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Summer School Medieval approaches to reading, 23-28 mei 2016, Istanbul

Reading Pleasure, Pleasure Reading: medieval approaches to reading

Summer School, 23–28 May 2016, at the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul. Organised by the section for Greek and Byzantine Studies (Uppsala University) and the Centre for Me­dieval Literature (University of Southern Denmark and the University of York).

This summer school will explore discourses and strategies of reading and pleasure in the Middle Ages. From what appears to have been a primarily pious, learned, and/or legal use of reading in the early medieval period, books and texts came to be gradually and increasingly associated with notions of pleasure. On the one hand, different kinds of explicit or implicit pleasure made up literary motifs and became a literary theme; on the other, pleasure came to be thought of – at least by some – as fundamental to reading. This tendency concerns not just narrative fiction and poetry, traditionally associated with reading for pleasure, but also genres such as epistolography and historiography. And patterns turn out surprisingly similar in both Persian, Arabic, Byzantine and Western medieval environments.

Application deadline: 1 December 2015.
More information: see our website and flyer.

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Masterclass Cultuur & Religie, 10-11 september 2015, Antwerpen

Op donderdag 10 en vrijdag 11 september 2015 organiseert de Universiteit Antwerpen de Vierde Interuniversitaire Masterclass Cultuur & Religie. Op deze dagen zal aan de hand van lezingen van jonge onderzoekers en middels besprekingen van relevante publicaties (die beschikbaar worden gesteld via pdf) van gedachten kunnen worden gewisseld over het centrale thema: ‘Gender als onderzoeksfocus’. Keynote sprekers zijn Henk De Smaele en Tine Van Osselaer (donderdag) en Anneke Mulder-Bakker (vrijdag). Het volledige programma vindt u hier.

Deelname aan de masterclass is gratis, maar inschrijven is verplicht. Inschrijven is mogelijk tot 5 september via ruusbroec90jaar@uantwerpen.be, maar hoe eerder u inschrijft des te meer tijd heeft u om de reader met de publicaties die besproken worden door te lezen! De reader wordt u als pdf toegestuurd na de inschrijving.  Op donderdagavond 10 september bent u van harte uitgenodigd op eigen kosten deel te nemen aan het diner. Meer informatie daarover volgt.  Wilt u (in verband met de catering) bij inschrijving aangeven of u beide dagen komt of één van beide en of u op donderdagavond mee dineert?

Tot slot een oproep: de organisatie is nog op zoek naar twee doctoraatsstudenten die een artikel willen inleiden (Baert in Sessie 2A en Neal in Sessie 3A). Wie hier interesse voor heeft, kan zich eveneens aanmelden.

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Vacature: Post-Doctoral Fellow in the History of the Low Countries

The Institute of Historical Research in London is op zoek naar een post-doctoral fellow voor één jaar.
Post-Doctoral Fellow in the History of the Low Countries
Reference Number
098/15
Department
School of Advanced Study
Salary
from £33,114 per annum
Contract Type
Fixed-Term Contract
Full/Part Time
Full Time
Closing Date
16 August 2015
The Role
Applications are invited for a 1-year post-doctoral fellowship in Low Countries History. The appointee will undertake a major survey of the holdings on Low Countries history in the Wohl Library of the Institute of Historical Research, and of other Low Countries materials other institutes and libraries in the School of Advanced Study with the aim of promoting and facilitating their use and identifying resources for digitisation.

A key aspect of the role will be to identify potential funding opportunities for development of these library collections, and to manage the process of grant applications. In addition, the appointee will engage in the promotion of the collections by attending appropriate events, using social media and visiting relevant history departments.

About The Department
The Institute of Historical Research is one of the member Institutes of the School of Advanced Study, part of the University of London. Founded in 1921 by A. F. Pollard, the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) is an important resource and meeting place for researchers from all over the world.

The IHR library is a reference collection of published primary sources covering the history of Western Europe and its colonial history from the fifth century to the present.

You can find out more about the Institute and the Library here:http://www.history.ac.uk/
Further Information
In order to apply for this post, please upload and CV and covering letter using the link below. In your covering letter please clearly demonstrate how you meet the requirements of the post.

The deadline for applications is midnight on Sunday, 16 August 2015. Interviews are expected to be held on 2 September 2015.

The University offers membership to the Universities’ Superannuation Scheme (USS).

Pursuing equal opportunities and excellence in education.

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Nieuw tijdschrift: The Medieval Low Countries

NEW: The Medieval Low Countries
 
The Medieval Low Countries. An Annual Review is a new peer-reviewed journal featuring articles on the Low Countries (viewed in its broadest sense as the estuaries of Scheldt, Meuse, Rhine and IJssel with their corresponding hinterlands), from the start of the fifth to the second half of the sixteenth century. During these centuries this was one of the major centers of economic, cultural, religious and social creativity in Europe. By publishing the best of new scholarship concerning the region over the course of the Middle Ages, The Medieval Low Countries will make these achievements more fully visible and help display the connections between changes in each domain. At the same time, the journal will provide a forum for exchange and cooperation between both established and upcoming scholars in several disciplines, whether in Europe, the United States, or beyond.
 
The MLC will be published as a single volume, once a year. The editors will consider submissions from a wide range of disciplines (history, law, religion, art, architecture, literature, etc.). Articles that have an interdisciplinary or comparative scope and are carefully situated in the literature from relevant disciplines are especially welcome, whether in the form of an article presenting new research, a review essay or a short text edition. The journal will also include relevant book reviews. The articles will be in English or French.
 
Subscription price: € 85 print/print & online (incl. shipping)