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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture I'd very much appreciate it, if you would mention this CFP to your post-graduate students. Many thanks, Edwina -------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS 16th Annual Postgraduate Medieval Conference 26-27th February 2010 Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Bristol, UK http://www.bristol.ac.uk/medievalcentre/ LANGUAGE AND SILENCE Master Class with Professor Bernard McGinn (University of Chicago), ‘Communicating the Incommunicable: Mystical Ineffability from Origen to Catherine of Siena’ The University of Bristol hosts the longest-running international medieval postgraduate conference in the UK. Each year we offer medievalists the opportunity to present their research, discuss ideas, and foster links bridging disciplinary and geographical boundaries. This year we invite proposals for papers from postgraduates and early career scholars on the theme of ‘Language and Silence’. Issues of language and silence permeate both religious and political life in the Middle Ages: from attempts to engage with and communicate spiritual experience, to the complex negotiations involved in balancing the demands of the solitary religious life with the needs of the community, to the political pressures on everyday language in times when charges of heresy are a real concern. In private life, too, the ability or authority to speak was governed by a complex array of theological, philosophical and social codes. This conference aims to address issues such as these in the context of medieval life, and also some of the broader issues of language, and its absence, raised by such debate. Topics may include but are not limited to: -The said and the unsaid -Ineffability, inexpressibility and the limitations of language -The suppression of speech or ideas, whether psychological, social, political or religious -Interactions between language and silence in the religious life -The interaction between verbal and non-verbal languages -Interpretation and the construction of meaning -Texts that display a foregrounding of language -Issues of language and identity. Papers should be no more than 20 minutes long. Abstracts of 250-300 words should be sent by email (by preference) to: Edwina Thorn ([log in to unmask]) or to Edwina Thorn, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Bristol, Graduate School of Arts, 7 Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1TB, UK. Deadline for receipt of abstracts: January 8th, 2010. The conference is free of charge, and some bursaries to help cover travel costs might be available for presenters travelling long distances to attend. Further details (e.g. full programme, registration details and information about accommodation) will be posted online as they become available http://www.bristol.ac.uk/medievalcentre/ The Conference Committee Jonathan McFadyen, Edwina Thorn and Jocelyn Edmonds. ********************************************************************** 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