Papers are invited for the 2014 EMREM two-day interdisciplinary symposium at the University of Birmingham. This year’s theme addresses Medieval and Early Modern perceptions, with a focus on the ‘seen and unseen’.
How were means of perception rationalised and represented in texts, records, rituals, art and literature ? In what ways do themes concerning the visible and invisible manifest themselves in sources, and what in turn can be learnt about medieval and early modern perceptions from these ? What can exploration of the seen and unseen tell us about constructions of marginalisation and social exclusion in the past ?
Postgraduate speakers from all disciplines are welcome to share their research at this friendly and well-established symposium.
Possible topics might include, but are not limited to:
- Visions, dreams and religious experience
- Magic and the supernatural
- Minorities and the persecuted
- Sacred space, environment and architecture
- Texts, narratives and manuscript traditions
- Concealed and/or explicit religious and cultural identities
- Power and influence
- Ways of seeing (physical and spiritual)
- Gender roles and perceived social norms
- The implications of social exclusion
- Displays of and the vocabulary concerning emotion
- Memory and legacy
- Social status and/or community roles
- Boundaries and regionality
- Ghosts and the afterlife
- Hidden meanings of language and linguistic insinuations
- Privacy and the built environment
Papers should be 20 minutes in length. Please send proposals of approximately 300 words to emremforum@googlemail.com by Friday 21 st March 2014 .
Limited funding is available to help cover external speakers’ travel and accommodation expenses. Refreshments and numerous networking opportunities provided. Please indicate whether you would like to apply for a funding bursary in your email.
Informations complémentaires : http://emremforum.wordpress.com
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