Author: Elaine Pereira Farrell

Call for Papers for Thematic Session – ICM Leeds 2016 – THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND CHURCH BISHOPS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES IN THE CAROLINGIAN ERA (8th-10th c.) The Carolingian ecclesiastical reform movement (or rather: correctio) of the eighth and ninth centuries was concerned with the improvement of the ecclesia as a whole, the ultimate goal…

Debating relics. Reflections on relics in the Middle Ages and problems of methodology This strand of sessions, emanating from the research (NWO-Vidi) project Mind over Matter. Debates about relics as sacred objects c. 350-c.1150, deals with debates about relics and the ways modern scholars can get access to these debates. On the basis of the…

The Monastic Ireland project team is hosting an International Conference, to be held 22nd – 25th August in Ennis, Co. Clare. Located in an area rich with the medieval buildings of the European monastic orders, the conference will balance sessions of papers from national and international experts with a variety of site visits, including the friaries at Adare, Ennis and Quin,…

After publishing last year ‘Penance in Medieval Europe 600-1200’ by Dr Rob Meens the Cambridge University Press has just published another very interesting book about the penitential literature: ‘The Old English Penitentials and Anglo-Saxon Law’ by Stefan Jurasinski, which is part of Studies in Legal History. This indicates that scholars are re-evaluating the importance of the penitential literature…

The 29th Irish Conference of Medievalists is approaching! It will take place in UCD between the 1-3 July 2015. Registration is open until 30th of July. Our keynote speaker this year will be Dr Rob Meens (University of Utrecht) who will speak about ‘Columbanus and the Practice of Penance in Early Medieval Europe’. This lecture is in…

An introductory course about Irish Medieval History will be offered at the Federal Fluminense University, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro between the 06 and the 09 of April 2015. It will be taught by Dr Elaine Pereira Farrell (U. of Utrecht). The enrolment is free, but places are limited (until 31/03). Registrations should be done at NEREIDA-UFF and certificates…

The Monastic Ireland Project in conjunction with the Royal Society of Antiquaries in Ireland will host two keynote lecture speakers on monasticism in March 2015. Wednesday 11 March 2015 “The Nature of Irish Monasticism ca. 1050”  Dr Edel Bhreathnach (CEO, The Discovery Programme & Co-Investigator, IRC Monastic Ireland Project) Friday 27 March 2015 “Confessions of a Monastic…

The call for papers and panels for the Irish Medievalists Conference is now open! The event will take place at the University College Dublin between 1-3 July 2015. Works about any aspect of the Middle Ages are welcome. The deadline for submissions is April 20th 2015. The committee will review all submissions and inform applicants of their…