The Editors of Studies in Medievalism, in cooperation with the
Centre for Continuing Education at the University of York, are
pleased to announce the first Summer Institute on Medievalism, to
be held at the University of York, England, July 2-26 1996.
This intensive three-week program will be the first anywhere
to cover the whole of medievalism from 1500 to the present; the first
to combine popular manifestations of medievalism such as Tennyson's
_Idylls of the King_ or the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood with the
developing scholarly understanding of the Middle Ages; and the first to
consider the philosophical, historiographical, and methodological
implications of this new and rapidly growing interdisciplinary field.
For these reasons, the Institute is designed for scholars already versed
in some area of medievalism as well as for those beginning their study.
The Institute will be conducted by Clare Simmons, Ohio State
University; Kathleen Verduin, Hope College; and Leslie J. Workman,
Editor of _Studies in Medievalism_ and Director of the Institute.
They will be assisted by a distinguished international group of guest
lecturers headed by T. A. Shippey, St. Louis University.
The core of the program will be a series of plenary sessions
each morning, covering in roughly chronological sequence medievalism
in England and America from 1500 to the present. This series will
include sessions on France, Germany, and other European countries
as appropriate, with guest lectures on particular topics.
_The Idea of the Middle Ages: History and Imagination_ by Leslie
Workman will be available (in print or proof) as a text. A short list
of recommended books will be distributed with registration materials.
Three afternoons a week there will be a Senior Seminar, a
Junior Seminar, and tutorial meetings. Graduate credit can be arranged.
Field trips will be arranged for other afternoons of the week; Saturdays
and Sundays will be free.
The Institute will be in recess for the duration of the Congress
on Medieval Studies at the nearby University of Leeds July 8-11, but
tutorial conferences will continue to be available. Accommodation will
be maintained for participants in the Institute who are moving to Leeds
for these four days.
The present estimated total cost is $1750. Allowing for
inflation and some variable expenses, the final cost will be within
$2000. This will include tuition and course materials; accommodation
and all meals in a University of York residence hall on the Heslington
campus of the University; and all field trips and entertainments.
THOSE INTERESTED SHOULD WRITE AT ONCE for further information.
Registration materials are now available. Early correspondence is
advised, since it is possible that the cutoff date for registration,
31 January 1996, may have to be advanced due to administrative
requirements at York, and it is also possible that the cost of the package
will rise after the cutoff date. Applications will be considered after
this date if places are still available.
Special Offer: Scholars familiar with some area of medievalism
or medieval studies and planning to take the Senior Seminar may save
a part of their own registration by bringing graduate students to join
the Junior Seminar. In return, they would undertake to supervise the
completion of papers by these students after they return to their own
institutions. Medieval centers or institutes in the United States
may make similar arrangements.
Address correspondence to:
Leslie J. Workman
Editor, _Studies in Medievalism_
Department of English
Hope College
Holland, MI 49423
Tel. (616) 395-7626; fax 616-395-7134
e-mail: workman@hope.cit.hope.edu
--