England and the Celtic World in Insular Chronicles

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Medieval Studies, Univ. of Mississippi

Organizer Name

Lindy Brady

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Mississippi

Presider Name

Lindy Brady

Paper Title 1

"Et run filius urbgen baptizavit eum": The Role of the Saxones in the Construction of Annales Cambriae

Presenter 1 Name

Ben Guy

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Cambridge

Paper Title 2

Reports on Foreign Events in the Annals of England, Ireland, and Rus

Presenter 2 Name

Zoya Metlitskaya, Timofey Cuimon

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Institute of Scholarly Information on Humanities, Russian Academy of Sciences/Institute of Universal History, Russian Academy of Sciences

Paper Title 3

Brut y Saeson: The Welsh History of the English

Presenter 3 Name

Owain Wyn Jones

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Bangor Univ.

Start Date

11-5-2014 10:30 AM

Session Location

Schneider 1350

Description

“England and the Celtic World in Insular Chronicles” seeks papers that take a comparative approach to the insular chronicles – Latin and vernacular; pre- and post-Conquest – in order to explore moments of cross-cultural transmission and perception. This session aims to bring Anglo-Saxonists and Celticists from all fields together in cross-disciplinary conversation, placing the insular chronicles in trans-national perspective. Papers might compare a single historical event or figure across multiple traditions; survey the representation of one culture in the chronicles of another; explore the nuances of historical and literary variation between translations; examine contemporary awareness of genre and form; focus on the material contexts of texts across traditions; or contextualize the cross-cultural nature of textual production. Ultimately, this session aims to place insular chronicles across multiple traditions in dialogue with one another, shedding broader light on the vibrancy of the intellectual milieu from which they emerged.

Lindy Brady