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Minato-ku Tourist Information Center
3F Concourse, Hamamatsucho Station, Tokyo Monorail, 2-4-12 Hamamatsucho, Minato-ku
Minato-ku Tourist Information Center is located at Hamamatsucho Station on the Tokyo Monorail. The staff speak english (Korean daily) and provide information on various tourist information, restaurants, transportation and accommodation in Minato-ku. We also sell goods from minato-ku tourism association.
Tokyo Prince Hotel
3-3-1 Shiba Koen, Minato-ku, Tokyo
The hotel is nestled in a green Turf park opened in 1964. By the renewal of April 2017, while inheriting the traditional classical atmosphere, along with the production of a space with a glamorous and playful, we offer a space that is "only here" detached from the hustle and bustle of the city surrounded by greenery. The Tokyo Tower is a 2-minute walk from the hotel and its dynamic scenery is spectacular. It features 462 rooms, a variety of 9 restaurants and karaoke rooms, and 24 banquet halls for various occasions, making it a convenient base for sightseeing and business.
The Prince Park Tower Tokyo
The flagship brand hotel of Prince Hotel which has been standing in the green Shiba Park and has been welcoming and honing many visitors from all over the world, Japan as an oasis of the city. It features 603 rooms, 17 banquet halls with a focus on two main banquet halls with Japan largest size, a chapel and a temple surrounded by greenery, a wedding facility with three different wedding venues, and a variety of 11 restaurants and bars. In addition, the hotel has the functions necessary for people to gather and relaxing, such as a sports club with the latest facilities equipped with natural hot spring.
2-10-4 Toranomon, Minato-ku
"Okura Prestige Tower", a high-rise building that incorporates a Japanese accent in the sophistication and dynamism of Tokyo, and the middle-class building "Okura", which weaves the essence of Japanese beauty everywhere and provides hospitality tailored to each person This luxury hotel consists of two buildings of the Heritage Wing.
Shiodome Media Tower 1-7-1 Higashi Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
The Park Hotel Tokyo starts from the 25th floor atrium of Shiodome Media Tower. We welcome our guests with hospitality in the form of “arrangement”, one of Japan’s aesthetic values, expressed through the medium of art.
Tokyo Grand Hotel
2-5-2 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo
It is a 10-minute walk from Hamamatsucho station, a 2-minute walk from Shiba Koen Station, and great access to Rainbow Bridge, Odaiba, Azabu and Roppongi. 30 minutes from Haneda Airport using monorail.
Dai-Ichi Hotel Tokyo
1-2-6 Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
The hotel has more than 70 years of history and elegance and dignity. 2 minutes walk from Jr Shimbashi Station. Very close to Ginza.
Shinbashi Atago-yama Tokyu Rei Hotel
1-6-6 Atago, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Hotel in a quiet environment with a lot of greenery that I do not think is the center of the city. It is close to the government office and also has the convenience of transportation to sightseeing spots such as Tokyo Tower and Odaiba.
Hotel Asia Kaikan
8-10-32 Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
This hotel is located in Akasaka, Aoyama and Roppongi area. Not only for Tokyo tourism, but also for business.
Hotel Mielparque Tokyo
2-5-20 Shiba Koen, Minato-ku, Tokyo
The hotel is located in the heart of the city and has an important time The Hotel Mielparque Tokyo is an inviting and soothing room with a calm and graceful atmosphere. A variety of facilities including a party room and a concert hall are also enriched. It is accessible from Haneda Airport and Tokyo Station, and is used in a wide range of scenes such as sightseeing, business, alumni Association, and family meals.
Hotel Monterey Akasaka
924th Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Inspired by the façade of the townhouse in London, the classical taste is full of elegance. It blends beautifully with the refined Aoyama street skyline. In a place facing the greenery of the Akasaka site, the chic, elegant colors of gray and white and the soft color of the lime stone make the city colorful. It is recommended for business and leisure with convenient transportation to Shibuya, Shinjuku, and Tokyo Station. Enjoy a relaxing time in the city's hideaway.
Hotel Okura Tokyo
2-10-16 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Since its opening in 1962, this international hotel has welcomed guests from all over the world. You can enjoy a high-quality moment with traditional Japanese cuisine, refined cuisine and heartwarming Japanese hospitality.
Intercontinental Tokyo Bay Hotel
1-16-2 Kaigan, Minato-ku, Tokyo
You can enjoy the best time with the view in the high quality space of Tokyo Bay side overlooking the Rainbow Bridge and Sumida River. It is a convenient location for leisure and business and is ideal for shopping in Ginza.
Hilton Tokyo Odaiba
1-9-1 Daiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Located on the waterfront in Tokyo, this hotel offers panoramic ocean views. An outdoor whirlpool with a great view opens up an open space such as the Hermitage Spa TOKYO and the terrace seat of the restaurant where the sea breeze is felt. All rooms have balconies with breathtaking, beautifully sparkling Tokyo skyline and Tokyo Tower and Rainbow Bridge.
The 1948 Shiba Park Hotel was established in the quiet Shiba-Daimon area near the Tokyo Tower and the family temple of the Tokugawa family. While traveling to Tokyo, we would like you to stay in your own home. We welcome customers from all over the world with our philosophy of "ascertain the way to entertain people."
Shinagawa Prince Hotel
4-10-30 Takanawa, Minato-ku, Tokyo
In addition to the 3560 rooms, the entertainment town is beyond the boundaries of the hotel, including banquet halls and restaurants, as well as entertainment facilities such as Maxell Aqua Park Shinagawa, cinema and bowling center. Not to mention lodging and a meal, it is recommended as a spot to play without worrying about the rain near the station.
Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa
3-13-1 Takanawa, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Convention Hotel with a large banquet hall and about 900 rooms. All rooms have a balcony and the club lounge with Terrace is reopened in December 2018. (only for club floor users of 16f and 15f.) The hotel offers a variety of restaurants, including buffet, Japanese and Chinese cuisine, lounges and bars.
This historic hotel has a Japan garden of approximately 20,000 m². In the spring, about 210 cherry blossoms are bloom in the garden. The hotel has 16 ryokan "Takanawa Hanakaji Road", where you can spend special time in the tea room in the garden or in the private lounge or spa.
Grand Nikko Tokyo Daiba
The Urban resort hotel is also well-located for sightseeing and shopping in Odaiba, with access from downtown and Haneda. The rooms and restaurants on the higher floors overlook Tokyo Tower and the Rainbow Bridge, offering panoramic views of Tokyo from the sky.
Shinagawa is the city that attracts attention as a new base in Tokyo. Featuring a fusion of hotels and entertainment, the 3,588 rooms and entertainment venues, including cinema and bowling, also have an Epson Shinagawa Aqua Stadium with aquariums and attractions. A new hotel stay is realized.
Hotel The Celestine Tokyo Shiba
3-23-1 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo
The hotel is a quiet atmosphere, called "an adult Hideaway". Relax in the lobby lounge where you can enjoy a relaxing tea time. In addition, the restaurant serves dishes made with Kagoshima ingredients as a hotel located on the site of the Satsuma clan.
remm Roppongi
7-14-4 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo Remm Roppongi Building
In the City That Never Sleeps, come and enjoy a quality night’s sleep at Hotel remm Roppongi.
Grand Hyatt Tokyo
6-10-3 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Grand Hyatt Tokyo is a luxury hotel located in Roppongi, Tokyo, an international cultural city with state-of-the-art information and products. This lifestyle destination hotel is a global and dynamic place where you can experience a variety of experiences in Japan and overseas. Located in Roppongi Hills, Roppongi," a landmark in Roppongi, with more than 200 shops, restaurants, cinemas, museums and observation decks, it features 10 restaurants and bars. Available languages: English
Akasaka Kaikan, Toyama Prefecture
7-5-51, Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo
There is a bustling area near Tamachi, Shin-Suji, and Ichiki-dori, and you can easily go to the surrounding spots such as Harajuku and Aoyama if you take a short walk.
