MANUSCRIPTS IN
ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND

A postgraduate and early career symposium on
the book culture of early medieval England before 1100

The British Library, London

Saturday 15 December 2018

Call for Papers

On Saturday 15 December 2018 the British Library will be holding a postgraduate and early career symposium on Manuscripts in Anglo-Saxon England. The symposium follows an international conference taking place on13 and 14 December 2018. Both events are being held during a major exhibition on Anglo-Saxon England which will open at British Library in October 2018.We expect that there will be a reduced joint registration fee for the conference and symposium for students and unwaged early career researchers.

Proposals for papers are invited from advanced postgraduate students and early career researchers. We wish to encourage paper proposals from a wide variety of institutions. This symposium is intended to foster discussion about books, documents, the uses of writing, the transmission of ideas, the survival of evidence, and intellectual contact within and beyond Anglo-Saxon England.Manuscripts that were made or used in Anglo-Saxon Englandshould be central to all proposals.

Themes to consider:

  • Sources for Anglo-Saxon history and manuscripts as evidence
  • Charters, writs, letters, and single-sheet documents
  • The use and transmission of texts in Old English and Latin
  • Knowledge exchange within and beyond Anglo-Saxon England
  • Books and liturgy, priests and prayer
  • Literary manuscripts
  • Literacy and access to writing in early medieval England
  • Inscribed objects
  • Palaeography, codicology and methods of making manuscripts
  • Illumination and decoration
  • Survival of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts after 1100

Deadline for proposals: 1 December 2017

Decisions announced: 2 February 2018

Manuscripts in Anglo-Saxon England: Symposium

Saturday 15 Dec 2018

Name
Paper title
PhD Registration dates
University
Supervisors
Current employment / academic affiliation
Bursaries:
We are fundraising for symposium bursaries to support travel to London for postgraduate and unwaged postdoctoral speakers.
Please indicate if you would like to be considered for a symposium bursary: YES / NO
My institutional funding to
support conference attendance is: / NO FUNDING | SOME FUNDING | FULL FUNDING
I will be travelling to London from:

Manuscripts/objects to be discussed

Please list the manuscript(s) and/or object(s) that you will discuss in your paper, using the form:
City, Institution, Shelfmark/Reference Number (eg: London, British Library, Royal MS 15 C VII)

Paper abstract (300 words)

Please return your completed form by email, by 1 December 2017, to Dr Claire Breay, Head of Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts, The British Library: