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1) 16th Annual MEMSA Conference: Memory: Staging, Praxis & Practice
Durham University, Pemberton Rooms, 18th-19th July 2022.
Deadline for Call for Papers: Friday 15th April 2022.
More info: https://durhammemsa.wordpress.com/calls-for-papers/
Please submit abstracts of 250 words for a 15-20 minute paper accompanied by a brief biographical statement to memsa.committee@durham.ac.uk.
2) Fragmented Illuminations Symposium (supported by the V&A)
Online, early July 2022.
Deadline for Call for Papers: March 6, 2022.
More info: https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/museum-life/call-for-papers-fragmented-illuminations-symposium
Please submit a titled abstract of 300 words for a max. 15 minute paper accompanied by a short biography (max 150 words) to c.yvard@vam.ac.uk
"We welcome papers focusing on any of the following themes and aspects, preferably in relation to pieces in the V&A collection:
Study of groups of cuttings from the same manuscript source
Provenance research and history of collections
Questions of attribution and iconography
Identification of parent manuscripts when extant; reconstructions of broken manuscripts
Materiality and digital display of manuscript cuttings: opportunities and challenges
Collecting cuttings: new lives, functions, and uses
Comparison between manuscript cuttings and other types of cuttings, e.g. from textiles or printed books
Relationship between manuscript cuttings and copies
19th-cent reception of, and responses to, historic illuminated manuscripts
Relationship between manuscript cuttings and copies
19th-cent reception of, and responses to, medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts
This list is indicative rather than exhaustive.
A preference will be given to contributions focusing on lesser-known examples in the collection and adopting innovative approaches."
3) TRANSITIONS (postgraduate conference)
University of Bristol, Hybrid, 29th-30th April 2022.
Deadline for Call for Papers: February 28th 2022.
Please submit a titled abstract of 300 words for a 20-minute paper to cms-conference-enquiries@bristol.ac.uk
