Locating the Voice: Expressions of Identity in the Middle Ages
Humanities Research Institute, University of Sheffield 14th - 15th June 2008 We invite postgraduate students and early career researchers working in any field of Medieval Studies to submit abstracts for an interdisciplinary conference at the University of Sheffield, organised by medievalists in the Department of French and hosted by the Humanities Research Institute. We welcome papers which approach issues in the interpretation of expressions of identity in medieval culture. Suitable topics may include, but are not limited to: Textual transmission: distinguishing voices in manuscripts Musical voices; polyphony Language; dialect; linguistic diversity Regional/national identities; constructions of identity The unsaid The voice of authority; the voice of dissent Gendered voices The voice of God Reconstructing voices Oral tradition/ folklore Locating the voice through new technology We are delighted to confirm that our keynote speaker will be Professor Jocelyn Wogan-Brown. Please send proposals of no more than 250 words for a twenty minute paper in English with your name, institution and contact details either by e-mail to voicesconference@sheffield.ac.uk or by post to the address below by 28th March 2008. Voices conference c/o Department of French University of Sheffield Sheffield S10 2TN UK For further information, please contact the organisers (Lorna Bleach, Katariina Närä, Siân Prosser, Paola Scarpini) at the e-mail address above.