Call for Papers – Cartularies in Medieval Europe: Texts and Contexts

Cartularies in Medieval Europe: Texts and Contexts
International Conference
Lisbon, Torre do Tombo – Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa
11^th-12^th June 2015

Over the last two decades, cartularies have been seen as an object of study in themselves, not only for the wealth of information they provide or for the problems of authenticity, but as organized ‘deposits’ of memory and of control of property. This meeting aims at creating an opportunity for all those involved in Medieval cartularies to discuss concrete experiences of studying and editing European cartularies from the 12th-13th centuries. Without dismissing a global overview of this phenomenon, we aim at approaching the topic through specific case studies and by taking into account the different ways in which medieval institutions built their own memory. Therefore, it is also essential to pay attention to non-diplomatic texts copied in or written in close relation to the cartularies (e.g. hagiography or historiography), and to the codices in terms of paleography, codicology and decoration.

Researchers from different areas of knowledge are invited to present papers on topics focusing on the following themes:

1. Memory, archives and cartularies: models and aims in the organization of corpora.
2. From the archive to the codex: the selection, organization and use / re-use of documents;
3. Cartularies and non-diplomatic texts: hagiography, historiography, annals.
4. Visual Culture: decorations, seals and signa.
5. Analyzing and editing: experiences, projects, databases.

The conference will be organized in plenary sessions with keynote speakers and parallel sessions with papers.

• Working languages: Portuguese, Spanish, English, French and Italian.
• Papers presentations: 20 minutes.

The conference will be organized in plenary sessions with keynote speakers and parallel sessions with papers.

• Working languages: Portuguese, Spanish, English, French and Italian.
• Papers presentations: 20 minutes

We welcome:

• individual proposals for a 20-minute paper (ca. 500 words);
• joint proposals for thematic panels consisting of 3 papers (ca. 350 words per paper).

Please include the following information with your proposal:

• the full title of your paper / of your panel and respective papers;
• an abstract (ca. 500 words per paper), eventually with a short list of

bibliographical references;

• a short bio blurb (ca. 200 words).

Please note that:

• All paper proposals will be peer-reviewed;
• Deadline for proposals: February 28, 2015;
• Proposals should be submitted by e-mail in MS Word or PDF format to medievalcartularies@letras.ulisboa.pt, with the subject header: Abstract proposal.

Registration

• Registration for paper presentation speakers: 80 Euros (two lunches included).
• Registration without paper presentation (entitled to conference materials and certificate of attendance): 15 Euros.
• Student fee: 10 Euros.
• All speakers are responsible for their own travel arrangements and accommodation; relevant information about hotels will be provided later.
• Accepted speakers should pay the registration fee after notification of acceptance. Deadlines and methods of payment will be given later.