Wednesday 30 September

 

8:30	REGISTRATION
9:15	OPENING REMARKS
9:30-11:00	FIRST SESSION - PERFORMANCE AND DISPLAY Julianna Grigg (University of Melbourne) Maintaining the Cosmos: The Early Irish Nemed and Civil Order Katrina Burge (University of Melbourne) Dressed to Kill: Violence and Finery in the Icelandic Sagas Bernard Mees (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) Weaving Words: Law and Performance in Early Germanic Tradition
11:00-11:30	Morning Tea
11:30-1:00	SECOND SESSION - TEMPORAL BORDERLANDS Alice Younger (Monash University) Weaving Identity: The Christianisation of Burial Practices at Kellis, Egypt Lachlan Turnbull (University of Melbourne) A Well-Spoiled City: Spolia in the Reimagining of Fourth-Century Christian Rome Darius von Guettner (University of Melbourne) Gathering the Threads of Holy and Just War: The Conquest of Pomerania
1:00-2:00	Lunch
2:00-4:00	PRACTICAL SESSION Days of Knights Gathering the Threads and Weaving Them Together
4:00-4:30	Afternoon Tea
4:30-5:30	THIRD SESSION - THE TROUBLE WITH GREGORY Constant Mews (Monash University) Myths of the Cloister: Gregory the Great, Plainchant and the Benedictine Imprint on Early Medieval Society John Martyn (University of Melbourne) The Dialogues of Pope Gregory the Great
5:30-6:15	Official Welcome and Reception
6:15-7:15	PLENARY SESSION Dr Carol Williams (Monash University) Gathering the Threads from Pythagoras to Guido: A Taxonomy of Musica

 

9:00-9:30	REGISTRATION
9:30-11:00	FIRST SESSION - DETERMINING ORTHODOXY Laura Juliffe (University of Melbourne) Manichaeism and Space in the Codex Justinianus Justin Piggott (University of Auckland) John Cassian as Conduit and Filter Ian Michie (Macquarie University) From the Egyptian Desert to the Medieval Cloister: How the 'Noonday Demon' of Akedia Became the 'Deadly Sin' of Sloth
11:00-11:30	Morning Tea
11:30-12:30	PLENARY SESSION Dr Felicity Harley (University of Melbourne) Hanging by a Thread: Judas' Suicide in Early Medieval Art
12:30-1:30	Lunch
1:30-3:00	SECOND SESSION - WORDS AND MEANINGS Robert DiNapoli (Universityof Melbourne) Hot-Housing Wonder: The Play of Meanings in the Second Exeter Book Advent Lyric Roderick W McDonald (University of Sydney) Gone Fishin', Goin' Birdin': Loanwords, Food, Trade and the Economy in Viking-Age Ireland, Scotland and the Hebrides Peter Weeda (University of Melbourne) 'Place is a Boundary Outside the Universe': Eriugena on Locus
3:00-3:30	Afternoon Tea
3:30-4:30	THIRD SESSION - MATERIAL CULTURE AND MEANING Robert Mihajlovski (La Trobe University) Byzantine Seals Unearthed by the Archeological Excavations at the Yeni Mosque Sonia-Ingrid Anderson Marshall (University of Canterbury) Weaving a Context for the Ecclesia Mater Mosaic
4:30	Head off to town for Readers' Feast reception
6:00-6:45	PRACTICAL SESSION Early Medieval Soundscapes
7:00	Conference Dinner Ghin Khao Thai Restaurant

 

9:00-9:30	REGISTRATION
9:30-11:00	FIRST SESSION - MORAL AND INSTRUCTIVE LITERATURE Savita Chaudhary (Jawaharlal Nehru University) Jaina Rituals and Customs in Padmapurana Natasha Amendola (Monash University) Penelope: Unweaving Pagan and Christian Threads Tomas Zahora (Monash University) Gesta Karoli ad Karolum: A Reading of Notker’s Gesta Karoli Magni
11:00-11:30	Morning Tea
11:30-12:30	PLENARY SESSION Pamela O'Neill (University of Sydney) From Patchwork to Tapestry: Methodologies and Materials for Understanding the Early Medieval
12:30-2:00	Lunch and AEMA Annual General Meeting (lunch provided for members)
2:00-3:00	SECOND SESSION - WARRIORS REAL AND IMAGINED Eliso Elizbarashvili (G. Tsereteli Institute of Oriental Studies) The Warrior Saints in the Context of the Antique and Christian World Shane McLeod (University of Western Australia) Warriors and Women: The Sex Ratio of Early Norse Migrants to England
3:00-3:30	Afternoon Tea
3:30-4:30	PRACTICAL SESSION
4:30-5:30	THIRD SESSION - AUTHORITIES Penelope Nash (University of Sydney) The Shifting Terrain: Italy and Germany Dancing to Their Own Tapestry Geoffrey Dunn (Australian Catholic University) Innocent I and the Suburbicarian Churches: The Letter to Florentinus of Tivoli
5:30	CLOSING REMARKS