Shinagawa Tobu Hotel
4-7-6 Takanawa, Minato-ku, Tokyo
The hotel is perfect for business in a convenient location and quiet room. 5 minutes walk from Shinagawa station on the JR line.
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A Common Committee between the Ministry of Higher Education, and the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology of Islamic Republic of Iran has made
In the aim at enhancing the academic and scientific relationships and following the process of fulfilling the contracts between the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of KRG and Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology of Islamic Republic of Iran, a delegate from Islamic Republic of Iran Consulate of Erbil visited the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. Right after discussion about the relationship between them, they made a common committee to carry out the contract between both sides.
Today, Monday, 8/8/2016, Dr. Yusuf Goran, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research welcomed Murtaza Abadi, the General Consulate of Islamic Republic of Iran in Erbil and a delegate from the consulate. In the meeting, Dr. Amanj, the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research’s advisor, Dr. Muhamad Kalary, the director of the foreign affairs at the ministry were present.
The general consulate of Iran in Erbil mentioned the improvement of the relationship between both sides and showed his happiness to the visit of the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of KRG to Islamic Republic of Iran and their universities. In another part of the meeting, the general consulate of Islamic Republic of Iran pointed to the points and detail of the contract and said, “The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Universities wish to step up to fulfil the points of the contract.” He also said that Islamic Republic’s Universities have shown their readiness to open a Persian department at Sulaimani University in coordination of a staff of lecturers and two seats of PhD has been dedicated to Salahaddin University, as well.”
In another part of the meeting, Dr. Yusuf Goran, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research after skimming back of his visit to Islamic Republic of Iran said, “Our visit to Islamic Republic of Iran was so successful in which numbers of contract were signed. Now the majority of the contracts have been fulfilling and asked universities to visit Kurdistan Region and open their branches at the Kurdistan Region’s Universities.
In another part of the meeting and based on a suggestion of Dr. Yusuf Goran, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, there was made a common committee between both sides to follow their tasks and carrying out the points of the contract in a better way.
In the meeting also, the general consulate of Islamic Republic of Iran gave the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research some scientific books as gift. He also suggested having vocational university to the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and opening a branch at one of the Kurdistan Region Universities to study vocational studies.
At the end of the meeting, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research said, “We thank your visit and your attention to the contract between both of us.” He also said, “We had seen the capacity of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Universities especially in the aspect of medicine, vocational, and technology. The instruction of the KRG prime minister and his deputy is emphasizing on tying the relationship between both of us.” He also said, “These types of contracts are the initiation of our works and we will be able to do more better works in the future.”


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Images Alleging To Show Xiaomi Redmi 5 Crop Up Online
By Daniel Golightly
A device suspected to be Xiaomi's Redmi 5 has allegedly leaked out via photos online. As with most leaked smartphone photos, the images themselves aren't exactly clear and definitely don't have the appearance of having been taken professionally. There are also some stark differences between earlier leaks and reports about the Xiaomi Redmi 5 and the uploaded images. That certainly doesn't mean that nothing can be gleaned from them but it is worth bearing in mind that this may not actually be the smartphone fans of the series have been waiting for.
First and foremost, there appear to be several big differences between the device pictured in the images and the device which surfaced on TENAA back in February – which was also suspected to be the Redmi 5. Perhaps most notably, the earlier leak purported that Xiaomi's next budget smartphone would sport a full-metal body at the back. In the newly released images, the device appears to be formed from plastics. Moreover, one of the leaked images is of internally stored information about the device and shows it to be powered by an ARM processor clocked at 2 GHz. The TENAA listing, on the other hand, touted a processor clocked much lower at 1.4 GHz. From the newly uploaded images, there is also no sign of the expected rear fingerprint sensor and a front sensor or flash also appears to be absent. There are some similarities between the two conflicting devices, as well. While it's impossible to determine the size of the device pictured, it does look like it could be in the right range – at five inches. The front capacitive buttons are also present, as they should be if earlier reports about Xiaomi's up-and-coming device are to be believed.
The differences between the device in the photos and the earlier report out of the TENAA are not small, by any means. While it can't be said with any surety which is the real deal, it's also possible that neither device from the two reports is actually the Redmi 5. Worse still, any or all of the previous leaks could have contained inaccurate information due to the nature of leaks. There is really no way of determining whether or not the latest images are of Xiaomi's Redmi 5 until the device gets an official unveiling.
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From Dún Síon to Croke Park – the autobiography of Micheál Ó’Muircheartaigh
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From Dún Síon to Croke Park is the autobiography of Ireland’s best-known sports commentator, Micheál Ó’Muircheartaigh. He has been commentating on Gaelic games for over 50 years and his voice is instantly recognisable to anyone with even a passing interest in the GAA [Gaelic Athletics Association]. This book tells his life story, from his birth in the Kerry Gaeltacht in August 1930 up to the present day.
Born Michael Moriarty, he attended secondary school at Coláiste Íosagáinin Cork, where he indulged his other great passion, the Irish language. At this point, he switched to the Irish version of his name, by which we all know him today.
His book could just as easily be titled ‘A chat with Micheál Ó’Muircheartaigh’ , his writing style is that similar to his speech. His stories pour out in an easy rambling fashion, much like the flow of a conversation from one topic to the next. He progresses at a rapid pace through his earlier years, and is more inclined to dwell on more recent times, which is possibly a weakness in the book.
Putting the GAA interest to one side, it is reasonable to guess that someone who was born in 1930 and lived through such changing times in Ireland would have interesting if not valuable insights into life at that time. It would seem to be an ideal stage for a natural storyteller like O’Muircheartaigh. A more detailed description of his childhood and early youth would have added a great deal to the book, and we could probably have survived with one less greyhound story to make room?
He could also have gone into a lot more detail in his wish list for the GAA, which he outlines in the closing pages. For example, the writer suggests that the GAA needs to take a stronger stance against alcohol abuse, but does not elaborate. He says they should do more to promote the Irish language, but doesn?t make any specific suggestions. He has a captive audience, but chooses not to take advantage of this circumstance to make his points more clearly. This is unfortunate. Any man who has seen as many games and been as closely involved in the GAA as he has, should by his very nature be worth listening to and should have many valuable contributions to make.
To get the other negative point out of the way, the book is not exciting. Rightly or wrongly, we think of Micheál Ó’Muircheartaigh as a man who can broadcast on the sending of a postcard, and have his listeners hanging on desperately to hear in which corner the stamp is to be placed. This is his gift: an ability to transmit a sense of excitement and enthusiasm for whatever he is watching, over the airwaves.
It is not an ability that necessarily translates to the written word. Raymond Smith, Paul Kimmage, Tom Humphries and Con Houlihan are just some of the writers who can make an event seem more exciting on paper than Micheál Ó’Muircheartaigh can. Their words can convey the beauty of seeing a footballer kicking a point from the sideline, 50 metres out from goal, or the elegance of a hurler pulling overhead on a low-flying sliotar, and sending it hurtling to the back of the net. Of course this is not a fair comparison, as these other men are all full-time print journalists. We’re not fair though, and Ó’Muircheartaigh’s outstanding success in his chosen field (where he outshines everyone else) leads us to these unrealistic expectations.
For all that, From Dún Síon to Croke Parkis a very enjoyable read. The author has a clear sharp memory and his account of All-Irelands past is fun to read. His vivid recollections bring back memories and will no doubt spawn several “do you remember when Player X scored that goal for County Y?” conversations in pubs all over Ireland. He is modest too, and points out more than once that he is merely relaying the great deeds of others, not performing them himself.
