TOEBI 2018: Contacts
Saturday 20 October, University of Oxford
Conference CFP is available for download: TOEBI.2018.CFP
TOEBI annual meeting 2018 at the University of Oxford
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TOEBI annual meeting 2017 at University College Cork
The annual TOEBI meeting will take place at University College Cork on 21st October 2017. This year’s theme is ‘Old English Across Borders’ (see below). Registration is open at the following link: http://www.uccconferencing.ie/product/toebi-2017-old-english-across-borders-2/
TOEBI 2017 ‘Old English across Borders’
Saturday 21st Oct, North Wing Council Room, Main Quad, University College Cork
9:15 – 11:15 Teaching across Disciplines
Elizabeth Boyle (Maynooth University), ‘Old English in a University without Old English’
Jacqueline Cordell and Katrina Wilkins (University of Nottingham), ‘Crossing Academic Boundaries: Linking Literary Linguistics to Old English Literature and Pedagogy’
Colleen Curran and Daniel Thomas (University of Oxford), ‘The CLASP Project as a Teaching Tool for Anglo-Latin and Old English Poetry’
Thijs Porck and Krista A. Murchison (Leiden University), ‘The Leiden University Old English ColloQuest: A Digital Teaching Edition with Adaptive Glosses’
11:15 – 11:45 Coffee Break
11:45 – 1:15 Literary Boundaries
Robin Norris (Carleton University), ‘Crossing Borders in Old English Hagiography’
Frances McCormack (National University of Ireland, Galway), ‘The Contours of Compunction in Old English Poetry’
Caroline Batten (University of Oxford), ‘A Cure for the Harm of Another Poison’: Bodily and Social Boundaries in the Poetics of the Metrical Charms’
LUNCH – 1:15 – 2:30 (TOEBI Committee Meeting)
2:30 – 3:45 Locating Borders
Neville Mogford (Royal Holloway), ‘On a Road to Nowhere: Describing the Use of the Word mearcland’
Margaret Tedford (Queen’s University Belfast), ‘Drawing Lines and Blurring Borders: Negotiating Boundaries on the Anglo-Saxon Cotton Map’
Richard North (UCL), ‘South of the border: King Cynewulf’s death in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (s.a. 755)’
3:45 – 4:30 Crossing Borders
Helen McKee (Royal Holloway), ‘Battling Across Borders: The Battle of Brunanburh and Armes Prydein’
Carl Phelpstead (Cardiff University), ‘‘On Both Sides’: Anglo-Saxonism, Autobiography, and Offa’s Dyke’
4:30 – 4:45 Comfort Break
4:45 – 6 Report from Committee and Round Table: Current Issues in Old English
Christine Rauer (University of St Andrews), ‘The Implications of Brexit for Teachers of Old English’
Laura Creedon (UCC), ‘GYB: Grab your bælc (and leave it at the door) – Addressing Female Scholars in Anglo-Saxon Studies’
Clare Lees (King’s College London), ‘On Listening and Looking to the Future: Learning from Postgraduates and Early Career Researchers in Old English’
6pm – Wine Reception
7:30pm – Dinner at La Dolce Vita
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NEW: TOEBI 2018: Contacts
Saturday 20 October, University of Oxford
Conference CFP is available for download: TOEBI.2018.CFP
Approaching the historical: a symposium of Early Modern and Medieval stylistics (SEMMS)
University of Nottingham, June 14, 2017
In collaboration with the Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA), the University of Nottingham’s Stylistics and Discourse Analysis Group in the Centre for Research in Applied Linguistics (CRAL) invite abstracts for a one-day symposium exploring the intersection of stylistics and early English literatures.
Abstracts of 250 words should be submitted by 27 February 2017. Full details can be found in the PDF document here. For further information, please contact
Katrina Wilkins at katrina.wilkins@nottingham.ac.uk.
Submitted by Katrina Wilkins, University of Nottingham
Architectural Representation in the Middle Ages
There’s still time — just under one month — to submit an abstract for the forthcoming two-day conference ‘Architectural Representation in the Middle Ages’. This is an interdisciplinary conference spanning the whole of the medieval period in Britain and on the Continent, but we are of course very keen to have plenty of Anglo-Saxon representation. We’re understanding ‘Architectural Representation’ as broadly as possible, so if you have anything that you want to say that you think will come under that heading, we’re ready to believe you. For more information, or any questions, please feel free to email daniel.thomas@ell.ox.ac.uk or hannah.bailey@ell.ox.ac.uk.
