The ‘New Series’
of Symposia, Colloquia, Workshops & Seminars
(2001–)
[Published on 4 March 2016, with updates]
Following our Annual Series of Symposia on ‘The Transmission of the Bible’ (1995–2000), held at various centers in New Jersey and New York, the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence concentrated on other activities, before resuming its scholarly Events in centers apart from its Sponsored Sessions at the Annual International Congress on Medieval Studies. This ‘New Series’ commenced with the Inaugural Workshop at The College of New Jersey, celebrating the Early Medieval Forum Listserv and the Recognition of Tax-Exempt Status for the Research Group as a nonprofit educational corporation.
The posts for the individual Events in this series provide details, often with illustrations and with downloadable Booklets, laid out according to our Style Manifesto — also available freely for download. These and related Booklets join our Publications, which, since its development, are set in our multilingual font Bembino.
Workshops & Colloquia (2001–)
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
Symposia (2009 and 2013–)
held at Princeton University
“Gathering At the Threshold”
November 2009
- “Identity & Authenticity: Creating, Preserving & Transmitting Identities Across Time & Place”
March 2013
- “The Roads Taken, or, The Obstacle Course”
April 2019
Poster 2 for 2019 Symposium
- “From Cover to Cover: Activities Dedicated to Manuscripts, Early Printed Materials & Beyond, From Collecting & Cataloguing to Deciphering & Beholding”
March 2020
[This Symposium had to be cancelled, along with very many other events at the University and elsewhere, but we have published its downloadable 2020 Symposium Booklet.]
2020 Symposium Poster 2
Colloquium (2014) held at Princeton University
Seminar (2014) held at the Index of Christian Art at Princeton University
- “Show & Tell: Manuscripts & Their Photographs”
November 2014
Savoring the Moment
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Online Symposia (2022–)
In turning to online events from 2021 onward, the RGME resumed Symposia from 2022, but in online rather than in-person form. The practice, moreover, created a pair of Symposia for Spring and Autumn, starting in 2022. These cases comprise one-day events, held online and recorded. For each year, a Theme was selected.
2022 Spring and Autumn Symposia on “Structured Knowledge”
2023 Spring and Autumn Symposia on “Materials and Access”
For the 2023 Spring Symposium, by request a half-day Pre-Symposium, with a selection of Lightning Talks proposed through a widely circulated Call for Proposals.
2023 Spring Pre-Symposium on “Intrepid Borders”.
Symposium Booklets
In this online series, by the 2022 Autumn Symposium, each Symposium has had an illustrated Symposium Booklet, in a revival of our earlier tradition. The Booklet for the 2023 Spring Symposium includes the Pre-Symposium.
The Booklets, issued in printed and digital forms, can be downloaded freely on this website. See:
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These events are described and illustrated in our Events Archive.
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2023 Posters for ICMS Sessions (hybrid): Bindings Session I. Poster set in RGME Bembino.
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Update: Now see new forms of our events, held online (since 2021) — sometimes combined with in-person participation in hybrid form (since 2023, starting with the 2023 International Congress on Medieval Studies):
- The Research Group Speaks: The Series (2021–)
- RGME Online Events (2021–)
Since 2023, some of these events are combined with in-person participation in a hybrid onsite/online format. That combination started with the 2023 ICMS:
Watch this space for more Events of the RGME, in person and/or online.
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