He covers a massive amount of games in considerable detail. He steps outside his GAA boundaries and tells us of trips to Ryder Cups, horse races, and of course dog races. Micheál Ó’Muircheartaigh conveys details as one might remember directions to the local shop. While this leads to the problem outlined above, there is no sense that he is trying to impress. He is not being arrogant, boasting about his amazing powers of recollection. Neither is he name-dropping, despite a copious volume of names to drop. He is merely telling stories about people who happen to be famous for certain things.
Ó’Muircheartaigh’s easy-going sense of humour comes across clearly in his book. Not that he indulges in telling jokes as such, but in the self-deprecating tales he tells, such as the story of the time he drove to Dundalk in the snow to put money on a couple of greyhounds, or even his account of how he first came to work for RTE [Radio Telefis Eireann -Ireland’s State broadcaster]. Each candidate was to be tested on his ability to commentate for radio. To make the test more accurate, the examiners were locked away and could not see the actual game. Young Micheál quickly realised that he only knew one player from either team, but knew him (and his friends, family, club etc) quite well. Abandoning the reality on the pitch, he proceeded to ad-lib the commentary and build the whole game around this one player, making him the focal point for all the action.
If you are not a fan of Gaelic games, this book will not convert you. At €35 for the hardback edition, neither is it a bargain. On the other hand, if you follow Gaelic games then you will most likely get something from this book. It won’t be a thrilling edge-of-the-seat account of one game after another; it won’t be a detailed memoir of life in Ireland through the last 70 years; it won’t be a behind the scenes look at life as a broadcast journalist. It will be an enjoyable read; it will be accurate; it will be amusing, interesting and entertaining. It will be a few hours spent chatting with Micheál Ó’Muircheartaigh. That should be enough.
All commentators have their quota of humourous remarks. The following is a selection of some of Micheá¬ Ó’Muircheartaigh?s more colourful moments on air:
?In the first half they played with the wind. In the second half they played with the ball.?
?… and Brian Dooher is down injured. And while he is, I’ll tell ye a little story. I was in Times’ Square in New York last week, and I was missing the Championship back home. So I approached a newsstand and I said ‘I suppose ye wouldn’t have the Kerryman (Paper) would ye?’ To which, the Egyptian behind the counter turned to me and he said ‘do you want the North Kerry edition or the South Kerry edition?’… he had both…so I bought both. And Dooher is back on his feet…?
?Anthony Lynch, the Cork corner back, will be the last person to let you down ? his people are undertakers.?
?I saw a few Sligo people at Mass in Gardiner street this morning and the omens seem to be good for them, the priest was wearing the same colours as the Sligo jersey! 40 yards out on the Hogan stand side of the field Ciaran Whelan goes on a rampage, it’s a goal. So much for
religion.?
?Colin Corkery on the 45 lets go with the right boot. It?s over the bar. This man shouldn’t be playing football. He’s made an almost Lazarus-like recovery from a heart condition. Lazarus was a great man but he couldn’t kick points like Colin Corkery.”
?1-5 to 0-8.. well from Lapland to the Antarctic, that’s level scores in any man’s language.?
?Teddy looks at the ball, the ball looks at Teddy?
?He grabs the sliotar, he’s on the 50…… he’s on the 40…. he’s on the 30………. he’s on the ground?
?Pat Fox out to the 40 and grabs the sliothar, I bought a dog from his father last week. Fox turns and sprints for goal. the dog ran a great race last Tuesday in Limerick. Fox to the 21 fires a shot, it goes to the left and wide….. and the dog lost as well.?
?Sean Og O Hailpin…. his father’s from Fermanagh, his mother’s from Fiji, neither a hurling stronghold.?
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VEOLIA CROWNED AT PRINCES FACTORY
Veolia Water Technologies will supply a new anaerobic treatment plant and associated biogas treatment system to the largest food production site operated by international food and drink group Princes.
(Photo is not of Princes site but is an example of another anearobic treatment plant)
The landmark project was signed into action on 1st July 2019, with Veolia Water Technologies scheduled to finish the commissioning by 2020. The parties developed a strong working relationship, which is helping ensure the project stays on track. Further opportunities have been identified to continue improving aerobic plant operations on-site, after the initial installation is complete.
Speaking on the project, Rob James, Factory Manager at Princes commented: “We’re delighted to have started work with Veolia Water Technologies and look forward to seeing its new anaerobic digestion plant and associated biogas treatment commissioned at our Long Sutton site. The tender process during this project was highly competitive, but Veolia Water Technologies’ innovative Biothane Advanced Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) solution set it apart from other competitors. We have developed a strong relationship with the company’s team and look forward to working with them towards our target commissioning date.”
To meet the client’s needs, Veolia Water Technologies worked with its internal techno centre, Biothane. The company is one of the world’s leading companies in the field of biological treatment of industrial wastewater and biogas with more than 40 years of experience. Biothane’s technical expertise and its position within the Veolia Water Technologies organisation made it the ideal partner for planning a much-improved anaerobic digestion system. Together, the team worked to craft a solution bespoke to Princes’ needs.
The site, which is located in Long Sutton will be fitted with the third generation of UASB technology. The Biothane Advanced UASB process maximises the conversion of the organic contamination in the production effluent to biogas. The biogas produced will serve as a source of energy for the production site. The plant capacity is able to produce approx. 20,000 MWh per annum of gross calorific value. This corresponds with an approximate annual average gas consumption of 1700 UK households. The effluent water produced is of high quality and will, after final treatment, be discharged to river.
Speaking on the project, Simon Emms, Business Development Manager at Veolia Water Technologies commented: “It’s great to have been awarded this contract. Together with Biothane, we have devised an innovative concept that will deliver real benefits to Princes. Our expertise in the technologies and services, as well as our commitment to supporting the customer through their buying journey made us the obvious choice. We’re really excited to deliver the project and can’t wait to start looking at future opportunities.”
For more information about Veolia Water Technologies, please visit: www.veoliawatertechnologies.com. For more information about Biothane, please visit: www.biothane.com.


MANCASS News and Programme 2013-14
New publications from the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies:
- Nicholas J. Higham and Martin Ryan, The Anglo-Saxon World, London, Yale University Press, 2013.
- Nicholas J. Higham ed., Wilfrid: Abbot, Bishop, Saint, Donington, Shaun Tyas, 2013.
- Gale R. Owen-Crocker and Brian W. Schneider, ed., Royal Authority in Anglo-Saxon England, Oxford, Archaeopress, BAR British Series 584, 2013.
- Gale R. Owen-Crocker and Brian W. Schneider, ed., Kingship, Legislation and Power in Anglo-Saxon England, Publications of the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies Volume 13, Woodbridge, Boydell, 2013.
Talks and conferences 2013-14
After ordinary meetings members are welcome to join the Director and the speaker for dinner at their own expense.
5pm, Samuel Alexander Building Room S. 1.7
Dr Rory Naismith, of the University of Cambridge, will speak on ‘The Forum Hoard of Anglo-Saxon Coins’
5pm, room to be announced
Dr Susan Youngs, formerly of the British Museum, will speak on ‘The Prince and the Hanging-bowl: the British presence at Prittlewell’
Dr David Woodman, of the University of Cambridge, will speak on ‘The writing of history in twelfth-century Worcester’
Monday 3 March 2014: The Toller Lecture
Professor John Hines, University of Cardiff, will speak on ‘A new chronology and new agenda: the problematic sixth century’ exploring the issues raised by the recent high-precision radio-carbon dating project; 6pm, in the Historic Reading Room, John Rylands Library Deansgate, followed by a free wine reception, followed by dinner at Pesto, Deansgate (about £25 per person). If you wish to attend the post-lecture dinner please book by Monday 24 Feb 2013 with Gale Owen-Crocker.
