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Announcing
a new index free-of-charge on the Web:
The Medieval Feminist Index: Scholarship on Women, Gender, and Sexuality
http://www.haverford.edu/library/reference/mschaus/mfi/mfi.html
The
Index covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in collections from
all academic disciplines. Because of the explosion of research in Women's
Studies during the past two decades, scholars and students interested in women
and gender during the Middle Ages find an ever-growing flood of publications.
The Index aims to be a reliable guide to the scholarship, providing timely
coverage, a wide range of publications indexed on a regular basis (300+ journals
are now being checked), and a thorough description of each item (in addition
to the usual author, title, subjects, and source, MFI includes century, geographic
area, descriptions of illustrations and tables, and primary sources used).
There are currently over 1800 records in the database for publications from
1994 through 1997 with 100+ records being added every other month.
Efforts have been made to make MFI as comprehensive as possible, with a special
emphasis on foreign language materials. The Index currently includes records
for publications in English, French, German, and Spanish. There are also plans
to include Italian language publications. The same desire for inclusion has
governed the chronological limits (450 C.E. to 1500 C.E.) and geographic boundaries
(Europe, North Africa, and the Near East). The broad topic guidelines of women,
sexuality, and gender mean that publications on masculinity and male homosexuality
are also included.
Support for the project comes from the libraries of Haverford College and
the University of Iowa. Indexers covering foreign languages are John Jeep
(German, Miami University), Margaret Schaus (French, Haverford College), and
Miriam Shadis (Spanish, Ohio University). Advisory board members, representing
disciplines and geographic areas, recommend journals and essay collections
for indexing.
Future plans for MFI call for a concentration on retrospective publications
from 1993 through 1980. Individual articles in journals and essay collections
that are not indexed automatically are being collected for selection and entry
as time permits. The editor, indexers, and advisory board members welcome
comments and questions from users. Authors who find their articles indexed
in MFI are encouraged to send the editor brief abstracts for inclusion in
the database records.
Sample Records from the Medieval Feminist Index
Journal Article
Record Number: 346
Author: Pafenberg, Stephanie B.
Title: Spindle and the Sword: Gender, Sex, and Heroism in "Nibelungenlied"
and "Kudrun."
Source: Germanic Review 70, 3 (Summer 1995): 106-115.
Article Type: Journal
Article Subject: Brunhild (Literary Figure) ; Gender ; Kriemhild (Literary
Figure) ; Kudrun, Middle High German Epic ; Literature- Verse ; Masculinity
; Nibelungenlied, Middle High German Epic ; Power ; Weaving ; Women in Literature
;
Geographic Area: Germany
Century: 13
Author's Affiliation: Queen's University
Year of Publication: 1995
Lanuage: English ISSN/ISBN: 00168890
Essay
from a Book
Record Number: 913
Author: Caille, Jacqueline.
Title: Ermengarde, Vicomtesse de Narbonne (1127/29-1196/97): Une grande figure
feminine du Midi aristocratique [focuses on Ermengarde's youth and old age
when, despite long years of skillful rulership, she was forced out of power
by her nephew, Pierre de Lara].
Source: La Femme dans l' histoire et la société méridionales (IXe- XIXe S.)
Actes du 66e congrés. Fédération historique du Languedoc méditerranéen et
du Roussillon, 1995. 9-50.
Article Type: Edition of Text ; Essay ;
Subject: Ermengarde, Vicountess of Narbonne ; Narbonne, Aude, France ; Noble
Women ; Politics ; Rulers ; Women in Active Roles ; Geographic Area: France
Century: 12 Primary
Document: Will ; Barcelona, Archives de la Couronne d' Aragon, Fonds du Grand
Prieuré de Catalogne de l' Ordre de l' Hôpital, Armoire 28, parchemin 66.
Transcription and French translation of Ermengarde's will. Barcelona, Archives
de la Couronne d' Aragon parchment 673 from the reign of Alfonso I.
Transcription of an agreement in 1193 between Ermengarde and the noble man,
Ermengaud de Fabrezan. Illustrations: Copy of Ermengarde's will from the municiple
archives of Narbonne.
