Yes, I also hate it when the word “Medieval” is used as a derogatory term, but this email just begs for that:
—————————- Original Message —————————-
Subject: call for papers
From: [name and email redacted to protect the less innocent]
Date: Wed, January 2, 2013 20:56
————————————————————————–Gentlemen,
in december will be organized at the University of Urbino an international
conference about medieval filologies, in attachment you will find the call
for papers.Yours sincerely.
This was probably translated from Italian in a really careless way. It might even be the work of our old friend GT. 🙂
Italian academics have a worse reputation for machismo than even their Spanish colleagues.
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