Thursday 3 April 2014: Joint meeting of MANCASS and the Manchester Medieval Society
Dr Kevin Leahy, of the Portable Antiquities Scheme, will speak on ‘The Staffordshire Hoard’; 6pm in the Historic Reading Room, John Rylands Library Deansgate. If you wish to attend the post-lecture dinner please book by Thursday 27 March 2014 with Susan Thompson.
The MANCASS Easter Conference on ‘Womanhood in Anglo-Saxon England’ will take place at Hulme Hall, The University of Manchester. The Conference will be directed by Professor Gale R. Owen-Crocker, The University of Manchester, in association with Dr Charles Insley, The University of Manchester, and Dr Christine Rauer, University of St Andrews. Offers of 20 minute papers should be submitted, with a short abstract, to Gale Owen-Crocker by 30 November 2013. Registration enquiries should be directed to Brian Schneider.
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CFP: The Medieval Chronicle - Die Mittelalterliche Chronik - La Chronique au Moyen Age
Seventh International Conference
7th-10th July 2014
The Liverpool Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at The University of Liverpool is delighted to announce that the Seventh International Conference on the Medieval Chronicle will take place at the University of Liverpool, 7th–10th July 2014.
Keynote speakers include: Professor Pauline Stafford (University of Liverpool), Professor Anne D. Hedeman (University of Kansas), Professor Marcus G. Bull (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), and Professor Christopher Young and Dr Mark Chinca (University of Cambridge).
The aim of the seventh conference is to follow the broad outline of the previous six conferences, allowing scholars who work on different aspects of the medieval chronicle (historical, literary, art-historical) to meet, announce new findings and projects, present new methodologies, and discuss the prospects for collaborative research.
The main themes of the conference are:
1. Chronicle: history or literature?
The chronicle as a historiographical and/or literary genre; genre identification; genre confusion and genre influence; typologies of chronicle; classification; conventions (historiographical, literary or otherwise) and topoi.
2. The function of the chronicle
The function of chronicles in society; contexts historical, literary and social; patronage; reception of the text(s); literacy; orality; performance.
3. The form of the chronicle
The language(s) of the chronicle; inter-relationships of chronicles in multiple languages; prose and/or verse chronicles; manuscript traditions and dissemination; the arrangement of the text.
4. The chronicle and the representation of the past
How chronicles record the past; the relationship with ‘time’; how the reality of the past is encapsulated in the literary form of the chronicle; how chronicles explain the past; motivations given to historical actors; the role of the Divine.
5. Art and Text in the chronicle
How art functions in manuscripts of chronicles; do manuscript illuminations illustrate the texts or do they provide a different discourse that amplifies, re-enforces or contradicts the verbal text; origin and production of illuminations; relationships between author(s), scribe(s) and illuminator(s).
Papers in English, French or German are invited on any aspect of Medieval Chronicle. Papers will be allocated to sections to give coherence and contrast; authors should identify the main theme to which their paper relates. Papers read at the conference will be strictly limited to twenty (20) minutes in length. The deadline for abstracts is Monday 21 October 2013 (maximum length one (1) side A4 paper, including bibliography). Please email your abstract to the conference organisers.
The conference will take place on the south campus of the University of Liverpool, near the centre of Liverpool, Merseyside, UK. Liverpool has its own airport – Liverpool John Lennon Airport – with connections to many European cities. Travel through Manchester Airport (which has direct train connections to Liverpool) is also possible. Accommodation will be in Vine Court, newly built en-suite accommodation on the South Campus, fifteenth minutes walk from the centre of Liverpool and Lime Street Station. A variety of guest houses and hotels (at a range of prices) are similarly available near the university.
Additional information about costs, accommodation, travel and registration will be provided shortly on a dedicated conference website.
For further information please contact the organisers.
Dr Godfried Croenen
School of Cultures, Languages & Area Studies
Liverpool, Merseyside,
L69 7ZR, UK
Dr Sarah Peverley
Dr Damien Kempf
L69 7WZ, UK
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CFP: Fighting Dragons and Monsters: Heroic Mythology
The International Association for Comparative Mythology 8th Annual Conference
National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia
Yerevan, Armenia
We are happy to announce that the 8th Annual Conference of the International Association for Comparative Mythology is to be held at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia (Yerevan, Armenia) from May 24 to May 26, 2014. All members are warmly invited to give a paper and to participate in the discussions.
Our topic (as well as the conference title) this year will be: Fighting Dragons and Monsters: Heroic Mythology.
The main focus this time will be on the Indo–European, Ancient Near Eastern, and the Caucasus mythology; however, papers about mythology of other regions of the world that conform to the conference topic are also welcome.
A list of prospective talks will be published on our website. Please take note of the following:
Please send us the title of your paper as soon as possible. That will substantially facilitate planning.
By January 15, 2014, please send, if you intend to participate, a short (300 words or less) abstract of your talk to this address. The abstracts will be reviewed by a selection committee; the selected abstracts will be published on our website.
Paper Length
The expected paper length is 20 minutes plus 10 minutes discussion.
The language of the conference is English.
Conference fee for the participants from North America, Australia, the EU, and Northeast Asia is $50, which will cover the conference dinner and reception. Students from the aforementioned countries and participants from other regions can participate for a reduced fee – $10. For the payment options please see below.
Also, those of you who are not yet official members of IACM, please consider joining the association! The yearly fee is $35 (it is $10 for students and members from countries outside North America, Australia, the EU, and Northeast Asia).
Labels: CFP, conference, IACM, monsters, myths
CFP: Late Medieval Court Records
IMC Leeds 7-10 Jul 2014
From the twelfth century on, public courts and the institutionalized legal process obtained a prominent profile in many parts of Europe. Legal authorities and litigants increasingly strove to record and thus shape the legal process through documenting their activities. The sources they produced, grouped together under the term ‘court records’, form a true goldmine for historians. They throw light on historical events and processes that are otherwise difficult if not impossible to access, from legal procedures to daily life and language, to cosmology. Small wonder that some of the most important works on premodern history, like Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie’s Montaillou and Carlo Ginzburg’s The Cheese and the Worms, have drawn extensively on this type of source.
Yet these sources are not without difficulties for the historian using them. Not only are they often relatively hard to access, requiring extensive palaeographical and linguistic skills, but the information contained in them is seldom straightforward. Court records often purport to contain more than they do, and usually contain more than they seem to do. They are not only very rich but also very challenging sources.
That is why we think it valuable to make this historical source, the court record, the focus of a strand of sessions at the twentieth International Medieval Congress in Leeds from 7-10 July 2014. We hope to gather scholars from different regions to compare and discuss the great variety of records produced by law courts in the later medieval period, as well as the practical and methodological issues connected to their study. The idea of this IMC strand is to form a basis for further discussion and cooperation between early career researchers working with late medieval court records in the future.
We therefore invite proposals from current postgraduate, postdoctoral and other early career researchers in History and any other relevant subject area, for papers of 20 minutes on the topic of late medieval court records. Abstracts must be 200 words maximum. The proposals must include name, institution, contact information, paper title and abstract.
Possible topics for papers include but are not limited to:
• Methodology of court records
• Gendering court records
• Court records and the legal process
• Court records and urban society
• The voice of the ‘common man’ in court records
• Court records and social/religious deviancy
• The comparative approach of court records
• Court records and legal/social/political conflict
Proposals are to be sent to Frans Camphuijsen by September 22nd 2013.
