

APPEL À COMMUNICATIONS: XXVIe Colloque international étudiant du Département des sciences historiques de l’Université Laval

Shannon McSheffrey — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:28:31 GMT

Archéologie – Archivistique – Ethnologie et patrimoine – Histoire – Histoire de l’art et de l’architecture – Muséologie

9 au 10 avril 2026

Université Laval

Appel à communications - XXVIe colloque Artefact.pdf

Digital Medieval Studies Institutes 2026--Applications and Bursaries

Siobhain Calkin — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:21:01 GMT

Details for the Digital Medieval Studies Institute (DMSI), now in its fourth year. In 2026, DMSI will take place in both the US and the UK, in conjunction with two of the most important gatherings for medievalists!

DMSI 2026 US will take place as part of the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University on 13 May 2026. DMSI 2026 UK will take place as part of the International Medieval Congress at the University of Leeds on 10 July 2026.

The DMSI offers a full-day programme featuring workshops on digital scholarly methods specifically tailored for medievalists. Participants are introduced to a range of digital methodologies currently used in medieval studies, with the opportunity for in-depth engagement through one of five workshop options offered on each day.

DMSI 2026 US in Kalamazoo, MI will feature the following five workshops:

Building a Virtual Medieval Pilgrimage (Kalani Craig, Department of History, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
From Digitized Manuscript to Digital Edition (Laura Morreale, Independent Scholar, and Nicholas Laiacona, Performant Software)
3D Modeling from Photo and Video (Matthew Davis, Independent Scholar)
Introduction to Handwritten Text Recognition (Tobias Hodel, Digital Humanities, University of Bern)
Manuscript Description and Research in the Digital Ecosystem (L. P. Coladangelo, Digital Scriptorium, and Lynn Ransom, Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, University of Pennsylvania Libraries)

For more information and to apply for an award: https://tinyurl.com/DMSI-2026-US

DMSI 2025 UK in Leeds will feature the following five workshops:

TEI for Beginners: Encoding Text and Extracting Data (Sebastian Dows-Miller, Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, University College London)
Using Local LLMs and VLMs: Prompting, Structuring, and Automating with Medieval Data (Delphine Demelas, Southampton Digital Humanities, University of Southampton)
Nodegoat Curious: Building a Custom Relational Database for Your Research (Pim van Bree, LAB1100; Geert Kessels, LAB1100; Jesse W. Torgerson, Wesleyan University)
Artificial Intelligence: Image Analysis Applied to Medieval Manuscripts (Dominique Stutzmann, Institut de Recherche et d’Histoire des Textes (IRHT), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris)
Manuscript Materiality in a Digital World (Dot Porter, Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, University of Pennsylvania Libraries)

For more information and to apply for a bursary: https://tinyurl.com/DMSI-2026-UK

Applications are open to everyone. A maximum of 10-12 participants will be accepted into each workshop. Participants may enrol in only one workshop during each of the events (but one can apply to both the US and the UK events). Registration for DMSI 2026 will take place via the respective congress registration platforms, both of which will open in February 2026.

We have a limited number of bursaries and awards available for each event. Applications for bursaries and awards are considered on a rolling, first-come, first-served basis, with the deadline for the first round being 20 January 2026. All award holders will be notified before congress registrations open in February.

Early applications for bursaries and awards are encouraged. Please feel free to share the event posters and information with those who might be interested:

https://tinyurl.com/DMSI-2026-US-Poster

https://tinyurl.com/DMSI-2026-UK-Poster

For all questions, please contact the organizers Laura K. Morreale and N. Kıvılcım Yavuz at dmsi.hello@gmail.com.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Dr N. Kıvılcım Yavuz

Lecturer in Medieval Studies and Digital Humanities

Programme Lead for MA in Medieval Studies

Convenor of Digital Humanities Research Group

Institute for Medieval Studies | School of History

University of Leeds

Leeds, LS2 9JT

Director of the Executive Board: Digital Medievalist

Member of the Advisory Council: Digital Scriptorium

Member of the Scientific Consultative Board: Re-mediating the Early Book: Pasts and Futures

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JOB - 12-mo. term position in medieval lit at Brandon University

Shannon McSheffrey — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 20:59:53 GMT

Brandon University's Department of English, Drama and Creative Writing invites applications for a 12-month term position.

The successful candidate will teach the following courses: 30.147 Literary Traditions (two sections); 20/30.373 Medieval Drama; 30.380 Geoffrey Chaucer: The Resurgence of English; 30.463 Themes in Medieval Literature

See for details https://www.brandonu.ca/jobs/job/12-month-term-department-of-english-drama-creative-writing-faculty-of-arts/

Job - Lecturer in Medieval Studies, Birkbeck College, London

Shannon McSheffrey — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 14:21:22 GMT

Quoting from the job ad: "Birkbeck, University of London, is seeking a Lecturer in Medieval Studies to join our dynamic team within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Autumn 2026.As Lecturer in Medieval Studies you will contribute to the teaching of Medieval English literature and Medieval history across the Faculty, within our School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication, and School of Historical Studies - this includes our BA English and BA History programmes, as well as postgraduate taught programmes in the two subject areas." For details, see https://cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/lecturer-in-medieval-studies-602965.html

Funded PhD in Arthurian Studies (Feb. 28 deadline)

Siobhain Calkin — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 15:21:14 GMT

We draw to your attention an exciting opportunity to undertake a funded cotutelle PhD opportunity between the University of Groningen (Netherlands) and Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia), to be co-supervised by Professor Meagan Leitch (Groningen) and Professor Louise D'Arcens (Macquarie). Please see the following link, which contains information about the project, the application process, and who to contact should you require further information.

https://www.mq.edu.au/research/phd-and-research-degrees/how-to-apply/scholarship-opportunities/scholarship-search/global-phd-on-middle-english-arthurian-romance?fbclid=IwY2xjawOJ8BVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFZenBjbmkwREVobEp2MU0xc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHrqJI0dj207Y1pRFIMxbt7HjuBcUbLAryqI_vnGE_IN52tYHCbO-D5hg_cwc_aem_tSYm_f8E2CQiBYAMdo5_AQ

JOB: Project Manager Arthurian Research Centre (applications due Jan 11)

Siobhain Calkin — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 20:45:47 GMT

For more information, see https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPW872/project-manager-in-the-centre-for-arthurian-studies-05-fte

JOB: Visiting Assistant Professor French and Medieval Studies

Siobhain Calkin — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 15:40:14 GMT

The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the University of Florida invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor of French and Medieval Studies with an anticipated start date of August 16, 2026. For complete information about this position, including required qualifications and applications materials, please visit this link.

PIMS 2026 Diploma Programme in Manuscript Studies

Shannon McSheffrey — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 14:16:39 GMT

Applications are now open for the 2026 Manuscript Studies Programme, at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies in Toronto from 1 June to 10 July 2026.

The Institute’s Toronto–Rome Programme in Manuscript Studies will return to Toronto in the summer of 2026. The courses to be offered are MSST 1000: Latin Palaeography, to be taught by Prof. M. Michèle Mulchahey, the Institute’s Leonard E. Boyle Professor of Manuscript Studies, and MSST 1002: Codicology, to be taught jointly by Prof. Mulchahey and Alixe Bovey, Professor of Medieval Art History at the Courtauld Institute of Art.

The deadline for applications is 1 February 2026. For further details please visit the Diploma Programme webpage.

JOB: Postdoctoral Research Associate, U. Kent (UK), Old English letter-writing in early medieval Britain

Shannon McSheffrey — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 14:14:52 GMT

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Are you passionate about early medieval Britain? Do you have advanced knowledge of Old English and proficiency in Medieval Latin? If yes, then you may be interested in this fixed term full time postdoctoral Research Associate role.

The School of Humanities is seeking to appoint a postdoctoral Research Associate for 32-months to undertake close analysis of Old English letter-writing in early medieval Britain. The position will entail analysis of vernacular materials alongside the Latin epistolary corpus, data collection and dissemination of findings as part of a multi-person team, led by Dr Robert Gallagher (University of Kent) and Professor Francesca Tinti (University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU).

More info: https://jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=SOH-013-25

Appel -- CFP -- Le Multiple et l'un, The Multiple and the One : Université de Montréal 13-14 March 2026

Shannon McSheffrey — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 19:36:57 GMT

Colloque bilingue à l'Université de Montréal || Bilingual conference at Université de Montréal

Appel à communication : Le multiple et l’un: Agencements et décompositions dans les textes et les images du Moyen Âge

Centre d’études médiévales – Université de Montréal

13 et 14 mars 2026

Call for Papers : The Multiple and the One : Assemblages and Decompositions in Medieval Texts and Images

Centre d’études médiévales – Université de Montréal

13-14 March 2026

Cliquez ici pour plus d'informations // Click here for more information

PIMS Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellowships (application deadline Feb. 1 2026)

Siobhain Calkin — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:56:29 GMT

For information, see: https://pims.ca/article/post-doctoral-mellon-fellowships/

Grad Student or ECR essay prize for essay on history of London

Siobhain Calkin — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:35:30 GMT

Please see this link for information about an essay prize for an essay on any aspect of the history of London from the time of the Romans to now:

https://universityoflondon.smapply.io/prog/ihr_curriers_prize_2026/

Appel à candidatures – chercheurs invités en résidence 2026, Université de Caen

Shannon McSheffrey — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 15:51:58 GMT

Dans le cadre du Projet ERC Advanced Grant AGRELITA n° 101018777, « The reception of ancient Greece in pre-modern French literature and illustrations of manuscripts and printed books (1320-1550): how invented memories shaped the identity of European communities », dirigé par Prof. Catherine Gaullier-Bougassas (Principal Investigator), des résidences de chercheurs invités sont à pourvoir.

https://agrelita.hypotheses.org/9813

Soliciting donations for student scholarships in memory of Sarah Larratt Keefer

Shannon McSheffrey — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:49:20 GMT

Karen Jolly, Gale Owen-Crocker, Bill Schipper, and Jane Toswell are soliciting donations this season in memory of Sarah Larratt Keefer, who died earlier this year. Many of us remember Sarah as a cheerful and engaging presence at conferences, a generous colleague who co-organized a series of conferences and publications on the cross in early medieval England, an editor and investigator of tricky liturgical questions, editor of a lovely edition of the Kentish Psalm and much more. We talked horses and dogs with her, or about the future of the field. Her supervisor at Toronto was Angus Cameron, founder of the Dictionary of Old English, and the project was close to her heart throughout her life.

Our stretch aim is to name one of the graduate or undergraduate studentships in Sarah's honour, which would require $100,000 (in Canadian dollars) for a permanent endowment, $50,000 for a five-year expendable studentship.

Here is the link for donating to the Dictionary of Old English; make sure you do specify your donation in honour of Sarah. The Canadian dollar is pretty low these days, today at 0.71USD, so you should be able to specify an amount in Canadian dollars that will seem pretty easy in your own currency!

https://engage.utoronto.ca/site/SPageServer?pagename=donate#/fund/2372

Less well-known internationally is that Sarah was also an award-winning teacher both at her home, Trent University, and in OCUFA, the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations. Some of us have encountered her enthusiastic former students, true lovers of the medieval. If we are unable to summit that peak, we will at least give the Dictionary some funds as it continues its good work on the lexicography of Old English.

Open House for MA in Medieval Studies at University of Lincoln

Donna Trembinski — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 21:58:29 GMT

The Medieval and Early Modern Studies Research Group (MSRG) at the University of Lincoln is pleased to announce that we are currently accepting applications to our

MA Medieval Studies Programme for 2026-2027

You can join us at the online Open House Event on 26th November 6-7pm (UK time).

Attendees will have the opportunity to learn more about our MA Medieval Studies Programme through a virtual presentation, meet some of the students and academics, and ask questions.

For more information and to sign up for the online Open House Event, please contact the Programme Leader, Dr Antonella Liuzzo Scorpo (aliuzzoscorpo@lincoln.ac.uk)

New Book by CSM Member Renée Ward!

Donna Trembinski — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 15:19:53 GMT

Congratulations to CSM Member Renée Ward on her new book, The Werewolf in Medieval Romance! The book is published by Palgrave Macmillan and explores werewolf identities as "extensively queer, and thus disruptive", even as that identity also aligns with political power and violence. For more information and to order the book, click here.

Fellowships at Smith College Special Collections including Chaucer Fellowship

Donna Trembinski — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 15:18:04 GMT

Smith College Special Collections (SCSC) invites applications for the Travel to Collections Fellowships for the 2026-2027 cycle.

All topics of research using the SCSC collections may apply.
Applicants do not need to have an institutional affiliation.
Creative projects, subject-specific works, digital humanities projects, and more, are all welcome.

Deadline for application: Monday, January 5, 2026 by 11:59pm EST

These fellowships are intended to help offset the travel expenses of researchers whose projects will benefit from access to, including initial survey and exploration of, the holdings of Smith College Special Collections, which are the College Archives, Mortimer Rare Book Collection, and Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History.

Smith College Special Collections offers several types of fellowships:

Short-term fellowships with awards for $1,000 for research visits of two weeks or less.
Extended-term fellowships with awards of $2,500 each for research visits that extend beyond two weeks.

In consideration of travel limitations, fellows may request to use funds to hire a proxy-researcher to complete a fellowship.

A new opportunity with the Chaucer Collection

This year we are pleased to offer the first Robert and Judith Raymo Chaucer Fellowship ($1,000). This is a short term fellowship intended to defray the costs of travel to and from Northampton, in order to use the books and related materials of the Robert and Judith Raymo Chaucer Collection in the Mortimer Rare Book Collection. The use of other Chaucer related materials in the Mortimer Rare Book Collection is welcome and encouraged. The Robert and Judith Raymo Chaucer Collection consists of approximately five hundred distinctive printed items related to the works of the Middle English poet Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340-1400), including collected editions, individual editions of poems like Troilus and Crisseyde and the Canterbury Tales, as well as adaptations, translations, modern and illustrated editions, children's books, and other works inspired by Chaucer's poetry.

Key dates

Application due date for 2026 awards: Monday, January 5, 2026 by 11:59pm EST

Awards announced: March 13, 2026

Awards to be used: Monday, June 1, 2026 to Friday, June 4, 2027

To begin exploring our collections, please visit Search Special Collections. Additional questions? Please write to specialcollections@smith.edu

New Chaucer Society Early Career Fellowships at Huntingdon Library

Donna Trembinski — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 10:00:00 GMT

Announcing the call for applications for the NCS Early Career Fellowship at the Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.

The call for applications for the one-month early career fellowship at the Huntington Library during the period 1 July 2026 through 30 June 2027 is now open. This is a wonderful opportunity for early career scholars to access the holdings at the Huntington Library and benefit from the collegial community of other Huntington Fellows and Readers. For further information about the fellowship and application guidelines please see the call here.

The deadline for applications is 10 December 2025 (24:00 GMT). We will be notifying applicants of the outcome by March 2026.

CMS Toronto: Grad school Open House

Marc Cels — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 15:45:00 GMT

The Centre for Medieval Studies (University of Toronto) is holding two Open Houses to discuss its MA and PhD Programming. Please feel free to forward the invitation and information attached to prospective students in your network!

November 4 - CMS Open House
November 6 - CMS Virtual Open House

Job Posting! Department of English, Hunter College

Donna Trembinski — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 15:03:39 GMT

The English Department of Hunter College, City University of New York invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor with specialization in any area of medieval literature and culture, broadly defined (c. 600-1500), including but not limited to Old English, Old Norse, Middle English, history of the English language, manuscript studies, digital humanities, medieval drama, Arthurian romance, and the literature of medieval Ireland, Scotland, or Wales, beginning in Fall 2026. Applications from scholars whose research features an interdisciplinary and/or global approach to the study of the medieval period are especially encouraged to apply. We welcome candidates whose scholarship and teaching convey the vitality and complexity of this time and its literature to our students.

Full details here:

https://cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/assistant-professor-medieval-british-literature-english-department-school-of-arts-sciences/5119F569CE44468081B2430E965EBB3C/job/

Graduate Student Internship Opportunities at the Getty Library

Donna Trembinski — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 14:18:08 GMT

The Getty's application portal for 2026/27 Graduate Student Internships now open: https://www.getty.edu/projects/graduate-internships/. There is a specific internship available in the Department of Manuscripts but see all internship opportunities here: https://www.getty.edu/projects/graduate-internships/opportunities/

In recent years, the Department of Manuscripts has been more active than ever developing and expanding our programs of exhibitions, publications, education, and online resources. Interns in the department work with the Museum’s collection of illuminated manuscripts in a variety of contexts. They will have the opportunity to work on an exhibition, to collaborate on the Museum’s interactive multimedia program, to conduct research on the collection, and to observe at close hand how a curatorial department functions. The Getty also offers the opportunity to get to know scholars from all over the world, including Manuscripts Department guest scholars and conservators in residence at the Museum as well as the Getty Research Institute scholars. We are welcome applicants who are eager to work on projects that are vital and relevant to contemporary, diverse audiences both in and outside of the galleries. We give all qualified applications careful consideration.

Please note that the application deadline is November 4, 2025.

Job Posting! The Melvin R Seiden Curator at the Morgan Library!

Donna Trembinski — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 14:15:39 GMT

Melvin R. Seiden Curator and Department Head, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts

(Full-time)

The Morgan Library & Museum invites applications for the position of Melvin R. Seiden Curator and Department Head of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts (the “Seiden Curator”), overseeing the Morgan’s exceptional collection of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts. With the department’s two Assistant (or Associate) Curators, the Seiden Curator conceives and executes exhibitions, stewards the care of the collection and its growth, conducts research and publishes on the collection, and helps provide appropriate access to the collection to researchers, students, and the general public.

The Seiden Curator is a leader in the field, well-regarded among peers, who is comfortable participating in a wide range of activities related to medieval and Renaissance manuscripts and is skillful in their ability to relate to varied constituencies inside and outside the Morgan. Departmental strategic planning, donor relations, staff supervision, and budgeting are important responsibilities of this position.

Responsibilities:

Oversees the long-term preservation of the collection for the institution, the scholarly community, and the general public.
Conceives, initiates, and executes in-house and loan exhibitions, rotations, and displays. This involves active participation in all aspects of exhibition planning, including but not limited to identifying loans, writing and editing catalogues, design and installation, preparation of didactic materials, and media relations.
Researches, catalogues, and documents the collection, updating records on a continuing basis.
Manages, mentors, and leads departmental staff including two other full-time curators and occasional fellows or interns.
In concert with the Director, reviews potential acquisitions to the collection, through purchase or gift.
Participates in scholarship, public programming (K-12, college and graduate level, adult), digital projects, outside publications, and teaching.
Cultivates donors, manages the department’s Visiting Committee, and works with Development colleagues on grants and other funding initiatives.
Contributes to Morgan-wide initiatives, including serving on staff committees or project teams, as required.

Requirements:

Ph.D. in art history with an emphasis on manuscript illumination and medieval art, required. Strong liberal arts foundation preferred, especially in Western European art history, but could also include history and religion.
Specialized knowledge of medieval and Renaissance manuscript illumination and codicology, along with a deep knowledge of medieval and Renaissance art and history.
Substantial experience working with illuminated manuscripts in an institutional setting.
Reading knowledge of Latin required, and at least one other European language preferred.
Strong organizational, research, and social skills for curating major exhibitions. Experience curating exhibitions is required.
Demonstrated strength in writing and public speaking, for both scholarly and public audiences.
Familiarity with the principles of the care and handling of rare books and manuscripts.
Experience with acquisitions; current knowledge of the manuscript and book trade.
Comfort interacting socially with Board members, donors, collectors, and the public and in participating in online audience development efforts such as social media.
Professional knowledge of electronic cataloging and digitization of manuscript materials is desirable.
Supervisory and administrative experience is required.
Ability to work on several short-, mid-, and long-term projects at once and to manage overlapping deadlines; comfortable managing rapidly shifting priorities and individual and institutional needs.
Ability to embrace routine and essential administrative tasks.
Well-developed computer skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint required. Familiarity with museum and library database systems such as TMS and Voyager highly desirable.
Willingness and ability to travel on occasional courier trips, in consultation with the Registrar and Morgan conservators. Travel for exhibition research and development is also required as needed. Percentage of travel time is unlikely to exceed 10%. Some travel requires extended hours and long periods of standing or riding in transport vehicles.

Compensation:

$127,000 - $147,000, commensurate with experience. Excellent benefits.

To apply:

Please see application instructions at: https://www.themorgan.org/opportunities/employment

A cover letter with salary requirements is required.

The Morgan Library & Museum receives many applications and inquiries for employment. Unfortunately, we are not able to respond to all of them. Due to the high volume of applicants, we can contact only those candidates whose skills and background best fit our needs.

EEO Statement

The Morgan is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to complying with all federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws. The Morgan provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military or veteran status, domestic violence victim status or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws.

Job Posting! Robert Stevenson Chair in Religious Literature at McGill University

Donna Trembinski — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 14:12:35 GMT

The School of Religious Studies (SRS) and the Department of English at McGill (Montreal, Canada), invite applications for the Robert Stevenson Chair in Religion and Literature. This professorial position will be a joint appointment, with a primary appointment in the School of Religious Studies. The search is open as to rank (Full, Associate, or Assistant Professor). The successful applicant will be a world class scholar or a scholar with great promise in their field of study. We seek to appoint a dynamic scholar capable of expanding the existing programs at the School of Religious Studies and the Department of English at McGill through a research expertise and teaching competence in Religion and Literature in the medieval, global medieval and/or the early modern period, acknowledging that these periodic divisions might differ based on geographic area. For further details, please see the posting below:

https://mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/McGill_Careers/job/Arts-Building/Open-Rank-Professor--Tenure-Track--and-Robert-Stevenson-Chair-in-Religion-and-Literature_JR0000070126

Questions may be addressed to the chair of the hiring committee, Professor Mikaël Bauer mikael.bauer@mcgill.ca

STUDENT ESSAY PRIZE/PRIX POUR LE TRAVAIL ÉTUDIANT : Canadian Society of Patristic Studies/Association Canadienne des Études Patristiques

Shannon McSheffrey — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 17:57:49 GMT

STUDENT ESSAY PRIZE/PRIX POUR LE TRAVAIL ÉTUDIANT

Canadian Society of Patristic Studies/Association Canadienne des Études Patristiques: https://cspsacep.ca/students-etudiantes/

Students are encouraged to submit a paper for the Student Essay Prize in French or English, which may be an exceptional essay written as part of coursework. The essay must not have been published or presented elsewhere. Both graduate and undergraduate essays by registered students will be considered. A letter of confirmation of student status from a professor is
required.

Award:
– graduate prize: $500; undergraduate prize: $300
– a one-year membership in the society
– opportunity to present the essay at the annual meeting

If the winning essay is delivered in person, a modest travel stipend will be added.

Deadline: January 31, 2026.
The winner will be notified by February 28, 2026.

Prize-winning papers will be offered the opportunity to be mentored in the process of turning an excellent course-work paper into a publishable scholarly article, followed by publication in Studies in Religion / Sciences religieuses.

Please send essay submissions (in either .pdf or .doc format), as well as a confirmation of student status from a professor, to:
Dr. Sean Hannan
Email: hannans@macewan.ca

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Les étudiants sont encouragés à soumettre un article pour le Prix pour le travail étudiant, en français ou en anglais, qui peut être un travail exceptionnel rédigé dans le cadre d’un cours. Le travail ne doit pas avoir été publié ou présenté ailleurs. Les travaux d’étudiants inscrits, qu’ils soient de premier de deuxième ou de troisième cycle, seront pris en considération. Une lettre d’un professeur confirmant le statut d’étudiant est requise.

Prix :
– prix pour les étudiants gradués : 500 $; prix pour les étudiants de premier cycle : 300 $;
– une adhésion d’un an à l’association;
– la possibilité de présenter le tra lors de la rencontre annuelle.

Si le travail gagnant est présenté en personne, une modeste allocation de voyage sera ajoutée.

Date limite : 31 janvier 2026.

Le lauréat sera informé au plus tard le 28 février 2026.
Les lauréats se verront offrir la possibilité d’être accompagnés pour transformer un excellent travail de cours en un article scientifique publiable, suivi d’une publication dans Studies in Religion / Sciences religieuses.

Veuillez envoyer votre travail (en format .pdf ou .doc), ainsi qu’une confirmation de votre statut
d’étudiant par un professeur, à :
Dr. Sean Hannan
Courriel : hannans@macewan.ca

Race B4 Race Symposium on Love January 2026

Siobhain Calkin — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 19:16:20 GMT

Arizona Center for Medieval
and Renaissance Studies

Love: A RaceB4Race Symposium

Save the date | January 23-24, 2026

Please join ACMRS in January for Love: A RaceB4Race Symposium. Be on the lookout for more information, registration, and announcements soon. In the meantime, we are pleased to announce the speakers for this year's symposium below.

Abdulhamit Arvas University of Pennsylvania
Jennifer Baez University of Washington
Denva Gallant Rice University
Joshua Mangle University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Thai-Catherine Matthews Skidmore College
Nahir I. Otaño Gracia University of New Mexico
Melissa Sanchez University of Pennsylvania
Iman Sheeha Brunel University
Thelma Trujillo University of Iowa
Yunning Zhang University of Chicago

CSM Online/SCM en ligne: 2025-11-05, Laura Moncion, Boyle Prize Winner / Lauréate Boyle!

Shannon McSheffrey — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 23:00:00 GMT

5 Nov. 2025, at 11am EST, Laura Moncion will talk about her prize-winning thesis in an online presentation: details and link to registration here.

Le 5 nov 2025, 11h00, Laura Moncion parlera de sa thèse primée lors d'une présentation en ligne : détails et lien vers l'inscription ici.

Employment Opportunity: Assisitant/Associate Professor, Medieval History 1100-1500 CE, Marco Institute, Univerisity of Tennesee

Donna Trembinski — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 20:01:51 GMT

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville: Knoxville Academic Units: College of Arts and Sciences: Division of Arts & Humanities: History
Location

Knoxville, TN

Open Date

Jul 25, 2025

Description

The Department of History at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville invites applications for a tenure-track professor of medieval history (1100-1500) at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, to begin August 1, 2026.

This position will include interdisciplinary exchange on campus related to our partnership with affiliated departments through the Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. The teaching load is 2/2. The candidate’s teaching responsibilities include the Western Civilization survey as well as upper-level and graduate courses that complement the department’s current offerings.

UTK is a land-grant university and values engaged forms of research/scholarship/creative activity, teaching and service, and considers evidence of these commitments in the records of applicants.

The city of Knoxville is a hidden gem with a beautiful and walkable downtown, a diverse music scene, active neighborhoods, unique restaurants, and a robust offering of outdoor and cultural activities. UTK is located within easy driving distance to Asheville, Nashville, Atlanta and the Great Smoky Mountains.

The University is beginning a next-level initiative aimed both at substantially elevating the University's national reputation for impactful research, scholarship, and creative activity and at assembling a roster of faculty committed to delivering one of the nation's best educational experiences for undergraduate and graduate students.

Qualifications

Candidates must have a Ph.D. at the time of appointment. The position requires an active research agenda and evidence of teaching effectiveness. While all subfields and methodologies are eligible, training and/or experience in digital history is particularly welcome. Incoming Assistant Professors must have plans for the publication of their first book. Associate Professors must have a book published with a suitable press, demonstrable teaching excellence in their area(s) of specialization, and a strong record of service.

Application Instructions

Applicants should submit a cover letter, CV, contact information for three references, and a brief writing sample (25-30 pages). Review of applications will begin on October 15, 2025, and continue until the position is filled. Materials should be uploaded to http://apply.interfolio.com/170495. Please direct all inquiries to Matthew Bryan Gillis, search chair: mgillis1@utk.edu.

Employment Opportunity: Professor of Late Antiquity, University of Toronto

Donna Trembinski — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 19:58:12 GMT

Professor - Late Antiquity

U of T Department of Classics / Centre for Medieval Studies

The Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time tenure-stream position in the area of Late Antiquity.

This will be a joint appointment between the Department of Classics (75%) and the Centre for Medieval Studies (25%). The appointment will be at the rank of Professor, with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2026.

The deadline for application is November 6, 2025.

The successful candidate will also be eligible to be named the Jackman Professorship in the Arts. This endowed chair appointment would be for a five-year term and is renewable following a favourable review.

For more information, see this website: https://www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/were-hiring-professor-late-antiquity

Employment Opportunity: Melvin R. Seiden Curator and Department Head, Medieval And Renaissance Manuscripts, Morgan Library

Donna Trembinski — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 19:53:27 GMT

Melvin R. Seiden Curator and Department Head, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts

(Full-time)

The Morgan Library & Museum invites applications for the position of Melvin R. Seiden Curator and Department Head of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts (the “Seiden Curator”), overseeing the Morgan’s exceptional collection of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts. With the department’s two Assistant (or Associate) Curators, the Seiden Curator conceives and executes exhibitions, stewards the care of the collection and its growth, conducts research and publishes on the collection, and helps provide appropriate access to the collection to researchers, students, and the general public.

The Seiden Curator is a leader in the field, well-regarded among peers, who is comfortable participating in a wide range of activities related to medieval and Renaissance manuscripts and is skillful in their ability to relate to varied constituencies inside and outside the Morgan. Departmental strategic planning, donor relations, staff supervision, and budgeting are important responsibilities of this position.

Responsibilities:
· Oversees the long-term preservation of the collection for the institution, the scholarly community, and the general public.
· Conceives, initiates, and executes in-house and loan exhibitions, rotations, and displays. This involves active participation in all aspects of exhibition planning, including but not limited to identifying loans, writing and editing catalogues, design and installation, preparation of didactic materials, and media relations.
· Researches, catalogues, and documents the collection, updating records on a continuing basis.
· Manages, mentors, and leads departmental staff including two other full-time curators and occasional fellows or interns.
· In concert with the Director, reviews potential acquisitions to the collection, through purchase or gift.
· Participates in scholarship, public programming (K-12, college and graduate level, adult), digital projects, outside publications, and teaching.
· Cultivates donors, manages the department’s Visiting Committee, and works with Development colleagues on grants and other funding initiatives.
· Contributes to Morgan-wide initiatives, including serving on staff committees or project teams, as required.
Requirements:
· Ph.D. in art history with an emphasis on manuscript illumination and medieval art, required. Strong liberal arts foundation preferred, especially in Western European art history, but could also include history and religion.
· Specialized knowledge of medieval and Renaissance manuscript illumination and codicology, along with a deep knowledge of medieval and Renaissance art and history.
· Substantial experience working with illuminated manuscripts in an institutional setting.
· Reading knowledge of Latin required, and at least one other European language preferred.
· Strong organizational, research, and social skills for curating major exhibitions. Experience curating exhibitions is required.
· Demonstrated strength in writing and public speaking, for both scholarly and public audiences.
· Familiarity with the principles of the care and handling of rare books and manuscripts.
· Experience with acquisitions; current knowledge of the manuscript and book trade.
· Comfort interacting socially with Board members, donors, collectors, and the public and in participating in online audience development efforts such as social media.
· Professional knowledge of electronic cataloging and digitization of manuscript materials is desirable.

· Supervisory and administrative experience is required.
· Ability to work on several short-, mid-, and long-term projects at once and to manage overlapping deadlines; comfortable managing rapidly shifting priorities and individual and institutional needs.
· Ability to embrace routine and essential administrative tasks.
· Well-developed computer skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint required. Familiarity with museum and library database systems such as TMS and Voyager highly desirable.
· Willingness and ability to travel on occasional courier trips, in consultation with the Registrar and Morgan conservators. Travel for exhibition research and development is also required as needed. Percentage of travel time is unlikely to exceed 10%. Some travel requires extended hours and long periods of standing or riding in transport vehicles.

Compensation:

$127,000 - $147,000, commensurate with experience. Excellent benefits.

To apply:

Please see application instructions at: https://www.themorgan.org/opportunities/employment

A cover letter with salary requirements is required.

EEO Statement
The Morgan is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to complying with all federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws. The Morgan provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military or veteran status, domestic violence victim status or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws.

Two CSM members elected as Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada!

Shannon McSheffrey — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 15:44:20 GMT

Jennifer Bain and Jacqueline Murray have both been elected as RSC Fellows! Many congratulations to both. Below are their slides from the RSC announcement.

CSANA VIRTUAL BOOK LAUNCH FOR JOANNE FINDON'S BOUND AND FREE, 30 SEPT.

Shannon McSheffrey — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 13:38:56 GMT

CSANA Virtual Book Launch

Bound and Free: Voices of Mortal and Otherworld Women in Medieval Irish Literature, by Joanne Findon

With Responses from

Amy Mulligan (Notre Dame)

Kristen Mills (University of Oslo)

Tuesday, Sept. 30 12:00 PM (CST) / 6:00 PM (BST)

Findon Book Launch Poster-4[98].pdf

Lecture Series on Augustine's City of God: Sept-Dec. 2025

Marc Cels — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 20:21:15 GMT

A PUBLIC ONLINE (ZOOM) LECTURE SERIES HOSTED BY THE CHAPLAINCY AT VILLANOVA COLLEGE, ONT

THE CITY OF GOD

A CONTEMPORARY READING OF AUGUSTINE’S POLITICAL VISION

with

Rev. Dr. Robert Dodaro, OSA

Chaplain of Villanova College (King’s City, Ontario)

Sept.–Dec. 2025, Tuesdays 10:30 AM – 1:25 PM (Eastern)

LECTURE SERIES SCHEDULE

Sept 9 – Introduction to Saint Augustine

Sept 16 – Political Leadership

Sept 23 – Fear of Death and National Security

Oct 7 – Christianity and the Just Society

Oct 14 – The City of God and the Earthly City

Oct 21 – Church and State

Oct 28 – Public Confession and Statecraft

Nov 4 – Heroism in Society

Nov 18 – Christ and Justice

Nov 25 – Saints and Sinners

CONVENERS

Pablo Irizar (Vice President & Academic Dean, Newman Theological College) ˑ Anthony Dupont (Augustine Chair & Research Professor of Christian Antiquity, KU Leuven) ˑ Harry Schnitker (Senior Lecturer in Church History at St. Mary’s University, PhD program director at Maryvale Institute) ˑ Mateusz Stróżyński (Director & Professor of Classics at the Institute of Classical Philosophy, UAM) ˑ Paul Camacho (Associate Director at the Augustinian Institute & Professor of Philosophy, Villanova University) ˑ Richard Dougherty (Dean of Braniff Graduate School & Professor of Politics, University of Dallas) Edmund Stewart (Associate Professor of Ancient Greek History & Collaborator of Tyrannica at the Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies, University of Nottingham)

Conference: American Cusanus Society and International Seminar on Pre-Reformation Theology, Gettysburg PA, 18-21 Sept 202

Shannon McSheffrey — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 17:50:55 GMT

THE TWENTIETH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAN CUSANUS SOCIETY AND THE INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON PRE-REFORMATION THEOLOGY (2025)

REGISTER NOW TO JOIN US IN GETTYSBURG (OR VIRTUALLY)! PLEASE CLICK HERE.

For a downloadable, searchable schedule of our 2025 Gettysburg conference, please click here.

Perspectives on Mystical Vision and Aesthetic Experience

The Twentieth Biennial Conference of the American Cusanus Society
in cooperation with United Lutheran Seminary, Gettysburg PA
September 18-21, 2025

Journal: Religious Studies and Theology - Call for Submissions

Shannon McSheffrey — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 17:49:07 GMT

The Journal Religious Studies and Theology invites submissions on medieval themes -- details here: https://journal.equinoxpub.com/RST/about/submissions

Mentorship Program / Programme de mentor

Siobhain Calkin — Tue, 27 May 2025 20:11:49 GMT

The CSM mentoring program brings together medievalists at different stages of their careers to share information. This program strengthens our community and builds networks among medievalists that extend beyond those times when we would normally gather at conferences.

All members of the CSM in good standing are eligible to participate in this program.

For detailed information on this program, please click here: https://www.canadianmedievalists.org/page-18130. If you wish to participate this year, please click on the poll button at the bottom of this e-mail and complete the form there.

If you have any difficulty accessing the questionnaire or desire a version in French, please contact Siobhain Bly Calkin (siobhain.calkin@carleton.ca).

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Le programme de mentorat de la SCM rassemble des médiévistes à différents stades de leur carrière pour partager des informations. Ce programme renforce notre communauté et construit des réseaux parmi les médiévistes qui s’étendent au-delà des moments où nous nous réunissons normalement lors des conférences. Pour obtenir des informations détaillées sur ce programme, veuillez cliquer ici : https://www.canadianmedievalists.org/page-18133. Si vous souhaitez participer cette année, veuillez cliquer sur le bouton « poll » au bas de ce courriel et remplir le formulaire qui s'y trouve.

Tou.te.s les membres en règle de la SCM peuvent participer à ce programme. Malheureusement, le questionnaire existe seulement en anglais sur le site web, mais si vous préférez compléter le questionnaire en français, envoyez un courriel à siobhain.calkin@carleton.ca et je vous envoyerai une version française.

Si vous avez des difficultés à accéder au questionnaire, veuillez contacter Siobhain Bly Calkin (siobhain.calkin@carleton.ca).

2025 CSM Mentorship Program Questionnaire

Start: 16 May 2025

https://canadianmedievalists.org/Sys/Poll/62447

Deadline for Application: 31 May 2025

Editorial Fellowship at Arthuriana

Donna Trembinski — Wed, 21 May 2025 13:41:15 GMT

The journal Arthuriana invites applications for its Editorial Fellowship, which will begin in the fall of 2025. Fellows will work with the Arthuriana team to better understand the nuances of publishing an academic journal. Topics covered include acquisitions, readers' reports, editing, layout/design, budget management, website design, and more.

We anticipate that fellows will dedicate one year, committing 8-12 hours per month to the journal, and will receive a small stipend of $1,000. Candidates must have completed their PhD qualifying exams. Preference will be given to graduate students working on the Arthurian legend, medieval studies, and related fields.

To apply please click the following application link. Applications are due May 31st. Any questions, please reach out to Arthurianajournal@gmail.com.

PhD Studentship at Department of English, University of Bern

Donna Trembinski — Wed, 21 May 2025 13:37:35 GMT

Professor Annette Kern-Stähler aims to select a doctoral student (with an MA or equivalent degree) interested in pursuing a PhD in English Literature under her supervision in the Department of English at the University of Bern, Switzerland. The successful candidate will be attached to the research project ‘Becoming Axolotl: Empathy, Simulation, and Embodiment in Medieval Narratives’ funded within *MAPS (Multilateral Academic Projects) – a multilateral funding instrument with Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Poland and Romania, launched by the SNSF and implemented under the second Swiss Contribution, mandated by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. The PhD student will be working alongside Prof. Kern-Stähler, a postdoctoral researcher, two research teams based in Zagreb and Bucharest, and our international project partners.

Situated at the intersection of cognitive literary studies, affect studies, sensory studies, new materialism, and narratology, this project explores the role of medieval narratives in the simulation of cognitive, emotional, and sensorial experiences of radical others, both human and more-than-human (animals, plants, objects, spirits, gods, monsters). Considering a variety of encounters across and beyond medieval Europe (including Scandinavia, England, the Middle East, and the Byzantine and Mongol Empires), the three interlinked subprojects explore literature of a variety of genres from the eighth to the fifteenth centuries. The doctoral student will pursue a thesis project focusing on medieval English literature, simulation and empathy (text corpus to be discussed with the doctoral student).

More details can be found here: https://www.ens.unibe.ch/unibe/portal/fak_historisch/dsl/ens/content/e41030/e72711/e530231/e1694912/PhDjobad_6May2025_eng.pdf

The CSM will feature on a CARA/MAA Panel on Medieval Associations, 13 May 2025 at 1pm EDT

Shannon McSheffrey — Wed, 07 May 2025 15:29:46 GMT

What Makes Great Medieval Associations? CARA on Zoom, Tuesday May 13th, 1pm-2pm EDT

The MAA's Committee on Centers and Regional Associations invites you to join us for a panel discussion by leaders of groups across the US and Canada on "what makes our association great?" Please join us as five leaders of medieval associations in the US and Canada discuss what makes theirs energizing, productive, and rewarding. We will address a number of issues as well as the personal challenges and rewards that come from supporting different medieval associations. We invite all to the conversation, which will include time for whole-group discussion. Topics include questions of membership, sustainability, finances, value, outreach, regionality (or not), mentoring, and hopes & dreams for the future.

Panelists

Katherine Bezio (Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association)

Natalie Grinnell (Southeastern Medieval Assocation)

Heather Maring (Medieval Association of the Pacific)

Shannon McSheffrey (Canadian Society of Medievalists)

Montserrat Piera (Delaware Valley Medieval Association)

Moderator

Virginia Blanton (Mid-America Medieval Association, CARA Executive Committee)

Click here to register.

Panel Discussing Labarge Prize Winning Book No Return

Donna Trembinski — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 14:10:07 GMT

Last year, Dr. Rowan Dorin won BOTH the Canadian Society of Medievalists' Margaret Wade Labarge prize for best book in Medieval Studies, AND the Canadian Historical Association's Wallace K Ferguson Prize for best book in a field of history (non Canadian) for his book No Return: Jews, Christian Usurers and the Spread of Mass Expulsion in Medieval Europe (2023, Princeton University Press)

To celebrate, the CSM and CHA are co-sponsoring an online panel discussing the book on May 5 at 5 pm UTC. Participants include. Rowan Dorin, Nicholas Terpstra, Elisheva Baumgarten, Ada Maria Kuskowski, Marie Dejoux with Miri Rubin (moderator) and Shannon McSheffrey (chair). For more information and to register, see the link here: https://cha-shc.ca/roundtable-discussion-no-return-jews-christian-usurers-and-the-spread-of-mass-expulsion-in-medieval-europe-by-rowan-dorin/

John Christopher Houston Loudfoot, Winner/Lauréat 2025 Schallek Award

Donna Trembinski — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 13:56:33 GMT

Congratulations to University of Waterloo doctoral student John Christopher Houston Loudfoot, winner of a Medieval Academy of America's Schallek Award. The Schallek award is co-sponsored by the MAA and the Richard III Society and supports PhD research in the British Isles with a one year $40 000 USD Fellowship. Mr. Loudfoot won for a project entitled "Medieval Mine Waste and Social Troubles".

Félicitations à John Christopher Houston Loudfoot, étudiant en doctorat à l'Université de Waterloo, lauréat du prix Schallek de la Medieval Academy of America. Le prix Schallek est co-sponsorisé par la MAA et la Richard III Society et soutient la recherche doctorale dans les Îles britanniques avec une bourse d'un année de $40 000 USD. M. Loudfoot a reçu ce prix pour un projet intitulé « Medieval Mine Waste and Social Troubles »

Le Prix Alma des Jeunes Chercheur.euses: Date d'échéance 10 Juillet 2025

Donna Trembinski — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 13:43:40 GMT

Modalités

Créé en 2022, le Prix Alma des Jeunes Chercheur.euses a pour objectif de récompenser les travaux innovants d’étudiants et d’étudiantes en histoire, littérature, philosophie ou philologie médiévales. Pour concourir, il faut être titulaire d'au moins un M1 ou d'un master, avoir moins de trente ans et ne pas être titulaire d'un doctorat. Il faut également être membre d'Alma-Recherche (inscription sur notre site : www.alma-recherche.com).

