Monday, September 10, 2012
Medieval and Renaissance Forum CFP 2013
34th Annual Medieval and Renaissance Forum (Proposal Deadline 1/14/13)
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, NH, USA
Friday and Saturday April 19-20, 2013
Call for Papers and Sessions
“Travel, Contact, Exchange”
Keynote speaker: David Simon, Art History, Colby College
We invite abstracts in medieval and Early Modern studies that consider how travel, contact, and
exchange functioned in personal, political, religious, and aesthetic realms.
● How, when, where, and why did cultural exchange happen?
● What are the roles of storytelling or souvenirs in experiences of pilgrimage or Crusade?
● What is exchanged, lost, or left behind in moments of contact?
● How do such moments of contact and exchange hold meaning today?
Papers need not be confined to the theme but may cover many aspects of medieval and Renaissance
life, literature, languages, art, philosophy, theology, history and music.
Students, faculty, and independent scholars are welcome.
Undergraduate student papers or sessions require faculty sponsorship.
This year’s keynote speaker is David L. Simon. He is Jetté Professor of Art at Colby College, where he has
received the Basset Award for excellence in teaching. He holds graduate degrees from Boston University
and the Courtauld Institute of Art of the University of London. Among his publications are the catalogue
of Spanish and southern French Romanesque sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and The
Cloisters and studies on Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Aragon and Navarra, Spain. He is coauthor of recent editions of Janson’s History of Art: The Western Tradition and Janson’s Basic History of
Western Art. Since 2007 he has co-directed an annual summer course and conference on Romanesque
art for the University of Zaragoza, Spain.
For more information visit www.plymouth.edu/medieval
Please submit abstracts and full contact information to Dr. Karolyn Kinane, Director or
Jini Rae Sparkman, Assistant Director: PSUForum@gmail.com.
Abstract deadline: Monday January 14, 2013
Presenters and early registration: March 15, 2013
Medievalism Area CFP
Medievalism in Popular Culture
full name / name of organization:
National Popular and American Culture Associations Conference (PCA/ACA)
contact email:
a.kaufman@mtsu.edu
Medievalism in Popular Culture
at the 43rd Annual PCA/ACA Conference
Wardman Park Marriott, Washington, D.C.
March 27-30th, 2013
Call for submissions to the following paper sessions and round table panels:
1) Arthurian Aesthetics - Round Tables:
Inspired by last year’s debate over whether a “good” Arthurian text exists, this series of round table discussions will combine our analysis of Arthurian legends with the recent aesthetic turn in literary studies. Is there an aesthetic case to be made for Arthurian studies, particularly for studying contemporary Arthuriana? How do we justify our scholarship if we are suddenly held accountable for the quality and universality of our texts? Short (10 minute) papers on aesthetics and Arthuriana in any medium and from any historical period are welcome.
2) Medievalism in Politics - Round Tables:
From accusations of corporate feudalism to medieval medical theories alive and well in twenty-first century politics, medievalists have found their time period unexpectedly represented (and misrepresented) in the news these days. This series of round table discussions will explore the way politicians across the globe are ‘getting medieval’ and what it signifies. Short (10 minute) papers on medievalism in contemporary politics are welcome.
3) Popular Culture in the Middle Ages - Paper Session:
Though at the PCA/ACA we typically focus on how the Middle Ages looks through contemporary eyes, this paper panel will focus on cultural studies of the Middle Ages. This panel will explore popular medieval religious practices, legends like Robin Hood or King Arthur, and tales about supernatural beings like fairies, witches, and elves that originated in medieval times but continue to shape popular culture today. Papers that focus on cultural shifts and reception of texts or ideas are especially encouraged, as are papers that draw parallels between medieval culture and medievalism today.
4) The Medieval Frontier - Paper Session:
Critics have long acknowledged that the medieval knight was the inspiration for Owen Wister’s cowboy figure. Even in the current reinvention and subversion of the cowboy represented by films like Unforgiven and novels like The Sisters Brothers, something of this medieval aesthetic remains. This panel will explore this and other ways in which the idea of the Old West has been shaped by cultural memory of the Middle Ages.
5) Men of the North - Paper Session:
From Ulfric Stormcloak to Thor to Ned Stark, recent medievalism has celebrated a very specific brand of masculinity, one more commonly associated with Vikings and Anglo-Saxons than King Arthur’s knights or a chivalric ‘golden age.’ Is 2012 a Viking moment, and if so, why? How does this Norse revival recall earlier obsessions with the men of the north? This panel will explore the very specific cultural appeal (and cultural baggage) of northern-inspired medievalism.
Instructions:
Please submit abstracts of 250 words or less to the PCA/ACA database at http://ncp.pcaaca.org or email your abstract as an attachment to Amy Kaufman at a.kaufman@mtsu.edu. Please include the name and number of the session to which you are submitting within the abstract.
Papers in regular sessions should be limited to a reading time of 15 minutes (7-8 double-spaced pages). Round table contributions should be shorter, no more than 10 minutes (5 double-spaced pages) to allow for extended discussion. Be sure to include your full name, affiliation, mailing address, phone number, and email address on your abstract.
Deadline: December 1, 2012
Send inquiries to:
Dr. Amy S. Kaufman
Middle Tennessee State University
a.kaufman@mtsu.edu
Please note: Membership in the PCA is required for participation. Membership forms and more information about the conference are available online at www.pcaaca.org.
Medieval and Renaissance Drama on Film NeMLA CFP
Filming this Insubstantial Pageant: Medieval and Renaissance Drama on Film (Abstracts due Sept. 30)
full name / name of organization:
Northeast Modern Language Association (conference Mar. 2013)
contact email:
jackiec159@hotmail.com
This panel seeks papers about film adaptations of medieval and Renaissance English drama, both in English-speaking countries and around the world. The NeMLA conference will be held in Boston in March, 2013. Papers might compare different adaptations of the same play, discuss problems associated with the notion of fidelity to text or of relocating a play in a different historical or cultural milieu, or consider the effectiveness for use in scholarly work or in the classroom. We seek investigation of continuities across disciplines: medieval/Renaissance, cinema studies/literature. What is at stake in these adaptations? What do these directors, writers, performers, and audiences bring to the table? This panel should appeal to those interested in film and literary adaptation, world cinema and transnational influences, issues of cultural hegemony and exchange, and Shakespeare on film. Abstracts (250 words) should be emailed in MS format to jackiec159@hotmail.comandmorsed@newschool.edu by Sept. 30.
Corporate Medievalism Contents Update
Corporate Medievalism, volume 21 in the Studies in Medievalism series, has recently been released. An earlier post detailed the basics of the book, but now the contents (below) can be matched with their respective authors.
Contents
1 Editorial Notes (Karl Fugelso)
2 Lives of Total Dedication? Medieval and Modern Corporate Identity (M. J. Toswell)
3 Reincorporating the Medieval: Morality, Chivalry, and Honor in Post-Financial-Meltdown Corporate Revisionism (Kevin Moberly and Brent Moberly)
4 Medievalism and Representations of Corporate Identity (KellyAnn Fitzpatrick and Jil Hanifan)
5 Knights of the Ownership Society: Economic Inequality and Medievalist Film (Harry Brown)
6 A Corporate neo-Beowulf: Ready or Not, Here We Come (E. L. Risden)
7 Unsettled Accounts: Corporate Culture and George R.R. Martin's Fetish Medievalism (Lauryn S. Mayer)
8 Historicizing Neumatic Notation: Medieval Neumes as Cultural Artefacts of Early Modern Times (Eduardo Henrik Aubert)
9 Hereward the Dane and the English, but Not the Saxon: Kingsley's Racial Anglo-Saxonism (Michael R. Kightley)
10 From Romance to Ritual: Jessie L. Weston's Gawain (Helen Brookman)
11 The Cinematic Sign of the Grail (J. Rubén Valdés Miyares)
12 Destructive Dominae: Women and Vengeance in Medievalist Film (Felice Lifshitz)
13 Neomedievalism Unplugged (Pamela Clements and Carol L. Robinson)
14 Notes on Contributors
Contents
1 Editorial Notes (Karl Fugelso)
2 Lives of Total Dedication? Medieval and Modern Corporate Identity (M. J. Toswell)
3 Reincorporating the Medieval: Morality, Chivalry, and Honor in Post-Financial-Meltdown Corporate Revisionism (Kevin Moberly and Brent Moberly)
4 Medievalism and Representations of Corporate Identity (KellyAnn Fitzpatrick and Jil Hanifan)
5 Knights of the Ownership Society: Economic Inequality and Medievalist Film (Harry Brown)
6 A Corporate neo-Beowulf: Ready or Not, Here We Come (E. L. Risden)
7 Unsettled Accounts: Corporate Culture and George R.R. Martin's Fetish Medievalism (Lauryn S. Mayer)
8 Historicizing Neumatic Notation: Medieval Neumes as Cultural Artefacts of Early Modern Times (Eduardo Henrik Aubert)
9 Hereward the Dane and the English, but Not the Saxon: Kingsley's Racial Anglo-Saxonism (Michael R. Kightley)
10 From Romance to Ritual: Jessie L. Weston's Gawain (Helen Brookman)
11 The Cinematic Sign of the Grail (J. Rubén Valdés Miyares)
12 Destructive Dominae: Women and Vengeance in Medievalist Film (Felice Lifshitz)
13 Neomedievalism Unplugged (Pamela Clements and Carol L. Robinson)
14 Notes on Contributors
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
CFP Princess Cultures
Princess Cultures: Mediating Girls’ Imaginations and Identities
Publication Date: 2012-07-15 (in 5 days)
Date Submitted: 2012-06-02
Announcement ID: 194950
Princess Cultures: Mediating Girls’ Imaginations and Identities Book Editors: Miriam Forman-Brunell, Ph.D., University of Missouri-Kansas City Rebecca Hains, Ph.D., Salem State University
Publisher: Peter Lang Press “Mediated Youth” series, edited by Sharon Mazzarella
Description: Princesses are significant figures in girl culture, and they have been for at least the last two centuries. This anthology brings together international and interdisciplinary perspectives on the meanings of princesses in girls’ lives historically, currently, and comparatively: We consider how and why princess culture continues to play a role in girls’ lives. Encompassing pop culture princesses (such as the Disney Princesses and Princess Barbie), fairy tales (and their more recent feminist revisions), and contemporary royal figures (such as Princess Diana and Kate Middleton), among others, this book illuminates the many forms that princess culture has taken across time and space—continuously redrawn and recast, but always enjoying a prominent and privileged position in girls’ everyday lives and fantasy worlds and women’s collective memories.
Call for Papers: The editors are seeking additional scholarly essays that examine the princess as mediating figure in the imaginations and identities of girls in the US and around the world. We are especially interested in essays by scholars researching:
1) princess cultures outside the US
2) historical or contemporary royal figures
Please send a 300-word proposal, a brief bibliography, CV, and contact information to: Miriam Forman Brunell at forman-brunellm@umkc.edu and Rebecca Hains atrhains@salemstate.edu by July 15, 2012.
Due Dates:
July 15, 2012: 300-word Proposal deadline
August 1, 2012: Notification of accepted proposals
January 15, 2013: Chapter drafts (7,000-9,000 words)
Miriam Forman-Brunell University of Missouri-Kansas City Dept of History 816-235-5220
Email: forman-brunellm@umkc.edu
Publication Date: 2012-07-15 (in 5 days)
Date Submitted: 2012-06-02
Announcement ID: 194950
Princess Cultures: Mediating Girls’ Imaginations and Identities Book Editors: Miriam Forman-Brunell, Ph.D., University of Missouri-Kansas City Rebecca Hains, Ph.D., Salem State University
Publisher: Peter Lang Press “Mediated Youth” series, edited by Sharon Mazzarella
Description: Princesses are significant figures in girl culture, and they have been for at least the last two centuries. This anthology brings together international and interdisciplinary perspectives on the meanings of princesses in girls’ lives historically, currently, and comparatively: We consider how and why princess culture continues to play a role in girls’ lives. Encompassing pop culture princesses (such as the Disney Princesses and Princess Barbie), fairy tales (and their more recent feminist revisions), and contemporary royal figures (such as Princess Diana and Kate Middleton), among others, this book illuminates the many forms that princess culture has taken across time and space—continuously redrawn and recast, but always enjoying a prominent and privileged position in girls’ everyday lives and fantasy worlds and women’s collective memories.
