{"id":5567,"date":"2015-09-16T23:02:02","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T23:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/?p=5567"},"modified":"2019-08-12T16:47:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T16:47:27","slug":"2016-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2016-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Congress Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DSC_5017-41b-Initial-d-branded-in-red.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5568 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DSC_5017-41b-Initial-d-branded-in-red-281x300.jpg\" alt=\"Initial d in a printed Missal, enclosing an upward-looking hybrid creature which looks up to the right, with spread wings, raised offside, and curled tail. Photography \u00a9 Mildred Budny.\" width=\"281\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DSC_5017-41b-Initial-d-branded-in-red-281x300.jpg 281w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DSC_5017-41b-Initial-d-branded-in-red-140x150.jpg 140w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DSC_5017-41b-Initial-d-branded-in-red-959x1024.jpg 959w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/DSC_5017-41b-Initial-d-branded-in-red.jpg 1584w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/a>51st International Congress on Medieval Studies<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">12\u201315 May 2016<\/h3>\n<p>With the completion of the <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2016-international-congress-on-medieval-studies\" target=\"_blank\">2016 Congress Call for Papers<\/a> by 15 September 2015, the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence plans the shape of its 4 sponsored and co-sponsored sessions for the next International Congress on Medieval Studies, to take place at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. The programs for our sessions now settle into place after their notification to the Congress by the deadline of 1 October. In time, we will be able to announce the programs and, as their authors might wish, publish abstracts of the papers.<\/p>\n<p>The next Congress will be the eleventh year of our co-sponsorship with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.societasmagica.org\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Societas Magica<\/strong><\/a>, the third year of co-sponsorship with the <a href=\"http:\/\/mems.center.ufl.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies<\/strong><\/a> at the University of Florida, and the second year of co-sponsorship with the <a href=\"http:\/\/ima.princeton.edu\" target=\"_blank\">Index of Christian Art<\/a> at Princeton University. Our 2014 and 2015 sessions and receptions with these organizations are illustrated in the <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2014-congress-accomplished\"><strong>2014 Congress Report<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2015-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-events-accomplished\" target=\"_blank\">2015 Congress Report<\/a>. The history of our co-sponsorships at the Congress is surveyed in <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/profile\/co-sponsored-sessions-at-the-international-congress-on-medieval-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\">Co-Sponsored Congress Sessions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The 4 Sessions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Parchment or Paper? Choosing the Writing Medium in the Era Before the Printing Press<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/OrangeBluMEMSWM3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4629\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/OrangeBluMEMSWM3-300x121.png\" alt=\"Logo of the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of Florida, reproduced here by permission\" width=\"300\" height=\"121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/OrangeBluMEMSWM3-300x121.png 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/OrangeBluMEMSWM3-150x60.png 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/OrangeBluMEMSWM3.png 422w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Medieval Balkans as Mirror<br \/>\nByzantine Perceptions of the Balkans and the World Beyond<\/strong><br \/>\nCo-sponsored with the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of Florida<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Crusading and the Byzantine Legacy in the Northwestern Black Sea Region<\/strong> Co-sponsored with the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of Florida<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SocMaghead23.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4850 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SocMaghead23.png\" alt=\"Logo of the Societas Magica, reproduced by permission\" width=\"175\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SocMaghead23.png 175w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SocMaghead23-150x86.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/a>Magic on the Page: Transmission and Representation of Magic<\/strong><br \/>\nCo-sponsored with the Societas Magica<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The aims of these sessions are described in the <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2016-international-congress-on-medieval-studies\" target=\"_blank\">2016 Congress Call for Papers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The other Events which we plan for the 2016 Congress:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Business Meeting<\/strong><br \/>\nAll are welcome<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Reception<\/strong>, co-sponsored with the Index of Christian Art at Princeton University<br \/>\nAll are welcome<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The 2016 Reception takes inspiration from the <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2014-anniversary-reception\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>2014 Anniversary Reception<\/strong><\/a>, co-sponsored by the Societas Magica, and the Reception at the 2015 Congress, co-sponsored by the Societas Magica and the Index of Christian Art.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>Please watch this space. We will post the programs for the sessions and, as the authors permit, the abstracts for the papers. This would be like our post for the <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2015-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-events-accomplished\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>2015 Congress Report<\/strong><\/a>, illustrations included.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>51st International Congress on Medieval Studies 12\u201315 May 2016 With the completion of the 2016 Congress Call for Papers by 15 September 2015, the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence plans the shape of its 4 sponsored and co-sponsored sessions for the next International Congress on Medieval Studies, to take place at Western Michigan University in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[50,130,3],"tags":[686,445,685],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5567"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5567"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11967,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5567\/revisions\/11967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}