Hello all--
It's been ages and day since I've heard from any of my meddie
cronies in Glasgow, so I'm just checking in to shout hello from
across the Irish Sea!  That's right, for those of you who've been
keeping track, I've MADE IT (actually, quite some time ago, as I've
been here since Oct., really).  In any case, I have been busying
myself creating a club for (gulp!) modernist (she says, limply,
avoiding the public stoning of a post-modernist nearby), and
remembered all of my fair knights and strong maidens of yore.  Hope
you've all been keeping well.  I'm headed stateside for the summer,
but the email addy is still the same should anyone care to reach me
(sniff... no one ever does).  Well, now, I must off to read about
some Irish authors from the twentieth century.  Adieu drop in to see
me at Cork, lest any of you see fit to travel yonder this wicked way.

Kristen

Hi all i have opened a new club called single in Scotland pop by and have a
look.<br><a href=http://uk.clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/singleinscotland
target=new>http://uk.clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/singleinscotland</a>

Hey ho!<br><br>Chris is right, I haven't updated
the calendar on this site :-( People seem to have
been put off by having to log in an' all from actually
reading it. As I now have access to the official GCMRS
website, I shall be putting up a calendar on
there.<br><br>Only problem is that having nearly finished updating
the said site, I've had trouble uploading it which
our computing dept hasn't sorted out yet :-((( So a
strictly provisional and unofficial calendar is presently
at www.geocities.com/gcmrswebpage<br>(click on
'forthcoming events'). I'm updating this as I find out about
events. When I have the new site up, I'll put in a link
from the old page, so you won't get caught out by me
switching to the official site.<br><br>Either way, send me
news of your seminars! (How this will fit in with
non-Glasgow seminars I haven't yet hammered out, but 'm
hoping to get Edinburgh, St-and ones etc. up in due
course).<br><br>alaric

I know that Alaric mentioned he had updated the calender for this term, but
there doesn't seem to be anything on it yet.  Perhaps there is a problem with
the site?<br>Chris Bowles

Sorry I haven't had time to update the calendar
for this week: here's the quick
version.<br><br>Monday 30 APR, Open University in Scotland, 10
Drumsheugh Gardens, Edinburgh, 7.00 (EME) - Prof. John Koch
(Aberystwyth), 'Magnus Maximus and St Patrick: Esposito's
Chronology Revisited'.<br><br>Tuesday 1 MAY, conference
room, David Hume Tower, 4.15 (DHS) - Barbara Crawford
(St Andrews), 'An interdisciplinary workshop: how
archaeology fits into the study of history'.<br><br>Tuesday 1
MAY, Lecture Theatre, Old High School, 12 Infirmary
Street, 5.30 (FMS) - Chris Morris, 'The VESARP Shetland
Chapel Sites Project' & Chris Lowe, 'Excavations of a
Chapel Site on Papa Stronsay'.<br><br>Tuesday 1 MAY,
room G.22, 19-20 George Square, 6.30 (ECS) - Prof.
John Koch (Aberystwyth), 'Marwnad Cynddylan in its
seventh-century political and ecclesiastical
context'.<br><br>Wednesday 2 MAY, room 2, Modern Languages Building, 16
University Gardens (Glasgow), 5.15 (GCS) - Thomas Clancy
(Glasgow), 'Die like a man: the Ulster Cycle death-tales
revisited'.

Dear all,<br><br>I'll be posting Glasgow events
on the calendar as and when I discover them. If you
have any to mention, do put them up.<br><br>This term
the GCMRS grads are running fortnightly seminars,
Wed, 5pm, on the top floor of the Research Club here
in Glasgow. 2 twenty-odd minute papers per evening,
with discussion, drinking and merriment. The first is
next week, Wed 25th, being:<br>*Carl Pyrdum: 'Reading
/Gamelyn/ in a Chaucerian context'*<br>*Alaric Hall: '/Gwyr
y Gogledd/?: Icelandic Analogues to /Branwen Ferch
Lyr/'<br><br>Anyone interested in giving a paper, let Alaric know at
alaric_hall@...