Call for Papers: The editors are seeking additional scholarly essays that examine the princess as mediating figure in the imaginations and identities of girls in the US and around the world. We are especially interested in essays by scholars researching:
1) princess cultures outside the US
2) historical or contemporary royal figures
Please send a 300-word proposal, a brief bibliography, CV, and contact information to: Miriam Forman Brunell at forman-brunellm@umkc.edu and Rebecca Hains atrhains@salemstate.edu by July 15, 2012.
Due Dates:
July 15, 2012: 300-word Proposal deadline
August 1, 2012: Notification of accepted proposals
January 15, 2013: Chapter drafts (7,000-9,000 words)
Miriam Forman-Brunell University of Missouri-Kansas City Dept of History 816-235-5220
Email: forman-brunellm@umkc.edu
CFP Chivalry Collection
Chivalry and the Medieval Past, call for submissions of essays
Publication Date: 2012-08-31
Date Submitted: 2012-07-02
Announcement ID: 195520
This is a call for contributions to a volume of essays on the theme of chivalry and the medieval past, to be co-edited by Dr Barbara Gribling and Dr Katie Stevenson of the University of St Andrews. The volume will consider chivalry (in its broadest conception, inc. war, iconography, culture, material culture etc) across all periods but from the perspective of its roots in the Middle Ages. The emphasis of this volume is historical: we are not excluding literature, but ‘medievalism’ is well-served by scholars of literature. By drawing together the work of historians (medievalists, early modernist and modernists alike), we hope to open new vistas to the study of the medieval past. We are encouraging a diverse a collection as possible and we would also encourage you to think ambitiously and experimentally! If your work lends itself to some interesting ideas on this topic and you might be willing to contribute to the volume, please get in touch to find out more.
Email Katie Stevenson on kcs7@st-andrews.ac.uk
Dr Katie Stevenson School of History University of St Andrews Email: kcs7@st-andrews.ac.uk
Publication Date: 2012-08-31
Date Submitted: 2012-07-02
Announcement ID: 195520
This is a call for contributions to a volume of essays on the theme of chivalry and the medieval past, to be co-edited by Dr Barbara Gribling and Dr Katie Stevenson of the University of St Andrews. The volume will consider chivalry (in its broadest conception, inc. war, iconography, culture, material culture etc) across all periods but from the perspective of its roots in the Middle Ages. The emphasis of this volume is historical: we are not excluding literature, but ‘medievalism’ is well-served by scholars of literature. By drawing together the work of historians (medievalists, early modernist and modernists alike), we hope to open new vistas to the study of the medieval past. We are encouraging a diverse a collection as possible and we would also encourage you to think ambitiously and experimentally! If your work lends itself to some interesting ideas on this topic and you might be willing to contribute to the volume, please get in touch to find out more.
Email Katie Stevenson on kcs7@st-andrews.ac.uk
Dr Katie Stevenson School of History University of St Andrews Email: kcs7@st-andrews.ac.uk
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Terry Jones and the Medieval
The New Middle Ages
Edited By R. F. Yeager and Toshiyuki Takamiya
Palgrave Macmillan, May 2012
ISBN: 978-0-230-11267-4, ISBN10: 0-230-11267-6
6.000 x 9.250 inches, 278 pages, 1 figures,
Hardcover $95.00
"The Medieval Python: Essays presented to Terry Jones on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday collects original essays by eighteen prominent medievalists in literature and history to celebrate the work of a dedicated independent scholar whose consistently independent literary and historical criticism has several times redirected how we understand the world of Chaucer and his contemporaries. His film and television productions have entertained and educated generations of viewers about life in the Middle Ages"
The Medieval Works of Terry Jones--S.Ikeda
Young Jones at Oxford 1961-62--V.A.Kolve
The Earl of Arundel, the War with France, and the Anger of King Richard II--C.Given-Wilson
Terry Jones's Richard II--N.Saul
Terry Jones: The Complete Mediaevalist--M.Palin
Medieval Monks and Friars: Differing Literary Perceptions--D.Pearsall
Gower's Manuscript of the Confessio Amantis--P.Nicholson
Gower in Winter: Last Poems--R.F.Yeager
The Naughty Bits: Dating Chaucer's House of Fame and Legend of Good Women--J.M.Bowers
Honi soit qui mal y pense: Adultery and Anxieties about Paternity in Late Medieval England--M.Bennett
Needy Knights and Wealthy Widows: The Encounters of John Cornewall and Lettice Kirriel, 1378-1382--W.M.Ormrod
Making Medievalism: Teaching the Middle Ages through Film--M.Driver
The Silly Pacifism of Geoffrey Chaucer and Terry Jones--W.A.Quinn
Legs and the Man: The History of a Medieval Motif--R.F.Green
Chaucer, Langland, and the Hundred Years War--D.Wallace
Jack and John: The Plowman's Tale--P.Martin
A Prayer Roll Fit for a Tudor Prince--J.J.Thompson
Macbeth and Malory in the 1625 Edition of Peter Heylyn's Microcosmus: A Nearly Unfortunate Tale-- T.Takamiya
About the Editors:
R.F. Yeager is a professor of English and Foreign Languages and chair of the department at the University of West Florida. He is President of the International John Gower Society and the editor of JGN: The John Gower Newsletter. He has written and edited more than seventeen books and collections of essays, including John Gower's Poetic: The Search for a New Arion; A Concordance to the French Poetry and Prose of John Gower; Who Murdered Chaucer? A Medieval Mystery, with Terry Jones, Terry Dolan, Alan Fletcher and Juliette Dor; John Gower: The Minor Latin Works; John Gower: The French Balades and Approaches to Teaching John Gower's Poetry, with Brian W. Gastle.
Toshiyuki Takamiya, MA, HonLittD (Sheffield), HonDLitt (Glasgow), FSA, is Professor Emeritus at Keio Univeristy. He co-edited Aspects of Malory, with Derek Brewer, and has published many books and articles on Malory, Hilton, and the history of the book. He is Director of the Early Book Society and the Editor-in-chief of Poetica.
Kalamazoo CFP Link
The official CFP for our roundtable session for next year's International Congress on Medieval Studies is now live and can be viewed at http://medievalstudiesonscreen.blogspot.com/2012/06/still-getting-medieval-on-television.html.
Friday, June 1, 2012
Medieval Studies on Screen
Released 1 June 2012:
The Virtual Society for the Study of Popular Culture and the Middle Ages is pleased to announce that the Medieval Studies at the Movies website is now and forever Medieval Studies on Screen(and now available at http://medievalstudiesonscreen.blogspot.com/), a change designed to better reflect the realities of our access to medieval-themed texts on film, television, computers, and portable electronic devices.
We inagurate this change with the announcement of our proposal for next year's sessions for the International Congress on Medieval Studies: "Still Getting Medieval on Television: Medieval-Themed Television of the Twenty-first Century and Its Impact on Medieval Studies (Roundtable)". Full details at http://medievalstudiesonscreen.blogspot.com/2012/06/kalamazoo-2013-proposal.html.
Michael Torregrossa
Co-Founder, The Virtual Society for the Study of Popular Culture and the Middle Ages
The Virtual Society for the Study of Popular Culture and the Middle Ages is pleased to announce that the Medieval Studies at the Movies website is now and forever Medieval Studies on Screen(and now available at http://medievalstudiesonscreen.blogspot.com/), a change designed to better reflect the realities of our access to medieval-themed texts on film, television, computers, and portable electronic devices.
We inagurate this change with the announcement of our proposal for next year's sessions for the International Congress on Medieval Studies: "Still Getting Medieval on Television: Medieval-Themed Television of the Twenty-first Century and Its Impact on Medieval Studies (Roundtable)". Full details at http://medievalstudiesonscreen.blogspot.com/2012/06/kalamazoo-2013-proposal.html.
Michael Torregrossa
Co-Founder, The Virtual Society for the Study of Popular Culture and the Middle Ages
Friday, May 18, 2012
Kalamazoo 2013 Ideas
The Virtual Society for the Study of Popular Culture and the Middle Ages is now in the planning stages for two sponsored sessions for inclusion at next year's International Congress on Medieval Studies:
- Medieval-themed television since 2007 (the date of our last sessions on the topic)
- The impact of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings on Medieval Studies
Interested individuals should email us at Popular.Culture.and.the.Middle.Ages@gmail.com of their willingness to present and/or preside. Please use "Kalamazoo 2013" as your subject line. Please reply by 25 May 2012 as our proposals will be completed over the weekend.
The Medieval Review
I just realized that I had never provided a link to The Medieval Review on the blog.
Begun in 1993 (!), The Medieval Review (originally the Bryn Mawr Medieval Review) provides timely reviews of works of scholarship, editions and translations of interest to medievalists. The e-journal can be accessed online at https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/3631 and/or received via email per the instructions on the website.
Begun in 1993 (!), The Medieval Review (originally the Bryn Mawr Medieval Review) provides timely reviews of works of scholarship, editions and translations of interest to medievalists. The e-journal can be accessed online at https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/3631 and/or received via email per the instructions on the website.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
CCRI Modern-Day Knights
I came across this information about modern-day knights on the website for the Community College of Rhode Island (http://it.ccri.edu/documentation/live/what-is-knight-acct.shtml):
The CCRI Knight account is about to become your new best friend!
What is the Knight account?
CCRI students have a login account called the Knight account. This account is used to login to MyCCRI, Blackboard, lab and library computers, and gain access to print management, wireless services and e-mail. These computer resources are essential to your College experience.
Why is it called the Knight account?
When the Community College of Rhode Island launched its athletic program in 1965, the “Knight” became the official college mascot. The mascot symbolizes many different elements of the college community. A multi-color plume represents the diversity of CCRI students; the shield represents the State of Rhode Island; the knight, steed and armor stands for the commuting CCRI student and the knowledge and experience that will carry them into future success. The final element, the lance, represents the implements or tools used to achieve success.
Although not stated here, the name itself derives from that fact that the first campus of the college (then called Rhode Island Junior College) was built on the remains of the Knight Estate in Warwick, Rhode Island, part of a vast tract of land held by textile magnate Robert Knight (1826–1912), who, at the time of his death, was heralded by The New York Times as the "largest owner of cotton mills in the world" with a number of mills across the state. Knight, along with his brother Benjamin Brayton (1813–1898) owned the internationally renowned B. B. and R. Knight Company (founded in 1852), and he conceived of the Fruit of the Loom brand (now owned by Hanes) in 1851. In October 1964, Royal Webster Knight, Robert Knight's great grandson, was looking to get rid of the property and gave it to the college, and the location was referred to as the Knight Campus, after their family. The Knight Campus itself, an all-inclusive structure, was opened in September 1972, while the former home of the Knight family (at one point the home of Rhode Island Governor William Sprague) became (and still serves as) the residence of the college's president beginning in 1978.
Further details from Wikipedia:
Benjamin Knight: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Knight
Robert Knight: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Knight_(industrialist)
Community College of Rhode Island: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_College_of_Rhode_Island
Fruit of the Loom: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_of_the_Loom
Knight Estate: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Estate
And, especially, The Warwick Rhode Island Digital History Project:
Monday, April 23, 2012
Beowulf to Shakespeare Area CFP MAPACA (6/15/12; Pittsburgh 11/1-3/12))
CFP MAPACA Conference November 3-5 Pittsburgh
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Call for Papers Date: 2012-06-15
Date Submitted: 2012-04-19
Announcement ID: 194063
Beowulf to Shakespeare:
The wealth of material found in the Middle Ages and Renaissance continues to attract modern audiences in the form of with new creative works in areas such as fiction, film, and computer games, which make use of medieval and/or early modern themes, characters, or plots. This is a call for papers or panels dealing with any aspect of medieval or Renaissance representation in popular culture. Topics for this area include, but are not limited to the following:
-Modern portrayals of any aspect of Arthurian legends or Shakespeare
-Modern versions or adaptations of any other Medieval or Renaissance writer
-Modern investigations of historical figures such as Eleanor of Aquitaine, The Richards, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scotts
-Teaching medieval and renaissance texts to modern students
-Medieval or Renaissance links to fantasy fiction, gaming, comics, video games, etc.
Medieval or Renaissance Dramas
-The Middle Ages or Renaissance on the Internet
-Renaissance fairs
Panel and Workshop proposals are also welcome.