Download a poster with more information.
Submitted by Daniel Thomas, Oxford University
Borderlines XXI
We are pleased to announce the call for papers for Borderlines XXI: Authority in the Medieval and Early Modern World. This conference will be held in University College Cork, 14-16 April 2017. Proposals for both papers and panels are welcomed from postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers in the fields of both Medieval and Early Modern studies.
CFP is here.
Submitted by Patricia O Connor, University College Cork
Approaching the Historical, Call for Papers
In collaboration with the Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA), the University of Nottingham’s Stylistics and Discourse Analysis Group in the Centre for Applied Linguistics (CRAL) invite abstracts for a one-day symposium exploring the intersection of stylistics and early English literatures.
Approaching the historical: a symposium of Early Modern and Medieval stylistics (SEMMS)
June 14, 2017
University of Nottingham
Website: https://historicalstylistics.wordpress.com/
Call for Papers is here.
Submitted by Katrina Wilkins and Jacqueline Cordell, University of Nottingham
Crossing Borders 2017 Conference, Call for Papers
The 2nd Biennial Crossing Borders in the Insular Middle Ages conference will be held at the University of Birmingham, 3-5 April 2017, with keynote lectures from Carolyne Larrington and Máire Ní Mhaonaigh. The conference series is designed to facilitate dialogue between scholars working in English, Celtic and Scandinavian Studies, with a mind to connective and comparative approaches. The CFP is here.
Submitted by Victoria Flood.
TOEBI annual meeting at King’s College London
The annual TOEBI meeting will take place at King’s College London on 22nd October 2016. This year’s theme is ‘Performance, Pedagogy and the Profession’ (see below). Registration is open via the King’s College London online store.
Performance, Pedagogy and the Profession
10:30-10:50 Coffee & Registration
10:50-11:00 Welcome, Clare Lees, King’s College London
11:00-12:30 Pedagogy and Play (Chair, Philip Shaw, Leicester)
‘Reimagining Medieval Animals with Deor-hord’, Hana Videen (King’s College London)
‘blanded leornung: Digital Approaches to Teaching Old English’, Thijs Porck and Jodie Mann (Leiden)
‘Dancing Beowulf’: Teaching Old English Poetry with Dance and Movement’, Jennifer Neville (Royal Holloway, University of London)
12:30-1:45 Lunch (Old Committee Room) and TOEBI Committee meeting
2:00-3:30: Performance and Pedagogy (Chair, Josh Davies, King’s College London)
‘Old English in the Archive: re-creation, revival and teaching’, Carl Kears (King’s College London)
‘Hwæt is þeos wundrung’: wonder and emotional performance in the Advent Lyrics of the Exeter Book’, Alice Jorgensen (Trinity College, Dublin)
‘Playing with Medieval Visions: Exploring The Dream of the Rood through Images, Sound and Text’, Fran Allfrey and Fran Brooks (King’s College London)
3:30 -4:00 Coffee/Tea
4:00-5:00 pm Profession: Matters, Issues, Mentors
Roundtable discussion: Mike Bintley (Canterbury Christ Church), Megan Cavell (Oxford), Marilina Cesario (Queen’s University, Belfast), and Kathryn Maude (Swansea)
5:00—5:30 TOEBI Business Meeting, followed by Reception
Annual Conference, Trinity College, Dublin
The TOEBI annual conference will take place at Trinity College Dublin on Saturday 10th October 2015.
Online registration is now open. Please register by the end of September at
https://www.tcd.ie/English/toebi-conference-2015/registration.php
Confirmed programme is at https://www.tcd.ie/English/toebi-conference-2015/programme.php
If you would prefer not to pay online, please get in touch with Alice Jorgensen at jorgena@tcd.ie.
The organisers have booked a meal on the Saturday evening for anyone who is interested. The day’s programme should be over by 5.30, so an early dinner at 6.15pm was booked in The Farm restaurant on Dawson Street. We’ll take advantage of the Early Bird menu, which is €22.95 for two courses or €26.95 for three (see the menu). Please email Alice Jorgensen if you’d like to come along to the dinner.
The poster may be downloaded here: TOEBI Dublin CFP 2015