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Kyrie Miranda (PhD candidate, Spanish) had the honor of attending the “New Spain at the Newberry” workshop on 16 February, 2018. Read below to find out about her experience: “The Newberry Library is a really fantastic place, much to my delight. The workshop itself, “New Spain at the Newberry”, was a well-organized event that was…

March 24-25, 2017University of Tennessee, Knoxville Keynote Lecture: Friday, March 24th, at 5:30 pmPaul Dutton, Simon Fraser University“Four Startling Carolingian Experiments with Family” Lindsay Young Auditorium, Hodges Library Free and open to the public. A reception will follow. Speakers: Courtney Booker, University of British Columbia Lynda Coon, University of Arkansas Abigail Firey, University of Kentucky…

13th Annual Marco Symposium“Rome: Beyond the Discourse of Renewal”March 4-5, 2016 See: 2016 Symposium Program The 2016 Marco Symposium will bring together scholars who are reconsidering post-classical Rome (from c. 300-c. 1700) by emphasizing models that move beyond questions of renewal.  The assumptions that traditionally were embedded in scholarly discussions of the collapse of the western…

The Twelfth Annual Marco Manuscript Workshop will take place Friday and Saturday, February 3-4, 2017, in the Great Room of the International House (1623 Melrose Ave.) at the University of Tennessee – Knoxville. With Presentations By: Matthew Davis (McMaster University):“Lydgate Verses in Long Melford” Ilya Dines (Library of Congress):“Medieval Bestiaries of the H Family” Laine Doggett (St. Mary’s…

11th Annual Marco Manuscript Workshop“Performing Texts”February 5-6, 2016 The Eleventh Marco Manuscript Workshop will be held Friday, February 5, and Saturday, February 6, 2016, at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville; the workshop is organized by Professors Roy M. Liuzza (English) and Maura Lafferty (Classics). For this year’s workshop we invite presentations that explore the…

10th Annual Marco Manuscript Workshop“Mind the Gaps”February 6-7, 2015 The 10th Marco Manuscript Workshop will be held Friday and Saturday, Feb. 6-7, at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. The workshop is organized this year by Professor Thomas Burman (History) and Ph.D. candidates Scott Bevill (English) and Teresa Hooper (English). William Sherman closed his 2008 Used…

9th Annual Marco Manuscript Workshop“Textual Communities”January 31-February 1, 2014 The Ninth Marco Manuscript Workshop will be held Friday and Saturday, January 31 – February 1, 2014, at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville; the workshop is organized by Professor Roy M. Liuzza (English). The theme of the 2014 workshop is “Textual Communities.” In his 1983…

8th Annual Marco Manuscript Workshop“Texts at Work”February 1-2, 2013 The Eighth Annual Marco Manuscript Workshop will be held Friday and Saturday, February 1 and 2, 2013, at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville; the workshop is organized by Professors Maura K. Lafferty (Classics) and Roy M. Liuzza (English). For this year’s workshop we invite presentations…

7th Annual Marco Manuscript Workshop“Readers”February 3-4, 2012 The Seventh Marco Manuscript Workshop will be held Friday and Saturday, February 3 and 4, 2012, at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville; the workshop is organized by Professors Maura K. Lafferty (Classics) and Roy M. Liuzza (English). For this year’s workshop we invite presentations that focus on…

5th Annual Marco Manuscript Workshop“Editions and E-ditions: New Tools for Old Texts”February 4-5, 2011 The Fifth Marco Manuscript Workshop will be held Friday and Saturday, February 4 and 5, 2011, at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville; the workshop is organized by Professors Maura K. Lafferty (Classics) and Roy M. Liuzza (English). In this year’s…