Diana Vecchio
Email: dmvecchio@widener.edu
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Call for Papers Date: 2012-06-15
Date Submitted: 2012-04-19
Announcement ID: 194063
The wealth of material found in the Middle Ages and Renaissance continues to attract modern audiences in the form of with new creative works in areas such as fiction, film, and computer games, which make use of medieval and/or early modern themes, characters, or plots. This is a call for papers or panels dealing with any aspect of medieval or Renaissance representation in popular culture. Topics for this area include, but are not limited to the following:
-Modern portrayals of any aspect of Arthurian legends or Shakespeare
-Modern versions or adaptations of any other Medieval or Renaissance writer
-Modern investigations of historical figures such as Eleanor of Aquitaine, The Richards, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scotts
-Teaching medieval and renaissance texts to modern students
-Medieval or Renaissance links to fantasy fiction, gaming, comics, video games, etc.
Medieval or Renaissance Dramas
-The Middle Ages or Renaissance on the Internet
-Renaissance fairs
Panel and Workshop proposals are also welcome.
Diana Vecchio
Email: dmvecchio@widener.edu
Rebecca Barnhouse’s Novels
The Medieval News blog has a post on Rebecca Barnhouse’s new novel Peaceweaver, which is inspired by episodes from Beowulf.
An interview with Barnhouse on the novel appears at Suvudu, and an earlier interview at The Enchanted Inkpot looks at her earlier book, The Coming of the Dragon, which is also based on material in Beowulf.
Barnhouse has published further material set in the Middle Ages for young readers as well as two academic studies of similar works. Her website is: http://www.rebeccabarnhouse.com/.
Year's Work in Medievalism Open CFP
For interested parties:
The Year's Work in Medievalism (YWIM) is based upon but not restricted to the Proceedings of the annual International Conference on Medievalism. The journal also publishes bibliographies, book reviews, and announcements of conferences and other events. Contact the Editor, Edward L. Risden (St. Norbert College, edward.risden@snc.edu), concerning orders of all volumes and submissions to forthcoming volumes.
The Year's Work in Medievalism (YWIM) is based upon but not restricted to the Proceedings of the annual International Conference on Medievalism. The journal also publishes bibliographies, book reviews, and announcements of conferences and other events. Contact the Editor, Edward L. Risden (St. Norbert College, edward.risden@snc.edu), concerning orders of all volumes and submissions to forthcoming volumes.
Further details at: http://www.medievalism.net/ywim.html.
International Society for the Study of Medievalism Update
A quick head's up:
The International Society for the Study of Medievalism, the producers of Studies in Medievalism, The Year's Work in Medievalism and a series of blogs, has recently updated their website. Check it out at http://www.medievalism.net/.
The International Society for the Study of Medievalism, the producers of Studies in Medievalism, The Year's Work in Medievalism and a series of blogs, has recently updated their website. Check it out at http://www.medievalism.net/.
New from Studies in Medievalim
Studies in Medievalism recently published Cahier Calin: Makers of the Middle Ages. Essays in Honor of William Calin, edited by Richard Utz and Elizabeth Emery, with the following contents:
Jesse G. Swan: Erasmus, Calin, Reading and Living -2
Alicia C. Montoya: Madame de Sévigné’s Aristocratic Medievalism -3
William Paden: Pound’s Troubadours -5
Roy Rosenstein: Helen Waddell at Columbia: Maker of Medievalists -6
M. Jane Toswell: Seamus Heaney and Beowulf -9
Tom Shippey: Rudyard Kipling -10
Gwendolyn Morgan: J.R.R. Tolkien: Medievalism and Middle Earth -12
Edward Risden: Shakespeare: Making Medieval Character -13
Barbara K. Altmann: Christine de Pizan as Maker of the Middle Ages -15
Nils Holger Petersen: B.S. Ingemann: Danish Medievalism of the Early Nineteenth Century -17
Veronica West-Harling: Errol le Cain’s Fairy Tales as Manuscript Illustration -18
Carol Robinson: Edna Edith Sayers (f.k.a. Lois Bragg) -20
Pam Clements: Margaret Atwood and Chaucer: Truth and Lies -21
Richard Utz: Bernhard ten Brink and German English Studies in Lotharingia -23
Gayle Zachmann: Marcel Schwob’s Archeologies and Medievalism -24
Elizabeth Emery: Albert Robida, Medieval Publicist -26
Gina Psaki: C.S. Lewis: More Maiorum -29
Kathleen Verduin: The Medievalism of Charles Eliot Norton -30
Karl Fugelso: Tom Phillips’ Dante -32
Caroline Jewers: Six Views of William Morris -33
List of Contributors -35.
A new edition with some content changes is available for purchase as Makers of the Middle Ages: Essays in Honor of William Calin at Lulu.com.
My thanks to Richard Utz's blog medievalism-medievalismo-mediävalismus-médiévalisme for the head's up.
Jesse G. Swan: Erasmus, Calin, Reading and Living -2
Alicia C. Montoya: Madame de Sévigné’s Aristocratic Medievalism -3
William Paden: Pound’s Troubadours -5
Roy Rosenstein: Helen Waddell at Columbia: Maker of Medievalists -6
M. Jane Toswell: Seamus Heaney and Beowulf -9
Tom Shippey: Rudyard Kipling -10
Gwendolyn Morgan: J.R.R. Tolkien: Medievalism and Middle Earth -12
Edward Risden: Shakespeare: Making Medieval Character -13
Barbara K. Altmann: Christine de Pizan as Maker of the Middle Ages -15
Nils Holger Petersen: B.S. Ingemann: Danish Medievalism of the Early Nineteenth Century -17
Veronica West-Harling: Errol le Cain’s Fairy Tales as Manuscript Illustration -18
Carol Robinson: Edna Edith Sayers (f.k.a. Lois Bragg) -20
Pam Clements: Margaret Atwood and Chaucer: Truth and Lies -21
Richard Utz: Bernhard ten Brink and German English Studies in Lotharingia -23
Gayle Zachmann: Marcel Schwob’s Archeologies and Medievalism -24
Elizabeth Emery: Albert Robida, Medieval Publicist -26
Gina Psaki: C.S. Lewis: More Maiorum -29
Kathleen Verduin: The Medievalism of Charles Eliot Norton -30
Karl Fugelso: Tom Phillips’ Dante -32
Caroline Jewers: Six Views of William Morris -33
List of Contributors -35.
A new edition with some content changes is available for purchase as Makers of the Middle Ages: Essays in Honor of William Calin at Lulu.com.
My thanks to Richard Utz's blog medievalism-medievalismo-mediävalismus-médiévalisme for the head's up.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Old Posts New Dates
Sorry for the confusion, the last two posts deal with sessions from last year's International Congress on Medieval Studies. I have updated the labels (neither were linked to the other posts on the conference) but did not realize that Blogger would consider them as new posts.
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Saturday and Sunday Sessions at Kalamazoo 2011
Reminder: The complete program can be accessed at: http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/sessions.html. Sessions sponsored by the Society are in red.
SATURDAY, MAY 14
10:00 AM
Session 348 (Valley II, 207)
Makers of the Middle Ages: Papers in Honor of William Calin
Sponsor: Studies in Medievalism and medievally speaking
Organizer: Richard Utz, Western Michigan Univ.
Presider: Clare A. Simmons, Ohio State Univ.
Christine de Pizan as Maker of the Middle Ages
Barbara K. Altmann, Univ. of Oregon
That Grand Period: The Middle Ages of Charles Eliot Norton
Kathleen Verduin, Hope College
B. S. Ingemann and the Danish Middle Ages
Nils Holger Petersen, Københavns Univ.
Calin, the Maker
F. Regina Psaki, Univ. of Oregon
Session 351 (Valley I, 100)
Tolkien and the Medieval Mediterranean
Sponsor: Dept. of Comparative Literature, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison
Organizer: Christopher Livanos, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison
Presider: Scott A. Mellor, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison
Gondor’s Debt to Byzantium
Christopher Livanos
Crossing the Borders: Unconscious in Dante’s Inferno, Tolkien’s The Hobbit,
and Wood and Burchielli’s DMZ
Faith Portier, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison
The Presence of the Middle East in The Lord of the Rings
Marryam Abdl-Haleem, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison
Session 359 (Fetzer 1005)
Flaming Bodies in Ken Russell’s The Devils
Sponsor: Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship (SMFS)
Organizer: Lynn Arner, Brock Univ.
Presider: Lynn Arner
Inquisitive Politics, Deviant Bodies: The Trope of Mary Magdalene in Ken
Russell’s The Devils
Nhora Lucía Serrano, California State Univ.–Long Beach
Queering the Medieval Witch: Asmodiai, Grandier, and Ken Russell’s The
Devils
Susannah Mary Chewning, Union County College
Session 363 (Fetzer 1060)
Manuscripts and Editions in the Twenty-First Century
Sponsor: Center for Medieval Studies, Univ. of Minnesota–Twin Cities
Organizer: Diane Warne Anderson, Univ. of St. Thomas, St. Paul/Univ. of
Minnesota–Twin Cities
Presider: Diane Warne Anderson
Renovating the Classics: Ninth-Century Corbie and the Modern Classical Text
Bart Huelsenbeck, Cornell Univ.
The Electronic Book of the Head: Creating a Digital Edition of Osler Library
MS 7586
Anna Dysert, McGill Univ.
The Battle of Brunanburh between History and Literature
Keri Wolf, Univ. of California–Davis
Session 364 (Fetzer 2016)
Translating the Medieval
Sponsor: History of Books and Texts Special Interest Group, The English
Association
Organizer: Elaine M. Treharne, Florida State Univ.
Presider: Catherine E. Karkov, Univ. of Leeds
Imaging and Imagining Magna Carta
Andrew Prescott, Univ. of Glasgow
Translating Color: The Middle Ages in Black and White
Siân Echard, Univ. of British Columbia
William Morris, Translation and Illumination
Paul Acker, St. Louis Univ.
Session 370 (Schneider 1135)
Primary Sources at Your Fingertips: Exploring Medieval Austria, Germany, and
Switzerland through Online Digital Resources
Sponsor: Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) and the Society for
Medieval Germanic Studies (SMGS)
Organizer: Matthew Z. Heintzelman, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library
Presider: Glenn Ehrstine, Univ. of Iowa
Medieval Daily Life and Digital Resource Networks
Ingrid Matschinegg, Institut für Realienkunde des Mittelalters und der frühen
Neuzeit, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
New Ways to Research and Teaching: Using MHDBDB (The Middle High
German Conceptual Database) as a Tool
Horst P. Pütz, Christian-Albrechts-Univ. zu Kiel, and Klaus M. Schmidt, Univ.
Salzburg
The Digitization and Cataloging of Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts in
German at the Beinecke Library, Yale University
Kristina Stöbener, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
The Magnum legendarium Austriacum: A Digital Edition on the Web
Martin Haltrich, Kommission für Schrift- und Buchwesen des Mittelalters
Zentrum Mittelalterforschung, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Session 376 (Schneider 1225)
Teaching Medieval Narrative and Performance
Sponsor: TEAMS (The Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages)
Organizer: Anita Obermeier, Univ. of New Mexico
Presider: Laura Wangerin, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison
Representing the Middle Ages in the Today’s Classroom: Teaching History,
Literature, and Analysis through Performance
Jennifer Lynn Jordan, Stony Brook Univ.
“Performing Medieval Narrative Today” Website: Updates and Future
Marilyn Lawrence, New York Univ.
Tiny but Filling Slices: Fitting Medieval Texts into an Overstuffed Literary
Survey
Paul Creamer, East Stroudsburg Univ.
Performing Female Authority in the Digby Mary Magdalene
Kristi J. Castleberry, Univ. of Rochester
Respondent: Evelyn Birge Vitz, New York Univ.
Session 380 (Schneider 1265)
Medievalist Fantasies of Christendom: The Use of the Medieval as Christian
Apologetic in the Literature of the Inklings and Their Contemporaries
Organizer: Cory Lowell Grewell, Thiel College
Presider: Cory Lowell Grewell
The Battle for Middle Earth: Medieval Fantasy of Christendom by a Modern
Apologetic
Morgan Mayreis-Voorhis, Independent Scholar
Double Affirmation: Medieval Chronology, Geography, and Devotion in the
Arthuriad of Charles Williams
Sorina Higgins, Lehigh Carbon Community College
The Polemical Other: Narnian Values and the Complicated Case of Calormen
Emanuelle Burton, Univ. of Chicago
Overcoming the Seven Deadly Sins: Active Spiritual Warriors in The Voyage of
the Dawn Treader
Emily E. Redman, Purdue Univ.
