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Les 10-12 juin 2019 aura lieu à Segovia le colloque international "From the Scriptorium to the Library" sur la naissance des universités dans les périphéries d’Europe. Un appel à contributions est ouvert jusqu’au 30 novembre 2018 :  On the occasion of the 800th Anniversary of theConvent of Sta. Cruz La Real (Segovia) site of IE University INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE BIRTH OF UNIVERSITIES IN THE PERIPHERIES OF EUROPE:  “FROM THE SCRIPTORIUM TO THE LIBRARY”  (Segovia, 10-12 June 2019)  The model of the birth ofuniversities in Europe has long been established taken as a model thedevelopments that occurred in continental Western Europe particularly as aresult of well-known processes: the Carolingian Renaissance, thevernacularisation of culture, the increasing relevance of cities, theempowerment of new social groups. Nevertheless, in large parts of what today isconsidered Europe, let alone Eurasia, the social and intellectual factors thatdefined this emergence of universities were often not present, or not all ofthem. In areas where the process of Christianization, and sometimes alsoliteracy, had taken place later, or where the role of monasteries as the onlycentres of learning and literary activity lasted longer, or where a more orless permanent warfare existed, or where the adequate social environment hadnot yet been developed, the scriptoria and the libraries of monasteries andconvents kept learning and cultural traditions for longer, often against allodds.The aim of the present conference isto discuss and analyse, among others, aspects and questions such as: Whatwas the role of royal patronage in pushing forward this model of transmissionof knowledge? Whatis the impact of manuscript techniques (vis à vis the printing press) in theintellectual history of these areas? Howdid the monastic environment conform the literary/philosophical/scientific/theologicalcanon? Whatwas the educational role of these institutions? Howthe knowledge transmitted was censored or slanted, if it was? What social impact didthese monastic learning communities have in their respective socialenvironments? How was the process ofcreation of universities in these areas, when and by whom? In which respects, ifin any, were nunneries different from the male counterparts? Call for papers:TheInternational Conference is organised by the Centre of Humanities if IEUniversity on the occasion of the 800th Anniversary of its site in Segovia, aformer Dominican foundation protected by the Spanish crown. A call for papersto participate is now open. Please send your title and abstract (200-300) toSusana.torres@ie.edu by November 30th, 2018. Accommodation:On-campusaccommodation and meals for speakers will be covered by the Centre ofHumanities of IE University. Attendance for those wishing to attend withoutpresenting a paper is free. Publication:Papers will bepublished in an extraordinary volume of the peer-reviewed, indexed journalOppidum.