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A conference in memory of Professor Michael Mallett (1932–2008)

8–10 December 2009
The University of Warwick in Venice
Palazzo Pesaro Papafava
Cannaregio, Venice

This conference celebrates the work of the late Professor Michael Mallett and the long-standing expertise of Warwick’s History and History of Art Departments in Venetian and Florentine history. For more than 40 years, thanks to the efforts of Professor Mallett, the University of Warwick has organised unique undergraduate programmes in Venice, and has built up an international reputation in Renaissance scholarship.

Cambridge International Chronicles Symposium (CICS), 16-18 July 2010, University of Cambridge

The theme for CICS 2010 is Authority and Gender in Medieval and Renaissance Chronicles, which will be debated over the three days during open sessions of three twenty-five minute papers, alternating with longer keynote addresses.

Abstracts (of approximately 250 words) should be sent to CambridgeICS@gmail.com, no later than 15 December 2009. In special cases, papers will be commissioned for publication without presentation at the conference (contact the organisers for more information). Please check the website for regular updates http://www.asnc.cam.ac.uk/diary/cics/index.html 

25-27 July 2010, Rochester Cathedral, Allington Castle and the Medway Campus of the University of Kent

Textus Roffensis is a Rochester Cathedral book of the early 12th century that holds some of the most significant texts issued by England's various early medieval kingdoms, as well as abundant records from one of England's earliest episcopal sees. The organisers are interested in papers or panels on all topics related to Textus Roffensis. Individual papers should be no more than 20 minutes. Interested scholars should submit a one paragraph proposal along with a CV to Bruce O’Brien, programme coordinator (bobrien@umw.edu) by 15 November 2009.

Anyone wishing to attend should contact Professor Kenneth Fincham, Head of the School of History at the University of Kent (k.c.fincham@kent.ac.uk) for further information and a booking form.

To accompany their conference on Medicine and Classicism, David Arnold and Peter Pormann have recorded a podcast. It can be downloaded directly from the Warwick website: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/podcast and is also available on iTunesU: http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/warwick.ac.uk.2015041076 

The conference will be at the Warburg Institute (London), 13-14 November 2009. For more information please click here.

30 November 2009, University of Warwick, Millburn House, IAS Seminar Room

Hosted by the European Early American Studies Association (AHRC), in conjunction with the Centre for Caribbean Studies and Institute of Advanced Studies. Speakers include Albane Forestier (LSE), Bertie Mandelblatt (Montreal), Pernille Roge (Cambridge), and Manuel Covo (Paris).

To register and for further information please email D.Toner@warwick.ac.uk 

25 November 2009, University of Warwick Arts Centre

Events include a public lecture from Mexican Celebrity Chef Patricia Quintana, and 'Imagining La Malinche': An International Symposium.

For information, and to register for the lecture and symposium, please contact Sue Dibben, Humanities Research Centre, University of Warwick (Susan.Dibben@warwick.ac.uk) by Monday 23 November 2009. Places are limited, so early booking is advised.

Please find the link below for the Faculty of Arts Events List which includes details of seminars and lectures within the Faculty.

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/events?start=201009&view=monthly

If you would like to advertise an event please email Kerry Drakeley, artsfaculty@warwick.ac.uk

Dr Katherine Angel, Research Fellow in the Centre for the History of Medicine has had an article, "The Precautions of Clinical Waste: Disposable Medical Sharps in the United Kingdom", published in Biosocieties. The article can be viewed at:

http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayFulltext?type=6&fid=6159948&jid=BIO&volumeId=4&issueId=2-3&aid=6159944&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S1745855209990160