Le lauréat ou la lauréate du prix Alma des Jeunes Chercheur.euses recevra une aide à la publication de son ouvre et recevra une récompense de :

cinq cents euros

Participer au Prix permet également aux mastérants et mastérantes d’intégrer une communauté de jeunes chercheurs et de faire connaître leur travail à un jury de spécialistes. Ils pourront également être amenés à participer à des évènements scientifiques organisés par l’association ou certains membres du jury.

Pour participer au Prix Alma des Jeunes Chercheur.euses, il suffit d'être membre et d'envoyer son dossier comprenant :

➢ Un résumé du mémoire (en cours de rédaction ou rédigé l’année précédente, 3 pages maximum, police 12, interligne 1.5, Times New Roman),

➢ Une lettre de recommandation du directeur ou de la directrice de recherche,

➢ Un certificat d'adhésion à l'association Alma-Recherche,

➢ Un formulaire de candidature (téléchargeable sur notre site : via ce lien ou dans l’onglet « prix » en cliquant sur le bouton « télécharger le dossier de candidature.)

Le dossier doit être envoyé en un seul document pdf fusionné à l'adresse suivante, avant le 10 JUILLET 2025.

contact@alma-recherche.fr

Composition du jury du Prix Alma 2025

Présidence : M. Christian Trottman, directeur de recherche en Philosophie médiévale (CESR- CNRS)

Vice-Présidence Mme Francesca Manzari, Professeur de Littérature générale et comparée CIELAM-université d’Aix Marseille)

M Didier Méhu, professeur d’Histoire médiévale (CIHAM- université Lyon 2)
Mme Lydwine Scordia, Professeur d’Histoire médiévale (GRHIS- université de Rouen-Normandie)

Mme Michèle Gally, Professeur de Littérature médiévale et "médiévalisme" (CIELAM-Université d'Aix-Marseille)

M. Antoine Côté, Professeur de Philosophie médiévale (S.I.E.P.M. – Université d’Ottawa)
Mme Hélène Michon, Maîtresse de conférence en Littérature française (CESR- Université de Tours).

Mme Claire de Cazanove Hannecart, Maîtresse de conférence en Histoire médiévale (LAMP- Universite Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne

Mme Sophie Serra, Post-doctorante en philosophie médiévale (SPHERE – Université de Lund)
Mme Camille-Apollonia Narducci, docteur en Langue et Littérature du Moyen Âge

(CIELAM-université d’Aix Marseille)

Postdoctoral position at University of Notre Dame

Shannon McSheffrey — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 17:36:06 GMT

The University of Notre Dame announces the creation of the Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, a university-wide initiative to support highly motivated scholars seeking to make a difference in the world.

The College of Arts and Letters will appoint and host a cohort of six postdoctoral fellows for the 2025-2026 academic year. This includes Notre Dame's acclaimed Medieval Institute. See here for more information.

TT Position in English, UNBC

Shannon McSheffrey — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:53:48 GMT

The UNBC Department of English invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor in either Medieval or Early Modern Literary Studies beginning July 1, 2025.

You can access the ad and all its details by clicking on the link below:

https://www.unbc.ca/sites/default/files/career-opportunities/job-posting/2025/faengl01-25-assistant-or-associate-professor-tt-posting.pdf

FT TT Job in History, Edmonton

Marc Cels — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 23:49:02 GMT

The King's University, Edmonton has posted an ad for a full-time tenure-track job in History. It is a fairly open posting, though preference is for a specialist of non-European and non-North American history. "Position will remain open until a suitable candidate is found."

Disputatio Uqacensis – 2025 -- 15 mars 2025

Shannon McSheffrey — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 19:56:57 GMT

XXIIIe colloque annuel de la Société des études médiévales du Québec: Programme

La 23e édition du colloque annuel Disputatio de la Société des études médiévales du Québec (SÉMQ) se déroulera pour la toute première fois à l’Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, le samedi 15 mars 2025. DisputatioUqacensis2025_ProgrammeCorrigé.pdf

https://www.semq.uqam.ca/2024/10/21/disputatio-uqacensis-2025/

Job Posting: Medieval Latin Palaeography and Manuscripts Oxford

Siobhain Calkin — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 16:24:10 GMT

Job Description and Person Specification

Post Associate Professorship in Medieval Latin Manuscript Studies with a Non-Tutorial Fellowship at Wadham College

Department/Faculty Faculty of History

Division Humanities

College Wadham College

Start date 1 October 2025

Contract type Permanent upon completion of a successful review. The review is conducted during the first 5 years.

Salary

Associate Professor Grade 36S: Salary from £55,755 to £74,867 per annum plus additional benefits and allowances as detailed in the College Benefits, Terms and Conditions section below. An additional allowance of £3,155 p.a. would be payable upon award of Full Professor title.

Vacancy ID 177133

Application deadline 12 noon (UK time) on Wednesday 19th March 2025

Interview dates Interviews expected to take place in Oxford late April/Early May

Overview of the post

We are seeking an outstanding palaeographer to join our team of medieval historians. MedievalHistory is exceptionally strong in Oxford with a large and lively community of taught graduates, doctoral students and postdoctoral early career researchers. The collegiate university is home to the largest university-based collection of medieval manuscripts in the world.

This post is an exciting and demanding opportunity for a proven scholar and talented teacher whose research and teaching specialism is in the history of Latin manuscripts (codices, documents, fragments thereof) within the disciplinary context of medieval history. Beyond a specialism in scripts used for writing medieval Latin, there are no chronological or geographical preferences, and the successful candidate will be responsible for graduate teaching across the entire span of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages including book and documentary traditions.

The person appointed will conduct research of the highest quality suitable for submission to REF within the broad parameters of the discipline of medieval history, will seek external grant funding for manuscript related projects and will participate in the public engagement and knowledge dissemination activities of the Bodleian Libraries and the colleges of the University.

Latin palaeography and medieval manuscript studies at Oxford

The University of Oxford has a strong and distinctive tradition of defining palaeography in the broadest sense to encompass not only the history of scripts but codicology, archival and document studies, the history of the book, and the history of reading. The nineteenth-century distinction between Palaeography and Diplomatic is now disregarded; students and postholders alike work across book and archival contexts. The University, the Bodleian Libraries and the colleges are home to many manuscript scholars and curators with specialisms in Greek, Hebrew, Arabic and European vernacular manuscripts, in addition to those with archival and curatorial responsibilities for materials in Latin. The Weston Library, which hosts Special Collections, offers exceptional opportunities for teaching with manuscripts, as well as for outreach and impact.

The Centre for the Study of the Book (https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb) brings together academics, library curators, and researchers in all disciplines across Oxford, while the Centre for Text and Manuscript Studies at The Queen’s College promotes the study of pre-modern manuscript and epigraphic traditions in broad comparative perspective (https://cmtc.queens.ox.ac.uk/about/). Numerous funded projects (completed and current) conduct advanced research into many aspects of manuscript cultures, for example: ‘Books within Books: Hebrew Fragments in European Libraries’ (http://www.hebrewmanuscript.com/) ‘The ARCHiOx Project: Seeing the Unseen in Bodleian Collections’ (https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about/media/archiox-project) ‘Crafting Documents c. 500-800 CE’ (https://www.history.ox.ac.uk/crafting-documents-c.500-c.800-ce) Acts of William II and Henry I’(https://www.history.ox.ac.uk/acts-william-ii-and-henry-i#tab-266396)

Teaching

The demand in Oxford for graduate training in Latin palaeography is considerable and increasing. Some students require the practical skills to access their sources but many need training in the interpretative methodology to place written sources within their appropriate historical contexts and to exploit the material evidence for the production, circulation, and reception of written texts. The person appointed will be responsible for teaching Latin manuscript studies to Masters students in Medieval History (run by the History Faculty) and Medieval Studies (run by the Humanities Division), and those needing instruction on courses in other Faculties, including Classics; Theology and Religion; and Medieval and Modern Languages. They will need to liaise with the Jeremy Griffiths Professor of English Palaeography, who teaches palaeography to students of English. (Specialist instruction in Greek, Arabic and Hebrew palaeography is also available.) They will also supervise research students and must make themselves available to help and advise students and colleagues from across the Division. The postholder will have the opportunity to develop undergraduate teaching in Medieval History courses in collaboration with existing postholders.

The person appointed will be a team player but also able to work on their own initiative. It is essential that the postholder is willing and able to play a leadership role in fostering manuscript studies across the Humanities Division as a whole. The needs of palaeography as a discipline stretching across faculties are supported by the Joint Standing Committee for Palaeography and Related Manuscript and Textual Studies. Student interest in the pedagogy of palaeography and codicology has been demonstrated in recent years by the successful Teaching the Codex meetings (https://teachingthecodex.com/), the Oxford Medieval Manuscripts Grou, (https://medieval.ox.ac.uk/2024/10/01/introducing-the-oxford-medieval-manuscripts-group/) and the weekly Latin Palaeography Manuscript Reading Group.

The appointee will be expected to play a full part in the academic life of the Faculty of History and Wadham College and will work closely with colleagues in other faculties within the Humanities Division. The University of Oxford uses the grade of associate professor for most of its senior academic appointments. Associate professors are eligible for consideration through regular recognition of distinction exercises for award of the title of full professor. We welcome applications from candidates at all post-doctoral career stages, including at professorial level. We are committed to creating a diverse academic workforce and positively encourage applications from under-represented communities. We particularly encourage applications from women (approximately 40% of Faculty posts are held by female academics), people with disabilities and Black, Asian, and minority ethnic candidates.

The appointee will be a member of the Faculty of History and a non-tutorial fellow of Wadham College. The post is tenable from 1 October 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter. The deadline for applications is Wednesday 19th March 2025. Presentations and interviews are expected to take place in Oxford late April/Early May.

Queries about the post should be addressed to the Chair of the History Faculty Board, Professor Martin Conway (email: martin.conway@history.ox.ac.uk) or the Chichele Professor of Medieval History, Professor Julia Smith (email: julia.smith@history.ox.ac.uk). All enquiries will be treated in strict confidence; they will not form part of the selection decision.

The role of Associate Professor at Oxford

Associate Professor is the main academic career grade at Oxford with a focus on research and teaching, spanning the full range of professor grades in the USA. Associate Professors are appointed jointly by a University department/faculty and an Oxford college, and you will have a contract with both.

Associate Professors are full members of University departments/faculties and college governing bodies playing a role in the democratic governance of the University and their college. You will join a lively, intellectually stimulating and multi-disciplinary community which performs to the highest international levels in research and teaching, with extraordinary levels of innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship.

There is considerable flexibility in the organisation of duties, with three 8-week teaching terms and generous sabbatical leave to balance teaching and research (please see the Benefits, Terms and Conditions section for further details of sabbatical leave).

Oxford offers many opportunities for professional development in research and teaching. Associate Professors may apply for the title of full Professor in annual exercises. If the title is conferred, you will also have access to professorial merit pay opportunities. In exceptional cases, the title of full Professor may be awarded on appointment.

Appointments are confirmed as permanent on successful completion of a review during the first five years. The vast majority of Associate Professors successfully complete this initial review.

Duties of the post

• To carry out intellectually exciting historical research in any aspect of the palaeography of Latin manuscripts in the medieval period;4

• To maintain a successful publication record (appropriate to the stage of career, and accounting for career breaks) and contribute to the University’s REF submission;

• To supervise or co-supervise DPhil students, and foster the cross-Faculty community of DPhil students and postdoctoral early career researchers in all aspects of Manuscript Studies;

• To teach palaeography classes (including reading skills, the history of script, codicology and documentary studies) to graduate students, including marking, assessing, and examining work as required;

• To advise undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students on the palaeographical aspects of their coursework or dissertation studies;

• To develop and submit grant proposals to support your own research portfolio and contribute to the growth of the University’s distinctive areas of expertise;

• To work in conjunction with the curatorial staff of the Bodleian Libraries and colleges to understand and interpret the collegiate university’s exceptional holdings of medieval manuscripts, including offering informal advice and assistance on matters pertaining to the postholder’s expertise;

• To contribute to and participate in organising the seminar culture of the Faculty, Libraries and wider University;

• To assist where appropriate with the activities of the Faculty and the Libraries in support of the public engagement with research, including exhibitions etc;

• To participate in the work and activities of the Joint Standing Committee for Palaeography;

• To act as a college advisor to graduate students (this is a largely pastoral role, which does not involve the same level of commitment as a departmental supervisor).

• To actively participate in the life of Wadham College.

Selection criteria

Your application will be judged only against the criteria which are set out below. You should ensure that your application shows clearly how your skills and experience meet these criteria.

The University is committed to fairness, consistency and transparency in selection decisions.

Members of selection committees will be aware of the principles of equality of opportunity, fair selection and the risks of bias. There will be both female and male committee members wherever possible.

If, for any reason, you have taken a career break or have had an atypical career and wish to disclose this in your application, the selection committee will take this into account, recognising that the quantity of your research may be reduced as a result.

Essential criteria

• Hold, or be close to completion of (i.e., already submitted), a doctorate in a relevant subject;

• High standard of spoken and written English;

• Reading knowledge of one or more modern European languages other than English;

• Excellent command of classical and medieval Latin;

• A clear five-year research and publication plan;5

• Ability to contribute high-quality publications to the University’s future REF submissions (REF: the UK-based Research Excellence Framework);

• A commitment to participate in the activities of the Bodleian and/or other Oxford libraries;

• Clear evidence of effective teaching of medieval palaeography and related manuscript and textual studies, or of ability and broad experience in teaching;

• A commitment to the highest standard of training for graduate students, and a proven ability to train them to undertake research using primary manuscript sources;

• Alertness and sensitivity to the welfare needs of students;

• An aptitude and desire to continue to develop personal teaching skills;

• A high standard of personal organisation and administrative competence;

• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills;

• Professionalism as a colleague and proven track record of good collegial working relationships with others;

• Computer literacy and ICT competence, including the ability to engage with bespoke University and College software (training will be provided).

Desirable criteria

• An interest in the development of the Digital Humanities as they apply to palaeography and manuscript studies;

• A successful track record of doctoral supervision;

• Evidence of active contribution to academic communities at professional national and international conferences;

• Evidence of effective public engagement with research;

• Experience of promoting equality and diversity within an academic environment.

How to apply

To apply, visit

https://my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit/erq_jobspec_details_form.jobspec?p_id=177133 then click on the Apply Now button on the ‘Job Details’ page and follow the on-screen instructions to register as a new user or log-in if you have applied previously. Please refer to the “Terms of Use” in the left-handmenu bar for information about privacy and data protection.

Please provide details of three referees and indicate whether the University may contact them.

Please note that we will not ask for references until after shortlisting.

You will also be asked to upload a CV, which should include a publication list, and a supporting statement. The supporting statement should explain how you meet the selection criteria for the post using examples of your skills and experience. This may include experience gained in education or employment.

The University and colleges welcome applications from candidates who have a disability or longterm health condition and is committed to providing long term support. The University’s disability advisor can provide support to applicants with a disability, please see

https://edu.admin.ox.ac.uk/disability-support for details. Please let us know if you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, including the provision of these documents in large print, audio or other formats. If we invite you for interviews, we will ask whether you require any particular arrangements at the interview. The University Access Guide gives details of physical access to University buildings https://www.accessguide.ox.ac.uk/.

Please upload all documents as PDF files with your name and the document type in the filename.

All applications must be received by 12.00 noon on the closing date stated in the online advertisement.

Should you experience any difficulties using the online application system, please email recruitment.support@admin.ox.ac.uk. Further help and support is available fromhttps://hrsystems.admin.ox.ac.uk/recruitment-support. To return to the online application at any stage, please log back in and click the “My applications” button on the left-hand side of the page

Please note that you will be notified of the progress of your application by automatic emails from our e-recruitment system. Please check your spam/junk mail regularly to ensure that you receive all emails.

The Great Viking Survey, University of Oslo

Shannon McSheffrey — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 14:41:05 GMT

The University of Oslo has recently launched the Great Viking Survey, a wide-ranging study to explore how people across the world perceive and engage with the vikings as history and heritage, and to map the many ways in which contemporary media and academia shape these views. This online survey invites anyone, anywhere, over 18, to share their thoughts on the iconic viking warrior figure, as well as the enduring legacy and memory of the vikings in the modern world. In doing so, researchers will be able to shine an unprecedented light on the means and mechanisms that allow images and myths of the vikings to be shaped and spread in the public sphere.

The survey is part of the Making a Warrior-project, a pan-Nordic network of scholars examining the concept of viking ‘warriorhood’ and its representations past and present. By determining how ideas and images of vikings are shared among different communities and demographics, the project is able inform future outreach and cultural heritage initiatives that respond to public interest, while fostering a nuanced appreciation of the Viking Age.

The Great Viking Survey is now live at vikingsurvey.org, and remains open until mid-May 2025.

Please feel free to share far and wide!

Job Posting! Elizabeth A. R. Brown Archivist at the University of Pennsylvania

Donna Trembinski — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 15:58:22 GMT

The summary of the job is as follows:

The Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts seeks an enthusiastic processing archivist to work with curators and processing staff to lead a new Penn Libraries initiative to acquire process, and make available the archives assembled by scholars in medieval studies and of professional organizations that advance the field. Situated in the Kislak Center for Rare Books, Manuscripts and Special Collections, the Elizabeth A.R. Brown archivist will be a member of the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscripts Studies (SIMS) team and the Archives and Manuscripts Processing Unit. The archivist will arrange and describe analog, digital, and hybrid archival collections, create EAD finding aids using ArchivesSpace in order to provide access to collections, and will contribute posts to the Kislak Center blogs and other social media. The archivist will work with the Schoenberg Center for Electronic Texts and Imaging (SCETI) to ensure that selected material is digitized according to established best practices so that they are made available to a global community of scholars in a timely fashion. The processing archivist will work with fellow archivists within the Penn Libraries and across campus to improve workflows, policies and practices in an effort to respond to and anticipate the evolving needs of the archival profession and the Penn Libraries’ vision of responsibly and ethically promoting access to collections.

Full details can be found here: https://wd1.myworkdaysite.com/en-US/recruiting/upenn/careers-at-penn/details/Elizabeth-AR-Brown-Archivist_JR00101222

2025 ArchaeoTek Summer Field Schools Announced

Marc Cels — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 15:46:44 GMT

ArchaeoTek Bio/Archaeological Techniques and Research Centre has announced its 2025 summer field schools for undergraduate and graduate students. Students gain archaeological and forensic experience in Europe. There is an option to pay for course credits, which students may be able to transfer to their home institution. Or, one can participate as a volunteer and not receive credit. (I didn't see a clear application deadline posted in my cursory reading of the announcement.)

1. Roman Villa and Settlement Excavation, Transylvania, Romania: https://www.archaeotek-archaeology.org/roman-villa-excavation
2. Medieval Cemetery Funeral Excavation, Transylvania, Romania: https://www.archaeotek-archaeology.org/medieval-cemetery-funerary-excavation
3. Gadachrili Gora Regional Archaeological Project Expedition (GRAPE), investigating Neolithic (= end of the Stone Age) culture of the Caucuses region and early wine growing. Marneuli, Republic of Georgia: https://grape.utoronto.ca/

Festschrift in honour of CSM member Siân Echard published!

Shannon McSheffrey — Fri, 10 Jan 2025 19:57:51 GMT

Textual Traditions and Medieval Literary Culture: Essays in Honour of Siân Echard

Edited by William Green, Daniel Helbert and Noëlle Phillips, newly appearing from D. S. Brewer, Jan. 2025. https://boydellandbrewer.com/9781843846987/textual-traditions-and-medieval-literary-culture/

British Library Illuminated Manuscripts Curator Job (closes Feb. 9)

Siobhain Calkin — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 16:30:57 GMT

The British Library is looking for a curator of Illuminated Manuscripts. Details of position available at: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLG538/curator-of-illuminated-manuscripts

CSM Online Research Forum 2025 -- SCM Forum de recherche en ligne 2025

Shannon McSheffrey — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 15:07:50 GMT

Call for Participants for the CSM's Online Research Forum, 1 Mar. 2025 - Appel à contributions pour le Forum de recherche en ligne de la SCM, 1 mars 2025. Deadline 15 Feb./ date limite 15 fév.

Munby Fellowship in Bibliography 2025-27

Siobhain Calkin — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 14:16:21 GMT

Munby Fellowship in Bibliography 2025–2027, a two-year post with a focus on Natural History Humanities. A collaboration between Cambridge University Library and the Collections-Connections-Communities research initiative. Proposals are welcome on topics which encompass the broadly interpreted fields of bibliography and natural history that draw on the world-class collections of Cambridge's libraries and museums.

Further details: https://lnkd.in/gk5S-Yec

The closing date is 17 January 2025 - for queries Dr Suzanne Paul, Keeper of Rare Books and Early Manuscripts, Cambridge University Library, sp510@cam.ac.uk

Calling all Canadian-based Byzantinists!

Siobhain Calkin — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 23:40:53 GMT

Good afternoon!

I am writing to invite anyone with interest in Canadian Byzantine matters to consider becoming a member of the Canadian Committee of Byzantinists.

I am writing as the Secretary- Treasurer of the organization to invite people to join our group so that we can reach as many scholars and students of Byzantium as possible. With your membership, you will receive a copy of CANADIO-BYZANTINA, our newsletter, which provides an accounting of news and anything else our members wish to share in the Byzantine sphere. If you do decide to join us, and have Byzantine news, you can send any content to Geoffrey Greatrex greatrex@uottawa.ca as soon as possible. We try to get the newsletter out soon in the new year.

Annual dues are due, which enable us to belong to the Association Internationale and support initiatives like the annual undergraduate essay prize. Full membership costs $30, student membership $15 – a bargain!

The preferred method of payment is through e-transfer by Interac on autodeposit. Please use your online banking service and my email address – marica.cassis@ucalgary.ca - to send your membership fee. You will see The Canadian Committee of Byzantinists as the recipient (not me personally!).

If you don’t do or like online banking, you may continue to send a cheque payable to 'The Canadian Committee of Byzantinists' to me at the address below when the strike is over:

Dr. Marica Cassis

Department of History

University of Calgary

SS 608, 527 Campus Place NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4

I would be grateful if I could receive your transfers or cheques no later than December 20.

And please encourage anyone you know who is associated with the field – especially grad students – to join the organization. I’m available for any questions or queries, so feel free to forward my email.

Thanks in advance,

Marica Cassis

Secretary-Treasurer, Canadian Committee of Byzantinists

Reminder: Applications for Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships at PIMS Due Feb 1, 2025

Donna Trembinski — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 19:27:21 GMT

Applications for the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies are now being accepted. The due date is February 1, 2025. For more information about the fellowships and the application form, please see this link.

Conférence à distance à L'Université Laval

Donna Trembinski — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 19:22:41 GMT

MIDIS DU LABORATOIRE DE PHILOSOPHIE ANCIENNE ET MÉDIÉVALE DE LA FACULTÉ DE PHILOSOPHIE DE L'UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL

Lundi le 9 décembre

de 11h30 à 12h20, FAS-428

MONSIEUR Pierre-Luc Desjardins

Docteur en philosophie (Université de Montréal), associé au Laboratoire d’Études sur les Monothéismes (CNRS UMR 8584) prononcera, suivie d'une période de questions, une conférence (à distance) intitulée

Vouloir le bien par habitude ? Gonzalve d’Espagne et l’hypothèse des affectiones

Poculi Ludique Hybrid Holiday Event, 4 Dec. 2024

Shannon McSheffrey — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 14:12:55 GMT

Help Poculi Ludique Societas celebrate the holiday season, by joining them for a unique blend of festivity and scholarship at our Hybrid Holiday Gathering on December 4, 2024!

Together with Jackman Humanties-supported research project, the Medieval World Drama Working Group (MWDWG), we will bring medieval Nativity plays to life through cold readings from English, Spanish, and Italian sources.

Special Guest: Translator Alexandra Atiya will read selections from original Spanish texts.

✨ We'll explore texts like Belcari’s Annunciation, the York Three Kings sequence, as well as Auto de los Reyes Magos, and Encina’s Nativities.

✨ Participate in the readings or simply enjoy observing!

✨ Wear your most creative holiday-themed costume—medieval or modern.

✨ Snacks and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided.

Details:

When: December 4, 2024

⏰ Time: 5:00–7:15 PM (note the extended meeting time!)

Where: JHB 100 (Lobby, Jackman Humanities Building, 170 St. George St.)

Hybrid Option: Join us in person or request the Zoom link at info@plspls.ca.

We can’t wait to see you there!

Learn more about MWDWG: https://premodernity.net/mwdwg

CSM Member Dr. Cynthia Neville Delivers Stair Society Annual Lecture

Donna Trembinski — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 20:06:59 GMT

On 16 November 2024 Cynthia J. Neville was in Edinburgh to deliver the Annual Lecture to the Stair Society, Scotland's leading legal history society. Her paper was entitled 'March Law as Auld Law in the |Late Medieval and Early Modern Scottish Legal Traditions'. A YouTube video of the talk will appear online in due course. For interested members, we will provide a link when it is available.

Le 16 novembre 2024, Cynthia J. Neville était à Édimbourg pour donner la conférence annuelle à la Stair Society, la principale société écossaise d'histoire du droit. Sa communication était intitulée « March Law as Auld Law in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Scottish Legal Traditions » Une vidéo YouTube de l'exposé sera mise en ligne en temps voulu. Pour les membres intéressés, nous fournirons un lien dès qu'il sera disponible.

New book by Dr. Joanne Findon

Donna Trembinski — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 13:39:29 GMT

Congratulations to Canadian Society of Medievalist Member Dr. Joanne Findon, who has just published a new book entitled Bound and Free: Voices of Mortal and Otherworld Women in Medieval Irish Literature with PIMS Press. More information about the book can be found at this link.

Faculty and Postdoctoral Fellowships at University of Notre Dame Feb 1 due date

Siobhain Calkin — Sat, 09 Nov 2024 19:36:47 GMT

We are now accepting applications for our 2025–26 Mellon, Byzantine, and Public Humanities fellowships. The application deadline for all three is February 1, 2025. I'd be grateful if you'd spread the word among your students, colleagues, and networks:

Our Mellon Junior Faculty Fellowship in medieval studies allows a junior faculty member from a North American institution to spend a year at Notre Dame working on their own research (generally, a tenure book).
Our Byzantine Postdoctoral Fellowship allows its holder to do innovative research drawing on the rich resources held in the Milton V. Anastos Collection, the Medieval Institute, and the Hesburgh Library more broadly.
Our Public Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship works closely with the Institute’s staff on outreach and engagement efforts, public humanities marketing, and institute communications and also spends time on their own research and/or teaching.

All information is available on our Grants & Fellowships page (and linked above individually).

Medieval Institute

University of Notre Dame

715D Hesburgh Library

Notre Dame, IN 46556

Café Histoire, Lundi 4 novembre, 18h00

Donna Trembinski — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 19:53:14 GMT

La librairie Le Port de tête et le Département d’Histoire de l’UQAM vous invitent au Café Histoire. Une rencontre avec Régine le Jan, Professeure émérite à l'université Pathéon-Sorbonne.

Discussion autour de son ouvrage intitulé Amis ou ennemis? Émotions, relations, identités au Moyen Âge. Soirée animée par Piroska Nagy, professeure d'histoire médiévale (UQAM) et Gordon Blennemann, professeur d'histoire médiévale (UDM).

Lundi 4 novembre à 18h00

Librarie Le Port de tête

269 Avenue du Mont-Royal Est

CAGS Conference/ Conférence de l'ACES: 30 Oct

Donna Trembinski — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 19:42:56 GMT

The Federation, in collaboration with The/La Collaborative and Evidence for Democracy, is hosting an interactive workshop, Drafting a Canadian Graduate Education Strategy, at the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies (CAGS) conference on October 30 in Toronto. This workshop invites graduate students to engage with faculty, administrators, and education professionals in contributing to a new vision for Canadian graduate education, where excellence is defined by impact.

Participants will review draft recommendations to strengthen graduate talent in Canada’s innovation ecosystems, contributing to a consensus statement that will drive future policy and action.

For more information and to register, please follow this link.

La Fédération, en collaboration avec The/La Collaborative et Evidence for Democracy, organise un atelier, Élaboration d'une stratégie canadienne en matière d'enseignement supérieur, lors de la conférence de l'Association canadienne pour les études supérieures (ACES) le 30 octobre à Toronto. Cet atelier invite la communauté étudiante des cycles supérieurs à participer à cet atelier interactif, dans le cadre duquel elle travaillera aux côtés de professeur.e.s, d'administrateur.trice.s, et de professionnel.le.s de l’éducation afin de contribuer au développement d’une nouvelle vision de l'enseignement supérieur canadien où l’excellence est définie par l’impact.

Les participant.e.s examineront les projets de recommandations visant à renforcer les talents des étudiant.e.s des cycles supérieurs dans les écosystèmes d'innovation du Canada, contribuant ainsi à une déclaration de consensus qui guidera les politiques et les actions futures.

Pour plus d'informations et pour vous inscrire, veuillez cliquer sur ce lien.

Bullough Fellowship History U St Andrews

Siobhain Calkin — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 13:48:32 GMT

Job: Medieval British Literature at College of the Holy Cross

Siobhain Calkin — Tue, 22 Oct 2024 13:12:52 GMT

COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Faculty Position in Medieval British Literature

GENERAL INFORMATION

The Department of English at the College of the Holy Cross invites applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor specializing in Medieval British Literature to begin in August 2025.

Faculty at the College cultivate a richly diverse academic community, pursue innovative teaching, and create high-impact scholarship. Our new colleague will join a department that balances a longstanding commitment to the study and teaching of literary forms and literary history with an openness to new methods of inquiry in the field. We welcome applications from candidates demonstrating engagement with any of the wide range of interests and methodologies in Medievalist studies, including but not limited to history of the English language, book history, poetry and poetics, gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, and genre theory. Teaching responsibilities will include courses at all levels of the curriculum, ranging from introductory literature courses for non-majors to upper-division courses in the candidate’s area of expertise. In addition to departmental course offerings, a tenure-track hire in medieval literature will have opportunities to teach in and support the College’s longstanding investment in interdisciplinary studies, including programs such as Medieval and Renaissance Studies; Environmental Studies; Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies; and Critical Race & Ethnic Studies; as well as the College’s first-year Montserrat program. Candidates are encouraged to find out more about our department here: https://www.holycross.edu/academics/programs/english.

This position carries a 3-2 teaching load with a research leave prior to tenure review of either a full year at 80% salary or a semester at full salary, and generous sabbatical and fellowship leaves for tenured faculty. To enable a smooth transition to Holy Cross, new full-time tenure-track Assistant Professors receive start-up funding to support their research and professional development and have a one-course reduction in their first year of teaching (i.e., 2-2). All full-time appointments offer competitive salaries and full benefits. To learn more about faculty life at the College & the Worcester area, candidates are encouraged to visit our Prospective Faculty page.

QUALIFICATIONS

Candidates must demonstrate excellence in scholarship and a commitment to effective undergraduate teaching in the context of a liberal arts college. Ph.D. required by the beginning of the appointment.

APPLICATION MATERIALS

Please submit a cover letter addressing the position requirements listed above, a current curriculum vitae, and a statement on teaching. Later in the process candidates may be asked to submit a writing sample, three confidential letters of recommendation, and official undergraduate and graduate transcripts. In your cover letter and statement on teaching, in addition to describing your research and teaching interests, please address how your scholarship, teaching, mentoring, and/or service might support the College’s mission as a Jesuit, undergraduate liberal arts college and its core commitment to diversity and inclusion.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

The College of the Holy Cross uses Interfolio to collect all faculty job applications. Please submit all application materials only through this platform: to

https://apply.interfolio.com/152505. Materials submitted through any other means will not be considered.

Applications must be submitted by November 10, 2024. Initial interviews of selected applicants via Zoom will take place in mid December, and campus visits for selected applicants will take place after semester break in late January and early February. Questions about this search may be directed to Prof. Jonathan Mulrooney, English Department and Search Committee Chair

(jmulroon@holycross.edu).

THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS

The College of the Holy Cross is a highly selective Catholic liberal arts college in the Jesuit tradition. It enrolls about 3,100 students and is located in Worcester, Massachusetts, a medium-sized city 45 miles west of Boston. The College seeks faculty members whose scholarship, teaching, advising, and on- and off-campus service demonstrate an enduring commitment to academic excellence and who embrace the educational benefits of a richly diverse community. Holy Cross aspires to meet the needs of dual-career couples, in part through its membership in the Higher Education Consortium of Central Massachusetts and the New England Higher Education Recruitment Consortium.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT STATEMENT

The College is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and complies with all Federal and Massachusetts laws concerning equal opportunity and affirmative action in the workplace.

JOBS: Literature (Rutgers) and History (Northwestern)

Siobhain Calkin — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 13:35:04 GMT

Here is some news about two ongoing job searches, one in Medieval or Early Modern literature and culture at Rutgers University and the other in Medieval European History (although open to candidates working on ‘any facet of European society’ in the Middle Ages) at Northwestern University. For further information see below:

The Department of English at Rutgers University, New Brunswick (USA), invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor specializing in Medieval or Early Modern literature and culture. We welcome applications from scholars working across the entire range of the medieval and early modern periods, from Old and Middle English to the late seventeenth century, and from a variety of methodologies, including work that embraces cross-cultural or global perspectives as well as trans- and circum-Atlantic writing.

Please find the full description at:https://joblist.mla.org/job-details/9077/tenure-track-assistant-professor-in-medieval-or-early-modern-literature-and-culture/?kw=medieval&ix=4#top-pagination

The Department of History at Northwestern University is running a search this year for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Medieval European History. The position is open to candidates whose research engages any facet of European society from roughly 800-1500 CE.

Here’s the link to the job ad: https://history.northwestern.edu/about/faculty-searches/assistant-prof-of-medieval-european-history.html

JOB: Professor of Late Antique Literature and Thought: University of Toronto

Shannon McSheffrey — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 16:01:57 GMT

Professor of Late Antique Literature and Thought

@ U of T Department of Classics / Centre for Medieval Studies

The Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto invite applications for a full-time tenure-stream position in the area of Late Antique Latin Literature and Thought – broadly conceived.

This will be a joint appointment between the Department of Classics (75%) and the Centre for Medieval Studies (25%). The appointment will be at the rank of Professor, beginning July 1, 2025, or shortly thereafter.

The deadline for application is November 14, 2024.

The successful candidate will be eligible for the Jackman Professorship in the Humanities for a five-year term, which will be renewable following a favourable review.

U of T CMS Open House

Shannon McSheffrey — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 15:57:42 GMT

The Centre for Medieval Studies is holding an Open House on October 30, 4-6 pm, to welcome prospective MA and PhD students wanting to learn directly from our current students, faculty, and alumni. Join us in the Great Hall at the Centre for Medieval Studies from 4-6 pm to learn about CMS programming, followed by information from students, alumni, and faculty, with an opportunity to ask questions in smaller breakout rooms. For more information and to RSVP, visit https://www.medieval.utoronto.ca/events/cms-open-house.

Out-of-towners may attend the Virtual Open House on Friday, November 1 (https://www.medieval.utoronto.ca/events/cms-open-house-virtual.)

2024-Open-House.pdf

Book Launch: Gender in Scotland, 1200-1800

Shannon McSheffrey — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 13:23:25 GMT

19 October 2024, Online: Join the editors of Gender in Scotland, 1200-1800: Place, Faith and Politics, Mairi Cowan, Janay Nugent, and Cathryn Spence, for an online launch celebration. Hear from several of the contributors as they read excerpts from their chapters, and gain an insightful introduction to the book.

Time: 11am-1pm EDT || Click here to register || Find out more about the book

« Séminaire de jeunes médiévistes », le 11 octobre prochain, entre 14h et 17h15, à l'UQAM!

Shannon McSheffrey — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 19:12:37 GMT

Un « séminaire de jeunes médiévistes » aura lieu le 11 octobre prochain, entre 14h et 17h15, à l'UQAM.

Voici le programme de l'événement :

14h00 Nicole Demarchi (Univ. de Padoue, chercheuse associée à l'UQAM): Pain and Power in the Court of Charlemagne: New Research Perspectives / Douleur et pouvoir à la cour de Charlemagne: nouvelles perspectives de recherche.

15h10 Vincent Bousquet (UQAM, doctorant): "Pro amore dei" : sensibilités religieuses et gestion du patrimoine dans les testaments de la Peste en Provence (1330-1361)

16h20 Claire Allen (AMU-ENS, doctorante): Un livre au service de la communauté : les livres de privilèges provençaux à la fin du Moyen Âge.

La salle reste à préciser, mais il y a de fortes chances que la soirée se poursuive entre collègues dans une brasserie du Quartier Latin. Un lien zoom peut également être envoyé à celleux qui voudraient assister au séminaire à distance. Vous pouvez écrire à la professeure Piroska Nagy pour toutes vos questions au sujet de l'événement, nagy.piroska@uqam.ca.

Job: Assistant Professor Middle English Literature and Medievalism

Siobhain Calkin — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 01:07:28 GMT

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is seeking an Assistant Professor to teach Middle English Literature and Medievalism. Information at: https://louisiana.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/3959?c=louisiana

Post-doctoral fellowship in medieval literary studies and digital humanities

Siobhain Calkin — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 19:10:14 GMT

Purdue University post-doctoral research fellowship in medieval literary studies and digital humanities with Prof. Michael Johnston. For more information and instructions re: how to apply: https://careers.purdue.edu/job/Ross-Lynn-Post-Doc-Research-Fellow/33636-en_US/

Festschrift in Honour of Kathryn Kerby-Fulton

Donna Trembinski — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 18:31:26 GMT

Be on the lookout for a festschrift in honour of CSM's own Kathryn Kerby-Fulton. The book, entitled Medieval Manuscripts, Readers and Texts: Essays in Honour of Kathryn Kerby-Fulton will be available in October from Boydell and Brewer Press. The book contains essays by other CSM members including Sîan Echard and Andrew Klein. Congratulations to all!

Prix pour les etudiants en histoire de la guerre

Donna Trembinski — Wed, 18 Sep 2024 18:00:30 GMT

Veuillez consulter l'annonce ci-dessous du Groupe de recherche en histoire de la guerre (GRHG) concernant du prix de Maîtrise/Master d'Études sur la guerre et le fait militaire.

Ce prix récompensera un mémoire de recherche de Master / Maîtrise francophone, spécialisé dans l’étude de la guerre et du fait militaire, dans toutes ses thématiques, ses périodes et ses approches disciplinaires, sans condition de nationalité ou de rattachement académique. Un premier prix, d’un montant de 1000 $ CAD, et un second prix, d’un montant de 500 $ CAD, seront décernés à la fin du mois d’octobre 2024 lors du colloque jeunes chercheurs et chercheuses “Réguler, juger et réhabiliter. Le droit, la justice et la guerre de l’Antiquité au XXI^esiècle” à Montréal (Canada). Les lauréat.e.s auront ensuite la possibilité, si ils et elles le souhaitent, de présenter leurs travaux dans le cadre des différentes activités “jeunes chercheurs et jeunes chercheuses” de l’équipe. L’ensemble des participant.e.s au concours est chaleureusement invité à rejoindre le GRHG. »

Pour tous les détails, cliquez ici ! Vous avez jusqu'au mardi 1er octobre pour soumettre votre candidature.

Research Grant for Students of Medieval Art and Architecture

Donna Trembinski — Fri, 26 Jul 2024 14:40:42 GMT

AVISTA, the Association Villard de Honnecourt for the Interdisciplinary Study of Medieval Technology, Science, and Art, is offering a research grant for early stage graduate students working on medieval art and architecture across borders. Applications are due October 15 2024. For more details, see the awards call here.

In Memory: Dr. Wesley Stevens

Meredith Bacola — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 18:47:22 GMT

Dr. Wesley M. Stevens, Professor Emeritus of the University of Winnipeg and longtime member of St Paul's College Assembly (University of Manitoba), passed away not long after his wife, Virginia, in late June. He was the author of books such as 'Cycles of Time and Scientific Learning in Medieval Europe (Variorum, 1995)' and 'Rhetoric and Reckoning in the Ninth Century (Brepols, 2018).' Some details about the upcoming funeral have been provided through the funeral home's webpage:

https://memorials.neilbardalfuneralhome.com/wesley-stevens/5450376/obit.php?&printable=true

Boyle Prize Winner Alessia Berardi in the News

Shannon McSheffrey — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 13:20:53 GMT

https://www.christendom.edu/2024/07/10/christendom-professor-earns-prestigious-prize-from-canadian-society-of-medievalists/

Statement on Annual Conference and AMPL Strike / Déclaration sur le colloque annuel et la grève de l'AMPL

Siobhain Calkin — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 14:17:40 GMT

The CSM / SCM supports the Association of McGill Professors of Law (AMPL), on strike since April 24, 2024, and respects their right to organize, to bargain collectively, and to strike. To respect their picket lines and show our solidarity, we have moved in-person events at our annual conference off McGill campus to Concordia University and the Université du Québec à Montréal.

La SCM / CSM apporte le soutien à l'Association des professeurs de droit de McGill, (AMPL) en grève depuis le 24 avril 2024. La SCM / CSM respecte le droit d’AMPL de s’organiser, de négocier collectivement, et de faire la grève. Pour respecter leurs lignes de piquetage et démontrer notre solidarité, nous avons déplacé les événements en personne de notre colloque annuel hors du campus de McGill à l'Université Concordia et à l'Université du Québec à Montréal.

Appel à chercheur.euse.s associé.e.s de la BnF

Shannon McSheffrey — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 17:13:28 GMT

APPEL À CHERCHEURS DE LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE DE FRANCE. 2024-2025, https://bnfaac2024.sciencescall.org/?lang=fr

Date limite de réception des candidatures : 2 mai 2024 à 12:00, heure de Paris

La Bibliothèque nationale de France publie chaque année un appel à chercheurs afin de s’associer le concours de jeunes chercheurs à des fins d’étude et de valorisation de ses collections, en priorité celles rares, méconnues ou inédites.

Le statut de chercheur associé, attribué pour une durée d’un à trois ans à compter du 1er octobre, offre un accueil et un accompagnement dans un département de la BnF, avec un accès facilité aux collections. Les conditions d’éligibilité, avantages et engagements des chercheurs associés sont décrits dans le Règlement de l’appel à chercheurs dont la consultation est impérative avant toute candidature.

Table ronde à l'UQAM, 22 avril 15h-17h: Dictionnaire critique de l'Église

Shannon McSheffrey — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 18:52:24 GMT

Une table ronde aura lieu à l'UQAM (salle A-M050), le 22 avril prochain, entre 15h-17h. Dominique Iogna-Prat (EHESS), Solange Lefebvre (UdeM), Piroska Nagy (UQAM) et Alain Rauwel (CeSor) se réuniront afin de vous présenter le Dictionnaire critique de l'Église (Presses universitaires de France, 2023). L'événement sera suivi d'un cocktail et d'une visite du Centre des livres rares du service des Bibliothèques. Allez-y en grand nombre !

Draft Program Annual Conference 2024 / Programme préliminaire réunion annuelle 2024

Siobhain Calkin — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 19:53:50 GMT

Vous trouverez le programme préliminaire de notre réunion annuelle ici: https://www.canadianmedievalists.org/page-18145 !

Check out the preliminary program for our annual conference, June 12-14 2024 at McGill University in Montreal here: https://www.canadianmedievalists.org/Annual !

