SSHRC Insight Grant, University of Toronto (2020–2025)
October 1st-2nd, 2021
At the beginning of next month the Institute for Advanced Study will host a two-day symposium on commentarial practices from across the globe. During the symposium, members of the Global Commentaries working group, along with others, will present papers. They will be joined by a special guest, Dr. Jesús Velasco, who will give the symposium’s keynote lecture.
Please see the programme and abstract book here or visit our Contact Us page for further details.
The Commentarial Forms in Literature working group is delighted to announce that they will host a virtual workshop from Wednesday September 29th to Thursday September 30th 2021. The theme of the workshop is centred on forms of commentary in literature from a range of literary traditions—German, French, Arabic, and Hebrew. For more information, please see the schedule events below and register to participate through Zoom at the registration link here. Any questions regarding general information and accessibility can be directed to Sloane Geddes at kathryn.geddes@mail.utoronto.ca.
| 9:00 – 9:15 |
| Welcome |
| 9:15 – 10:00 |
| Philip Stockbrugger: Hybrid Commentary in Paul Claudel: Au milieu des vitraux de l’Apocalypse between Tradition and Ekphrasis |
| 10:05 – 10:50 |
| Walker Horsfall: sie varn durch ein wolken: Frauenlob and Integumentum |
| 11:00 – 12:00 |
| Florian Müller & Jennifer Gerber: Maeren Prologues and Epilogues |
| 12:30 – 1:30 |
| Stefanie Brinkmann & Nadine Löhr: Examining Prefaces – The Commentators’ Voices |
| 9:00-10:00 |
| Christina Lechtermann & Markus Stock: A Late Medieval German Magnificat Commentary and the Question of Commentarial Authorship |
| 10:00-10:45 |
| Elisabeth Hollender & Saskia Dönitz: Moshe da Rieti’s Little Temple – A “Hebrew Dante” and its Reception |
| 11:00-11:45 |
| Jeannie Miller: Anecdote, Poetry, Commentary: Adab and the Commentarial Gesture |
Featured image: Frauenlob, as depicted in the Codex Manesse.
Source: Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg.
Featured image: Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS arabe 7290, fol 5r. Maqāmāt al-Ḥarīrī, 1214 (detail). Source: https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc83329
Keywords:
Reception, Genre, Commentaries, Aesthetics, Literariness
Sponsoring Entity:
LLC Arabic
Presentations:
1. A Philological Frame of Mind, Matthew L. Keegan (Barnard C) [#14416]
2. Commentary on al-Jāḥiẓ Manuscripts, Jeannie Miller (U of Toronto) [#14418]
3. The Problematic ‘One’ in a Thousand and One Nights, Muhsin J. al-Musawi (Columbia U) [#14420]
4. Al-Tawḥīdī’s Perception of the Art of Writing and Aesthetics, Nuha Alshaar (American U of Sharjah) [#14649]
Presiding: Lara Harb (Princeton U)
View details in the MLA Convention program online.
Attending this panel requires registering for the MLA Convention, but please check back for select recordings after the session.
Background image: British Library. Egerton MS 872, fol. 199r. Pentateuch with the Hafṭarot, Five Scrolls, and Rashi’s commentary, 1341. Source: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Egerton_MS_872
Friday, October 30, 2020, 9am EST Zoom Meeting
A Practices of Commentary working group presentation by Dr. Amanda Goodman, Department for the Study of Religion and Department of East Asian Studies, University of Toronto
It’s our pleasure to invite you to the official zoom launch of the 5-year SSHRC Insight Grant, “Practices of Commentary,” hosted through the University of Toronto, and gathering colleagues from around the world.
The launch will take place on Friday, August 21, 2020 at
9am-10:30am EST (Toronto) | 3-4:30pm CEST (Germany) | 9-10:30pm SST (Singapore)
At the launch, we will introduce our plans for this first year, particularly in this time of COVID-19, as well as our longer-term goals. There will also be opportunity for discussion and introductions, as well as a short primer on Slack, our community’s digital home, and an introduction to our new project website.
Please reach out to us through the “Contact” emails to find out more.
Background image: British Library. Egerton MS 872, fol. 199r. Pentateuch with the Hafṭarot, Five Scrolls, and Rashi’s commentary, 1341.Source: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Egerton_MS_872
