The British Society for the History of Mathematics will hold its annual Research in Progress meeting for 2012 at The Queen's College, Oxford, on Saturday 3 March 2012, 11am to 5pm
This meeting provides an opportunity for research students in the history of mathematics to speak about their work.
Keynote speaker: Henrik Kragh Sorenson (Aarhus), on What's Abelian about Abelian groups?
Student speakers: Nicole Bloye (Plymouth), Title tba
Davide Crippa (Paris), Impossible Problems in Cartesian geometry: the case of the squaring of the circle
Stefanie Eminger (St Andrews), Viribus unitis! shall be our watchword: the first International Congress of Mathematicians, held 9-11 August 1897 in Zurich
Jasmine Kilburn-Toppin (Royal College of Art), Title tba
Liz Rudge (St Andrews), P.G. Tait’s schoolboy introduction to complex numbers
Sam Hatfield (Warwick), Poincare Dodecahedral Space
Dave Kaye (Warwick), Clifford’s theorem and algebraic curves
Mairi Walker (University of Warwick), Poincare's constructions for Riemann surfaces
Meeting fee: 20 pounds including sandwich lunch. There is a discounted fee of 15 pounds for students and unwaged. The fee is payable on the day, If you are coming to this meeting please register by emailing Tony Mann (A.Mann@gre.ac.uk) by Friday 24 February.
Further information including abstracts can be found at www.bshm.org/meetings/rip12.html
Funded Shakesperean PhD in Belfast : Shakespeare and the Soundtrack (International / Non-EU)
Funded three-year PhD international studentship: Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, has been awarded funds for the support of PhD studentships in certain strategic priority areas. Funding has been awarded to the School of English for the international studentship described here.
Supervisors: Professor Mark Thornton Burnett (School of English); Dr Ramona Wray (School of English)
Project: Shakespeare and the Soundtrack
Shakespeare on film is often seen as a primarily verbal or visual phenomenon; by contrast, this project argues that the filmic representations of the likes of Lawrence Olivier, Orson Welles and Kenneth Branagh are enhanced, complicated and finessed by the ways in which the soundtrack stands in for, or translates, the Shakespearean word. The role of music in Shakespeare film takes multiple forms, including lush refrains, action genre pop scores, classically-inspired requiems, and romantic themes, but a common denominator is the synecdoche-like place of musical motifs with reference to language. Tracing the means whereby music operates, the study investigates points of connection between multiple acoustic levels, placing together examples that disclose unexpected comparative possibilities. For example, in addition to exploring some familiar Anglophone instances – among them, Hamlet, Othello and King Lear – the project enfolds discussion of less well-known films from China, Japan and India, such as The Banquet, an adaptation of Hamlet, An Okinawan Night’s Dream (an adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream) and Yellamma, an adaptation of Macbeth. Here, the focus is on how particular forms of instrumentation – indigenous styles of strings, percussion and woodwind – work not only to mediate Shakespearean rhetoric but also to place it in alternative cultural registers that are aurally apprehended. Essentially, then, a comparative study, ‘Shakespeare and the Soundtrack’ allows methodologies that have previously operated only in narrow national and educational contexts to cross-fertilize, elaborating models of intertextual dialogue and demonstrating how creative modes of words and music offer valuable lessons for our own and media responsive global age.
Qualifications: Candidates with a range of different combinations of knowledge and skill may be considered. For those whose primary background is in literature, the equivalent of Grade 7 Theory in Music might be helpful, but other evidence of musical understanding might be acceptable. For those whose primary background is in Music, some relevant literary modules at university level, or equivalent evidence of knowledge, would be helpful.
Eligibility: International / non-EU students (students from China, Japan, India, Australia, Canada and the US, for example)
Closing date for applications: 2 March 2012
Shakespeare on film is often seen as a primarily verbal or visual phenomenon; by contrast, this project argues that the filmic representations of the likes of Lawrence Olivier, Orson Welles and Kenneth Branagh are enhanced, complicated and finessed by the ways in which the soundtrack stands in for, or translates, the Shakespearean word. The role of music in Shakespeare film takes multiple forms, including lush refrains, action genre pop scores, classically-inspired requiems, and romantic themes, but a common denominator is the synecdoche-like place of musical motifs with reference to language. Tracing the means whereby music operates, the study investigates points of connection between multiple acoustic levels, placing together examples that disclose unexpected comparative possibilities. For example, in addition to exploring some familiar Anglophone instances – among them, Hamlet, Othello and King Lear – the project enfolds discussion of less well-known films from China, Japan and India, such as The Banquet, an adaptation of Hamlet, An Okinawan Night’s Dream (an adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream) and Yellamma, an adaptation of Macbeth. Here, the focus is on how particular forms of instrumentation – indigenous styles of strings, percussion and woodwind – work not only to mediate Shakespearean rhetoric but also to place it in alternative cultural registers that are aurally apprehended. Essentially, then, a comparative study, ‘Shakespeare and the Soundtrack’ allows methodologies that have previously operated only in narrow national and educational contexts to cross-fertilize, elaborating models of intertextual dialogue and demonstrating how creative modes of words and music offer valuable lessons for our own and media responsive global age.