Here is a reiteration of our
CFP:<br><br>Christianity in Europe from Conversion to Reformation<br>A
Postgraduate Day Conference<br><br>23 June
2001<br><br><br>CALL FOR PAPERS<br><br><br>LAMPS, the postgraduate
study-group of the Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies
Programme of the University of Edinburgh, in co-operation
with the University Development Fund, is hosting a
postgraduate day conference on 23 June 2001. Scholars from all
disciplines are invited to submit papers, not exceeding
twenty minutes in length, exploring the general theme of
Christianity in Europe from Conversion to Reformation. The
organising committee strongly encourages submissions from
postgraduate scholars.<br><br>The MERSP enjoys the
participation of the departments/schools of Celtic, Classics,
English Language, English Literature, European Languages
and Cultures, Fine Art, History and Scottish History.
Its 'Late Antique and Medieval Postgraduate
Study-group' aims to provide a postgraduate-driven forum for
interdisciplinary discussion of all aspects of the European Middle
Ages from late antiquity to the early Renaissance. Its
intent is to explore matters of scholarly interest,
while fostering a sense of fellowship and community and
cultivating contacts with the greater community of
independent and professional scholars.<br><br><br>The
deadline for submission of abstracts (100-200 words)
is<br><br>14 May 2001.<br><br>Submissions should be made
to:<br><br><br>Mr. James E.
Fraser<br>j.e.fraser-2@...<br><br>Dept of Celtic<br>University of
Edinburgh<br>19/20
George Square<br>Edinburgh EH8 9LD<br>fax: (0131) 650
3626

HI,<br> I jus came across this web site which may be of use or interest to soem
of you.<br><a href=http://www.MedievalScotland.org/
target=new>http://www.MedievalScotland.org/</a><br><br>Check it out.

<a href=http://www.u.arizona.edu/~ctb/wordhord.html
target=new>http://www.u.arizona.edu/~ctb/wordhord.html</a><br><br>Anglo-Saxon
for the Internet Age.

Rooooll up! Glasgow medievalists present their
research so far on Monday, 12-5, mcKechnie room, med.
hist. Verity Allen from Cambridge at 12.00 on romance
in Icelandic; thereafter a parade of medievalism!
See the calendar or email<br>alaric_hall@...

At James thins on Nicholson Street Edinburgh, at
7.00 pm on Thursday 1st of March there will be an
event marking the launch of the book accompanying the
BBC series 'In Search of Scotland'. A discussion will
take place chaired by Gordon Menzies and involving
Michael lynch, Fiona Watson and Alex Woolf. I suspect
there may be free drink!

Shame on you if you're not already a member of
the said soc, of course. Only £3 to students. The
society is off on its annual study conference to the
Aaland Islands (Sweden), from 10-17th June. Students go
at half price (that's £220.50), including travel,
insurance, accommodation, etc. Deposits to be with the soc
by March 15th.<br>Looks great; drop me an email for
more details if you want
'em.<br>alaric_hall@...

The Cambridge Graduate colloquium for
Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic invites abstracts for papers to
be delivered at the second annual colloquium, May
25th, 2001, on the theme of 'Boundaries and Borders in
the early Middle Ages'. The theme is to be
interpreted broadly! Abstracts up to 250 words by 24th of
March. For fuller details, if required, email
<br>alaric_hall@...

Salon.com is running a story on the online sale of relics at auction sites like
eBay.  Neat-O, eh?<br><br>Carl<br><br><a
href=http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/02/20/relics/index.html
target=new>http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/02/20/relics/index.html</a>

Members should note that two new seminars from the Celtic lecture series in
Edinburgh have been added to the online calendar.

Here is a list of seminars this week, not all of
which have been posted in the calendar:<br><br>Monday
19 FEB, Room G.22, 19 George Square, 5.30 (LAMPS) –
A LAMPS symposium: Perspectives on Researching,
Writing and Managing our Dissertations.<br>Tuesday 20
FEB, Room G.02, William Robertson Building, 4.30 (DHS)
– Prof. Carole Hillendbrand (Edinburgh), ‘From
Mantzikert to Kosedagh: the problem of the Turcification and
Islamisation of Anatolia’.<br>Tuesday 20 FEB, Senate Room, New
College, 7.00 (EPS) – Alan Macquarrie (Strathclyde), ‘St
Ninian and the Conversion of the Picts: a review of the
written evidence’.<br>Wednesday 21 FEB,
Video-Conferencing Room, basement of Appleton Tower, 2.00 (LEC) –
Dauvit Broun (Glasgow), Scottish Charters.<br>Wednesday
21 FEB, Room G.22, 19 George Square, 5.30 (CRS) –
Prof. Kenneth MacKinnon (Edinburgh & Hertford),
‘Cornish Today and Implications for the Celtic Language
Groups’.<br>Thursday 22 FEB, seminar room, 9 University Gardens
(Glasgow), 5.30 (SSG) – Meggen Gondek (Glasgow), ‘Beyond
Economy: Wealth and Monuments in Early Medieval Argyll’.

