Sharing, transmitting, exchanging, and cultivating knowledge. Discussing ideas. Generating further i The cluster is now in its seventh year.
A research cluster in pre-1800—Medieval, Renaissance, and Early Modern—Romance languages and literatures in French, Spanish, Italian, and other Romance languages. We meet approximately monthly during the academic year.
11/18/2017
UBC Early Romance Studies Research Cluster update: feat. invitation to join our participants in intersectional interaction with, amongst others, the FHIS Research Seminar and The Rogue Humanities Centre
https://earlyromance.com/2017/11/18/related-and-relevant-events-this-term-and-year/
If you’ve liked the ERS and its work, please come and hang out with us in expansive inclusive early romancing!
01/18/2017
Talks this term:
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Early Romance Studies Research Cluster this term Juliet O’Brien (UBC Vancouver), “Experimental Medievalist Teaching” Tuesday 24 January at 1:00 p.m., Buchanan Tower room 826 Richard Hodgson (UBC Vancouver), “Charles Sorel,…
11/23/2016
The UBC Early Romance Studies Research Cluster presents a talk by Jennifer Nagtegaal (M.A. Candidate in Hispanic Studies) "To engulf an empire: Cannibalism and translatio imperii in La Numancia" Date: Thursday, December 1, 2016 Time: 3pm Place: Dept. of FHIS Lounge (Buchanan Tower 799 - 1873 East Mall) The pervasiveness of blood and bodily suffering in Cervantes' La Numancia… [ 130 more words ]
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Jennifer Nagtegaal: “To engulf an empire: Cannibalism and translatio imperii in La Numancia”: Thursday 1 December 2016 The UBC Early Romance Studies Research Cluster presents a talk by Jennifer Nagtegaal (M.A. Candidate in Hispanic Studies) “To engulf an empire: Cannibalism and translatio imperii in La Numanc…
10/27/2016
Dr. Evina Steinova (The Hague) "Early Medieval Thinking Machines" UBC Early Romance Studies Research Cluster November 17 at 3:00 pm room 799 (FHIS Lounge) Buchanan Tower, 1873 East Mall. After this week's exciting lecture on Christine de Pizan by Dr. Tania Van Hemelryck (Louvain), for our next talk we turn to earlier medieval documents as we welcome Dr. Evina Steinova as presenter. [ 190 more words ]
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Evina Steinova: “Early Medieval Thinking Machines”: Thursday 17 November 2016 Dr. Evina Steinova (The Hague) “Early Medieval Thinking Machines” UBC Early Romance Studies Research Cluster November 17 at 3:00 pm room 799 (FHIS Lounge) Buchanan Tower, 1873 East Mall…
10/21/2016
On Christine de Pizan. In French. Of possible interest to people in:
Literature
Women's studies
History
Feminism
History of the book
Women's history
Manuscript studies, codicology, etc.
Tania Van Hemelryck: “On ne naît pas auteure, on le devient… La genèse de l’auctorialité de Christine de Pizan”: Tuesday 25 October 2016 Prof. Tania Van Hemelryk Université catholique de Louvain Tuesday 25 October 2016 2:30 p.m. Buchanan Tower 826 On Christine de Pizan and authorship. (In French.) With the support of the Department …
10/19/2016
Gary Ferguson: “Same-Sex Marriage in Renaissance Rome: Sexuality, Identity, and Community in Early Modern Europe”: Friday 21 October 2016
http://earlyromance.com/2016/10/18/gary-ferguson-same-sex-marriage-in-renaissance-rome-sexuality-identity-and-community-in-early-modern-europe-friday-21-october-2016
Gary Ferguson: “Same-Sex Marriage in Renaissance Rome: Sexuality, Identity, and Community in Early Modern Europe”: Friday 21 October 2016 Visit the post for more.
