[AMS-announce] CFP: Performance and the page: exploring manuscript production and interpretation, International Medieval Congress, Leeds, Jul 2010

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International Medieval Congress, Leeds, UK, 12-15 July 2010.

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Performance and the page: exploring manuscript production and interpretation

This interdisciplinary session will consider the metaphorical journey undertaken by all those involved in manuscript production and interpretation. From manuscript design to current presentation and preservation, from the conception of a work to its reception today, this session seeks to explore how manuscript layout and design influence (and are influenced by) reception, past and present.

Papers are invited on all aspects of "performance and the page", and could include:
Issues of manuscript interpretation (medieval and/or contemporary)
Issues of manuscript design
Reconstruction of manuscript "texts" (including music)
Aural performance of manuscript "texts" (including music)
The visual impact of the manuscript page
Presentation of manuscripts and their contents
The influence of media (e.g. printing, digitisation) on the interpretation of manuscript contents
The impact of manuscript digitisation on reception
Reader manipulation through manuscript layout and design
The manuscript portrayal of the author(s)
Editing processes (both medieval and contemporary)
The roles of some or all of those involved in manuscript production and transmission, from author to 21st-century reader.
Relations between "text" and image

The conference theme for 2010 is "travel and exploration", and papers should address this theme in some way.

Please send proposals of 200 words before 8th Aug 2009 to:

K.Maxwell at music.gla.ac.uk

(The early date allows time for any papers not included to be sent to
the IMC general session before their deadline of 31st Aug.)  
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