The Sixth La3amon/Lawman International Conference ('Lawman in his context'), will take place at Gregynog Hall, Newtown, Powys (Wales) from 1 to 6 July 2008.

The organisers, Raluca Radulescu (Bangor University), Lucy Perry (University College Dublin) and Rosamund Allen (QMUL), warmly invite you, your colleagues and students to attend.

• Download the conference poster (*.pdf)

Papers cover the broad topic of Lawman and the context for his writing, including the Brut chronicle, other Arthurian and metrical chronicles (English and European) and the romance tradition in relation to Lawman. Plenary Papers will be given by Beth Bryan; Eric Stanley and Erik Kooper will discuss La3amon's metre, preparing us for a final session of reading The Brut aloud, and other speakers includeGail Ivy Berlin, Jean Blacker, John Brennan, Dan Donoghue, Tamar Drukker, Irène Fabry, Matthew Gertken, Elina Harjula, Ian Kirby, Scott Kleinman, Margaret Lamont, Debbie Marcum, Jennifer Miller, Hariko Momma, Micky Ogura, Joe Parry, Lucy Perry, Kenneth Tiller, Fiona Tolhurst, Jonathan Watson, Carole Weinberg, Judy Weiss, Andrew Wehner, and Charlotte Wulf.