AHRC-funded Colloquium

30 – 31 March 2010
Robinson College, Cambridge

Church, Law and Society in the Middle Ages (CLASMA) Research Network would like to announce the first of four AHRC-funded Colloquia: Utrumque Ius?

Utrumque ius? will focus on the ‘technical’ issues of the discipline: the genres and formats of medieval legal collections; people and books; education ‘centres’; and how lawyers were trained and became professionals. It will also address navigating the books and related literature, as well as the benefits and difficulties of using legal texts as historical sources. The colloquium is aimed chiefly at postgraduate students and early career medievalists.

There are a limited number of places and CLASMA would like to invite applications for grants covering the colloquium, accommodation in Cambridge for the nights of 29-30 March, meals including a reception and colloquium dinner on 30 March. In order to maximize the number of grants, regrettably we are unable to provide travel expenses.

A full programme is attached along with an application form. Applications must include a brief statement of how the colloquium fits in with your current research as well as a supporting statement from your supervisor or mentor. Priority will be given in the allocation of the places to those beyond Cambridge.

The deadline for applications is ___________________. Completed forms and any queries should be addressed to Danica Summerlin, CLASMA Administrative Assistant at clasma.colloquia@googlemail.com

CLASMA’s subsequent colloquia will be: 2. Lawyers, Clients and Church Courts (autumn 2010) 3. Law and Change in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries (spring 2011) 4. ‘Crime and Punishment’ (autumn 2011).