Session 381 (Schneider 1280)
Traveling In and Out of the World of Arthur
Sponsor: International Arthurian Society, North American Branch (IAS/NAB)
Organizer: Melissa Ridley-Elmes, Carlbrook School
Presider: Melissa Ridley-Elmes
To the Antipodes and Beyond: Marvelous Voyages in Recent French Arthurian
Fiction
Anne N. Bornschein, Univ. of Pennsylvania
Journeying through the Celtic Otherworld to Haudesert and the Green Chapel:
Gawain’s Voyage of Transformation
Orly Mor, Independent Scholar
Translators and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Tour Guides or Traitors?
Andrew Eichel, Univ. of Tennessee–Knoxville
Out from Behind the Round Table: The Sociopolitical Implications of Arthur’s
Travels in The Faerie Queene
Russell L. Keck, Purdue Univ.
Session 383 (Schneider 1325)
Luther in Medieval Context
Organizer: K. Christian McGuire, Augsburg College
Presider: K. Christian McGuire
Singing the Gospel: Vernacular Hymns and Luther’s Doctrine of the Priesthood
of All Believers
Jan Volek, Western Michigan Univ.
How “neues” was the “Lied wir heben an”? Retention, Revision, and Expansion
of Medieval German Spiritual Song in the Early Reformation
Patrice C. Ross, Columbus State Community College
A Musical Response to Luther’s Liturgical Directives by the Court of Ulrich VI
of Wurttemberg
Kathy English, Independent Scholar
Session 393 (Bernhard 157)
Glossing the Past in the Present (A Roundtable)
Organizer: Teresa P. Reed, Jacksonville State Univ.
Presider: Dana M. Oswald, Univ. of Wisconsin–Parkside
A roundtable discussion with Kimberly Bell, Sam Houston State Univ.; Justin Brent,
Presbyterian College; Betsy McCormick, Mount San Antonio College; Christine M.
Neufeld, Eastern Michigan Univ.; and Teresa P. Reed.
Session 396 (Bernhard 208)
Can These Bones Come to Life? Insights from Re-construction, Re-enactment, and
Re-creation
Sponsor: Higgins Armory Museum
Organizer: Kenneth C. Mondschein, Higgins Armory Museum/American
International College
Presider: Kenneth C. Mondschein
Blood on the Boards: Gladiatorial Fighting as Theater on the London Stage
Michael A. Cramer, Baruch College and Graduate Center, CUNY
A Few Leaves Short of a Quire: Is MS I.33 Incomplete?
James F. Hester, Royal Armouries Museum
Insights into Medieval Equitation and Combat Technique from Practical
Experimentation
Theresa Wendland, International Mounted Combat Alliance/Chicago Swordplay
Guild
Insights into Medieval Music from Instrument Reconstruction
Josephine Yannacopoulou, Edinburgh Napier Univ.
12:00 PM
Bernhard 209
Tolkien at Kalamazoo
Business Meeting
1:30 PM
Session 437 (Schneider 1280)
Nineteenth-Century Medievalisms
Sponsor: Studies in Medievalism and medievally speaking
Organizer: Richard Utz, Western Michigan Univ.
Presider: Kathleen Verduin, Hope College
A Tale of Two Medievalisms: Muscular Christianity and the Tour de France
Christine M. Havens, Hawkeye Community College
Recovering a Not so Imaginary Past: Medievalism in Scott’s Harold the
Dauntless
Renée Ward, Wilfred Laurier Univ.
Ancient Mysteries: A Regency Printer Uncovers the Medieval
Clare A. Simmons, Ohio State Univ.
Transatlantic Medievalisms: Julian of Norwich’s XVI Revelations in the East
End and Harvard in the “Hungry ‘40s”
Vickie Larsen, Univ. of Michigan–Flint
Session 442 (Schneider 1340)
How Green Is My Apple? Online Sources, E-Readers, and the Medieval Studies
Classroom (A Workshop)
Sponsor: CARA (Committee on Centers and Regional Associations, Medieval
Academy of America)
Organizer: Thomas Goodmann, Univ. of Miami
Presider: Thomas Goodmann
Pouring Old Wine into New Wineskins: A Practicum on Teaching Medieval
Studies Courses Online
Karen Bollermann, Arizona State Univ.
Going Medieval in the Digital Age
Robin Wharton, Georgia Institute of Technology
Session 443 (Schneider 1345)
Other Knights at King Arthur’s Court
Sponsor: International Arthurian Society, North American Branch (IAS/NAB)
Organizer: Susann T. Samples, Mount St. Mary’s Univ.
Presider: Susann T. Samples
PAPER 2 OF 4: Repeated Yankees at King Arthur’s Court
Janine P. Traxler, Manchester College
Session 450 (Bernhard 157)
Postmedieval Children’s Chaucer: Adaptations of the Canterbury Tales for Young
Audiences, Text and Image
Organizer: S. Elizabeth Passmore, Univ. of Southern Indiana
Presider: S. Elizabeth Passmore
Adapting the Nun’s Priest’s Tale for Children: Going, Going, Gone?
Susan Yager, Iowa State Univ.
Not Just Kids’ Stuff: Children’s Books and Chaucer’s Accessibility
Natasha Luepke, Univ. of Phoenix/Kaplan Univ.
Chaucer the Cat? Animals Teaching Children in Patricia Borlenghi’s
Adaptation of the Canterbury Tales
Karla Knutson, Concordia College
Session 451 (Bernhard 159)
Teaching about Medieval Disabilities: Texts and Pedagogy (A Roundtable
Discussion)
Sponsor: Society for the Study of Disability in the Middle Ages
Organizer: Joshua R. Eyler, Columbus State Univ.
Presider: Wendy J. Turner, Augusta State Univ.
The Problem of Definition: Strategies for Teaching Medieval Disability Studies
Tory Vandeventer Pearman, Miami Univ. of Ohio
Teaching about Disability in Medieval Survey Courses
Joshua R. Eyler
“. . . hung all over with crutches”: Teaching the Disabled Figure in Anglo-Saxon
Hagiography
John P. Sexton, Bridgewater State Univ.
Your, My, or Our History? Teaching Medieval Disability History to Students
with Disabilities
Alison Purnell, Univ. of York, and Gregory Carrier, Independent Scholar
Session 455 (Bernhard 211)
Early Medieval Europe I
Sponsor: Early Medieval Europe
Organizer: Paul Edward Dutton, Simon Fraser Univ.
Presider: Allen J. Frantzen, Loyola Univ. Chicago
PAPER 1 OF 3: An Introduction to Christianity for Today’s Novices in Medieval History: An
Experiment
Walter Goffart, Yale Univ.
3:30 PM
Session 462 (Valley II, 205)
The Abbey of Saint-Victor II: Richard of Saint-Victor on the Trinity and on Love
Organizer: Grover A. Zinn, Oberlin College
Presider: Franklin T. Harkins, Fordham Univ.
PAPER 2 OF 2: Medieval Love in a Modern World: Richard of Saint-Victor and Ezra Pound
LeeAnn Derdeyn, Univ. of Texas–Dallas
Session 481 (Schneider 1135)
Science, Law, and History: Medieval German Didactic Literature
Sponsor: Society for Medieval Germanic Studies (SMGS)
Organizer: Evelyn Meyer, St. Louis Univ., and Alexander Sager, Univ. of Georgia
Presider: Alexander Sager
PAPER 3 OF 3: Medievalism and Reformation: Matthias Flacius Illyricus as Medievalist
Alana King, Princeton Univ.
Session 483 (Schneider 1145)
Romanian Medievalia: Historic Recuperations
Sponsor: Romanian Institute of Orthodox Theology and Spirituality of New York
Organizer: Theodor Damian, Metropolitan College of New York
Presider: Nicholas T. Groves, New Gracanica Monastery
The Poetry of Gregory of Nazianzus: Self Assessment and Moral Formation
Theodor Damian
Medieval Poetry in Romania
Valentia Ciaprazi, La Guardia Community College of New York
Dacian History as Reflected in the European and Romanian Medieval Heritage
Napoleon Savescu, Dacia Revival International Society
Session 493 (Schneider 1280)
Teaching Medievalisms (A Roundtable)
Sponsor: Studies in Medievalism and medievally speaking
Organizer: Richard Utz, Western Michigan Univ.
Presider: Richard Utz
A roundtable discussion with Albert Alhadeff, Univ. of Colorado–Boulder; Benjamin
S. W. Barootes, McGill Univ.; Lesley A. Coote, Univ. of Hull; Ilan Mitchell-Smith,
California State Univ.–Long Beach; Megan Morris, Univ. of Rochester; E. Kay
Harris, Univ. of Southern Mississippi; and Lewis Pyenson, Western Michigan Univ.
Session 496 (Schneider 1330)
The Making of History in Medieval Europe and China: Who Lived It, Who Wrote
It, and Who Read It
Organizer: Sherry J. Mou, DePauw Univ.
Presider: Curtis Dean Smith, Grand Valley State Univ.
PAPER 3 OF 3: Nuns and History: The Abbesses of Notre-Dame in Soissons in the Seventeenth
Century
Edward A. Boyden, Nassau Community College
Session 499 (Schneider 1345)
Letters and Legacies: Correspondence in the World of Arthur
Sponsor: International Arthurian Society, North American Branch (IAS/NAB)
Organizer: Jennifer Boulanger, Southern Methodist Univ.
Presider: Jennifer Boulanger
“To Be of Goode Comforte”: Feminine Fellowship and Communication in
Malory’s Morte Darthur
Michelle Kustarz, Wayne State Univ.
Bad Tidings: Messages and Media in Malory’s Morte Darthur
Elizabeth S. Sklar, Wayne State Univ.
Malory’s Hollywood/Broadway Legacy: Joshua Logan’s Film of Camelot
Martin B. Shichtman, Eastern Michigan Univ.
Tristan’s Victorian Legacies: Tennyson and Swinburne
Thomas J. Hoberg, Northeastern Illinois Univ.
Session 504 (Schneider 2345)
More Than a Medievalist: Teaching the General While Writing the Specific (A
Roundtable)
Organizer: Julie A. Hofmann, Shenandoah Univ.
Presider: Kate McGrath, Central Connecticut State Univ.
A roundtable discussion with Robert Babcock, Hastings College; Evan A. Gatti, Elon
Univ.; Paul Hardwick, Trinity Univ. College, Univ. of Leeds; and Julie A. Hofmann.
Session 506 (Bernhard 157)
Partnering the Middle Ages: Interdisciplinary Contributions to the Teaching of the
Middle Ages (A Roundtable)
Sponsor: Medieval Association of the Midwest (MAM)
Organizer: Mickey Sweeney, Dominican Univ.
Presider: Louise Hampson, Univ. of York
A roundtable discussion with David M. Perry, Dominican Univ.; Mickey Sweeney;
Samantha Rayner, Anglia Ruskin Univ.; Andrea R. Harbin, SUNY–Cortland; Aubri
McVey Leung, Indiana Univ.–Bloomington; Toni J. Morris, Univ. of Indianapolis;
and Samantha Meigs, Univ. of Indianapolis.
Session 510 (Bernhard 210)
In Honor of Joan Ferrante II (A Roundtable)
Sponsor: Medieval Foremothers Society
Organizer: Helene Scheck, Univ. at Albany, and Elizabeth Robertson, Univ. of
Glasgow
Presider: Helene Scheck
To the Glory of Her Absent Sex: Women and the Issue of the Anonymous Text
Liz Herbert McAvoy, Swansea Univ.
Violence and the Glory of Sex: Rethinking Joan Ferrante and Marie de
France’s Lais
Wendy Marie Hoofnagle, Univ. of Northern Iowa
Teaching Women Writing and Written in Medieval Literature
Celia M. Lewis, Louisiana Tech Univ.
Joan Ferrante and the Online Epistolae Collection
Elizabeth A. Hubble, Univ. of Montana
“Women’s” Letters: The Feminine Voice of Ovid’s Heroides
Suzanne Conklin Akbari, Univ. of Toronto
SUNDAY, MAY 15
8:30 AM
Session 517 (Valley II, 205)
C. S. Lewis: Rediscovering the Discarded Image I
Sponsor: C. S. Lewis Society, Purdue Univ.
Organizer: Crystal Kirgiss, Purdue Univ.
Presider: Erin Kissick, Purdue Univ.
Refurbishing a Discarded Image: C. S. Lewis’s Use of Spenser’s Faerie Queene
in That Hideous Strength
Paul R. Rovang, Edinboro Univ. of Pennsylvania
C. S. Lewis and the Narnian Cosmos: Re-envisioning the Discarded Image
Heather Herrick Jennings, Univ. of California–Davis
“The Discarded Image?” C. S. Lewis and Owen Barfield on the Medieval Model
Edwin Woodruff Tait, Huntington Univ.