Members will be interested to know of two
upcoming conferences in St Andrews on medieval topics. The
first is on 24 February, on the topic 'The Papar in the
North Atlantic', and explores the evidence of Gaelic
ecclesiastical activity in the early medieval period. The second
is on 24 March, on the topic 'Political Legitimation
in the Middle Ages'. I have only just learned of
this conference, and as of yet have no other details
on it. Both conferences are posted in the SMS
(Scottish Medieval Scholars) web-calendar.

HELEN WALLIS FELLOWSHIP AT THE BRITISH LIBRARY
(2001)<br><br>CLOSING DATE: 1 MAY 2001<br><br>This annual, named
fellowship offers a convenient and unusually privileged
working environment in the British Library. The fellow
will be treated like a member of staff (i.e. not
restricted to reading room hours) and will be provided with
their own work-station, with an e-mail account and
access to the Internet. In addition, the fellowship
carries with it a voucher worth 300 pounds to be spent
within the Library.<br><br>The award honours the memory
of the former Map Librarian at the British Museum
and then British Library, Dr Helen Wallis OBE
(1967-86), and confers recognition by the Library on a
scholar, from *any* field, whose work will promote the
extended and complementary use of the British Library's
book and cartographic collections.<br><br>Preference
will be given to proposals that relate to the
Library's collections and have an international dimension.
The fellowship may be held as a full or part-time
appointment, and would normally be for 6-12 months.<br><br>For
the *full* terms of reference please contact the
undersigned.<br><br>[It would be most helpful if you told us where you
saw this notice]<br><br>tony.campbell@...<br>Tony
Campbell, Map Librarian<br>British Library Map
Library<br>96 Euston Road<br>London NW1 2DB<br><br>Phone: 020
7412 7525 International: +44 20 7412 7525<br>Fax: 020
7412 7780 International: +44 20 7412
7780<br><br>Please see, bookmark and PROVIDE LINKS to:-<br><br>1.
The British Library Map Library homepage<br>
<a href=http://www.bl.uk/collections/maps
target=new>http://www.bl.uk/collections/maps</a><br><br>2. Map History/History
of Cartography: THE Gateway
to the subject<br> <a href=http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/maps/
target=new>http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/maps/</a>

Eileen O'Sullivan speaks in Glasgow Thurs 8th Feb, 5.30, 9 university gardens
(scottish history). For the rest of this term's Medieval Scottish studies
seminar series, check out the calendar.

LAMPS, the Late Antique and Medieval Postgraduate
Study-group at Edinburgh University, is hosting a
postgraduate day conference on 23 June 2001.** Scholars from
all disciplines are invited to submit papers, not
exceeding twenty minutes in length, exploring the general
theme of 'Belief? Christianity in Europe from
Conversion to Reformation'.<br><br>The organising committee
encourages submissions from postgraduate scholars and is
committed to integrating these into the conference
programme.<br><br>LAMPS aims to provide postgraduates from among the
multiple disciplines of medieval studies at Edinburgh with
a postgraduate-driven forum for interdisciplinary
discussion of all aspects of the European Middle Ages from
Late Antiquity to the Renaissance. Its intent is to
explore matters of scholarly interest, while fostering a
sense of fellowship and community and cultivating
contacts with the greater community of professional and
independent scholars.<br><br>The deadline for submission of
abstracts (100-200 words) is 14 May 2001. Submissions
should be made to:<br><br>Mr. James E.
Fraser<br>j.e.fraser-2@...<br><br>Dept of Celtic, University of
Edinburgh<br>19/20
George Square<br>Edinburgh EH8 9LD<br>fax: (0131) 650
3626<br><br><br>**LAMPS is grateful for support from the Medieval and
Renaissance Studies Programme and the Development Fund at the
University of Edinburgh.

