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16th Annual Marco Manuscript Workshop
“Immaterial Culture”
February 5-6, 2021
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About
The sixteenth annual Marco Manuscript Workshop will take place Friday, February 5, and Saturday, February 6, 2021, on the theme of “Immaterial Culture.” Sessions will meet virtually via an online platform (details TBA). The workshop is led by Professors Maura K. Lafferty (Classics) and Roy M. Liuzza (English), and hosted by the Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, with support from the UT Department of English.
2021 Call for Papers
Presenters will receive a $500 honorarium for their participation.
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We propose to explore the advantages and disadvantages of this “immaterial culture,” and to think about how our work is shaped by access or lack of access to manuscripts, texts, catalogues, and objects. We would like to hear about experiences working remotely, discoveries made using virtual archives or catalogues, or advice on how to study manuscripts without visiting archives or how to teach codicology without a library. We welcome stories of scholars who have been productive in constrained circumstances. We would also like to learn from the experience of those for whom archives have been inaccessible for other reasons – scholars who are homebound, visually impaired, or otherwise physically challenged, or those whose access to libraries and collections has been restricted or denied. How have these constraints shaped your work? What can these experiences tell us about our discipline? We welcome presentations on any aspect of this topic, broadly imagined.
The workshop is open to scholars and graduate students in any field who are engaged in textual editing, manuscript studies, or epigraphy. This year’s workshop will be virtual, but we hope to retain as much of the format and the flavor of our in-person meetings as possible. Individual 75-minute sessions will be devoted to each project; participants will be asked to introduce their text and its context, discuss their approach to working with their material, and exchange ideas and information with other participants. We will prepare an online repository where presenters can place abstracts, presentations, or supporting material for access by all attendees. As in previous years, the workshop is intended to be more like a class than a conference; participants are encouraged to share new discoveries and unfinished work, to discuss both their successes and frustrations, to offer practical advice and theoretical insights, and to work together towards developing better professional skills for textual and codicological work. We particularly invite the presentation of works in progress, unusual problems, practical difficulties, and new or experimental models for studying or representing manuscript texts.
The deadline for applications is October 9, 2020. Applicants are asked to submit a current CV and a two-page abstract of their project to Roy M. Liuzza, preferably via email to rliuzza@utk.edu.
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.2021 Workshop Schedule
Sessions will be held virtually. Details forthcoming.
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Registration Information:
The workshop is open at no cost to anyone interested in sharing a lively weekend of discussion and ideas about manuscript studies. In order to keep the virtual sessions manageable, preregistration will be required and spaces will be limited. Further details will be available later in the year.
Please email our Program Coordinator, Dr. Katie Hodges-Kluck, at marco@utk.edu, with questions.
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Additional Information:
Visitor parking is located in the Volunteer Hall Garage (1545 White Ave.). Further details about UT visitor parking are available at the Parking & Transit Services website.
Free street parking is available in the neighborhoods around campus (e.g. Fort Sanders), but cannot be guaranteed. Guests can also get to campus via the free trolley from downtown.
The campus map is available online here.
Please contact Roy Liuzza or the Marco Institute for more information.
