Seminars, Workshops, Exhibitions, Masterclasses,
Symposia, Colloquia, Receptions, Parties

The Events sponsored and co-sponsored by the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence include Seminars, Masterclasses, Exhibitions, Receptions, Parties, Workshops, Colloquia, and Symposia, which take place at various centers.

These “Events” stand apart from the Congress Sessions and other activities (Exhibitions, Business and Other Meetings, and Receptions) which the Research Group customarily sponsors and co-sponsors at the annual International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo, Michigan, as reported in our Congress Archive.  More recently, as our sponsored Panels at the Annual Convention of the Midwest Modern Language Association have become a “Permanent” feature at the Convention (2016–), we have created its own page on this site, reporting our M-MLA Panels.  Thus we distinguish between the activities recurring at larger conferences, hosted at their venues, and events which the Research Group organizes or co-organizes individually or in series at a variety of institutions, who host and co-sponsor them.

Our events focus upon a wide variety of subjects and approaches, promoting discourse between fields of study and between experts, students, and the wider world.

Series in Succession

The events occur in several series, according with subjects, locations, and research.

“The Evidence of Manuscripts”

Seminars on “The Evidence of Manuscripts” (1989–1995)
held as part of the collaborative Research Project on “The Archaeology of Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts”
from which arose the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence itself, along with
our earliest Publications and co-publications

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Exhibitions and Masterclasses

Photographic Exhibitions & Masterclasses (1990–)
held as part of those Seminars and other activities over the years

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“The Transmission of the Bible”

Annual Symposia on “The Transmission of the Bible” (1995–2000)
held in various centers in New Jersey and New York City

• “The Bible and the Visual Arts” (Barnard College, 1995)

• “The Carolingian Bible and Its Impact” (Princeton University, 1996)

• “The Late-Antique Bible and Its Impact” (Rutgers University, 1997)

• “The Bible and the Liturgy” (Fordham University, 1998)

• “The Apocalypse in Word and Image” (Princeton University, 1999)

• “Canterbury and the Bible” (Rutgers University, 2000)

 

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The New Series (2001–)

Workshops & Colloquia (2001–2003)
held in various centers in the United States and England

• The Dating Service or the Dating Game?  Problems and Potential of Dating Early Medieval Materials:
  An Inaugural Workshop
  The College of New Jersey, 2001

• Form and Order in the Anglo-Saxon World
  The British Museum, 2002

• Innovations for Editing from Antiquity to the Enlightenment
  The Ohio State University, 2003

• Some of our Symposia (see below) include Workshops,
  for example at the Princeton University Art Museum and in Special Collections of Firestone Library at Princeton University

Symposia (2009 and 2013–) held at Princeton University

• Gathering At the Threshold
  November 2009

• Identity & Authenticity
  March 2013

• Recollections of the Past
  May 2014

• Words & Deeds
  March 2016

• The Roads Taken
  April 2019

• From Cover to Cover
  March 2020 (Cancelled on account of COVID-19)

Starting with “Identity and Authenticity (2013), the Symposia are accompanied by Program Booklets which present the Program and the Abstracts of the Presentations.  Starting with “Recollections of the Past” (2014), the Booklets include illustrations.  Set in RGME Bembino and laid out by our Font Designer, the Booklets are designed for distribution at the event itself, then released for circulation more widely in downloadable form.  Even the cancelled Spring Symposium of 2020 has its completed Program Booklet, honoring the concerted intentions of our contributors for presentation at the event.

 

Colloquium (2014) held at Princeton University

• When the Dust Has Settled, Or, When Good Scholars Go Back . . .
  November 2014

Seminar (2014) held at the Index of Christian Art at Princeton University

• Show & Tell:  Manuscripts & Their Photographs
  December 1014

Parties and Receptions (1994–) held at various centers, for example to celebrate our Anniversary Years

The Research Group Speaks:  The Series (2021–)

In 2021 the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence launched a series of online Events, to take the forms of interviews, lectures, webinars, round-tables, workshops, and more.  Before it might be possible safely to contemplate in-person events, such methods of meeting may offer a form of transition.  The gatherings consider textual and other materials in various forms.

The Series began with an Interview in July 2021 with our Associate, Barbara Williams Ellertson.  With a small invited audience, Barbara spoke about her interests in books, and the stages leading to her BASIRA Project.  For information about the Project on Books as Symbols in Renaissance Art, its subjects, its scope, and its aims, see https://basiraproject.org.

Next, in September 2021, the food historian Linda Civitello talked about the early history of Italian cuisine, especially Cuoco Napolitano, and its ingredients, sources, and influences — for Southern Italian cuisine and beyond.

More events are planned.

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These Events are described and illustrated in our Events Archive.

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