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Dear Colleagues,
I am sending this to you in case you missed our Call for Papers (apologies for cross-posting)
Call for Papers: “Living on the Edge: Transgression, Exclusion, and Persecution in the Middle Ages,” Barcelona, 17–19 May 2017.
It is widely accepted that the essence of a manuscript cannot be fully grasped without studying its marginalia. Glosses, the most medieval of techniques, sit on the margins of the text and clarify it, adding a
whole new dimension to it and becoming an inextricable part of its content. Similarly, no society can be fully understood without knowledge of what lies on its margins, for the outliers of any given culture provide us with just as much information as its alleged
foundational principles. In a time when the Western world ponders building walls up against perceived threats and frightening differences, it seems especially important to recall that it is mostly through tearing down walls that we learned our way forward.
The conference “Living on the Edge: Transgression, Exclusion, and Persecution in the Middle Ages” aims to address the widespread medieval phenomenon of transgression as both a result of and the cause for the exclusion
and persecution of those who were considered different.
We invite papers from postgraduate and early career scholars that explore social, gender, sexual, religious, political, intellectual, and artistic transgression, as well as those that analyse the different instances of exclusion and persecution
of individuals and communities in the medieval period. We welcome scholars from a range of disciplines, including history, philology, art history, philosophy, and archaeology to submit proposals for 20 minute papers.
Please email an abstract of no more than 300 words to
[log in to unmask] before 31st January 2017 including your personal details (name, affiliation, and contact address). The main language of the conference will be English but papers in Catalan, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese are
also welcome.
The Scientific Committee will consider all proposals and we will communicate their decision to all those who have submitted their abstracts by the end of February. The best papers presented during the conference will be selected for publication
in a monograph.
The conference will also include three keynote lectures and a final round-table, as well as opportunities for networking and guided tours of some of Barcelona’s medieval landmarks.
Registration fee: 20 €
Scientific Committee
Prof. Frances Andrews (School of History – University of St Andrews)
Dr. Xavier Ballestín (IRCVM – Universitat de Barcelona)
Dr. Godefroid de Callatay (Institut des civilisations, arts et lettres – Université catholique de Louvain)
Prof. María Isabel del Val Valdivieso (Dept. of Ancient & Medieval History – Universidad de Valladolid)
Dr. Rachel Ernst (Dept. of History – Georgia State University)
Dr. Dolores Fraga Sampedro (Dept. of Art History – Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)
Prof. Blanca Garí (IRCVM – Universitat de Barcelona)
Dr. Andreu Grau (IRCVM – Universitat de Barcelona)
Prof. Milagros Guardia (IRCVM – Universitat de Barcelona)
Dr. Janine Larmon Peterson (History Department – Marist College New York)
Dr. Irene Llop (Dept. of Philology and Language & Literature Didactics – Universitat de Vic)
Dr. Ernest-Emili Marcos
(IRCVM – Universitat de Barcelona)
Prof. Mosheh Orfali (Faculty of Jewish Studies – Bar Ilan University)
Dr. Rosa Rius Gatell (Dept. of Philiosophy – Universitat de Barcelona)
Dr. Roser Salicrú (Institució Milà i Fontanals – CSIC)
Dr. Marta Sancho (IRCVM – Universitat de Barcelona)
Dr. Meritxell Simó (IRCVM – Universitat de Barcelona)
Dr.
Lourdes Soriano (IRCVM – Universitat de Barcelona)
Dr. David Zbíral (Dept. for the Study of Religions – Masaryk University)
Organizing Committee
Delfi I. Nieto-Isabel (IRCVM – Universitat de Barcelona)
Dr. Noemí Barrera Gómez (Universitat de Barcelona)
Jordi Casals Parés (Dept. of Greek, Latin, Romance, and Semitic Philology – Universitat de Barcelona)
Contact details
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www.ub.edu/ardit
With the support of:
Institute for Research on Medieval Cultures (IRCVM – Universitat de Barcelona)
Master’s Programme in Medieval Cultures (Universitat de Barcelona)
Doctoral Programme in Medieval Cultures
(Universitat de Barcelona)
Vice-Rectorate for Academic Policy, Students and Quality (Universitat de Barcelona)