Category Archives: Events

Past TOEBI meetings
Past meetings have been held in Belfast (2013), Hull (2012, minutes), Cardiff (2011), Leicester (2010), St Andrews (2009), Nottingham (2008), Cambridge (2007), Leicester (2006), Belfast (2005), Manchester (2004), Royal Holloway College (2003), Glasgow (2002), Leeds (2001), and Nottingham (2000).

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 2^nd 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 22^nd 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 10^th 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

Fourth London-Ango-Saxon Symposium

Submitted by Sara M. Pons-Sanz

The London Anglo-Saxon Symposium (LASS) aims to provide a forum for the multidisciplinary discussion of Anglo-Saxon topics in a relaxed and engaging atmosphere. LASS brings together internationally renowned experts and interested members of the public, an interaction that promises to be highly informative and enjoyable for everyone involved.

This year’s LASS will take place on Wednesday 11h of March (afternoon) in Senate House and will focus on the topic ‘Constructing Gender in Anglo-Saxon England’. For further information about the programme and registration details, please visit http://www.ies.sas.ac.uk/node/501.

Voyager au Moyen Âge

A spectacular exhibition, ‘Travelling in the Middle Ages’, mounted in collaboration with museums in Florence, Catalonia and Cologne, is running in Musée de Cluny in Paris from 22 October 2014 to 23 February 2015 (http://www.musee-moyenage.fr/activites/expositions/expositions-e n-cours-/e xpos ition-voyager-au-moyen-age.html). The exhibition illustrates many aspects of travel in the Middle Ages, and different motivations for travel, such as pilgrimage, war, exploration and social aspirations. The choice of exhibits is highly imaginative and includes manuscripts, maps, fragments of a medieval boat, personal objects, such as clothing, trunks, amulets and portable candle holders, as well as tapestries, paintings and sculpture depicting travel. Among the objects on display are a signet ring of the Black Prince and a Viking Age memorial stone with an inscription in runes. Undoubtedly the most important exhibit from the point of view of an Anglo-Saxonist is the Codex Amiatinus (click on image below), an enormous Vulgate pandect made at Monkwearmouth-Jarrow under the direction of Abbot Ceofrith, now in the Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana in Florence. This Bible known for exceptional quality of its text and execution is 250mm thick and weighs over 34kg.

North of England Saints, 600-1500

21-22 March 2015, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
Following the feast day commemorating St Cuthbert’s death on 20 March, this two-day interdisciplinary conference aims to fill a strategic gap in our understanding of the wider implications of the medieval cults of saints and the lives and social importance of hermits and anchorites. The conference will bring together scholars working on the liturgical, political, military, social and economic aspects of sanctity in Durham, Northumbria, Cumbria, Yorkshire and modern-day Scotland.

http://www.lmh.ox.ac.uk/Tutors/Academic-news/Northern-Saints.aspx