Battle conference 2009 report

This year, the Battle conference was at Gregynog in Powys due to the closure of the usual venue of Pyke House. Although beer in the Chequers was sorely missed, the conference itself was very interesting and, once I’d got my paper out of the way, enjoyable. I’m afraid tales of the social scene will have to come from someone else, as I was far too exhausted to stay up this year. So, what of the papers?

Looking ahead to Battle 2009

Next week sees my third, and hopefully final, conference of the summer – the Battle Conference on Anglo-Norman Studies 2009. Last year I commented on my experience of a past Battle and why I hadn’t been back to the conference for eight years. I also reported on what a good conference Battle 2008 turned out to be. This year, the conference will be in Gregynog (Powys) due to the closure of Pyke House. The observant among you will have noticed the slight change from my normal conference previews: I’m giving a paper this year and will no doubt look forward to the conference in retrospect!

‘Space’: International Medieval Society, Paris

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?