Sally-Beth,

     Thanks for sending this.  I cannot see offering a paper, as my work on
patronage is definitely post-medieval, but I might well attend.


Bob

At 04:24 PM 6/8/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>Centre for Medieval Studies Annual Conference
>Power & Patronage in the Middle Ages
>University of Toronto
>14-15 March 2008
>
>Call for Papers
>
>The Annual Conference of the Centre for Medieval Studies will take place
>14-15 March 2008 at the University of Toronto, and will explore the role
>and function of medieval patronage in all its forms, from patron-client
>relationships in the Late Antique Mediterranean to civic patronage systems
>in Late Medieval Europe, and from networks of economic and political power
>to structures of literary and artistic production.
>
>The keynote speaker, Richard Firth Green, Humanities Distinguished
>Professor of English and the Director of the Center for Medieval &
>Renaissance Studies at The Ohio State University, will give a talk on
>Humphrey de Bohun and the translation of Guillaume de Palerme into English.
>
>The organizing committee invites proposals for topics relating to medieval
>patronage in any of its forms; those proposals that cross over traditional
>disciplinary boundaries are especially welcome. Please send a 200-word
>abstract, a one page CV, contact information, as well as any audio-visual
>requirements by 15 September 2007 to the address below.
>
>The Centre for Medieval Studies will be changing locations within the
>university over the summer, so electronic submissions are especially
>encouraged.
>
>
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>Annual Conference
>Centre for Medieval Studies
>39 Queen's Park Crescent
>University of Toronto
>Toronto, ON M5S 1A1
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