CONFERENCE CALL FOR PAPERS
Anchorites, Wombs and Tombs: Intersections of Gender and Enclosure in
the Middle Ages
An international, interdisciplinary conference to be held at the
University of Wales' rural conference centre, Gregynog, Newtown, Powys
5th - 7th July, 2002
Plenary Speaker: Jocelyn Wogan-Browne (Fordham)
Keynote Speakers: Alexandra Barratt (Waikato)
(Second keynote to be announced shortly)
This conference aims to examine primarily the intersections of gender
and enclosure from late Antiquity to the end of the Middle Ages, and
welcomes abstracts for 20-minute papers which focus on any aspects of
this theme. In particular, abstracts will be welcome which concentrate
on the links between gender and the anchoritic life and how this is
reflected in art, literature, history, theology etc.
Possible papers might include, but need not be restricted to:
Gender politics of enclosure
Anchoritic poetics
Metaphoricity and /or symbolism of enclosure
Anchoritic literature: textual criticism; issues of translation; linguistics
Manuscript studies
Architectural studies
Hagiographic representations
Iconographic representations
Non-English anchorites and /or hermits: Wales, Scotland, Ireland;
Continental enclosure; demographic studies
Abstracts of 200-300 words to reach the organiser by December 31st,
2001.
Enquiries and further details from:
Dr. Liz Herbert McAvoy, Department of English, University of Wales,
Aberystwyth
Tel: 01970 622534; e-mail: ehm@aber.ac.uk
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