Doctoral/Postdoctoral Opportunities at Univ of Bergen, Norway, Medieval Religious Literature

Shannon McSheffrey — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 21:00:43 GMT

Two opportunities at the University of Bergen, one relevant to grad students wishing to pursue a PhD and another to recent PhD grads interested in projects on medieval religious literature. Successful candidates will work under the supervision of Dr Laura Saetveit Miles.

PhD OPPORTUNITY: Well-paid, 4-year Phd position opening with the University of Bergen research group on Literature & Religion (or the research group on Aesthetic and Cultural Studies). Projects on Syon Abbey, medieval religious literature, etc, are encouraged, and could be supervised by Laura Saetveit Miles; other projects related to the expertise of other research group members are also welcome. Please email laura.miles@uib.no with any questions. The deadline is 14 April. https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/259774/phd-position-at-the-department-of-foreign-languages?fbclid=IwAR0gKXDq6WYThFxrZlQecVPrHNlvXrgCitghSTFoUOemAIXM1lHf0EeTRa0_aem_Aan6z8RhhTvFKLMKZL-Z2lfpFUioX6TZTTKyjqKXMVSN9lq7jlgu0D_-0KG5bby3pC4

POST-GRAD FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY: Do you know any scholars 0-8 years out from PhD working on medieval women, monastic cultures (esp. Syon Abbey), Middle English religious literature, or visionary or mystical texts who might want a 2-3 year fellowship based UiB with Laura Saetveit Miles as mentor? EU-funded MSCA Fellowships are an excellent (though competitive) opportunity for a well-funded post-doc project. Please contact laura.miles@uib.no and to discuss the fellowship call, work to develop a proposal and be ready for the September deadline. https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-postdoctoral-fellowships-2024?fbclid=IwAR3mlXNOO-iOVV1LUD4UVBn6RFRNw_cg8hNrxGEKJ8qw8VEVcByx8scxXwU_aem_AanjMX-drEYDO7UHYF7Nk4mdhXpZMC9NYZEUfA6K3WynIE2PcVEHqRvZ0Bsgs1RcjC4

Craig Dobbin Legacy Scholarships for Canadians to do Research in Ireland at UCD

Shannon McSheffrey — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 19:39:40 GMT

The Craig Dobbin Legacy Scholarships support individual scholars on 2-4 week research trips between Ireland and Canada. These scholarships are an amazing opportunity for UCD scholars to conduct research in Canada and for UCD scholars to collaborate with Canadian researchers who will visit UCD.

This scheme will award 30 scholarships in total, 15 of the scholarships will be awarded to UCD scholars who wish to conduct research in Canada, and the remaining 15 will support Canadian scholars pursuing research in Ireland supported by UCD.The programme welcomes applications that align with key research themes of the College of Arts and Humanities from scholars across all academic fields.

Applicants must be either (a) UCD scholars seeking to conduct research in Canada, or (b) Canadian scholars seeking to come to UCD to conduct research. It is a requirement that applicants have at minimum a Masters degree.

The Craig Dobbin Legacy Scholarships are administered by the Ireland Canada University Foundation. More information about eligibility, assessment, FAQs are available at:https://www.icuf.ie/scholarships/craig-dobbin-legacy-programme/

The due date for application is Wednesday, 29th May 2024 (2300 hrs GMT / 1800 hrs EST).

Please share with researchers in Canada who may be interested in applying and visiting UCD.

About the Craig Dobbin Legacy:

The Craig Dobbin Legacy Programme honours the vision and generosity of Newfoundlander Craig Dobbin, whose support of the Visiting Chair in Canadian Studies and ICUF has been pivotal in shaping the academic relationship between Ireland and Canada for the past thirty years. Through this initiative, the College of Arts and Humanities, ICUF, and the UCD Centre for Canadian Studies plan to celebrate and continue his legacy, laying the groundwork for future generations of scholars to explore and deepen the ties between both nations.

Contact Information:

For more information on the Craig Dobbin Legacy Programme and how to apply for the Craig Dobbin Legacy Scholarships, please visit:

https://www.icuf.ie/scholarships/craig-dobbin-legacy-programme/

You may also contact UCD Centre for Canadian Studies director, Dr. J. Paul Halferty for further details: paul.halferty@ucd.ie

New Chaucer Society Early Career Fellowship at the Bodleian Library

Shannon McSheffrey — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 15:01:52 GMT

In collaboration with the Bodleian Libraries, the New Chaucer Society supports one or two one month (30 day) research visits by a member of the New Chaucer Society to the Special Collections of the Bodleian Library in the University of Oxford. Applications will be considered from candidates eligible for an Early Career Fellowship on any topic in the study of literature and culture in the age of Chaucer. More information: https://newchaucersociety.org/page/bodleianresearchfellowships

CFP: Special Issue of Florilegium: EDIA in the Middle Ages and Medieval Studies

Shannon McSheffrey — Sat, 09 Mar 2024 19:21:36 GMT

Florilegium is currently seeking proposals for a special issue devoted to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Middle Ages and in Medieval Studies, to be guest edited by Donna Trembinski and Michael Kightley.

The issue is open to non-traditional forms and genres of scholarly publication.
The issue will be published in print and open access online.
The digital format will adhere to principles of universal design.

Send any enquiries to edia.florilegium@gmail.com and download full CFP here.

CFP: Midwest Conference on British Studies, Toronto 27-28 Sept. 2024

Marc Cels — Sat, 24 Feb 2024 00:55:37 GMT

The Midwest Conference on British Studies is proud to announce that its 71st Annual Meeting will be held at Toronto Metropolitan University on Friday, September 27 and Saturday, September 28.

The MWCBS seeks papers from scholars in all fields of British Studies, globally and broadly defined to include those who study the British Isles (including Ireland), the British Empire, the Commonwealth, and British engagement with the world, from Roman Britain to the modern age.

We welcome scholars from a broad spectrum of disciplines, including but not limited to English and literature, history, political science, gender studies, art, and music history. We invite proposals from scholars at all stages of their careers, including independent scholars. The MWCBS equally welcomes individual paper proposals and proposals for panels (two-four presenters, plus chair and/or commentator), roundtables, poster sessions, and panels featuring the pre-circulation of papers among participants and audience members. The MWCBS encourages presenters to use H-Albion and the discussion board at the conference blog, http://mwcbs.edublogs.org/, to find additional panelists. If needed, our organization can help to find chairs, commentators, and additional panelists.

The MWCBS welcomes proposals that:

• Present new research on the political, social, cultural, and economic history of the British Isles, the empire, and the Commonwealth

• Situate literature, the arts, and sciences in a British cultural context
• Examine representations of British and imperial/Commonwealth national identities, including the construction of identities shaped by race, class, ethnicity, sexuality, gender, and dis/ability
• Explore new developments in digital humanities, pedagogies, and/or research methodologies
• Present professional development sessions on collaborative or innovative learning techniques in the British Studies classroom or on topics of research, publication, public outreach, or employment relevant to British Studies scholars

The MWCBS welcomes presentations by graduate students and will award the Walter L. Arnstein Prize for the best graduate student paper(s) given at the conference. A limited number of Jim Sack Travel Awards will also be available. All graduate students are encouraged to apply. Further details will be available on the MWCBS website: http://mwcbs.edublogs.org/

Individual Paper Proposal Requirements:

• Include a 200-word conference paper abstract.
• Include a 1-page c.v. for the author.

Panel Proposal Requirements:

• Include a 200-word abstract for each paper and a 1-page c.v. for each participant, including chairs and commentators.
• Include a 200-word abstract for the panel as a whole.
• Please place the panel abstract, accompanying paper proposals, and vitas in one Word or PDF file and submit it as a single attachment. Also identify, within the e-mail, the panel’s contact person.

• All proposals should be submitted electronically by May 3, to the Program Committee Chair David Pennington at dpennington41@webster.edu.

For conference updates and to find fellow panelists, visit the MWCBS website at http://mwcbs.edublogs.org/

JOB: Research Associate, Dictionary of Old English, U of T

Shannon McSheffrey — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 18:13:10 GMT

The Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto, in collaboration with the Dictionary of Old English, invites applications for a Research Associate (Limited Term) for a 3-year(s) appointment.

The anticipated start date is April 15.

The Research Associate is expected to collaborate with the work of the DOE, especially by aiding in the process of entry production.

For more details: https://jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-Research-Associate-Term-ON/578303317/

JOB: Beinecke Library, Yale -- Rare Book Curatorship, Medieval Studies

Shannon McSheffrey — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 19:50:49 GMT

The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University invites applications for acluster of four curators to build, interpret, and steward the library’s extraordinary collections inone or more of the following areas of focus:

Indigenous history and culture, including North America
European history and culture, pre-1800
Caribbean and/or Black Atlantic World
Medieval studies
U.S. history and culture, especially pre-1900
Ethnicity, race, and migration
Gender and sexuality
History of science
Environmental studies
Visual culture, including history of photography
Material history, including print culture, book history, and critical bibliography

For more information, see https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/home/HomeWithPreLoad?partnerid=25053&siteid=5248&PageType=JobDetails&jobid=1584172

Le Prix Alma des Jeunes Chercheur.euses suisses, français.es, belges, et québécois.es

Shannon McSheffrey — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 09:27:13 GMT

À partir du 1er mars 2024, les étudiantes et étudiants mediévistes suisses, français, belges et québécois pourront déposer leur dossier de candidature pour le Prix Alma des Jeunes Chercheur.euses.

Ce prix doit récompenser, chaque année, des travaux de jeunes chercheurs et chercheuses qui se situent à l'intersection de trois disciplines : l'histoire, la littérature et la philosophie. La participation au concours est ouverte à tous les inscrits (toutes les informations nécessaires figurent sur notre site). Pour concourir, il faut être titulaire d'au-moins un M1 ou d'un master, avoir moins de trente ans et ne pas être titulaire d'un doctorat. Le lauréat ou la lauréate recevra 700 dollars canadiens et verra son ouvrage publié en France.

Cliquez ici pour plus d'informations: https://www.alma-recherche.com/le-prix-alma

Disputatio Uqamensis, 17 février 2024 à UQAM

Shannon McSheffrey — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 20:14:05 GMT

Programme maintenant disponible!

3 Feb/fev 2024 Online Research Forum Program / Programme du forum de recherche en ligne

Siobhain Calkin — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 22:17:13 GMT

CSM Online Research Forum / SCM Forum de recherche en ligne

Saturday Feb. 3 2024 / le samedi 3 février 2024

1-2:30pm / 13h-1430h HNE

Programme

Christopher Macdonald Hewitt (Wilfrid Laurier University) “Atlas of the Anglo-Norman World”

Natalie Van Deusen (University of Alberta) “Reading Disease and Disability in the Old Norse-Icelandic Legend of Helena Augusta”

Rasa Mazeika (University of Toronto, Retired) “Description of a past or future project? The Dominican church mentioned in a letter of Gediminas”

Lucia Denk (Princeton University and Dalhousie University) “Clavis Sequentiarium: Revising, Crowdsourcing, and Maintaining a Database for the Study of Medieval Liturgical Sequences”

Cornelia Burian (University of Calgary) “A Comparative Study of Horses in the Nibelungenlied and Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival”

If you would like to attend, please e-mail me siobhain.calkin@carleton.ca for the Zoom link or register at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1vIy2zb7lGqMZessRdJXyw9mAItjkNApifgA7GPj0584/edit?ts=65add231 and the Zoom link will be sent to to you. Registration is free and the event is open to all interested medievalists.

Si vous souhaitez y assister, veuillez envoyer un courriel à siobhain.calkin@carleton.ca pour obtenir le lien Zoom, ou inscrivez-vous à https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1vIy2zb7lGqMZessRdJXyw9mAItjkNApifgA7GPj0584/edit?ts=65add231 et le lien Zoom vous sera envoyé. L'inscription est gratuite et l'événement est ouvert à tou.te.s les médiévistes intéressé.e.s.

Postdoctoral Opportunity: University of Oslo/Norwegian Institute in Rome

Shannon McSheffrey — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 22:47:49 GMT

A Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship (SKO 1352) in Medieval / Early Modern Studies is available at the Norwegian Institute in Rome, University of Oslo from October 2024.

The Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship is funded by the Norwegian Institute in Rome and is associated with the Institute’s ongoing research, teaching and outreach. The position is within Medieval and Early Modern Studies in a broad sense, targeting applicants from fields including Art History, Intellectual History, Literature, History, Religious Studies,Theology and similar. Applicants should propose an original, high-quality research project to be carried out during the fellowship. The proposed research project must deal with theme(s) within the time span from the medieval to the early modern period, and geographically within the Mediterranean region, with pronounced relevance to Italy and Rome. The successful applicant will participate in teaching courses in Rome, and in Oslo if relevant.

See here for more information: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/255312/post-doctoral-research-fellowship

Medieval Academy of America: 2024 Summer Research and Professional Development Workshop

Shannon McSheffrey — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 22:41:36 GMT

Deadlines: Jan. 22 for Participants

Feb. 2 for Workshop Leaders

The Medieval Academy of America’s Mentoring Program Committee is excited to announce the 2024 Summer Research and Professional Development Workshop for PhD-track students. This program is designed to foster the growth of essential skills and mentorship relationships, and improve the educational experiences for graduate students in fields intersecting with Medieval Studies. Our primary goals are to facilitate the development of successful dissertation projects, foster networking and community-building, and improve competitiveness for grants and academic positions.

See here for more details: https://www.medievalacademy.org/page/MAASummerResearchProgram

New Chaucer Society Early Career Fellowship at the Bodleian Library

Shannon McSheffrey — Fri, 19 Jan 2024 22:39:33 GMT

The award is £1,800 for an applicant based in the UK or the Republic of Ireland and £1,900 for other international applicants. The successful applicant will also be able to claim travel expenses (using the most economical available option). The fellowship must be taken up in the period 1 August 2024 to 1 August 2025.

https://newchaucersociety.org/page/bodleianresearchfellowships

CFP/Appel: Colloque étudiant à Université de Montréal, 13-15 mars 2024 -- Papers in English welcomed!

Shannon McSheffrey — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 14:50:12 GMT

L'Association des Étudiant.e.s Diplômé.e.s du Département d'Histoire de l'Université de Montréal organise son Colloque étudiant annuel. Vous trouverez l’appel en pièce jointe et la page Facebook ici : https://www.facebook.com/colloqueaeddhum

Nous encourageons les étudiant.e.s d’autres universités à participer et acceptons des communications en français et en anglais. Celles et ceux qui désirent envoyer leur candidature devront le faire avant le 20 janvier 2024 au aeddhum.colloque@gmail.com.

Le colloque aura lieu à l’Université de Montréal le 13, 14 et 15 mars 2024. Ayant pour thème « Dissonances et dilemmes en histoire: Penser les échelles de la complexité humaine, » le colloque offre l’occasion d’interroger ce que l’humain, comme objet d’étude inépuisable et penseur de sa propre histoire, comporte de discordant, voire d’irréconciliable. Admettre la difficulté de ramener l’humain à l’unité constitue déjà un point d’appui que nous regardons comme stimulant.

Si vous avez d’autres questions, n’hésitez pas à nous contacter.

Merci!

Joseph George Akl (il)

Étudiant au doctorat, Histoire médiévale

Université de Montréal

Membre du groupe de recherche The Other Sister

Joseph.george.akl@umontreal.ca

Elisa Brilli à l'Université Laval -- le 19 janvier 2024, 15h30

Shannon McSheffrey — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 17:12:53 GMT

L'Institut d'Etudes Ancienne et Médievales de l'Université Laval aura le plaisir de recevoir Elisa Brilli, professeure au Department of Italian Studies à l'Université de Toronto, pour un séminaire intitulé: « Un pari biographique. La vie de Dante entre histoire et littérature ». Vendredi 19 janvier 2024, 15h30

· Séminaire, 15h30-17h30, DKN-5242

· Galette, vers 18h, mezzanine du 5e, devant le 5242

Pour plus d'informations sur le Séminaire de l'IÉAM, cliquez ici.

Voici un résumé de sa présentation : « Dante. Des vies nouvelles (Fayard, 2021; puis publié en Italien chez Carocci, 2021 et en anglais chez Reaktion Books-University of Chicago Press, 2023) visait moins à chroniquer la vie du poète Dante Alighieri qu'à soulever des questions essentielles, encore sans réponse. Comment un Florentin autodidacte sans statut professionnel est-il devenu l'auteur célèbre de la Divine Comédie ? Comment Dante s'est-il imposé en tant que protagoniste principal dans ses œuvres, dans un contexte littéraire qui déconseillait de ce faire, et comment son impressionnant récit de soi a-t-il affecté sa vie réelle ? Pourquoi sa vie a-t-elle intéressé tant de lecteurs ? De plus, dans quelle mesure les récits de vie tissés par Dante influencent-ils encore aujourd'hui la recherche ? Brilli et Milani ont réévalué la vie de Dante et ses autoportraits pour répondre à ces questions, évaluant les preuves archivistiques et littéraires en dialogue avec les recherches les plus récentes. Ce faisant, leur livre a proposé un modèle de nouvelle biographie interdisciplinaire, aussi fascinant que rigoureux. À l'occasion de la parution de la traduction anglaise, Brilli reconsidère cette entreprise pour dévoiler ses origines et discuter de sa fortune, de ses limites et de ses orientations futures. »

Nostalgia and Medievalism around the World: Forum in the Journal of the Canadian Historical Association

Shannon McSheffrey — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 18:48:16 GMT

FORUM: Journal of the Canadian Historical Association

Nostalgia and medievalism around the world

edited by Donna Trembinski and Benjamin Bryce

Five historians give us their take on the pervasive presence of nostalgia and medievalism in a global context. From Europe, to China, to Latin America, to Egypt, to the United States and Canada.

DONNA TREMBINSKI & BENJAMIN BRYCE, Medievalism and Nostalgia for the Past in a Global Perspective

DONNA TREMBINSKI, The Modern University as a Site of Medievalist Nostalgia

SHOUFU YIN, The Pseudo-Recognition of Women Warriors in Imperial China and Contemporary Media

JULIE GIBBINGS, Medievalism in Latin America

ROBERT ZECKER, Grandma Stole the American Dream: Immigrants, Nostalgia, and the Myth of a Pure America

SARA ANN KNUTSON, Excavating the Nostalgia of Archaeology in Moon Knight

NCS 1-month Early Career Fellowship, Huntington Library

Shannon McSheffrey — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 18:44:12 GMT

New NCS Early Career Fellowship at the Huntington Library, San Marino, CA, with the first fellow starting in 2024. The initiative was started by Anthony Bale as President of the NCS and we have now reached an agreement with the Huntington Library for an annual short-term fellowship sponsored by the NCS.

The call for applications for the one-month early career fellowship at the Huntington Library anytime in the period 1 July 2024 through 30 June 2025 is now open. For further information about the fellowship and application guidelines please see the call here. The deadline for applications is 20 January 2024 (24:00 GMT). We will be notifying applicants as shortly as possible thereafter.

JOB: Medieval English at St Andrew's (Scotland), closing 20 Dec. 2023

Shannon McSheffrey — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 18:42:45 GMT

Medieval English at St Andrews, to start in August 2024 – permanent lectureship – closing date 20 December 2023.

We wish to appoint a Lecturer within the School of English. You will be a scholar with a growing international research reputation in Medieval English Studies, a commitment to delivering high-quality teaching within the broad field of Medieval English studies and able to teach across Old and Middle English to postgraduate level as well as Post-Medieval literature at undergraduate level. Other capabilities, such as a demonstrable ability to teach and research in Medievalism, Early Modern Literature, Digital Humanities or another relevant area or literary period are also sought. The successful candidate will be active in research and publication and will be expected to have a range of scholarly and critical interests that strengthen or complement those in the School.

Full details available here: https://www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/4708/0/411594/889/lecturer-ac3517hm

CMS Toronto Convivium: online talk 27 Oct 2023 2:30 ET

Marc Cels — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 01:08:32 GMT

The Centre for Medieval Studies Convivium Series presents Claudio Cataldi

When and Where

Friday, October 27, 2023 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm

3rd Floor, Lillian Massey, 125 Queen's Park, Toronto

Or on Zoom (please register for the link)

Speakers

Claudio Cataldi (Università Kore di Enna)

Description

The Dictionary of Old English and Practices of Commentary present:

Claudio Cataldi (Università Kore di Enna): The Bodley Glossaries

Abstract: The Bodley Glossaries represent the last outcome of the rich tradition of early medieval English glossography. At the same time, the four glossaries in Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS 730 bear witness to the multi-lingual environment of early thirteenth-century England. On the occasion of the first full edition of the Bodley Glossaries (PIMS, 2023), this talk is devoted to their contents: lexical interpretamenta, long commentary glosses, batches of Biblical entries, animal sounds, and glosses to a Hiberno-Latin poem. This presentation of the Bodley Glossaries will be set in the context of the development of early English lexicography, from its beginnings to the post-Conquest period.

**RSVP REQUIRED

Map

125 Queen's Park

New novel by Canadian depicts a woman author for the Nibelungenlied

Marc Cels — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 18:01:58 GMT

Congratulations to Dr. Conny Burian who has recently published a historical novel in German. It's a fictional autobiography of the woman who may have written the famous Nibelungenlied, a high medieval epic. Dr. Burian based her novel on research that she conducted for a course she teaches for the University of Calgary.

Conny Burian. Die Nibelungendichterin. Wuppertal, German: Akres: 2023.

https://www.akres-publishing.com/es/products/die-nibelungendichterin

Job: Marjorie McLean Oliver Postdoctoral Fellowship in the history of Classical Antiquity and/or Medieval Europe

Marc Cels — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 23:44:36 GMT

The Departments of History and Classics at Queen’s University invite applications from suitably qualified candidates for the Marjorie McLean Oliver Postdoctoral Fellowship in the history of Classical Antiquity and/or Medieval Europe. The fellowship will be awarded initially for a two-year term commencing July 1, 2024, and will be up for renewal for an additional one-year term. The terms of the fellowship stipulate at the donor’s bequest that only candidates who identify as women are eligible for the position. Candidates must thus self-identify as female. A postdoctoral supervisor will be named based on the successful candidate’s field of specialization.

The successful applicant will be expected to maintain an active scholarly profile and to teach one half year course per year in their subject field, with the possibility of an additional course to be negotiated with the Chairs of History and/or Classics. The value of the fellowship in 2024-2025 will be $36,317. The teaching stipend is determined by the collective agreement and is approximately $9,334 per one-term course for a total of approximately $45,651 per year. An additional $2,000 per year has been allocated for academic travel and research. Applicants must have completed a PhD in a discipline relevant to the position’s terms prior to beginning the fellowship. Previous teaching experience and evidence of scholarly research and publication related to the terms of the position will also be considered an asset.

The university invites applications from all qualified individuals. Queen's is strongly committed to employment equity, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace and encourages applications from Black, racialized/visible minority and Indigenous/Aboriginal people, women, persons with disabilities, and 2SLGBTQ+ persons. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

The university has policies in place to support its employees with disabilities, including an Accommodation in the Workplace Policy and a policy on the provision of job accommodations that take into account an employee's accessibility needs due to disability. The University will provide support in its recruitment processes to applicants with disabilities, including accommodation that takes into account an applicant’s accessibility needs. If you require accommodation during the interview process, please contact Jenn Lucas at jenn.lucas@queensu.ca.

Postdoctoral fellows at Queen's University are governed by two collective agreements. The terms of the overall appointment are governed by the Collective Agreement between PSAC 901, Unit 2 and Queen’s University. The candidate will also be appointed to a term adjunct teaching position, which is governed by the Collective Agreement between QUFA and Queen’s University. Information about these bargaining units, including the Collective Agreements can be found on the Faculty Relations Office’s website.

Application Instructions:

Applications should be submitted electronically in a PDF format and include the following:

1) a cover letter that outlines current or proposed research project(s) to be pursued during the fellowship and ideas for courses the candidate would propose teaching;

2) a complete and current curriculum vitae;

3) letters of reference from two referees;

4) a writing sample such as a dissertation chapter or article;

5) any other relevant materials the candidate wishes to submit for consideration such as a teaching dossier

Please arrange to have applications and supporting letters sent electronically to: history.chair@queensu.ca.

Applications will be received until 15 November 2023. Final appointment is subject to budgetary approval.

Please visit our websites for more information about the Department of History, the Department of Classics, and Medieval Studies at Queen’s University. Please direct inquiries to the Chair of the Selection Committee, Dr. Richard Greenfield greenfie@queensu.ca.

Open House at the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto 2023

Marc Cels — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 19:39:41 GMT

The Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto is currently accepting applications to both the MA and PhD Programs for the 2024-2025 academic year. This year, CMS is hosting an in-person Open House for prospective applicants to learn directly from our current students, faculty, and alumni. An informational presentation will introduce the event, followed by informal Q & A sessions, student poster exhibitions, networking opportunities, and light refreshments. All are welcome to attend!

Wednesday, October 18, 4-6 pm ET

Centre for Medieval Studies

3rd Floor, Lillian Massey Building

125 Queen’s Park, Toronto (map)

For those unable to attend in person, a virtual session will be held on November 1 from 4-6 pm. Attendees can learn more about CMS programming from a virtual presentation, followed by information from students, alumni, and faculty, with an opportunity to ask questions in smaller breakout rooms. For more information about both events, please visit https://www.medieval.utoronto.ca/events/cms-open-house.

Wednesday, November 1, 4-6 pm (virtually via Zoom)

Medieval History in New Alberta K-6 Curriculum

Marc Cels — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 01:09:21 GMT

Canadian medievalists may be interested to see how the European Middle Ages are presented in the Grade 2 (mostly) and Grade 3 portions of the proposed Alberta Social Studies curriculum. Albertans are asked to give feedback in a survey. https://www.alberta.ca/curriculum-social-studies

Here's a taste: Thanks to Magna Carta, in England "The common people (noble citizens) secured democratic rights and responsible government."

Fractional Hire in Medieval Studies (Lincoln)

Wed, 13 Sep 2023 07:17:32 GMT

Dear All,

We have a fractional hire in Medieval Studies! Its focus is grant capture and research:

https://jobs.lincoln.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?ref=CASH008

Please share, if you can.

Cheers,

Renée

Job: Assistant/Assoc Prof Medieval Literature and Language, English Department, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Shannon McSheffrey — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 19:14:29 GMT

For more details: https://apply.interfolio.com/130790

Job: Assistant Professor, Latin Studies and Culture, 1100-1300, U of T, CMS!

Shannon McSheffrey — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 17:21:25 GMT

The Centre for Medieval Studies (CMS) in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time tenure-stream position in Medieval Latin Studies and Culture from 1100 to 1300. The appointment will be at the rank of Assistant Professor, with an expected start date of July 1, 2024.

For details, see https://www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/new-position-assistant-professor-medieval-latin-studies-and-culture-1100-1300

Job: Professor of Late Antique Latin Literature and Thought, University of Toronto

Shannon McSheffrey — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 21:43:35 GMT

Job Posting: Professor - Late Antique Latin Literature and Thought at the University of Toronto. The appointment will be held jointly between the between the Department of Classics (75%) and the Centre for Medieval Studies (25%). Interested candidates are encouraged to read the full job posting at the link below. Applications are due in full by Sep. 13, 2023.

https://jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-Professor-Late-Antique-Latin-Literature-and-Thought-ON/572971017/

Prospective applicants are welcome to contact Professor George Boys-Stones at chair.classics@utoronto.ca. with any questions.

Job: Assistant Professor of History, Medieval and Early Modern European History, Amherst College (Massachusetts)

Shannon McSheffrey — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 20:31:39 GMT

The Department of History at Amherst College invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor in medieval and early modern European history, beginning July 1, 2024. The area of specialization is open, but we particularly seek candidates who will offer a broad range of courses, including, but not limited to, those that cross conventional chronological boundaries between the medieval and early modern periods. The teaching load is two courses per semester, in addition to advising senior theses. The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. in hand by the start of the appointment.

https://apply.interfolio.com/126044

In Memory: Anne Klinck, Professor Emerita at UNB, 1943-2023

Shannon McSheffrey — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 20:38:35 GMT

(her obituary, published in the Montreal Gazette):

Anne passed mildly away July 7, of esophageal cancer and its sequelae. She faced death with quiet composure.

Born in Chester, England, January 4, 1943, Anne grew up in North Wales. A formative influence was her grammar school English teacher, who "taught her how to read poetry," which led to a lifetime devoted to literature. At nineteen, she entered St. Hilda's College, Oxford, in the PPE program, transferring to English, her true intellectual home, after a term.

After obtaining her B.A. (and her pro forma M.A.), and a year of teacher training, she came to Canada in 1966, to teach junior high school in Prince George. A year later she moved to Vancouver, completing an M.A. (1970) and a Ph.D. (1976) at UBC. In 1974, she took a job as a sessional lecturer at the University of Alberta where she met her future husband, Dennis, whom she married in 1976. They settled in Saskatoon, holding various temporary positions in the English Department at the University of Saskatchewan. Their daughter Mary was born in 1978. Subsequently, they spent a year in Ottawa before moving to Montreal, where Dennis (having changed disciplines) was to join the law faculty at McGill. While in the academic wilderness Anne completed her scholarly edition and study The Old English Elegies, published by McGill-Queens. She also gave birth to our second daughter, Jennifer, in 1986. In 1990 Anne took a job in the English Department at UNB, specializing in Old English and History of the English Language. She moved with the two girls to Fredericton, while Dennis spent many years commuting to Montreal. After retiring from UNB, she was named professor emerita in 2009. In 2010, Dennis joined her in retirement in their much-loved Island View home. Even after retiring, Anne continued her scholarship, publishing her last book, The Voices of Medieval English Lyric, in 2019.

Perhaps Anne's most notable quality, apart from her staying power, was her integrity, evident in many ways. She was a person of independent mind, chary of ephemeral intellectual fashions. She always spoke her mind forthrightly, without regard to being popular. Sometimes her candour caused her regret. But her criticisms were without rancour. Her scholarship and teaching were motivated by love of the materials and the challenge of mastering them. When an assessment committee commended her for doing an M.A. in Greek "because it enhanced her qualifications," she reacted: "I didn't do it to pad my c.v.; I did it because the poetry is wonderful and the language is hard." In her scholarship, she eschewed using translations: if she wanted to read German literature, she learned German, if Latin literature, Latin, if Greek literature, Greek, if Occitan literature, Occitan, and so on. This was part of her great respect, as an editor and a reader, for the text.

Anne was a loving spouse, mother and grandmother, and a tenaciously loyal friend. Anyone who allowed themselves know her well will feel a terrible loss. She is survived by her husband of almost 47 years, by her daughters Mary (Dave Bancroft) and Jen (Debbie Friesen) and by her grandchildren Elisabeth, Raymond, Arthur, and Judith, and Debbie's daughter Charlotte-and by her beloved dog, Sally.

A funeral service was held at St. Peter's Anglican Church, Fredericton, NB on Saturday, July 15, 2023 at 11 a.m. Final arrangements have been entrusted to McAdam's Funeral Home and online condolences can be made at www.mcadamsfh.com

For those who wish, remembrances may be made in her name to Fredericton SPCA, or Hospice Fredericton.

The Year's Work in Medievalism - Double Issue Release with In Memorium for Alicia McKenzie

Thu, 27 Jul 2023 07:35:40 GMT

The editors of The Year’s Work in Medievalism are delighted to announce the publication of volume 35.36 (2020-2021), a double issue. YWiM is the ISSM’s own peer-reviewed open access scholarly journal. The new volume volume represents work completed during the COVID-19 lockdown years, and so YWiM 35.36 contains: a pedagogy cluster; articles that discuss form, media, and medievalism; and a posthumous article by Alicia McKenzie (1976-2022), which we hope serves as a lasting memorial to her life and work.

We encourage you to visit https://ywim.net/ to read and enjoy innovative medievalism scholarship. We hope that this Table of Contents serves as a thrilling preview of the volume:

Pandemic Pedagogy: Teaching Medieval Studies with Medievalism and Baseball, M.J. Toswell, pp. 1-10

When the Digital Generation Isn’t: Pivoting Online with Traditional Campus Students, Melissa Ridley Elmes, pp. 11-26

Pedagogical Practices for Teaching through Crisis, Heather Blatt, pp. 27-33

Sister Warriors: Medievalism and Tropes of Women’s Empowerment in Netflix’s Warrior Nun, Yvonne Seale, pp. 34-49

The Disarticulation of Christendom: Dismemberment and Decapitation in Medieval Films, Caitlin G. Watt, pp. 50-58

“What Would Buffy Do?”: Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s “Storyteller” and the Hagiographic Genre, Meaghan Allen, pp. 59-70

Reading the “human braille”: Discourses of Ableism and Medievalism in the Reburial of Richard III, Rowan Wilson, pp. 71-82

“Messer Papero e il Ghibellin Fuggiasco:” Cultural Constraints on (Neo)medievalism's Adaptability, Karl Fugelso, pp. 83-94

Cynocéphales: (Ab)Uses of a Medieval Trope in Several French Texts of the Modern Era, Bryant White, pp. 95-111

Feminist Knights, Questions of Power, and Utopian Societies: Medievalism Today in Cyril Pedrosa and Roxanne Moreil’s L'Âge d’Or, Elisabeth Herbst Buzay, pp. 112-124

Rubeus Hagrid: The Resolution of Contraries, Part 1: Giant, Wild Man, and Saint, Natalie Goodison, pp. 125-135

Medievalism, Fakelore, and the Commodification of Story-Telling in the Afterlives of Harry Potter, Alexandra Sterling-Hellenbrand and Olga V. Trokhimenko, pp. 136-148

How (Not) to Design a Progressive Viking: “Desynchronized” Morality in Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, In Memorium Alicia McKenzie (1976-2022), pp. 149-154

Be well,

Valerie Johnson and Renée Ward

Félicitations à / Congratulations to Arnaud Montreuil, lauréat du / winner of the prix Boyle 2023

Shannon McSheffrey — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 19:09:57 GMT

Le prix Leonard E. Boyle, 2023, est décerné à // The 2023 Leonard E. Boyle Prize is awarded to Arnaud Montreuil, Écrire, décrire, saisir l’adoubement chevaleresque : une histoire de l’hippotogenèse dans l’Europe du Nord-Ouest, le Midi de la France et l’Italie centro-septentrionale (v.1175- v.1300), Université d'Ottawa.

Arnaud Montreuil a rédigé une thèse exceptionnelle qui s'appuie sur des preuves littéraires et historiques et utilise l'analyse de texte assistée par ordinateur pour illustrer les nombreuses variations et l'évolution de la chevalerie en Europe à la fin du Moyen-Âge. Tous les membres du comité Boyle ont souligné la qualité de l'écriture et l'utilisation exceptionnelle des preuves. Bravo, Arnaud !

Arnaud Montreuil has written an exceptional dissertation which draws on literary and historical evidence, and utilizes computer-assisted text analysis to illustrate the extensive variation and development of knighting in Europe in the late Middle Ages. All of the Boyle committee members commented on how beautifully written it is, as well as the exceptional use of evidence. Bravo, Arnaud!

Congratulations to / Félicitations à Lori Jones, Winner/Lauréate, 2023 Prix Labarge

Shannon McSheffrey — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 19:05:27 GMT

Click here for more details / cliquez ici pour plus de détails

Congress Blog Post: Reckonings and re-imaginings: rethinking medieval gendered violence after #MeToo

Shannon McSheffrey — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 18:55:24 GMT

Read the insightful blog post by Erika Dilling (Global Health and the Environment Honours Major, 3rd year at York University) on the our Congress open session organized by Kathy Cawsey, and featuring papers from Matthew Roby, Gavin Foster, Mariah Cooper, and Kathy Cawsey. https://www.federationhss.ca/en/blog/reckonings-and-re-imaginings-rethinking-medieval-gendered-violence-after-metoo

Recorded lectures available on Youtube

Meredith Bacola — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 12:55:23 GMT

Are you looking for video content for your Fall courses? Many of the Jesuit Centre's Formations and Reformations in Catholic Thought public talks

continue to be available through our Youtube channel. Some talks which might be of interest to medievalists are those by Fr. Robert Godding, SJ of the Société des Bollandistes, or CSM/SCM members like Dr. John Osborne or Dr. Donna Trembinski.

Funded Graduate Teaching Fellows (U Lincoln)

Sat, 25 Mar 2023 09:14:50 GMT

The Medieval Studies Research Group (MSRG) at my institution (the University of Lincoln, UK) has recently secured funding for three new doctoral posts as graduate teaching fellows. They are for four years of study, fully funded, with teaching built into the programme, and they are framed around three core areas under the umbrella of ‘Transcending Boundaries in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages’. The three strands have flexibility, and projects on Arthuriana and/or medievalism are featured in the third stream especially. If anyone has any questions or would like to chat about this opportunity, please contact Dr. Renée Ward (rward@lincoln.ac.uk).

CSM Congress 2023 Preliminary Program! / SCM Programme préliminaire de notre colloque annuel 2023!

Siobhain Calkin — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 15:05:32 GMT

I am pleased to share with you the preliminary program for our Annual Conference, which runs May 27-29 at York University in Toronto. You can check out all the details here: https://www.canadianmedievalists.org/resources/Documents/Preliminary%20Schedule%20Canadian%20Society%20of%20Medievalists.pdf

Remember to register before March 31^st to take advantage of the Early Bird Congress rates: https://www.federationhss.ca/en/congress/congress-2023/register.

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J'ai le plaisir de partager avec vous le programme préliminaire de notre colloque annuel, qui se tiendra du 27 au 29 mai à l'Université York de Toronto. Vous pouvez consulter tous les détails ici : https://www.canadianmedievalists.org/resources/Documents/Preliminary%20Schedule%20Canadian%20Society%20of%20Medievalists.pdf

N'oubliez pas de vous inscrire avant le 31 mars pour bénéficier du tarif "Early Bird " : https://www.federationhss.ca/fr/congres/congres-2023/inscription.

Nouvelles de la Fédération/Federation News: 02/2023

Marc Cels — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 12:14:07 GMT

The CSM/SCM is a member association of the Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences. Follow this link to the Federation's February communique: https://www.federationhss.ca/en/february-communique

Le CSM/SCM est une association membre de la Fédération des Sciences Humaines et Sociales. Suivez ce lien pour accéder au communiqué de février de la Fédération :

https://www.federationhss.ca/fr/communique-de-fevrier

Postdoc at University of Bergen, Norway

Brandon Alakas — Sat, 18 Feb 2023 15:44:33 GMT

The UiB Literature & Religion Research Group is looking for applicants for a 4-year post-doc for researchers working on literature with a religious angle. Any period welcome, but medievalists especially so!

https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/240483/postdoctoral-position-at-the-department-of-foreign-languages-literature-religion?fbclid=IwAR3GHcV-E8gKLYd6G8OyDoDPtshvRleMqER_Eryan3LrHbbfb0CguWGEhaA

(or tinyurl: https://tinyurl.com/mry3vczm )

There are also 2 PhD positions and another post-doc connected to 6 other research groups in the department, all of which are 4-yr positions:

Ph.d. engelsk https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/240476/phd-research-fellowship-2-positions-at-the-department-of-foreign-languages

Postdoc engelsk https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/240493/postdoctoral-research-fellow-at-the-department-of-foreign-languages

All the positions are well-paid, with good benefits, and reasonable teaching and administration work.

The application deadline is 14 March and the positions should start August/Sept.

Any questions may be directed to Laura Laura Saetveit Miles (Laura.Miles@uib.no)

U de Montréal conférence de Gabriele Giannini le 13 février 16h

Siobhain Calkin — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 21:14:47 GMT

La prochaine conférence du cycle annuel du Centre d’études médiévales de l’Université de Montréal aura lieu lundi prochain, le 13 février, à 16 heures, dans la salle C-3061 du Carrefour des arts et des sciences :

Gabriele Giannini (Université de Montréal)

Scriptae, localisations et recueils démembrés

La conférence peut également être suivie à distance, par le biais de la plateforme Zoom :

https://umontreal.zoom.us/j/85605167004?pwd=Wmd4bmVKSzB1ekJkYWVURkw4YmRKZz09

RIP Joseph GOERING 1947-2023

Marc Cels — Thu, 09 Feb 2023 07:29:06 GMT

Retired Professor Joseph Goering of the University of Toronto's History Department passed away on Feb. 5 2023. He was a distinguished Canadian medievalists who served on the Society's Advisory Board. He is remembered fondly by colleagues and former students. Follow this link for his obituary, details on his funeral (16 Feb.), and a place to share condolences and memories: https://memorialsource.com/memorial/joseph-butch-goering

Jan.18 UM Dr. Donna Trembinski lecture on St Francis of Assisi

Meredith Bacola — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 01:32:28 GMT

The Jesuit Centre for Catholic Studies is pleased to virtually host Dr. Donna Trembinski this Wednesday, January 18^th at 12:10 pm (CST) for our monthly Formations and Re-formations in Catholic Thought lunch-hour lecture series. Dr. Trembinski will be speaking on "Illness and Authority: Disability in the Life and Lives of Francis of Assisi" so I thought I would extend the invitation to any interested CSM members who want to join! See the poster to register for your zoom link or, if you're unavailable at that time, feel free to watch the recording of the talk on St Paul's College's Youtube channel afterwards. https://umanitoba.ca/st-pauls-college/jesuit-centre-catholic-studies/events/frct-lunch-donna-trembinski

le 15 Jan. 15: CSM /SCM Conference Proposals /Propositions de communications

Siobhain Calkin — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 01:18:53 GMT

Remember to send in your proposals for presentations at our annual conference (May 27-29, 2023 at York University, Toronto). They're due Jan. 15 but Jan. 16 is ok too! Send them to siobhain.calkin@carleton.ca.

Nous vous rappelons que les propositions de communications et de sessions pour la réunion annuelle (27-29 mai 2023 à l'Université York, Toronto) doivent être envoyées le 15 janvier (ou le 16 janvier aussi) à siobhain.calkin@carleton.ca.

Jan. 13 U of T Sebastian Sobecki lecture on Hoccleve

Siobhain Calkin — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 17:52:34 GMT

University of Toronto, Centre for Medieval Studies, Jan. 13 Convivium

Sebastian Sobecki, University of Toronto, will deliver a lecture entitled "News from the Archive: An Unknown Personal Manuscript by Thomas Hoccleve" Friday Jan. 13 2:30-4:30pm; event both in person and on Zoom (Zoom. Meeting ID: 895 5163 1921 Passcode: 737825) from Lillian Massey Building, LI301, 125 Queen's Park, 3rd Floor

Abstract: Thomas Hoccleve (1368-1426) has emerged as a leading English fifteenth-century poet. His deeply autobiographical work has been celebrated as intimate and modern, original and arresting. Hoccleve was also a professional government clerk, toiling for 40 years in the Privy Seal Office, and his handwriting is the best known of all medieval English scribes. He appears to have been in charge of promoting Chaucer’s reputation after his death, and he may have been responsible for London’s emerging literary scene. This talk will reveal, for the first time, a hitherto unknown personal manuscript by Hoccleve.

https://www.medieval.utoronto.ca/events/sebastian-sobecki-news-archive-unknown-personal-manuscript-thomas-hoccleve

JOB! 3-year visiting appointment, pre-1800 British Lit, Colby College

Shannon McSheffrey — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 13:07:10 GMT

http://apply.interfolio.com/113514 Department of English at Colby College invites applications for a three-year visiting appointment in pre-1800 British Literature, to begin fall 2023.

