Inaugural conference of the ‘Cultures of War’ network

The Centre for Medieval & Renaissance Studies, Trinity College Dublin

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The Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies (IMEMS)

INVITE YOU TO A ONE-DAY CONFERENCE

CULTURES OF WAR

Speakers: Mary Carr (Balliol, Oxford), Helen Conrad-O’Briain (TCD), Marcello Fantoni (Florence), Susan Foran (TCD), Peter Field (Bangor University), Andrew Hiscock (Bangor University), Gerald Morgan (TCD), Juliet O’Brien (TCD), Miche�l O'Siochr� (Trinity College, Dublin), Anatole Tchikine (TCD), Redzo Trako (Queen’s University Belfast), Sarah Alyn Stacey (TCD)

This is the second conference organized by the ‘Cultures of War’ network, which is supported by the Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies (IMEMS) and the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Trinity College Dublin. This international research network was established in 2006 to bring together scholars, students and independent researchers who focus upon all aspects of warfare and whose interests range chronologically from the Middle Ages to the end of the seventeenth century. All enquiries concerning the network should be directed to Josh Bradbury, the network administrator, at imems@bangor.ac.uk . For further information about this conference and the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Trinity College Dublin, please contact Sarah Alyn Stacey at salynsta@tcd.ie ; telephone (00 353 1) 896 2686
 

CULTURES OF WAR

Saturday 1^st March 2008 09.45 - 17.30

(Swift Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College, Dublin)

09.30 - 09.45            Registration
09.45 - 10.00            Welcome

10.00 - 11.30            SESSION 1

CHAIR: Gerald Morgan (Trinity College, Dublin)

Mary Carr (Balliol College, Oxford): Ideals of Knighthood in Piers Plowman

Peter Field ( Bangor University): TBA

Susan Foran (Trinity College, Dublin): Ideals of War in John Barbour’s The Bruce

11.30 - 12.00            REFRESHMENTS

12.00 – 13.00           SESSION 2

CHAIR: Susan Foran (Trinity College, Dublin)

Andrew Hiscock (Bangor University): ‘Most fond and fruitlesse warre’: Sir Walter Ralegh and the Anxieties of Conflict

Miche�l O'Siochr� (Trinity College, Dublin): Atrocity and the Irish in the British Civil Wars of the 1640s

13.00 - 14.00            LUNCH

14.00 - 15.30            SESSION 3

CHAIR: Andrew Hiscock (Bangor University)
Marcello Fantoni (University of Florence): The Image of the Captain: Ferrante Gonzaga and Military Virtues

Redzo Trako (Queen’s University Belfast): The Fall of the Kingdom of Bosnia c. 1463 - c. 1482

Anatole Tchikine (Trinity College, Dublin): Military Motifs in Italian Renaissance and Baroque Fountain Design

15.30 - 16.00            REFRESHMENTS

16.00 - 17.00            SESSION 4

CHAIR: Sarah Alyn Stacey (Trinity College, Dublin)

Juliet O’Brien (Trinity College, Dublin): The Poetics of Imprisonment: A Reading of Richard the Lionheart's Ja nus hons pris ne dira sa raison / Ja nuls hom pres non dira sa razon|

Helen Conrad O’Briain (Trinity College, Dublin): Bede, Beowulf, and Adamnan's Law of the Innocents: Insular Christianity Confronts the Culture of War

ABOUT THE CULTURES OF WAR RESEARCH NETWORK…

The network is supported by the Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies and the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Trinity College Dublin. It held its inaugural conference at the University of Wales Conference Centre, Gregynog Hall in mid-Wales, 13-15 October 2007.

This international research network was established in 2006 to bring together scholars, students and independent researchers who focus upon all aspects of warfare and whose interests range chronologically from the Middle Ages to the end of the seventeenth century. The network is strongly interdisciplinary in composition and welcomes new members who are interested in researching the implications of cultural violence and diffusing their findings in an academic forum.

The network is also designed to relay any potentially relevant information concerning forthcoming conferences, publications, funding opportunities etc. to its members.

All enquiries concerning the network should be directed to Josh Bradbury, the network administrator, at imems@bangor.ac.uk For information about the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Trinity College Dublin, please contact Sarah Alyn Stacey at salynsta@tcd.ie ; telephone (00 353 1) 896 2686