[Mediaevistik] CFP: The Endangered Middle Ages (International Medieval Congress 2010; Kalamazoo, Michigan)

[Heintzelman, Matthew]

Call for Papers

The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota) is sponsoring two sessions at the 2010 International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo, Michigan) on:


"The Endangered Middle Ages: Challenges, Disasters, and Threats to Libraries and Archives"


HMML is soliciting proposals for 20-minute presentations at the 2010 Kalamazoo Medieval Congress.  Topics may include any aspect of endangerment to collections of medieval books and manuscripts from recent years.

Libraries and archives with large medieval holdings face constant challenges to the very existence of their collections.  Recent fires, building collapses, thefts, and ongoing damage from neglect, pests, and poor environmental conditions have endangered or destroyed manuscripts, books, and archival documents. 

This series of sessions aims to bring together scholars, archivists and librarians to address issues of lost collections, attempts to recover lost collections through microfilm and digital copies, and to identify collections that are endangered.  The resulting discussions and opportunities for potential collaboration should prove helpful to scholars, librarians, archivists, and institutions.

To submit a brief proposal (of no more than 300 words) or for additional information, please contact Matthew Heintzelman-preferably by e-mail (mheintzelma at csbsju.edu) or at the address below.  Proposals (including a completed participant information form: http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#PIF) must be received no later than September 15, 2009.

Mit freundlichen Grüssen,

Dr. Matthew Z. Heintzelman

Curator, Austria/Germany Study Center; Rare Book Cataloger
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library
Saint John's University
Collegeville, Minnesota 56321-7300
Phone:  320-363-2795
Fax:  320-363-3222