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Looking forward to … IMC 2009 June 22, 2009

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The middle of July, as ever, will see many medievalists descending on University of Leeds for the International Medieval Congress. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Heresy and Orthodoxy’ so what can we expect?

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‘Space’: International Medieval Society, Paris June 20, 2009

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Here is the first of three posts looking ahead to conferences over the next few weeks.  The International Medival Society’s (Paris) conference is on the theme of space, so it is not a surprise that I am going next week. Alas, I am not speaking as the session that I was involved in was deemed to be ‘too geographic’. In some respects this is an odd thing to have said, but moving on, what can we look forward to?

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From universities to business: comment and roundup June 13, 2009

Posted by gesta in Academia, Boundaries, Debate.
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It is all change in higher education again, with a big emphasis on doom and gloom. A couple of years ago, I posted a cautious, but not entirely negative piece on the new department for innovation, universities and skills. Following the expenses rows, local and European elections, the department for innovation, universities and skills has been demolished and universities shifted to business. I cannot pretend to be anything other than deeply alarmed by this turn of events.

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