Session 521 (Valley I, 109)
Skepticism in Early English Drama
Organizer: Joe Ricke, Taylor Univ.
Presider: David Bevington, Univ. of Chicago
PAPER 3 OF 3: “Portrait of the Atheist as a Smart Man”: Shakespeare’s Richard of Gloucester
Joe Ricke
Session 522 (Valley I, Shilling Lounge)
Reading Old and Middle French Aloud (A Workshop)
Organizer: Nathaniel E. Dubin, St. John’s Univ.
Presider: Ellen Lorraine Friedrich, Valdosta State Univ.
A workshop with Nathaniel E. Dubin; William W. Kibler, Univ. of Texas–Austin; and
Daniel E. O’Sullivan, Univ. of Mississippi.
Session 526 (Fetzer 1060)
National Borders and Medieval Spaces
Sponsor: Oregon Medieval English Literature Society (OMELS)
Organizer: Danna Voth, Univ. of Oregon, and Stephen Patrick McCormick, Univ. of
Oregon
Presider: Erik Wade, Univ. of Oregon
PAPER 1 OF 3: Chaucer in Early America: Politics, the Medieval Past, and Crafting an
American Nation
Nancy Bradley Warren, Florida State Univ.
Session 528 (Fetzer 2020)
The Central Issue: What Does the Public Actually Think about the Middle Ages?
Sponsor: Public Understanding of the Middle Ages Society
Organizer: Paul B. Sturtevant, Univ. of Leeds
Presider: Paul B. Sturtevant
The Perceptions of Medieval Heritage among Modern Master Falconers
Leslie Jacoby, San Jose State Univ.
“Viking” North America: The North American Public’s Understanding of Its
Norse Heritage
Megan Arnott, Univ. of Western Ontario
The Quest of Veritas: Liberating History from Popular Myth
Eric Slyter, Knights of Veritas
Session 535 (Schneider 1340)
Resources for Machaut Research and Study (A Roundtable)
Sponsor: International Machaut Society
Organizer: Jennifer Bain, Dalhousie Univ.
Presider: Jared C. Hartt, Oberlin Conservatory of Music
The Works of Guillaume de Machaut: A New Complete Edition
Yolanda Plumley, Univ. of Exeter; R. Barton Palmer, Clemson Univ.; and Anne
Stone, Queens College and Graduate Center, CUNY
Digital Environments for Machaut Studies
Benjamin Albritton, Stanford Univ.
Machaut’s Material Legacy in the Digital World
Deborah McGrady, Univ. of Virginia
Session 537 (Schneider 1350)
Medieval Quest Narratives
Organizer: Robert Stretter, Providence College
Presider: Robert J. Meyer-Lee, Indiana Univ.–South Bend
The Green Mask of God: Joseph Campbell’s Quest Archetype and Sir Gawain
and the Green Knight
Robert Stretter
Anyone’s Romance Quest: The Appeal of Medieval Romance
Paul D. Gaffney, Hiram College
Incarceration, Errantry, and the Quest in Malory’s Morte Darthur
Holly Moyer, Univ. of California–Los Angeles
“Whom does it serve?”: The Grail Quest in Boorman’s Excalibur and Movie
Medievalism
Christian Sheridan, Bridgewater College
Session 539 (Bernhard 105)
Mythical Creatures of the Middle Ages in Modern (European) Culture
Sponsor: Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Mittelalter-Studien (IZMS), Univ. Salzburg
Organizer: Ursula Bieber, Univ. Salzburg
Presider: Ursula Bieber
Medieval Mythmakers: The Representation of the Gigantic on Modern Fiction
and Film
Tina Boyer, Wake Forest Univ.
“Losen er began”: An Examination of the Water Nixie in Nibelungenlied and
Thüring von Ringoltingen’s Melusine as Enduring in the Popular Imaginary
Deva Kemmis Hicks, Georgetown Univ.
Knights and Beasts in Adolf Muschg’s Der Rote Ritter
Günther Rohr, Univ. Koblenz-Landau/Ewha Womans Univ.
10:30 AM
Session 548 (Valley II, 205)
C. S. Lewis: Rediscovering the Discarded Image II
Sponsor: C. S. Lewis Society, Purdue Univ.
Organizer: Crystal Kirgiss, Purdue Univ.
Presider: Jason Lotz, Purdue Univ.
“Use Your Specimens While You Can”: Lewis the Medievalist, Lewis the
Medieval
Jennifer Woodruff Tait, Huntington Univ.
The Intuitive Medievalism of C. S. Lewis
Chris R. Armstrong, Bethel Univ.
Lewis’s Translation of Augustine on the Trinity
Charles Ross, Purdue Univ.
Session 551 (Valley I, Shilling Lounge)
Reading the French of England Aloud: The Prologues Project (A Workshop)
Organizer: Thelma Fenster, Fordham Univ.
Presider: Laurie Postlewate, Barnard College
The Nun of Barking’s Prologue to La Vie d’Edouard le Confesseur
Alice M. Colby-Hall, Cornell Univ.
The Prologue to Saluz et solaz
Jocelyn Wogan-Browne, Fordham Univ.
The Prologue to Gaimer’s Estoire des Englois
Paul R. Hyams, Cornell Univ.
The Prologue to Robert Grosseteste’s Chasteau d’amour
Maureen Boulton, Univ. of Notre Dame
Two Prologues by “Chardri”: Les sept dormans and La Vie de Josaphaz
Thelma Fenster
Session 553 (Fetzer 1010)
Six Hundred Years of Hoccleve’s Regiment of Princes, or, Does It Just Seem That
Long? II
Organizer: Elon Lang, Washington Univ. in St. Louis, and David Watt, Univ. of
Manitoba
Presider: David Watt
PAPER 1 OF 3: Victim of Circumstance: The Problem with Regiment of Princes Editions and
What We Can Do About It
Elon Lang
Session 563 (Schneider 1280)
Teaching off the Grid: The Promise and Perils of Using Non-canonical Texts in the
Classroom (A Roundtable Discussion)
Organizer: Gina Brandolino, Univ. of Michigan–Ann Arbor, and Nathanial B. Smith,
Central Michigan Univ.
Presider: Nathanial B. Smith
Stimulus Package: Why The Prick of Conscience Belongs in Medieval Survey Courses
Moira Fitzgibbons, Marist College
Foreign Territory: Teaching the Middle Ages through Travel Narratives
Elizabeth A. Williamsen, Kent State Univ.–Stark
Jacking into the Middle Ages: Unfiltered and Uncut
Myra J. Seaman, College of Charleston
Teaching Innocent’s Legacy: Middle English Texts for Commoners
Gina Brandolino
The Reliques of Ancient English Poetry in the Early English Survey: Canonical
Texts as Non-canonical Texts
Adam H. Kitzes, Univ. of North Dakota
SATURDAY, MAY 14
10:00 AM
Session 348 (Valley II, 207)
Makers of the Middle Ages: Papers in Honor of William Calin
Sponsor: Studies in Medievalism and medievally speaking
Organizer: Richard Utz, Western Michigan Univ.
Presider: Clare A. Simmons, Ohio State Univ.
Christine de Pizan as Maker of the Middle Ages
Barbara K. Altmann, Univ. of Oregon
That Grand Period: The Middle Ages of Charles Eliot Norton
Kathleen Verduin, Hope College
B. S. Ingemann and the Danish Middle Ages
Nils Holger Petersen, Københavns Univ.
Calin, the Maker
F. Regina Psaki, Univ. of Oregon
Session 351 (Valley I, 100)
Tolkien and the Medieval Mediterranean
Sponsor: Dept. of Comparative Literature, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison
Organizer: Christopher Livanos, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison
Presider: Scott A. Mellor, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison
Gondor’s Debt to Byzantium
Christopher Livanos
Crossing the Borders: Unconscious in Dante’s Inferno, Tolkien’s The Hobbit,
and Wood and Burchielli’s DMZ
Faith Portier, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison
The Presence of the Middle East in The Lord of the Rings
Marryam Abdl-Haleem, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison
Session 359 (Fetzer 1005)
Flaming Bodies in Ken Russell’s The Devils
Sponsor: Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship (SMFS)
Organizer: Lynn Arner, Brock Univ.
Presider: Lynn Arner
Inquisitive Politics, Deviant Bodies: The Trope of Mary Magdalene in Ken
Russell’s The Devils
Nhora Lucía Serrano, California State Univ.–Long Beach
Queering the Medieval Witch: Asmodiai, Grandier, and Ken Russell’s The
Devils
Susannah Mary Chewning, Union County College
Session 363 (Fetzer 1060)
Manuscripts and Editions in the Twenty-First Century
Sponsor: Center for Medieval Studies, Univ. of Minnesota–Twin Cities
Organizer: Diane Warne Anderson, Univ. of St. Thomas, St. Paul/Univ. of
Minnesota–Twin Cities
Presider: Diane Warne Anderson
Renovating the Classics: Ninth-Century Corbie and the Modern Classical Text
Bart Huelsenbeck, Cornell Univ.
The Electronic Book of the Head: Creating a Digital Edition of Osler Library
MS 7586
Anna Dysert, McGill Univ.
The Battle of Brunanburh between History and Literature
Keri Wolf, Univ. of California–Davis
Session 364 (Fetzer 2016)
Translating the Medieval
Sponsor: History of Books and Texts Special Interest Group, The English
Association
Organizer: Elaine M. Treharne, Florida State Univ.
Presider: Catherine E. Karkov, Univ. of Leeds
Imaging and Imagining Magna Carta
Andrew Prescott, Univ. of Glasgow
Translating Color: The Middle Ages in Black and White
Siân Echard, Univ. of British Columbia
William Morris, Translation and Illumination
Paul Acker, St. Louis Univ.
Session 370 (Schneider 1135)
Primary Sources at Your Fingertips: Exploring Medieval Austria, Germany, and
Switzerland through Online Digital Resources
Sponsor: Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) and the Society for
Medieval Germanic Studies (SMGS)
Organizer: Matthew Z. Heintzelman, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library
Presider: Glenn Ehrstine, Univ. of Iowa
Medieval Daily Life and Digital Resource Networks
Ingrid Matschinegg, Institut für Realienkunde des Mittelalters und der frühen
Neuzeit, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
New Ways to Research and Teaching: Using MHDBDB (The Middle High
German Conceptual Database) as a Tool
Horst P. Pütz, Christian-Albrechts-Univ. zu Kiel, and Klaus M. Schmidt, Univ.
Salzburg
The Digitization and Cataloging of Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts in
German at the Beinecke Library, Yale University
Kristina Stöbener, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
The Magnum legendarium Austriacum: A Digital Edition on the Web
Martin Haltrich, Kommission für Schrift- und Buchwesen des Mittelalters
Zentrum Mittelalterforschung, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Session 376 (Schneider 1225)
Teaching Medieval Narrative and Performance
Sponsor: TEAMS (The Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages)
Organizer: Anita Obermeier, Univ. of New Mexico
Presider: Laura Wangerin, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison
Representing the Middle Ages in the Today’s Classroom: Teaching History,
Literature, and Analysis through Performance
Jennifer Lynn Jordan, Stony Brook Univ.
“Performing Medieval Narrative Today” Website: Updates and Future
Marilyn Lawrence, New York Univ.
Tiny but Filling Slices: Fitting Medieval Texts into an Overstuffed Literary
Survey
Paul Creamer, East Stroudsburg Univ.
Performing Female Authority in the Digby Mary Magdalene
Kristi J. Castleberry, Univ. of Rochester
Respondent: Evelyn Birge Vitz, New York Univ.
Session 380 (Schneider 1265)
Medievalist Fantasies of Christendom: The Use of the Medieval as Christian
Apologetic in the Literature of the Inklings and Their Contemporaries
Organizer: Cory Lowell Grewell, Thiel College
Presider: Cory Lowell Grewell
The Battle for Middle Earth: Medieval Fantasy of Christendom by a Modern
Apologetic
Morgan Mayreis-Voorhis, Independent Scholar
Double Affirmation: Medieval Chronology, Geography, and Devotion in the
Arthuriad of Charles Williams
Sorina Higgins, Lehigh Carbon Community College
The Polemical Other: Narnian Values and the Complicated Case of Calormen
Emanuelle Burton, Univ. of Chicago
Overcoming the Seven Deadly Sins: Active Spiritual Warriors in The Voyage of
the Dawn Treader
Emily E. Redman, Purdue Univ.
