FRONTIERS IN THE MIDDLE AGES. Third European Congress of Medieval Studies organised by the FIDEM, Outi Merisalo

FRONTIERS IN THE MIDDLE AGES
Third European Congress of Medieval Studies organised by the FIDEM
Jyväskylä, Finland, 10-14 June, 2003
Home page: http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~congres
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*THERE IS STILL TIME TO PRE-REGISTER*!

CALL FOR PAPERS

The general theme of the Third European Congress of Medieval Studies
is Frontiers in the Middle Ages . The programme will feature eight plenary
papers and four round table discussions as well as individual papers in
four sections:


1. Law
2. Cultural contacts
3. Vernacular languages
4. Archival documents and manuscripts

**Plenary talks and round table discussions on**

The concept of frontier: Giles Constable (University of Princeton)
Linguistic frontiers: Rita Copeland (University of Pennsylvania)
Manuscripts: Malachi Beit-Arié (Hebrew University, Jerusalem), Jean
Irigoin (Collège de France, Paris), Jonna Louis-Jensen (University of
Copenhagen), Armando Petrucci (Pisa)
The Byzantine world: Gilbert Dagron (Collège de France, Paris)
Byzantium from north to south: Guglielmo Cavallo (University of Rome I -
La Sapienza), Jukka Korpela
(University of Joensuu), Paul Magdalino (University of St. Andrews)
Translations: Charles Burnett (Warburg Institute, London),
Roger Ellis (University of Cardiff), Danielle Jacquart (École
pratique des Hautes Études, Paris)
Intellectual frontiers: William Courtenay (Madison, Wisconsin)
History of religions: Mireille Hadas-Lebel (University of Paris IV - La
Sorbonne), Klaus Herbers (University of Nuremberg-Erlangen)

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Prospective participants are invited to pre-register by **30 March 2002**
in
English and in French and submit proposals for papers (20 mins) on the
theme of Frontiers with regard to the subject of any of the four sections.
The congress languages are English, French, Italian, Spanish and German.
Proposal abstracts (preferably by e-mail) should reach the secretary of
the organising committee no later than **15 April, 2002** at the Congress
Office: congres@tukki.jyu.fi or ILRC, University of Jyväskylä, PO Box 35
(P), FIN-40351 JYVÄSKYLÄ, fax +358 14 260 1401


WELCOME TO JYVÄSKYLÄ!

The National Organising Committee

Congress home page: http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~congres

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Outi Merisalo
ILRC
Université de Jyväskylä
BP 35 (P)
FIN-40351 JYVÄSKYLÄ
http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~merisalo
tél. +358 14 260 1405
fax +358 14 260 1401