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Contents of This Issue
1. Sixth Annual Conference
2. AEMA 2009 Calendar
3. Forthcoming Conferences
4. Books for Review
1. AEMA Sixth Annual Conference - Gathering the Threads: Weaving the Early Medieval World
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~medieval/conference2009/
AEMA's sixth annual conference will be held from 30 September-2 October 2009 at the Caulfield Campus of Monash University, Victoria.
From the Middle East to the North Atlantic, cultural differences were woven into the new social fabric of the early medieval world. Peoples, languages, religions, traditions and technologies were the threads woven into the period's complex tapestry. The Australian Early Medieval Association invites papers which explore the patterns and intersections formed by these diverse threads.
Plenary speakers:
Dr Felicity Harley-McGowan, Honorary Fellow, School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne
Dr Ann Trindade, Principal Fellow, School of Historical Studies, University of Melbourne
Papers on any other aspect of early medieval research or scholarship will also be accepted. A title and a 250 word abstract for papers of twenty minutes in length should be submitted to the conference convenor by June 30 2009. Please include affiliation and contact details with your abstract.
Presenters will be invited to publish their papers in the refereed Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association.
Conference convenor:
Natasha Amendola Natasha.Amendola@arts.monash.edu.au
School of Historical Studies
Building 11, Clayton Campus
Monash University
Victoria 3800
Australia
2. AEMA 2009 Calendar - Discounted Price $15
For the first time, the Association has produced a fully-illustrated calendar. The 2009 calendar features twelve large and numerous smaller illustrations covering a broad geographical selection of sites in the early medieval period. A low-resolution version is available for viewing at http://home.vicnet.net.au/~medieval/calendar.pdf. Copies cost the discounted price of AUD $15.00 (including postage) and can be ordered from Andrew Stephenson at andrewws@unimelb.edu.au.
The Conferences page on the Association web site (http://home.vicnet.net.au/~medieval/conferences.html) lists a range of conferences of interest to members in chronological order. This list is continually updated and each issue of this Newsletter lists the conferences that have been added since the previous issue. For recent lists of updates please refer to back issues of the Newsletter; the most recent issues are available on the web site at http://home.vicnet.net.au/~medieval/publications.html#newsletter.
This month the following conferences have been added:
INTEGRATION AND DIVERSITY IN THE CULTURE AND RELIGIONS OF LATE ANTIQUITY
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, May 21-24, 2009
Organized by Michael Kulikowski, Knoxville and Sebastian Schmidt-Hofner, Heidelberg.
We are pleased to announce the first workshop of the International Network for the Study of Late Antiquity: 'Centralization and Particularism in Late Antiquity', which will take place at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, May 21-24, 2009. The conference is open to the public: prior registration is not necessary, and there is no conference fee. Guests who need assistance in booking a hotel room are encouraged to write directly to Michael Kulikowski: mkulikow@utk.edu.
Graduate students who wish to participate in the conference and present their dissertation topics in the form of a poster will receive financial support for their travel expenses and for room and board. Interested students should send a CV and a one-page summary of their dissertation to Michael Kulikowski or Sebastian Schmidt-Hofner: sebastian.schmidt-hofner@zaw.uni-heidelberg.de.
The principal goal of the Network is the creation of a forum for academic exchange between Anglo-American and German scholars in all areas of Late Antique studies. Further information on the Network and its goals can be found at http://www.la-network.com/. The Network is open to everyone; if you wish to join or contact us, please write to Michael Kulikowski or Sebastian Schmidt-Hofner.
29TH ANNUAL CELTIC COLLOQUIUM
The Harvard Celtic Department cordially invites proposals for papers on topics which relate directly to Celtic studies (Celtic languages and literatures in any phase; cultural, historical or social science topics; theoretical perspectives, etc.) for their 29th Annual Celtic Colloquium, to take place at Harvard University, October 9-11, 2009.
Papers concerning interdisciplinary research with a Celtic focus are also invited. Attendance is free.
Presentations should be no longer than twenty minutes. There will be a short discussion period after each paper. Papers given at the Colloquium may later be submitted for consideration by the editorial committee for publication in the Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium.
Potential presenters should send a 200-250 word abstract, plus a brief biographical sketch. We encourage online responses, but submissions may also be sent by e-mail to hcc@fas.harvard.edu, faxed, or posted to the departmental address.
Further information and online submission form available at http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hcc/.
Closing date for proposals: May 15, 2009.
GENDER AND CLASS IN BYZANTINE SOCIETY: XVITH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATION FOR BYZANTINE STUDIES
Call for Papers
The Australian Association for Byzantine Studies announces a call for papers for its XVIth Biennial Conference. The conference is being held in honour of Professor John Melville-Jones and the theme will be 'Gender and Class in Byzantine Society'. Contributors are invited to interpret this theme broadly and we welcome submissions from all fields. Both scholars with academic affiliation and working independently, as well as postgraduate students, are encouraged to apply.
The Conference will be held 16-18 April 2010 at the University of New England in Armidale, Australia (http://www.une.edu.au/).
Please submit abstracts of up to 500 words in length to:
Associate Professor Lynda Garland
School of Humanities
University of New England
Armidale
New South Wales 2351
tel +61 2 6773 3236
fax +61 2 6773 3520
headshum@une.edu.au
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~byzaus/
4. Books Available for Reviewing
In an effort to broaden the reviews section of JAEMA we are currently seeking reviewers for foreign language publications. Members who are competent to review books in modern languages other than English are asked to contact the reviews editor, Kathleen Neal kbneal@unimelb.edu.au, and nominate the language(s) that they are able to read. These reviewers will be contacted when books in their nominated language(s) become available.
The following items are available for review for the Association's Journal; please email Kathleen Neal kbneal@unimelb.edu.au if you would like to review either of these items. For full details regarding preparation and submission of reviews see the web site at http://home.vicnet.net.au/~medieval/publications.html#review and the style guide at http://home.vicnet.net.au/~medieval/styleguide.html#reviews.
M-F. Alamichel, Widows in Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Britain (Peter Lang, 2008).
M. Valante, The Vikings in Ireland: settlement, trade and urbanization (Fourcourts Press, 2008)