News
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Fondazione 1563 - Call for Applications (4 postdocs) 05 January 2022
The Turin Humanities Programme of Fondazione 1563 per l’Arte e la Cultura has launched a call for applications for 4 post-doctoral fellowships focused on the topic: “Political Thought and the Body: Europe and East Asia, ca. 1100-1650”. Deadline for submission: February 15, 2022.
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Yearbook for Dutch Book History - Call for Papers 28 December 2021
The Yearbook for Dutch Book History publishes Dutch and English articles on the book history of the Low Countries, in all time periods (including the Middle Ages). For the 30th Yearbook, to be published in 2023, they welcome in particular contributions for the theme ‘Technology and Transformation’. Deadline: 1 March 2022.
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MAA Summer Research Program 18 December 2021
The Medieval Academy of America (MAA) is excited to announce the launch of a new Summer Research Program for early PhD or early PhD-track students. The 2022 Summer Research Program will convene over Zoom, over the course of six weeks in July and August. The Summer Research Program will culminate with an in-person event, at which students will present the work they have been developing in their workshops. The MAA seeks graduate students who are in the pre-dissertation phases of their PhD or PhD-track program (typically the 1st-3rd years), with an expressed interest in researching a topic that intersects with medieval studies. Students will receive a stipend of $1000, and round-trip travel costs up to $500 (with more funds available for longer distances) to attend the in-person culminating event (those unable to attend in-person will be able to participate virtually via Zoom). Deadline for applications: 15 January 2022.
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Datini 54th Study Week - Call for Research Papers 17 December 2021
The Datini Institute has launched a call for research papers for its 54th Study Week (14-18 May 2023). Deadline for submission: 10 April 2022.
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CEU - Call for Applications 17 December 2021
CEU is accepting applications for its master and doctoral programmes in medieval studies. Deadline: 1 February 2022.
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Otherness - Call for Papers 17 December 2021
The peer-reviewed, open-access e-journal Otherness: Essays and Studies is now accepting submissions for its special issue: Premodern Otherness: Encounters with and Expressions of the Other in Classical Antiquity, Medieval, and Early Modern Periods, Autumn 2022. Deadline: 1 February 2022.
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Postdoc position (Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne) 17 December 2021
There is an opening for a postdoc in the ANR-project led by Claire Angotti (Augustin dans les bibliothèques de l'Université de Paris). Start date: 1 January 2022.
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Medieval Studies Day 2021 - Alternative: Reflection Online - Totentanz 26 November 2021
In lieu of the Medieval Studies Day 2021, the Dutch Research School for Medieval Studies has organised the following alternative event online: TOTENTANZ, Reflection Online, December 17, 16.00-17.30. Totentanz is an animation opera produced by the Dutch stage director Wim Trompert, based on Bernt Notke’s Dance of Death, formerly in Lübeck, painted in 1462 and destroyed in 1942. The animation is set to music of the contemporary British composer Thomas Adès, whose composition Totentanz was also inspired by Notke’s Dance and first performed in 2013. Wim Trompert’s animation premiered at a festival in Lübeck, this past summer. During our online event on December 17, from 16.00-17.30, Wim Trompert will introduce and show Totentanz. The duration of the animation opera is 35 minutes, there will be time for questions and discussion after the viewing. Pre-registration for this Zoom event is required, please send an email to ozsmed@hum.leidenuniv.nl. (Pre-registration is not required for those who registered previously for the Reflection symposium. They will automatically receive a Zoom link for this event).
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Medieval Studies Day 2021 postponed 25 November 2021
To our regret we have to postpone the annual Medieval Studies Day of the Dutch Research School for Medieval Studies, the Reflection Symposium, which was planned for December 17, to the spring of 2022. (Exact date to be decided). The present Covid-19 situation does not allow for a safe and productive meeting in Amsterdam. In lieu, we are, however, hosting an alternative online event.
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Exhibition North Sea Crossings (3/12/21-18/04/22, Oxford) 23 November 2021
North Sea Crossings, a new exhibition at the Bodleian Libraries, will trace the long history of Anglo-Dutch relations. Focusing on the period from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the Glorious Revolution of 1688, items from the Bodleian Libraries’ collections will illustrate the ways in which these exchanges have shaped literature, book production and institutions such as the Bodleian itself, on either side of the North Sea, inviting visitors to reflect on the way this cultural exchange still impacts British and Dutch societies today. Free admission. No booking required.