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"Devotion and Splendor: Medieval Art at The Art Institute of Chicago"
Exhibition in Galleries 141/142, September 25, 2004 - January 3, 2005

...One gallery explores the theme of liturgical drama, featuring works of art that were employed in religious services, including processional crosses, priestly vestments, and illuminated choir books. The other gallery focuses on objects of personal devotion, such as images of especially venerated saints, Books of Hours, and carved ivory plaques. A special subsection of the exhibition examines the artistic exchange between Western Europe, the Byzantine Empire, and the Islamic world in the Middle Ages.

In addition to glorifying God, these luxurious objects also reflected the exalted status of the powerful individuals who commissioned them, including the bishop of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris; Doña Leonora Ruiz de Castro, the daughter-in-law of King Ferdinand II of Léon; and Helen of Thuringia, the daughter of Duke Otto of Braunschweig. Such noble patrons engaged the best artists of the day, and this exhibition showcases the talents of Lorenzo Monaco, Pisanello (Antonio Pisano), Giovanni Badile, Don Silvestro dei Gherarducci, the Ghent Privileges Master, the Master of the Worcester Panel, and the workshop of Nicholas Gerhaert von Leiden.

Carla Zecher
Director, Center for Renaissance Studies
The Newberry Library
60 W. Walton St.
Chicago, IL 60610-7324 USA
phone: (312) 255-3565
fax: 312-255-3502
e-mail: zecherc@newberry.org
web site: http://www.newberry.org

Around Zukofsky... a conference at the University of Chicago in honor of
the birth centenary of Louis Zukofsky, will take place from Nov. 11-Nov. 13, with the bulk of the conference on Nov. 13. Papers will be presented by Marjorie Perloff, Mark Scroggins, Robert Hass, and Susan Stewart, along with a roundtable discussion, a presentation by Robert von Hallberg, and poetry readings by Scroggins, Hass, and Stewart. The conference is free and open to the public. No registration required

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AROUND ZUKOFSKY
A Poetry and Poetics Event at the University of Chicago for the Birth Centenary of Louis Zukofsky

Thursday, November 11— Saturday, November 13, 2004
Complete Schedule

PAPERS: Robert Hass, Marjorie Perloff, Mark Scroggins, Susan Stewart
RESPONDENTS: John Beer, Lee Glidewell, Jenny Ludwig, Eirik Steinhoff
READINGS: Robert Hass, Mark Scroggins, Susan Stewart
PRESENTATION: Robert von Hallberg
ROUNDTABLE: Dan Beachy-Quick, Oren Izenberg, Jed Rasula, Srikanth
Reddy, Mary Margaret Sloan, Karen Volkman

The Midwestern Conference on Literature, Language, and Media (MCLLM)

The keynote speakers for this year’s conference are Dr. Jerome McGann,
University of Virginia, and Dr. Lauren Rabinovitz, University of Iowa.
Please see the conference website for further information on the
speakers.

MCLLM invites proposals for papers covering a broad range of interests.
Individual or panel (3-4 people) proposals are welcome. Please send your 250-word (1 page) abstracts to:

MCLLM
Department of English
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115

You may also submit your abstract as an attachment to
midwesterncllm@hotmail.com.

Additional information regarding the conference can be found at
http://www.engl.niu.edu/mcllm/

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions regarding the
conference.
Karley Adney and Christine Brovelli
Co-Chairs, 2005 MCLLM
Department of English
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
(815) 753-6615

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Resources for Freelance Writers and Editors:

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A couple of these companies include: editfast.com and editavenue.com. Some charge a sign-up fee, and most ask you to take editing tests before offering any employment. The freelance writer's 'zine provides some helpful guidelines and resources for this kind of work.

2004 M/MLA conference announcements and ongoing calls for papers.