Calls for Papers/Aug 16, 2019

Medieval Manuscripts without Borders

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Medieval Manuscripts without Borders, session at 27th International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, July 6–9, 2020

As many sessions at the IMC Leeds 2019 have demonstrated, medieval manuscripts are material culture. They are our means of reading history, literature, and can be studied for what they tell us about textual communities and writing cultures in specific disciplines.

We hope to organise at least three sessions on the concept of 'Medieval Manuscripts without Borders' for Leeds 2020. We welcome abstracts from those studying manuscripts from a variety of disciplines and regions.

Some ideas of manuscripts without borders are:

  • Borders and Disciplines: The importance of manuscript transmission (import/export) on certain medieval disciplines such as medicine and science; manuscript contents that cross disciplinary boundaries
  • Manuscripts as Influencers of Change: How the transmission of manuscripts from one region or kingdom to another affected changes in how new manuscripts were produced: script and codicological  changes, mise en page, etc.
  • Borders and Gender: In what ways do manuscripts create or deconstruct gender boundaries for their creators or their readers?

However, we welcome submissions on the topic more broadly conceived.

Session organizers
Colleen Curran, University of Oxford
Johanna Green, University of Glasgow
Johanna Green, University of Glasgow