FORUM FOR MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES IN IRELAND
FORUM UM LÉANN NA MEÁN-AOISE AGUS AN RENAISSANCE IN ÉIRINN
The Senses in Medieval and Renaissance Europe: Hearing and Auditory Perception
Trinity College Dublin
(Online via Zoom)
22–24 April 2021 & 29 April–1 May 2021
Keynote Speakers:
Dr Katherine Zieman, University of Bergen
The Acoustics of Visionary Experience
Dr Sam Barrett, University of Cambridge
Making Sense of Song in Anglo-Saxon England
The history of the senses is a rapidly expanding field of research. Pioneered in Early Modern and Modern Studies, it is now attracting attention also from Medieval and Renaissance specialists. Preoccupation with the human senses and with divine control over them is evident in a range of narrative texts, scientific treatises, creative literature, as well as the visual arts and music from the pre-modern period. This conference – the second in a series devoted to the five senses – aims to contribute to this expansion by bringing together leading researchers to exchange ideas and approaches.
The conference organisers have signed a five-book contract with Brepols which is based on the theme: ‘The Senses in Medieval and Renaissance Europe’. The proceedings of our 2016 conference, ‘Sight and Visual Perception’, held in University College Dublin, edited by Ann Buckley and Edward Coleman, are due for publication in 2021.
Organizing Committee:
Dr Ann Buckley (Trinity College Dublin)
Dr Edward Coleman (University College Dublin)
Dr Carrie Griffin (University of Limerick)
Dr Emer Purcell (National University of Ireland)
Forum for Medieval and Renaissance Studies in Ireland (FMRSI)
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
This event was postponed until April 2021
Our conference will now take place online via Zoom.
A revised programme and further details will be available shortly.
Registration will open soon.
Registration (on hold)
Information for Delegate
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Keynote Speakers:
Dr Sam Barrett, University of Cambridge
Making Sense of Song in Anglo-Saxon England
Professor David Hendy, University of Sussex
Echoes on the Air: How Modern Media Evoke and Dramatize
the Sounds of the Distant Past
The history of the senses is a rapidly expanding field of research. Pioneered in Early Modern and Modern Studies, it is now attracting attention also from Medieval and Renaissance specialists. Preoccupation with the human senses and with divine control over them is evident in a range of narrative texts, scientific treatises, creative literature, as well as the visual arts and music from the pre-modern period. This conference – the second in a series devoted to the five senses – aims to contribute to this expansion by bringing together leading researchers to exchange ideas and approaches.
The conference organisers have signed a five-book contract with Brepols which is based on the theme: ‘The Senses in Medieval and Renaissance Europe’. The proceedings of our 2016 conference, ‘Sight and Visual Perception’, held in University College Dublin, edited by Ann Buckley and Edward Coleman, are due for publication in 2020.
We invite proposals from the full range of disciplines including (but not limited to) history, archaeology, musicology, art history, architecture, literary studies, acoustics, astronomy, physics, medicine. Contributions from established and early-career scholars as well as postgraduates are all equally welcome.
Suggested topics include (but are not limited to):
- humanly organised sound
- music (social and religious ritual; art, leisure)
- musica et scientia
- sound and social meaning
- sound and the emotions
- sound and healing
- sound and the body
- soundscapes
- sound and nature
- sound and the regulation of time
- sound and religious experience
- deafness and its consequences
- hearing and medicine
- exploring the physics of sound in the middle ages and renaissance
Titles and abstracts (maximum 300 words) together with a short biography, institutional affiliation (where relevant), and contact details should be sent to medrenforum@gmail.com by 1 December 2019 revised deadline 10 January 2020.
Proposals for panels are also encouraged.
Transmission, Translation and Dissemination in the European Middle Ages, 1000–1500 AD
University College Cork
28th–29th September 2012
This interdisciplinary, international conference will explore the issues of textual transmission and the movement of ideas across medieval Europe. Indeed, going beyond consideration of literary texts alone, the scope of discussions will include the transmission of images, music, scientific learning, and related areas.
Keynote addresses will be given by Dr Caoimhín Breatnach, School of Irish, Celtic Studies, Irish Folklore and Linguistics, University College Dublin and Dr Anthony Lappin, School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures, University of Manchester.
PROGRAMME
The conference is organised by the Forum for Medieval and Renaissance Studies in Ireland in association with University College Cork and the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic, University of Cambridge. It is generously supported by the Leverhulme Trust, the School of History and the School of English, University College Cork, and The Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature.
Organizing committee:
Dr Elizabeth Boyle (University of Cambridge)
Dr Ann Buckley (Queen’s University Belfast / Trinity College Dublin)
Dr Carrie Griffin (Queen Mary, University of London / University College Cork)
Ms Emer Purcell M.Phil. (University College Cork)
Forum for Medieval and Renaissance Studies in Ireland (FMRSI)
www.fmrsi.wordpress.com
Email: medrenforum@gmail.com
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