Session 381 (Schneider 1280)
Traveling In and Out of the World of Arthur
Sponsor: International Arthurian Society, North American Branch (IAS/NAB)
Organizer: Melissa Ridley-Elmes, Carlbrook School
Presider: Melissa Ridley-Elmes
To the Antipodes and Beyond: Marvelous Voyages in Recent French Arthurian
Fiction
Anne N. Bornschein, Univ. of Pennsylvania
Journeying through the Celtic Otherworld to Haudesert and the Green Chapel:
Gawain’s Voyage of Transformation
Orly Mor, Independent Scholar
Translators and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: Tour Guides or Traitors?
Andrew Eichel, Univ. of Tennessee–Knoxville
Out from Behind the Round Table: The Sociopolitical Implications of Arthur’s
Travels in The Faerie Queene
Russell L. Keck, Purdue Univ.
Session 383 (Schneider 1325)
Luther in Medieval Context
Organizer: K. Christian McGuire, Augsburg College
Presider: K. Christian McGuire
Singing the Gospel: Vernacular Hymns and Luther’s Doctrine of the Priesthood
of All Believers
Jan Volek, Western Michigan Univ.
How “neues” was the “Lied wir heben an”? Retention, Revision, and Expansion
of Medieval German Spiritual Song in the Early Reformation
Patrice C. Ross, Columbus State Community College
A Musical Response to Luther’s Liturgical Directives by the Court of Ulrich VI
of Wurttemberg
Kathy English, Independent Scholar
Session 393 (Bernhard 157)
Glossing the Past in the Present (A Roundtable)
Organizer: Teresa P. Reed, Jacksonville State Univ.
Presider: Dana M. Oswald, Univ. of Wisconsin–Parkside
A roundtable discussion with Kimberly Bell, Sam Houston State Univ.; Justin Brent,
Presbyterian College; Betsy McCormick, Mount San Antonio College; Christine M.
Neufeld, Eastern Michigan Univ.; and Teresa P. Reed.
Session 396 (Bernhard 208)
Can These Bones Come to Life? Insights from Re-construction, Re-enactment, and
Re-creation
Sponsor: Higgins Armory Museum
Organizer: Kenneth C. Mondschein, Higgins Armory Museum/American
International College
Presider: Kenneth C. Mondschein
Blood on the Boards: Gladiatorial Fighting as Theater on the London Stage
Michael A. Cramer, Baruch College and Graduate Center, CUNY
A Few Leaves Short of a Quire: Is MS I.33 Incomplete?
James F. Hester, Royal Armouries Museum
Insights into Medieval Equitation and Combat Technique from Practical
Experimentation
Theresa Wendland, International Mounted Combat Alliance/Chicago Swordplay
Guild
Insights into Medieval Music from Instrument Reconstruction
Josephine Yannacopoulou, Edinburgh Napier Univ.
12:00 PM
Valley II, Garneau Lounge
Virtual Society for the Study of Popular Culture and the Middle Ages
Business Meeting and Reception
Bernhard 209
Tolkien at Kalamazoo
Business Meeting
1:30 PM
Session 437 (Schneider 1280)
Nineteenth-Century Medievalisms
Sponsor: Studies in Medievalism and medievally speaking
Organizer: Richard Utz, Western Michigan Univ.
Presider: Kathleen Verduin, Hope College
A Tale of Two Medievalisms: Muscular Christianity and the Tour de France
Christine M. Havens, Hawkeye Community College
Recovering a Not so Imaginary Past: Medievalism in Scott’s Harold the
Dauntless
Renée Ward, Wilfred Laurier Univ.
Ancient Mysteries: A Regency Printer Uncovers the Medieval
Clare A. Simmons, Ohio State Univ.
Transatlantic Medievalisms: Julian of Norwich’s XVI Revelations in the East
End and Harvard in the “Hungry ‘40s”
Vickie Larsen, Univ. of Michigan–Flint
Session 442 (Schneider 1340)
How Green Is My Apple? Online Sources, E-Readers, and the Medieval Studies
Classroom (A Workshop)
Sponsor: CARA (Committee on Centers and Regional Associations, Medieval
Academy of America)
Organizer: Thomas Goodmann, Univ. of Miami
Presider: Thomas Goodmann
Pouring Old Wine into New Wineskins: A Practicum on Teaching Medieval
Studies Courses Online
Karen Bollermann, Arizona State Univ.
Going Medieval in the Digital Age
Robin Wharton, Georgia Institute of Technology
Session 443 (Schneider 1345)
Other Knights at King Arthur’s Court
Sponsor: International Arthurian Society, North American Branch (IAS/NAB)
Organizer: Susann T. Samples, Mount St. Mary’s Univ.
Presider: Susann T. Samples
PAPER 2 OF 4: Repeated Yankees at King Arthur’s Court
Janine P. Traxler, Manchester College
Session 450 (Bernhard 157)
Postmedieval Children’s Chaucer: Adaptations of the Canterbury Tales for Young
Audiences, Text and Image
Organizer: S. Elizabeth Passmore, Univ. of Southern Indiana
Presider: S. Elizabeth Passmore
Adapting the Nun’s Priest’s Tale for Children: Going, Going, Gone?
Susan Yager, Iowa State Univ.
Not Just Kids’ Stuff: Children’s Books and Chaucer’s Accessibility
Natasha Luepke, Univ. of Phoenix/Kaplan Univ.
Chaucer the Cat? Animals Teaching Children in Patricia Borlenghi’s
Adaptation of the Canterbury Tales
Karla Knutson, Concordia College
Session 451 (Bernhard 159)
Teaching about Medieval Disabilities: Texts and Pedagogy (A Roundtable
Discussion)
Sponsor: Society for the Study of Disability in the Middle Ages
Organizer: Joshua R. Eyler, Columbus State Univ.
Presider: Wendy J. Turner, Augusta State Univ.
The Problem of Definition: Strategies for Teaching Medieval Disability Studies
Tory Vandeventer Pearman, Miami Univ. of Ohio
Teaching about Disability in Medieval Survey Courses
Joshua R. Eyler
“. . . hung all over with crutches”: Teaching the Disabled Figure in Anglo-Saxon
Hagiography
John P. Sexton, Bridgewater State Univ.
Your, My, or Our History? Teaching Medieval Disability History to Students
with Disabilities
Alison Purnell, Univ. of York, and Gregory Carrier, Independent Scholar
Session 455 (Bernhard 211)
Early Medieval Europe I
Sponsor: Early Medieval Europe
Organizer: Paul Edward Dutton, Simon Fraser Univ.
Presider: Allen J. Frantzen, Loyola Univ. Chicago
PAPER 1 OF 3: An Introduction to Christianity for Today’s Novices in Medieval History: An
Experiment
Walter Goffart, Yale Univ.
3:30 PM
Session 462 (Valley II, 205)
The Abbey of Saint-Victor II: Richard of Saint-Victor on the Trinity and on Love
Organizer: Grover A. Zinn, Oberlin College
Presider: Franklin T. Harkins, Fordham Univ.
PAPER 2 OF 2: Medieval Love in a Modern World: Richard of Saint-Victor and Ezra Pound
LeeAnn Derdeyn, Univ. of Texas–Dallas
Session 478 (Fetzer 2040)
Twenty-First Century Medievalism: Re-envisioning the Medieval in the
Contemporary World (A Roundtable)
Sponsor: Virtual Society for the Study of Popular Culture and the Middle Ages
Organizer: Michael A. Torregrossa, Virtual Society for the Study of Popular Culture
and the Middle Ages
Presider: Carl James Grindley, Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College
Siegfried the Volk-Song: Examining the Interpretations of Siegfried the Dragon-
Slayer and the Making of a National History
Peter H. Johnsson, San Francisco State Univ.
Analysis of Arthurian Film Reviews
Laurie Rizzo, Univ. of Delaware
Beowulf in the Twenty-First Century
Suanna H. Davis, Houston Community College: Central
I Want to Believe: Finding the Medieval in The X-Files
Rebecca Johnson, Princeton Univ.
Session 481 (Schneider 1135)
Science, Law, and History: Medieval German Didactic Literature
Sponsor: Society for Medieval Germanic Studies (SMGS)
Organizer: Evelyn Meyer, St. Louis Univ., and Alexander Sager, Univ. of Georgia
Presider: Alexander Sager
PAPER 3 OF 3: Medievalism and Reformation: Matthias Flacius Illyricus as Medievalist
Alana King, Princeton Univ.
Session 483 (Schneider 1145)
Romanian Medievalia: Historic Recuperations
Sponsor: Romanian Institute of Orthodox Theology and Spirituality of New York
Organizer: Theodor Damian, Metropolitan College of New York
Presider: Nicholas T. Groves, New Gracanica Monastery
The Poetry of Gregory of Nazianzus: Self Assessment and Moral Formation
Theodor Damian
Medieval Poetry in Romania
Valentia Ciaprazi, La Guardia Community College of New York
Dacian History as Reflected in the European and Romanian Medieval Heritage
Napoleon Savescu, Dacia Revival International Society
Session 493 (Schneider 1280)
Teaching Medievalisms (A Roundtable)
Sponsor: Studies in Medievalism and medievally speaking
Organizer: Richard Utz, Western Michigan Univ.
Presider: Richard Utz
A roundtable discussion with Albert Alhadeff, Univ. of Colorado–Boulder; Benjamin
S. W. Barootes, McGill Univ.; Lesley A. Coote, Univ. of Hull; Ilan Mitchell-Smith,
California State Univ.–Long Beach; Megan Morris, Univ. of Rochester; E. Kay
Harris, Univ. of Southern Mississippi; and Lewis Pyenson, Western Michigan Univ.
Session 496 (Schneider 1330)
The Making of History in Medieval Europe and China: Who Lived It, Who Wrote
It, and Who Read It
Organizer: Sherry J. Mou, DePauw Univ.
Presider: Curtis Dean Smith, Grand Valley State Univ.
PAPER 3 OF 3: Nuns and History: The Abbesses of Notre-Dame in Soissons in the Seventeenth
Century
Edward A. Boyden, Nassau Community College
Session 499 (Schneider 1345)
Letters and Legacies: Correspondence in the World of Arthur
Sponsor: International Arthurian Society, North American Branch (IAS/NAB)
Organizer: Jennifer Boulanger, Southern Methodist Univ.
Presider: Jennifer Boulanger
“To Be of Goode Comforte”: Feminine Fellowship and Communication in
Malory’s Morte Darthur
Michelle Kustarz, Wayne State Univ.
Bad Tidings: Messages and Media in Malory’s Morte Darthur
Elizabeth S. Sklar, Wayne State Univ.
Malory’s Hollywood/Broadway Legacy: Joshua Logan’s Film of Camelot
Martin B. Shichtman, Eastern Michigan Univ.
Tristan’s Victorian Legacies: Tennyson and Swinburne
Thomas J. Hoberg, Northeastern Illinois Univ.
Session 504 (Schneider 2345)
More Than a Medievalist: Teaching the General While Writing the Specific (A
Roundtable)
Organizer: Julie A. Hofmann, Shenandoah Univ.
Presider: Kate McGrath, Central Connecticut State Univ.
A roundtable discussion with Robert Babcock, Hastings College; Evan A. Gatti, Elon
Univ.; Paul Hardwick, Trinity Univ. College, Univ. of Leeds; and Julie A. Hofmann.
Session 506 (Bernhard 157)
Partnering the Middle Ages: Interdisciplinary Contributions to the Teaching of the
Middle Ages (A Roundtable)
Sponsor: Medieval Association of the Midwest (MAM)
Organizer: Mickey Sweeney, Dominican Univ.
Presider: Louise Hampson, Univ. of York
A roundtable discussion with David M. Perry, Dominican Univ.; Mickey Sweeney;
Samantha Rayner, Anglia Ruskin Univ.; Andrea R. Harbin, SUNY–Cortland; Aubri
McVey Leung, Indiana Univ.–Bloomington; Toni J. Morris, Univ. of Indianapolis;
and Samantha Meigs, Univ. of Indianapolis.
Session 510 (Bernhard 210)
In Honor of Joan Ferrante II (A Roundtable)
Sponsor: Medieval Foremothers Society
Organizer: Helene Scheck, Univ. at Albany, and Elizabeth Robertson, Univ. of
Glasgow
Presider: Helene Scheck
To the Glory of Her Absent Sex: Women and the Issue of the Anonymous Text
Liz Herbert McAvoy, Swansea Univ.
