*With apologies for cross-posting*
Dear Colleagues,
This is just a note to remind interested scholars and students about the deadline for abstracts for the Writing Britain conference to be held in the Faculty of English at the University of Cambridge under the auspices of the Centre for Material Texts. Please submit your abstract by Thursday 20 February by following this link https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/english/news/conferences/writing_britain/a...
Alternatively, contact one of the organisers. Please, also do alert students about this event.
The conference is generously sponsored by the Faculty of English and the University of Cambridge and the School of English at the University of Leicester.
We are looking forward to welcoming many of you in Cambridge
Orietta, Richard, Phil and Aidan.
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Writing Britain: 500-1500 University of Cambridge, Faculty of English, 30 June - 2 July 2014 Under the auspices of the Centre for Material Texts Writing Britain is a biennial event which aims to draw on a range of approaches and perspectives to exchange ideas about manuscript studies, material culture, multilingualism in texts and books, book history, readers, audience and scribes across the medieval period. The 2014 iteration of the Writing Britain Conference will take place in the English Faculty at the University of Cambridge under the auspices of the Centre for Material Texts. Some of the topics which we are keen to explore are literary and non-literary agencies and their significance and/or relevance in the medieval period across British medieval written culture in English, French, Latin, Norse and the Celtic languages. More broadly, we are interested in other questions such as: How did local writers, compilers and readers use writing to inscribe regional identity within broader conventions or, on the other hand, impress 'universal' practices and constructs on local populations? What were the different markets for books? Can we characterize their developments and differences? What new or existing methodologies can be employed to localise texts and books across Britain? What is the role of the Digital Humanities in the study of medieval book culture?
Plenary speakers: Jonathan Wilcox (University of Iowa), Richard Beadle (University of Cambridge) and Simon Horobin (University of Oxford) We welcome proposals from scholars working on any aspects of British medieval written culture up to 1500. Please visit our conference web site in order to submit an abstract (300 words or fewer) for a twenty-minute paper. Please send your abstract by 20 February 2014. Abstracts from postgraduate students are welcome and graduate rates will be provided. For further information please visit the website where contact details of the organisers will also be available.
Conference website:
www2.le.ac.uk/departments/english/news/conferences/writing_britain
*********************************** Dr Orietta Da Rold University Lecturer in Literature and the Material Text: 1100 to 1500 Faculty of English 9 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP 01223 335089
Fellow of St John´s College Cambridge, CB2 1TP 01223 768181
od245@cam.ac.uk