Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies

Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) at UF is an interdisciplinary forum for the study of medieval and early modern European culture and its influences on the modern world. This approach addresses the distinctive forms of cultural organization in the Middle Ages and Early Modern periods; the study necessarily crosses departmental boundaries.

MEMS Graduate Student Travel Stipends

The Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies will offer up to five travel stipends of $300 to graduate students who will be presenting research at a MEMS conference during the current academic year 2008-2009.

Applications, in the form of a letter indicating the details of the conference, the specific nature of the applicant's involvement in the conference (paper title, panel organized, etc.), a budget with approximate travel and lodging expenses, are due November 1 to Will Hasty (Professor of German and Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Dauer 263, PO Box 117430).

Applicants should indicate if they applied for and/or received departmental or College travel support and, if applicable, the amount of support. Stipends are based on merit and need and will be announced in mid-November.

Vagantes 2009 at FSU

The medievalists of Florida State University have the honor of hosting the eighth annual Vagantes Medieval Graduate Student Conference on March 5-7, 2009. For more information and the Call For Papers (deadline 10/1/08), see www.vagantesconference.org

Faithful Narratives: The Challenge of Religion in History

A University of Florida colloquium consisting of four lectures in Fall 2008, four in Spring 2009, and four in Fall 2009.

Graduate students can sign up for a 1-credit course, HIS 6905: Religious History Colloquium, whose main material will be the four lectures each term. Contact Andrea Sterk & Nina Caputo or sign up with Kathleen in the History Department office.

Early Modern Reading Group

The Early Modern Reading Group is a graduate student reading group that focuses on texts that span the late Middle Ages to the late Restoration period. We have a listserve and we plan to meet on the third Sunday of each month in the afternoon. For more information see EMRG website.

NEXT MEETING: Sunday, September 28 at 3 pm to discuss Edmund Spenser's "The Shepheardes Calender" and his letter to Gabriel Harvey, "Pastoral Poetry Revived and Explained." You can access HTML versions of these texts here: http://www.uoregon.edu/~rbear/shepheard.html. Randi Marie will host the meeting. You can e-mail her at randims@english.ufl.edu for directions.

Stammtisch

The Medieval and Early Modern Studies Center's Stammtisch Graduate Talk
Series returns on Monday, October 6 at 4:00 with "Lacan,
Heidegger, /Beowulf/: Grendel at the Threshold (of Language)."
This paper will be presented by English graduate student, Matt
Snyder. Please join us in the MEMS Reading Room, Dauer 237 for
this event. We are still accepting proposals for this graduate
talk series, please contact Randi Marie Smith at randims@ufl.edu
if you are interested in participating.


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	About Us News and Events MEMS Major/Minor MEMS Courses Affiliated Faculty Reading Room Support MEMS Links Home Center of Medieval and Early Modern Studies Will Hasty 254 Dauer Hall 392-2101 (203) Email:hasty@germslav.ufl.edu Mary Watt 237 Dauer Hall 392-2016 (243) Email:watt@rll.ufl.edu	Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) at UF is an interdisciplinary forum for the study of medieval and early modern European culture and its influences on the modern world. This approach addresses the distinctive forms of cultural organization in the Middle Ages and Early Modern periods; the study necessarily crosses departmental boundaries. MEMS Graduate Student Travel Stipends The Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies will offer up to five travel stipends of $300 to graduate students who will be presenting research at a MEMS conference during the current academic year 2008-2009. Applications, in the form of a letter indicating the details of the conference, the specific nature of the applicant's involvement in the conference (paper title, panel organized, etc.), a budget with approximate travel and lodging expenses, are due November 1 to Will Hasty (Professor of German and Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Dauer 263, PO Box 117430). Applicants should indicate if they applied for and/or received departmental or College travel support and, if applicable, the amount of support. Stipends are based on merit and need and will be announced in mid-November. Vagantes 2009 at FSU The medievalists of Florida State University have the honor of hosting the eighth annual Vagantes Medieval Graduate Student Conference on March 5-7, 2009. For more information and the Call For Papers (deadline 10/1/08), see www.vagantesconference.org Faithful Narratives: The Challenge of Religion in History A University of Florida colloquium consisting of four lectures in Fall 2008, four in Spring 2009, and four in Fall 2009. Flyer & Main website Titles and participiants (Word doc) Graduate students can sign up for a 1-credit course, HIS 6905: Religious History Colloquium, whose main material will be the four lectures each term. Contact Andrea Sterk & Nina Caputo or sign up with Kathleen in the History Department office. Early Modern Reading Group The Early Modern Reading Group is a graduate student reading group that focuses on texts that span the late Middle Ages to the late Restoration period. We have a listserve and we plan to meet on the third Sunday of each month in the afternoon. For more information see EMRG website. NEXT MEETING: Sunday, September 28 at 3 pm to discuss Edmund Spenser's "The Shepheardes Calender" and his letter to Gabriel Harvey, "Pastoral Poetry Revived and Explained." You can access HTML versions of these texts here: http://www.uoregon.edu/~rbear/shepheard.html. Randi Marie will host the meeting. You can e-mail her at randims@english.ufl.edu for directions. Stammtisch The Medieval and Early Modern Studies Center's Stammtisch Graduate Talk Series returns on Monday, October 6 at 4:00 with "Lacan, Heidegger, /Beowulf/: Grendel at the Threshold (of Language)." This paper will be presented by English graduate student, Matt Snyder. Please join us in the MEMS Reading Room, Dauer 237 for this event. We are still accepting proposals for this graduate talk series, please contact Randi Marie Smith at randims@ufl.edu if you are interested in participating.


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