{"id":9629,"date":"2017-03-14T19:42:19","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T19:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/?p=9629"},"modified":"2017-07-03T12:38:57","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T12:38:57","slug":"2017-m-mla-call-for-papers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2017-m-mla-call-for-papers\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 M-MLA Call for Papers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/MMLA2017-CFP-poster-with-border-again.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-9679\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/MMLA2017-CFP-poster-with-border-again-232x300.png\" alt=\"Poster for CFP RGME Sponsored Panels for 2017 M-MLA Convention\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/MMLA2017-CFP-poster-with-border-again-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/MMLA2017-CFP-poster-with-border-again-116x150.png 116w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/MMLA2017-CFP-poster-with-border-again.png 616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a>Call for Papers<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cArtists, Activists, and Manuscript Evidence\u201d<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">2017 Theme for the<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Research Group on Manuscript Evidence<br \/>\nPermanent Panels<br \/>\nat the<br \/>\nMidwest Modern Language Association<\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">2017 Convention<br \/>\nCincinnati, Ohio<br \/>\nNovember 9-12, 2017<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Heavy-LOGO1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-784 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Heavy-LOGO1-150x138.jpg\" alt=\"Logo of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence (colour version)\" width=\"150\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Heavy-LOGO1-150x138.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Heavy-LOGO1-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Heavy-LOGO1.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>[<em>Update:\u00a0 At our recent Open Business Meeting (see our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2017-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-report\" target=\"_blank\">2017 International Congress on Medieval Studies Report<\/a>), the organizer of these panels reported that the deadline for proposals for papers has been extended to 1 June.\u00a0 Please send your proposals to Justin Hastings, as described below.\u00a0 We hope to see you at the panels.<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p>The Research Group on Manuscript Evidence, in keeping with the 2017 M-MLA Convention\u2019s theme of \u201cArtists and Activists,\u201d is sponsoring panels on manuscripts and printed books and the illuminators, scribes, editors, and other artists who created them and the scholars and readers who used them. The session invites all approaches, including textual, art historical, codicological, and paleographical.<\/p>\n<p>Possible foci include but are by no means limited to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Scriveners, the Book Trade, and Early Modern Printed Editions<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Textual Transmission and Reception: Inscribing Alterity and Change<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>On the Margins: Glosses, Illustrations, and Illuminations<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Interested panelists should send brief abstracts of no more than 300 words to the organizer by 5 April 2017:<\/p>\n<p>Justin Hastings<br \/>\nDepartment of English<br \/>\nLoyola University Chicago<br \/>\nChicago, Illinois 60626<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mailto:jhastings@luc.edu\" target=\"_blank\">jhastings@luc.edu<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<h3>A New Tradition<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5539.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-9800 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5539-247x300.jpg\" alt=\"Initial D for 'Domine' with inset bearded human head seen in 3\/4 view peeping toward the left, on the recto of a detached leaf in a private collection. Reproduced by permission.\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5539-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5539-123x150.jpg 123w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5539-841x1024.jpg 841w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/5539.jpg 1770w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><\/a>For information about the <strong>Events<\/strong> of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence, to which these Sponsored Panels belong, please see our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/events-list\" target=\"_blank\">Events<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/category\/events\/\" target=\"_blank\">Events Archive<\/a>.\u00a0 For convenience, we distinguish between these Events elsewhere and our many <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/congress-activities\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Congress Activities<\/strong><\/a> over the years at the Annual International Congress on Medieval Studies, likewise with a <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/category\/international-congress-on-medieval-studies-at-western-michigan-university\/\" target=\"_blank\">Congress Archive<\/a>, held at Western Michigan University each May in Kalamazoo.<\/p>\n<p>Our Associate, Justin Hastings, generously offered to organize panels for the 2016 M-MLA Convention to be sponsored by the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence. The Call for Papers yielded not one, but two panels, with contributions spanning a wide range of materials, texts, periods, and regions. These sponsored panels represented the first time, apart from the Kalamazoo Congress, that the Research Group sponsored meetings within an existing conference held in North America, although we have co-organized and co-sponsored Events afresh in various centers in North America and elsewhere, as described in the <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/category\/events\/\" target=\"_blank\">Events Archive<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9642\" style=\"width: 242px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PosterRGME-MMLA-2of2-done-with-border.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9642\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9642 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PosterRGME-MMLA-2of2-done-with-border-232x300.png\" alt=\"Poster 2 of 2 for the RGME Sponsored Panels at the 2016 M-MLA Convention\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PosterRGME-MMLA-2of2-done-with-border-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PosterRGME-MMLA-2of2-done-with-border-116x150.png 116w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PosterRGME-MMLA-2of2-done-with-border.png 617w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9642\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2016 Poster 2 of 2<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9641\" style=\"width: 242px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PosterRGME-MMLA-1of2-done-with-border.