CALL FOR PAPERS - Tenth Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studiesv

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 12:39:30 GMT

The Tenth Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies (June 12-14, 2023) is a convenient summer venue in North America for scholars to present papers, organize sessions, participate in roundtables, and engage in interdisciplinary discussion. The goal of the Symposium is to promote serious scholarly investigation into all topics and in all disciplines of medieval and Renaissance studies.

The plenary speakers for this year will be Uta-Renate Blumenthal, of the Catholic University of America, and Lia Markey, of the Newberry Library, Chicago.

The Symposium is held annually on the beautiful midtown St. Louis campus of Saint Louis University. On campus housing options include affordable, air-conditioned apartments as well as a more luxurious hotel. Inexpensive meal plans are also available, although there is a wealth of restaurants, bars, and cultural venues within easy walking distance of campus.

While attending the Symposium, participants are free to use the Vatican Film Library, the Rare Books Division, and the general collection at Saint Louis University's Pius XII Memorial Library. These collections offer access to tens of thousands of medieval and early modern manuscripts on microfilm as well as strong holdings in medieval and Renaissance history, literature, languages, manuscript studies, theology, philosophy, and canon law. The Jesuit Archives & Research Center is adjacent to the university and also accessible to Symposium attendees.

The Tenth Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies invites proposals for papers, complete sessions, and roundtables. Any topics regarding the scholarly investigation of the medieval and early modern world are welcome. Papers are normally twenty minutes each and sessions are scheduled for ninety minutes. Scholarly organizations are especially encouraged to sponsor proposals for complete sessions, and organizing at least two sessions in coordination with each other is highly recommended.

Submission are currently open and the deadline for all proposals is December 31, 2022. Decisions will be made by the end of January and the final program will be published in March.

For more information or to submit your proposal online go to: https://www.smrs-slu.org/.

University of Toronto Quarterly - CFP - General Call

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 12:35:32 GMT

University of Toronto Quarterly (UTQ) is currently seeking submissions. Established in 1931, UTQ publishes innovative and exemplary scholarship from all areas in the humanities. The journal welcomes articles, in English or French, on art and visual culture, gender and sexuality, history, literature and literary studies, music, philosophy, theory, theatre and performance, religion, and other areas of the humanities not listed here. As an interdisciplinary journal, UTQ favours articles that appeal to a scholarly readership beyond the specialists of a given discipline or field. The editorial board is especially interested, although not exclusively, in research that addresses topics of particular relevance to Canada. UTQ is therefore enthusiastic about submissions in Asian Canadian Studies, Black Canadian Studies, Canadian Literature, Canadian History, Canadian Studies, Diaspora Studies, and Indigenous Studies. The journal, more broadly, embraces research that engages interdisciplinary sites of scholarly inquiry, such as Affect Studies, Black Studies, Critical Disability Studies, Critical Race Studies, Digital Humanities, Environmental Humanities, Media Studies, Medical Humanities, Sound Studies, Transgender Studies, and emergent fields within the humanities. UTQ is published by the University of Toronto Press.

Submissions should normally be between 7,500 and 12,500 words in length inclusive of footnotes and bibliographic material. Additionally, all submissions should be accompanied by an abstract (150-250 words). UTQ’s house style is based upon the MLA Handbook (7th edition), so please format submissions in accordance with MLA bibliographic guidelines. Substantive or discursive amplification should appear in judiciously selected footnotes. All text, including footnotes and Works Cited, should be double-spaced. Please do not justify right margins.

UTQ does not accept research that has already been published, nor does the journal accept submissions currently under consideration elsewhere. The journal does not publish poetry or fiction.

Please anonymize submissions by removing all self-identifying information from the article, including acknowledgements and self-citations (reference your own scholarship as you would any other scholar). When saving the file, remove all personal information from the file on save.

UTQ commissions external reports to assess the quality of each submission. The journal receives numerous submissions and only submissions that the editorial board deems most appropriate for the journal, and most likely to receive recommendations to publish from experts, are sent out for peer review. The review process is doubly anonymous. Authors should expect to receive a response in the form of an editor’s report that collates relevant and useful information drawn from 2 to 3 external reports alongside the internal comments of the editorial board. Peer review takes approximately three to four months.

UTQ regularly publishes special issues on the range of subjects listed above. If interested in proposing a special issue and serving as its guest editor, contact the editor, Professor Colin Hill, at colin.hill@utoronto.ca

Please send all submissions and inquiries to utquarterly@gmail.com

For further information concerning our editorial policies, please refer to this document which provides supplemental information about copyright and images.

SÉMQ: Séminaire "La chose publique": Michel Hébert, le 4 novembre, 10h-12h

Shannon McSheffrey — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 20:36:59 GMT

Michel Hébert (UQAM), Les villes et le prince en Provence à la fin du Moyen Âge. Espace public, contrat politique ou servitude volontaire ?

ENGLISH below

Le séminaire aura lieu le vendredi 4 novembre de 10h à 12h (heure de Montréal)/15h à 17h (heure d'Europe centrale).

Pour assister au séminaire, veuillez utiliser le nouveau lien : https://uqam.zoom.us/j/3945224840.

Dans le même ordre d'idées, nous sommes heureuses de pouvoir enfin partager les inscriptions des deux dernières séances qui ont eu lieu en juin 2022, avec toutes nos excuses pour le retard :

Séance Taddei et Krsljianin

Séance Verdon et Leveleux-Teixeira

Nous espérons vous voir nombreux à cet événement conclusif de la série de séminaires, et nous vous remercions tous chaleureusement pour votre soutien tout au long de cette dernière !

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Michel Hébert (UQAM), Les villes et le prince en Provence à la fin du Moyen Âge. Espace public, contrat politique ou servitude volontaire ?

The seminar will take place on Friday 4^th November from 10am to 12 pm (Montréal time)/3pm to 5pm (Central European time).

To attend the seminar, please make sure to use the new link: https://uqam.zoom.us/j/3945224840.

On a related note, we are happy to be finally able to share the recordings of the last two sessions which were held in June 2022, with apologies for the delay:

Session Taddei & Krsljianin

Session Verdon & Leveleux-Teixeira

We hope to see many of you at this conclusive event of the seminar series, and we thank you all wholeheartedly for your support throughout it!

Job: Prof/Assoc Prof Old English Language & Lit, U of T

Shannon McSheffrey — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 12:22:58 GMT

Search currently open for the position of Professor / Associate Professor of Old English Language and Literature at the University of Toronto. The appointment will be held jointly between the Centre for Medieval Studies (51%) and the Department of English (49%). Interested candidates are encouraged to read the full job posting at the link above. Applications are due in full by Nov. 17, 2022.

Prospective applicants should contact Elisa Brilli, Director CMS, with any questions.

Boston University TT job

Kathy Cawsey — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 19:00:10 GMT

Medieval British Literature TT job Boston University:

https://joblist.mla.org/job-details/6158/assistant-professor-of-english-medieval-literature/

Art History job at Rice University

Kathy Cawsey — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 18:59:32 GMT

The Art History Department at Rice is looking to hire a historian of medieval art/architecture. The deadline is Nov 15, 2022. Please help spread the word. https://apply.interfolio.com/112101

Tenure Track Job at Mount St. Vincent in Halifax

Kathy Cawsey — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 18:58:09 GMT

https://forms.msvu.ca/iframeforms/FacultyRecruitment/fulltime/positiondetail.asp?ID=422

The Department of English is currently seeking applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor commencing 1 July 2023.

The English Department at Mount Saint Vincent University invites applications for a tenure-track position in Old/Middle English. We are especially interested in scholarship that emphasizes one or more of the following areas: the global Middle Ages, premodern critical race studies, medieval studies and indigeneity, and medieval gender and sexuality. The position will begin 1 July 2023.

The successful applicant will be able to teach both Old and Middle English. The ability to teach book history is also desirable. Candidates are encouraged to describe other, secondary areas of teaching and research interest.

Applicants should have a PhD or PhD near completion in a relevant field. The department especially seeks candidates for this position who identify as Black, Indigenous, or Persons of Colour.

The English Department has a dynamic undergraduate program and a strong record of excellence in teaching and research. The successful applicant will teach a range of literature and/or writing courses at all levels as part of a regular teaching load, and will be expected to maintain an active research/publication program and to participate in collegial service.

Applications should include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, teaching dossier (including a statement of teaching philosophy), statement of current and future research interests, and contact information for three referees.

The department will begin considering applications on 15 December 2022. Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Agreement (please visit www.msvufa.ca). All positions are subject to final budgetary approval.

Send applications by mail or email to:
Dr. Graham Fraser, Chair
English Department
Mount Saint Vincent University
166 Bedford Highway
Halifax, NS B3M 2J6
Graham.Fraser@msvu.ca

Espaces et Déplacements au Moyen Âge: Cycle de conférences à l'Université de Montréal, 2022-23

Shannon McSheffrey — Fri, 16 Sep 2022 18:46:54 GMT

Du 19 Septembre 2022 au 3 Avril 2023 à 16h au carrefour des arts et des sciences - Salle C-3061

19 Septembre 2022: L'étendue de l'espace humain face aux perceptions médiévales et aux sciences modernes.

Violette Pouillard (CNRS) et Philippe Genequand (UdeM)

17 Octobre 2022: Spatialisation et fonctions liturgiques dans le dossier hagiographique de sainte Glossinde de Metz

Gordon Blennemann (UdeM)

14 Novembre 2022: Moïse sans terre. L'exclusion de l'Exode dans l'histoire ancienne jusqu'à César

Francis Gingras (UdeM)

5 Décembre 2022: Une ''géohistoire'' de la Renaissance d'après l'humaniste Loys Le Roy

Alicia Viaud (UdeM)

16 Janvier 2023: La Galilée: l'iconographie spatiale des chapiteaux inscrits dans l'avant-nef (1080-1160)

Kristine Tanton (UdeM)

13 Février 2023: Scriptae, localisation et recueils démembrés

Gabriele Giannini (UdeM)

13 Mars 2023: Dissémination et ancrage géoculturel de la Chanson d'Aspremont

Maria Careri (Università di Chieti-Pescara)

3 avril 2023: Espaces et circulations dans les édifices religieux de l'Antiquité tardive et du haut Moyen Âge

Toutes les conférences sont accessibles à distance par l'entermise de la plateforme Zoom:

https://umontreal.zoom.us/j/85605167004?pwd=Wmd4bmVKSzB1ekJkYWVURkw4YmRKZz09

LES CONFÉRENCES SONT GRATUITES ET OUVERTES À TOUS

Donna Trembinski, winner of/lauréate du 2022 Hagiography Society Book Prize!

Shannon McSheffrey — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 14:00:20 GMT

The Hagiography Society has awarded their 2022 Book Prize to the CSM's own Donna Trembinski, Associate Professor of History at St. Francis Xavier University for her book Illness and Authority: Disability in the Life and Lives of Francis of Assisi (University of Toronto Press, 2020). Congratulations, Donna!

La Hagiography Society a décerné son prix du livre 2022 à Donna Trembinski, professeur associé d'histoire à l'Université St. Francis Xavier, pour son livre Illness and Authority : Disability in the Life and Lives of Francis of Assisi (University of Toronto Press, 2020). Félicitations, Donna!

https://twitter.com/HagiographySoc/status/1563524582933667840?s=20&t=zFQPJMdlqX0phShxruwOuQ

Congratulations to/Félicitations à Emma-Catherine Wilson, M. Jane Toswell Prize winner/lauréate, 2022

Shannon McSheffrey — Fri, 26 Aug 2022 20:43:21 GMT

Congratulations to Emma-Catherine Wilson, winner of the 2022 M. Jane Toswell Student Presentation Award. Ms Wilson, who recently completed her MA at the University of Ottawa, presented a paper at this year’s Mardis Médiévaux entitled, “Translatio Studii et Imperii: English Cultural Politics during the Hundred Years War.” She is off to Oxford this fall to begin a PhD.

Félicitations à Emma-Catherine Wilson, lauréate du Prix de presentation étudiante M. Jane Toswell 2022. Mme Wilson, qui a récemment terminé sa maîtrise à l'Université d'Ottawa, a présenté une communication lors des Mardis médiévaux 2022 intitulée " Translatio Studii et Imperii : English Cultural Politics during the Hundred Years War". Elle se rendra à Oxford cet automne pour commencer un doctorat.

Congratulations to/Félicitations à Hannah Kirby Wood, Honourable Mention for the Leonard Boyle Dissertation Award

Shannon McSheffrey — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 13:57:19 GMT

Dr. Hannah Kirby Wood's dissertation, "Intersections of Voluntary and Involuntary Poverty: The Friars and the Lay Indigent in Late Medieval England, 1221-c. 1430" (University of Toronto, 2021), was awarded an honourable mention for the CSM's Leonard Boyle Prize for best dissertation in Medieval Studies for 2022.

Dr. Wood’s dissertation addresses an important topic in a wonderful, interesting and wide-ranging way. Thanks to her, the development of voluntary poverty at the end of the Middle Ages must now be considered through the opposed prism of impoverishment of a part of society, social, theological and cultural History in a same spectrum of analysis.

Congratulations to Dr. Wood!

La thèse de Hannah Kirby Wood, "Intersections of Voluntary and Involuntary Poverty : The Friars and the Lay Indigent in Late Medieval England, 1221-c. 1430" (University of Toronto, 2021), a reçu une mention honorable pour le Prix Leonard Boyle du CSM pour la meilleure dissertation en études médiévales pour 2022.

La dissertation de Mme Wood aborde un sujet important d'une manière merveilleuse, intéressante et de grande envergure. Grâce à elle, le développement de la pauvreté volontaire à la fin du Moyen Âge doit désormais être considéré à travers le prisme opposé de l'appauvrissement d'une partie de la société, de l'histoire sociale, théologique et culturelle dans un même spectre d'analyse.

Félicitations à Dr Wood !

Congratulations to/Félicitations à Stephanie Lahey, Winner of the Leonard Boyle Dissertation Prize

Shannon McSheffrey — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 13:50:42 GMT

Stephanie Lahey has been awarded the Leonard Boyle Dissertation Prize for 2022 for her dissertation "Offcut Zone Parchment in Manuscript Codices from Later Medieval England" (University of Victoria, 2021).

Not only is Stephanie Lahey’s dissertation a very important and ambitious piece of scholarship – in the noblest sense of the word – but it is also vividly written, cohesive and powerfully imaginative. Its range of applications is thorough and will impact medieval sciences in the years to come and most probably encourage more research on the materiality of written knowledge. The committee members fully agree with the opinion of the external examiner that the dissertation is ready to go to print and should be published as soon as possible. If Dr. Lahey is interested in an academic position, it will no doubt be the beginning of a tremendous career.

Congratulations to Dr. Lahey!

Stephanie Lahey a reçu le prix Leonard Boyle pour 2022 pour sa dissertation "Offcut Zone Parchment in Manuscript Codices from Later Medieval England" (University of Victoria, 2021).

La thèse de Stephanie Lahey est non seulement un travail d'érudition très important et ambitieux - dans le sens le plus noble du terme - mais elle est également rédigée de manière vivante, cohérente et puissamment imaginative. Son éventail d'applications est complet et aura un impact sur les sciences médiévales dans les années à venir et encouragera très probablement d'autres recherches sur la matérialité du savoir écrit. Les membres du comité partagent entièrement l'avis de l'examinateur externe selon lequel la thèse est prête à être imprimée et devrait être publiée dès que possible. Si le Dr Lahey est intéressée par un poste universitaire, ce sera sans aucun doute le début d'une formidable carrière.

Félicitations à Dr Lahey !

Congratulations to/Félicitations à Kathryn Kerby-Fulton, Winner of the 2022 Labarge Prize

Shannon McSheffrey — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 13:43:33 GMT

The 2022 Margaret Wade Labarge Prize for best book in Medieval Studies was awarded to Kathryn Kerby-Fulton for her book The Clerical Proletariat and the Resurgence of Medieval English Poetry (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021).

In a masterful, paradigm-shifting study, Kathryn Kerby-Fulton delivers new insights about the importance to late medieval English poetry of the "invisible" medieval clerics in minor orders without benefices or established positions, the adjuncts of their time. This "clerical proletariat" lived and worked between the ecclesiastical and lay worlds. Underemployed and overeducated, their reaction to precarious working conditions and adversity exerted a transformational influence on medieval English literature and helped re-establish English as the dominant language of literary expression. In a field where so much has already been written, Kerby-Fulton refreshingly reorients the approach to lesser-known poets through this stellar example of historical literary criticism.

Congratulations to Dr. Kerby-Fulton! The committee thanks all the authors who submitted books for consideration. They provided the committee with ample and interesting reading, and their work is testimony to the excellent contributions of Canadians to research fields of the Middle Ages.

Le prix Margaret Wade Labarge 2022 du meilleur livre en études médiévales a été attribué à Kathryn Kerby-Fulton pour son livre The Clerical Proletariat and the Resurgence of Medieval English Poetry (Philadelphie : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021). Dans une étude magistrale, qui change de paradigme, Kathryn Kerby-Fulton offre de nouvelles perspectives sur l'importance pour la poésie anglaise de la fin du Moyen Âge des clercs médiévaux "invisibles" des ordres mineurs sans bénéfices ni positions établies, les adjuvants de leur temps. Ce "prolétariat clérical" vivait et travaillait entre le monde ecclésiastique et le monde laïc. Sous-employés et suréduqués, leur réaction aux conditions de travail précaires et à l'adversité a exercé une influence transformatrice sur la littérature anglaise médiévale et a contribué à rétablir l'anglais comme langue d'expression littéraire dominante. Dans un domaine où tant de choses ont déjà été écrites, Kerby-Fulton réoriente de façon rafraîchissante l'approche des poètes moins connus grâce à cet excellent exemple de critique littéraire historique.

Félicitations à Mme Kerby-Fulton ! Le comité remercie tous les auteurs qui ont soumis des livres pour examen. Ils ont fourni au comité une lecture abondante et intéressante, et leur travail témoigne de l'excellente contribution des Canadiens aux domaines de recherche du Moyen Âge.

Gerald D. Feldman Travel Grants for PhD students in comparative/transnational history

Shannon McSheffrey — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 14:11:54 GMT

Once a year the Max Weber Foundation (MWS) confers Gerald D. Feldman Travel Grants to academics in the qualification phase with an international focus.

The travel grants are meant to improve the career opportunities for humanities and social science academics in their qualification phase. The scientists conduct a self-chosen research project in at least two and at most three host countries which are home to MWS institutes and branches or at the Richard Koebner Minerva Center for German History (for a list of the host countries please see "Countries and regions", please also note the current notice here). The total term of funding shall not exceed three months. Placements (at most one month per host country, shorter stays are possible) are to be used for research, especially in libraries and archives. Academics are expected to produce transnational and transregional studies, providing research with new and original ideas. The research placements should ideally be completed within 12 months, or at most 24.

The next deadline for applications is 7 October 2022.

Funding

Funding is based on the rates of Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and covers:

documented travel costs for travel to the foreign institute and back (least expensive route);
daily rates between € 28.00 and € 62.00 depending on the host country;
lodging in one of the institute’s inexpensive guest rooms depending on the host country chosen and on availability.

Countries and Regions

Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Poland, Singapore, Turkey, USA

When planning the travel, the continuously updated information from the authorities, in particular from the Robert Koch Institute, and the relevant travel information from the Federal Foreign Office must be observed. The travels are at the recipients of Feldman travel grants own responsibility. Depending on the situation, the start of the travel can be postponed.

Applications for the country of the applicant’s main place of residence will not be considered.

Research placements in Germany are only eligible for funding if the recipient plans at least two more stays at the foreign institutes or the Richard Koebner Minerva Center for German History.

Please note: Due to the current situation, it is not possible to apply for travel grants for Russia and China this year.

Conditions for Application

Applications may be filed by highly qualified humanities and social science academics of any nationality (highest degree must be at least a Master, M.A., state examination or German Diplom) who have already published and can present a research plan. Applications for projects related to research priorities pursued by the Foundation’s institutes/branches will take precedence.

The selection criteria are:

Academic excellence
Transnational and/or comparative topic
Submitted project contributes to further academic qualification

A re-application is only possible if this has been explicitly stated in the rejection letter.

Employees and scholarship holders of the MWS are excluded from the application process.

Application Papers

All application papers must be submitted in German or English. A complete application will comprise the following information:

completed application form;
a detailed presentation of the intended research project (max. 3–5 pages), stating the sources which justify the stay in the specific host countries or at the institutes;
copies of certificates (examinations, PhD certificate);
list of publications;
a reference opinion from an expert which should provide information on the applicant’s status and the progress of work and be sent from the reviewer by e-mail (feldman@maxweberstiftung.de) directly to the Max Weber Foundation’s central office;
a letter confirming supervision by the host institution in Germany, if applicable.

Application

Please e-mail your application by using the required form to

feldman(at)maxweberstiftung.de

Information on how to send your application data to us in encrypted form can be found here:

https://www.maxweberstiftung.de/en/foerderung/verschluesselung.html

The deadline for applications is 7 October 2022.

The selection committee is expected to meet at the beginning of December 2022. The grants can be called forward from January 2023.

Contact Info:

Max Weber Stiftung
Marlene Janicijevic (Veranstaltungen, Wissenschaftskommunikation) E-Mail: janicijevic@maxweberstiftung.de
Tel. +49 (228) 377 86-16

Sept 1 deadline Residential Scholarship at Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice

Shannon McSheffrey — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 14:08:38 GMT

NEW RESIDENTIAL SCHOLARSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT FOR RESEARCH IN THE FIELD OF HUMANITIES

https://www.cini.it/en/vittore-branca-center/scholarships

The Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice offers 11 residential scholarships1 to PhD students and post doc students who must not be over 40 years old on June 30, 2022, interested in spending two consecutive months in Venice at the Vittore Branca International Center for the Study of Italian Culture between January and December 2023.

The project is part of the initiatives shared with the Veneto Region l.r. 24/2021.
10 scholarships will be granted to interdisciplinary research projects in the field of Humanities.

1 scholarship will be granted to digitization-related research projects.

Ten residential scholarships are offered, within the interdisciplinary context that characterizes the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice to Italian and International scholars wishing to further their studies of Italian culture – especially that of the Veneto – in one of the following fields: art history, Venetian history, literature, music, drama, early printed books and comparative cultures and spiritualities. One residential scholarship will be specifically devoted to research projects focused on digitization topics that will take place at ARCHiVe.

– Download the scholarship announcement –

APPLICATION DEADLINE POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
Info: centrobranca@cini.it

Conference Announcement Pfaff at 50 -- this weekend

K. Whetter — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 00:18:46 GMT

Pfaff @ 50 (+2...): Celebrating 50 years of New Liturgical Feasts—1 & 2 July 2022: online registration is free!

In 1970, Richard W. Pfaff’s New Liturgical Feasts in Later Medieval England fundamentally changed the way humanities scholars thought and wrote about English religious development in the long fifteenth century. ‘Pfaff at Fifty’ aims to take stock of the enduring legacy of New Liturgical Feasts by reconsidering the important questions that this touchstone book raised. (Of course, the conference was to have been held in July 2020 to mark the 50^th anniversary of Dr Pfaff's touchstone work. Obviously, something came up.)

All information can be found at: https://pfaff50.wordpress.com/

Registration is currently open for in-person attendance (the expense covers the costs for refreshments, lunches, a reception, and the conference dinner; no real registration fee, per se); online attendance--likely the preference for most U of T and PIMS folks--is gratis, and the links for the two days of (MS Teams) seminars will be posted to the site ASAP.

The conference also features the 2022 Medium Aevum Annual Lecture, which this year will be delivered by Dr Ryan Perry (Kent). The lecture is titled ‘Middle English Books of Devotion and Liturgical Privatisation in Fifteenth-century England’. More info is available here. And folks can register directly for the livestream here.

For anyone who works on liturgy in England or liturgy in the later Middle Ages, Richard Pfaff's work is integral. Our conference is meant to pay a small tribute to his immense contribution to our many fields. We would be honoured if you could join us.

Stay well,

K.S. Whetter for Ben Barootes and Rob Lutton

Mardi médiévaux Zoom Codes/codes de Zoom

Marc Cels — Wed, 18 May 2022 19:27:30 GMT

Dear CSM-SCM Members,

The first Mardi médiéval starts Tuesday, 24 May 2022 at 11:25 AM (ET). The zoom codes were sent from csm.scm.conference@gmail.com today to members who have registered. If you registered but did not receive the codes, please check your spam box.

Marc B. Cels, President

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Chers membres du CSM-SCM,

Le premier Mardi médiéval commence mardi 24 mai 2022 à 11:25 AM (ET). Les codes de Zoom ont été envoyés par csm.scm.conference@gmail.com aujourd'hui aux membres qui se sont inscrits. Si vous vous êtes inscrit mais n'avez pas reçu les codes, veuillez vérifier votre boîte de courrier indésirable.

Marc B. Cels, Président

Register for Mardis Médiévaux! Inscrivez-vous aux Mardis Médiévaux!

Siobhain Calkin — Fri, 13 May 2022 20:20:45 GMT

“Mardis Médiévaux” is happening on Zoom on May 24 and 31, and June 7 and 14,but you need to register to get the Zoom Codes! Registration is free for Members: just send an e-mail to csm.scm.conference@gmail.com by May 17! For the full programme, see: https://www.canadianmedievalists.org/resources/2022%20Mardis%20medievaux%20Program.pdf.

"Mardis Médiévaux" se déroule sur Zoom les 24 et 31 mai et les 7 et 14 juin, mais vous devez vous inscrire pour recevoir les codes de Zoom! L'inscription est gratuite pour les membres de la SCM: Envoyez un courriel pour vous inscrire à csm.scm.conference@gmail.com. avant le 17 mai! Le programme complet est disponible ici : https://www.canadianmedievalists.org/resources/2022%20Mardis%20medievaux%20Program.pdf

Announcing the Death of Professor Alicia McKenzie

Siobhain Calkin — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 20:36:36 GMT

The Canadian Society of Medievalists is saddened to announce the passing of Alicia McKenzie, a gifted teacher, generous colleague, and friend to many members who knew her from her work at Wilfred Laurier University and her earlier studies at the University of Toronto. Alicia passed away on Saturday morning after being unwell for the past few months. You can read her obituary and offer condolences on the website for Logan-Evans Funeral home here:

http://www.logan-evans.ca/obituaries/161704

Her family has also set-up a GoFundMe page to establish a scholarship at Laurier, where she worked for many years.

Announcing the Death of Professor Frances Beer

Siobhain Calkin — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 17:32:06 GMT

We are sorry to announce the passing of Professor Frances Beer, who taught for many years at York University/Atkinson College. Click here for her obituary and funeral details.

Nous avons le regret d'annoncer le décès de la professeure Frances Beer, qui a enseigné pendant de nombreuses années à l'Université de York/Atkinson College. Cliquez ici pour sa nécrologie et les détails des funérailles.

Mardis Médiévaux Programme!

Siobhain Calkin — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 20:23:36 GMT

Dear Members / Cher.e.s membres,

La programme pour nos Mardis Médiévaux 2022 est maintenant disponible! Cliquez ici

Click here to check out the Programme for Mardis Médiévaux! 2022

Highlights / Points forts:

Tuesday 24 May / mardi le 24 mai 2022:

Keynote Address by Jonathan Hsy, George Washington University, “Disability Justice Meets Medieval Studies: Life Writing and Social Change”
Round Table: Neurodiversity in Medieval Studies
A Talking Circle on Indigeneity in Medieval Studies: In Honour of Lee Maracle (Speakers and Repsondents: Tarren Andrews, Cord J. Whitaker, Sarah-Nelle Jackson, Sarah LaVoy, Brian Gillis, Suzanne Conklin Akbari, Carmen Miedema, Douglas Hayes, Lehua Yim)

Tuesday 31 May / mardi le 31 mai 2022:

plenary address by Past President Dominic Marnier, University of Guelph, "The Puiset Bible (Durham Cathedral Library MS A.II.1): Images and Contexts"

Tuesday 7 June /mardi le 7 juin 2022

plenary address by Past President, Kathy Cawsey, Dalhousie University, "The Grammar of Rape”

Tuesday 14 June / mardi le 14 juin 2022

Annual General Meeting and presentation of 2022 Dissertation and Book Prizes / Assemblée générale annuelle et présentations de nos prix (thèse de doctorat et livre)

Alexander the Great in Hebrew translations lecture April 7 from Carleton (Zoom)

Siobhain Calkin — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 12:19:17 GMT

Carleton University is hosting a lecture by Professor Ruth Nisse, entitled "Alexander the Great's Jewish Scribe: Translation and Transgression" on Thursday April 7, 2022 at 7pm EDT (via Zoom). To attend, email Registration.Jewish.Studies@carleton.ca to get the Zoom link. For more information, see https://carleton.ca/jewishstudies/cu-events/2022-04-07-ruthnisse/ All are welcome.

Announcing Ann Marie Rasmussen’s New Book! Medieval Badges: Their Wearers and Their Worlds

Siobhain Calkin — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 19:37:47 GMT

Announcing publication of Ann Marie Rasmussen’s Medieval Badges: Their Wearers and Their Worlds (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021).

Medieval badges are small, brooch-like objects featuring an image or symbol that was widely familiar in the High and late Middle Ages (ca. 1150-1500 C.E.). Largely mass-produced from tin-lead alloys, over 20,000 medieval badges have survived into our times. In this book, I consider all medieval badges, whether they originated in religious or secular contexts, and highlight the different ways badges could confer meaning and identity on their wearers. Interdisciplinary in approach, and sumptuously illustrated with more than 115 color and black-and-white images, Medieval Badges introduces badges in all their variety and uses.

"The book offers a thorough introduction to medieval badges that is both a solid work of scholarship and a joy to read."—Jennifer Lee, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

“Ann Marie Rasmussen offers a new approach to her subject, combining archaeological and literary sources in a way that has not been done before. Her understanding of the nature of medieval badges is profound and well argued.”— Michael Andersen, National Museum of Denmark

le 26 mars: Disputatio Montis regii (SEMQ)

Siobhain Calkin — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 21:38:49 GMT

XXe colloque annuel de la Société des études médiévales du Québec (SEMQ) à l'Université de Montréal. 20th annual colloquium of the SEMQ. For the programme PDF, please e-mail siobhain.calkin@carleton.ca

Mar. 12 / le 12 mars Colloque U de Montréal: Le Moyen Age en récits

Siobhain Calkin — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 15:55:14 GMT

Vous êtes cordialement invités à assister au colloque Le Moyen Âge en récits. Altérations, brouillages, remaniements qui se tiendra à l’Université de Montréal le 12 mars et dont le programme se trouve ici: http://figura.uqam.ca/actualites/le-moyen-age-en-recits-alterations-brouillages-remaniements. Toute la journée se déroulera en mode hybride, au C-3061 du Carrefour des arts et des sciences et parallèlement sur zoom ici : https://umontreal.zoom.us/j/89186077318?pwd=anZrcjBITk5Pd2Q5SGowd1Z6bHNmZz09.

New! Check out our Member Research Blog

Siobhain Calkin — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 23:46:27 GMT

Thank you to Hannah Kirby Wood, our first featured research project blogger! Read about her work on poverty at: https://www.canadianmedievalists.org/Member-Projects

March 4 Christine de Pizan presentation and respondents

Siobhain Calkin — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 21:40:10 GMT

Friday, March 4, 10am-12noon EST; 7-9am PST

Simona Vucu (U. Toronto) « Christine de Pizan on the Moral and Epistemic Harms of Slander » in Opening Discussions - An Online Conference (Extending New Narratives), Simon Fraser University (BC), with responses by discussants: Geneviève Barrette (Collège Ahuntsic), and Michaela Manson (University of Toronto)

For more details, see: https://www.newnarrativesinphilosophy.net/conferences.html

registration : hopin.com/events/extendingnewnarratives/registration

Le 14 et 21 février, Colloquia Quebecensis Séances (Virtuelles; Université Laval)

Siobhain Calkin — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 21:56:32 GMT

LES COLLOQUIA QUEBECENSIA DU LAPAM (LABORATOIRE DE PHILOSOPHIE ANCIENNE ET MÉDIÉVALE), FACULTÉ DE PHILOSOPHIE, UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL)
HIVER 2022

Séance (virtuelle) 1
Lundi 14 février de 10h à 11h30
Antoine CÔTÉ, Professeur de philosophie médiévale et Directeur, Département de philosophie, Université d’Ottawa:"Les maîtres ès arts face au défi de la noétique de Durand de Saint-Pourçain : le cas de Maino de Milan"

Séance (virtuelle) 2
Lundi 21 février de 10h à 11h30
Olivier BOULNOIS, Directeur d’études à l’École Pratique des Hautes Études (Paris), Membre du Laboratoire d’études sur les Monothéismes: "À la recherche de la liberté"

Séance (virtuelle) 3
Lundi 14 mars de 10h à 11h30
Kristell TREGO, Maître de conférences en philosophie médiévale à l’Université Clermont Auvergne: "La fin et l'intention de l'agent, d'Avicenne à Duns Scot"

Événement organisé avec la participation de l’Institut d’études anciennes et médiévales de l’Université Laval

Les conférences se déroulent via Zoom, durent 90 minutes, période de questions incluse, et commencent à 10h HNE (du Canada et des États-Unis).

Pour y assister et obtenir le lien Zoom, il suffit de vous inscrire auprès de Claude Lafleur (Claude.Lafleur@fp.ulaval.ca)

le 4 février Séminaire La chose publique: L'église comme espace publique

Siobhain Calkin — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 13:02:33 GMT

Bonjour à toutes et à tous,

Nous vous rappelons que la prochaine séance du séminaire en ligne La chose publique aura lieu demain, vendredi 4 février.

VERSION FRANÇAISE

ENGLISH FOLLOWS

Chers amis et collègues,

Merci à tous ceux qui sont venus à la deuxième session de notre séminaire 'La chose publique' le 21 janvier : vos contributions à la définition des nombreux usages antiques et médiévaux des termes publicus, communis et privatus ont été très enrichissantes !

Pour ceux qui n'ont pas pu venir mais qui souhaitent connaître les résultats de la discussion, vous trouverez ici le lien vers l'enregistrement de notre réunion.

Quant à notre prochaine session, qui aura lieu le vendredi 4 février 2022 à 10h00 (Canada)/16h00 (Europe centrale), nous avons le plaisir de vous inviter à écouter Alain Rauwel (Université de Bourgogne), qui interviendra sur le thème L'Église comme espace public. Le lien vers le séminaire sera toujours le même. Nous nous réjouissons de vous y voir nombreux !

Nous avons également ajouté de très belles nouvelles séances à notre séminaire : vous pouvez trouver le programme mis à jour sur ce lien. Comme toujours, n'hésitez pas à faire circuler le programme dans vos réseaux et à dire aux collègues ou étudiants intéressés de nous contacter s'ils souhaitent obtenir le lien Zoom pour nous rejoindre.

Bien à vous,

Lidia & Piroska

ENGLISH VERSION

Dear All,

Thank you to all who came to the second session of our seminar 'The Public'/'La chose publique' on the 21st of January: your contributions to the definition of the many ancient and medieval uses of the terms publicus, communis and privatus were really enriching!

For those who could not make it but are interested in hearing what was discuss, here you can find the link to the recording of our meeting.

As for our next session, which will take place on Friday 4th February 2022 at 10am (ET)/4pm (CET), we are delighted to invite you to hear Alain Rauwel (Université de Bourgogne), who will present the paper L’Église comme espace public. The link to access the seminar is still the same. We look forward to seeing many of you there!

We have also added some exciting new sessions to our seminar: you can find the updated programme at this link. As always, feel free to circulate the programme among your networks and tell interested colleagues or students to contact us should they wish to obtain the Zoom link to join us.

Best,

Lidia & Piroska

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Congratulations to Brenna Duperron!

Siobhain Calkin — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 20:36:29 GMT

Congratulations to Brenna Duperron, a Ph.D candidate at Dalhousie University, who just won the Medieval Academy of America's Van Courtland Elliott Prize for "Ghostly Consciousness in The Book of Margery Kempe,” English Language Notes 58 (2020), 121-135. The prize is awarded for a first article published in the field of medieval studies. Well done Brenna!

Labarge Book Prize Deadline: February 1, 2022

Siobhain Calkin — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 22:09:16 GMT

The deadline to submit a book published in 2021 for the Society's 2022 Margaret Wade Labarge Prize is February 1st. For submission instructions and eligibility requirements, see https://www.canadianmedievalists.org/Margaret-Wade-Labarge

Les soumissions pour le prix Margaret Wade Labarge doivent être reçues le 1er février, 2022. Ce prix pour un livre exceptionnel sera décerné à un livre publié en 2021. Pour les instructions de soumission et les conditions d'admissibilité, voyez https://www.canadianmedievalists.org/labarge/~fr

Jan. 15 Deadlines / date limite: le 15 janvier

Siobhain Calkin — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 20:23:17 GMT

Remember that proposals for our "Mardis Médiévaux" annual meeting are due Jan. 15, 2022, as are submissions for the Boyle Dissertation Prize!

Souvenez-vous du 15 janvier, 2022! C'est la date limite de soumettre les propositions pour notre rencontre annuelle, "Mardis Médiévaux," et aussi la date limite des soumissions pour notre prix Boyle (thèse de doctorat).

Early Career Research Fellowships at Bodleian Library

Siobhain Calkin — Mon, 08 Nov 2021 20:10:02 GMT

For more information: https://newchaucersociety.org/page/bodleianresearchfellowships

Scottish Charters Exhibition and Launch Event (Nov. 6) at U of Guelph

Siobhain Calkin — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 20:37:28 GMT

(Le français suit) Signed and Sealed: The Rise of the Charter in Medieval Scotland is a free online exhibition organized by the University of Guelph’s Centre for Scottish Studies. It is being launched with some brief talks and a keynote address by CSM Member Cynthia Neville on Nov. 6, 2021, 10-11:30am EDT. To attend the launch and/or the exhibition, sign up at: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/signed-and-sealed-the-rise-of-the-charter-in-medieval-scotland-tickets-174360586207

Signed and Sealed: The Rise of the Charter in Medieval Scotland est une exposition en ligne gratuite organisée par le Centre d'études écossaises de l'Université de Guelph. Le lancement de l'exposition sera accompagné de quelques brèves présentations et d'un discours d'ouverture prononcé par Cynthia Neville, membre de la SCM, le 6 novembre 2021, de 10 h à 11 h 30 HAE. Pour assister au lancement et/ou à l'exposition, inscrivez-vous sur le site : https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/signed-and-sealed-the-rise-of-the-charter-in-medieval-scotland-tickets-174360586207

Atlantic Medieval Association Event Oct. 7

Siobhain Calkin — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 17:10:29 GMT

In lieu of our annual Atlantic Medieval and Early Modern Group conference, I am delighted to announce that we will be hosting Professor Nicholas Terpstra (Univ. of Toronto) for a virtual lecture entitled:

“Race, Gender, and the Politics of Enclosure in Early Modern Siena

7 October 2021 at 4pm (Atlantic)

(Zoom link to be distributed in the days before the talk; please contact rraiswell@upei.ca )

Abstract: In spring 1572, Siena’s military governor had two pressing issues on his plate: getting the Jews of the city and surrounding towns into a ghetto on instructions from Tuscany’s Grand Duke Cosimo I, and enclosing the tertiary nuns of 7 hitherto open convents on instructions from Pope Pius V. Both Jews and nuns hotly resisted these moves. Why were authorities pushing for enclosure, how did the resistance play out, and what explains the very different outcomes in the years following?

Do please join us for what promises to be a very stimulating talk.

I look forwards to seeing everyone online on 7 October—and then again, in person, next autumn.

Sincerely,

Richard Raiswell

Dept. of History,

Univ. of PEI

550 University Ave.,

Charlottetown, PEI

C1A 4P3

rraiswell@upei.ca

Programme de conférences de l'Institut d'études anciennes et médiévales de l'Université Laval (automne 2021)

Siobhain Calkin — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 17:06:00 GMT

Le Séminaire interdisciplinaire de l’Institut d’études anciennes et médiévales

Programmation—Automne 2021*

La plupart des conférences se tiendront sur Zoom (liens à venir)

Vendredi 15 octobre, 15h30-17h30

Tim Whitmarsh, Université de Cambridge, « Lucian and the Philosophico-Religious Criticism »

Vendredi 14 au 16 octobre

Dans le cadre de la Chaire de recherche du Canada en antiquité critique et modernité émergente, de l’IÉAM et du GRANT

Colloque, « L’esprit critique dans l’Antiquité. Renouveau culturel et postures critiques à l’époque impériale et dans l’Antiquité tardive »

Vendredi 5 novembre, 15h30-16h30

Dans le cadre des conférenciers de l’association des études classiques du Canada

Lea Stirling, Université du Manitoba, « Women Real and Imagined in Roman-era North Africa: Graves, Inscriptions, Finds, and Images from Leptiminus (Lamta, Tunisia) »

Vendredi 19 novembre, 15h30-17h30

Alexis Pinchard, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, « Les mots de passe pour l’au-delà dans le contexte orphique et dans les Veda »

Vendredi 26 novembre, 15h30-17h30

Jean-Daniel Dubois, École Pratique des Hautes Études, « Les Actes de Pilate : un nouveau projet d’édition de la version copte »

SSHRCC Knowledge Mobilization Roundtable

Siobhain Calkin — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 19:18:46 GMT

Need ideas about "Knowledge Mobilization" or "Graduate Student Training" for your SSHRCC application? Check out our roundtable recording on those topics for inspiration! Available to CSM members at: https://www.canadianmedievalists.org/page-18135 (log in for access)

Cherchez-vous des idées pour la "mobilisation des connaissances" pour votre application CRSH cet automne? Voyez l'enregistrement de notre table ronde "Knowledge Mobilization? Medieval Studies, Outreach and Teaching"! Disponisble ici pour nos membres (il faut s'identifier pour y accéder sur le site web)

Cycle de Conférences 2021-22 de l'Université de Montréal: "Contamination"

Siobhain Calkin — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 14:08:59 GMT

Le Centre d’études médiévales de l’Université de Montréal reprend ses activités : son cycle de conférences pour l’année 2021-2022 débute le lundi 13 septembre 2021.

Si les directives de la Santé publique le permettent, nous pourrons nous retrouver dès lundi 13 septembre, à 16 heures, dans la grande salle au 3^e étage du Carrefour des arts et des sciences (C-3061), qui offre une bonne distanciation.

Pour celles et ceux qui préféreront participer à distance ou y seront obligés, il suffira de le faire par le biais de la plateforme numérique, en appuyant sur le lien inclus dans le mot Zoom que vous lisez sur l’affiche ci-jointe.

Consultez le programme ici: https://littfra.umontreal.ca/public/FAS/littfra/Images/Evenements/Contamination_2021-2022.pdf

M.J. Toswell Student Presentation Prize Awarded

Siobhain Calkin — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 13:42:25 GMT

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Congratulations to Emma-Catherine Wilson, who has been awarded the 2021 M.J. Toswell Prize for her paper "Medieval Used Books, Bought, Borrowed, and Bequeathed: BL Royal MS 14 E iii and the Dispersal of the French Royal Library," presented at the CSM Medieval Mondays Conference. This prize is awarded for the best student presentation at the CSM annual meeting. Emma-Catherine is currently completing her M.A. in English at the University of Ottawa under the supervision of Professor Andrew Taylor.

