Upcoming London Medieval Colloquium

The London Medieval Society Colloquium on

Who read what in the Middle Ages?

Saturday 17 November, 2012
The Lock-Keeper’s Cottage,
Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS

10.30-11.00
COFFEE AND REGISTRATION

11.00-11.45
Jane Williams (QMUL)
A Merchant and his books: Book-ownership in the Forster Family Circle

11.45-12.50
Derek Pearsall (University of York)
The Idea of the Vernacular Author

12.50-2.00
LUNCH
(Please bring your own packed lunch. Hot and cold drinks will be available.)

2.00-3.00
Pamela Robinson (School of Advanced Study)
Who read what? From Aristotle to ‘lewde calendars’

3.00-3.30
TEA

3.30-4.30
Ryan Perry (University of Kent)
The Material Text: Identity and the Late Medieval Book

4.30-5.00
Roundtable discussion
Facilitated by Tom Lawrence

5.00-6.00
Wine Reception to welcome Professor Julia Boffey to the LMS Presidency

The Colloquium is free to members of the London Medieval Society. New members are always welcome, see www.the-lms.org to download an application form.

Membership is annual £20 (£10 concessions). The cost to attend any colloquium for non-members is £10 (£5 concessions).

Members please book free on: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk and search London Medieval Society. (This is an experiment: we expect our colloquia to be busy and want to ensure we have enough room.)

Any queries please contact Diane Heath (Colloquium Secretary). 

Dates for future Colloquia in the 2012-2013 academic year:

23rd February 2013: ‘Rhetoric’
Mary Carruthers, Rita Copeland, Ian Wei, Gwilym Dodd, Jon Morton

27th April 2013: 'Postgraduates Present’ with guest speaker Professor David d’Avray (UCL)
Postgraduates are invited to submit abstracts of 250 words on their chosen topic by 18th March 2013

16th November 2013: LMS hosts the 5th Biennial London Chaucer Conference

For full details, please see the website. 

President: Professor Julia Boffey
Patron: Professor Michael Clanchy