“Social Networks and Communication in the Medieval and Early Modern World”

Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Seventh Annual Postgraduate Symposium

Keynote Speaker: Dr Kathleen Neal

This symposium aims to explore the different networks and interactions which existed within the medieval and Renaissance period and the forms and goals that communication between individuals or groups could take. Whether continual correspondence or one-sided messages, such transmission occurred between friends, lovers, allies, foes, and neutral parties through a variety of networks. Public or private, written or oral, these networks of exchange existed amongst local communities, between figures or groups within a polity, and across borders.

Speakers:

Nat Cutter (University of Melbourne)

David Lees (Aberystwyth University)

Lucy Moloney (Monash University)

Ray Ooi (Monash University)

Laura Screen (Monash University)

Cassandra Shilling (Flinders University)

Jennifer Smith (Monash University)

Dr Natalie Tomas (Monash University)

Date: Friday, 22nd April 2022

Location: Online via Zoom