Félicitations à Emma-Catherine Wilson, qui remporte le prix M. J. Toswell 2021 pour sa présentation «Medieval Used Books, Bought, Borrowed, and Bequeathed: BL Royal MS 14 E iii and the Dispersal of the French Royal Library », faite lors des Lundis Médiévaux 2021 de la SCM. Ce prix reconnaît la meilleure présentation par un.e. étudiant.e de troisième cycle à la rencontre annuelle de la SCM. Emma-Catherine termine actuellement sa maîtrise en anglais à l'Université d'Ottawa sous la direction du professeur Andrew Taylor.

CARMEN online meeting 3-5 Sept 2021 Free registration

Marc Cels — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 19:14:41 GMT

The Medieval Academy of America is sponsoring this fall's meeting of CARMEN: The Worldwide Medieval Network.

You still have time to register!

Join us on 3-5 September for the 2021 CARMEN meeting,

"The Middle Ages in the Americas,"

co-hosted online by the Medieval Academy of America and

the Harvard University Committee on Medieval Studies.

The theme for this year’s CARMEN meeting highlights the North American venue, and is meant to encourage scholarly conversation on the rich history of Medieval Studies in the Western hemisphere as well as the myriad ways in which “the medieval” has been portrayed and appropriated within the art, architecture, literature, and popular culture of the Americas. Plenary lectures will be delivered by Cord Whitaker (Wellesley College) and Laura Cleaver (School of Advanced Studies, University of London).

The Program and free registration are available here:

https://arc-humanities.org/carmen/annual-meeting/

Medieval devotional objects on exhibit at the Art Gallery of Ontario

Marc Cels — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 23:01:16 GMT

Medieval devotional objects are on exhibit at Toronto's Art Gallery of Ontario. Read about in this recent article:

https://www.catholicregister.org/features/arts/item/33385-medieval-prayer-comes-alive-at-ago-exhibit

Aug. 25 3:30pm (EDT) Knowledge Mobilization Zoom Roundtable (Reprise)

Siobhain Calkin — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 18:57:01 GMT

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Feedback from CSM members at Medieval Mondays this year indicated that members appreciated the opportunity to attend, and participate in, roundtables devoted to shared professional challenges that cross our various disciplines. Accordingly, the Executive Committee has decided to arrange more such presentations in online formats and to record these to host on a separate web page within the members only section of our website (https://www.canadianmedievalists.org/).

For a first effort, President Marc Cels, asked if we might record the Roundtable “Knowledge Mobilization? Medieval Studies Research, Outreach, and Teaching in Multicultural Canada” from this year’s Medieval Mondays. The various members involved have all agreed to re-create that roundtable live on a recorded Zoom meeting and also to invite anyone interested to attend and participate in the discussion, as at Medieval Mondays.

This reprise recording will take place Weds Aug. 25 at 3:30pm (EDT), 5pm (NFLD time) and 1: 30pm (MDT). If you are interested in attending, please contact Siobhain Bly Calkin at siobhain.calkin@carleton.ca for the Zoom coordinates by 5pm TUES. AUG. 24. The list of topics and speakers is below. The presentations run about 45-50 minutes in total and 30-40 minutes of time has been added on to that to allow for discussion with the audience.

If you have any ideas or suggestions for the topics of future roundtables, please e-mail them to Marc (marcc@athabascau.ca) or Siobhain (siobhain.calkin@carleton.ca).

Program:

Aug. 25 (3:30pm EDT)

Knowledge Mobilization? Medieval Studies Research, Outreach, and Teaching in Multicultural Canada

(e-mail siobhain.calkin@carleton.ca for Zoom invitation)

1. “Mobilizing ‘Knowledge Mobilization’: Research, Outreach, and Graduate Student Training” Siobhain Bly Calkin

2. “Beyond the Classroom: Bringing a Medieval Scriptorium to Life at Medieval Fairs in Canada” Danielle Taylor

3. “Writing-Quests: Using Medieval Quest-best Learning in Introductory Writing Courses” Kathryn Walton

4. "Bringing the Middle Ages Out West: Knowledge Mobilization and Medieval Studies." Brandon Alakas

5. “Gothic Architecture: Engaging the Public via Formal Tours of a ‘Medieval-like’ Anglican Cathedral (late 19th c.) in St. John’s, Newfoundland/Labrador” Kevin McAleese

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Chers/chères membres de la SCM,

Les commentaires des membres de la SCM qui ont participé aux Lundis Médiévaux ce juin ont indiqué que les membres ont apprécié l’opportunité d’assister et de participer à des tables rondes consacrées aux défis professionnels communs qui traversent nos différentes disciplines. Donc, le comité exécutif a décidé d’organiser quelques présentations de ce type en ligne et de les enregistrer pour les héberger sur une page web dans la section reservée aux membres de notre site web (https://www.canadianmedievalists.org/).

Pour un premier effort, notre président Marc Cels a demandé si nous pouvions enregistrer la table ronde du 14 juin 2021,“Knowledge Mobilization? Medieval Studies Research, Outreach, and Teaching in Multicultural Canada.” Les différent.e.s membres impliqué.e.s ont tous accepté de recréer cette table ronde en direct sur une réunion Zoom enregistrée et aussi d’inviter toute personne intéressée à assister et participer à la discussion qui suivra.

Cette reprise d’enregistrement aura lieu le mercredi 25 août à 15h30h (EDT) / 17h (heure TN) / 13h30 (MDT). Si vous souhaitez y assister, veuillez envoyer un courriel à Siobhain Bly Calkin (siobhain.calkin@carleton.ca) pour obtenir les coordonnées Zoom avant 17h00 le mardi 24 août. La liste des présentations se trouve ci-dessous. Les présentations durent environ 45-50 minutes, et il y aura 30-40 minutes pour permettre une discussion après les présentations.

Si vous avez des idées ou des suggestions pour les sujets des autres tables rondes sur les questions professionnelles, s’il vous plait envoyez-les par courriel à Marc (marcc@athabascau.ca) ou Siobhain (siobhain.calkin@carleton.ca).

Merci beaucoup!

Siobhain (Vice-Présidente, CSM /SCM)

Programme:

25 août (15:30h EDT)

Knowledge Mobilization? Medieval Studies Research, Outreach, and Teaching in Multicultural Canada

(envoyez un courriel à siobhain.calkin@carleton.ca pour obtenir les coordonnées Zoom)

1. “Mobilizing ‘Knowledge Mobilization’: Research, Outreach, and Graduate Student Training” Siobhain Bly Calkin

2. “Beyond the Classroom: Bringing a Medieval Scriptorium to Life at Medieval Fairs in Canada” Danielle Taylor

3. “Writing-Quests: Using Medieval Quest-best Learning in Introductory Writing Courses” Kathryn Walton

4. "Bringing the Middle Ages Out West: Knowledge Mobilization and Medieval Studies." Brandon Alakas

5. “Gothic Architecture: Engaging the Public via Formal Tours of a ‘Medieval-like’ Anglican Cathedral (late 19th c.) in St. John’s, Newfoundland/Labrador” Kevin McAleese

Congratulations to Dr. Amélie Marineau-Pelletier, Winner of the 2021 Boyle Dissertation Prize

Siobhain Calkin — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 15:42:33 GMT

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Congratulations to Dr. Amélie Marineau-Pelletier, who has won the 2021 Leonard Boyle Prize for her Dissertation Écrire, traduire et conserver les lettres missives à Metz: enjeux documentaires et domination sociale des paraiges (XIVe-XVIe siècles), co-supervised by Dr. Kouky Fianu (Université d’Ottawa) and Dr. Pierre Monet (École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris).

Citation: Amélie Marineau-Pelletier’s substantial dissertation proposes an in-depth study of an underutilized body of letters from the medieval archives of Metz. With the deft use of database, analytical and mapping software, Marineau-Pelletier approaches her sources from the perspectives of anthropology and sociology to investigate the production of social space and power through the act of writing. Her careful analysis of the primary material benefits from a solid theoretical framework. The ease with which Marineau-Pelletier moves from one discourse to another is exceptional and bears witness to her maturity as a solid researcher, as does her use of secondary sources in multiple languages. Without any doubt, the overall quality of the dissertation makes it an important contribution to the history of pragmatic literacy and should readily be published.

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Félicitations à Amélie Marineau-Pelletier, qui a remporté le prix Leonard Boyle 2021 pour sa thèse de doctorat, Écrire, traduire et conserver les lettres missives à Metz: enjeux documentaires et domination sociale des paraiges (XIVe-XVIe siècles), dirigée par les professeurs Kouky Fianu (Université d’Ottawa) et Pierre Monet (École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris).

Éloge: L’impressionnante thèse d’Amélie Marineau-Pelletier présente l’étude approfondie d’une collection de lettres médiévales inédites conservées aux archives municipales de Metz et jusqu’ici négligées par les historien.ne.s. Dans une perspective anthropologique et sociologique, Mme Marineau-Pelletier utilise adroitement les outils numériques (base de données, SIG et textométrie) pour étudier la manière dont l’acte d’écrire permettait la création d’un espace social et de pouvoir. L’analyse soignée de la documentation alimente un solide cadre théorique. La facilité avec laquelle Mme Marineau-Pelletier passe d’un discours à un autre est remarquable et témoigne d’une assurance que l’on voit d’habitude dans les travaux de médiévistes beaucoup plus expérimentés. Sa maîtrise d’une bibliographie écrite en plusieurs langues est également impressionnante. Il ne fait pas de doute que la haute qualité de cette thèse fait d’elle une contribution importante à l’histoire de l’écrit pragmatique et mérite une publication rapide.

Job Posting at UBC: Assistant Professor of Teaching (Pre-1500 Global History)

Marc Cels — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 16:36:09 GMT

Please see the link to this job posting: https://www.universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?job_id=53967

New Director and CEO of the Aga Khan Museum: Ulrike Al-Khamis

Marc Cels — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 23:09:48 GMT

On 6 July 2021, The Aga Khan Museum of Toronto announced the appointment of Dr. Ulrike Al-Khamis to the position of Director and Chief Executive Officer. Read more at the museum's website.

Congratulations to Dr. John Osborne, Winner of the 2021 Labarge Prize

Siobhain Calkin — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 16:57:06 GMT

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Congratulations to Dr. John Osborne, Professor Emeritus at Carleton University who was awarded the 2021 Labarge Prize for his monograph, Rome in the Eighth Century: A History in Art (Cambridge University Press, 2020)!

Citation: In an incisive and synthetic study, John Osborne invites readers to reconsider the history of Rome in the eighth century, arguing that what has long been considered a fallow period was in fact a dynamic, vibrant one, and arguably one of the most consequential in all of Roman history. To do so, he has developed an innovative, interdisciplinary methodology that, inter alia, confirms further the autonomy of material culture as historical evidence. Using art, artifact, and archaeology as historical documents, Osborne constructs a portrait of a city that was in the process of renegotiating its identity in a cultural borderland between the Greek East and the Latin West, a city becoming “Roman” again, but a different kind of “Roman” than before. For example, Osborne offers a particularly insightful assessment of the ruling elite, characterizing them not as a Greek elite replaced by Romans, but as the existing elite reinventing themselves as distinctly Roman. He also uses art and architecture to chronicle the process of Rome becoming a “city of the Church,” situated consciously as the centre of Christendom. Like the tesserae of the mosaics he describes, Osborne’s individual analyses are beautiful on their own, but taken together, they offer a broad and nuanced view of Rome and its place in the global medieval worldview. Throughout, this study also encourages readers to ask broad, complex questions about what “Rome” and “Roman” really meant in the Middle Ages. Finally, we would like to recognize that this book, in its conception and execution, reflects the interdisciplinary ethos that has come to define Canadian medieval studies.

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Félicitations à Dr John Osborne, Professeur émérite de l’université Carleton qui a remporté le prix Margaret Wade Labarge 2021 pour son livre Rome in the Eighth Century: A History in Art (Cambridge University Press, 2020)!

L’éloge du comité du prix: Avec son étude approfondie et sagace, John Osborne invite ses lecteurs à reconsidérer l’histoire de Rome au huitième siècle. Il affirme que ce siècle n’était pas une période en jachère, mais plutôt une période dynamique, vivace, et primordiale dans l’histoire de la cité. Afin d’appuyer cette nouvelle interprétation du huitième siècle, il développe une méthodologie innovante et interdisciplinaire qui, de plus, souligne l’autonomie de la culture matérielle comme preuve historique. Osborne tient compte de l’art, les artéfacts, et l’archéologie comme les documents historiques, et dresse ainsi un tableau d’une ville en train de renégocier son identité à la frontière entre l’Est grec et l’Ouest latin, une ville en train de redevenir « romain », mais « romain » d’une autre manière qu’auparavant. Par exemple, Osborne nous présente une interprétation innovatrice de l’élite dirigeante. Ce groupe, il dit, n’était pas une élite grecque remplacée par une élite romaine, mais plutôt une élite qui se caractérise nouvellement et nettement comme romain à cette époque. À travers l’art et l’architecture de Rome, Osborne explique aussi comment Rome est devenu une « ville de l’Église » qui se situe sciemment comme le centre de la chrétienté. Comme les tesserae des mosaïques qu’il décrit, les analyses présentées par Osborne sont individuellement belles, mais ensemble elles offrent une vision large et complexe de Rome et de sa place dans le monde médiéval. Rome in the Eighth Century invite aux lecteurs de réfléchir sur les significations compliquées de « Rome » et « Romain » qui circulaient durant le Moyen Âge. Finalement, la conception et la réalisation de ce livre reflètent la philosophie interdisciplinaire qui marque les études médiévales au Canada.

Early Career Essay Prize from _Arthurian Literature_

K. Whetter — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 14:44:26 GMT

Arthurian Literature is pleased to announce an early career essay prize: the Derek Brewer Essay Prize, offered in memory of the distinguished medievalist and founder of the D.S. Brewer publishing imprint, part of Boydell and Brewer Ltd. Candidates for the Prize are normally expected to be either doctoral students in a recognised institution of Higher Learning, or within two years of having completed a doctorate (from the date the degree was awarded). The Prize will be awarded annually for an as-yet unpublished scholarly paper based upon original research on an Arthurian topic within the broad remit of Arthurian Literature. Details are available here: https://dhjhkxawhe8q4.cloudfront.net/boydell-and-brewer-wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/22082135/Derek-Brewer-Prize.pdf

Job Posting: Assistant Professor, History of Medieval Christianity, Princeton Theological Seminary

Brandon Alakas — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:18:19 GMT

PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
POSITION DESCRIPTION
Assistant Professor, History of Medieval Christianity

Princeton Theological Seminary invites applications for a tenure-track position in the History of Medieval Christianity. The research and publication specialization is open. We invite applications from scholars who work on medieval Christianity’s theological, cultural, and social aspects. Candidates must be prepared to teach an introductory survey course on early and medieval church history. Ability and/or experience in teaching courses on the varieties of medieval Christianity beyond Europe, and on the interactions among Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the middle ages is desirable.

The successful candidate will teach in all of the Seminary’s degree programs (M.Div., M.A.C.E.F., M.A.T.S., Th.M., and Ph.D.), pursue an active scholarly research agenda, and participate in the life of the Seminary. As Princeton Theological Seminary is related to the Presbyterian Church (USA), faculty members are expected to work constructively within an ecumenical ethos informed by the Reformed Tradition. Women and candidates from underrepresented communities are especially encouraged to apply.

A letter of interest and curriculum vitae (including bibliography) should be uploaded to the online application site at: https://tns-apps.ptsem.edu/FacultyApplicationMedieval/. The appointment is expected to commence July 1, 2022. Review of applications will begin September 15, 2021.

Those wishing to nominate others for this position are invited to contact Jacqueline Lapsley, Dean of Academic Affairs, at academic.dean@ptsem.edu.

Princeton Theological Seminary is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

CFP: Conference on the Ancient Novel (ICAN VI)

Meredith Bacola — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 14:16:24 GMT

The Sixth International Conference on the Ancient Novel (ICAN VI), with the theme ‘Roads less travelled’, will take place from 21st to 24th September 2022 and will be hosted in hybrid form, both in Ghent (Belgium) and online.

Proposals are hereby invited for papers and panels. The conference is open to all areas of study related to the ancient novel.

If you wish to present a paper or panel at ICAN VI, you are requested to submit an anonymized abstract with a maximum of 400 words. The deadline for abstract submission is 30^th November 2021.

Further information and submission guidelines can be found at https://www.novelsaints.ugent.be/call-papers-ican-vi.

Online Medieval Cookery Course 28 June to 2 July 2021

Marc Cels — Thu, 03 Jun 2021 21:33:24 GMT

Greetings from Newcastle in England!

I am forwarding this to you in case your members are interested. Dr Giles Gasper studied medieval theology at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies in Toronto in 2013. He is a post doctoral fellow in theology and organises these medieval courses with us at Blackfriars restaurant. This is our 4^th course now.

Medieval cookery course is fit for a king using original recipes held at Durham University

An interactive five-day online medieval cookery course with recipes from the Forme of Cury, the most famous English cookbook of the Middle Ages, is being hosted by Blackfriars Restaurant in Newcastle in collaboration with Durham University's Institute of Medieval & Early Modern Studies (IMEMS).

Eat Medieval: Fit for a King will take place from 28 June to 2 July and the recipes in the book are associated with the court of King Richard II, and one 15th century copy still survives here in the North East in Durham University library. The chefs at Blackfriars will delve deep into this fascinating collection of recipes on meat, fish and game as well as vegetables, pottage, and sweet dishes and breathe new life into them.

Participants will be shown how to cook medieval pancakes, Egarduce (sweet and sour fish), Flaumpeyns (a wonderful variant on Pork Pie) and Comadore (apple turnover) as well as recipes from the Catalan Sent Sovi collection, from the same period, with Stuffed Octopus and a medieval form of Creme Catalan.

They will be able to take the original recipes and present them with the help of Blackfriars chefs for the modern palate and will be introduced to the historical period as well through films, podcasts explaining the period, the history, and how medieval people lived. They can also take part in live Q&A sessions and a lively Facebook group to show-off your own creations.

Steeped in history and working with the best of modern cuisine, Blackfriars Restaurant is located in a 13^th-century former Dominican friary and is believed to be the oldest purpose-built restaurant in the UK, making it a fitting venue for the course.

Andy Hook, owner of Blackfriars said: “The Forme of Cury really is the original cookbook, it’s the earliest English collection of recipes we know so we’re are beyond delighted to present these on what we hope will be our biggest and best Eat Medieval course so far."

Dr Giles Gasper, professor of Medieval History at Durham said: "This is a wonderful opportunity to explore medieval food and culture and really brings together all of the team - history, music, literature and of course cooking - all in accessible and welcoming formats. I love working with the participants and look forward very much to this course! And we also have a 15th century copy of Forme of Cury at Durham - so this will be from the original".

This is the fourth course held between Blackfriars and Durham University’s IMEMS.

Once participants have bought a ticket they will be emailed a code to unlock their shopping list, the recipes, pre-recorded films from chefs and scholars, as well as suggested reading and other online resources which will be available throughout.

The 5-day course costs £125 and is available to purchase here https://bit.ly/3w0uqWl

More information can also be seen at www.eatmedieval.com

Sam Hook

Marketing Director | Hooked on Group

Spatz Chair in Jewish Studies - Dalhousie University

Kathy Cawsey — Mon, 17 May 2021 11:45:17 GMT

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Dalhousie University invites
applications for The Simon and Riva Spatz Chair in Jewish Studies. This
appointment will be a tenured position at the rank of Associate or Full Professor.
The successful candidate should be an exceptional scholar of international
reputation, with a proven track-record suitable to a Research Chair at a major
university.
The Chair is inclusive of scholars from a wide variety of arts, humanities, and
social science backgrounds. Dalhousie welcomes applications from scholars
engaged in teaching and research related to Classical Judaism; Jewish
Philosophy and Thought; Jewish History and Social Sciences; Jewish Cultures,
Languages, and Literatures; Judaism and the performing and visual arts;
Holocaust studies; or contemporary Middle Eastern politics. Candidates are
expected to have broad expertise and documented research and teaching
experience in several areas and/or historical periods treated within Jewish
Studies, as well as a working knowledge of the primary languages within Jewish
Studies, especially Hebrew.
The Spatz Chair in Jewish Studies is intended to bring a distinguished scholar
to Halifax to share their expertise with students and faculty at Dalhousie
University, with the closely-affiliated University of King's College, and with
members of the broader Halifax community; to lead new initiatives in the field
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of Jewish Studies at Dalhousie and beyond; and to foster excellence in research, teaching, and outreach in the field.
The Spatz Chair in Jewish Studies will teach two 3-credit-hour courses per year in their home unit (normally, one each in the Fall and Winter terms, to include both introductory and more specialized courses in their field of expertise); give at least one public talk in each of the two terms; and participate in community outreach and knowledge mobilization. As a Research Chair, they will engage in a rigorous research program as appropriate to their discipline and fields of study. The Spatz Chair will also be expected to initiate and be involved in cross-faculty initiatives at the university and to coordinate projects across academic and non-academic sectors. Building on existing academic units including the Religious Studies program and the Minor in Abrahamic Religions, as well as faculty members' interests and current courses, the Chair will work towards establishing a robust program in Jewish Studies at Dalhousie University.
Dalhousie University is currently engaged in numerous fruitful collaborations with the Jewish community, including among others the annual Shaar Shalom Lecture. The Spatz Chair in Jewish Studies will be expected to contribute to planning for these and related initiatives.
The start date is negotiable between July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2022.
Dalhousie University is committed to fostering a collegial culture grounded in diversity and inclusiveness. The university encourages applications from Indigenous persons, persons with a disability, racially visible persons, women, persons of a minority sexual orientation and/or gender identity, and all candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our community. For more information, please visit this link.
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All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
Candidates who wish to apply for this position should do so through this link by June 7, 2021. Link: https://dal.peopleadmin.ca/postings/5868
A complete application package for this position will include:
 a cover letter
 a detailed curriculum vitae
 a two-page research statement
 a two-page statement on the proposed research and teaching program for the Spatz Chair in Jewish Studies
 the names and contact information for three referees.
Applicants are encouraged to include, in their cover letter, an explanation of the impact that any career interruptions may have had on their record of research achievement.
Dalhousie University recognizes its obligation to accommodate candidates in order to ensure full, fair, and equitable participation in the hiring process. Our complete Accommodation Policy can be viewed online at: www.dal.ca/policies.
For further information about this position, or to request accommodation at any stage of the hiring process, please contact Laura Godsoe at laura.godsoe@dal.ca.
For academic-related questions please contact Professor Yuri Leving, Chair of the Search Committee for The Simon and Riva Spatz Visiting Chair in Jewish Studies at yleving@dal.ca.

UTP Panel: The Decameron in Perspective

Marc Cels — Wed, 05 May 2021 17:06:35 GMT

Date: Wednesday, May 12

Time: 12 Noon EST

Join University of Toronto Press for a special panel discussion as we celebrate the launch of three new books in the Lectura Boccaccii series organized by the American Boccaccio Association.

The event features Kristina Olson, President of the American Boccaccio Association, in conversation with:

Michael Sherberg, editor of The Decameron Fourth Day in Perspective
David Lummus, editor of The Decameron Sixth Day in Perspective
William Robins, editor of The Decameron Eighth Day in Perspective.
More info and registration link here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QQo0LPxFSN2JSYX0faqk2w

Lecture on Latin American Colonial Scholasticism (U of Ottawa Apr. 16 10am Eastern)

Siobhain Calkin — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 18:54:23 GMT

Last Colloquia Ottaviensia 2021 conference on Friday, April 16 at 10:00 am (Eastern Time):

Roberto Hofmeister Pich (PUCRS, Porto Alegre),

“Latin American Colonial Scholasticism: Some Major Topics in Practical Philosophy”

Résumé | Abstract

The presentation will focus on key contributions in the area of practical philosophy by thinkers belonging to the period of what is known as Colonial Scholasticism (scholastica colonialis). The main themes I will cover are: 1) natural rights, 2) the new "ius gentium" and the theory of conflict / war (Francisco de Vitoria, Domingo de Soto, Bartolome de Las Casas, Alonso de Veracruz, Jose de Acosta), and 3) debates pertaining to the question of slavery, particularly black slavery, with special attention to such authors as Thomas de Mercado, Luis de Molina, Diego de Avendano, Alonso de Sandoval, and the largely unknown Capuchins Epifanio de Moirans and Francisco Jose de Jaca. I will also briefly touch on the question of "restitutio".

Lien Zoom:

https://zoom.us/j/96095395443?pwd=ZGcrWkRseDYwMnFJZXpHakh0N2ZCZz09

Au plaisir de vous y voir | Looking forward to see you

Medieval Mondays Online 7, 14, 21 & 28 June 2021: Program

Marc Cels — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 16:55:29 GMT

2021 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Medievalists

2021 Rencontre annuelle de la Société canadienne des médiévistes

Medieval Mondays: 7, 14, 21, and 28 June via Zoom

Visit the Conference webpage here.
Download the program here.

Medieval Mondays Online: 7, 14, 21 & 28 June 2021: Registration Informtion

Marc Cels — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 16:45:58 GMT

2021 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Medievalists

2021 Rencontre annuelle de la Société canadienne des médiévistes

Medieval Mondays: 7, 14, 21, and 28 June 2021 via Zoom

Monday 7 June: 11:50 AM to 4:00 PM Eastern Time (ET)

With a keynote address by Shannon McSheffrey, Concordia University, Montreal:

“Belonging and Not Belonging: The Immigrant Experience in Early Tudor London”

Monday 14 June: 12:00 Noon to 3:15 PM (ET)

Monday 21 June: 12:00 Noon to 3:30 PM (ET)

Including the Annual General Meeting

Monday 28 June: 12:00 Noon to 4:00 PM (ET)

St. Isidore, Patron of the Internet

Registration Fee: Free for 2020-21 members of the CSM/SCM. Please visit the Society’s website (https://canadianmedievalists.org/join-us) to join, check your membership status by logging in, or to renew. Regular membership is CND$ 57.00, Retired/Unwaged $42.00, and Students $37.00. Membership includes subscription the journal Florilegium.

Registration Deadline: May 31 2021. After you’ve confirmed your membership in the Society, please register by sending an email to csm.scm.conference2021@gmail.com

Zoom access codes will be sent out the first week of June to the email address that you used to register.

Medieval Mondays Program: 2021 Medieval Mondays Program

2021 Annual General Meeting Agenda: To be posted mid-May on the Society website: https://www.canadianmedievalists.org/AGM-Minutes

2021 Virtual Conference Committee: Marc B. Cels, Chair (marcc@athabascau.ca), Kenneth Duggan, John Geck (MUN), Andrew Klein (St. Thomas), Eric Kwakkel (UBC)

CSM/SCM Executive Committee: Marc B. Cels (marcc@athabascau.ca), Siobhain Bly Calkin (Vice President), Brandon Alakas (Secretary-Treasurer), David Watt (Editor, Florilegium), Kathy Cawsey (Past President)

TT Position Medieval Literature Bishop's University

Siobhain Calkin — Fri, 26 Mar 2021 17:39:30 GMT

The Department of English at Bishop's University in Quebec is seeking a Tenure-track assistant professor specializing in Medieval Literature, starting July 2021: https://working.ubishops.ca/job/english-assistant-professor-tenure-stream-position/?fbclid=IwAR0gJz69BH3LHls3AAHWyAw6S2A7X9tkFUsDC_QXM9o7_5LCkIOdCOSCyEs

Zoom Lecture March 26 "Why Study Early Scholasticism? A Window into the Arabic Sources of Western Philosophy

Siobhain Calkin — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:34:00 GMT

Veuillez trouver ci-dessous les informations de connexion pour assister à la conférence de Lydia Schumacher (King’s College London) dans le cadre des Colloquia Ottaviensia intitulée « Why Study Early Scholasticism (c. 1200-50): A Window into the Arabic Sources of Western Philosophy », qui se tiendra le 26 mars à 10 h 00 (HAE).

Voici le lien de la conférence sur Zoom:

https://zoom.us/j/93302136515?pwd=dFNoR3cxL3NpbEt3b2R1c0NEMVV3Zz09

Dear all,

Please find below the login information to attend the next conference presentation in the Colloquia Ottaviensialecture series by Lydia Schumacher (King’s College London) entitled “Why Study Early Scholasticism (c. 1200-50): A Window into the Arabic Sources of Western Philosophy” which will be held on March 26^th at 10:00 am (DST).

https://zoom.us/j/93302136515?pwd=dFNoR3cxL3NpbEt3b2R1c0NEMVV3Zz09

Job Posting: Two-year Associate Lectureship in Late Medieval English Literature at St Andrews University

Brandon Alakas — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 21:50:41 GMT

Applications are invited for two-year fixed-term Associate Lectureship (Education Focused) in Late Medieval English Literature, starting in September 2021. The vacancy is to provide a temporary replacement for Professor Rhiannon Purdie, who is taking up a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship.

Applicants should have completed a PhD in a relevant field and have experience of teaching late medieval English literature at university level. Also essential are good organisational and communicative skills and the ability to work constructively and flexibly with colleagues. The ability to teach Older Scots is desirable, though not essential.

In addition to the application form, candidates are asked to submit a covering letter and a CV including a list of publications.

Further information and informal enquiries may be directed to Professor Rhiannon Purdie, email: rp6@st-andrews.ac.uk.

Applications are particularly welcome from women, people from the Black, Asian, Minority or Ethnic (BAME) community and other protected characteristics who are under-represented in Academic posts at the University.

The University is committed to equality for all, demonstrated through accreditation (Athena SWAN; Carer Positive; Stonewall, LGBT and Race Charters), as listed on: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/hr/edi/diversityawards/.

Closing Date: 7 April 2021

Please quote ref: AO1703NB

Further Particulars: AO1703NB FPs.doc

Link for posting: https://www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/6749/0/291444/889/associate-lecturer-ef-in-late-medieval-english-literature-ao1703nb

UQAM Séminaire de recherche en ligne (le 19 mars 10-12 h)

Siobhain Calkin — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:34:22 GMT

Le prochain séminaire virtuel en études médiévales « Pour une histoire de l'expérience » (UQÀM, org. Piroska Nagy et Xavier Biron-Ouellet) se tiendra vendredi prochain, 19 mars, à 10h (heures de l'Est). La séance sera consacrée à la conférence d'Alessandro Arcangeli (U. de Vérone) intitulée « Girolamo Cardano and his own dreams: experience and theory in sixteenth-century oneiric culture ». Voici sont les liens pour la réunion zoom ainsi que pour l'accès aux deux textes à lire:

En préparation à la séance, nous vous invitons à lire ces deux textes :

- Un chapitre (en traduction anglaise) de l’autobiographie de Cardano, lien ici.
- Un chapitre (en traduction italienne) du traité Somniorum Synesiorum, lien ici (et l’original latin, ici)

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L’adresse Zoom pour se joindre au séminaire : https://uqam.zoom.us/j/81238058016

(sans mot de passe).

Tant les collègues que les étudiant.e.s des cycles supérieurs (ou pas !) sont bienvenu.e.s pour présenter leurs travaux, lectures, réflexions et participer aux discussions !

•••

The next virtual seminar in medieval studies "Pour une histoire de l'expérience" (UQÀM, org. Piroska Nagy and Xavier Biron-Ouellet) will be held next Friday, March 19, at 10am (Eastern time). The session will be devoted to the lecture by Alessandro Arcangeli (U. of Verona) entitled "Girolamo Cardano and his own dreams: experience and theory in sixteenth-century oneiric culture". The links to the zoom meeting and to two texts to read in advance are above.

le 26 février Univ. d'Ottawa Conférence re: Boethius Consolation de Philosophie

Siobhain Calkin — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 21:26:01 GMT

Bonjour à tous!

Veuillez trouver ci-dessous les informations de connexion pour assister à la conférence de Jean-Michel Roessli (Université Concordia) dans le cadre des Colloquia Ottaviensia intitulée « Sagesse biblique et sagesse philosophique dans la Consolation de Philosophie et dans quelques commentaires médiévaux au chef-d’œuvre de Boèce », qui se tiendra le 26 février à 10 h (HNE).

Voici le lien de la conférence sur Zoom :

https://zoom.us/j/91764551673?pwd=YWIzQTlYZGY4eXJOdzVORkIxc3NrQT09

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Hello!

Please find below the login information to attend the conference by Jean-Michel Roessli (Concordia University) as part of the Colloquia Ottaviensia entitled “Sagesse biblique et sagesse philosophique dans la Consolation de Philosophie et dans quelques commentaires médiévaux au chef-d’œuvre de Boèce” held on February 26th at 10:00 AM (Eastern Time)

Here is the link for the meeting on Zoom:

https://zoom.us/j/91764551673?pwd=YWIzQTlYZGY4eXJOdzVORkIxc3NrQT09

Au plaisir de vous y voir ! Looking forward to seeing you there!

Lecturer position in medieval English language and literature Lausanne

Siobhain Calkin — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 16:05:20 GMT

Titre: Lecturer in medieval English language and litterature
Identifiant de demande de recrutement 16992 - Publié 05/02/2021 - (Enseignement; Chercheur·e) - (Langues; Lettres) - (Temps

plein) - (Faculté des lettres) - (Corps enseignant)

Introduction

UNIL is a leading international teaching and research institution, with over 5,000 employees and 15,500 students split between its Dorigny campus, CHUV and Epalinges. As an employer, UNIL encourages excellence, individual recognition and responsibility.

Presentation

The department of English at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lausanne invites applications for the position of fixed-term lecturer in medieval English language and literature.

Information

Start date: 1 September 2021
Contract duration: Two-year contract, renewable once only for a total of four years. In the context of academic planning, this post is not intended to be stabilized.
Employment rate: 100%
Work place: Lausanne-Dorigny

Your responsibilities

Teaching courses in medieval English language and literature (5 hours a week per semester).
Supervision of students, involvement and support in examinations.
Carrying out individual research.
Carrying out administrative tasks in the department of English and possibly outside of the department depending on level of French.

Your qualifications

• A doctorate in medieval English literature (thesis submitted at the time of taking up the position but awarded within five years of the date of the advertisement) and an excellent research profile in old or middle English literature.

Teaching experience in medieval English at university level.
Postdoctoral research project in progress or ready to start.
Working knowledge of French is an advantage.

What the position offers you

We offer a nice working place in a multicultural, diverse and dynamic academic environment. Opportunities for professional training, a lot of activities and other benefits to discover.

Contact for further information

Please contact Prof. Denis Renevey : denis.renevey@unil.ch Your application

Application deadline: 28 March 2021

Please send your full applications in PDF or Word including : a curriculum vitae, a motivation letter, a teaching phylosophy (1 page), copies of your degree certificates, a liste of publication, a succinct description of the research projects (2 pages)

Only applications sent through this site will be taken into account.

We thank you for your understanding.

Additional information

UNIL is committed to promoting gender equality and diversity and strongly encourages applications from female candidates.

www.unil.ch/egalite

UNIL supports early career researchers.

www.unil.ch/graduatecampus

TT Job UGuelph: Scottish History Medieval/Early Modern

Siobhain Calkin — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 21:36:44 GMT

The University of Guelph's Dept. of History is seeking an assistant professor who works on medieval/early modern Scottish history. Applications close March 2, 2021. See: https://www.uoguelph.ca/facultyjobs/postings/ad21-06.shtml

Feb. 15 Labarge Prize Submission Deadline!

Siobhain Calkin — Wed, 03 Feb 2021 21:25:34 GMT

Did you publish a book in 2020? If so, submit it for the CSM's Labarge Prize. Applications due Feb. 15, 2021. See https://www.canadianmedievalists.org/Margaret-Wade-Labarge for eligibility and submission instructions.

Avez-vous publié un livre en 2020? Oui? Soumettez-le pour le prix Labarge. Soumissions acceptées jusqu'au 15 février 2021. Voyez les informations ici: https://www.canadianmedievalists.org/labarge/~fr

Fully funded doctoral studentships for South- and West England and Wales

Marc Cels — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 15:14:28 GMT

The application for eight arts and humanities PhD studentships with the South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership is 25 January 2021.

The studentships include several medieval projects.

For more information, visit the website: https://www.sww-ahdtp.ac.uk/prospective-students/apply/collaborative-doctoral-award-projects-2021/

Abstracts for Annual Conference due Jan. 15

Siobhain Calkin — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 01:15:30 GMT

Just a reminder that proposals for presentations at June's virtual "Medieval Mondays" conference are due January 15: https://www.canadianmedievalists.org/Annual

Boyle Dissertation Prize

Siobhain Calkin — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 16:51:43 GMT

Just a reminder that submissions for the 2021 Boyle Dissertation Prize are due January 15, 2021. See https://www.canadianmedievalists.org/Leonard-Boyle-Dissertation-Prize for submission instructions.

Images of Language in Middle English Vernacular Writings

Kathy Cawsey — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 10:13:13 GMT

Images of Language in Middle English Vernacular Writings by Kathy Cawsey

SPECIAL CSM OFFER: SAVE 35%
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https://boydellandbrewer.com/images-of-language-in-middle-english-vernacular-writings.html

PhD Scholarship in Medieval and Renaissance Lit at U of St Andrews

Siobhain Calkin — Wed, 02 Dec 2020 21:54:29 GMT

N.B. the deadline for completed applications including references is 31 January 2021.

University of St Andrews, School of English scholarships 2021-2022

The JB and Margaret Salmond Principal's PGR Scholarship in Medieval and Renaissance Literature

The School of English is delighted to announce the creation of a new fully-funded scholarship for PhD entrants, the JB and Margaret Salmond Principal's postgraduate research Scholarship in Medieval and Renaissance Literature. This will cover tuition fees and will provide a maintenance stipend at the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) rate (£15,560 in 2021-2022) for up to four years and is open to all applicants, UK, EU or Overseas. This prestigious scholarship is based on academic merit and has an intended starting date of September 2021.

More details about the application process are available at: https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/english/prospective/pgr/phd-mphil-mst-res/. Applications should be made through the scholarships and funding catalogue. Informal enquiries may be directed to Dr Margaret Connolly via mc29@st-andrews.ac.uk.

Scrinium

Siobhain Calkin — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 23:42:57 GMT

The Fall 2020 issue of Scrinium was just e-mailed out. Check out the President's Message, the 2020 Prize winners, submission procedures for 2021 Dissertation and Book Prizes, a call for nominations for officers, and an update on Florilegium. Also, don't miss the Call for Papers for our 2021 Annual Meeting (abstracts due Jan. 15, 2021) and an update on its format!

Job in French

Kathy Cawsey — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 20:25:07 GMT

https://littfra.umontreal.ca/departement/emploi/une-offre-demploi/news/detail/News/poste-de-professeur-adjoint-ou-professeure-adjointe-en-litterature-francaise-du-xvie-siecle/

12 novembre 2020 – Offres d’emploi

Le Département des littératures de langue française sollicite des candidatures pour un poste de professeur ou de professeure à temps plein au rang d'adjoint en littérature française du XVI^e siècle.

La date limite pour postuler est le 15 décembre 2020 inclusivement.

Pour plus d'information, veuillez cliquer ici.

CSM 2021 Annual Congress / 2021 Congrès annuel de la SCM

Siobhain Calkin — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 14:27:35 GMT

(le français suit)

The Society has withdrawn from the 2021 Canadian Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences. We will conduct our annual meeting through shorter sessions spread over the four Mondays of June 2021. June 7, 14, 21, and 28 will be ‘Medieval Mondays.’

The Society’s Executive Committee decided to withdraw from the 2021 Virtual Congress after consulting with the Advisory Board. We acknowledge the considerable work and ingenuity of the Congress organizers and hosts at the University of Alberta. The organizers pivoted to produce an impressive virtual interface. Nevertheless, we concluded that our Society could host a more flexible and affordable online annual meeting independently.

Our online meeting will provide an opportunity for medievalists to share their work and learn more about the Middle Ages. Given the circumstances, and the unique opportunities as well as constraints offered by the online format, we are encouraging members to propose papers and formats that go beyond the traditional three-paper panel. A series of shorter (7-10 minute), thematically linked talks or a roundtable discussion would be alternative ways of organizing a session.

We will also conduct our Annual General Meeting online, elect our officers, and award our book and dissertation prizes. We are also considering ways to help participants network in a convivial online environment. Please visit the CSM/SCM website for the revised call for papers. Technical details have yet to be worked out. Questions and suggestions can be sent to Marc B. Cels (marcc@athabascau.ca).

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La Société s’est retirée du Congrès des sciences humaines de 2021. Notre réunion annuelle aura lieu au cours de sessions plus courtes réparties sur les quatre lundis de juin 2021. Les 7, 14, 21 et 28 juin seront donc les « lundis médiéval ».

Le Comité exécutif de la Société a décidé de se retirer du Congrès virtuel de 2021 après avoir consulté le Conseil consultatif. Nous reconnaissons le travail considérable et l’ingéniosité des organisateurs et des hôtes du Congrès à l’Université de l’Alberta. Les organisateurs ont produit une interface virtuelle impressionnante. Néanmoins, nous avons conclu que notre Société pourrait organiser une réunion annuelle en ligne plus souple et plus abordable de façon indépendante.

Notre rencontre en ligne sera l’occasion pour les médiévistes de partager leur travail et d’en apprendre davantage sur le Moyen Âge. Compte tenu des circonstances, des possibilités uniques ainsi que des contraintes offertes par le format en ligne, nous encourageons les membres à proposer des conférences et des formats de séances qui vont au-delà du traditionnel panel de trois documents. Une série de discussions plus courtes (7-10 minutes), thématiquement liées ou une table ronde seraient d’autre façons d’organiser une séance.

Nous organiserons également notre assemblée générale annuelle en ligne, élirons nos officiers et décernerons nos prix de livre et de thèse. Nous étudierons également des moyens d’aider les participants à se réunir dans un environnement en ligne convivial. Veuillez visiter le site Web du CSM/SCM pour voir l’appel révisé à communication. Les détails techniques n’ont pas encore été précis. Des questions et des suggestions peuvent être envoyées à Marc B. Cels (marcc@athabascau.ca).

TT job in Later Middle English at U of T

Kathy Cawsey — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 13:31:11 GMT

Associate Professor – Later Medieval English Literature (1200-1500)

The Department of English and the Centre for Medieval Studies in the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto invite applications for a joint full-time tenure stream position (75% English & 25% Centre for Medieval Studies) in the field of Later Medieval English Literature (1200-1500). The appointment will be at the rank of Associate Professor, with an expected start date of July 1, 2021.

Applicants must have earned a PhD in English, with a clearly demonstrated exceptional record of excellence in both teaching and research. The Department of English and Centre for Medieval Studies offer the opportunity to teach and to pursue research at the highest level. We seek candidates whose research and teaching interests complement and strengthen our existing strengths in the Department of English and the Centre for Medieval Studies. Candidates will have an established international reputation and will be expected to sustain and lead innovative and independent research at the highest international level and to maintain an outstanding, competitive, and externally funded research program.

Candidates must provide evidence of excellence in research in Later Medieval English Literature which can be demonstrated by a record of sustained high-impact contributions and publications in top-ranked and field relevant journals, the submitted research statement, presentations at significant conferences, distinguished awards and accolades, and other noteworthy activities that contribute to the visibility and prominence of the discipline, as well as strong endorsements by referees of international standing.

