This conference may be of interest to those on the list who work with early English law. I've been assured by Andrew Rabin that papers on digital editing are most welcome. Deadline for proposals is October 31.

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Call for Papers:

Early English Law: A Centenary Conference on Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen of Felix Liebermann

16-17 July, 2008

The Institute for Historical Research, London

Papers are being sought for a two-day conference commemorating the one-hundredth anniversary of the publication of Felix Liebermann's seminal edition of the Old English laws, Die Gesetze der Angelsachsen. The conference will be held 16-17 July, 2008, at the Institute for Historical Research in London. Proposals of around 300 words are invited on the areas of Historiography (especially, but not exclusively, relating to Liebermann), Evidence (manuscripts and archeological data), Philology, Law, and Editing. Within each of these areas, we invite proposals that consider antiquarian interest in early laws, general historiography on the laws to the present, assessments of Liebermann's accomplishment, the problems with his edition, new editing work, discovery of new manuscripts or reinterpretations of known manuscripts, construction and use of individual manuscripts, legal terminology (Old English, Latin, or early Anglo-Norman), considerations of individual laws, codes in context, and comparative work on England and its neighbors.

All sessions will be plenary, and the organizers invite proposals for panels as well as for individual papers. The conference is being organized by Stefan Jurasinski (SUNY-Brockport), Bruce O'Brien (Mary Washington), Lisi Oliver (LSU), and Andrew Rabin (University of Louisville). Proposals should be sent to Bruce O'Brien at the Institute of Historical Research by 31 October 2007 (email: bobrien@umw.edu). The full CFP may be found at http://www.history.ac.uk/conferences/medieval.php#79.