Ceræ is proud to announce that the journal is once again sponsoring sessions at the International Medieval Congress at the University of Leeds. All three sessions are organised and moderated by our secretary and treasurer, Michele Seah – we are very grateful for her time and effort!
The sessions are empaneled as Learning, Knowledge, And Awareness from the Early Medieval to the Early Modern. In an ideal situation, learning leads to knowledge and knowledge raises awareness. Set within the context of the past, this simple statement leads us to consider many different questions about learning and teaching. The aim of these queries is to understand the process of how learning and knowledge was acquired in the premodern world. We also aim to extend our knowledge about the premodern world and what people were trying to achieve when they set out to gain knowledge about their world and the society they lived in.
The sessions are as follows:
Session I
8:00-9:30 GMT, Thursday 10 July
Teaching and Learning in Armenia. Erna Shirinian, Matenadaran Mesrop Mashtots Research Institute of Ancient Manuscripts.
‘Some poets spoke of those who collect books and do not learn’: The Kitāb al-‘ilm (The Book of Knowledge) of Ibn Qutayba (276/889) and the Performance of Scholars. Estrella Samba-Campos, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
‘Consider what punishments would come upon us on account of this world if we didn’t love wisdom’: An Overview of Anglo-Saxon Attitudes to Teaching and Learning.” Natasza Marzec, Instytut Filogii Angielskiej, Uniwersytet Jagielloński.
Session II
10:15-11:45 GMT, Thursday 10 July
In Search of Lost Wisdom. Kevin Waldron, Signum University.
The Medieval French Werewolf: Teaching Monsters and Morals. Kyrie Miranda-Farnell, Department of Modern Languages, Literatures & Cultures, Citadel Military College of South Carolina.
The Experience of the Transmission of Recent Memory of Crisis in the Medieval British Isles. Lidiia Dovnarovich, Wydział Historyczny, Uniwersytet Jagielloński.
Session III
13:15-14:45 GMT, Thursday 10 July
Tracing the Trauma Paradigm in Wulf and Eadwacer and The Wife’s Lament. Robyn McAuliffe, School of English & Digital Humanities, University College Cork.
The Paradox of Certainty in Julian of Norwich’s Revelations of Love. Raphaela Rohrhofer, School of English, University of St Andrews.
Chaucer’s Women and their Knowledge. Pamela Kask, University of Oxford.
We look forward to a fascinating series of panels and are thankful for the presenters taking part.
The International Medieval Congress is a hybrid event taking place from Monday July 7 to Thursday July 10. Registrations are currently closed, but individual tickets for in-person events may be purchased at the Events website. The full program may be accessed at this link. We hope to see you there!
Image credit: BL Harley 4431 3f, Wikimedia Commons.