[LCC] FW: Medieval MS workshop at U. Tennessee

[Sutherland, Elizabeth H]

Forwarding as requested (and with apologies for cross-posting). Please
contact Dr. Roy Liuzza directly (rliuzza at utk.edu) with any questions.

 

EHS

 

Elizabeth H. Sutherland

Associate Professor and Associate Head

Dept. of Classics

1101 McClung Tower

University of Tennessee

Knoxville TN  37996-0413

 

From: Lafferty, Maura 
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 3:05 PM
To: Sutherland, Elizabeth H
Subject: 


 arco Manuscript Workshop - Call For Proposals 


"Unruly Letters & Unbound Texts"

The Fourth Marco Manuscript Workshop will be held Friday and Saturday,
February 5 and 6, 2010, at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville; the
workshop is organized by Professors Maura K. Lafferty (Classics) and Roy
M. Liuzza (English).

Last year's workshop focused on "textual trauma" -- instances of
violence, deliberate or otherwise, against texts. This year our focus
will be on texts and manuscripts that cross or confound the boundaries
scholars have tried to place around them, that do not fit neatly into
the genres or categories of modern scholarship, or that pose peculiar
difficulties of definition, categorization or reading. These might
include: macaronic and multilingual texts, prosi-metric and metri-
prosaic texts, glosses and commentaries, diagrams and tables, ciphers
and strange alphabets, incongruous or appropriated forms and textual
designs, interpolations and conflations, marginal commentaries that
overwhelm their texts, miscellanies and composite manuscripts, and
manuscripts in the age of print. We welcome presentations on any aspect
of this topic, broadly imagined.

The workshop is open to scholars and students at any rank and in any
field who are engaged in textual editing, manuscript studies, or
epigraphy. Individual 75-minute sessions will be devoted to each
project; participants will be asked to introduce their text and its
context, discuss their approach to working with their material, and
exchange ideas and information with other participants. As in previous
years, the workshop is intended to be more a class than a conference;
participants are encouraged to share new discoveries and unfinished
work, to discuss both their successes and frustrations, to offer both
practical advice and theoretical insights, and to work together towards
developing better professional skills for textual and codicological
work. We particularly invite the presentation of works in progress,
unusual manuscript problems, practical difficulties, and new or
experimental models for studying or representing manuscript texts.
Presenters will receive a stipend of $500 for their participation.

The deadline for applications is October 1, 2009. Applicants are asked
to submit a current CV and a two-page letter describing their project to
Roy M. Liuzza, Department of English, University of Tennessee, 301
McClung Tower, Knoxville, TN 37996-0430, or via email to rliuzza at utk.edu
<mailto:rliuzza at utk.edu> .

The workshop is also open to scholars and students who do not wish to
present work but are interested in sharing a lively weekend of
discussion and ideas about manuscript studies. More information will be
available by contacting Roy Liuzza <mailto:rliuzza at utk.edu> .

 

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