Panel convenors: Sarah Crawford (University of Sydney), James Page (University of St. Andrews) and Frans Camphuijsen (University of Amsterdam)
Labels: CFP, court records, Leeds IMC, medieval culture
CFP: "Horror" - 35th Annual Conference of the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association (SWPACA)
Hyatt Regency Hotel & Conference Center
The area chair for Horror of the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association invites all interested scholars to submit papers on any aspect of horror in literature, film, television, digital and online as well as general culture. Given the strong showing of work on horror cinema in recent years, we hope to continue this tradition, but also to diversify into new and unconventional areas, especially with the addition of roundtable sessions on a variety of popular topics.
Particularly encouraged are presentations that fit this year’s conference theme, "Popular and American Culture Studies: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow."
If you are interested in being a presenter, please send a detailed abstract (300-400 words) for a paper of 15 to 20 minutes reading time. Please provide contact information, such as name, mailing address, phone number, and especially e-mail address.
If you want to propose a panel of four speakers, or three speakers and one respondent, please include the following information: panel title; name and contact information of the panel chair; an abstract for each paper; contact information for each presenter.
The deadline for submissions is November 1, 2013.
For information about the registration process, registration fees, membership, graduate student awards and course credits, and information about travel and location, please consult the SWPACA's official web site.
Please submit abstracts and panel proposals at the conference website.
Labels: CFP, conference, horror, popular culture, SWPACA
CFP: The Geographic Imagination: Conceptualizing Places and Spaces in the Middle Ages
2nd Annual Indiana Medieval Graduate Student Consortium Conference
Keynote Speaker: Professor Geraldine Heng
Perceval Fellow and Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, with a joint appointment in Middle Eastern studies and Women’s studies at the University of Texas at Austin
The students of the Indiana Medieval Graduate Student Consortium (IMGC) are pleased to announce that we are accepting submissions for the second annual IMGC conference, 'The Geographic Imagination: Conceptualizing Places and Spaces in the Middle Ages', to take place on 28 Feb-1 Mar 2014 at the University of Notre Dame.
The transnational turn in the humanities over the last two decades has put increasing pressure on our ideas of nationhood and has provided us with a liberating awareness of the constructedness of the spaces we study. New methodologies have developed in response to this pressure as scholars turn to comparative approaches, borderland studies, histoire croisée, studies of empire, and oceanic models in order to accommodate the ambiguities of nationhood and of conceptions of space. Suggested by seminal transnational studies, such as Paul Gilroy’s The Black Atlantic, many critics now study “the flows of people, capital, profits and information.” Recently, David Wallace’s ambitious literary history of Europe has adopted a similarly fluid approach to culture, avoiding a study of “national blocks” of literature, organizing itself instead along transnational itineraries that stretch beyond the European sphere. The Middle Ages offer a particularly broad and rich era in which to encounter fluid notions of space, as any glance at a medieval map such as the famous Hereford mappa mundi invitingly suggests. We invite presentations from all fields to explore any aspect of the medieval “geographic imagination,” of conceptions of space, place, and nation: ideas of geography, cartography, transnational identities and networks, intercultural encounters, mercantile routes, travelogues, rural and urban spaces, religious places, and concepts of locality and local identities.
The IMGC is delighted to announce that our keynote speaker this year will be Dr Geraldine Heng, well known to many of us for her exhaustive and provocative study of medieval romance, Empire of Magic, and her subsequent work on race in the Middle Ages.
Please submit a 300 word abstract for a 15-20 minute paper by 15 Dec, 2013 on the conference website. Proposals should include the title of the paper, presenter's name, institutional and departmental affiliation, and any technology requests.
This conference is generously sponsored by the Nanovic Institute for European Studies. The Nanovic Institute is committed to enriching the intellectual culture of Notre Dame by creating an integrated, interdisciplinary home for students and faculty to explore the evolving ideas, cultures, beliefs, and institutions that shape Europe today.
Labels: CFP, conference, medieval culture, medieval literature, medieval romance, place, postgraduate, space
Dress and Textile Discussion Group (University of Manchester)
Programme for 2013-14
Where: TBC – please see reminders
Dr Brenda King: Stitch and Stone. The Leek Embroidery Society and its collaboration with Gothic Revival Architects
Alexandra Lester-Makin: The Kempston Embroidery Revisited
Dr John Peter Wild: Cotton - the New Wool. A Developing Tale from Roman Egypt
Dr Chris Monk: Divine Clothing: Adorning God and the Patriarchs in the Rylands Bible Historiée
Thursday 1st May 2014
Dr Elizabeth Coatsworth: Mrs Christie and English Medieval Embroidery
For more information, please contact Alexandra Lester-Makin.
Labels: medieval culture, medieval literature, textiles, University of Manchester
Review: House of Fear, ed. by Jonathan Oliver (Solaris, 2011)
Published in 2011, House of Fear is an anthology of haunted house short stories, edited by Jonathan Oliver and featuring stories by writers such as Adam Nevill, Sarah Pinborough and Christopher Priest. I picked those three names at random, as the collection’s contents page is an impressive list of well-established UK horror writers (and a couple of American cousins), with a small number of new voices being introduced alongside.
I was asked to review this book for another site I write for, but as that review will be somewhat brief, I thought I’d write a longer post here so I can talk in a bit more detail about the collection. This book definitely deserves the additional space.
The theme (or setting or motif – depending on the way it has been interpreted) that organizes House of Fear is the haunted house. Each of the nineteen stories features a ‘house’ of some description (though ‘home’ is probably a more accurate term), and each one presents a ‘haunting’ of sorts. It wouldn’t be fair to describe House of Fear as a book of ghost stories, however, as ‘haunting’ is to be understood in its widest sense. That said, there are a fair few ghosts within the pages.
The book as a whole is excellent. The editor has done a fantastic job in putting the collection together – in terms of both selection and organization – and Oliver’s introductions to each story are complimentary without being cloying. It’s also nice to read a short story collection with a consistently high standard of writing. There are no weak links in House of Fear, no stories being held up by their more secure and accomplished neighbours. So, when I talk about the high points in the rest of the review, I’m referring to my own personal taste as a reader.
The collection opens with Lisa Tuttle’s excellent ‘Objects in Dreams may be Closer than they Appear’, which sets up expectations for the rest of the collection. Tuttle’s bittersweet tale of a divorced couple’s return to a house they almost bought at the beginning of their marriage begins with a semi-nostalgia laced with rational reflection, before drawing the reader (as the narrator herself is drawn) into an unsettling, obsessive hunt for something just out of reach. The chilling ending packs a real punch. Tuttle’s story is followed by Steven Volk’s ‘Pied-à-terre’ which is a quite different sort of story with a quite different sort of punch – I’ll admit I welled up a bit when I realized what was happening in Volk’s very moving tale. It is a mark of Volk’s talent as a writer that he was able to handle (avoiding spoilers) such emotional material without sentimentalizing or becoming mawkish.
Of the other stories in the collection, Adam Nevill’s ‘Florrie’ and Jonathan Green’s ‘The Doll’s House’ were particularly favourites, though Rebecca Levene’s ‘The Windmill’ was also fantastic. Nevill’s tale of a young man moving into a house made vacant by the death of its elderly owner was perfectly paced and a deft study in tension-building. This story resonated with me, as, like Nevill’s protagonist, my house previously belonged to an old lady who had lived in it her entire adult life. And, like Nevill’s protagonist, I found that the previous owner’s family had simply abandoned her furniture (and some personal belongings) after the house was sold. I am happy to be able to say that’s where the similarities end, as Nevill’s tale is an off-beat horror which (as good horror should) makes you smile just before it terrifies you.
Green’s story should be given to all aspiring writers trying desperately to come up with the perfect ‘idea’, the plot that is so original it will blow their readers’ minds, because ‘The Doll’s House’ is a beautiful example of why that doesn’t matter. A story of the return of a creepy doll’s house is hardly a mind-blowingly original idea, but Green brings his characters (and the house itself) to life with skill and a light touch. In Green’s hands, the familiarity of the story’s basic premise is transformed into a fresh and compelling piece of writing. And the ending is exquisite (at least, it is for those of us who like our horror shocking).