Table: Two genealogical charts. The vicounts of Narbonne in the tenth through
the end of the fifteenth century, and the genealogy of Bernard d' Anduze (died
around 1153), only husband of Ermengarde, vicountess of Narbonne.
Author's Affiliation: Université Paul Valêry, Montpellier
Year of Publication: 1995
Lanuage: French
ISSN/ISBN: 2900041198
Book
Review
Record Number: 804
Author: Stowasser, Barbara Freyer ; Kueny, Kathryn, reviewer.
Title: Women in the Qur'an, Traditions and Interpretation. Oxford
University Press, 1994 [book review].
Source: Journal of Religion 76, 1 (Jan. 1996): 152-154.
rticle Type: Book Review
Year of Publication: 1996
Lanuage: English
ISSN/ISBN: 00224189
The
Program on Gender & Culture offers a set of comprehensive graduate-level
courses in gender studies which exposes students, through quality coursework,
individual tutorials and thesis writing, to a wide range of theories and issues
and methodologies in gender & culture studies, with a particular focus
on the post-1989 Central and Eastern Europe/former Soviet Union. The Program
offers MA and M.Phil degrees as well as 3-10 month fellowships for visiting
doctoral students.
****************Call for Grant proposals***********************
The CEU Program on Gender and Culture Gender Studies Small Grant Program (GSGP)
1998 is now accepting proposals for grants of up to 2,000 USD from regional
groups, programs, and departments promoting women, women's studies, and gender
studies in CEE/fSU Round I Application Deadline: JANUARY 15, 1998
Round II deadline: JUNE 15 1998
The GSGP has been established jointly by the Open Society Institute and the
CEU Program on Gender and Culture to support gender initiatives in the countries
of Central and Eastern Europe, and of the former Soviet Union. The program
is based on the belief that small grants can often provide a vital and critical
support for new and innovative programs. We are open to a wide variety of
funding requests, but would like particularly to encourage groups which are
just getting started and need seed money to raise more substantial funds elsewhere,
or to establish basic infrastructures. Priority will be given to projects
that are innovative, will result in increased opportunities for
others (e.g. greater access to materials and resources, or to participate
in gender related activities) and will have a lasting impact.
Eligibility: Institutes, centers, programs and departments actively involved
in teaching, research or policy activities that are of importance to gender
issues are welcome to apply for grants up to $2,000 to be completed in up
to 12 months. Only institutions which are located in the region are eligible
to participate in GSGP. **Requests may include, but are not limited to: support
for conferences, seminars, workshops, curriculum development, acquisition
of materials (e.g. books, journals, CD roms) and services (e.g. translations
of manuscripts when publishing agreements are . concluded, research/librarian
services when documentation is provided that such a person would make a substantial
contribution to increasing access to gender oriented resources).
**The funding may also be used for equipment like photocopy machines, fax
machines, modems and computer upgrades.
**First time applicants are welcome, please take care and effort to document
your request in great detail.
**Applications from individuals, requests for individual travel support
or for research will not be considered.
**Applicants will not be eligible to receive more than one grant within a
given yearly cycle (see below --Deadlines).
Each
organisation applying to the GSGP should submit the followingdocumentation
in addition to the Applicant Information Form (follows at
the end of this message). All applications must be written in English.
**Two page proposal describing the objectives of the GSGP project and expected
outcomes.
**Detailed budget and narrative that clearly explains individual line items
(no more than $2,000).
**A one page summary of the past activities of the group, program or department
All enquiries should be directed to: The Program on Gender & Culture,
Gender Studies Small Grant Program (GSGP) Central European University, 1051
Budapest Nador u. 9, HUNGARY Tel: +36-1-327-3034
E-mail:gender@ceu.hu
For more information about Gender Studies at CEU, please contact the Program on Gender & Culture: Nador u. 9 Tel: 361-327-3034 1051 Budapest Fax: 36-1-327-3001 E-Mail: <gender@ceu.hu>
For
additional information and application materials, please contact:
CEU Admissions Office, Nador u 9, 1051 Budapest, HUNGARY Tel: (36-1) 327-3009,
Fax: (36-1) 327-3211 Email: Admissions@ceu.hu
Web-site: http://www.ceu.hu