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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Forwarded to medieval-religion colleagues, as three or four papers are of interest to medievalists -- George -- George Ferzoco School of Modern Languages, University of Leicester, University Road, LEICESTER LE1 7RH, UNITED KINGDOM office telephone ++ 44 (0)116 252 2654 secretaries' tel ++ 44 (0)116 252 2683 / fax ++ 44 (0)116 252 3633 e-mail [log in to unmask] list owner, medieval-religion: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html ------ Forwarded Message Members of the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (University of Edinburgh) are pleased to announce that the 6th Saintsbury colloquium on "Text and Monument" will be held on 29th January 2005. The speakers, specialists from several disciplines, will address a range of related issues including the following: thematic and formal interaction between text and monument; text as inscription; text as monument; monument as document; text, monument and commemoration; textual and monumental tributes; the various functions of the fictional, poetic or painted monument. Speakers Philip Bennett, ŒOnce and Future Monuments: knights’ and lovers’ tombs in medieval French romance¹ David Caldwell, ŒSymbolism versus Reality: the identities of medieval West Highland patrons on the basis of their grave-slabs and commemorative crosses¹ Debra Higgs Strickland, ŒThe Medieval Bestiary as Anti-Jewish Monument: text, image, and notions of the unclean¹ Margaret-Ann Hutton, ŒMemory Set in Stone? French Female Deportees’ Testimonial Accounts, 1945-2002¹ Maylis Curie, ŒCathedrals and Patriotism¹ Nigel Thorp, ŒWhistler and ³The Vocabulary of Poetic Symbolism²¹ Susan Harrow, ŒMoving Monuments: Jacques Réda¹ Michael Sheringham, ŒArchiving the Ordinary: text as monument in Francis Ponge¹ Conference fee: £20; £10 (postgraduate students) The conference fee covers admission to the colloquium, coffees, lunch and reception. The dinner will be charged separately (approximate cost £30 per head), and must be paid for at the time of registration. For registration forms please contact Joanne Naysmith, Division of European Languages and Cultures, School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, University of Edinburgh, 60 George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9JU, Scotland. email: [log in to unmask] ------ End of Forwarded Message ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html