NEER-MCD Postgraduate Advanced Training Seminar (PATS)
Trends, Methodologies and Resources in Studying Medieval and Early Modern Religion and Spirituality
Thursday 19 November 2009
Presenters- Prof. Jacques Dalarun (Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Paris)
- Prof. Constant Mews (Monash University)
- Dr Jan Pinder (Monash University)
- Dr Claire Renkin (YTU, Melbourne College of Divinity)
- Dr Claire Walker (University of Adelaide)
For the attention of any postgraduate, especially those whose research focuses on a research question that relates to the study of medieval or early modern religion and spirituality. Early career researchers and more established researchers are also welcome to attend this PATS.
Aims of the PATS
Many postgraduate students pursuing research in the medieval and early modern field will be familiar with the importance of the study of religion and spirituality in these fields. Over the last decades the trend towards interdisciplinary studies has called for a greater methodological awareness of one's own discipline and that of other related disciplines. Researchers are required to develop a familiarity with a wider range of sources studied, for example not just written texts, but other types of material culture including visual objects, and awareness of the role of context, literary, social, political, and intellectual. Researchers are also expected to develop a more sophisticated technical knowledge of the genres specific to the study of medieval and early modern religion and spirituality.
This one-day PATS seminar will:
- Introduce students to the technique of analysing a primary source document.
- Alert students to new trends, methodologies and bibliographic resources available to the study of religion and spirituality.
- Enable students to make a short (10 minute) presentation of their current or proposed research and the methodology they are adopting, and receive feedback from other students and more established scholars.
- Introduce students to a range of bibliographic resource databases, as well as the potential of theological libraries to pursue research into religion and spirituality in medieval and early modern Europe, here in Australia.
- Date: Thursday 19 November 2009
- Venue: The Carmelite Library
214 Richardson Street, Middle Park
Melways Ref. 2K C9 - Time: 10.00am-4.00pm
- Contact: Constant.Mews@arts.monash.edu.au
Library: (03) 9682 8553 or librarian@carmelitelibrary@org
Registration and Accommodation
See Registration and AccommodationPATS Programme
9.30am-10.00amRegistration, Tea and Coffee.
Time for inspection of the Carmelite Library and special exhibitions of its holdings.
10.00am
Welcome (Constant Mews)
10.05am-10.20am
Introduction to the Carmelite Library and libraries of the Melbourne College of Divinity
(Philip Harvey, Librarian of the Carmelite Library)
10.20am-11.20am
Some problems in the reading and interpretation of the autograph Latin letter of Francis to Leo (Jacques Dalarun)
11.20-11.30am
Pause
11.30am - 12.30pm
Round table: Trends, Methodologies and Resources in the Study of religion and spirituality in medieval and early modern Europe (Jacques Dalarun, Jan Pinder, Claire Renkin, Claire Walker), chaired by Constant Mews
12.30pm - 1.30pm
Lunch (provided)
1.30pm - 2.30pm
Student presentations and feedback
2.30pm - 2.45pm
Afternoon tea
2.45pm - 3.45pm
Student presentations and feedback
3.45pm - 4.00pm
Summing up (Constant Mews)
5.45pm-7.15pm
Public Lecture by Jacques Dalarun
Venue: Conference Centre, St Mary's College
University of Melbourne
871 Swanston St (Cnr Swanston St and Tin Alley)
Parkville Vic 3052
Melways Reference 2B E6
Bookings (03) 9342 1614 or agehrig@academiccentre.stmarys.newman.unimelb.edu.au
The public lecture by Jacques Dalarun introduces a conference Interpreting St Francis in a multi-religious society: from the middle ages to the present, organised by Monash Centre for Studies in Religion and Theology and the Yarra Theological Union, Melbourne College of Divinity.
- Date: Friday 20 and Saturday 21 November 2009
- Venue: Graduate Centre, Yarra Theological Union
98 Albion Rd, Box Hill Vic 3128 - See Franciscan Conference