Evidence of excellence in teaching will be demonstrated through teaching accomplishments, by a strong statement of teaching philosophy, sample course materials, excellent teaching evaluations, and strong endorsements from referees of high standing. A teaching dossier which includes these materials must be submitted as part of the application.

Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

For more information about the Department of English, please visit www.english.utoronto.ca; for the Centre for Medieval Studies, please visit medieval.utoronto.ca.

All qualified applicants are invited to apply by clicking on the link below. Applications must include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, teaching dossier (including a statement of teaching philosophy, sample course materials, and teaching evaluations), a research statement outlining current and future research interests, and a substantial writing sample (e.g. article or book chapter). All candidates are expected to show evidence of a commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, and the promotion of a respectful and collegial learning and working environment. Evidence of such commitment should be demonstrated through the application materials

Applicants must provide the name and contact information of three references. The University of Toronto’s recruiting tool will automatically solicit and collect letters of reference from each once an application is submitted. Applicants, however, remain responsible for ensuring that references submit letters (on letterhead, dated and signed) by the closing date, November 30, 2020. They should be addressed to Professor Paul Stevens, the Chair of the Search Committee.

Submission guidelines can be found at: http://uoft.me/how-to-apply. We recommend combining the attached documents into one or two files in PDF/MS Word format.

If you have questions about this position, please contact Paul Stevens, Chair of the Department of English at paul.stevens@utoronto.ca.

All application materials, including reference letters, must be submitted online by the closing date of November 30, 2020.

A Guide to History Graduate School--Tirer profit de l’histoire : un guide pour les études supérieures

Marc Cels — Mon, 09 Nov 2020 16:01:25 GMT

The Canadian Historical Association is please to announce the release of the third edition of its career manual. Employing History (EH): A Guide to Graduate School and Navigating the Job Market is a handbook for graduate students and early career historians. It contains experiential advice and guidance on navigating post-graduate study, sharing academic research and finding work.

La Société historique du Canada est heureuse d'annoncer la publication de la troisième édition de Tirer profit de l’histoire : un guide pour les études supérieures et la recherche d’emploi (TPH). Tirer profit de l'histoire (TPH) est un guide destiné aux étudiant.e.s diplômé.e.s et aux historien.ne.s en début de carrière. Il contient des conseils pratiques et des renseignements sur comment naviguer les études de troisième cycle, partager la recherche universitaire et trouver du travail.

A New Name for the Student Presentation Prize! Un nouveau nom pour le Prix de présentation étudiante!

Siobhain Calkin — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 18:48:14 GMT

(la version française suit)

After each annual gathering of the CSM/SCM (which, alas, could not happen this year), a prize is awarded for the best graduate student presentation. At the 2020 AGM, members voted to re-name that prize the M. Jane Toswell Student Presentation Prize/ Le prix de présentation étudiante M. Jane Toswell to honour the work of Professor M. Jane Toswell in helping to found the CSM / SCM.

While organizing the CSM / SCM archive, President Marc Cels learned of the hard work undertaken by Professor Toswell in 1992 when a group of medievalists attending the ACCUTE meetings at the 1992 Learneds—the old name for the Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences Congress––decided it was high time to found a Canadian Society of Medievalists. Duties were shared out. Jane approached the Federation about starting a new society and, crucially, hunted down medievalists across Canada to mail them invitations to join. She worked on and administered the first SSHRC grant for the new society, helped organize the first meeting in 1993, and started our society newsletter. She drafted the first constitution and was part of a team that recruited the first officers, and chaired the first AGM. She went on to serve as Editor of Florilegium, and has continued to be a very active member: giving papers, taking turns on our committees, and serving as our local arrangements coordinator—a role that she took up again in 2020 only to have all her hard work thwarted by the cancellation of Congress due to Covid. Of course, Jane has also contributed to Canadian medieval studies during her career teaching in Western’s English Department and through her research and writing, but this prize has been named to commemorate her work in founding the CSM/SCM and thereby providing a community in which graduate student work on medieval topics can be presented and honoured by this prize.

Version française:

Après chaque conférence annuelle de la SCM / CSM, un prix est décerné pour la meilleure présentation par un.e étudiant.e de troisième cycle. En 2020, ce prix a été nommé le Prix de présentation étudiante M. Jane Toswell afin d’honorer le travail de la professeure M. Jane Toswell qui a aidé à fonder la SCM / CSM.

Pendant qu’il mettait en ordre les archives de la SCM /CSM, le président Marc Cels a découvert le travail entrepris par la professeure Toswell en 1992 quand un groupe de médiévistes qui assistaient à la conférence annuelle d’ACCUTE a décidé que c’était l’heure de fonder une société canadienne de médiévistes. Les taches étaient distribuées. Jane a parlé avec la Fédération des sciences humaines à propos de la fondation de cette nouvelle organisation et elle a invité les médiévistes de toutes régions du Canada de s’y inscrire. Elle a obtenu et administré une subvention de la Fédération, a organisé la première conférence en 1993, et a monté notre lettre d’information (maintenant Scrinium). Elle a rédigé la version préliminaire de notre constitution, et a fait partie de l’équipe qui a recruté les premiers officiers de l’organisation, et elle a présidé á la première assemblée générale annuelle. Plus tard, elle a servi comme l’éditeur de Florilegium, et elle reste encore une membre très active, donnant des présentations, faisant partie de plusieurs comités, et prenant les dispositions nécessaires au niveau local pour plusieurs conférences annuelles, quelque chose qu’elle faisait encore en 2020 quand la conférence a dû être annulée à cause de Covid-19. Bien sûr, elle a aussi contribué aux études médiévales au Canada pendant qu’elle enseignait dans le Département d’Anglais de l’Université de Western et écrivait plusieurs études du Moyen Âge, mais ce prix a été nommé pour commémorer son travail pour la fondation de la SCM / CSM et la création d’une communauté où le travail des étudiant.e.s peut être présenté, et honoré par ce prix.

MOOC on Graduate Supervision 26 Oct. - 21 Dec. 2020

Marc Cels — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 17:22:53 GMT

Athabasca University and the University of Calgary are offering this Massive Open Online Course for graduate supervisors across the disciplines from 26 Oct. to 21 Dec. 2020. For more information, visit: https://taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/programs-and-courses/series-and-events/QGS

York & Wakefield Mystery plays - online!

Kathy Cawsey — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 11:42:42 GMT

Casey Paradies, is now working on an MFA in Directing. He will be directing an original adaptation and translation of the York (and Wakefield) Mystery Plays—live online! Please join in the fun.

https://www.facebook.com/events/759762838086479/

New Podcast: Eavesdropping on Arthurians: Conversations with scholars about Arthurian Literature

Siobhain Calkin — Thu, 15 Oct 2020 17:33:34 GMT

A new podcast hosted by Kathy Cawsey, Associate Professor (English) at Dalhousie University and past President of the Canadian Society of Medievalists. Check it out at: https://shows.acast.com/eavesdroppingonarthurians/?fbclid=IwAR0PazW_tgPu1V9LK1zB0Z-RBNuoIWxrXqNCHbesNj63D13u2NZu5cMgOT4

Carolyn Muessig: Chair of Christian Thought, U. of Calgary

Marc Cels — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 14:50:49 GMT

Congratulations and welcome back to Canada to Dr. Professor Carolyn Muessig, who in July 2020 became Chair of Christian Thought in the Department of Classics and Religion at the University of Calgary. The Department's website says: "She specializes in Medieval Christianity, with particular emphasis on its devotional dimensions and the contribution of female teachers and preachers in Western Europe. Among her publications are The Faces of Women in the Sermons of Jacques de Vitry and The Stigmata in Medieval and Early Modern Europe. An award-winning teacher, she works with undergraduate and postgraduate students, and has supervised numerous PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers. She is presently assessing the activities of medieval and early modern female preachers. Professor Muessig is committed to bringing together diverse communities from within and outside academe to explore the significance of Christianity in art, history and culture."

Junior fellows - Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship

Kathy Cawsey — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 16:14:39 GMT

Rare Book School’s Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography (SoFCB) invites applications for its 2021–23 cohort of junior fellows. The deadline is Monday, 2 November 2020.

Continuing the work of the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship in Critical Bibliography (2012–17), this scholarly society works to advance the study of texts, images, and artifacts as material objects through capacious, interdisciplinary scholarship—and to enrich humanistic inquiry and education by identifying, mentoring, and training promising early-career scholars. Junior Fellows will be encouraged and supported in integrating the methods of critical bibliography into their teaching and research, fostering collegial conversations about historical and emerging media across disciplines and institutions, and sharing their knowledge with broader publics.

The fellowship includes tuition waivers for two Rare Book School courses, as well as funding for Junior Fellows to participate in the Society’s annual meeting and orientation. Additional funds are available for fellows to organize symposia at their home institutions, and fellows will have the option of attending a bibliographical field school to visit libraries, archives, and collections in a major metropolitan area. After completing two years in good standing as Junior Fellows, program participants will have the option to become Senior Fellows in the Society.

The Society is committed to supporting diversity and to advancing the scholarship of outstanding persons of every race, gender, sexual orientation, creed, and socioeconomic background, and to enhancing the diversity of the professions and academic disciplines it represents, including those of the professoriate, museums, libraries, archives, public humanities, and digital humanities. We warmly encourage prospective applicants from a wide range of disciplines, institutions, and areas of expertise.

For more information and to apply, please visit:
http://rarebookschool.org/admissions-awards/fellowships/sofcb/

For more information about diversity and the SoFCB, please visit the SoFCB Diversity & Outreach Committee’s Welcome Letter: https://rarebookschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/SoFCB_Welcome_Letter_2020.pdf

Inquiries about the SoFCB Junior Fellows Program can be directed to Sonia Hazard, SoFCB Selection Committee Chair, at shazard@fsu.edu, or Donna Sy, SoFCB Administrative Director, at rbs-mellon@virginia.edu.

We would be most grateful if you would pass along this call for applications to anyone you know who might be interested in applying, or to those who might advise early-career scholars with an interest in the study of material objects.

Please note that Rare Book School has many additional scholarship and fellowship opportunities now available:
•       Rare Book School Access 2021 Scholarship, Directors’ Scholarship, et al.
        https://rarebookschool.org/admissions-awards/scholarships/
•       The Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship for Diversity, Inclusion & Cultural Heritage
        https://rarebookschool.org/admissions-awards/fellowships/mellon-diversity/
•       The M. C. Lang Fellowship in Book History, Bibliography, and Humanities Teaching with Historical Sources
        https://rarebookschool.org/admissions-awards/fellowships/lang/

Asst. Prof. Late Antiquity and/or Early Islam

Marc Cels — Fri, 09 Oct 2020 19:35:50 GMT

The Department of Historical and Cultural Studies at the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) invites applications for a full-time tenure-stream position in the area of Late Antiquity and/or Early Islam. The appointment will be at the rank of Assistant Professor, with an expected start date of July 1, 2021, or shortly thereafter. The successful candidate will be joining a vibrant, multi-disciplinary scholarly community at UTSC and in the tri-campus University of Toronto with related regional, temporal, and thematic foci.Applications due by 30 Nov. 2020.

Assoc. Professor Later Medieval English Lit. U.Toronto

Marc Cels — Fri, 09 Oct 2020 19:33:31 GMT

Submissions for the 2021 Margaret Wade Labarge Book Prize

Siobhain Calkin — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 19:33:36 GMT

Have you published a monograph, translation, or edition in 2020? If so, consider submitting it for the 2021 Margaret Wade Labarge Book Prize! Eligibility criteria for this year's prize have just been posted on the Labarge Prize page on this website, and submissions are due February 15 2021. Questions? Contact the Chair of the Prize Committee, Dr. James V. Maiello at James.Maiello@umanitoba.ca.

2020 CSM Leonard Boyle Dissertation Prize

Siobhain Calkin — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 15:56:09 GMT

Congratulations to Dr. Atri Hatef Naiemi, winner of the 2020 Leonard Boyle Dissertation Prize for "A Dialogue between Friends and Foes: Transcultural Interactions in Ilkhanid Capital Cities (1256-1335 AD)," completed at the University of Victoria under the direction of Professor Marcus Milwright.

The Prize Committee noted that in her innovative inter-disciplinary thesis, Dr. Hatef Naiemi works with different kinds of sources in a multitude of languages, including Persian, Arabic and Chinese, and shows how a study of cities and urban development does not necessarily have to rely primarily on evidence drawn from archaeological reports. Dr. Hatef Naiemi consistently challenges the common perception that Mongol conquerors simply adopted the religious and visual culture of their Muslim subjects. Instead she argues that in the architectural design of the cities built by early conquerors, especially those Ghazan Khan founded, one can see clear negotiations between appeals to traditional Mongol culture and forms of
authority and Persian Muslim cultural influences. This intervention is
an important correction; the chapter on the Mongols in the recent
edition of the Oxford Handbook of Iranian History (2012) suggests that
the Mongol acculturation in the Ilkhanate was largely one-way. Dr. Hatef
Naiemi ends her thesis by suggesting the evidence of Mongol cities
demonstrates that the best way to understand the Mongol interaction with
Persian culture is not one of one-way acculturation but one of
transculturation. For its multidisciplinarity and its originality, the Canadian
Society of Medievalists’ Boyle Prize Committee is pleased to award "A
Dialogue between Friends and Foes: Transcultural Interactions in
Ilkhanid Capital Cities (1256-1335 AD)" the 2020 Boyle Prize.

2020 CSM Labarge Prize Winner

Wed, 22 Jul 2020 18:15:05 GMT

Congratulations to David K. Coley, winner of the 2020 Labarge Prize for his book, Death and the Pearl Maiden: Plague, Poetry, England. Focused on the poems of MS Cotton Nero A.x., David's work explores discourses of plague in fourteenth-century English poetry.

More about this important and timely work can be found here.

David K. Coley is Associate Professor of English at Simon Fraser University.

University of Toronto Press MS Spring Brochure

Marc Cels — Fri, 08 May 2020 14:12:43 GMT

UTP has put out an exciting spring brochure of medieval and renaissance studies titles. In addition to regular online discounts at utoronto.ca, the press is offering an extra $5 discount in the month of May. Simply enter the promo code ICMS2020 at check-out.

Medieval Studies at Western (M.J. Toswell)

Marc Cels — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 17:05:56 GMT

Medieval Studies at Western

M.J. Toswell

Regrettably, we will not be welcoming Canadian medievalists to the University of Western Ontario at the beginning of June this year for what some of us still think of as the Learneds, Congress for the young sprigs. However, let me welcome you all in spirit if not in person, with a brief update on the field at Western. Since Michael Fox wrote an account of medieval studies on the main campus at Western and Susan Small wrote concerning King’s College (Florilegium 20 [2003], 77-80 and 81-2), more has changed in field at Western than I would have expected. Fox, for example, speaks of a program in Medieval Studies in active development, but it took many more years before that development resulted in a minor and then a major. The "churn" rate in faculty (the term used by the senior administration at Western) has been pretty high, and that has meant significant changes in courses and events at Western. On the other hand, we have enjoyed a significant increase in resources. All told, like many of our colleagues around the world, we have tried to renovate and shift our approaches to a more global consideration of the Middle Ages and to a broader temporal approach as well. We have our successes, and we have our failures. Here are some of the details with respect to programs, faculty, events, resources, and a return to programs at the end to turn to our future.

In 1999, the Faculty of Arts and Humanities endorsed an interdisciplinary program in medieval studies in principle, including a required first-year course in the subject, introducing some of the many areas of our subject. It will probably not surprise seasoned colleagues to learn that the required first-year course was first offered in 2012-2013, and the minor in medieval studies was approved that year. This full-year introduction to the Middle Ages has been offered every year since, with an average enrolment of 65-75 students. Within a year of the minor, a major in medieval studies opened. Students have completed over the years capstone courses on manuscript materials held in the library, taken an upper-year introduction to manuscripts taught by Jim Grier in the Don Wright Faculty of Music, enjoyed Medieval Days a few times, and started us on a way forward.

The faculty, however, has been a more complex story. Departures and retirements have been a large part of our story for the last eighteen years across the campus, but there have been some very happy arrivals: Donna Rogers, an expert on Spanish medieval literature and food, decamped from Brescia to Algoma; Marjorie Ratcliffe, our main campus medieval hispanist, retired; Francis Gingras left the Department of French for Université de Montréal but Mario Longtin joined the Department of French Studies; Henrik Lagerlund left Philosophy to return to Stockholm; History attracted Margaret McGlynn and Eona Karakacili to join Maya Shatzmiller, but Eona moved onwards and Margaret moved upwards so that she is largely in administration these days; Kathy Brush retired from teaching art history in our Visual Arts department, but now Cody Barteet offers courses in the Italian florescence and especially in the late medieval/early modern period in Hispanoamerica; English lost Russell Poole to retirement, hired Jane Tolmie only to lose her to Queen’s and their Women’s Studies department, and then very successfully attracted Richard Moll, Anne Schuurman, and Michael Fox; at King’s, Susan Small and Paul Werstine in Modern Languages have been joined by Gyongyi Hegedus in Religious Studies and by Adam Bohnet in History; at Huron, Stephen McClatchie, by training a scholar of music, is offering courses in medieval liturgy and early history of the church; Dominick Grace remains in English at Brescia; so also Laurence de Looze, Melitta Adamson, and James Miller hold down the fort in the Department of Languages and Cultures (formerly Modern Languages); Jim Grier remains as our expert in early medieval music but Terence Bailey, who attracted the CANTUS project to Western and fostered its development, retired so that the CANTUS project has moved with some of his students and colleagues to the University of Waterloo–but Western is happy to have Kate Helsen as a new medieval musicologist engaged in digital humanities research including her Optical Neume Recognition project and her Melodic Construction and Evolution project on plainchant. We also rejoice in a few fellow travelers: Paul Potter held the chair in the History of Medicine in the Schulich Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, and since his retirement the Jason A. Hannah Chair is held by Shelley McKellar, principally in the Department of History, but with a cross-appointment to Surgery; both have some interest in matters medieval. The Department of Classics also has some colleagues who work on late antiquity: Alex Meyer serves on the medieval studies steering committee and teaches history of the late Roman empire, and Beth Greene is a late Roman archaeologist and social historian. Colleagues in the Renaissance/early modern field in various departments also overlap with our interests at times.

Those shared interests have meant some very successful events in medieval studies over the years. Michael Fox organized a conference on the reception of the Old Testament in Old and Middle English, which emerged as a collection of essays published by University of Toronto Press. Jane Tolmie organized two small and very successful symposia/conferences called "The New Medievalisms," and involving young scholars with their first major projects reading out long sections in a workshop format enlivened and enlightened by two senior scholars offering the first rounds of advice. Many books and major articles emerged in the wake of those conferences in 2004 and 2005. The International Society for Studies in Medievalism came to Western in 2007, with the principal highlight of an opening plenary talk by Terry Jones. (Uniquely in my experience, a local limo firm offered to take my keynote speaker from London to Pearson airport all alone in a limo, free, so long as the speaker would agree to one brief conversation with the driver and the signing of one T-shirt. He did, and my budget for the event was saved.) Kathy Brush organized a whole series of events and a graduate course on medievalism in Canada, borrowing objects from the Malcove Collection at the ROM and from many other locations in order to put on a series of exhibitions at Museum London, the McIntosh Gallery at Western, and the Visual Arts gallery spaces, culminating in a collection of papers. Mario Longtin took on the editorship of ROMARD (Research on Medieval and Renaissance Drama) for some years, fitting the annual publication of the journal around a busy schedule of presenting plays in London (including a goodly number of medieval French farces). Margaret McGlynn organizes conferences on law and governance in pre-modern Britain (so far in 2011 and 2015 but with more promised), which elegantly meet in the Moot Court at the Law Building. And there are many other events large and small, and a very impressive array of scholarship in train and completed.

Our resources for medieval studies are impressive. First among many useful features of Western are the buildings themselves, which except for a weird set of three or four aberrations in the late 60's and early 70's are all Gothic Revival efforts with vertical height, various kinds of towers and crenellations, lancet windows and stone tracery. The Collegiate Gothic effect is heightened by the firm adherence through the years to using limestone as part of the facade of every building–it does not always work, but it is always there. This means that reference to the medieval origins of universities can include a walk outside around the campus to admire architectural features on nearly every building. University College, the first building completed on the campus in 1924, has lost its barrel-vaulted ceilings, but the Middlesex Memorial Tower continues to soar over the campus, and to carry the flag, even though the latest branding initiative has chosen a modernized crest and a turn away from this iconic building. Since the undergraduate interdisciplinary program in medieval studies began, the Western Libraries have played their part in providing additional resources, buying one complete manuscript known as Canon Grandel’s prayerbook, and acquiring a sheaf or two of manuscript fragments, single pages from known manuscripts such as the Llangattock Breviary, and manuscripts that were probably among those disassembled by Otto Ege at the end of the nineteenth century and beginning of the twentieth. Rebinding of one early printed book also resulted in two manuscript pages emerging from the padding of the covers, and other pieces, including coins, have added to the Special Collections under the care of the new curator, Debbie Meert-Williston. In fact, the library is collaborating with some researchers on campus, led by Andrew Nelson and Ron Martin, to do some spectroscopy and MRI tests of the Western manuscript collection. During Kathy Brush’s research into the medieval collections in London, she determined that more materials are available than have been generally realized, including manuscript materials at King’s, and a papal bull at Huron. Finally, Western was particularly lucky to receive a foundational donation of 45,000 books (with another 10,000 or so following later) from John Davis Barnett in 1918, a collection that reached across many subjects and established Western’s first dedicated on-campus library (Lawson Hall in 1934) as a collection worth building and maintaining. As a result, Western’s book collections were quite superb through to the third quarter of the twentieth century, and often materials could be found in Weldon Library that were otherwise unavailable anywhere on the continent. We have been lucky in this respect.

Now, however, transformational change is taking over in many ways. Our book collections are being drawn down and consolidated with those of other southern Ontario libraries, and the ramifications of this gradual displacement of printed matter are not as clear to campus researchers as they could be. We have great difficulty, because of the downturn in enrolments in the humanities, in obtaining budget lines with which to recruit new faculty, so we watch our graduate students make difficult choices with regret and uncertainty. This spring, we have concluded that our program in medieval studies must broaden its horizons, temporally speaking, and accept courses in late antiquity at one end of the field, and in the Renaissance or early modern period at the other. Less clear at this point is the geographic expansion of our field into global medievalism. We are lucky at Western to have some faculty members who already work in medieval Korea (Adam Bohnet) or the baroque in Mexico addressing the architecture of Yucatán before and after first contact with the colonial powers of Europe (Cody Barteet). In the medieval studies program we have also expanded into the world of medievalism, albeit very tentatively, and in our individual courses we are embracing new ways of seeing our field: looking at the Vinland Sagas as Norse settler colonialism, queering the perception of Richard I of England, embracing the radical feminine power of Hildegard of Bingen. My own paper at Congress in early June was another look at Champlain’s astrolabe, that most medieval of instruments lost near the Ottawa River and reconfigured (upside-down) in the famous statue of Champlain on Nepean Point behind the National Gallery of Canada. Maybe, I hope, I will be able to make my argument about the lost astrolabe, the statue, and the nations involved with both on another day and in another venue, to my colleagues in the world of medieval studies in Canada.

Virtual Aga Khan Museum

Marc Cels — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 17:13:47 GMT

During the CORONA-19 confinement, Toronto’s Aga Khan Museum is offering virtual visits as #MuseumWithoutWalls. It includes a 3D-virtual tour of the recent exhibition, ‘Caravans of Gold.'

Obits: Mary-Ann Stouck and Hubert Eric Morgan

Marc Cels — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 17:04:34 GMT

The CSM is sad to announce the passing of two retired Canadian medievalists:

Mary-Ann (Quick) Stouck (1941-2020). Retired medievalist, Dr. Stouck passed away in April after a fight with Cancer. Prof. Stouck taught in the English and Humanities programs at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, for 37 years. She served for a time on the Society's Advisory Board and as Secretary-Treasurer (1999-2001). SFU has posted her obituary on the English Department news page: https://www.sfu.ca/english/news/remembering-mary-ann-stouck--1941-2020-.html

To write a condolence to Dr. Stouck's family, please visit www.mckenziefuneralservices.com.

Hubert Eric Morgan (1941-2020) passed away April 8, 2020 in Halifax at the age of 79. Dr. Morgan specialized in Old and Middle English and Old Norse in the Department of English, Dalhousie University. Tributes can be posted on the obituary page: https://tjtracey.com/tribute/details/1109/Dr-Hubert-Morgan/obituary.html

Congress 2020

Fri, 20 Mar 2020 16:19:02 GMT

It is with great regret that we pass on the notice thatCongress is cancelled due to COVID-19 and the need for social distancing.

CFHSS is looking into the logistics of holding some sort of virtual Congress; let Kathy Cawsey know if you would be at all interested in joining something like that. CSM is also exploring options for holding our AGM.

If you have already registered, Congress will refund your fees (both the general fee and the society conference fee). Let us all thank the organizers, who must be gutted by this decision.

Stay safe, stay apart, be kind. We'll all have a really big party once this is over.

Connecting the Middle Ages to today's Climate Change

Marc Cels — Sun, 15 Mar 2020 15:41:46 GMT

"Into the DRAGEN's Den..." A feature on Steven Bednarski at St. Jerome's University (U. Waterloo) and the connections his project makes between today's climate change and the Middle Ages.

https://www.catholicregister.org/item/31198-into-the-dragen-s-den

Medieval studies goes back for a better future

Marc Cels — Sun, 15 Mar 2020 15:39:47 GMT

A feature on the University of St. Michael's College (University of Toronto) and the importance of Medieval Studies.

https://www.catholicregister.org/item/31201-medieval-studies-goes-back-for-a-better-future

Comper Professorship in Medieval Studies

Mon, 02 Mar 2020 20:20:21 GMT

Thanks to a transformational gift to St. Michael’s by alumnus Dr. Tony Comper, President David Sylvester is pleased to announce the establishment of the Comper Professorship in Medieval Studies at the University of St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto. The donation reflects Dr. Comper’s firm belief that studying the humanities offers invaluable benefits both personally and professionally – and that St. Michael’s is on the right path with its renewal as a vibrant centre of undergraduate education at U of T.

Dr. Sylvester is also delighted to announce that Dr. Alison More is appointed the inaugural holder of the Comper Professorship. Dr. More is a highly regarded Latinist whose research investigates the intersections of social and religious culture in late-medieval Northern Europe. Read the full press release about this exciting gift and inaugural appointment.

Darwin College Lecture on "The Enigmatic Premodern Book"

Mon, 02 Mar 2020 19:55:04 GMT

On Friday 21 February 2020, Erik Kwakkel (UBC) gave a Darwin College Lecture on "The Enigmatic Premodern Book".

The Darwin College Lectures are an annual series of public lectures at the University of Cambridge, UK, each "built around a single theme, approached in a multi-disciplinary way, and with each lecture prepared for a general audience by a leading authority on his or her subject"

A summary of Dr. Kwakkel's talk is below, and more information can be found here:

"The defining feature of the medieval manuscript—the premodern book at the heart of this lecture—is that its contents have been written rather than printed. A compelling feature of written text from the medieval period is that it produces two kinds of meaning. The first is the meaning of the words themselves: the most common reason for consulting a manuscript and the reason why it was produced in the first place. The other kind is hidden within the shape of the letters. As they copied a text, scribes included information about themselves in their handwriting. How the individual letters were formed depended on a range of variables, including the location and approximate moment of the scribe’s training, the institution in which the manuscript was produced, and even with how much care a text was copied. This is the enigma of the medieval manuscript: a wealth of information is enclosed in its material design, if we can decipher the code. What methods are available to untangle this enigma? What knowledge can be gleaned from how the medieval book was put together? Why is looking at this object as useful as reading it?"

Provost's Postdoctoral Fellow in the University of Toronto

Mon, 02 Mar 2020 19:51:36 GMT

Dr. Mary Rambaran-Olm has been named a Provost's Postdoctoral Fellow in the University of Toronto's Department of English and Drama.

The University of Toronto Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship program provides funding to increase opportunities for hiring postdoctoral fellows from underrepresented groups, specifically Indigenous and/or Black researchers. These fellowships will enable postdoctoral researchers to grow their scholarly profiles, undertake academic work at the University of Toronto, and strengthen the research environment at the University with diverse perspectives.

Comper Professorship in Medieval Studies Announced

Marc Cels — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 17:26:57 GMT

President David Sylvester is pleased to announce the establishment of the Comper Professorship in Medieval Studies at the University of St. Michael’s College in the University of Toronto. This newly endowed position has been made possible by a foundational investment by St. Michael’s alumnus, Dr. Tony Comper, C.M., L.LD. (Hon). Dr. Sylvester is also delighted to announce that Dr. Alison More is appointed the inaugural holder of the Comper Professorship. Dr. More is a highly regarded Latinist whose research investigates the intersections of social and religious culture in late-medieval Northern Europe. Read more about the Comper Professorship here.

Memo of Understanding between St. Michael's, UofT, and PIMS

Tue, 25 Feb 2020 18:39:16 GMT

A new memorandum of understanding between the University of St. Michael’s College, the University of Toronto, and the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies reaffirms Toronto’s status as North America’s centre for research in mediaeval studies.

The five-year memorandum formally expresses a commitment on the part of the three signatories to work together to further engage with the mediaeval period through research, teaching, and publication. While each party remains distinct, the agreement suggests possibilities such as joint academic seminars or colloquia, as well as scholarly collaboration.

The full press release about the memorandum can be found here: https://stmikes.utoronto.ca/news/new-agreement-underscores-ties-between-st-mikes-pims-and-u-of-t/

CFP - The Transmission of Style: Medieval Architecture and its Revivals

Kathy Cawsey — Fri, 14 Feb 2020 00:16:56 GMT

On behalf of the Canadian Society of Medievalists (CSM), we are soliciting paper proposals for the session ‘The Transmission of Style: Medieval Architecture and its Revivals.’ This session will be part of the CSM Annual Meeting within the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences (Congress 2020), which will be hosted by Western University in London, Ontario, Canada, 1-3 June 2020. Please submit an abstract (250 words max) and brief CV (1-page max) to Candice Bogdanski (cbogdanski@brocku.ca) or Jessica Mace (mace.jessica@courrier.uqam.ca) by 15 March 2020. Papers can be submitted in French or English. Successful candidates will be contacted via email prior to 31 March. Please note that participants must be members of the Canadian Society of Medievalists (https://www.canadianmedievalists.org/join-us) as well as registrants for Congress 2020 (http://www.congress2020.ca/register).

Please circulate this CFP widely, and we look forward to receiving your paper proposals soon!

The Transmission of Style: Medieval Architecture and its Revivals

The legacy of medieval scholarship and material culture stretches far beyond its traditionally drawn boundaries. Particularly when living and working in a place like Canada, it is important to look for continued connections and associations, even if inconspicuous, and to consider a multitude of approaches to our understandings and interpretations of the medieval past. In line with the 2020 Congress theme of Bridging Divides, then, this session seeks to respond to the call to “focus on interdisciplinarity (bridging disciplinary divides) and on internationalization (bridging national divides)” and to “assembl[e] scholars, artists and members of the general public who engage with the world from differing viewpoints, offering a forum to share perspectives;” that is, perspectives and individuals that might extend beyond the temporally narrow category of “medievalist.”

As such, this session invites papers that broadly examine the transmission of style through time and space, from the medieval to modern eras. Contributors are encouraged to consider how architectural principles are developed and interpreted in their respective contexts, and more specifically, how specific decorative and structural aspects are translated and transferred from one place or era to another. To understand how and why these architectural styles are transmitted, presenters are urged to look beyond the formal aspects of architecture to considerations of patronage, masons/schools of architecture, literal networks of road and waterways, post-humanist narratives, the iconography of architectural copies, and notions of identity and belonging, among others. Papers might address the relationship of one building to another, several buildings as part of a style/school, the translation of medieval ideas to its modern revivals, and/or medieval revival buildings in their contemporary contexts. We welcome papers in both English and French from scholars at all stages of their careers.

Session Chairs:

Jessica Mace, Ph.D.

Candice Bogdanski, Ph.D. Candidate, FSA Scot.

Call for Nominations: Officers for 2020

Marc Cels — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 19:06:57 GMT

Call for Nominations: Officers for 2020

The Canadian Society of Medievalists welcomes nominations for one Vice President, four members of the Advisory Board, and one Public Relations Officer. These are unremunerated positions with terms beginning after June 2 2020. A list of the society’s current officers can be found at: https://canadianmedievalists.org/About.

Please direct inquiries to the chair of the Nomination Committee, Marc B. Cels (marcc@athabascau.ca). Nominations are due to the committee by 1 April 2020. The Committee will draw up a slate of candidates for election at the 2 June AGM in London, Ontario. Nominations will still be accepted from the floor during the AGM. Members can view the society’s constitution online at: https://www.canadianmedievalists.org/resources/Documents/CSM-SCM%20Constitution%202019%20ENG.pdf

Elected Officers

1 Vice President: a two-year term followed by a two-year term as President, and a 2-year term as Past President. The Vice President learns the business of the society while being a member of the Executive Committee. Meanwhile, the VP has responsibility for society communications, including a bi-annual online newsletter (Scrinium) and directing the society’s PR Team. The PR Team shares society news via the website and social media, considers communication strategies, and assists in recruiting new members. Competence in both English and French would be an asset. Members of the Executive are expected to attend and assist at the society’s annual meeting during Congress.

4 Advisory Board Members (two-year terms): Members of the Advisory Board represent the geographic and disciplinary diversity of Medieval Studies in Canada. There will be four vacancies on the Board for professional Canadian medievalists. Board members advise the president and Executive Committee when required. Chairs of the society’s book and dissertation prizes are recruited from the Board, as are members of the Nomination Committee. Attendance at the society’s annual meeting is encouraged, but not required.

Officers Appointed by the Executive Committee:

1 Public Relations Officer (two-year term): Members of the PR Team are directed by the Vice President and assist with the society’s communication and in recruiting new members. PR Team members share society news via Facebook and Twitter. Competence in both English and French is required. Attendance at the society’s annual meeting is encouraged, but not required.

Appel de candidatures : Officiers pour 2020

La Société canadienne des médiévistes accueille les candidatures d’un vice-président, de quatre membres du conseil consultatif et d’un agent des relations publiques. Vous trouverez une liste des agents actuels de la société du lien suivant: https://www.canadianmedievalists.org/apropos/~fr.

S’il vous plaît, adressez des questions au président du comité de nomination, Marc B. Cels (marcc@athabascau.ca). Les candidatures doivent être présentées au comité d’ici le 1er avril 2020. Le comité dressera une liste de candidats à l’élection lors de l’assemblée générale annuelle qui aura lieu le 2 juin à London, en Ontario. Les candidatures seront toujours acceptées posées dans la salle lors de l’ l’assemblée générale annuelle. Les membres peuvent consulter la constitution en anglais de la société en ligne à l'https://www.canadianmedievalists.org/resources/Documents/CSM-SCM%20Constitution%202019%20ENG.pdf

Élus

1 Vice-président : un mandat de deux ans suivi d’un mandat de deux ans en tant que président et d’un mandat de deux ans en tant qu’ancien président. Le vice-président apprend les affaires de la société tout en étant membre du Comité exécutif. Pendant ce temps, le vice-président est responsable des communications de la société, y compris un bulletin en ligne semestriel (Scrinium) et dirige l’équipe des relations publiques de la société. L’équipe de relations publiques partage les nouvelles de la société via le site Web et les médias sociaux, examine les stratégies de communication et aide au recrutement de nouveaux membres. La compétence en anglais et en français serait un atout. On s’attend à ce que les membres de l’exécutif assistent à la réunion annuelle de la société pendant le Congrès et y aident.

4 Membres du conseil consultatif (mandat de deux ans) : Les membres du conseil représentent la diversité géographique et disciplinaire des études médiévales au Canada. Il y aura quatre postes vacants au conseil consultatif des médiévistes canadiens professionnels. Les membres donnent des conseils au président et au comité exécutif au besoin. Les présidents du livre et des prix de thèse de la société sont recrutés auprès du conseil consultatif, de même que les membres du comité de mise en candidature. La participation à l’assemblée générale annuelle de la société est encouragée, mais non requise.

Officiers nommés par le comité exécutif :

1 Agent des relations publiques (mandat de deux ans) : Les membres de l’équipe des relations publiques sont dirigés par le vice-président et aident à la communication de la société et au recrutement de nouveaux membres. Les membres de l’équipe de relations publiques partagent les nouvelles de la société via Facebook et Twitter. La compétence en anglais et en français est requise. La participation à l’assemblée générale annuelle de la société est encouragée, mais non requise.

University of Alberta to Host Congress 2021

Marc Cels — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 17:37:39 GMT

U of A and Edmonton's mayor announced Jan. 24 that the U of Alberta will host the 2021 Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences.

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/congress-2021-university-of-alberta-to-host-largest-academic-gathering-in-canada

Colloque international, UQAM, 5-7 May 2021 : "Arbitraire et arbritages: les zones grises du pouvoir (XIIe-XVIIIe s.)"

Kouky Fianu — Fri, 24 Jan 2020 20:56:34 GMT

Appel à communications

Arbitraire et arbitrages : les zones grises du pouvoir

(XII^e - XVIII^e siècle)

Colloque international, Université du Québec a Montréal

5-7 mai 2021

Dans le monde occidental contemporain régi par le droit et la loi, par les constitutions et les chartes, envahi par une normativité galopante, l’idée que le pouvoir puisse avoir une part d’arbitraire peut surprendre ou choquer. Les dictionnaires de la langue française, depuis la première édition de celui de l’Académie en 1694, donnent le ton : « On appelle pouvoir arbitraire un pouvoir absolu qui n’a pour règle que la volonté du souverain. Il ne se dit qu’en mauvaise part. » Cette mauvaise part persiste et s’amplifie même par la suite. Le dictionnaire Larousse définit ainsi l’arbitraire comme rien de moins que ce « qui dépend de la volonté, du bon plaisir de quelqu’un et intervient en violation de la loi ou de la justice ». En 1690 pourtant Antoine Furetière proposait une définition plus nuancée, reflétant une signification ancienne inspirée de la pratique du droit : « qui dépend de l’estimation des hommes, qui n’est point fixe par le droit, ni par la loi », un sens que l’on retrouve déjà chez Jean Froissart en 1397 : « qui dépend de la décision du juge », tout simplement.

L’ambivalence du mot arbitraire s’enrichit d’une connotation bien plus positive lorsque l’on introduit le terme, plus acceptable aujourd’hui, de « discrétion ». Charge des valeurs morales d’intelligence, de compétence ou de sensibilité, on le réserve plus volontiers aux juges dans l’exercice de leurs fonctions, qu’aux hommes et aux femmes qui interviennent dans le champ du politique, dépositaires des souverainetés nationales ou simples agents chargés du maintien et de l’application des lois. C’est qu’aucune loi, aucune constitution, aucune norme ne peut prétendre régir l’intégralité de l’activité humaine ni non plus définir avec objectivité la manière dont sont appliquées l’ensemble de ces normes. Contre Accurse, pour qui « tout se trouve dans le corps du droit », Thomas d’Aquin reconnaissait que le législateur ne pouvait ni ne voulait tout exprimer dans la loi. Il reconnaissait donc l’existence d’une zone grise qui échappe aussi bien à l’interprétation juridique qu’a l’administration de preuves rationnelles. Les circonstances infinies des relations humaines ne se laissent, en outre, pas enfermer dans les codes et traites normatifs. Leur nécessaire appréciation dans les processus de régulation des relations sociales implique également de laisser une certaine latitude a ceux qui en sont en charge. Dans l’administration de la justice par exemple, l’arbitraire des juges a été défini, dès le XII^e siècle, comme la capacité d’appréciation des circonstances des crimes ou des délits afin d’arbitrer, c’est-à-dire, simplement, de choisir les peines les plus appropriées. Par ailleurs, l’arbitrage du juge, presque universellement reconnu, ne se distingue pas nettement de celui des arbitres du droit prive, « amiables compositeurs » investis par la volonté des parties d’une fonction médiatrice aussi déterminante que celle des juges dans la procédure du règlement des conflits.

Le prince, le juge et l’arbitre, chacun dans son champ d’action et dans la limite de ses capacités, répondent a un même besoin des sociétés humaines de réguler les interactions sociales (instaurer et garantir le respect des normes ou des lois) ; de combler le fossé entre les normes et les pratiques (par exemple à propos de la détermination ou de l’application des peines) ; de compenser l’absence de normes reconnues (vides juridiques ou cas de terra nullius) ; ou encore de régir les modes de dérogation à la norme (par exemple dans les cas d’exception fondés sur la nécessité). En cela, l’arbitraire se situe au carrefour de la contrainte et de la liberté, dans un clair- obscur de l’exercice du pouvoir, lieu d’insertion de valeurs morales comme la caritas, la grâce et la miséricorde. Il introduit les notions de transaction, de négociation et de contrat, abordées dans plusieurs études récentes qui proposent de revisiter les schémas encore trop linéaires qui président à notre compréhension de la construction de l’État et de la souveraineté modernes. Et si entre le temps de Froissart et celui des lexicographes de la fin du XVII^e siècle, l’affirmation du pouvoir, les transformations de la notion de souveraineté et l’évolution des modes de gouvernement ont gomme la dualité originelle du terme arbitraire, entre arbitrage et arbitraire, ils n’ont pas fait disparaitre l’importance de la légitimité, de la recherche du consensus et du consentement, comme corollaire de l’exercice du pouvoir dans tout régime politique, a l’exception peut-être de la tyrannie.

Ce colloque, au carrefour de l’histoire, du droit, de la philosophie et de l’anthropologie, propose d’envisager de manière pluridisciplinaire ou interdisciplinaire et par une lecture comparative les pratiques arbitraires/arbitrales dans le champ du droit prive, du droit pénal et de l’exercice du pouvoir public. Il cherche ainsi à observer les limites posées par le droit, la coutume, la morale a la liberté de l’exercice d’un pouvoir contraignant, voire absolu, dans l’espace européen et dans ses colonies, entre le XII^e et le XVIII^e siècle. Plus concrètement, les propositions pourront se pencher sur :

- les pratiques de la souveraineté médiées par des instances de représentation ouvrant au dialogue à différentes échelles (conseils, diètes, cortes, parlements, états et assemblées) ;

- la pratique de l’exception comme la grâce, les rémissions ou les abolitions ;

- les modalités d’interpellation des pouvoirs comme la supplique, la requête ou la pétition ;

- les lieux, les moments et les modalités d’exercice et d’application

o de l’arbitrage proprement dits, en tant que renoncement volontaire à une marge de liberté au bénéfice d’un tiers ;

o de l’exception dans les domaines politique (suivant l’aphorisme de Karl Schmitt, « Le souverain est celui qui décide de/dans la nécessite »), ou du droit (cas royaux, lèse-majesté, voire procès politiques)

- ainsi que les tensions et les résistances produites par l’exercice de l’arbitraire (par exemple la mise par écrit des coutumes).

