The Twenty-First Barnard 

Medieval and Renaissance Conference

 The Shape of Time in the

Middle Ages and Renaissance

 Saturday, 6 December 2008

Barnard College, New York City

       A one-day interdisciplinary conference exploring how time was measured, 

represented, and imagined in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. The organizers 

seek papers to address a range of topics including the technology of measuring and 

organizing time; calendars and almanacs ; astronomical, natural, and liturgical 

models of time; the expression of time in literature, fine arts, music, theater, 

historiography, law and science. 

Abstracts of up to one page in length with c.v. should be sent to the Conference Organizer, 

 Laurie Postlewate, 

Department of French 

Barnard College

3009 Broadway

New York, NY 10027

 or by email to lpostlew@barnard.edu. 

Deadline for submission of proposals: May 15, 2008.