‘The Windmill’ is one of several stories in the collection that reinterpret the haunted house by widening an understanding of ‘home’, and the places in which we might temporarily reside. Levene’s protagonist is a drug dealer serving a prison sentence. With a limited view from his cell, Lee is able to watch a windmill that he knows from his time outside. Unrepentant, Lee is determined to continue dealing from within the prison, but things don’t work out quite the way he planned. Levene mixes down-to-earth realism with a growing sense of the supernatural to produce a story filled with creeping dread.
One final mention (as I don’t have the space here to go through each story in detail) is Christopher Fowler’s ‘An Injustice’. Fowler’s tale begins with a group of student ghost-hunters – as misguided, opinionated and naïve as that sounds – but evolves into something quite different, and really unexpected. Of all the stories in the book, this is the one that genuinely ‘haunted’ me. I was reading the book one story at a time in between shifts and bands at a music festival, which gave me a great opportunity to compare how long each one lingered in my imagination after I’d finished it. Fowler’s easily won – the final ‘reveal’ just doesn’t go away.
As I said, these stories were particular favourites, but the others stories in the collection are all strong. If I had to make criticisms, I found Christopher Priest’s ‘Widow’s Weeds’ a little disappointing. Priest returns to the figure of the professional magician, so a comparison with The Prestige is inevitable. I didn’t feel ‘Widow’s Weeds’ had the intrigue or narrative power of the earlier novel, and the characterization (even allowing for the restrictions of form) was underdeveloped.
Robert Shearman’s ‘The Dark Space in the House in the House in the Garden at the Centre of the World’ also left me a little underwhelmed. A clever premise – which is almost impossible to sum up without ruining the story – promised to be ‘an unusual story of a house in a garden and how people within that house find out what it is to be human’ (in Oliver’s words). The problem for me was that there was little outside of the premise, and while this was indeed unusual and clever, it wasn’t quite enough to sustain my interest.
Nevertheless, as I said, this is a matter of personal taste. I admit I can be quite traditional in my reading tastes, and usually gravitate towards strong plots and well-developed characterization. On the whole, House of Fear delivered this, as well as a few good doses of horror (of differing types).
So, overall, a resounding recommendation. This is a must-read for horror fans. I would go as far as to say – aside from the collections I have edited, of course – this is my favourite short story anthology of recent years.
For more information about House of Fear, please check out the publishers’ website.
Labels: ghosts, haunted house, horror, house of fear, jonathan oliver, reviews, short stories, solaris
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OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA — WHO EVER HE IS — 1
“Buhari Administration Mid-Term Fact Sheet.” Advertisement in
PUNCH, June 6, 2017, pages 29-32.
The four paged advertisement was not signed by anybody or Ministry or the Presidency. The shameless purveyors of a great deal of the half-truths and outright falsehoods in the narrative could not summon the courage to claim responsibility for it. But, given my close study of this particular government, it bears all the finger prints of two people – the first is a Federal Minister; the second is a Senior Special Adviser to a very, very, very top official of Buhari’s government. The last time the President or Head of State of Nigeria was served by such individuals who have no regard for truth was during the Abacha regime. That horrible government had a Senior Special Adviser, Wada Nas, who was nicknamed by me as Wada Nasty. It also had a Minister of Information, who could not distinguish between lai and falsehood. For Abacha’s “dandy duo”, two plus two could be four or any other figure that was in the government’s interest. Buhari has his own now.
The reason for this open letter to the President is simple. The Presidency has done itself irreparable damage, irrespective of whether it was Buhari or Osinbajo who authorized the publication of that advert. It is so abysmally devoid of anything resembling information, while at the same time representing amateurish propaganda as to be disclaimed by anybody expecting our regard as the nation’s leader. The opening paragraph betrayed the intention to deceive. Under the heading Growth in Agriculture and Solid Minerals, it claimed as follows:
“The number of sub-sectors of the economy experiencing negative growth has almost halved; falling from 29 sub-sectors for the whole of 2016 to 16 in Q1 2017. Growth in manufacturing has returned to positive territory after five quarters of negative growth. It grew by 1.36% in Q1 after falling to 7.0% in Q1 2016.”
There was no preamble; no overall summary of the economic situation and trends in the two years under review. Readers were not told what the targets were and the actual achievements for the period under review or for the last full year, 2016, when Buhari was in charge.
Only discernible readers of that nonsense quoted above would realize that the inept defenders of the Buhari administration had just partly confessed the economic disaster of the last two years. Manufacturing was down 7% in Q1 of 2016 – after seven months of Buhari stewardship. It went down even more in Q2-4 of 2016. But, the report deliberately failed to mention that. The authors of this atrocious report even missed the implication of a mere 1.36% growth after falling more than 7% in previous quarters – manufacturing is still well below where Buhari found it in 2015! That is a fact they want us to ignore.
“Every government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.” (I.F.Stone, US Journalist, 1929).
As an under graduate in the university in the US, I was shocked when reading an article, in 1965, in the Boston Globe, the largest selling paper in New England zone of the US and I.F. Stone’s remark was quoted. Growing up in Nigeria, top government officials – Governors, Ministers etc – were presumed to be decent people who would not deliberately deceive the people they govern. It was incredible to me that, there in God’s Own Country, governments could be run by liars. Today, I know too well that Stone was right; that the last group of people to trust absolutely is those in any government. I have learnt that eternal vigilance is essential if people are not going to be misled by the compulsive liars running all governments. Buhari administration with very little to show for two years in office and sending out this report has just reinforced that belief that you can’t trust these people anymore.
Instead of providing a standard report which would highlight various aspects of the economic performance, the propagandists went for selection. They presented what they though would portray success where there was none and they relied more on the 2017 achievements, instead of providing report covering the two years of Buhari.
It is an established fact that Buhari came into office in May 29, 2015, and unlike other Presidents in history set a record of five months before appointing the Ministers who were to assist him to manage the economy. Sycophants praised him for what was a serious blunder – especially for a President who self-admittedly knows little about economics. The fate of Nigeria was thus left in the hands of civil servants in the first seven months of his tenure. It is not only in politics that a week is regarded as a long time. It is true of national economies too. That is why serious presidents wake up calling their Chief Economic Adviser first and he is the last person they talk to before tucking into bed. Buhari had none. Worse still, he has an unhealthy disdain for Ministers as he made clear in those early months.
BUILDING WITHOUT FOUNDATION; FLYING WITHOUT COMPASS.
The young, 39, new President of France, Macon, campaigned on a comprehensive economic programme. He took office less than a month after he was elected and he has a cabinet in place and the framework of his economic policy is almost ready – all in less than a month. He made them clear in his inauguration address. Buhari took office at 70-plus after a campaign bereft of any ideas about economic policy and his address on May 29, 2015 revealed that the country was building without foundation and flying without compass. Two years have shown we are in serious trouble. This government only has a plan to borrow and spend. God help us….
FOOD SCARCITY, BANNED IMPORTS AND THE GRIM REAPER
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Con O’Callaghan named Footballer of the Month for August
Fri, 23rd August 2019
The PwC GAA/GPA Player of the Month Award winners have been announced with Tipperary’s Noel McGrath and Dublin’s Con O’Callaghan the hurling and football respective recipients for their championship performances in August.
Two goals by Con O’Callaghan in 37th and 46th minutes of a sustained and clinical attacking performance from Dublin in the All-Ireland semi-final all but ended Mayo’s championship hopes.
Noel McGrath put in a man of the match performance against Kilkenny in the All Ireland final, where he orchestrated Tipperary’s dominance over their fierce rivals with his silky skill, composure and deadly execution to reclaim the Liam McCarthy for the first time since 2016.
