{"id":2509,"date":"2013-03-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/20620"},"modified":"2013-03-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-03-22T00:00:00","slug":"birth-sex-and-death-rites-of-passage-in-the-medieval-and-early-modern-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siefar.org\/gb\/birth-sex-and-death-rites-of-passage-in-the-medieval-and-early-modern-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Birth, Sex and Death : Rites of Passage in the Medieval and Early Modern World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The EMREM Postgraduate Forum Annual Symposium (Early Medieval~Medieval~Renaissance~Reformation~Early Modern)<\/span><\/div>\n
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<\/span>Papers are invited for the 2013 EMREM two-day interdisciplinary symposium at the University of Birmingham.<\/span><\/div>\n
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<\/span>This year?s theme focuses on birth, sex and death as rites of passage. How were life stages demarcated in medieval and early modern societies and how were transitions between them negotiated’ In what ways were the defining acts of birth, sex and death understood and represented in records, rituals, art and literature\u00ab What social and religious factors determined how they were celebrated and regulated, and how were these norms challenged or changed over time? How closely related were the concepts and imagery of birth, sex and death \u00bb<\/span><\/div>\n
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<\/span>Postgraduate speakers from all disciplines are welcome to share their research at this friendly and well-established symposium.<\/span><\/div>\n
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<\/span>Possible topics might include, but are not limited to:<\/span><\/div>\n