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9641\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9641 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PosterRGME-MMLA-1of2-done-with-border-232x300.png\" alt=\"Poster 1 of 2 for the RGME Sponsored Panels at the 2016 M-MLA Convention\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PosterRGME-MMLA-1of2-done-with-border-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PosterRGME-MMLA-1of2-done-with-border-116x150.png 116w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/PosterRGME-MMLA-1of2-done-with-border.png 617w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9641\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2016 Poster 1 of 2<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The plan to sponsor the 2017 Panels follows our first appearance as a Sponsor at the 2016 M-MLA Convention \u2014 with 2 Panels on <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/marginalia-in-manuscripts-and-books-for-2016-m-mla\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marginalia in Manuscripts and Books<\/a> in response to the Call for Papers for 1 Panel alone. See the <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2016-m-mla-report\" target=\"_blank\">2016 M-MLA Report<\/a> for these Panels, with the published Abstracts of the Papers and a view of the Posters.<\/p>\n<p>The continuation of the tradition of Permanent Panels at the M-MLA Convention is most welcome, and we thank our organizer, Justin Hastings, and the Midwest Modern Language Association.\u00a0 We congratulate Justin for his expert organizational skills and outstanding collegiality, and we applaud his willingness to continue to organize the panels for the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Further information about the Convention can be found in the 2017 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.luc.edu\/mmla\/convention\/permanentsectioncallforpapers\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">M-MLA Convention Permanent Section Call for Papers<\/a> .<\/p>\n<h3>Another First<\/h3>\n<p>This year, responding gladly to Justin&#8217;s initiative, we issue a Poster for the Call for Papers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Bembino-booklet-cover-with-border.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1391 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Bembino-booklet-cover-with-border-116x150.png\" alt=\"&quot;Bembino&quot; Booklet Cover\" width=\"116\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Bembino-booklet-cover-with-border-116x150.png 116w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Bembino-booklet-cover-with-border-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Bembino-booklet-cover-with-border.png 616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 116px) 100vw, 116px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/approval1_light_swap-for-feature.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7028 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/approval1_light_swap-for-feature-116x150.png\" alt=\"Seal of Approval, as logo for the 'Style Manifesto' of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence, with red border, yellow ground, and capital 'S' in the RGME font Bembino\" width=\"116\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/approval1_light_swap-for-feature-116x150.png 116w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/approval1_light_swap-for-feature.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 116px) 100vw, 116px\" \/><\/a>As customary, the design of the Poster corresponds with the Research Group&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/style-manifesto\" target=\"_blank\">Style Manifesto<\/a>, and employs our very own copyright font <a href=\"http:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/profile\/bembino\" target=\"_blank\">Bembino<\/a> \u2014 available freely for download, along with the booklet describing its reasons and range.\u00a0 (Tip:\u00a0 The next version of <strong>Bembino<\/strong> is advancing toward its launch very soon, in the next few weeks!\u00a0 <em>Update:\u00a0 It is now available!\u00a0 See <a href=\"http:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/profile\/bembino\" target=\"_blank\">Bembino<\/a><\/em> .)<\/p>\n<p>Up to now, our Posters in recent years have accompanied our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/congress-activities\/\" target=\"_blank\">Congress Activities<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/profile\/seminars-workshops-colloquia-and-symposia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Symposia, Colloquia, Workshops<\/a>, and the like.\u00a0 Circulated at those events or activities, the Posters now illustrate the Pages or Posts devoted to them on our website.\u00a0 Also, a Gallery illustrates the sequence of our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/ghent-seals-gallery\/rgme-posters-display\/\" target=\"_blank\">Posters on Display<\/a>. They exemplify aspects of our multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/ghent-seals-gallery\/layout-designs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Layout Designs<\/a>, which have a Gallery as well.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, we issued a Poster for the Save-the-Date Announcement of an approaching Symposium.\u00a0\u00a0 Those specimens likewise appear in the Poster Gallery.\u00a0 However, this is the first time for a Poster for the Call for Papers.\u00a0 Nice!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, Justin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/MMLA2017-CFP-poster-with-border-again.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9679 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/MMLA2017-CFP-poster-with-border-again.png\" alt=\"Poster for CFP RGME Sponsored Panels for 2017 M-MLA Convention\" width=\"616\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/MMLA2017-CFP-poster-with-border-again.png 616w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/MMLA2017-CFP-poster-with-border-again-116x150.png 116w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/MMLA2017-CFP-poster-with-border-again-232x300.png 232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Join the Event<\/h3>\n<p>Remember, please send your proposals by April 5th to Justin:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mailto:jhastings@luc.edu\" target=\"_blank\">jhastings@luc.edu<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>Many subjects and approaches may suit the themes of<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201cArtists, Activists, and Manuscript Evidence\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>What do you think?<\/p>\n<p>You might <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Contact Us<\/a> and visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Research-Group-on-Manuscript-Evidence\/259443617456668\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">FaceBook Page<\/a> for further conversations.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>Update:  Following the Call for Papers, we now announce the program.  Please see the plan for our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2017-m-mla-panel\" target=\"_blank\">2017 M-MLA Panel<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Call for Papers \u201cArtists, Activists, and Manuscript Evidence\u201d 2017 Theme for the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence Permanent Panels at the Midwest Modern Language Association 2017 Convention Cincinnati, Ohio November 9-12, 2017 [Update:\u00a0 At our recent Open Business Meeting (see our 2017 International Congress on Medieval Studies Report), the organizer of these panels reported that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9679,"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":[423,50,1507,678],"tags":[1510,1511,1513,7,192,777,1509,1512],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9629"}],"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=9629"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9926,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9629\/revisions\/9926"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}