NEER Research Cluster

Literary, Monastic and Intellectual Culture in Twelfth and Thirteenth Century Europe

MEMBERS

Dr Juanita Feros Ruys (Sydney) - Coordinator
Dr Elizabeth Freeman (Tasmania)
Julie Hotchin (Postgraduate, ANU)
Professor Constant J. Mews (Monash)
Dr Clare Monagle (Monash)
Professor Cary J. Nederman (Texas A&M, USA)
Sr Carmel Posa (Notre Dame, Broome, and Melbourne College of Divinity)
Dr Jason Taliadoros (Monash)
Dr John O. Ward (Sydney)

BRIEF DESCRIPTION

This research cluster contains members dedicated to the study of twelfth- and thirteenth-century Europe, with a particular interest in all aspects of the "Twelfth-Century Renaissance", including literary and pedagogic studies, family history, religious history, politics, law, theology, and gender studies.

EVENTS (INCLUDING MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS)

Meeting:

December 2007: Cluster Meeting, State Library of Victoria.

Conferences and symposia:

July 2007: 2 panels at the Inaugural NEER international conference, University of Western Australia, Perth.

PUBLICATIONS

The cluster is currently putting together a volume on the twelfth-century renaissance tentatively titled Contesting the Twelfth-Century Renaissance: Individuals and their Worlds. A line-up of chapters has been completed, invitations to additional contributors outside the cluster sent, some contributions already received, and a prospectus forwarded to a number of US publishers. The volume is to be edited by Elizabeth Freeman and Juanita Ruys.

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