10/19/2016
Publication news:
"The Mirror in Medieval and Early Modern Culture: Specular Reflections"
Ed. Nancy Frelick
Brepols: "Cursus Mundi" series ISBN 978-2-503-56454-8 Proceedings from the 2012 UBC Medieval Workshop organised by UBC Early Romance Studies (conference organisers: Nancy Frelick, Juliet O'Brien, and Chantal Phan). Publishers' info: "This engaging volume examines the intersections between material and metaphorical mirrors in medieval and early modern culture... [ 427 more words ]"
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“The Mirror in Medieval and Early Modern Culture: Specular Reflections” ed. Nancy Frelick Brepols: “Cursus Mundi” series ISBN 978-2-503-56454-8 Proceedings from the 2012 UBC Medieval Workshop This engaging volume examines the intersections between material and metaphorical m…
07/06/2016
This year’s UBC Medieval Workshop brings to UBC the 15th Biennial Romance in Medieval Britain Conference. The 15th Biennial Romance in Medieval Britain brings more than 60 scholars from 7 different countries to present their research in the field of Medieval Romance in Britain. Romance, a wide-spread popular narrative genre within medieval Europe, saw a profound flowering within the literatures of medieval Britain between the twelfth and early sixteenth centuries. [ 141 more words. ]
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44th Annual UBC Medieval Workshop / 15th Biennial Romance in Medieval Britain Conference: 16-20 Augu This year’s UBC Medieval Workshop brings to UBC the 15th Biennial Romance in Medieval Britain Conference. The 15th Biennial Romance in Medieval Britain brings more than 60 scholars from 7 different…
03/14/2016
MLA CFP DEADLINE 20 MARCH 1. Boundary Conditions and Troubadour Texts What boundary conditions define troubadour texts? How do politics, genre, dialect/language, and country of origin determine critical approaches to the troubadours? Do scholars read Italian and Catalan troubadours the same way as Occitan ones? How do manuscript transmission and nationality define the field? The MLA Occitan Language, Literature, and Culture Forum is calling for abstracts (250 words or less) for 15-20 minute papers that examine the troubadours within the context of the 2017 Presidential Theme: Boundary Conditions: [ 298 more words. ]
http://earlyromance.com/2016/03/14/call-for-papers-occitan-literature-at-the-mla-january-2017-deadline-for-proposals-20-march-2016
Call for Papers: Occitan literature at the MLA (January 2017, deadline for proposals 20 March 2016) MLA CFP DEADLINE 20 MARCH 1. Boundary Conditions and Troubadour Texts What boundary conditions define troubadour texts? How do politics, genre, dialect/language, and country of origin determine c…
03/14/2016
Printable poster (PDF) here.
http://earlyromance.com/2016/03/14/magdalena-coll-african-and-indigenous-lexicon-in-the-history-of-spanish-in-uruguay-30-march-2016
Magdalena Coll: “African and Indigenous Lexicon in the History of Spanish in Uruguay”: 30 March 2016 Printable poster (PDF) here.
09/29/2015
With the upcoming 43rd UBC Medieval Workshop in mind, it is salient to remind ourselves of the labours of previous workshop organizers. Such work, as can be seen in the attached notice of the publication of The Mirror in Medieval and Early Modern Culture: Specular Reflections, rarely end when the workshop is complete. Congratulations to Professor Frelick on this fine volume, and to all who have contributed to the success of the UBC Medieval Workshops over the years.
http://earlyromance.com/2015/09/29/publication-the-mirror-in-medieval-and-early-modern-culture-specular-reflections
Publication: “The Mirror in Medieval and Early Modern Culture: Specular Reflections” With the upcoming 43rd UBC Medieval Workshop in mind, it is salient to remind ourselves of the labours of previous workshop organizers. Such work, as can be seen in the attached notice of the publi...
09/29/2015
Friday the 9th - Saturday the 10th of October 2015 Green College, UBC —Organisers: UBC Medieval Studies Committee & the Gregorian Institute of Canada PROGRAMME REGISTRATION Please complete, save, and submit this registration form. The easiest mode of payment is via the GIC website: www.gregorian.com However if you prefer to send a hard copy cheque in Canadian dollars along with your printed out registration form, please send these to me, either through campus mail (c/o French, Hispanic and Italian Studies, UBC Zone 1) or by regular mail to the address below. [ 104 more words. ]
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43rd UBC Medieval Workshop / 10th Gregorian Institute of Canada Colloquium: 9-10 October 2015 Friday the 9th - Saturday the 10th of October 2015 Green College, UBC —Organisers: UBC Medieval Studies Committee & the Gregorian Institute of Canada PROGRAMME REGISTRATION Please complete, sav...