Hi all,<br><br>I've signed on to geocities to set
up a website, so soon we should have a LAMPS pages
at <br>www.geocities.com/lampsuk -- fingers crossed.
If you have anything you would like included please
let me know. <br><br>Cheers,<br>Morgyn

Hi all,<br><br>Just a quick reminder for the Edinburgh folks that will have a
LAMPS meeting at Maxie's Wine Bar (under the Peartree)this afternoon at
3pm.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Morgyn

'A Hard Day's Knight' -- Paintings, scultpures
and prints inspired by medieval times. ArtiZin
contemporary fine art, Dundas St. (0131 4673937). jan 30-Feb
9, Tues-fri 11am-6pm. Free admission.<br><br>'Heaven
and Hell and Other Worlds of the Dead'
(representations of six hundred years of man's views on death,
mortality and the afterlife. Royal Museum, Chambers St.
(0131 2257534). Mon, Wed-Sat 10am-5pm, Tues 10am-8pm,
Sun noon-5pm, until feb 11th; £3, concs. £1.50, Tues
free 4.30-8pm.

Apologies for cross-posting - if you would like
to be removed from my other email list (not the
Yahoo one), drop me a line and I'll remove you (so you
only get this stuff once)!<br><br>Monday 29 JAN, Room
G.22, 19 George Square, 5.30 (LAMPS) - Tom Torma
(Edinburgh), 'A Thesis Report: Constructing a Saint: the Early
Brigidine Texts' [a St Brigit's Day special
talk].<br><br>Tuesday 30 JAN, Room G.02, William Robertson Building,
4.30 (DHS) - Jeremy Smith (Glasgow), 'Language and
Text in Early Manuscripts of Chaucer's Canterbury
Tales and Gower's Confession Amantis'.<br><br>Wednesday
31 JAN, Video-Conferencing Room, basement of
Appleton Tower, 2.00 (LEC) - Stephen Boardman (Edinburgh),
Scottish Historical Narratives.<br><br>Wednesday 31 JAN,
Senate Room, New College, 4.00 (EPS) - Sara Parvis
(Edinburgh), 'The Arian Controversy: New Perspectives'.

Elizabeth Fitzpatrick(NUI, Galway)is giving a
series of seminars in the Department of Archaeology,
University of Glasgow. <br>1. Friday 9th Feb, 4pm Gregory
Building Room 109<br>'Gathering -sites and Gaelic meeting
culture in medieval and early modern Ireland<br>2. Mon
12th Feb 2pm Gregory 320<br>'The gathering place of
the Tir Fhiachrach, Co Sligo<br>3. Tues 13th feb 4pm,
Gregory Room 320<br>'Settlemnt studies in Gaelic ireland
1250-1650; recent developments'

Dear All,<br>Hopefully we'll work this into our
calendar one way or another, but for a complete list of
the seminars on in Glasgow's School of History and
Archaeology, go to the links page here for their online
newsletter. Lots of good stuff coming up.<br><br>alaric

Edinburgh's LAMPS group held its usual Tuesday
afternoon meeting of the minds last night. Included on the
agenda were:<br>(1) the upcoming LAMPS postgraduate day
conference, now scheduled (pending venue confirmation) for
Saturday 23 June 2001. More information on this event, and
an official call for papers, will be broadcast
imminently.<br>(2) the upcoming Burn weekend, now in jeopardy due to
our not being able to secure Burn House. We are
currently putting out feelers for a replacement
venue.<br>(3) this Club, which received an enthusiastic welcome
by all in attendance. LAMPS will continue to
encourage its membership to log-on.<br><br>Namarie,<br>JEF

Put it in your diaries now! The GCMRS grad
committee is putting together a one-day semianr event
thing. We're not quite sure what it'll consist of, but
we're planning to get a couple of non-Glasgow speakers
along, and otherwise to give GCMRS members the chance to
give short papers about their research so far, and
maybe run a workshop or two. Anyone with ideas, or
who's interested to help, please contact
Alaric<br>Alaric_hall@...<br><br>See you there!<br>Alaric<br>pp. GCMRS
grad committee

Well, we thought about having a research seminar,
but decided that the best way to get together would
be to toddle down to the Uisge Beatha. It's not far,
and we promise that people will be in there by
6.00.<br>For map go
to<br><a href=http://www.nightb4.com/maps/c,1.html
target=new>http://www.nightb4.com/maps/c,1.html</a><br><br>See you there!
<br>Alaric pp. GCMRS postgrad
committee.

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