Violence and the Glory of Sex: Rethinking Joan Ferrante and Marie de
France’s Lais
Wendy Marie Hoofnagle, Univ. of Northern Iowa
Teaching Women Writing and Written in Medieval Literature
Celia M. Lewis, Louisiana Tech Univ.
Joan Ferrante and the Online Epistolae Collection
Elizabeth A. Hubble, Univ. of Montana
“Women’s” Letters: The Feminine Voice of Ovid’s Heroides
Suzanne Conklin Akbari, Univ. of Toronto
SUNDAY, MAY 15
8:30 AM
Session 517 (Valley II, 205)
C. S. Lewis: Rediscovering the Discarded Image I
Sponsor: C. S. Lewis Society, Purdue Univ.
Organizer: Crystal Kirgiss, Purdue Univ.
Presider: Erin Kissick, Purdue Univ.
Refurbishing a Discarded Image: C. S. Lewis’s Use of Spenser’s Faerie Queene
in That Hideous Strength
Paul R. Rovang, Edinboro Univ. of Pennsylvania
C. S. Lewis and the Narnian Cosmos: Re-envisioning the Discarded Image
Heather Herrick Jennings, Univ. of California–Davis
“The Discarded Image?” C. S. Lewis and Owen Barfield on the Medieval Model
Edwin Woodruff Tait, Huntington Univ.
Session 521 (Valley I, 109)
Skepticism in Early English Drama
Organizer: Joe Ricke, Taylor Univ.
Presider: David Bevington, Univ. of Chicago
PAPER 3 OF 3: “Portrait of the Atheist as a Smart Man”: Shakespeare’s Richard of Gloucester
Joe Ricke
Session 522 (Valley I, Shilling Lounge)
Reading Old and Middle French Aloud (A Workshop)
Organizer: Nathaniel E. Dubin, St. John’s Univ.
Presider: Ellen Lorraine Friedrich, Valdosta State Univ.
A workshop with Nathaniel E. Dubin; William W. Kibler, Univ. of Texas–Austin; and
Daniel E. O’Sullivan, Univ. of Mississippi.
Session 526 (Fetzer 1060)
National Borders and Medieval Spaces
Sponsor: Oregon Medieval English Literature Society (OMELS)
Organizer: Danna Voth, Univ. of Oregon, and Stephen Patrick McCormick, Univ. of
Oregon
Presider: Erik Wade, Univ. of Oregon
PAPER 1 OF 3: Chaucer in Early America: Politics, the Medieval Past, and Crafting an
American Nation
Nancy Bradley Warren, Florida State Univ.
Session 528 (Fetzer 2020)
The Central Issue: What Does the Public Actually Think about the Middle Ages?
Sponsor: Public Understanding of the Middle Ages Society
Organizer: Paul B. Sturtevant, Univ. of Leeds
Presider: Paul B. Sturtevant
The Perceptions of Medieval Heritage among Modern Master Falconers
Leslie Jacoby, San Jose State Univ.
“Viking” North America: The North American Public’s Understanding of Its
Norse Heritage
Megan Arnott, Univ. of Western Ontario
The Quest of Veritas: Liberating History from Popular Myth
Eric Slyter, Knights of Veritas
Session 535 (Schneider 1340)
Resources for Machaut Research and Study (A Roundtable)
Sponsor: International Machaut Society
Organizer: Jennifer Bain, Dalhousie Univ.
Presider: Jared C. Hartt, Oberlin Conservatory of Music
The Works of Guillaume de Machaut: A New Complete Edition
Yolanda Plumley, Univ. of Exeter; R. Barton Palmer, Clemson Univ.; and Anne
Stone, Queens College and Graduate Center, CUNY
Digital Environments for Machaut Studies
Benjamin Albritton, Stanford Univ.
Machaut’s Material Legacy in the Digital World
Deborah McGrady, Univ. of Virginia
Session 537 (Schneider 1350)
Medieval Quest Narratives
Organizer: Robert Stretter, Providence College
Presider: Robert J. Meyer-Lee, Indiana Univ.–South Bend
The Green Mask of God: Joseph Campbell’s Quest Archetype and Sir Gawain
and the Green Knight
Robert Stretter
Anyone’s Romance Quest: The Appeal of Medieval Romance
Paul D. Gaffney, Hiram College
Incarceration, Errantry, and the Quest in Malory’s Morte Darthur
Holly Moyer, Univ. of California–Los Angeles
“Whom does it serve?”: The Grail Quest in Boorman’s Excalibur and Movie
Medievalism
Christian Sheridan, Bridgewater College
Session 539 (Bernhard 105)
Mythical Creatures of the Middle Ages in Modern (European) Culture
Sponsor: Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Mittelalter-Studien (IZMS), Univ. Salzburg
Organizer: Ursula Bieber, Univ. Salzburg
Presider: Ursula Bieber
Medieval Mythmakers: The Representation of the Gigantic on Modern Fiction
and Film
Tina Boyer, Wake Forest Univ.
“Losen er began”: An Examination of the Water Nixie in Nibelungenlied and
Thüring von Ringoltingen’s Melusine as Enduring in the Popular Imaginary
Deva Kemmis Hicks, Georgetown Univ.
Knights and Beasts in Adolf Muschg’s Der Rote Ritter
Günther Rohr, Univ. Koblenz-Landau/Ewha Womans Univ.
10:30 AM
Session 548 (Valley II, 205)
C. S. Lewis: Rediscovering the Discarded Image II
Sponsor: C. S. Lewis Society, Purdue Univ.
Organizer: Crystal Kirgiss, Purdue Univ.
Presider: Jason Lotz, Purdue Univ.
“Use Your Specimens While You Can”: Lewis the Medievalist, Lewis the
Medieval
Jennifer Woodruff Tait, Huntington Univ.
The Intuitive Medievalism of C. S. Lewis
Chris R. Armstrong, Bethel Univ.
Lewis’s Translation of Augustine on the Trinity
Charles Ross, Purdue Univ.
Session 551 (Valley I, Shilling Lounge)
Reading the French of England Aloud: The Prologues Project (A Workshop)
Organizer: Thelma Fenster, Fordham Univ.
Presider: Laurie Postlewate, Barnard College
The Nun of Barking’s Prologue to La Vie d’Edouard le Confesseur
Alice M. Colby-Hall, Cornell Univ.
The Prologue to Saluz et solaz
Jocelyn Wogan-Browne, Fordham Univ.
The Prologue to Gaimer’s Estoire des Englois
Paul R. Hyams, Cornell Univ.
The Prologue to Robert Grosseteste’s Chasteau d’amour
Maureen Boulton, Univ. of Notre Dame
Two Prologues by “Chardri”: Les sept dormans and La Vie de Josaphaz
Thelma Fenster
Session 553 (Fetzer 1010)
Six Hundred Years of Hoccleve’s Regiment of Princes, or, Does It Just Seem That
Long? II
Organizer: Elon Lang, Washington Univ. in St. Louis, and David Watt, Univ. of
Manitoba
Presider: David Watt
PAPER 1 OF 3: Victim of Circumstance: The Problem with Regiment of Princes Editions and
What We Can Do About It
Elon Lang
Session 563 (Schneider 1280)
Teaching off the Grid: The Promise and Perils of Using Non-canonical Texts in the
Classroom (A Roundtable Discussion)
Organizer: Gina Brandolino, Univ. of Michigan–Ann Arbor, and Nathanial B. Smith,
Central Michigan Univ.
Presider: Nathanial B. Smith
Stimulus Package: Why The Prick of Conscience Belongs in Medieval Survey Courses
Moira Fitzgibbons, Marist College
Foreign Territory: Teaching the Middle Ages through Travel Narratives
Elizabeth A. Williamsen, Kent State Univ.–Stark
Jacking into the Middle Ages: Unfiltered and Uncut
Myra J. Seaman, College of Charleston
Teaching Innocent’s Legacy: Middle English Texts for Commoners
Gina Brandolino
The Reliques of Ancient English Poetry in the Early English Survey: Canonical
Texts as Non-canonical Texts
Adam H. Kitzes, Univ. of North Dakota
Our Kalamazoo Sessions Updated
Here, again, are the details on our sponsored sessions for this year's Medieval Congress. There have been some changes as noted below in bold.
Saturday, 14 May
12:00 PM
Business Meeting and Reception (Valley II, Garneau Lounge)
All are invited to attend.
3:30 PM
Twenty-First Century Medievalism: Re-envisioning the Medieval in the Contemporary World (A Roundtable), Session 478 (Fetzer 2040)
Organizer: Michael A. Torregrossa, The Virtual Society for the Study of Popular Culture and the Middle Ages
Presider: Mikee Delony, Abilene Christian Univ.
Paper 1: Peter H. Johnsson (San Francisco State Univ.), Siegfried the Volk-Song: Examining the Interpretations of Siegfried the Dragon-Slayer and the Making of a National History
Paper 2: Laurie Rizzo (Univ. of Delaware), Analysis of Arthurian Film Reviews
Paper 3: Suanna H. Davis (Houston Community College: Central), Beowulf in the Twenty-First Century
Paper 4 has been withdrawn
I also append below the information that was to be reproduced on a flier for both sessions:
Advance Notice:
The Society has proposed the following sessions (pending approval by the Congress organizing committee) for the 47th International Congress on Medieval Studies:
Are You From Camelot? Recent Arthurian Film, Television, and Electronic Games as Innovators of the Arthurian Tradition and Their Impact (Roundtable)
The Comics Get Medieval at Kalamazoo: New Perspectives for Incorporating Comics into Medieval Studies Teaching and Research (Roundtable)
Please contact us at Popular.Culture.and.the.Middle.Ages@gmail.com if you are interested in participating
We are also organizing sessions on the following topics for other conference in 2011 and 2012:
Monstrous Medievalisms 2011 (Proposals by 6/1/11; Northeast Popular Culture/American Culture Association, 11/11-12/11 Danbury, CT)
The Comics Get Medieval 2012: A Celebration of Medieval-Themed Comics in Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of Prince Valiant (Proposals by 12/1/11; Popular Culture Association 4/4-7/11 Boston, MA)
Once and Future Kings? The Return of King Arthur in the Post-medieval World (Proposals by 12/1/11; Plymouth State Medieval and Renaissance Forum 4/20-21/11 Plymouth, NH)
Also pending approval of the respective organizing committees:
The Reel World of King Arthur: Arthurian Myth and Legend in Film, Television, and Electronic Games (TBA; 2012 Film and History Conference 9/26-30/12 Milwaukee, WI)
Saturday, 14 May
12:00 PM
Business Meeting and Reception (Valley II, Garneau Lounge)
All are invited to attend.
3:30 PM
Twenty-First Century Medievalism: Re-envisioning the Medieval in the Contemporary World (A Roundtable), Session 478 (Fetzer 2040)
Organizer: Michael A. Torregrossa, The Virtual Society for the Study of Popular Culture and the Middle Ages
Presider: Mikee Delony, Abilene Christian Univ.
Paper 1: Peter H. Johnsson (San Francisco State Univ.), Siegfried the Volk-Song: Examining the Interpretations of Siegfried the Dragon-Slayer and the Making of a National History
Paper 2: Laurie Rizzo (Univ. of Delaware), Analysis of Arthurian Film Reviews
Paper 3: Suanna H. Davis (Houston Community College: Central), Beowulf in the Twenty-First Century
Paper 4 has been withdrawn
I also append below the information that was to be reproduced on a flier for both sessions:
Advance Notice:
The Society has proposed the following sessions (pending approval by the Congress organizing committee) for the 47th International Congress on Medieval Studies:
Are You From Camelot? Recent Arthurian Film, Television, and Electronic Games as Innovators of the Arthurian Tradition and Their Impact (Roundtable)
The Comics Get Medieval at Kalamazoo: New Perspectives for Incorporating Comics into Medieval Studies Teaching and Research (Roundtable)
Please contact us at Popular.Culture.and.the.Middle.Ages@gmail.com if you are interested in participating
We are also organizing sessions on the following topics for other conference in 2011 and 2012:
Monstrous Medievalisms 2011 (Proposals by 6/1/11; Northeast Popular Culture/American Culture Association, 11/11-12/11 Danbury, CT)
The Comics Get Medieval 2012: A Celebration of Medieval-Themed Comics in Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of Prince Valiant (Proposals by 12/1/11; Popular Culture Association 4/4-7/11 Boston, MA)
Once and Future Kings? The Return of King Arthur in the Post-medieval World (Proposals by 12/1/11; Plymouth State Medieval and Renaissance Forum 4/20-21/11 Plymouth, NH)
Also pending approval of the respective organizing committees:
The Reel World of King Arthur: Arthurian Myth and Legend in Film, Television, and Electronic Games (TBA; 2012 Film and History Conference 9/26-30/12 Milwaukee, WI)
Full details on all of these can be found at PopularCultureandtheMiddleAges.org
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Our Kalamazoo Sessions
A much belated posting of our sponsored sessions for 47th International Congress on Medieval Studies (10-13 May 2012). The full program is online (and has been for a while now) at http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/sessions.html.
