The Irish Conference of Medievalists is being held in Maynooth next Thursday, Friday and Saturday. There is a great line-up of speakers, workshops, book stalls and receptions: see http://www.irishmedievalists.com/programme
The student rate for registration is just €20; full registration is only €30 – see: http://www.irishmedievalists.com/registration-2015
There are also two very important plenary talks:
Thursday 30 June, 5pm: Professor Brendan Smith (Bristol) – ‘The Cambridge History of Ireland Volume I, 600 – 1550 – Why?’
Friday 1 July, 5pm: Professor Elisheva Baumgarten (Hebrew University, Jerusalem) – ‘“Like Adam and Eve, Like Abraham and Sarah”: Biblical Models and Jewish Daily Life in Medieval Christian Europe’