The conference schedule is now available at
http://medieval.starlight.ie/cms/view/22/
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Plenary Speaker 13 November 2009
UPDATE:
Prof. Wood's talk, 'Debating the Barbarian Settlement: The Origins of a Historical Problem' will take place on Friday 13 November at 5.30; the reception will begin at 5.
Our plenary speaker has been confirmed as Ian Wood, Professor of Early Medieval History at the University of Leeds. Prof. Woods will be speaking about his new book, which deals with the historiography of the Fall of the Roman Empire. The work addresses both the formation of the barbarian kingdoms, and why they are described in the way that they are, covering polices of the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
The speech will take place in the Moore Institute, Arts Concourse, NUIG; time to be confirmed. A cheese and wine reception will be provided beforehand.
Prof. Wood's talk, 'Debating the Barbarian Settlement: The Origins of a Historical Problem' will take place on Friday 13 November at 5.30; the reception will begin at 5.
Our plenary speaker has been confirmed as Ian Wood, Professor of Early Medieval History at the University of Leeds. Prof. Woods will be speaking about his new book, which deals with the historiography of the Fall of the Roman Empire. The work addresses both the formation of the barbarian kingdoms, and why they are described in the way that they are, covering polices of the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
The speech will take place in the Moore Institute, Arts Concourse, NUIG; time to be confirmed. A cheese and wine reception will be provided beforehand.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Registration and Travel Bursaries Forms
Registration forms for both delegates and non-speakers as well as applications for the travel bursaries are available to download at http://medieval.starlight.ie/site/view/105/. All forms should be returned to imbasnuig@gmail.com by 16 October.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Imbas Journal
A selection of papers will be published in our new established peer-reviewed journal, Imbas: The Journal of the National University of Ireland, Galway Postgraduate Medieval Studies Conference. This journal will be made available via our website and open-access journal databases. All panels will be recorded and made available as podcasts.
Preliminary Publishing Guidelines
• Deadline for journal submissions will be 14 February 2010. Papers submitted after this deadline will not be accepted.
• Submitted papers must not exceed 5000 words in length (not including the bibliography) and must be formatted in the MHRA style with footnotes
• Papers will be selected through a competitive peer-reviewed selection. An initial selection will be made by the conference committee. Successful papers will then be assessed by an external committee consisting of six lecturers of various disciplines from various Irish universities.
• The members of the external editing committee for 2009 are: Dr. Ken Rooney (Dpt. of English, University College Cork), Dr. Catherine Swift (Irish Studies, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick), Dr Christina Haywood (Dpt. Head, School of Classics, University College Dublin), Dr Mark Gardiner (Senior Lecturer in Medieval Archaeology, Queens University Belfast), Dr. Ian Robinson (Dpt. of History, Trinity College Dublin) and Dr Muireann Ni Bhrolchain (Dpt. of Medieval Irish and Celtic Studies, National University of Ireland, Maynooth).
• Selected papers will be subject to two rounds of editing before being made available on the Imbas website as well as open-access journal databases
• The number of published papers will depend upon submissions. It is likely that approximately five papers will be published.
• Authors will retain copyrights over the published material and will be free to publish the material elsewhere
• A paper publication of these chosen articles will be made obtainable through a self-publication website (http://www.lulu.com/uk), through which the journal will be available for order on demand
Preliminary Publishing Guidelines
• Deadline for journal submissions will be 14 February 2010. Papers submitted after this deadline will not be accepted.
• Submitted papers must not exceed 5000 words in length (not including the bibliography) and must be formatted in the MHRA style with footnotes
• Papers will be selected through a competitive peer-reviewed selection. An initial selection will be made by the conference committee. Successful papers will then be assessed by an external committee consisting of six lecturers of various disciplines from various Irish universities.
• The members of the external editing committee for 2009 are: Dr. Ken Rooney (Dpt. of English, University College Cork), Dr. Catherine Swift (Irish Studies, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick), Dr Christina Haywood (Dpt. Head, School of Classics, University College Dublin), Dr Mark Gardiner (Senior Lecturer in Medieval Archaeology, Queens University Belfast), Dr. Ian Robinson (Dpt. of History, Trinity College Dublin) and Dr Muireann Ni Bhrolchain (Dpt. of Medieval Irish and Celtic Studies, National University of Ireland, Maynooth).
• Selected papers will be subject to two rounds of editing before being made available on the Imbas website as well as open-access journal databases
• The number of published papers will depend upon submissions. It is likely that approximately five papers will be published.
• Authors will retain copyrights over the published material and will be free to publish the material elsewhere
• A paper publication of these chosen articles will be made obtainable through a self-publication website (http://www.lulu.com/uk), through which the journal will be available for order on demand
Monday, May 11, 2009
2008 Conference Papers
A selection of the conference papers from the 2008 event are now available to download at http://medieval.starlight.ie/cms/view/62
Monday, March 30, 2009
Email contact
The new email address for the conference is imbasnuig@gmail.com. Our new website is http://medieval.starlight.ie
Saturday, March 28, 2009
2009 Call for Papers
Imbas:
The National
We would like to invite all postgraduate students of medieval studies to Imbas, an interdisciplinary medievalists’ conference being held in the Moore Institute at NUI Galway from November 13-15th 2009. This conference welcomes delegates at all stages of their research from all areas of medieval studies including language, history literature, art, archaeology and philosophy. The theme for 2009 is Alliances. Delegates are encouraged to view the theme as a broad suggestion rather than in any way restrictive.
Papers might deal with but are not limited to such topics as:
- Religious, political and military alliances
- Relationships between cultural institutions
- Marriage
- Commerce and economics
- Patronage
- Rebellion and heresy
- Marginality
A selection of papers will be published in our new established peer-reviewed journal, Imbas: The Journal of the
Abstracts of 250 words for a twenty paper must be submitted before October 9 2009. Abstracts can be sent to imbasnuig@gmail.com or forwarded to Imbas/Grace Windsor, Dpt. of English, National University of Ireland, Galway, University Rd, Galway, Ireland.
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