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Conference: Imagination, books and community in medieval Europe
An international conference at the State Library of Victoria, 29-31 May 2008
This international conference will examine the role of the manuscript book in nurturing both the imagination and a sense of community in medieval Europe, focusing on continuities between medieval and early modern visual, intellectual and religious culture.
Time: 29-31 May 2008
Venue: State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Cost: Full $120/NEER and SLV Foundation members $100/Student $80
Please note
The conference is now fully booked. To register interest in the papers or recordings of Medieval Imagination events and conference lectures, please email bookings@slv.vic.gov.au with the subject line 'Registration of Interest'.
Places are still available for 'Openings', the free public lecture by Professor Jeffrey Hamburger on Thursday 29 May. Due to public demand, the venue for this lecture has changed and it will now be held at 7pm at Storey Hall, RMIT, 342 Swanston St.
Find out more about 'Openings' >
Program and registration
The conference will consider themes including music and liturgy, devotion and the saints, looking at manuscripts from all over Europe, their origins, influences and the rich stories that they tell.
Full program details and registration information can be found in the downloadable PDF document below. Alternatively, to request a copy of the brochure or to register your interest, please tel 03 8664 7016 or email our booking officer.
 Conference program and registration form (PDF - 1MB)
Paper abstracts and speaker biographies (PDF - 130kb)
Adobe Reader is required to view and print the PDF documents on this page.
Speakers
Conference speakers will include distinguished international guests along with many Australian authorities, examining the art, impact and associations of the manuscript book in medieval Europe.
Keynote speakers:
- Professor Alexandra Barratt, Professor of English, University of Waikato, New Zealand
- Professor Jeffrey Hamburger, Kuno Francke Professor of German Art and Culture, Sackler Museum, Harvard University, USA
- Margaret Manion AO, Emeritus Professor, Art History, University of Melbourne, Australia
- James Marrow, Professor Emeritus, Art History, Princeton University, USA.
Other speakers:
- Ursula Betka, Megan Cassidy-Welch, Jan Fox, John Griffiths, Sasha Grishin
- Jane Hardie, Bill Kent, Andrew Lynch, Hilary Maddocks, Louise Marshall
- Constant Mews, Claire Renkin, Bronwyn Stocks, Rodney Thomson, Charles Zika.
The conference is organised by the State Library of Victoria in partnership with the ARC Network for Early European Research, Monash University, La Trobe University and the Melbourne College of Divinity, with support from the Gordon Darling Foundation.
Illustration
The Apocalypse and Life of St Edward the Confessor (detail). England, London, c. 1380-90 & c. 1400-20. Trinity College, Cambridge, MS B.10.2, fol. 22. Image courtesy of the Master and Fellows, Trinity College, Cambridge.
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