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        • ACTIVITIES

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          The purpose of SELIM is to promote the growth, development and coordination of studies and research relating to Old and Middle English language and literature, as well as every other aspect of the cultural heritage of the British Middle Ages. To that end, in addition to celebrating an annual international conference and publishing a research periodical, SELIM provides its members with a number a student bursaries and sponsorships of courses and events that relate to the society's interests. Read on to find out about these.

        • Conferences

          SELIM conferences are held as three-day events and follow the traditional pattern of plenary lectures and panel sessions.

           

          Plenary lectures are delivered by leading international figures in the field and address subjects that range from historical linguistics and Old and Middle English literature, through paleography and book culture in medieval England, to the reception of pre-modern English texts.

           

          Varied aspects of the linguistic, literary, and material features pertaining to Old and Middle English manuscripts and texts, their historical contexts and transmission, are also explored in thematic panels of individual papers.

           

          Both plenaries and panels schedule time for audience discussion.

           

          Our conferences take great care to programme social events for the enjoyment of all participants and accompanying persons. These are intended to provide a worthwhile opportunity, not only to bring people together, but also to get to know Spain and its main cultural landmarks.

           

          Find out about our current and past conferences here.

        • Grants and Scholarships

          student bursaries

           

          The 2019-2020 scheme of bursaries is designed to support SELIM student members whose papers have been accepted for inclusion in the programme of the 2020 annual conference of the Society. Recipients can claim a reimbursement for fees paid and travel expenses.

          Applications accepted: 1 Feb-18 Sep 2020.

          Terms & conditions

          Submit application & attachments

          event sponsorship

           

           

          Each year, SELIM provides its members with a limited amount of funds to support the organisation of courses and events that promote the study of medieval English language and literature.

          Applications now accepted.

          Deadline: December 31, 2019.

          Terms & conditions

          Application form

          Submit application & attachments
        • Latest sponsored events

          Seminar: 'the dynastic Drama of Beowulf'

          University of Seville

          18-19 March 2019

          In this seminar, Francis Leneghan (University of Oxford) unravelled the web of Scandinavian royal legends structuring the Old English epic, which were known to the work's original audience, but are obscure and confusing for modern audiences. The seminar explained Beowulf as a dynastic drama centred on the fortunes of the royal houses of the Scyldings, Scylfings and Hrethlings, with the Geatish hero's adventures providing the link between the three. A new way of appreciating the role of the monsters as portents of dynastic and national crises, and Beowulf as a created a fictionalized monster-slaying hero dramatizing specific moments of dynastic crisis. Organised by Mercedes Salvador-Bello at the University of Seville.

          Traductio et Traditio International Conference

          University Jaume I

          14-16 March 2019

          Hosted by the research group in Interdisciplinary Medieval Studies at the Universitat Jaume I in Castellón, the International Conference Traductio et Traditio Mediaevales: Science, Knowledge and Ideology delved into translation, rewriting and compilation as tools for knowledge transmission in the Middle Ages, in disciplines such as Medicine, Scholasticism, and Oratory, with the pervasive presence of Graeco-Latin authorities in them. Keynote speakers: Carlos Alvar (Université de Genève), Lluís Cifuentes (Universitat de Barcelona) and Isabel de la Cruz (Universidad de Alcalá). Organised by María José Esteve Ramos, among others.

         

         

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