[AMS-announce] CONF: Etymologies of Medieval Song, University of Pennsylvania, February 2008

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ETYMOLOGIES OF MEDIEVAL SONG

An interdisciplinary, international symposium on medieval song.

February 8th-9th, 2008
Humanities Forum,
3619, Locust Walk, Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania

Speakers: Kevin Brownlee (University of Pennsylvania), Suzannah Clark (University of Oxford), Emma Dillon (University of Pennsylvania), Bruce Holsinger (University of Virginia), Jonathan Hsy (George Washington University), Deborah McGrady (University of Virginia), Elizabeth Poe (Tulane University), Judith Peraino (Cornell University), Yolanda Plumley (University of Exeter), Elizabeth Randall Upton (UCLA), Jennifer Saltzstein (University of Oklahoma), Anne Stone (CUNY), Agathe Sultan (Université de Bordeaux), Carol Symes (University of Illinois)

The conference will include a concert by The Clerks’ Group, dir Edward Wickham: Singing from the Source: Poetry, Image, and Music from the Roman de Fauvel Friday, February 8th, Rosenwald Gallery, Van Pelt Library, 7.30pm.

This event is made possible by the generous support of the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Arts and Science, Department of Music, Department of English, Department of History of Art, Department of Romance Languages, Program in Comparative Literature, the Penn Humanities Forum, Annenberg Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and Lawrence J. Schoenberg

Conference organizers:  Kevin Brownlee and Emma Dillon
kbrownle_at_sas.upenn.edu and edillon_at_sas.upenn.edu

A conference website will follow soon!