Australian Early Medieval Association

SECOND ANNUAL CONFERENCE

TEXT AND TRANSMISSION

Wednesday 14 to Friday 16 September 2005
Australian National University, Canberra

PROGRAMME

There will be an orientation tour of the campus from 5 pm Tuesday afternoon followed by a pre-conference dinner in town: see details here.

Wednesday 14 September

8:30-9:00 REGISTRATION

9:00-9:30 WELCOME
Dr Pamela O'Neill, President of the Australian Early Medieval Association

9:30-10:30 PLENARY
Dr M Mehdi Ilhan
Ottoman Documents as a Key to Understanding Medieval and Ancient History: A Case Study of Amasya

10:30-11:00 Morning Tea

11:00-12:30 SESSION 1
Dr Martin Grimmer
Bede and the Augustine's Oak Conferences: A Case in Transmission
Ms Julianna Grigg
Abbot Ceolfrid's Paschal Letter
Dr Carole Cusack
The Goddess Eostre: Bede's Text and Contemporary Pagan 'Tradition(S)'

12:30-1:30 Lunch

1:30-3:00 THE ANU CLASSICS MUSEUM
Dr Ann Moffatt

3:00-3:30 Afternoon Tea

3:30-5:00 SESSION 2
Ms Dominique Wilson
Myrddin/Merlin: Text, Transmission and the Figure of the 'Wise Man'
Dr Elizabeth Keen
Separate or Together? Questioning the Relationship Between the Encyclopedia and Bestiary Traditions
Mr Hilbert Chiu
The Political Significance of Early Christian Inscriptions in Wales

5:00-5:30 Drinks

5:30-6:30 PLENARY
Professor Sasha Grishin
A Late Byzantine Pilgrim as an Antiquarian

Thursday 15 September

9:00-10:30 SESSION 3
Fr Geoff Dunn
The Transmission of Innocent I's Epistula 35 to John of Jerusalem in the Collectio Avellana
Associate Professor John Martyn
King Reccared's Exchange of Letters with Pope Gregory the Great
Dr Anne Moffatt
Our Record of Byzantine Imperial Court Ceremony

10:30-11:00 Morning Tea

11:00-12:30 SESSION 4
Ms Bridgette Slavin
The Liminality of Body and Soul in Early Medieval Irish Literature
Dr Catherine Thom
The Life and Visions of Fursa
Dr Bronwen Neil
The Miracles of Saints Cyrus and John

12:30-1:30 Lunch

1:30-3:00 MOSAICS
Dr Tessa Morrison (School of Architecture, University of Newcastle)
Casey Grainger (mosaic artist)

3:00-3:30 Afternoon Tea

3:30-5:00 SESSION 5
Dr Tessa Morrison
The Art of Early Medieval Number Symbolism
Dr Pamela O'Neill
'Reading' Cross-Marked Stones in Dalriada and Beyond
Ms Vanessa Crosby
Imagined Architectures and Visual Exegesis in the Illuminated Manuscripts of Iberian Jews

5:00-5:30 Drinks

5:30-6:30 PLENARY
Professor Neil McLeod
The Saga of Fergus Mac Léti

7:30 Conference Dinner
Turkish Pide House, Civic

Friday 16 September

9:00-10:30	SESSION 6 Mr Bob Birks Recovering the Palimpsest: Problems in the History and Archaeology of Sub-Roman Britain Dr Lyn Olson Forchheim - Birthplace of Germany? Associate Professor Rosemary Huisman Telling the Text: Difficulties in the Study of Old English Narrative
10:30-11:00	Morning Tea
11:00-12:30	SESSION 7 Dr Robert Di Napoli World of Wonders: The Shaping of Reality in Maxims I Ms Fotini Toso 'And Then There Was Silence': The Lack of Transmission of Anglo-Saxon Attitudes Towards Suicide Mr Chris Bishop Ambiguous Eroticism in the Exeter Book
12:30-2:00	Lunch and AGM
2:00-3:00	THE BIBLE, TEXT AND TRANSMISSION Mr Bob Barnes and the ANU Rare Book Collection
3:00-3:30	Afternoon Tea
3:30-5:00	SESSION 8 Dr Juanita Feros Ruys Mater Litterata: Constructing the Latin-Literate Dhuoda and her Liber Manualis in the Post-Medieval Period - A Comparison with Heloise Dr John Tillotson There and Back Again: The Travels of the Calverley-Rudston Family Archives from East Yorkshire to NSW and Back Again Dr Louise D'Arcens Old Wine in New Goblets? Anglo-Saxonism, Nation and Race in Colonial Australia
5:00	Drinks and Close

8:30-9:00	REGISTRATION
9:00-9:30	WELCOME Dr Pamela O'Neill, President of the Australian Early Medieval Association
9:30-10:30	PLENARY Dr M Mehdi Ilhan Ottoman Documents as a Key to Understanding Medieval and Ancient History: A Case Study of Amasya
10:30-11:00	Morning Tea
11:00-12:30	SESSION 1 Dr Martin Grimmer Bede and the Augustine's Oak Conferences: A Case in Transmission Ms Julianna Grigg Abbot Ceolfrid's Paschal Letter Dr Carole Cusack The Goddess Eostre: Bede's Text and Contemporary Pagan 'Tradition(S)'
12:30-1:30	Lunch
1:30-3:00	THE ANU CLASSICS MUSEUM Dr Ann Moffatt
3:00-3:30	Afternoon Tea
3:30-5:00	SESSION 2 Ms Dominique Wilson Myrddin/Merlin: Text, Transmission and the Figure of the 'Wise Man' Dr Elizabeth Keen Separate or Together? Questioning the Relationship Between the Encyclopedia and Bestiary Traditions Mr Hilbert Chiu The Political Significance of Early Christian Inscriptions in Wales
5:00-5:30	Drinks
5:30-6:30	PLENARY Professor Sasha Grishin A Late Byzantine Pilgrim as an Antiquarian

9:00-10:30	SESSION 3 Fr Geoff Dunn The Transmission of Innocent I's Epistula 35 to John of Jerusalem in the Collectio Avellana Associate Professor John Martyn King Reccared's Exchange of Letters with Pope Gregory the Great Dr Anne Moffatt Our Record of Byzantine Imperial Court Ceremony
10:30-11:00	Morning Tea
11:00-12:30	SESSION 4 Ms Bridgette Slavin The Liminality of Body and Soul in Early Medieval Irish Literature Dr Catherine Thom The Life and Visions of Fursa Dr Bronwen Neil The Miracles of Saints Cyrus and John
12:30-1:30	Lunch
1:30-3:00	MOSAICS Dr Tessa Morrison (School of Architecture, University of Newcastle) Casey Grainger (mosaic artist)
3:00-3:30	Afternoon Tea
3:30-5:00	SESSION 5 Dr Tessa Morrison The Art of Early Medieval Number Symbolism Dr Pamela O'Neill 'Reading' Cross-Marked Stones in Dalriada and Beyond Ms Vanessa Crosby Imagined Architectures and Visual Exegesis in the Illuminated Manuscripts of Iberian Jews
5:00-5:30	Drinks
5:30-6:30	PLENARY Professor Neil McLeod The Saga of Fergus Mac Léti
7:30	Conference Dinner Turkish Pide House, Civic