Commenting on the announcement, Feargal O’Rourke, PwC Managing Partner, said: "I’d like to congratulate both Noel and Con on their respective performances in the All Ireland championship. Both players are worthy winners of August’s PwC GAA/GPA Player of the Month Awards, having contributed massively to a fascinating month of championship action.”
Ard Stiúrthóir CLG, Tom Ryan, said: “Congratulations to our Player of the Month winners for August. Especially to Noel on his man of the match performance in the All Ireland final.
"The two players are a credit to their clubs and their counties and have exemplified the pride and passion which are central to our games. Many thanks on behalf of the GAA to Feargal O’Rourke and the PwC team for hosting today’s event and all they do in the promotion of our games.”
Speaking on behalf of the GPA, Philip Greene, National Executive Council added: “Congratulations to both Noel and Con on winning their respective awards. Both players have been exceptional on the pitch throughout the championship and are deserving winners of the PwC GAA/GPA Player of the Month Awards for August.”
The PwC All-Stars app is now live: https://www.pwc.ie/media-centre/download-pwc-all-stars-app.html
App store - https://itunes.apple.com/ie/app/pwc-all-stars/id1436858629?mt=8
Play store - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pwc.allstars.app
The App, which has all the latest news as well as providing an extensive All-Stars archive by player, county and code, containing details on every All-Star winner since its inception in 1971, has a number of new additions.
GAA fans can enter the weekly quiz to win PwC All-Stars prizes, pick their own All-Star hurling and football teams of the year and browse the news section for player interviews, past and present.


Thou Art That
Transforming Religious Metaphor (The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell)
By: Joseph Campbell, Eugene Kennedy - editor
Narrated by: Tom Parks
Series: The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell
By: Joseph Campbell,Eugene Kennedy - editor
(The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell)
By: Joseph Campbell, Johnson E. Fairchild - foreword, David Kudler - editor
Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
Joseph Campbell famously compared mythology to a kangaroo pouch for the human mind and spirit: “a womb with a view.” In Myths to Live By, he examines all of the ways in which myth supports and guides us, giving our lives meaning. Love and war, science and religion, East and West, inner space and outer space - Campbell shows how the myths we live by can reconcile all of these pairs of opposites and bring a sense of the whole.
Priceless Text, Joyless Narrator
By Evan on 01-09-19
Pathways to Bliss
Mythology and Personal Transformation (The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell)
By: Joseph Campbell, David Kudler
Narrated by: Fred Stella
Joseph Campbell famously defined myth as “other people’s religion.” But he also said that one of the basic functions of myth is to help each individual through the journey of life, providing a sort of travel guide or map to reach fulfillment - or, as he called it, bliss. For Campbell, many of the world’s most powerful myths support the individual’s heroic path toward bliss. In Pathways to Bliss, Campbell examines this personal, psychological side of myth.
A very insightful listen!
By Tavan T. on 09-12-19
Myths of Light
Eastern Metaphors of the Eternal (The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell)
By: Joseph Campbell
Narrated by: James Anderson Foster
Master mythologist Joseph Campbell had a genius for finding the unifying symbols and metaphors in apparently distinct cultures and traditions. In Myths of Light: Eastern Metaphors of the Eternal, Campbell explores, with his characteristic clarity and humor, the principle that underlies all the great religions of India and East Asia, from Jainism and Hinduism to Buddhism and Taoism: the transcendent World Soul.
This book is so profound
By W Hill on 05-27-18
Oriental Mythology
The Masks of God, Volume II
By: Joseph Campbell, David Kudler - editor
The Masks of God is a four-volume study of world religion and myth that stands as one of Joseph Campbell’s masterworks. In this second volume of The Masks of God - Campbell’s major work of comparative mythology - the preeminent mythologist looks at Asian mythology as it developed over the course of five thousand years into the distinctive religions of Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, China, and Japan.
droopy performs Joseph Campbell
By J Dabney on 04-02-19
A Joseph Campbell Companion
Reflections on the Art of Living (The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell)
By: Joseph Campbell, Robert Walter - editor, David Kudler - editor
Narrated by: Braden Wright, Tom Parks, David deVries
One of Joseph Campbell’s most popular, most quoted works, A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living is a treasure trove of insight and inspiration, thought-provoking in its depth, poetic in its scope. Drawn from a month-long workshop at the world-famous Esalen Institute, the Joseph Campbell Companion captures Campbell at his best: wise, funny, intelligent, and inspiring.
By Idaho Trojan on 07-27-19
Occidental Mythology
The Masks of God, Volume III
In this third volume of The Masks of God - Joseph Campbell’s major work of comparative mythology - the preeminent mythologist looks at the pagan religions of Greece, Rome, and the Celts, as well as the Abrahamic religions - Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Exploring the West’s shift from female-centered to male-centered mythology, Campbell examines the distinguishing characteristics and the shared root concepts of these mythologies. The Masks of God is a four-volume study of world religion and myth that stands as one of Joseph Campbell’s masterworks.
Primitive Mythology
The Masks of God Series, Volume I
The author of such acclaimed books as The Hero With a Thousand Faces and The Power of Myth discusses the primitive roots of mythology, examining them in light of the most recent discoveries in archaeology, anthropology, and psychology.
Epic speculation into the origins of our mythic consciousness
By BGZ on 01-10-19
Mysteries of the Feminine Devine (The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell)
By: Joseph Campbell, Safron Elsabeth Rossi - editor
Narrated by: Braden Wright
Joseph Campbell brought mythology to a mass audience. His bestselling books, including The Power of Myth and The Hero with a Thousand Faces, are the rare blockbusters that are also scholarly classics. While Campbell’s work reached wide and deep, he never wrote a book on goddesses in world mythology. He did, however, have much to say on the subject. Between 1972 and 1986 he gave over twenty lectures and workshops on goddesses, exploring the figures, functions, symbols, and themes of the feminine divine, following them through their transformations across cultures and epochs. Editor Safron Rossi collects these lectures for the first time.
By Amber A. on 10-31-18
Creative Mythology
The Masks of God, Volume IV
In this fourth volume in The Masks of God series - Joseph Campbell’s major work of comparative mythology - the preeminent mythologist looks at the birth of the modern, individualistic mythology as it developed in Europe beginning in the 12th century AD up through the modernist art of the 20th century. The Masks of God is a four-volume study of world religion and myth that stands as one of Joseph Campbell’s masterworks.
Romance of the Grail
The Magic and Mystery of Arthurian Myth (The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell)
By: Joseph Campbell, Evans Lansing Smith - editor
Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
Throughout his life, Joseph Campbell was deeply engaged in the study of the Grail Quests and Arthurian legends of the European Middle Ages. In this new volume of the Collected Works of Joseph Campbell, editor Evans Lansing Smith collects Campbell’s writings and lectures on Arthurian legends, including his never-before-published master’s thesis on Arthurian myth, “A Study of the Dolorous Stroke.” Campbell’s writing captures the incredible stories of such figures as Merlin, Gawain, and Guinevere as well as the larger patterns and meanings revealed in these myths.
By K. Jeppson on 08-30-19
The Inner Reaches of Outer Space
Metaphor as Myth and as Religion (The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell)
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Beloved mythologist Joseph Campbell explores the Space Age. He posits that the newly discovered laws of outer space are actually within us as well, and that a new mythology is implicit in that realization. But what is this new mythology? How can we recognize it? Campbell explores these questions in the concluding essay, “The Way of Art”, in which he demonstrates that metaphor is the language of art and argues that within the psyches of today’s artists are the seeds of tomorrow’s mythologies.
