External Courses and Conferences

4Keele 2006
4Beginners’ Latin Course from TNA
4International Medieval Congress
4Harlaxton Symposium 2006

Harlaxton Symposium 2006

The 23rd Harlaxton Symposium: Signs and Symbols, 17 – 20 July 2006, Harlaxton Manor, Grantham, Lincolnshire.

The theme for this year’s Symposium is ‘Signs and Symbols’ and will concentrate on the use of signs and symbols for communication in the Middle Ages. It will explore their use both alone and also alongside and through the medium of the written word. It will seek contributions from those who will look at why symbols were chosen, why they were needed and how popular, (or not), they were. The fields that will be covered are Art History, History and English poetry and prose.

Speakers will include: Adrian Ailes, Mary Carruthers, John Cherry, Elizabeth Danbury, Lucy Freeman Sandler, Christa Grössinger, Phillipa Hardman, Paul Harvey, Derek Keene, Julian Luxford, Richard Marks, Jane Martindale, Stephen Medcalf, Michael Michael, Nigel Morgan, Elizabeth New, Richard Plant, Andrew Prescott, Nicholas Rogers, Nigel Saul, Alison Stones, Meg Twycross, Magnus Williamson and Pamela Tudor-Craig Lady Wedgwood.

A visit and tour will be included to Peterborough Cathedral on the afternoon of 19 July where Julian Limentani, Cathedral Architect to the Dean and Chapter of Peterborough, will discuss some of the architectural heritage of the Cathedral.

The full cost of the Symposium is £100 for full time students and £150 for all other delegates. This includes the cost of accommodation, meals and the trip to Peterborough Cathedral.

Full details, and a provisional programme, are available on the web site, or by contacting the Secretary Mr Christian Steer, The Harlaxton Medieval Symposium, c/o IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU, United Kingdom

International Medieval Congress, 9-12 July 2007 Leeds

Established in 1994, the IMC has provided an unrivalled forum for intellectual debate in the field of Medieval studies for thirteen years. Hosted by the Institute for Medieval Studies at the University of Leeds, the IMC is held in Leeds every July, and each year attracts some 1300 medievalists from throughout the world. Papers and sessions are selected for the IMC by an International committee of 38 leading medievalists, specialists in fields from Scandinavian to Mediterranean Studies, from monasticism to the study of non-Christian cultures.

For more information contact:

Institute of Medieval Studies
Parkinson Building, 1.03
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT, UK

For more information please go to www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/imc/index.html

Tel: +44 (0) 113 343 3614
Fax: +44 (0) 113 343 3616

29th Latin and Palaeography Summer School

This long-standing and popular Summer School will be held at the University of Keele, North Staffordshire, 29 July – 4 August 2006. The School provides expert tuition in small groups for those who wish to acquire or improve their skills in reading and transcribing medieval and early modern records, especially those in Latin.

For further details please consult www.keele.ac.uk/depts/hi/adults/latin.htm

Course Director:
Dr Nigel Tringham
n.j.tringham@keele.ac.uk

Beginners’ Latin course from The National Archives

The National Archives have developed a tutorial as a beginners’ guide to the Latin used in documents between 1086 and 1733. It is the first online tutorial to help you learn the Latin from this period.

There are twelve lessons each with their ‘activity’, i.e. test, glossary, word list and grammar table. Finally there is a reference section which is particularly useful. Here there are guides to the dating of documents, problems with Latin and the documents, how to ‘decline’ personal names and a bibliography.

To visit the site go to: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/latin/beginners/