The Ceræ inaugural virtual conference, held over 26–27 April and organised around the theme of Metamorphosis, Transformation, and Transmutation, is just a few days away!
The program is now available on our conference program page, here, with UTC time zones listed. However, you can also download a detailed schedule with each panel listed in multiple time zones at the link below.
The conference begins at UTC 0730 – 0900 on Friday 26 April 2024 with a keynote by Associate Professor Alexandre M. Roberts (University of Southern California Dornsife). Dr. Roberts’ paper, “Chrysopoetic Hermeneutics in Byzantium and the Islamic World and Their Place in the History of Chemistry,” will explore what “medieval Greek and Arabic commentaries on recipes for the artificial production of gold tell us about how intellectuals in western Afro-Eurasia conceptualized the transformation of matter in times and places typically treated as marginal to the history of chemistry.”
Following this, the conference will run in a unique, continuous format from Friday through Saturday morning (UTC), allowing scholars to present in their own (or close to their own) time zones and audience members to view as many panels as their own schedules and time zones allow.
Closing the conference, at UTC 0800 – 0930 on Saturday 27 April 2024, is our second keynote speaker, Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor of English Stephanie Trigg (University of Melbourne). Dr. Trigg’s paper, “Grief, Illness and Punishment in Robert Henryson’s Testament of Cresseid,” examines “the dynamics of illness, grief, and divine punishment in this poem, paying special attention to the discursive traditions of illness and facial expression and emotion in Middle English and Middle Scots literature.”
Registration and cost
The cost to attend the conference is $15 AUD (under $10 USD!), and registration provides access to a 50% discount code from Boydell & Brewer for all Medieval and Early Modern titles, valid 22 April – 31 May 2024. Registration can be accessed here.
We hope to see you there this weekend!
Featured image: Green Lion devouring the Sun, 18th c., Rosarium Philosophorum, illustration 18, GB 247 MS Ferguson 210.