SCHEDULE AND INTRODUCTORY MATERIALS
NOTE: introductory materials are in .pdf format and available for downloading. A password is required to access this material; please email rliuzza@utk.edu for details.
Except as noted, all activities will take place on the 2nd floor of Temple Court
Friday, Feb. 9
- 8:00 am Registration and Welcome, Temple Court
- 9:00 Greti Dinkova-Bruun (Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto): Peter Riga’s Verse Commentary on the Bible (the Aurora): A Critical Edition? Introductory Packet
- 10:15 Coffee break
- 10:30 Tuija Ainonen (Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto): The Meanings of Words: Reading and Editing Collections of distinctiones. Introductory Packet
- 12:30 lunch (provided, University Center Crest Room)
- 2:00 Kathryn Lowe (University of Glasgow): Editing Old English Charter Texts for Linguists and Other Trouble Makers. Introductory Packet
- 3:15 Coffee break
- 3:30 Melinda Menzer (Furman University): Latin glosses in the Old English version of the Benedictine Rule. Introductory Packet
- 5:30 reception (Cash Bar), Cumberland House Hotel, Lobby Bar, 1109 White Avenue
Saturday, Feb. 9
- 9:00 Damian Fleming (John Carroll University): “Are these texts moving in the right direction?”: Hebrew Alphabets in Early Medieval Manuscripts. Introductory Packet
- 10:15 Coffee break
- 10:30 Michael Penn (Mount Holyoke College / National Humanities Center): Partial Analysis: Erasure in Syriac Manuscripts. Introductory Packet
- 12:30 lunch (provided, University Center Hermitage Room)
- 2:00 Joshua Westgard (Catholic University of America): Annals and Alterations in Continental Manuscripts of Bede’s Historia Ecclesiastica. Introductory Materials
- 3:15 Coffee break
- 3:30 Samantha Herrick (Syracuse University): The hagiographical dossier of Saint Fronto of Périgueux. Introductory Packet
- 5:30 closing meeting