Nombre de ces éléments ont fait l’objet d’études, parfois récentes et souvent exhaustives. L’intérêt de ce colloque tient plutôt a la réflexion croisée qu’il propose sur convergences et les divergences qui unissent ou, au contraire, opposent ces pratiques pour mieux comprendre la diversité des pratiques politiques de l’Europe médiévale et moderne : existence de contraintes conjoncturelles et structurelles (sociales ou institutionnelles) ; interférence de l’action humaine dans les pratiques du pouvoir (l’arbitraire/arbitrage étant par définition œuvre humaine et non institutionnelle) ; lieux de réflexion sur ces marges du pouvoir ou interagissent souvent le droit et la morale (traités juridiques ou des peines comme le De poenis temperandis de Tiraqueau, miroirs des princes ou traités de gouvernement de toute nature). Cette approche pourrait enrichir une réflexion plus ouverte encore, sur la fonction de lissage de l’ensemble de ces pratiques arbitrales dans le choc des libertés en conflit, sur la fragilité des espaces-limites entre politise et tyrannies ou sur la persistance d’un oxymore qui n’est qu’apparent : y a-t-il un lieu de normativité de l’arbitraire ?

Le colloque se tiendra à l’Université du Québec à Montréal du 5 au 7 mai 2021. Les propositions de communications (1500 caractères) accompagnées d’un bref curriculum vitae sont à adresser avant le 1^er mai 2020 par voie électronique à :

Benjamin Deruelle, professeur Département d’Histoire,Université du Québec à Montréal deruelle .benj amin@uqam.ca

ou à :

Michel Hébert, professeur émérite Département d’Histoire, Université du Québec à Montréal hebert.michel@uqam.ca

Note importante. Dans toute la mesure du possible, les organisateurs chercheront à assurer le transport et le logement des participants au colloque. Cependant, tous ceux ou celles qui peuvent éventuellement assurer leur propre financement, par la voie de leurs universités ou de centres de recherche, sont invités à le faire savoir au moment de l’envoi du dépôt de leur proposition. L’existence de tels financements externes (même non encore assures), en effet, est un important prérequis pour la demande de subvention générale qui sera déposée pour l’organisation du colloque.

Comité scientifique : Pascal Bastien (UQAM), Josep Capdeferro (U. Pompeu Fabra), Fanny Cosandey (EHESS ) Benjamin Deruelle (UQAM ), Jean -Philippe Garneau (UQAM ), Claude Gauvard (U. Paris 1), Michel Hebert (UQAM), Olivier Matteoni (U. Paris 1), Lyse Roy ( UQAM).

Two-year postdoctoral fellowship at USC Centre for the Premodern World

Meredith Bacola — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 19:09:45 GMT

Postdoctoral Fellowship

The USC Center for the Premodern World invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship. The appointment will begin in the fall of 2020. Applicants will hold a degree in one of the Center’s areas of strength: Classics, History, Religion, Art History, or East Asian Languages and Culture. The salary for the postdoctoral fellow is $65,000 per year plus fringe benefits, with an additional research and travel account of $2000.

Applicants must have received their PhD no earlier than July 1, 2016, or else expect to have completed it by July 1, 2020. Applications from scholars whose work focuses on one of the Center’s current areas of thematic interest are especially encouraged: the Premodern Mediterranean, Sacred Ground, and the Early History of the Book. The holder of the fellowship will be expected to pursue research and teach three courses over four semesters, with at least one semester devoted fully to research. The holder is expected to reside in the Los Angeles area during the academic year and to participate in the scholarly life of the Center and the University.

To apply, please submit as a single PDF document:

Cover letter, including a proposed research agenda (three-page maximum)
CV
One-page proposal describing two courses the applicant might teach
Writing sample (either one dissertation chapter or an article)

Applicants should also arrange to have two letters of recommendation submitted on their behalf. All materials should be sent to cpw@usc.edu. Applicants are responsible for making sure all application material, including letters of recommendation, are submitted before the deadline. Please allow ample time for referees to submit their letters.

The application deadline is Friday, March 6, 2020, at 11:59 pm PST.

Inquiries should be directed to cpw@usc.edu

USC is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law or USC policy.

Eligibility

Applicants will hold a degree in one of the Center’s areas of strength: Classics, History, Religion, Art History, or East Asian Languages and Culture.
The dates for completion of the Ph.D. degree are strictly observed, with no exceptions. “Date of completion” is defined as the day the applicant officially fulfills all requirements for the Ph.D. degree according to the guidelines of their institution.
Citizens from any country are eligible for this fellowship.
Candidates with a Ph.D. granted by an institution outside the U.S. are eligible to apply.
Scholars who have held or currently hold terminal postdoctoral positions are eligible to apply.
Scholars who have received a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California are not eligible to apply.
Scholars who are permanently employed in full-time, tenure-track positions are not eligible to apply.

Come to Halifax! TT Job at King's College (Dalhousie)

Kathy Cawsey — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 14:50:25 GMT

Come join me - we need more medievalists!

The Foundation Year Program (FYP) at the University of King’s College invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor, commencing July 1, 2020. Candidates must have a PhD or be ABD. The Foundation Year Program is an interdisciplinary and team-taught program, which considers the western tradition (including works of literature, philosophy, religion, art and science) from the ancient world to the present.

https://ukings.ca/campus-community/employment/assistant-professor-tenure-track-foundation-year-program/?fbclid=IwAR1XqNAvNnxQbpF5gbDiW1FJnb5CFy-E56WayDvPdigBPPCDnVpR5jRRlls

Job at Cardiff - Medieval English

Kathy Cawsey — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 19:10:37 GMT

The School of English, Communication and Philosophy at Cardiff University is seeking to appoint a Fixed-Term Lecturer in Medieval English Literature for 24 months (with the possibility of renewal). The successful candidate will be expected to design and deliver specialist undergraduate and postgraduate modules and also to contribute to a team-taught medieval module. The successful candidate will have teaching and research interests in Middle English literature. Applications are especially welcome from candidates whose expertise also includes medievalism, other medieval literatures, and/or theoretically-informed approaches such as disability studies, ecocriticism, gender and/or queer studies, or race studies.

Applicants should note that the School is committed to the values of equality, diversity and inclusion. We welcome applicants from groups often under-represented in the academy: women, people with disabilities, visible minorities, people who identify as LGBTQ+ or are from lower social and economic groups.

This is a Teaching and Research post. The successful applicant will have a growing national academic reputation, an excellent record of high-quality publications and teaching, and the enthusiasm and drive to play a key role in enhancing the School’s reputation for impactful research and community engagement. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, English at Cardiff was ranked in the top ten in the UK, with 87% of its research activity rated as world-leading or internationally excellent.

The appointee will bring an engaging and innovative approach to module delivery and assessment, and, with a commitment to delivering an excellent student experience, will contribute to the enhancement of the School’s ethos of supportive and collaborative research-led teaching.

The post holder will engage with external academic, professional and public institutions to enhance the School’s reach and reputation, and will enhance the School’s creative and inclusive community, which is recognised for its impact on policy, practice and public life.

This is a full-time post (35 hours per week), fixed-term until 31 August 2022. The post will commence on 1 September 2020.

https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BYB633/lectureship-in-medieval-english-literature

Passing of Fr. Edouard Jeauneau

Marc Cels — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 18:39:40 GMT

Message forwarded on behalf of Fr. James K. Farge, CSB:

We learned yesterday that Father Edouard Jeauneau died yesterday, 10 December, in a hospital in Chartres. He was a Professor of Medieval Philosophy at PIMS and the CMS from about 1974 to 1995; and, after that, he spent about 8 months each year working on his numerous publications here in Toronto. He always had generous SSHRC grants and hired a long string of CMS students to work for him. He trained many of them in reading the particular handwriting in the manuscripts and in editing the texts. He was also generous in the salaries he paid the students.

He was 95 years old and has not come back to Toronto in the last five years. His funeral Mass will be in his small home town of Coudray-en Perche (about 60 km from Chartres).

James K. Farge, CSB

Curator, Rare Books and Special Collections

Library, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies

French Graduate opportunity

Kathy Cawsey — Mon, 09 Dec 2019 15:37:36 GMT

The Department of French at the University of Victoria (British Columbia) invites those interested in pursuing an MA in French Literature, Language & Culture to submit an application. For further information on the MA in French Literature, Language & Culture at the University of Victoria, see:

https://www.uvic.ca/humanities/french/graduate/index.php

The master’s program is designed to foster a close-knit cohort. A few of the program’s highlights are:

• a focus on digital cultures and literacies

• the diversity of research specialities

• innovative teaching methods

• transformative learning

Furthermore, the Department offers competitive financial support to full-time graduate students: scholarships up to $15,000, with a minimum of $6,000 guaranteed (for the first year only). The possibility of gaining experience as a teaching assistant or a research assistant is also another important asset of the program. All applications submitted by February 1st, 2020 will be considered for a graduate entrance scholarship.

For more details on the master’s program, please contact the graduate advisor, Catherine Léger, gradfren@uvic.ca

CHA new Teaching Awards emphasizing Primary Sources

Marc Cels — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 16:52:14 GMT

The Canadian Historical Association has instituted a new annual prize that "seeks to recognize post-secondary instructors teaching in any geographical, thematic, or temporal field in historical studies who have a record of excellence in emphasizing student engagement with primary sources in their courses in effective, critical, sustained, and, possibly, innovative ways. Effective teaching about the question of primary sources and how people today should contend with them are the central aspects of this award. " The deadline for nomination packages is 31 Dec. 2019.

https://cha-shc.ca/english/what-we-do/prizes/the-chas-excellence-in-teaching-with-primary-sources-awards.htm

Florilegium vol. 33 on medieval manuscripts in Canada

Marc Cels — Sat, 09 Nov 2019 15:23:47 GMT

The current issue of Florilegium (vol. 33, 2016) came out last summer: its ten articles are dedicated to medieval manuscripts in Canada. For a list of the table of contents, visit: https://www.utpjournals.press/toc/flor/33. For more information on Florilegium, the journal of the Canadian Society of Medievalists / Société canadienne des médiévistes, or to submit a manuscript, visit: https://www.canadianmedievalists.org/Florilegium.

Medieval Translatathon for Cancer Research

Mon, 04 Nov 2019 18:52:11 GMT

The Christmas season is approaching and what better way to share the holiday cheer than by supporting a good cause and sending someone an Old or Middle English greeting?

Krista Murchison, Canadian medievalist at the Leiden University, is working with her students to improve their language skills while raising money for cancer research. Visit https://translatathon.wordpress.com/ for more details

Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange Across Medieval Saharan Africa

Marc Cels — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 02:53:29 GMT

Congratulations to the Aga Khan Museum (Toronto) on opening a new exhibit: 'Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange Across Medieval Saharan Africa' (21 September 2019-23 Feb. 2020). For information about the exhibit and associate events, visit: https://www.agakhanmuseum.org/exhibitions/caravans-of-gold

Passing of Catherine Innes-Parker

Marc Cels — Sun, 15 Sep 2019 23:08:54 GMT

I'm very sad to report the death on 3 September at the age of 63 of our colleague, Catherine Innes-Parker, Professor of medieval literature in the Department of Language and Literature at the University of Prince Edward Island in Charlottetown. Catherine completed both her BA and MA at McMaster University and her doctorate at Memorial University. Catherine published on theology, devotional literature, and anchoritism. Condolences can be left at her online obituary: https://dingwellfh.ca/memorial/catherine-innes-parker-0

Call for submissions/Appel: Dissertation Prize in Medieval Studies/ Prix thèse de doctorat

Marc Cels — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 21:14:18 GMT

(English follows): 2020 Prix Leonard Boyle thèse de doctorat

Le Prix Leonard Boyle est décerné à une thèse de doctorat méritoire issue d’un domaine des études médiévales et rédigée par un chercheur canadien, ou un chercheur résidant au Canada. Les soumissions sont évaluées par le Comité du Prix et par un sous-comité de la Société canadienne des médiévistes. Le prix est remis au gagnant lors de la réunion annuelle de la Société.

Le prix comprend une somme monétaire et un abonnement de trois ans à la Société canadienne des médiévistes. Les membres reçoivent ipso facto un exemplaire de la revue Florilegium et le bulletin Scrinium.

En général, la thèse doit être présentée dans l’année suivant la soutenance. Un exemplaire papier de la thèse, une version électronique, une lettre ou un rapport du superviseur et un rapport externe doivent être envoyés au président du comité avant le 15 janvier 2020.

Adresser les demandes de renseignements et les demandes au président du comité de cette année:

Allison Fizzard

Associate Professor of History

Campion College at the University of Regina

3737 Wascana Parkway

Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2

Allison.Fizzard@uregina.ca

The 2020 Leonard Boyle Dissertation Prize

The competition for the 2020 Leonard Boyle Dissertation Prize for Medieval Studies is currently open. This prize will be awarded to an outstanding dissertation in any field of medieval studies. The dissertation must be written by a Canadian or by someone resident in Canada. Entries are adjudicated by the Dissertation Prize Committee, a subcommittee of the Canadian Society of Medievalists (CSM). The prize consists of a cash award as well as membership in the CSM for three years. Members automatically receive copies of the journal Florilegium and the CSM's newsletter Scrinium.

For the current competition, new PhD holders who defended their dissertations in 2019 are invited to submit their work. For consideration in the competition, an applicant should submit the following documents by 15 January 2020 to the Chair of the Committee: (a) one paper copy of the dissertation, (b) one electronic copy of the dissertation, (c) a letter or report from the supervisor, and (d) either (i) an external report or (ii) a letter from an additional member of the dissertation committee. Canadians who completed their dissertations at foreign institutions must also provide proof of citizenship, such as a photocopy or digital scan of their passport.

Please address inquiries and applications to this year's Chair of the Committee:

Allison Fizzard

Associate Professor of History

Campion College at the University of Regina

3737 Wascana Parkway

Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2

Allison.Fizzard@uregina.ca

News story on the winner of the 2019 Labarge Book Prize

Marc Cels — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 18:26:10 GMT

Follow this link from 'Western News' for a story on James Grier's prizewinning book: https://news.westernu.ca/2019/09/medieval-monks-music-echoes-in-award-winning-book/

PIMS Fall 2019 Events

Marc Cels — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 22:02:40 GMT

2019 fall events at Toronto's Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies have been posted at: http://www.pims.ca/

CSM Officers: Call for Nominations 2020

Marc Cels — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 18:10:37 GMT

Call for Nominations: Vice President, Advisory Board Members, Public Relations Officer

The Canadian Society of Medievalists welcomes nominations for the following officers, with terms beginning June 15 2020. A list of society officers can be found at: https://canadianmedievalists.org/About.

Please direct inquiries to the chair of the nomination committee, Marc B. Cels (marcc@athabascau.ca)

1 Vice President: a two-year term followed by a two-year term as president, and a 2-year term as past president

4 Advisory Board Members (two-year terms)

1 Public Relations Officer (two-year term)

Margaret Wade Labarge Book Prize/ Prix Margaret Wade Labarge

Marc Cels — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 04:03:29 GMT

Margaret Wade Labarge Book Prize / Prix Margaret Wade Labarge

Canadian Society of Medievalists/ Société Canadienne des Médiévistes

Call for submissions.

Any book in the field of medieval studies (including monographs, editions, translations, and other categories as determined by the Prize Committee), authored or co-authored, translated or co-translated, edited or co-edited, etc. (the test being at least 50% participation) by a Canadian or someone resident in Canada. Edited collections of essays are not eligible. (https://www.canadianmedievalists.org/Margaret-Wade-Labarge)

The deadline for the Labarge prize 2020 (books published in 2019) will be February 28, 2020.

3 copies of eligible books should be sent to the postal address / 3 exemplaires de livres admissibles doivent être envoyées à l'adresse de courrier:

Dr Shannon McSheffrey
Department of History, LB-1001
Concordia University
1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
Montreal, Quebec CANADA H3G 1M8

Shannon.McSheffrey@concordia.ca

Admissibilité

Tout livre dans le domaine des études médiévales (y compris les monographies , éditions , traductions , et d'autres catégories telles que déterminées par le Comité du Prix), l'auteur ou le co -auteur , traduits ou co- traduits , édités ou co- édités , etc. ( le test étant la participation d'au moins 50%) par un résident canadien ou une personne au Canada. Recueils édités d'essais ne sont pas admissibles. (https://www.canadianmedievalists.org/labarge/~fr)

La date d'échéance du Prix Labarge 2020 (livres publiés en 2019) est le 28 Février, 2020.

3 exemplaires de livres admissibles doivent être envoyées à l'adresse de courrier:

Dr Shannon McSheffrey
Department of History, LB-1001
Concordia University
1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
Montreal, Quebec CANADA H3G 1M8

Shannon.McSheffrey@concordia.ca

Medieval Studies Programs in Canada, eh?

Marc Cels — Sat, 17 Aug 2019 14:45:39 GMT

Does your institution offer a program in Medieval Studies of any sort—major, minor, degrees, certificates, post-docs, etc.? Please visit the website of the Canadian Society of Medievalists (https://canadianmedievalists.org) and check the “Medieval Studies in Canada” tab: send any updates to Marc Cels (marcc@athabascau.ca).

2019 Leonard Boyle Dissertation Prize

Marc Cels — Sat, 17 Aug 2019 14:05:16 GMT

Ronald Lvovski, University of York (Toronto) was award the 2019 Leonard Boyle Dissertation Prize for his 2018 York University (Toronto) dissertation, Building Context: the Church of San Julián de los Prados and Medieval Architecture in the Kingdom of Asturias (718-910). According to the chair of the Boyle Prize Committee, Prof. Michael Treschow (UBC-Okanagan):

Ronald Lvovski’s dissertation investigates “the date, patronage and style of the church of San Julián de los Prados within a broad medieval context.” His close architectural reading of this structure leads him to what he calls an unexpected conclusion: “that the church in question was indeed built by Alfonso II between 812 and 842, yet it is an altogether different building than the one dedicated to SS Julián and Basilissa in the chronicles.” His reading is based on a very detailed exploration of the broader context of this church, “both within the Iberian Peninsula and beyond its medieval borders.” By broader context, he means religious, cultural, and political trends. For although this dissertation is primarily a study of architecture, Lvovski’s work is informed by post-colonialist and acculturation methodology. The buildings that Lvovski analyzes are, as one of his reviewers explained, consequential: “they are among our most important witnesses to the practice of architecture in Western Europe in the period between Antiquity and the Romanesque revival of the 11th century,” and adds that Lvovski’s work has enormous “potential for making an important new contribution to international scholarship.” Lvovski’s wide-ranging and thoroughly researched analysis offers a comprehensive overview of early medieval Iberian cultural evolution.

Our annual dissertation prize is awarded to a deserving doctoral thesis in any field of medieval studies submitted by a Canadian or someone resident in Canada. The prize honours the memory of the late Fr. Boyle (1923-1999), fellow of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies (Toronto). More information on the Boyle Dissertation Prize can be found in the Prizes section of the CSM website.

La Société Canadienne des Médiévistes est heureuse d’annoncer le gagnant du prix de thèse Leonard Boyle, récompensant une thèse de qualité exceptionnelle en études médiévales (tous champs confondus), rédigée par un canadien, une canadienne ou une personne résidant au Canada.

2019 Margaret 'Polly' Wade Labarge Book Prize

Marc Cels — Sat, 17 Aug 2019 14:02:59 GMT

Congratulations to James Grier, who was awarded his second Labarge Prize this year for his Ademarus Cabannensis, Monachus et Musicus (Brepols, 2018). The prize committee, chaired by Michael Kightly (University of Louisiana at Lafayette), was particularly impressed with the depth of the book’s research and the strength of its methodology. As one reviewer described it, “this book is an intensive paleographical study of the musical hand of Ademar de Chabannes, a monk of St. Martial de Limoges and a significant figure in medieval music. Perhaps the greatest strength of Grier’s book is the overall quality of the scholarship and its thoroughness … It is an exquisite example of rigorous paleographic research, articulated clearly and argued convincingly.” Our book prize honours the memory of the Society’s first president. For more information on our prize and a list of past winners, please visit the Prizes section of the CSM website.

2019 CSM Student Presentation Prizewinner

Marc Cels — Fri, 16 Aug 2019 14:51:46 GMT

Congratulations to Nora Thorburn, winner of the 2019 Student Presentation Prize for her paper, “Pro myrrae troclidite: The influence of material medica substitution lists in medical recipes in the ninth century,” presented at our 2019 Annual Meeting in Vancouver. Nora Thorburn is a student of Nicholas Everett at the University of Toronto's Centre for Medieval Studies.

Book Prize Nominations: First Book of Feminist Scholarship in the Middle Ages

Marc Cels — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 17:02:35 GMT

Dear All: I am happy to announce that the SMFS Book Committee is accepting submissions for the 2020 First Book of Feminist Scholarship on the Middle Ages. We are soliciting submissions of first monographs in any area of medieval studies. Nominated books should represent the best first monographs of feminist medieval scholarship published AND with a copyright date in 2018 or 2019.

The prize (an award of $500), will be announced in the spring, and formally awarded at the SMFS reception at the Kalamazoo International Medieval Congress in May of 2018. Self-nominations are acceptable; presses may nominate more than one title.

Please arrange for TWO copies (preferably paper copies) of each nominated book to be sent to SMFS President, Dr. Linda Mitchell, at the address below, along with a letter of application that summarizes the book’s merits and its contribution to feminist scholarship. The deadline for nominations and receipt of books to be considered is Friday, 18 October 2019. Please note that if your book is copyrighted for 2020, you should wait for the next iteration of this contest, in two years.

Please send all submissions (remember: two copies!) to:

Dr. Linda Mitchell

7559 Walnut Street

Kansas City, MO 64114

USA

If you have an e-book version of your book available to send, please make sure that it can be duplicated so that everyone on the committee is able to read the book, and that it is not owner- or password-protected. Please also remember that sending proofs of a book that is as yet unpublished might be a violation of copyright law, so if that is what you have available, you must check with the publisher to make sure that the use of the proofs for the purposes of the prize contest is acceptable to them. Please also note that the SMFS Advisory Board’s Book Committee has limited numbers of members with fluency in (modern) languages other than English, so if you are interested in submitting a monograph in a language other than English please do send a query BEFORE sending the book so that we can see if we have members available to read and assess it.

Thank you for your consideration,

Linda E. Mitchell, PhD

Martha Jane Phillips Starr Missouri Distinguished Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies

Professor of History

Past Chair, UMKC Faculty Senate

President, Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship

Cockefair Hall 223A

mitchellli@umkc.edu

816-235-5728 ext. 5

2019 Linda F. Dietz Prize for Graduate Essay (Deadline 15 August)

Fri, 19 Jul 2019 02:30:29 GMT

Each year the Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes d’histoire offers the Linda F. Dietz Prize — $500 and publication of the winning article. The Linda F. Dietz prize is awarded to the best submission written in either French or English by a Canadian graduate student. The article must incorporate original research and meet the scholarly standards of the CJH/ACH. There are no chronological or geographical limits on the content; we welcome submissions from all fields of historical study. Submissions are assessed by the editor to evaluate eligibility prior to double-blind peer review.

Deadline: August 15
http://www.utpjournals.press/journals/cjh/essay-competition
email: cjh@usask.ca

Chaque année, la revue Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes d’histoire décerne le prix Linda F. Dietz : 500$ et la publication de l’article choisi. Le prix Linda F. Dietz est attribué au meilleur article écrit en français ou en anglais par un étudiant canadien ou une étudiante canadienne dans un programme de maîtrise ou de doctorat. L'article doit incorporer de la recherche originale qui satisfait aux normes savantes du CJH/ACH. Le contenu des articles ne sera limité ni chronologiquement, ni géographiquement. Nous invitons des soumissions portant sur tous les domaines de l'histoire. Avant d'être jugés en double aveugle par un comité des pairs, les articles seront évalués par le rédacteur pour vérifier leur admissibilité.

Date limite: 15 août
http://www.utpjournals.press/journals/cjh/essay-competition
courriel: cjh@usask.ca

Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes d’histoire
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Viking Days at the Danish Canadian Musuem 17-18 August 2019

Marc Cels — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 13:29:33 GMT

Viking Days at the Danish Canadian Museum, 17- 18 August 2019, 10:00am to 5:00 PM daily, near Dickson, Alberta (90 minutes from Calgary).

https://thedanishcanadianmuseum.com/visit-uscurrent-and-upcoming-events/

Vikings: Beyond the Legend in Edmonton

Marc Cels — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 13:27:01 GMT

Vikings: Beyond the Legend. April 18 - October 20, 2019. Exhibition at the Royal Alberta Museum, Edmonton. https://royalalbertamuseum.ca/visit/galleries/feature-gallery/index.cfm

Membership Renewal (check your spam!)

Tue, 18 Jun 2019 14:29:05 GMT

Dear Members,

A notice recently went out from the CSM/SCM that yearly membership fees are now due (as of June 15, 2019) for the academic year 2019-20. This notice may have gone to your spam folder, so please do check!

Best,

Andrew Klein

CSM Webmaster

Statement from the President/Déclaration du président

Kathy Cawsey — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 15:28:16 GMT

Statement from the President of the Canadian Society of Medievalists

In response to the experience of a colleague from Acadia University and a member of the Black Canadian Studies Association (BCSA) at the recent meetings of Congress held at UBC, the Canadian Society of Medievalists publicly states our support for colleagues in the BCSA. As medievalists, we are aware of the long history of violence towards and oppression of minority groups. We held a roundtable on racism at Congress to discuss racism both within the field of medieval studies and within the academy and society as a whole, along with the steps we can take to begin to address it. We are working towards, and hereby renew our commitment to, greater diversity and equity in medieval studies and within Canadian academia as a whole.

Déclaration du président de la Société canadienne des Médiévistes

En réponse à l’expérience d’un collègue de l’Université d’Acadia et d’un membre de l’Association d’études canadiennes noires (BCSA) lors des récentes réunions au Congrès qui s’est tenu à l’UBC, la Société canadienne des Médiévistes voudrait indiquer publiquement notre soutien aux collègues du BCSA. En tant que médiévistes, nous sommes conscients de la longue histoire de violence envers et d’oppression des minorités. Nous avons organisé une table ronde sur le racisme au Congrès pour discuter le racisme dans le domaine des études médiévales, tant au sein de l’académie et les mesures que nous pouvons prendre pour commencer à le résoudre. Nous le travaillons vers et renouvellera notre engagement pour une plus grande diversité et équité en études médiévales et au sein du milieu universitaire canadien dans son ensemble.

Undergraduates looking at grad school? Consider doing an MA at Dalhousie U

Wed, 22 May 2019 16:44:26 GMT

Canadian Medievalists,

Dalhousie University's Department of English has funding available to make offers to one or two more MA candidates. You can find out about our program here: https://www.dal.ca/faculty/arts/english/programs/graduate.html. If you have promising medieval undergraduates (GPA 3.7 in English or higher), please encourage them to apply to Pamela Decker, gradengl@dal.ca.

If you want to find out more about our program, faculty, Dalhousie, or Nova Scotia, please feel free to contact Dr. Kathleen Cawsey (kathy.cawsey@dal.ca).

Library and Archives Canada Event: From Oral Tradition to Published Heritage. A celebration of the 500th Anniversary of the Printing of the Bomberg Talmud

Kristin Bourassa — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 20:15:01 GMT

This event, taking place at Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington St, Ottawa on Wednesday, April 3, 7:00-9:00 pm with reception to follow, is offered in collaboration with the Concordia Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies.

In 1519, printer and Christian Hebraist Daniel Bomberg began the monumental task of printing the 44 treatises of the Talmud, becoming the first to do so. It remains the model for all subsequent editions printed to this day. The printing of the Bomberg Talmud is a significant event in the history of printing, on par with the printing of the Gutenberg or Luther Bibles.

This event will feature a keynote lecture by Dr. Bruce E. Nielsen, the Judaica Public Services Librarian & Archivist at the Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania. He is recognized worldwide as a leading expert on the Bomberg Talmud. Complementing the lecture will be a series of short talkbacks that lead into a round-table discussion with a diverse range of scholars.

Scholars giving talkbacks include Dr. Norma Joseph (Concordia University), a specialist in women and religion who will provide a feminist reflection on the legacy of the Talmud; and Dr. Pierre Anctil (University of Ottawa), who will speak to the textual tradition of the Talmud in Canada, as the 500th anniversary of the first full Talmud printing is also the 100th anniversary of the first Talmud printed in Canada.

Seating is limited, so please register by March 29, 2019. For more information about this event, email bac.invitation.lac@canada.ca. See also the event page on the Library and Archives Canada website, here.

Medieval England and France/ France et Angleterre au Moyen Âge,700-1200

Marc Cels — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 22:04:11 GMT

Congratulations to our colleagues at the British Library and The Polonsky Foundation for their new website.

This curated selection explores medieval manuscripts that were digitised as part of The Polonsky Foundation England and France Project: Manuscripts from the British Library and the Bibliothèque nationale de France, 700–1200. Discover stunning highlights of illuminated manuscripts set in their cultural and historical context and explored in a range of articles.

All of the 800 manuscripts digitised in the project are included in full on the website France et Angleterre: manuscrits médiévaux entre 700 et 1200 where you can view manuscripts side by side, and find manuscripts by date, language, place of origin, author or subject.

English: https://www.bl.uk/medieval-english-french-manuscripts

Français: https://www.bl.uk/fr-FR/medieval-english-french-manuscripts

Postdoctoral Fellow in the Jesuit Centre for Catholic Studies

Mon, 11 Mar 2019 18:31:52 GMT

The Jesuit Centre for Catholic Studies at St. Paul's College, University of Manitoba is hiring a one-year postdoctoral fellow in an interdisciplinary unit that advances a scholarly approach to the study of Catholicism. For more information see the posting: https://viprecprod.ad.umanitoba.ca/DEFAULT.ASPX?REQ_ID=06058

Solway Fellowship in the History of Christianity (c.400–c.1800)

Brandon Alakas — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 19:45:22 GMT

The Solway Fellowship in the History of Christianity (c.400–c.1800)

Closing date: Monday 15 April 2019

This post is full-time and fixed term for 9 months (1 October 2019 - 30 June 2020) https://recruitment.durham.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_details_form.jobspec?p_id=016033

The Solway Fellowship is located in the Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies (IMEMS) and University College. IMEMS is one of the largest, most diverse and dynamic centres of medieval and early modern studies in the world, bringing together over eighty members of permanent academic staff, plus many postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers, from all three faculties of the University. Archaeology, English, History and Modern Languages are particularly well-represented among its members, but the Institute has a specific brief to encourage and support links across disciplines and inter- and multi-disciplinary research initiatives. A generous benefaction to University makes it possible to offer this fellowship in any aspect of the history of Christianity between c.400 and c.1800.

Applications are invited for an Assistant Professor (Research) in any relevant subject area with a particular interest in the history of Christianity c.400–c.1800. The successful applicant will be expected to engage actively in the academic life of both the Institute and the College and to pursue a research project that will lead to high quality research outputs. We particularly welcome applications that bring religion into dialogue with other disciplines, including the sciences, and demonstrate engagement in any of these three areas: (1) projects that focus on our collections and/or our tangible and intangible heritage at the World Heritage Site; (2) projects that complement, or provide stimulating contrasts with, any current research initiatives by IMEMS members; (3) projects which contribute to IMEMS research themes.

The Requirements

Applicants must demonstrate research excellence in the field of the history of Christianity (c.400–c.1800), with the ability to engage fully in the services, citizenship and values of the University.

The University provides a working, research and teaching environment which is inclusive and welcoming and where everyone is treated fairly with dignity and respect. Candidates will be expected to demonstrate these key principles as part of the assessment process.

To be eligible for the post, applicants must have been awarded their PhD by the time that they take up the post. Candidates must have capacity for and be making progress towards the independent development of internationally excellent research that produces high-quality outcomes, including some work that is recognised as world class. The essential research criteria for this post can be found on the Job Description.

The post is also open to candidates at a more senior level, but the appointment will be made at Grade 7.

How to Apply

For informal enquiries please contact Prof. Stephen Taylor (s.j.c.taylor@durham.ac.uk). All enquiries will be treated in the strictest confidence.

We prefer to receive applications online via the Durham University Vacancies Site. https://www.dur.ac.uk/jobs/.

Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in the University.

Post-Doc Opportunity: Re-Assessing St. Birgitta of Sweden and her Revelations in Medieval England: Circulation and Influence, 1380-1530

Brandon Alakas — Sat, 02 Mar 2019 17:03:58 GMT

Applicants are invited for a 4-year post-doctoral position with the project, “Re-Assessing St. Birgitta of Sweden and her Revelations in Medieval England: Circulation and Influence, 1380-1530,” funded by a Young Research Talents Grant from the Norwegian Research Council (8 million NOK [about $931,000/ 710,000 GBP]), awarded to Dr. Laura Saetveit Miles at the University of Bergen, Norway. The post-doc position will be editing unpublished Middle English versions of Birgitta’s Revelations for both digital and print editions. Over the 4 years, the position is 3 years of research integrated with 1 year of teaching and administration. The post-doc will be based in beautiful Bergen, Norway, and have at least 1 semester in England to work in the archives, fully funded; there is ample travel budget for attending conferences as part of the project team. UiB has a thriving medieval studies research environment, and the project has the support of the UiB library digital resources team, the UiB Literature & Religion Research Group, and the project’s own reference board of international scholars.

For full details including competitive salary level please see the job listing:

https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/165328/postdoktor

DEADLINE 1 APRIL, START DATE 1 AUGUST

Any questions can be directed to Laura.miles@uib.no

Tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Hellenic Studies at Simon Fraser University

Kristin Bourassa — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 18:06:01 GMT

The Hellenic Studies Program at Simon Fraser University invites applications for a full-time tenure-track appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor who will hold the inaugural 5-year renewable Edward and Emily McWhinney Professorship in International Relations starting September 2019.

Excellence in research and teaching are the primary criteria for this position. Candidates must have a research expertise in comparative approaches to interstate relations and population movements with a focus on Greece, the Balkans, and the Eastern Mediterranean. The ideal candidate will have a successful record in their chosen specialization, be well regarded in their field, and should have already gained a significant reputation in academic circles. The chosen candidate must hold a PhD in either history, political science, sociology, international relations or a related area by the employment start date.

For more information, see the posting on the SFU website, here.

Obituary for A.G. Rigg

Marc Cels — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 15:42:48 GMT

Forwarded on behalf of Professor David Townsend, Chair, Medieval Latin Studies, Centre for Medieval Studies:

We acknowledge with deep sadness the death of Professor A.G. Rigg on Monday, 7 January 2019. George, as he was known universally to friends, colleagues, and generations of admiring and grateful students, died peacefully at home, in the presence of his beloved wife Jennifer, after a period of declining health.

George was born on 17 February 1937 at Wigan, Lancashire, where he received his secondary education at Wigan Grammar School, which was known for its strong reputation in Classics. As an undergraduate he attended Pembroke College, Oxford from 1955 to 1959 leading to a B.A. in the English School. He wrote his D. Phil thesis, “An edition of a fifteenth‑century commonplace book,” under the supervision of Norman Davis. That work was published in 1968 as A Glastonbury Miscellany of the Fifteenth Century: a descriptive Index of Trinity College, Cambridge, MS 0.9.38. Concurrently with his doctoral work he taught at Merton College, Oxford, when he first met Jennifer, as well later at Balliol College. From 1966 to 1968 he held a Visiting Assistant Professorship in the Department of English at Stanford University. In 1968 he took the position of Assistant Professor in the newly formed Centre for Medieval Studies and the Department of English at the University of Toronto, where he taught until his reluctant retirement (still mandated by law at 65) in 2002. As an emeritus, his generous and energetic mentorship of graduate students continued for many years thereafter.

His exacting philological standards secured his international reputation as a scholar of medieval Latin as well as of Middle English. His editions included the poems of Walter of Wimborne (1978), his controversial edition of the Z-Text of Piers Plowman (1983, with Charlotte Brewer) and a glossed epitome of Geoffrey of Monmouth, A Book of British Kings (2000). The latter was published as volume 30 of the Toronto Medieval Latin Texts, a series that George established and for which he served as general editor for its first thirty volumes. His many articles included a signal series of codicological studies of medieval Latin poetic anthologies which appeared in Mediaeval Studies. Medieval Latin: An Introduction and Bibliographical Guide, co-edited with Frank Mantello, remains an invaluable resource for students of the field, while his magisterial survey, Anglo-Latin Literature, 1066-1422, published in 1992, will remain the definitive reference work for decades to come. He was elected Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America in 1997 and of the Royal Society of Canada in 1998.

His passionate advocacy for reading competence in medieval Latin as a central feature of serious advanced training in medieval studies led to the creation of the Committee for Medieval Latin Studies, which he chaired from its inception until his retirement, and to the system of examinations that remains a hallmark of a Toronto training in the field. It was his tireless and exacting but endlessly patient encouragement of students in their pursuit of a notoriously rigorous standard that exposed the greatest number of Toronto graduate students to his teaching over the years. Those who took his seminars, and above all those who benefitted from his kindness, enthusiasm, and bonhomie as their doctoral supervisor experienced even more abundantly his rare combination of extraordinary erudition, good humour, genuine humility, and quiet empathy.

We are all of us the poorer for the loss of this kind, good, and brilliant man. He is survived by his wife, Jennifer Rigg, sisters-in-law Joanne Hope and Ann Nicholson, and by his nephew, Rupert Hope. Warmest thanks to the Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care for their unfailing kindness and support.

There will be a small ceremony at 11:00 am on Saturday, 19 January 2019, Humphrey Funeral Home, 1403 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON. Phone: 416-487-4523. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to an animal rescue shelter or a charity of your choice.

The Centre hopes to hold a memorial on the University of Toronto campus in the Spring, and an informal remembrance at the Medieval Congress at Kalamazoo prior to the annual CMS reception; details to follow.

David Townsend

Professor Emeritus of Medieval Studies and English

University of Toronto

Special offer for CSM members on Liberation Tours Medieval Britain Tour

Kristin Bourassa — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 15:14:00 GMT

Liberation Tours is offering a discount for Canadian Society of Medievalists members on its "Medieval Britain: Castles, Cannons & Crowns. Battlefields & Cultural Landmarks" tour, August 13-27, 2019. For more information and to download the brochure, please visit their website, here: https://www.liberationtours.ca/medievalbritain-csm.html.

Call for Congress 2019 - Discussion Session

Kathy Cawsey — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 02:14:39 GMT

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

Racism in Medieval Studies: Problems and Solutions

A Discussion Session at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Medievalists

Since the summer of 2017 it has become profoundly clear that the discipline of medieval studies has a racism problem. In July of that year, attendees at the International Medieval Congress brought attention to the fact that in spite of panels on topics such as diversity and otherness, medieval studies as a whole was fairly homogenous, and in terms of tone, at times, outright racist. In August, the “Unite the Right Rally” in Charlottesville, Virginia showed us that symbols from the medieval world were being coopted and used to support white supremacist agendas. Work by Medievalists of Color, the Public Medievalist’s series on Race, Racism and the Middle Ages, along with the with the work of scholars such as Geraldine Heng and Dorothy Kim, showed us that traditional ways of teaching medieval history and literature could homogenize and whiten the diversity found in the medieval world and that the academy itself was not equally welcoming for all scholars. In this era, with hate speech and hate crimes on the rise, medieval studies is trying to reorient itself to be more inclusive: in what we research and teach and in who is called on to research and teach it. It is in this context that this call for participation is situated.

The planned discussion session is aimed at exploring problems and solutions to combat this two-pronged issue of racism in medieval studies. The format of the session is a short series of 5-minute presentations of problems, questions or potential solutions, and then a wider group discussion that will encompass everyone in the room. If you are interested in offering a five minute presentation, please email Donna Trembinski at dtrembin@stfx.ca with your name and topic of interest. We’d like to include as many concerns, ideas and voices as possible.

Medieval Studies and the TRC at the joint AMA/AMEMG conference

Sat, 10 Nov 2018 22:45:58 GMT

Medieval Studies and the TRC at the joint AMA/AMEMG conference

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending a joint conference of the Atlantic Medieval Association and the Atlantic Medieval and Early Modern Group in Sackville, New Brunswick. It started out in an almost-can’t-see-to-drive downpour and ended in a glorious fall day aflame with autumn colours.

The conference is about as small as you can get, and I almost didn’t go this year because I – and I’m sure I’m not alone in this – was swamped with teaching and admin. But small conferences like the AMA are so important. I attended some excellent papers, of course, and actually got the chance to make an astrolabe – Dr. Samuel Gessner of the University of Lisbon was the keynote speaker, and the “Hands-on History of the Astrolabe” he presented was not a metaphor! (My arts-and-crafts skills are distinctly rusty, I might add.) The real value, though, was in making connections with other medievalists. Increasingly, many of us are the lone medievalists at our universities, and academic societies provide a welcome respite from the isolation and loneliness that can entail.

I was also “pricked” – to use a Middle English word – by a panel responding to the calls to action from Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Hitherto I had felt a bit helpless in the face of the calls: yes, we can do more as institutions to support Indigenous students; yes, we can support calls for Indigenous literatures and histories, and work on making them mainstream – but honestly, I thought, as a medievalist, there’s not much I can do in my field. Saying “Indigenous peoples were around in the Middle Ages too and so we should study Indigenous cultures from 1000-1500” seemed a bit facile, to my way of thinking (never mind that it is imposing colonizing Western European periodization on the world, and risks cultural appropriation as well).

But the panel got me thinking about the ways in which Canadian medievalists can seriously and genuinely respond to the TRC in our scholarship as well as our institutions. We talked about incorporating Indigenous knowledge practices both in our classrooms, rethinking the top-down lecture approach, and in our scholarship, applying Indigenous theories and approaches to canonical texts. We talked about ways to avoid falling into the trap of “empty words” and “rote repetition” in our acknowledgements of the Indigenous territories our universities are built upon. We talked about countering the alt-right appropriation of medieval images and medievalism. And after the conference Lauren Beck compiled and circulated a bibliography of Indigenous literary and historical theory and methods.

In the coming months I will be posting more about these kinds of topics – both ways to counter the alt-right in our classrooms, and ways of thinking about Indigenous theory in our scholarship. I’d also like to know how you are responding to the TRC, not only in your institution but in your scholarship and teaching. And any Indigenous resources you can send me would be great as well.

Kathy Cawsey

President, CSM/SCM

Call for Expressions of Interest, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowship Applications (2019 deadline)

Kristin Bourassa — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 14:42:15 GMT

The Centre for Medieval Literature (University of Southern Denmark, Odense, and University of York) invites expressions of interest for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Individual Fellowship applications, September 2019 deadline. Selected candidates will receive mentorship from the Centre for Medieval Literature in applying for an Individual Fellowship based at either the University of Southern Denmark or the University of York.

For more information, see the call at the Centre for Medieval Literature

55 Positions in "Understanding Written Atrefacts" project at the University of Hamburg

Kristin Bourassa — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 09:55:35 GMT

Calls for applications

The Cluster (Understanding Written Artefacts, University of Hamburg) welcomes applications from across disciplines that show a clear focus on the study of written artefacts.

35 Positions: Research Associate, TV-L 13, 75% of standard work hours per week

15 Positions: Research Associate TV-L 13, full position

5 Positions: Research Associate TV-L 15

For more information, see Cluster of Excellence: Understanding Written Artefacts.

