The University of Glasgow, in conjunction with the New Chaucer Society, is hosting two simultaneous international conferences this month, bringing around 300 medievalists from all over the world to Glasgow.

The Medieval Renaissance Music Conference, given in conjunction with the Royal Musical Association, held on 15-18 July, will include 55 presentations over four days by leading music experts from 13 different countries.

One of the conference highlights will be the UK premiere of Burkard Wehner's wonderful vocal ensemble Vox Nostra Berlin whose concert will take place on Friday, 16 July at 7.30pm in the Banqueting Hall of the City Chambers (this concert will also be open to the general public. Full details can be viewed at: the Music Department Website.

On 15-20 July the University will host the 14th Biennial Congress of the New Chaucer Society. Delegates are coming from all over the world to this prestigious Conference. The theme of the Conference is 'Regions, Nations and Empires'.

As part of the conference there is a special exhibition of late medieval manuscripts from the University's Hunterian collection. These include manuscripts and the earliest printed books of works by Chaucer, such as The Canterbury Tales and Romaunt of the Rose - the only manuscript of this work extant, his contemporaries, such as John Gower, Lydgate and Nicholas Love and writers who influenced him, such as Boethius, Petrarch and Boccaccio. The Exhibition is already open and these treasures can be seen in the Hunterian Museum.

More information about the Conference and registration forms can be found at: www.artsci.wustl.edu/~chaucer/congress2004.htm.

Media Relations Office (media@gla.ac.uk)

For more details on the Medieval-Renaissance Music Conference please contact Warwick Edwards on 0141 330- 4093.

For more details on the 14th Biennial Congress New Chaucer Society please contact Graham Caie on 0141 330-5849 Alternatively contact the University Press Officer Mike Findlay on 0141 330-3535.

First published: 8 July 2004