ANZAMEMS
The Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies supports and promotes the study of the Medieval and Early Modern periods in New Zealand and Australia. Membership is open to all interested researchers, students and academics. The Association publishes the journal Parergon twice yearly and members can also subscribe to an email list-serv. The Association also holds a major regional conference every two years.
Details and the membership application form are at http://www.anzamems.arts.uwa.edu.au/
CALL FOR PAPERS: ANZAMEMS CONFERENCE
2-6 December 2008
http://www.anzamems2008.utas.edu.au/
Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (Inc.) 7th Biennial International Conference, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
Keynote speakers:
- Mary Carruthers (NYU; All Souls College, Oxford)
- Conal Condren (UNSW; University of Queensland)
- Ruth Evans (University of Stirling)
- Edward James (University College, Dublin)
- Rodney Thomson (University of Tasmania)
Open theme. Twenty-minute papers on all aspects of Medieval, Renaissance and Early Modern Studies welcome. Proposals for panels of 3 papers are also welcome. Deadline for abstracts (maximum 300 words) is 1 September 2008. Please send abstracts to anzamems2008@utas.edu.au or to one of the convenors.
Conference convenors:
Elizabeth Freeman Elizabeth.Freeman@utas.edu.au
Jenna Mead Jenna.Mead@utas.edu.au
CALL FOR PAPERS FOR PARERGON
Parergon invites articles (5,000-8,000 words) for forthcoming issues on all aspects of medieval and early modern studies including the reception and influence of medieval and early modern culture in the modern world. We are particularly interested in research which takes new approaches and crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries.
Parergon is the journal of ANZAMEMS. It is published twice a year, edited by Andrew Lynch at the University of Western Australia. Parergon was founded in 1971, is fully refereed and has an international Advisory Board. Parergon is now available in electronic form as part of Project Muse (from 2005) and Australian Public Affairs - Full Text (from 1994). For more details, including subscription and submission, and the large, up-to-date reviews section edited by Toby Burrows and Susan Broomhall, see the Parergon website http://www.parergon.arts.uwa.edu.au/. You are welcome to contact the editor: alynch@arts.uwa.edu.au. Parergon 23.1 has articles ranging from late-classical to Shakespearean topics. Parergon 23.2 is a special issue on Houses, Households and Families, guest-edited by Philippa Maddern. Parergon is proudly associated with the ARC Network for Early European Research.