“Trading Places: Mercantile Readership and the Writing of the World in Medieval Romance”
4.00 p.m., Buchanan Tower 599
Part of the Fall 2010 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES Continue reading Robert Rouse: Fri. 5 Nov. 2010
“Trading Places: Mercantile Readership and the Writing of the World in Medieval Romance”
4.00 p.m., Buchanan Tower 599
Part of the Fall 2010 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES Continue reading Robert Rouse: Fri. 5 Nov. 2010
Confirming the time and place for the next meeting of the EARLY ROMANCE STUDIES (ERS) research cluster: it will be held
on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28
from 6:00 to 7:30
in the FHIS Lounge, UBC Buchanan Tower room 799 (7th floor).
ERS meetings are open to everyone and we welcome participation from members of other departments and from outside UBC.
*Please note that the tower is locked after 6:30, so you will not be able to come in after that time.
1.00 – 2.00 p.m., Green College. Keynote lecture for the 39th UBC Annual Medieval Studies Workshop:
Michael Barry has lectured in Princeton’s Near Eastern Studies Department since 2004 on the medieval and modern Islamic cultures of Iran, India, Pakistan, and most especially Afghanistan—where his work over more than four decades has ranged from anthropological research to defense of human rights and coordinating humanitarian assistance for the Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights, for Médecins du Monde, and for the United Nations. He has published extensively in both his writing languages, English and French; his academic works have been translated into Persian and a half-dozen European versions; and he holds seven literary prizes from France and Iran.
He is also Consultant to the Aga Khan for Culture on Islamic Art and Museum Issues.
French Research Seminar, 4.00 – 6.00 p.m., Buchanan Tower 826.
Jean-Luc NARDONE graduated in Italian studies at Paris IV-Sorbonne and is now Professor of Italian Literature at the University of Toulouse II, France. After being head of the department from 1994 to 2000, he is now Director of «Il Laboratorio», the research group of Italian studies of Toulouse II, with a strong research focus on manuscripts, publishing practices and the history of the Italian book.
He is currently working on two major research projects : Petrarca and Petrarchism in Europe (14th-17th centuries) and Relations between Europe and the Orient through the writings of pilgrims, soldiers, merchants and artists during the Renaissance period.
For a full C.V., see his website.
He will also be presenting a paper at the 39th UBC Medieval Studies Workshop on Friday 15 October: “Quest and Conquest of the Self: the Pretext of the Crusades from the Fioretti (XXIV) to the Decameron (X, 9)“
at 6.00 p.m. Location to be confirmed.
Topics for discussion:
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 5 October at 1.00 p.m., in Buchanan Tower 826.
And an especially hearty welcome to new graduate students.
While you’re in the midst of SSHRC proposals and suchlike, spare a thought for academic conferences. Deadlines for proposals for the bigger ones are already fast approaching. Here are some of them, particularly angled towards graduate student colleagues. (This post will probably be updated over the next couple of days; do let O’Brien know of any other news to post up here).
Friday the 16th of April at 2:00 p.m., in Buchanan Tower 826: