The poster session is optional, but students are encouraged to bring along a poster summarising their research which will be displayed in the conference room during the Thursday session. Time is available during the registration hour for networking and viewing the posters on display and is designed to allow students to share their work. Posters can either be presented as full research posters (size A1) or, if research is in the early stages, can be presented as size A3. A tutorial on creating and presenting academic posters can be found here: http://www2.napier.ac.uk/gus/writing_presenting/academic_posters.html

Prof. Jeremy Smith is the Head of English Language at the University of Glasgow and has been involved with Quadrivium since its inception in 2005. Jeremy’s main research interests include Old and Middle English language and literature, history of the English and Scots languages and Book History, specifically the transition from script to print. He will take this time to welcome visitors to the conference and discuss the upcoming schedule.

The panel session will focus on the opportunities for careers within academia following a PG degree. Dr. Wiggins is a senior lecturer at the University of Glasgow. Her main research interests include Middle English and Renaissance language and literature, history of the English language, palaeography and the interpretation of MS sources. She is currently involved as the Principal Investigator of the Letters of Bess of Hardwick Project (http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/critical/research/fundedresearchprojects/bessofhardwick). Ryan Perry is currently a lecturer at the University of Kent. He was previously involved in the AHRC funded Geographies of Orthodoxy project at Queen’s as a post-doctoral research fellow, where his research interests centred on the axis between literary criticism and codicological analysis. Alison and Ryan will discuss the routes available to early career researchers and offer practical help and advice on the subject of post-doc applications.

Linne Mooney is Professor of Medieval English Palaeography at the Centre for Medieval Studies in the University of York. Her research interest focus on the circulation of late medieval texts in both MS and early prints, and she has published a number of articles, essays and editions of medieval texts. She is perhaps best known for her work which identified Adam Pinkhurst as Chaucer’s scribe. Professor Mooney has most recently worked on an AHRC funded project in collaboration with Dr. Simon Horobin, which aimed to identify other scribes responsible for copying Middle English literature in the late medieval period. This research is available on www.medievalscribes.com.

Publishing and the Research Excellence Framework: How to go about getting published and de-mystifying the REF. This open round-table discussion will include contributions from a number of leading academics working in the field of Medieval Textual Studies: Prof. Jeremy Smith (UoG), Dr Debra Strickland (UoG), Prof. Wendy Scase (Birmingham), Prof. John Thompson (QUB) and Dr Ian Johnson (St.Andrew’s). Questions and discussion will be very welcome!

The Alternative Career panel will be headed by Prof. Andrew Prescott from King’s College London and Claire O’Gallagher from BBC Scotland who will be discussing the opportunities for post-graduate researchers outwith academia.
Andrew Prescott was from 1979-2000 a Curator in the Department of Manuscripts at the British Library, where he acted as British Library co-ordinator for a number of digital projects, including most notably Electronic Beowulf, edited by Kevin S. Kiernan of the University of Kentucky. From 2000-2007 he was Director of the Centre for Research into Freemasonry in the Humanities Research Institute at the University of Sheffield. He has also worked at the University of Wales Lampeter and University of Glasgow. He has served on the advisory boards of many digital humanities projects in Britain and America.
Claire O’Gallagher is a Learning Officer for the BBC, currently based at BBC Scotland in Glasgow; her role involves educational policy and liaison between production, agencies and practitioners. She previously held a Carnegie doctoral scholarship to study Scottish Literature at the University of Glasgow.

The CV Session will be led by Prof. Carole Hough from Glasgow and supported by other academic staff present. Students will be asked to bring their own CVs to the workshop where they will receive advice and feedback. Writing an academic CV can be a daunting and frustrating process; this session will provide students with an up-to-date review of the current practices in CV writing and feedback will be given in a friendly, helpful environment.

 Quadrivium closes with a session based in the University of Glasgow’s Special Collections where Glasgow University Library staff Sarah Hepworth (Assistant Librarian) and Robert MacLean (Principal Library Assistant) will be on hand to chat about careers in archives and working with manuscripts. Jeremy Smith will lead the session, based upon a selection of MSS which have been specially chosen for the Quadrivium group. If anyone wishes to view an item individually at this time, please contact the Quadrivium team (arts-quadriviumvii@glasgow.ac.uk).