We invite scholars to submit abstracts for the volume Medieval Texts as Spaces of Cross-Cultural Exchange: Writing, Multilingualism, and Mediators between East and West, edited by Luisa Andriollo, Carlo Pernigotti and Maria Cristina Rossi (University of Pisa).This book project follows on from a workshop on the same topic held at the University of Pisa, and aims to extend and deepen its thematic focus. The volume explores the circulation of medieval texts across geographical, linguistic, cultural, and political boundaries, with a particular focus on the interactions between the Near East, the Byzantine world, and the Latin West. This editorial project seeks to investigate how books and documents served as vehicles for shared knowledge, reflecting cross-cultural negotiations and encounters through their content, linguistic choices, and graphic representations.
We encourage submissions from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, examining texts as both literary and material products across their multiple dimensions (material, linguistic, symbolic). Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
•Graphic and documentary models in the imperial chancelleries of East and West
•Coexisting graphic and linguistic systems in literary or documentary texts
•Multilingualism in texts and documents
•Translations of texts across various literary genres
•Key figures in cross-cultural exchange: ambassadors, interpreters, translators, and scribes
Submission Guidelines
•Abstracts should be between 300-500 words.
•Accepted languages are English, Italian, French and German.
•Please include your name, affiliation, and contact information.
•Submissions should be sent to textsandcrossculturalexchanges@gmail.com by December 15, 2024
•Decisions will be made shortly thereafter, and final chapters will be due by June 15, 2025.