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> From: Roy Liuzza <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 6 October 2006 15:34:51 BDT
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [MEDTEXTL] Manuscript Workshop at the University of Tennessee
> Reply-To: Roy Liuzza <[log in to unmask]>
>
> (with apologies for cross-posting)
>
> 	The Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the  
> University of Tennessee, Knoxville will host a two-day workshop on  
> manuscript studies on February 9 and 10, 2007. The workshop's co- 
> directors are Thomas E. Burman (History), Maura K. Lafferty  
> (Classics), and Roy Liuzza (English).
>
> 	Last year’s workshop discussed the practices of textual editing;  
> this year’s topic is “Everything but the Text,” by which we mean  
> the many different sorts of things that appear above, around, into,  
> beside or between texts in manuscripts: glosses, marginalia,  
> punctuation, running headings, chapter divisions, interpolations,  
> additions, accompanying works, illustrations, doodles, pen trials,  
> bits of stray poetry or prose, pointing fingers, etc. Such material  
> can be easy to overlook, difficult to represent and baffling to  
> explain, but it can also tell us a great deal about how  
> manuscripts, and the texts in them, were read, used, and  
> understood. The theme is meant to be understood as broadly as  
> possible; we would especially welcome participation by scholars  
> working on the relation between text and image, the compilation of  
> anthologies and miscellanies, epigraphy and inscribed objects, page  
> design and meaning, systems for indexing, organizing, or linking  
> commentary to text, and so on.
>
> 	The workshop is open to scholars and students at any rank and from  
> any discipline. Individual ninety-minute sessions will be devoted  
> to each participant’s project; participants will introduce their  
> material and its contexts, discuss their approaches to working with  
> this material, and exchange ideas and information about how to  
> represent and interpret this important evidence. Like last year,  
> the workshop is intended to be more like a class than a conference;  
> participants will be invited to discuss both their successes and  
> frustrations, and to work together towards developing a repertoire  
> of professional skills for textual studies. We particularly  
> encourage works in progress, the presentation of unusual manuscript  
> problems or practical difficulties, new technologies and  
> experimental models for studying or representing manuscripts.  
> Presenters will receive a stipend of $500 for their participation.
>
> The deadline for proposals is November 15, 2006; please submit a  
> current CV and a two-page letter describing your project to:
>
> Professor Roy M. Liuzza
> Department of English
> University of Tennessee
> 301 McClung Tower
> Knoxville, TN 37996-0430
> or via email to [log in to unmask]
>
> The workshop is also open to scholars and students who do not wish  
> to present their work but may be interested in learning more about  
> manuscript research in an informal and collegial environment. Non- 
> presenters will not receive a stipend, but are encouraged to  
> participate in discussions and all other activities. Those wishing  
> to attend should contact Professor Liuzza at the above address for  
> more information, or visit the workshop homepage at http:// 
> web.utk.edu/~rliuzza/workshop/index.html for more information,  
> including a registration form.
>
> 	Thank you,
>
> 	Roy Liuzza