Qualifications: Candidates with a range of different combinations of knowledge and skill may be considered. For those whose primary background is in literature, the equivalent of Grade 7 Theory in Music might be helpful, but other evidence of musical understanding might be acceptable. For those whose primary background is in Music, some relevant literary modules at university level, or equivalent evidence of knowledge, would be helpful.
Eligibility: International / non-EU students (students from China, Japan, India, Australia, Canada and the US, for example)
Closing date for applications: 2 March 2012
For application information, follow the links on the School of English (Queen's University) website at: http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofEnglish/ under 'news and events' and also on the prospective students postgraduate pages.
Oxford Forum Event: Provocations Ubi Inletabilitas Ibi Virtus. Melancholy, Virtue and Self-Consciousness
Friday 2 March, 2–3.30pm
Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street, University of Oxford
Professor Wayne Martin, Professor of Philosophy, University of Essex
Convenors: Dr Roxana Baiasu and Dr Pamela S. Anderson
For more information, contact:
Roxana.Baiasu@philosophy.ox.ac.uk
or the Forum Coordinator: Dr Juliana Cardinale: 020 7955 7539, J.Cardinale@lse.ac.uk
Forum for European Philosophy
www.philosophy-forum.org
www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk
Examination Schools, 75-81 High Street, University of Oxford
Professor Wayne Martin, Professor of Philosophy, University of Essex
Convenors: Dr Roxana Baiasu and Dr Pamela S. Anderson
For more information, contact:
Roxana.Baiasu@philosophy.ox.ac.uk
or the Forum Coordinator: Dr Juliana Cardinale: 020 7955 7539, J.Cardinale@lse.ac.uk
Forum for European Philosophy
www.philosophy-forum.org
www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk
New Shakespeare Journal: The Hare
The editors are pleased to announce the creation of a new journal, THE HARE, publishing scholarly essays and reviews pertaining to the dramatic, poetic, and prose works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. THE HARE will be published three times per year (March, July, and November) beginning in 2012. We are now accepting submissions for Volume 1.
THE HARE will be published in an on-line format and hosted by the the Mary Baldwin College Shakespeare and Performance Program. The general editors are Paul Menzer (Mary Baldwin College) and Jeremy Lopez (University of Toronto).
Send submissions or queries by email to the editors:
paulmenzer@gmail.com
jeremy.lopez@utoronto.ca
THE HARE: a peer-reviewed academic journal published in March, July,& November
Jeremy Lopez, Paul Menzer Editors
Overview
The Hare solicits short essays on the dramatic, poetic, and prose works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. The journal also publishes academic book reviews, and provides a public forum for open exchange between scholars in the field.
Articles
Article submissions should be approximately 1000 – 3000 words, including all notes and references. Longer submissions will not be considered. The Hare encourages the submission of conference papers, lectures, out-takes, first gestures, and other occasional pieces whose exposition does not require the 7000 – 10000 words and extensive apparatus typical of a scholarly article. By soliciting only short pieces, the Editors hope to encourage the submission of stylistically and interpretively adventurous work that addresses out-of-the-way subjects, non-canonical literature, and/or current scholarly controversy. Essays on familiar, canonical texts& subjects are of course welcome as well. The Hare asserts copyright over all published material but will freely grant permission for future publication without any reservations.
Book reviews
The Hare solicits reviews of old books. The Editors believe that scholarship and pedagogy benefit from the continuous reappraisal of foundational or seminal critical works—and also the reconsideration of works whose importance has been forgotten, or heretofore overlooked. The definition of “old” will remain flexible, and contributors are encouraged to interpret it creatively. Reviews of recently published books will be considered if they are discussed in conjunction with old books. Book reviews should be 1000 – 3000 words; they may cover more than one book; they may cover books that are foundational in, seminal for, or otherwise important to the field of early modern literary studies, or literary studies in general. Book reviews should be submitted with titles.
Letters
Readers are encouraged to respond to content in The Hare, or to call attention to scholarly matters that might be of interest to other readers, in the form of publishable letters. Letters should be addressed to the Editors, should be no more than 500 words long, and must be signed. Letters may be edited for content and length.
First Issue
The first issue of The Hare will be published in March 2012
Editorial Board
Pascale Aebischer, University of Exeter
Alice Dailey, Villanova University
Matt Davies, Mary Baldwin College
Andrew Hartley, UNC Charlotte
Peter Kanelos, Loyola University, Chicago
Farah Karim-Cooper, Shakespeare’s Globe
Matt Kozusko, Ursinus College
Rebecca Lemon, USC
Zachary Lesser, University of Pennsylvania
Genevieve Love, Colorado College
Kirk Melnikoff, UNC Charlotte
Richard Preiss, University of Utah
Paul Prescott, University of Warwick
Melissa Sanchez, University of Pennsylvania
Peter Smith, Nottingham-Trent University
Tiffany Stern, Oxford University
Andrea Stevens, University of Illinois
Holger Syme, University of Toronto
Henry Turner, Rutgers University
Brian Walsh, Yale University
Christopher Warley, University of Toronto
William West, Northwestern University
THE HARE will be published in an on-line format and hosted by the the Mary Baldwin College Shakespeare and Performance Program. The general editors are Paul Menzer (Mary Baldwin College) and Jeremy Lopez (University of Toronto).