CFP: CSM/ACCUTE Joint Session at Congress - Topographies of Interiority: Medieval Representation

Brandon Alakas — Sun, 14 Oct 2018 23:32:32 GMT

"Topographies of Interiority: Medieval Representation"

Calling for papers on topological representations of interiority in medieval literature. Since the “spatial turn” in the humanities and social sciences, the novel and modern incarnations of the lyric poem have been the focal texts of spatial approaches. Medieval representations of space and place present a challenge of alterity since as they do not confirm modern expectations of isometry, mimesis, or "accurate" mapping. Nevertheless, the pre-cartographic imagination of medieval cultures is not simplistic or monolithic, but present the modern reader with a different series of preoccupations and configurations. These preoccupations are enveloped in the diction of the soul and passions, but necessitate a two-way confluence and construction of the exterior world:

Some topics might include:

The employment or negation of place/space in the writings associated with mysticism
The division of “the world” as an enemy of the soul, with "nature," "creation," or "the universe" as redeemable and/or distinct(?) categories
The topologies of love and/or grief
Spatial mnemonics and Memoria
Dreamscapes
Humoral influence in different spaces
Medieval Maps/mapping and cosmological analogy
Pilgrimage, exploration and interior resonances

Send paper proposals to rbergen.ubc@gmail.com by December 10

Call for Papers - PCDP 2019: Fairies and the Fantastic - February 22-23, 2019

Brandon Alakas — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 19:57:58 GMT

Call for Papers - PCDP 2019: Fairies and the Fantastic

February 22-23, 2019

The Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the Ohio State University invites abstracts and panel proposals on the topic of Fairies and the Fantastic. The submission deadline is October 31, 2018. In the Prologue to Chaucer’s Wife of Bath’s Tale, the narrator reminisces about a time when the land was full of fairies and the Elf Queen danced merrily on the green. In the centuries since Chaucer, fairies, far from disappearing, have lived on in the popular imagination and its creations. This conference is especially interested in Fairies and the Fantastic in the broadly conceived Medieval and Renaissance periods, but it also invites papers that look back to earlier examples of fairy belief or that explore the uses of fairies in later popular culture. All approaches are welcome, from literary, artistic, cinematic, and gaming analyses, to historical and cultural investigations. We also encourage papers with broad geographical scope that examine the ‘presence’ of fairies outside Western Europe--in Scandinavia, Persia, and other parts of the world.

Twenty-minute papers will be organized thematically into two-hour sessions of four papers each, ranging across two days. Submissions for entire sessions are welcome, in which case a session title and abstract should be submitted, along with individual paper titles and abstracts from the different presenters.

Abstracts for sessions and individual papers should be limited to 250 words.

Please submit them along with any questions to cmrs_gaa@osu.edu.

In keeping with the spirit of past PCDP events, the academic conference will be part of a broader ‘carnival’ of events and activities, including food- and culture-ways demonstrations; exhibits of artwork, books, and manuscripts; combat; gaming; and Cosplay. We welcome proposals for non-academic presentations and activities.

Keynote address: Chris Woodyard, “The Many Roads to Fairyland”

1 Year Limited-Term Appointment at the Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies at Durham University

Brandon Alakas — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 16:15:23 GMT

The Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies at Durham University is seeking applications for the post of ZKS Lendrum Priory Library Junior Research Fellow

This post is full-time and fixed term for 12 months commencing 1 January 2019.

The ZKS Lendrum Priory Library Junior Research Fellowship is located in the Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies. IMEMS is one of the largest, most diverse and dynamic centres of medieval and early modern studies in the world, bringing together over eighty members of permanent academic staff, plus many postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers, from all three faculties of the University. Archaeology, English, History and Modern Languages are particularly well-represented among its members, but the Institute has a specific brief to encourage and support links across disciplines and inter- and multi-disciplinary research initiatives.

Generous grants from the Zeno Karl Schindler Foundation and Chris & Margaret Lendrum make it possible to offer this Fellowship. The appointed Fellow will be known as the ZKS Lendrum Priory Library Fellow. Applications are invited for this Assistant Professor (Research) Junior Research Fellowship on any aspect of the physical and digitised collections of Durham Priory Library, including their origin, manufacture, content, decoration, and history of the texts. The successful applicant will be expected to engage actively in the academic life of the Institute and of the Durham Priory Library Recreated project, which is a collaboration between Durham University and Durham Cathedral. The project is digitising the substantial collection of medieval manuscripts and early-printed books from the Cathedral’s original Priory Library, which date from the sixth century onwards.

It is anticipated that interviews will be held 7 November 2018.

Closes midday on 30-Sep-2018

For more information and to apply click here

Tenure-Track Position - Medieval Literature & Culture

Brandon Alakas — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 14:22:49 GMT

Tenure Track Assistant Professor of English in Medieval Literature & Culture, with expertise in race/ethnicity. Department of English.

Saint Louis University is a research university. Attractions include 2:2 load, amazing library holdings, the Vatican Film Library, the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, several Latin reading groups, medievalist colleagues in English, German, Art History, History, Theology, and Philosophy, medievalists in the St Louis area, and a university with a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion.

(see our Clock Tower Accords: https://www.slu.edu/…/ke…/diversity/clock-towers-accords.php). https://jobs.slu.edu/postings/18815.

A note from our President

Mon, 03 Sep 2018 15:09:40 GMT

CSM President’s note

Hello Canadian Medievalists,

Well, Labour Day is upon us and the fluster and flurry of a new teaching term has arrived. You will all have received Scrinium in your email boxes, so if you weren’t at Congress, you will know that I am the new CSM President (joined by Dominic Marner as Past President, Marc Cels as Vice President, Meredith Bacola as the indispensable Secretary/Treasurer ... as well as the even-more-indispensable Andrew Klein as webmaster, Christa Canitz and Sebastien Rossignol as Florilegium editors, Brandon Alakas, Kristin Bourassa, and Stephanie Lahey as social media co-ordinators, and various members of the Board and prize chairs). I am only realizing as I type what a great, and extensive, team of people there are in the CSM. Many thanks go to the people stepping down, especially to David Watt as Past President.

First, an apology – I’m sorry I couldn’t make it to Congress this year. This is what I was doing instead:

(Rievaulx Abbey)

I hope you all had a good summer and are ready for the fall. Send me information about your research and projects you’re involved in. We know that Canadian Medievalists are doing exciting things, but Canadians are a modest bunch, and too often we only find out what other medievalists are doing by accident. Send photos we can post too.

Have a great back-to-school season!

Veuillez m’excuser pour écrire en Anglais seulement.

Scrinium vol. XXII issue 2 (automne/fall 2018)

Mon, 03 Sep 2018 12:00:33 GMT

vol. XXII issue 2 (automne/fall 2018)

2018 Annual Meeting in Regina: Recap

Canadian medievalists flocked to the lakeside campus of the University of Regina for our annual meeting May 28-30, during Congress 2018. Allison Fizzard, Dean of Campion College, took care of local arrangements under the big Saskatchewan sky. Our meeting included a tour of the impressive collection of rare books and manuscripts kept at Athol Murray College of Notre Dame, the renowned hockey boarding school in Wilcox. Papers on medieval history and literature, as well as medievalism and film studies filled our sessions. Several sessions were hosted jointly with the Scandinavian Studies Society. Thomas Dubois (University of Wisconsin at Madison) presented an insightful and timely plenary lecture on Nordic sacred spaces. Past President David Watts presented an expansive vision for manuscript studies in Canada. Conversation and conviviality continued at the Bushwacker brewpub Tuesday night and at our society banquet Wednesday night at the Grille. Many medievalists also attended sessions sponsored by other learned societies, as well as at Congress’s public talks and events. These included a spirited concert by Buffy Sainte-Marie.

During our business meeting, our society’s prizes were awarded. The Margaret Wade Labarge Book Prize went to Shannon McSheffrey (Concordia) for Seeking Sanctuary: Crime, Mercy, and Politics in English Courts, 1400-1550 (Oxford, 2017). The prize committee noted that it’s “engaging and accessible nature makes it an essential book to read alongside … contemporary discussions [of sanctuary cities].” The Leonard Boyle Dissertation Prize was given to Kenneth Duggan (Vancouver Island U.) for “Communal Justice in Thirteenth-Century England,” King’s College, University of London (2017). The prize committee praised Duggan for “a superb command over an exceptionally large—and challenging—body of primary documentation … His interpretations of the documents go against the grain of prevailing scholarship in this field, and he derives exemplary and highly original conclusions from them.” The Student Presentation Prize was awarded to Stephanie Lahey (University of Victoria) for “Professional Pages, Done Dirt Cheap: On the Genre of English Offcut Manuscripts.” Congratulations to our prizewinners, and many thanks to the members of each prize committee.

Our incoming president is Kathleen Cawsey (Dalhousie), joined by a new vice-president, Marc B. Cels (Athabasca). Dominic Marne (U. of Guelph) becomes past president, and Meredith Baccola (U. of Manitoba) remains our secretary-treasurer. Jacqueline Murray, Allison Fizzard, Alison More, and Christine Eckholst joined incumbents on the Advisory Board: Michael Kightley, Brandon Alakas, Michael Treschow and Jessica Legacy.

Réunion annuelle de 2018 à Régina : récapitulation

Les médiévistes du Canada se sont retrouvés au campus lacustre de l’Université de Régina pour leur rencontre annuelle, les 28-30 mai, à l’occasion du Congrès de 2018. Allison Fizzard, doyenne du Collège Campion, était responsable de l’organisation locale sous le grand ciel de Saskatchewan. Une visite de l’impressionnante collection de livres rares et de manuscrits conservés au Athol Murray College of Notre Dame, le renommé pensionnat de hockey à Wilcox, était au programme. Les sessions comprenaient des communications en histoire et littérature ainsi qu’en médiévalisme et en étude de films. Plusieurs sessions ont eu lieu en collaboration avec la Société d’études scandinaves. Thomas Dubois (Université du Wisconsin à Madison) a donné une conférence plénière perspicace et opportune sur les espaces sacrés nordiques. L’ancien président, David Watts, a présenté de manière éloquente sa vision pour l’étude des manuscrits au Canada. Les conversations et la convivialité ont continué à la brasserie Bushwacker mardi soir et au banquet de notre société mercredi soir au Grille. Plusieurs médiévistes se sont aussi rendus à des sessions organisées par d’autres associations ainsi qu’aux causeries et autres événements publics. Parmi ces derniers, on notera le concert énergique de Buffy Sainte-Marie.

Les gagnants de nos prix ont été annoncés lors de la réunion administrative. Le Prix de livre Margaret Wade Labarge a été décerné à Shannon McSheffrey (Concordia) pour Seeking Sanctuary: Crime, Mercy, and Politics in English Courts, 1400-1550 (Oxford, 2017). Le comité du prix a noté que sa « nature engagée et accessible en fait un livre essentiel à lire dans le contexte (…) des discussions actuelles [sur les villes sanctuaires] ». Le Prix de thèse Leonard Boyle est allé à Kenneth Duggan (Université de l’Île de Vancouver) pour « Communal Justice in Thirteenth-Century England », King’s College, Université de Londres (2017). Le comité du prix a fait l’éloge de Duggan pour « une maîtrise superbe d’un corpus de sources exceptionnellement abondantes – et difficiles (…). Son interprétation des documents va à l’encontre des tendances dominantes dans son champ d’études et il en tire des conclusions extrêmement originales ». Le Prix de communication étudiante a été décerné à Stephanie Lahey (Université de Victoria) pour « Professional Pages, Done Dirt Cheap : On the Genre of English Offcut Manuscripts ». Félicitations à nos récipiendaires et un grand merci aux membres de chaque comité.

Notre nouvelle présidente est Kathleen Cawsey (Dalhousie), à laquelle se joint un nouveau vice-président, Marc B. Cels (Athabasca). Dominic Marner (Université de Guelph) est maintenant l’ancien président et Meredith Baccola (Université du Manitoba) conserve le poste de secrétaire-trésorière. Jacqueline Murray, Allison Fizzard, Alison More et Christine Eckholst joignent le conseil consultatif, complétant le groupe formé par Michael Kightley, Brandon Alakas, Michael Treschow et Jessica Legacy.

Congress 2019 – Call for Papers

Canadian Society of Medievalists Annual Meeting

Congrès 2019 – Appel à communicationsRencontre annuelle de la

Société Canadienne des Médiévistes

3-5 June/juin 2019
Vancouver, B.C./C.-B.

The special theme for this year’s Congress is “Circles of Conversation,” but papers for the CSM Annual Meeting can address any topic on medieval studies. Proposals for sessions of three papers are also invited. Presentations may be in either English or French. Bilingual sessions are particularly welcome.

Proposals should include a one-page abstract and a one-page curriculum vitae. Papers should be no more than 20 minutes' reading time. Proposals for complete sessions should include this information in addition to a title and a brief explanation of the session and its format. Please indicate if the proposed session would be suitable as a joint session with another learned society.

Please submit proposals for individual papers by December 15, 2018 and proposals for sessions by January 15, 2019 by email to Kathy Cawsey, either by regular email (kathy.cawsey@dal.ca) or via our website’s email system (www.canadianmedievalists.org). You must be a member of the CSM by the time of your presentation.

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Le thème du Congrès decette année est « Cercles de conversation ». Les communications à ce congrèsannuel de la SCM peuvent toutefois traiter de tout sujet relatif aux études médiévales. L'invitation est également lancée pour des propositions de sessions entières. Les communications peuvent être données en français ou en anglais. Lessessions bilingues sont particulièrement bienvenues.

Lespropositions de communications devront inclure un résumé et un curriculumvitae d'une page chacun. La durée de lecture maximale des communicationsdevra être de 20 minutes. Les propositions de sessions entières devront inclure,outre les informations régulières, un titre et une courte explication ducontenu de la session et de son format. Veuillez indiquer si la sessionproposée serait convenable pour une session commune avec une autre associationsavante. Prière de soumettrevos propositions au plus tard le 15 décembre2018 pour des communications individuelles et le 15 janvier 2019 pour des sessions entières, par courriel à KathyCawsey (kathy.cawsey@dal.ca)ou par le courriel de notre site,www.canadianmedievalists.org.Vous devrez être un membre en règle de la SCM au moment de votre communication.

Florilegium

Call for Submissions

Florilegium invites article submissions in any field of medieval studies; papers taking an interdisciplinary approach are especially welcome. Manuscripts (in MS Word) should be sent to the Editor, Dr. A. E. Christa Canitz, at <Florilegium@unb.ca>. Submissions are refereed double-blind by international and Canadian specialists. Papers must not contain any indication of authorship and must not be published or submitted elsewhere. Manuscripts should normally not exceed 8,000-9,000 words, including footnotes and bibliography, and should be formatted according to Chicago style. Papers may be written in either English or French. A brief abstract (one or two sentences) should be included with the submission. Proposals and enquiries are also welcome and should be directed to the Editor at <Florilegium@unb.ca>.

Florilegium’s website at the University of Toronto Press can be found at http://www.utpjournals.press/loi/flor

Appel à contributions

La revue Florilegium, organe de la SCM / CSM, accueille des articles dans tous les domaines des études médiévales. Les auteurs sont invités à soumettre leur manuscrit sous forme de document électronique MS Word à l’éditrice, la professeure A. E. Christa Canitz <Florilegium@unb.ca>. Tous les textes sont évalués anonymement par au moins deux lecteurs ou lectrices externes, du Canada ou de l’étranger, spécialistes de leur domaine. Les manuscrits ne doivent comporter aucune indication permettant d’identifier l’auteur ; les textes publiés ou soumis ailleurs sont exclus. Ils peuvent être rédigés en français ou en anglais ; ils ne doivent pas normalement dépasser 8 000 à 9 000 mots, y compris les notes en bas de page et la bibliographie, et ils doivent se conformer aux règles de présentation du Chicago Manual of Style. Un court résumé (une ou deux phrases) devra être joint à la soumission d’article. Les propositions et demandes d’informations sont également bienvenues et doivent être à adressées à l’éditrice à <Florilegium@unb.ca>.

Le site web de Florilegium, aux Presses de l’Université de Toronto, se trouve à :http://www.utpjournals.press/loi/flor

Membership

Thanks to those of you who have renewed your memberships already. Memberships are renewable starting on June 15 of each year. In 2018 we had 184 members, up from 143 in the previous year. We are trying to register 200 members for this year. Please encourage your colleagues to join. You can update and renew your own membership on the CSM website (https://www.canadianmedievalists.org/). Membership in the society can make a great gift for graduating students.

Membership fees support our annual meeting, pay for our prizes, and pay our dues to the CFHSS. The Society represents Canadian medievalists to the government agencies such as SSHRC and to international networks, such as CARA. CSM Members receive the society's journal, Florilegium, and news from the society. Members also receive a discount on Mediaeval Studies when it is purchased along with the membership. The rate for Mediaeval Studies is $68 including shipping and tax. That's 50% off the regular price!

Adhésion

Merci à toutes celles et tous ceux d’entre vous qui avez déjà renouvelé leur adhésion. L’adhésion doit être renouvelée le 15 juin de chaque année. En 2108, nous avions 184 membres, alors que nous n’en avions que 134 l’année précédente. Notre objectif est d’atteindre 200 cette année. N’hésitez pas à enjoindre vos collègues à devenir membres par le biais du site web. Le site web (https://www. canadianmedievalists.org/accueil/~fr) vous permet de vérifier votre statut de membre et de renouveler votre adhésion en ligne. Une adhésion à la Société peut être, par exemple, un cadeau à vos étudiants fraîchement diplômés.

Les frais d’adhésion servent à financer la rencontre annuelle, les prix et la cotisation à la FSH. La Société représente les intérêts des médiévistes auprès d’agences gouvernementales comme le CRSH et de réseaux internationaux comme CARA. Les membres de la SCM reçoivent la revue de la Société, Florilegium, et les nouvelles de la Société. Les membres de la SCM peuvent également se prévaloir d’un rabais sur le prix de la revue Mediaeval Studiess’ils s’abonnent en même temps qu’ils renouvellent leur adhésion. Le prix de Mediaeval Studies revient donc à $68, incluant taxes et frais de poste, ce qui correspond à 50% du prix régulier.

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Sébastien Rossignol (Memorial University) makes it possible for us to circulate a French version of Scrinium alongside the English version. Traduction française par Sébastien Rossignol, Memorial University.

Middle English Dictionary online update (beta)

Thu, 30 Aug 2018 15:43:46 GMT

The online Middle English Dictionary and Compendium, developed and hosted by the University of Michigan, have received their most significant update in the last two decades. You can use the beta version here: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary

If you'd like to read about the long development of this fantastic resource, you can read up on it at the About page: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/about

Congrats to all involved and thank you for your dedicated work.

A ‘glossarial’ concordance to the works of Chaucer and the English works of John Gower is now available on a site at Johns Hopkins

Brandon Alakas — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 15:04:46 GMT

A Note from Christopher Cannon

Glossarial Concordance to Middle English
middleenglish.library.jhu.edu
The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer and the English Works of John Gower

The data was compiled by the late Larry Benson from the electronic files created when he edited the Riverside Chaucer as well as the similar files he created in his retirement from Macaulay’s edition of Gower. As many of you know, the concordance was available on Harvard’s Chaucer website for some years, although, as Larry said, it was ‘buggy from the start’ (it turns out there were some simple but disabling errors in the original indexing files), and, recently, it had become all but unusable. I recently persuaded the library at Hopkins of the importance of this data to Middle English studies, however, as well as its potential for the digital humanities, and so a variety of resources were made available including a software engineer to provide new programming for the data with a variety of new searching possibilities. The most important advance I think—which should make this usable by beginning students—is an auto-fill function in the search boxes so that Middle English approximations of the form you are typing as well as possible dictionary headwords are suggested and progressively refined. This site also makes available the tagged text (which you can see alongside or instead of the untagged text of each line) and Benson’s tagging system (sui generis but a useful standard since it is entirely based on MED abbreviations). I have hopes of expanding the site by adding other Middle English texts both major and minor myself, but anyone who wishes to tag a text for inclusion is most welcome to do so.

There will soon be an email address available on the site (under the ‘Contact’ tab) should you encounter problems when using it or want to recommend revisions or particular expansions. In the meantime, however, you are welcome to write to me with suggestions or concerns at Christopher.Cannon@jhu.edu.

With best wishes
Chris

Christopher Cannon
middleenglish.library.jhu.edu
Glossarial Concordance to Middle English
The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer and the English Works of John Gower

Le temps de renouveler / time to renew your membership to SCM / CSM

Fri, 29 Jun 2018 14:56:27 GMT

The English version will follow.

Chers et chères membres de la SCM,

Le 15 juin marque le début de l’année d’adhésion, c’est donc le moment de se reconnecter à la Société canadienne des médiévistes et de faire des plans pour l’année à venir. Notre société croît de manière exponentielle depuis la migration de notre site Internet vers un nouveau domaine. En 2017, 60% du trafic vers notre site est venu de moteurs de recherches et de partages sur les réseaux sociaux; les 40% restants provenaient de marque-pages ou de liens directs. Si notre nouveau site représente un portail vers d’autres médiévistes… vous y êtes-vous déjà connectés et avez-vous mis votre profil à jour?

Il est possible de mettre à jour votre profil et de renouveler votre adhésion avec facilité et rapidité. Il suffit de se connecter à la section « membre » de notre site: https://canadianmedievalists.org Si c’est votre première visite sur le nouveau site, il faudra choisir l’option “j’ai oublié mon mot de passe” et suivre les directions. Vous pouvez aussi contacter Andrew si vous avez besoin d’aide canmedwebmaster@gmail.com

Cherchez-vous un cadeau de graduation à offrir à un ou une diplômé-e ? Il est possible d’offrir une adhésion à cette adresse : https://canadianmedievalists.org/Gift-Memberships-and-Donations

Notre site Internet facilite les connexions entre collègues, entre médiévistes, entre Canadien-nes et chercheur-es du Canada, que vous participiez à notre colloque annuel ou non. Renouvelez votre adhésion dès aujourd’hui – et considérez l’option de renouvellement automatique pour soutenir les initiatives de la SCM. Cette année la Société va développer ses réseaux sociaux à travers de nouvelles initiatives, nous avons un nouveau numéro de Florilegiumà paraître et la Société continue de souligner les recherches innovantes à travers les prix que nous décernons. Nous espérons vous retrouver nombreux au Congrès de l’année prochaine qui se tiendra à l’Université de Colombie-Britannique début juin : https://www.congress2019.ca. Toutes ces activités sont rendues possibles par le renouvellement des adhésions des membres.

Merci pour votre soutien à nos efforts,

Meredith Bacola SCM Secrétaire-Treasurer/ Meredith.Bacola@umanitoba.ca

Merci à Lucie Laumonier pour cette traduction.

Dear CSM member,

With our membership year beginning on June 15^th, now is a great time to reconnect with the society and plan for the year ahead. Our society continues to grow exponentially since the transference of our website to a new domain. For instance, website analytics have shown that in 2017, 60% of our website traffic has come through search engines and social media sharing, with the remaining 40% coming from a direct bookmark or link. If this is our portal to other medievalists…have you logged in and updated your profile yet?

You can update your profile and membership quickly and easily by logging into the members’ only section of our website: https://canadianmedievalists.org If you haven’t been to our new website yet, you will have to choose the ‘forgot password’ option and follow the prompts. Further questions can be directed to Andrew, our webmaster, at canmedwebmaster@gmail.com

Looking for a graduation present for a postgraduate? Encourage their connection with other medievalists through providing a gift membership here: https://canadianmedievalists.org/Gift-Memberships-and-Donations

Our website facilitates connections, amongst colleagues, amongst medievalists, amongst Canadians and researchers in Canada, whether you attend our annual Congress or not. Please renew your membership today and consider choosing the recurring option so that SCM/CSM may continue to sustain its initiatives. This year, the society looks forward to new social media initiatives, a forthcoming Florilegium volume, and acknowledging cutting edge research through our prize offerings. We also hope to reconnect with many of you at next year’s Congress, which will be hosted by the University of British Columbia in early June: https://www.congress2019.ca. All these initiatives and others are made possible by your timely membership renewal.

Thank you for supporting the vital work that we do,

Meredith Bacola

CSM Secretary-Treasurer/ Meredith.Bacola@umanitoba.ca

Position opening: Editor for Speculum

Mon, 11 Jun 2018 19:01:46 GMT

THE MEDIEVAL ACADEMY OF AMERICA17 Dunster St., Suite 202, Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: 617-491-1622 Fax: 617-492-3303

Seeking Editor of Speculum

The Medieval Academy of America seeks to appoint an Editor for Speculum. The position is configured as part-time, requiring around 25 hours per week. The Editor is appointed for an expected five-year term, subject to acceptable yearly performance reviews, with the possibility of a second five-year term by mutual agreement. The editor should be an established scholar with academic credentials in some field(s) of medieval studies, broadly defined, with good organizational and decision-making skills. Experience in journal or book editing will be helpful but not necessary. The new editor should plan on taking office in the late Spring of 2019, and at the latest by July 1, 2019. Terms and conditions are to be negotiated, as is the physical location of the Editor.

Applications should be sent to the MAA by July 30, 2018. There will be electronic interviews in Fall 2018 and interviews with finalists in early December, 2018. Cover letters may be addressed to David Wallace, Chair of the Search Committee. In addition to a curriculum vitae, the cover letter should include ideas about future directions for the journal, and discussion of how s/he envisions setting up the position, either in the MAA office, now in Cambridge, MA, or by moving the operation to a university campus. If the latter, s/he will describe possible institutional support. The search committee wants to identify the best pool of candidates, and the MAA is willing to be flexible in finding ways to accommodate the various modes of professional life encountered in the searching process. However, wherever the ultimate location of the Editor, there will need to be access to a major research library and to graduate students who can be hired for assistance. Candidates should also include the names and email addresses of three scholars who can speak to the candidate’s editorial experience and scholarship; these references will only be contacted for long-listed candidates. The MAA President would be happy to respond to immediate questions about the duties involved, but candidates should also consult the fuller description of duties posted on the Academy website. The MAA also encourages nominations for the position, and there is a place to submit these on the website as well; all nominees will be sent a letter encouraging application.

For additional information, contact: EditorSearch@TheMedievalAcademy.org

Visit our website for a full job description and to apply: https://medievalacademy.site-ym.com/general/custom.asp?page=EdJobDescription

Thank you for a successful Congress!

Wed, 06 Jun 2018 15:51:18 GMT

Hello Canadian Medievalists!

Many thanks to all for a successful and engaging annual meeting. We enjoyed a fantastic manuscript and rare book visitation at Athol Murray College of Notre Dame in Wilcox where the local archivist, Gerry Scheibel, gave us a generous tour and gamely looked on as the medievalists handled the college's treasures. That's Gerry on the left below.

Among the many stellar papers (details of some can be found on our twitter feed) were two spectacular plenaries: one joint plenary with AASSC delivered by Thomas Dubois of the University of Wisconsin at Madison and a second plenary from our own Past President, David Watt of the University of Manitoba entitled " What Do We Study When We Study Manuscripts in Canada?" While we didn't get a pic of David Watt giving his absorbing lecture, you can see Thomas Dubois delivering his lecture, "Sacrality and the Landscape in the Nordic Middle Ages," below:

Congratulations are due as well to our prize winners. Shannon McSheffrey was awarded the 2018 Margaret Wade Labarge Prize for her book Seeking Sanctuary (Oxford UP, 2017).

Kenneth F. Duggan was awarded the Leonard Boyle Dissertation Prize for his dissertation entitled “Communal Justice in Thirteenth-Century England” completed in 2017 at King's College London. Following the conference, Stephanie Lahey (University of Victoria) was awarded the Student Presentation Award for her fascinating paper, "Professional Pages, Done Dirt Cheap: On the Genre of English Offcut Manuscripts." You can see our President, Dominic Marner, awarding Kenneth his certificate, beautifully illuminated by Kathryn Finter, below:

Along with the more scholarly pursuits there was, of course, a great number of first-time meetings, reconnections, and general merry-making, facilitated by the delicious food and drink at Crave. Thank you to all those who came out and made Congress a success!

We'd also like to encourage all members to send information to the CSM/SCM regarding projects, especially those with an on-going digital presence, and publications of any sort that we might share on our site. Simply send an email to canmedwebmaster@gmail.com including the pertinent details -- a title, blurb, abstract, web address, etc.

To those members who were unable to attend -- you were sorely missed, and we look forward to future gatherings, sharing of research, and conviviality. See you in Vancouver!

A request for support from the Société des Bollandistes

Mon, 30 Apr 2018 23:11:06 GMT

SOCIÉTÉ DES BOLLANDISTES

Research Institute & Library - Est. 1607

Dear Colleague,

For over four centuries the Société des Bollandistes has been at the forefront of scholarship in the vast field of Christian hagiography. Since the days of Jean Bolland and Daniel van Papenbroeck, through those of Hippolyte Delehaye, Paul Peeters and Baudouin de Gaiffier, its publications, including the Acta Sanctorum, the Subsidia Hagiographica, the Analecta Bollandiana, the Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina, Graeca, and Orientalis have been the essential tools of thousands of scholars around the world.

Its library, containing some 500,000 volumes and 1,000 periodicals, as well as its online resources, serve critical scholarship in all areas of hagiography and religious and devotional history. Today’s Bollandists continue this great tradition with the same rigour and dedication. Now, however, they are obliged to depart from their usual discretion because their future is endangered. The Société has been since its inception supported by the Belgian Provinces of the Society of Jesus, but the Jesuits, although willing to maintain the work, are no longer able to provide the finances necessary to sustain this great enterprise. Thus we are launching an urgent appeal to scholars and colleagues around the world to help keep this great and historic tradition alive. I am inviting you to help continue the mission of the Société by becoming a member of the American Friends of the Société through an annual donation to support our work:https://kbfus.networkforgood.com/projects/15364-b-kbfus-funds-bollandist-society-be

And of the Canadian Friends:

http://www.kbfcanada.ca/en/projects/the-canadian-friends-of-the-societe-bollandistes/

We offer membership at USD 100 (CAD 130) a year, but any contribution will help us continue our work. Your gift is fully tax exempt in the US and Canada. Friends will have the possibility of receiving periodic updates on the work of the Société, and will be assured of a warm welcome should they wish to work or simply visit the Bollandist library in Brussels. Further initiatives will be announced in the coming months. However, we emphasize that any level of support you can provide that will help keep this great historical enterprise flourishing in the twenty-first century will be most welcome.

Yours sincerely,

Robert Godding, S. J. Director

Bd. Saint-Michel, 24 1040 Bruxelles Belgique www.bollandistes.org

Job Posting at Carleton University: Allan Slaight Chair for the Study of the Conjuring Arts

Wed, 07 Mar 2018 01:34:52 GMT

Ad Carleton Conjuring Arts Chair VRMar5.pdf

Give the gift of membership!

Mon, 26 Feb 2018 17:04:38 GMT

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Canadian Conference of Medieval Art Historians

John Osborne — Thu, 01 Feb 2018 13:39:49 GMT

The 38th annual Canadian Conference of Medieval Art Historians will take place at Carleton University, Ottawa, March 16-17., and will feature 26 speakers from across Canada, as well as the United States and Britain. The plenary address will be delivered by John Goodall, FSA, historian and architectural editor for Country Life magazine.

Call for Expressions of Interest -- Congress 2018 Session on Medieval Food

Leanne Groeneveld — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 21:33:52 GMT

Dr. Allison Fizzard and I (Dr. Leanne Groeneveld) are interested in proposing a session for Congress 2018 entitled "Food: Feasting and Fasting in the Middle Ages" (a working title). We are both currently researching in this area and would like to connect with another member who might like to join us in drafting a proposal. If interested, please contact me at Leanne.Groeneveld@uregina.ca.

Job: Three postdocs at the Centre for Medieval Literature (University of Southern Denmark/University of York)

Kristin Bourassa — Wed, 24 Jan 2018 10:32:35 GMT

The Centre for Medieval Literature (CML) at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU, Odense) and the University of York invites applications for a total of three postdoctoral positions. (It is possible to apply to both universities with the same research plan, but you must make separate applications following the procedures of each institution.)

The CML’s research is interdisciplinary and multilingual, combining literary study with history, history of art, history of science, and other disciplines. We cover a broad range of topics addressing texts within and, especially, beyond the established medieval literary canons. The CML works to establish theoretical models for the study of medieval literature in a European scale. Our research is organised in three main research strands: Imperial Languages, Canon and Library, and Transformations and Translocations.

For more information.

Exciting new CARMEN Project Prize - for a research project idea in Medieval Studies

Fri, 24 Nov 2017 04:54:18 GMT

Do you have a great idea for a research project in Medieval Studies?

The new CARMEN Project Prize could be for you! This unique award will recognise a project idea in any area of Medieval Studies, which has the potential to advance our understanding of the medieval period or its reception in important and/or innovative ways. Unlike conventional publication prizes, the CARMEN Project Prize seeks to identify the highest-quality academic research at the planning / development stage
and to encourage its future progress.

The aims of the CARMEN Project Prize reflect the distinctive mission of CARMEN, The Worldwide Medieval Network, as an international forum for scholars at all levels to exchange ideas, build partnerships and develop collaborative research.
The application form is short (just 2 pages). Why not give it a go? Deadline for entries is 15 January, 2018. Find more information and the application form at
http://www.carmen-medieval.net/cz/project-prize-1404041631.html

Carmen The Medieval Network :: Project prize
www.carmen-medieval.net

Welcome to the new CSM website!

Andrew Klein — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 14:59:45 GMT

Hello, and welcome to the CSM website at its new home www.canadianmedievalists.org !

Over the next little while, we'll be continuing to streamline the website or introduce new sections and features (some a long time coming), so bear with us. As webmaster for the CSM site, I'm happy to hear about any suggestions or problems you're having. The move to our new platform should hopefully make things easier for everyone and resolve a number of issues with our former website. You can reach me at canmedwebmaster@gmail.com .

If you're here to sign up or renew, please go to "Member Information" above, and choose "Memberships" where you'll be able to choose a membership to subscribe to. Membership has been improved and simplified in some ways. In particular, please consider providing information about yourself in your profile that you'd like other CSM members to know (click on your name at the top of the site once logged in). Once you've signed up or renewed, you will have access to a Member Directory, which will allow us all to learn about one another or contact fellow members should you wish to do so. If you'd rather keep your information private, you can also choose to do this in your profile.

Also, as communicated to you in our recent email, when you are setting up your profile, please go to “email subscriptions” and “opt in” to future email correspondence.

What's more, as members you should be able to easily add News or CFPs to the website. If you have a recent publication, please do send the details on that to canmedwebmaster@gmail.com as well so that we can get the word out!

Thanks for supporting our wonderful community and we hope to hear from many of you.

Best,

Andrew Klein, VAP Wabash College, CSM Webmaster

MA Scholarship at Memorial University: Urbanization and the Environment in Medieval Europe

Wed, 01 Nov 2017 00:07:51 GMT

MA position medieval urbanization 2017.pdf

Job Posting: U of T Assistant Professor – Tenure Stream (Medieval Latin Language and Literature)

Mon, 23 Oct 2017 18:25:29 GMT

Position/Title Rank: Assistant Professor – Tenure Stream (Medieval Latin Language and Literature)
Faculty/Division: Arts & Science
Department: Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto
Campus: St. George (downtown Toronto)
Deadline/Closing Date for Application: Nov. 23, 2017

     The Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, invites applications for a tenure-stream appointment in the field of Medieval Latin Language and Literature. The appointment will be at the rank of Assistant Professor and will begin on July 1, 2018.
     The successful candidate will have demonstrated research and teaching expertise in the field of Latin Language and Literature (e.g., poetry, epistolography, drama, or prose narrative). The successful candidate will be able to teach Medieval Latin language at the graduate level and play a leading role in the setting and marking of Toronto’s Medieval Latin examinations. Candidates are expected to have outstanding research records, with refereed publications, and to have demonstrated evidence of excellence in teaching.
     The successful candidate must have a Ph.D. in a discipline relevant to the requirements of the position by the date of appointment or shortly thereafter, an established record of excellence in scholarly research and publication, and evidence of excellence in both undergraduate and graduate teaching. Evidence of excellence in teaching can be demonstrated through teaching evaluations, a strong statement of teaching philosophy, and strong endorsements from referees; previous university teaching experience is preferred. Candidates must also provide evidence of research of an internationally competitive calibre, as demonstrated by publications in leading journals in the field, or a research pipeline that is at high international levels [SM1], presentations at significant conferences, and strong endorsements by referees of top international stature.
     Medieval Studies at Toronto is a broadly interdisciplinary enterprise that offers the opportunity to work in collaboration with a wide range of departments and academic disciplines. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. The University of Toronto offers the opportunity to teach and conduct research in one of the most diverse and culturally vibrant universities in the world.
     All qualified candidates are invited to apply online by visiting http://uoft.me/academicopportunities Job #1701741. Applications should include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, statement outlining current and future research interests, representative writing sample, and teaching dossier (including a statement of teaching philosophy and teaching evaluations).
Applicants should also ask three referees to email letters (signed and on letterhead) directly to Prof. Suzanne Akbari, Search Committee Chair, at director.medieval@utoronto.ca by the closing date of November 23, 2017.
Submission guidelines can be found at http://uoft.me/how-to-apply. We recommend combining documents into one or two files in PDF/MS Word format.
     For more information about the Centre for Medieval Studies, please visit our homepage at http://www.medieval.utoronto.ca. The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be assessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see http://uoft.me/UP.
     All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Response to recent acts of white supremacism

Sun, 17 Sep 2017 12:27:55 GMT

In the wake of the well-documented appropriation of medieval imagery by white supremacists, the horrors of racially-motivated aggression and violence at Charlottesville over the summer, and now the online harassment of valued medievalist and activist Dorothy Kim, the Canadian Society of Medievalists wishes to publicly register its condemnation of racism and white supremacism in its various forms and its desire to see medieval studies move forward as a field to address its problematic relationship with the structures of white nationalism.

If you have not already, we urge you to read the collective statement by the Medievalists of Color who responded to recent controversies in our field over the summer. The Society of Medieval Feminist Scholarship, The Medieval Academy of America and T he New Chaucer Society have also issued responses to the uncivil discourse of recent days.

The Canadian Society of Medievalists

Labarge Prize Winner: Congratulations to Levi Roach!

Thu, 10 Aug 2017 14:21:55 GMT

Congratulations to Levi Roach! He won the Margaret Wade Labarge prize for his book Aethelred the Unready(Yale UP, 2016). For details on the winning book, see below.

From the publisher:

An imaginative reassessment of Æthelred "the Unready," one of medieval England’s most maligned kings and a major Anglo-Saxon figure

The Anglo-Saxon king Æthelred "the Unready" (978–1016) has long been considered to be inscrutable, irrational, and poorly advised. Infamous for his domestic and international failures, Æthelred was unable to fend off successive Viking raids, leading to the notorious St. Brice’s Day Massacre in 1002, during which Danes in England were slaughtered on his orders. Though Æthelred’s posthumous standing is dominated by his unsuccessful military leadership, his seemingly blind trust in disloyal associates, and his harsh treatment of political opponents, Roach suggests that Æthelred has been wrongly maligned. Drawing on extensive research, Roach argues that Æthelred was driven by pious concerns about sin, society, and the anticipated apocalypse. His strategies, in this light, were to honor God and find redemption. Chronologically charting Æthelred’s life, Roach presents a more accessible character than previously available, illuminating his place in England and Europe at the turn of the first millennium.

Levi Roach is lecturer at the University of Exeter, and formerly a junior research fellow at St John’s College, Cambridge. He lives in Exeter, UK.

Medievalist of the Month Update

Andrew Klein — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 05:03:17 GMT

The "Medievalist of the Month" feature is currently on hiatus while we focus on some updates to the CSM website. To contribute to Medievalist of the Month in the future, please contact canmedievalistsPR@gmail.com!

Labarge Book Prize - DEADLINE APRIL 15 (extension)

Andrew Klein — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 21:46:03 GMT

The Canadian Society of Medievalists would like to remind scholars of the Margaret Wade Labarge Book Prize. Submissions for the 2017 Labarge Prize (books published in 2016) should have 3 copies of eligible books sent to the committee chair, Kenna Olsen, to the mail address below by 15 April 2017:

Dr. Kenna Olsen

Department of English, Languages, and Cultures

Mount Royal University

4825 Mount Royal Gate SW

Calgary, AB, Canada

T3E 6K6

Eligibility: Any book in the field of medieval studies (including monographs, editions, translations, and other categories as determined by the Prize Committee), authored or co-authored, translated or co-translated, edited or co-edited, etc. (the test being at least 50% participation) by a Canadian or someone resident in Canada. Edited collections of essays are not eligible.

Congress 2017 Program

Andrew Klein — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 21:47:12 GMT

For the up-to-date program for the 2017 conference, please download the PDF.

Annual Congress 2017.pdf

The Canadian Society of Medievalists News

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JOB: The Marco Institute at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is now hiring for a full-time, non-tenure track Teaching Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Program Coordinator in Medieval & Renaissance Studies

2027 MAA Annual Meeting Call for Papers -- CSM as one of the hosting partners

APPEL À COMMUNICATIONS POUR LE COLLOQUE JEAN-MARIE FECTEAU DES CYCLES SUPÉRIEURS EN HISTOIRE UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL 24 et 25 mars 2026

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PIMS 2026 Diploma Programme in Manuscript Studies

Applications are now open for the 2026 Manuscript Studies Programme, at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies in Toronto from 1 June to 10 July 2026.

JOB: Postdoctoral Research Associate, U. Kent (UK), Old English letter-writing in early medieval Britain

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Appel -- CFP -- Le Multiple et l'un, The Multiple and the One : Université de Montréal 13-14 March 2026

PIMS Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellowships (application deadline Feb. 1 2026)

Grad Student or ECR essay prize for essay on history of London

Appel à candidatures – chercheurs invités en résidence 2026, Université de Caen

Soliciting donations for student scholarships in memory of Sarah Larratt Keefer

Open House for MA in Medieval Studies at University of Lincoln

New Book by CSM Member Renée Ward!

Fellowships at Smith College Special Collections including Chaucer Fellowship

New Chaucer Society Early Career Fellowships at Huntingdon Library

CMS Toronto: Grad school Open House

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STUDENT ESSAY PRIZE/PRIX POUR LE TRAVAIL ÉTUDIANT : Canadian Society of Patristic Studies/Association Canadienne des Études Patristiques

Race B4 Race Symposium on Love January 2026

Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Love: A RaceB4Race Symposium

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CSM Online/SCM en ligne: 2025-11-05, Laura Moncion, Boyle Prize Winner / Lauréate Boyle!

Employment Opportunity: Assisitant/Associate Professor, Medieval History 1100-1500 CE, Marco Institute, Univerisity of Tennesee

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville: Knoxville Academic Units: College of Arts and Sciences: Division of Arts & Humanities: HistoryLocation

Employment Opportunity: Professor of Late Antiquity, University of Toronto

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Two CSM members elected as Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada!

CSANA VIRTUAL BOOK LAUNCH FOR JOANNE FINDON'S BOUND AND FREE, 30 SEPT.

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Tuesday, Sept. 30 12:00 PM (CST) / 6:00 PM (BST)

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THE TWENTIETH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAN CUSANUS SOCIETY AND THE INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON PRE-REFORMATION THEOLOGY (2025)

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Editorial Fellowship at Arthuriana

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XXIIIe colloque annuel de la Société des études médiévales du Québec: Programme

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Arizona Center for Medieval
and Renaissance Studies

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville: Knoxville Academic Units: College of Arts and Sciences: Division of Arts & Humanities: History
Location

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