By Aamen on 12-10-18
The Mythic Dimension
Selected Essays 1959-1987 (The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell)
This work presents twelve eclectic, far-ranging, and brilliant essays exploring myth in all its dimensions: its history; its influence on art, literature, and culture; and its role in everyday life. This second volume of Campbell’s essays (following The Flight of the Wild Gander) brings together his uncollected writings from 1959 to 1987. Written at the height of Campbell’s career - and showcasing the lively intelligence that made him the twentieth century’s premier writer on mythology - these essays investigate links between myth, the individual, and societies ancient and contemporary.
Brilliant book
India and Japan (The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell)
At the beginning of his career, Joseph Campbell developed a lasting fascination with the cultures of the Far East, and explorations of Buddhist and Hindu philosophy later became recurring motifs in his vast body of work. However, Campbell had to wait until middle age to visit the lands that inspired him so deeply. In 1954, he took a sabbatical from his teaching position and embarked on a year-long voyage through India, Thailand, Cambodia, Burma, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and finally Japan.
Not what I expected
By S. Stanfield on 06-18-19
Joseph Campbell on His Life and Work (The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell)
By: Joseph Campbell, Stuart L. Brown - foreword, Phil Cousineau - editor
Narrated by: David deVries, Patrick Lawlor, Emily Sutton-Smith
Joseph Campbell, arguably the greatest mythologist of the twentieth century, was certainly one of our greatest storytellers. This masterfully crafted book interweaves conversations between Campbell and some of the people he inspired, including poet Robert Bly, anthropologist Angeles Arrien, filmmaker David Kennard, Doors drummer John Densmore, psychiatric pioneer Stanislov Grof, Nobel laureate Roger Guillemen, and others. Campbell reflects on subjects ranging from the origins and functions of myth, the role of the artist, and the need for ritual to the ordeals of love and romance.
absolutely amazing.
Mythic Worlds, Modern Words
Joseph Campbell on the Art of James Joyce (The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell)
By: Joseph Campbell, Edmund L. Epstein - editor and foreword
In 1927, as a twenty-three-year-old postgraduate scholar in Paris, Joseph Campbell first encountered James Joyce’s Ulysses. Known for being praised and for kicking up controversy (including an obscenity trial in the United States in 1920), the novel left Campbell both intrigued and confused, as it had many others. Because he was in Paris, he was able to visit the Shakespeare & Company bookstore - the outpost of the original publisher of Ulysses, Sylvia Beach. She gave him “clues” for reading Ulysses, and that, Campbell attested, changed his career.
The brilliance of Joyce and Campbell combined
By Diana_loves_audiobooks on 06-22-18
The Ecstasy of Being
Mythology and Dance (The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell)
The Ecstasy of Being brings together seven of Campbell’s previously uncollected articles on dance, along with “Mythology and Form in the Performing and Visual Arts,” the treatise that he was working on when he died, published here for the first time. In this new collection Campbell explores the rise of modern art and dance in the twentieth century; delves into the work and philosophy of Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, and others; and, as always, probes the idea of art as “the funnel through which spirit is poured into life.”
Mythic Imagination
Collected Short Fiction (The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell)
Narrated by: Christopher Lane
Before he was the engaging professor who brought mythology into people’s living rooms through his conversations with Bill Moyers, before he became known as the thinker whose ideas influenced Star Wars, and before his now-beloved phrase “follow your bliss” entered the popular lexicon, Joseph Campbell was a young man who tried his hand at writing fiction. After years of Depression-era unemployment, when he lived off money he had earned playing saxophone and read the world’s great literature in a syllabus of his own design, Campbell published his first short story.
The Flight of the Wild Gander
Explorations in the Mythological Dimension - Selected Essays 1944-1968 (The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell)
In Flight of the Wild Gander, renowned mythologist Joseph Campbell - in his first collection of essays, written between 1944 and 1968 - explores the individual and geographical origins of myth, outlining the full range of mythology from Grimm's fairy tales to American Indian legends. Originally published in 1969, this collection describes the symbolic content of stories: how they are linked to human experience and how they - along with our experiences - have changed over time.
Woven from Joseph Campbell’s previously unpublished work, this volume explores Judeo-Christian symbols and metaphors - and their misinterpretations - with the famed mythologist’s characteristic conversational warmth and accessible scholarship. Campbell’s insights highlight centuries of confusion between literal and metaphorical interpretations of Western religious symbols that are, he argues, perennially relevant keys to spiritual understanding and mystical revelation.
©2001 Joseph Campbell Foundation. (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
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IK invests in Infradata, new CEO Nino Tomovski
Infradata Group enters new phase of growth
Home News & Blog IK invests in Infradata, new CEO Nino Tomovski
IK Investment Partners (“IK”), a leading Pan-European private equity firm, is pleased to announce that the IK VIII Fund has acquired a majority stake in Infradata Group (“Infradata”) from Waterland Private Equity Fund V (“Waterland”). Infradata is a leading provider of cybersecurity and secure networking solutions across Europe.
Infradata was founded in the Netherlands in 2004, where it continues to be headquartered. The company has an additional presence in Germany, UK, France (Nomios), Belgium, Poland and the US, with ambitious expansion plans. The company provides cybersecurity and secure networking solutions, from design and delivery to aftermarket support and managed services. Infradata supports many large blue-chip clients with high security and data requirements across the industrial, advanced manufacturing, financial, telecommunications and e-commerce sectors.
As part of the transaction, Infradata’s founder and CEO, Leon de Keijzer will transition to the Board of Directors. Nino Tomovski, currently International Vice President, will be appointed CEO of Infradata as of 1 January 2019. Leon de Keijzer, Founder of Infradata commented: “I have been proud to lead Infradata since its inception and during its period of transformation from a local player in the Netherlands to a European sector leader. Given IK’s understanding of our sector paired with their extensive history of building and growing European businesses, we are very happy with them as a new shareholder.”
“I am very pleased to take on the role of CEO and work together with IK to build the largest and most trusted cyber security player in Europe.” - Nino Tomovski, incoming CEO of Infradata
Wouter Roduner, Partner at Waterland commented: “We’re very proud to have supported Infradata in the second phase of its European expansion from 3 to 7 countries, having more than tripled the company in size as a result. We wish Nino, Leon, IK, and the broader Infradata team the best of luck in continuing this successful growth trajectory.”
Norman Bremer, Partner at IK Investment Partners said: “Our decision to back Infradata was driven by two prominent megatrends, namely the increase of cybersecurity threats in recent years, and rising data consumption. We are excited to be backing a management team with a fantastic track record and a highly innovative service offering. We are especially impressed with the company’s multi-country footprint and its outstanding people. We look forward to helping expand Infradata’s capabilities both through organic and acquisitive growth opportunities and building it into a truly European leader.”
Transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals.
About Infradata
Founded by Leon de Keijzer in 2004, Infradata is a leading pan-European provider of secure networking and cybersecurity solutions. The company is headquartered in Leiden, the Netherlands.
About IK Investment Partners
IK Investment Partners (“IK”) is a PanEuropean private equity firm focused on investments in the Nordics, DACH region, France, and Benelux. Since 1989, IK has raised more than €9.5 billion of capital and invested in over 116 European companies. IK funds support companies with strong underlying potential, partnering with management teams and investors to create robust, well-positioned businesses with excellent long-term prospects. For more information, visit www.ikinvest.com.
About Waterland
Private Equity Waterland is an independent private equity investment group that acts as an active shareholder in its portfolio companies, playing a key role in their strategic and operational development, growth and performance. Waterland has offices in Belgium (Antwerp), the Netherlands (Bussum), UK (Manchester), Germany (Munich and Hamburg), Denmark (Copenhagen), Switzerland (Zürich) and Poland (Warsaw) and currently manages €6 billion of investor commitments. To date, Waterland has made investments in over 470 companies.
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