Send submissions or queries by email to the editors:
paulmenzer@gmail.com
jeremy.lopez@utoronto.ca
THE HARE: a peer-reviewed academic journal published in March, July,& November
Jeremy Lopez, Paul Menzer Editors
Overview
The Hare solicits short essays on the dramatic, poetic, and prose works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. The journal also publishes academic book reviews, and provides a public forum for open exchange between scholars in the field.
Articles
Article submissions should be approximately 1000 – 3000 words, including all notes and references. Longer submissions will not be considered. The Hare encourages the submission of conference papers, lectures, out-takes, first gestures, and other occasional pieces whose exposition does not require the 7000 – 10000 words and extensive apparatus typical of a scholarly article. By soliciting only short pieces, the Editors hope to encourage the submission of stylistically and interpretively adventurous work that addresses out-of-the-way subjects, non-canonical literature, and/or current scholarly controversy. Essays on familiar, canonical texts& subjects are of course welcome as well. The Hare asserts copyright over all published material but will freely grant permission for future publication without any reservations.
Book reviews
The Hare solicits reviews of old books. The Editors believe that scholarship and pedagogy benefit from the continuous reappraisal of foundational or seminal critical works—and also the reconsideration of works whose importance has been forgotten, or heretofore overlooked. The definition of “old” will remain flexible, and contributors are encouraged to interpret it creatively. Reviews of recently published books will be considered if they are discussed in conjunction with old books. Book reviews should be 1000 – 3000 words; they may cover more than one book; they may cover books that are foundational in, seminal for, or otherwise important to the field of early modern literary studies, or literary studies in general. Book reviews should be submitted with titles.
Letters
Readers are encouraged to respond to content in The Hare, or to call attention to scholarly matters that might be of interest to other readers, in the form of publishable letters. Letters should be addressed to the Editors, should be no more than 500 words long, and must be signed. Letters may be edited for content and length.
First Issue
The first issue of The Hare will be published in March 2012
Editorial Board
Pascale Aebischer, University of Exeter
Alice Dailey, Villanova University
Matt Davies, Mary Baldwin College
Andrew Hartley, UNC Charlotte
Peter Kanelos, Loyola University, Chicago
Farah Karim-Cooper, Shakespeare’s Globe
Matt Kozusko, Ursinus College
Rebecca Lemon, USC
Zachary Lesser, University of Pennsylvania
Genevieve Love, Colorado College
Kirk Melnikoff, UNC Charlotte
Richard Preiss, University of Utah
Paul Prescott, University of Warwick
Melissa Sanchez, University of Pennsylvania
Peter Smith, Nottingham-Trent University
Tiffany Stern, Oxford University
Andrea Stevens, University of Illinois
Holger Syme, University of Toronto
Henry Turner, Rutgers University
Brian Walsh, Yale University
Christopher Warley, University of Toronto
William West, Northwestern University
Writing the lives of people and things, AD 500-1700
Chawton House Library, 1st-2nd March 2012
Hosted by the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Culture, University of Southampton
Writing the lives of people and things, AD 500-1700: an inter-disciplinary conference
Key-note speaker: Charles Nicholl
[Freelance writer, author of The Lodger: Shakespeare on Silver Street
and The Reckoning: The Murder of Christopher Marlowe]
CALL FOR PAPERS
This conference is intended to push the boundaries of research in biography by bringing together postgraduates and early-career researchers from across disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. Biography has particular relevance in contemporary scholarship as it encompasses every field of human experience. As a result, scholars are becoming increasingly interested in using the lives of individuals to elucidate the past. In the fields of archaeology and anthropology, too, object biography has been a growing area of theoretical research in the past thirty years. This interest in the stories objects can tell resulted in the British Museum and BBC Radio 4 series A History of the World in 100 Objects, broadcast in 2010.
We welcome abstracts of no more than 200 words for 20 minute papers from postgraduates and early-career researchers of the medieval and renaissance periods with an interest in biography. The conference themes will include (but are not limited to):
· Artefact biography and human interaction with physical objects through time.
· The experience of life in settled spaces.
· Biography through portraiture and clothing.
· The imaginative recreation of individual lives and mentalities through micro-history.
· The relationship of the self to society, i.e. through social cultural or economic interactions.
· The exploration of the self through music.
· New perspectives on the ‘discovery of the individual’ during the medieval period and renaissance.
· The cementing of social and creative networks and affiliations through the ownership of manuscripts and objects.
· Scientific approaches to biographical interpretations of manuscripts, objects, paintings and human remains.
Please send abstracts along with your name, affiliation and email address to:Gemma Watson at glw1g09@soton.ac.uk and Robert Smith at rfws206@soton.ac.uk
The deadline for abstracts is 31st October 2011.
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