Thursday, 10 May: 7:30 PM
Session 170 (Bernhard 204)
Are You From Camelot? Recent Arthurian Film and Television as Innovators of the Arthurian Tradition and Their Impact (A Roundtable)
Sponsor: Alliance for the Promotion of Research on the Villains of the Matter of Britain; Virtual Society for the Study of Popular Culture and the Middle Ages
Organizer: Michael A. Torregrossa, Virtual Society for the Study of Popular Culture and the Middle Ages
Presider: Charlotte A. T. Wulf, Stevenson Univ.
Merlin: Magician, Man, and Manipulator in Starz’s Camelot (2011)
Caroline Womack, Univ. of Leeds
Morgan, Uther’s Other Child, in BBC1’s Merlin (2008–) and Starz’s Camelot (2011)
Cindy Mediavilla, Univ. of California–Los Angeles
Galahad and Indiana Jones: The Commodification of the Holy Grail in Modern Grail Quests
Schuyler Eastin, San Diego Christian College
Arthurizing the Wife of Bath: The Wife of Bath’s Tale in S4C’s The Canterbury Tales (1999) and BBC’s Canterbury Tales (2003)
Paul Hardwick, Leeds Trinity Univ. College
Respondent: Karolyn Kinane, Plymouth State Univ.
Saturday, 12 May: 10:00 AM
Session 394 (Bernhard 204)
The Comics Get Medieval at Kalamazoo: New Perspectives for Incorporating Comics into Medieval Studies Teaching and Research (A Roundtable)
Sponsor: Virtual Society for the Study of Popular Culture and the Middle Ages
Organizer: Michael A. Torregrossa, Virtual Society for the Study of Popular Culture and the Middle Ages
Presider: Mikee Delony, Abilene Christian Univ.
Grotesque in Comics
Fabio Mourilhe, Univ. Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Caliber (2008), or Arthur’s Mystical Six-Shooter and the Gunslingers of the O.K. Corral
Karen Casebier, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Arthurian Themes in DC Comic’s Demon Knights (2011–)
Jason Tondro, Univ. of California–Riverside
Saturday, 12 May: 12:00 PM
Valley II (Garneau Lounge)
Alliance for the Promotion of Research on the Villains of the Matter of Britain; Institute for the Advancement of Scholarship on the Magic-Wielding Figures of Visual Electronic Multimedia; Virtual Society for the Study of Popular Culture and the Middle Ages
Business Meeting and Reception
Thursday, 10 May: 7:30 PM
Session 170 (Bernhard 204)
Are You From Camelot? Recent Arthurian Film and Television as Innovators of the Arthurian Tradition and Their Impact (A Roundtable)
Sponsor: Alliance for the Promotion of Research on the Villains of the Matter of Britain; Virtual Society for the Study of Popular Culture and the Middle Ages
Organizer: Michael A. Torregrossa, Virtual Society for the Study of Popular Culture and the Middle Ages
Presider: Charlotte A. T. Wulf, Stevenson Univ.
Merlin: Magician, Man, and Manipulator in Starz’s Camelot (2011)
Caroline Womack, Univ. of Leeds
Morgan, Uther’s Other Child, in BBC1’s Merlin (2008–) and Starz’s Camelot (2011)
Cindy Mediavilla, Univ. of California–Los Angeles
Galahad and Indiana Jones: The Commodification of the Holy Grail in Modern Grail Quests
Schuyler Eastin, San Diego Christian College
Arthurizing the Wife of Bath: The Wife of Bath’s Tale in S4C’s The Canterbury Tales (1999) and BBC’s Canterbury Tales (2003)
Paul Hardwick, Leeds Trinity Univ. College
Respondent: Karolyn Kinane, Plymouth State Univ.
Saturday, 12 May: 10:00 AM
Session 394 (Bernhard 204)
The Comics Get Medieval at Kalamazoo: New Perspectives for Incorporating Comics into Medieval Studies Teaching and Research (A Roundtable)
Sponsor: Virtual Society for the Study of Popular Culture and the Middle Ages
Organizer: Michael A. Torregrossa, Virtual Society for the Study of Popular Culture and the Middle Ages
Presider: Mikee Delony, Abilene Christian Univ.
Grotesque in Comics
Fabio Mourilhe, Univ. Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Caliber (2008), or Arthur’s Mystical Six-Shooter and the Gunslingers of the O.K. Corral
Karen Casebier, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Arthurian Themes in DC Comic’s Demon Knights (2011–)
Jason Tondro, Univ. of California–Riverside
Saturday, 12 May: 12:00 PM
Valley II (Garneau Lounge)
Alliance for the Promotion of Research on the Villains of the Matter of Britain; Institute for the Advancement of Scholarship on the Magic-Wielding Figures of Visual Electronic Multimedia; Virtual Society for the Study of Popular Culture and the Middle Ages
Business Meeting and Reception
Sunday, April 8, 2012
ICoM 2012 Full Details
There are further details about ICoM 2012 on their website that might be of additional interest, as follows:
Nestled on 200 beautiful acres, yet only minutes from the hustle and bustle of The Strip and Westfield Belden Village Mall, Kent State University at Stark provides a quiet, serene and picturesque setting for students and the community to enjoy. With rolling hills, a pond, walking trail, and a Campus Center and Food Emporium, it is located in Jackson Township, just five minutes from the Akron-Canton Airport and easily accessible from Interstate-77.
THEME: Medievalism(s) & Diversity
Is there diversity in medievalism? How has medievalism represented diversity of religion, race, nationality, ethnicity, sexuality, gender,...? How have medievalist works supported issues concerning equity and inclusion? How have medievalist works oppressed and suppressed? Are there elements of bigotry and discrimination? What about human rights as a medieval concept, as a contemporary concept? Media to consider might include (but are not limited to) any of the following: novels, plays, poetry, films, art works, the Internet, television, historical works, political works, comics, video games. Angles to consider might include (but are not limited to) any of the following: race, gender, sexuality, disability/ability, religion, corporation and/or class, nationality, human rights, political correctness, marginalization, anti-marginalization tactics, rewritten codes, rewritten ideologies, re-affirmed codes, re-affirmed ideologies.
GENERAL CALL FOR PAPER PROPOSALS
100-300 Word Abstracts proposing papers on all topics relevant to medievalism(s) studies. Addressing the conference theme is encouraged but not required. Abstracts will be included in the conference program.
GENERAL CALL FOR SESSION PROPOSALS
PAPER:
Session proposals must include paper abstract proposals (100-300 words each), as well as an over-all description of the intentions of this session (100-300 words).
WORKSHOP:
Session proposals must be a 100-300 word abstract describing: 1) the purpose and/or goal of the workshop 2) the activity(ies), including a list of those presenting in the workshop.
ROUND TABLE:
Session proposals must a 100-300 word abstract describing: 1) the intentions of the round table and 2) a list of the participants.
SPECIAL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT SESSIONS:
Students must be college undergraduates currently enrolled for for classes at their academic institution. Sessions must be proposed and moderated by a professor. Professors are responsible for completed papers. Submit: paper abstracts as well as an over-all description of the intentions of this session (100-300 words for each).
VIDEO GAME WORKSHOP
(Sponsored by Medieval Electronic Multimedia Organization & Kent State University Trumbull)
MEMO invites both established scholars and undergraduate students to submit for participation in a medievalist video game poster session workshop (co-sponsored with Medieval Electronic Multimedia Organization). This workshop will be held in two ways. One way will be during an afternoon of the conference (in a room filled with the appropriate technology), where conference participants may wander from station-to-station of presented medievalist games. Each participant will have a station (a table) at which both the poster and the game will be made available to conference participants. The poster may be constructed of either paper poster board or be electronic (such as a PowerPoint presentation on a laptop). NOTE regarding the video game demonstrations at the conference: the game and the necessary equipment might have to be supplied by the presenter, but there will be some pieces available for general use. The other way that one might present would be fully online, in a password protected area, where electronic posters will be accessible to all conference participants for several weeks. Participants may be considered to present in both the physical and virtual environments. There are a limited number of stations available for the at-conference (physical) presentations. Proposals must address this conference theme. Please encourage your students to submit completed posters and the Video Game Poster Session Student Application & Checklist for consideration by June 1, 2012. In addition, please also consider submitting a paper proposal yourself (for the conference in general).
SPECIAL ONLINE SESSIONS (October 15-November 15, 2012)
(Sponsored by Medieval Electronic Multimedia Organization & Kent State University Trumbull)
Papers and Session Proposals will be considered for the Special Online Sessions. Your presentation can be in any type of media format that can be hosted on the Internet: PDF, PowerPoint, Videos, and other online media. These sessions will be password protected and available only to Conference Registrants (both online and on-campus). Papers in the online sessions may not be presented in the on-campus conference. The online sessions will be available for both perusal and discussion (online) from October 15 to November 15, 2012.
PAPER:
Session proposals must include paper abstract proposals (100-300 words each), as well as an over-all description of the intentions of this session (100-300 words).
WORKSHOP:
Session proposals must be a 100-300 word abstract describing: 1) the purpose and/or goal of the workshop 2) the activity(ies), including a list of those presenting in the workshop.
ROUND TABLE:
Session proposals must a 100-300 word abstract describing: 1) the intentions of the round table and 2) a list of the participants.
SPECIAL UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT SESSIONS:
Students must be college undergraduates currently enrolled for for classes at their academic institution. Sessions must be proposed and moderated by a professor. Professors are responsible for completed papers. Submit: paper abstracts as well as an over-all description of the intentions of this session (100-300 words for each).\
STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST
SPECIAL DEADLINE: July 15, 2012
RULES:
1. Students must be college undergraduates currently enrolled for for classes at their academic institution.
2. Essays must address the theme "Medievalism(s) and Diversity" (see description above).
3. Essays must be MLA formatted, double-spaced, and in 12 point font.
4. Essays must be submitted in PDF format via email or in paper format via regular postal mail to either Dr. Carol L. Robinson or Dr. Elizabeth Williamsen (see the addresses below).
5. NO FAXED SUBMISSIONS!
PRIZES
1ST PLACE: The winning essay will be published in Medievally Speaking, be mentioned on the International Society for the Study of Medievalism web site, and receive $100.00 prize money. The paper will also be expected to be presented in a Special Session at the 27th International Conference on Medievalism.
2ND PLACE: The essay that earns Second Place status will be mentioned on the International Society for the Study of Medievalism web site, and receive $75.00 prize money. The paper will also be expected to be presented in a Special Session at the 27th International Conference on Medievalism.
3RD PLACE: The essay that earns Third Place status will be mentioned on the International Society for the Study of Medievalism web site, and receive $50.00 prize money. The paper will also be expected to be presented in a Special Session at the 27th International Conference on Medievalism.
HONORABLE MENTION: Any essay that earns an Honorable Mention status (which may or may not happen) will be mentioned on the International Society for the Study of Medievalism web site. The paper might also be invited to be presented in a Special Session at the 27th International Conference on Medievalism.
Publication Opportunities
Selected scholarly papers related to the conference theme will be published in The Year’s Work in Medievalism.
Deadline: June 1, 2012
Please send paper and/or session proposals to either:
Please send paper and/or session proposals to either:
Carol L. Robinson, Conference Chair | Elizabeth Williamsen, Conference Assist. Chair International Conference on Medievalism Kent State University Stark 6000 Frank Avenue, NW North Canton, Ohio 44720 EMAIL: ewilli46@kent.edu FAX: 330-437-0490 |
Medievalism(s) & Diversity CFP (6/1/12; ICoM 10/18-20/12)
My thanks (as always) to Carol Robinson for the head's up:
2ND CALL FOR PROPOSALS
24th International Conference on Medievalism
Hosted by Kent State University Regional Campuses
October 18-20, 2012
ON-CAMPUS LOCATION: Kent State University Stark
ONLINE LOCATION: A portion of this year's conference will be hosted online (October 15 to November 15) in a password-protected location.
PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITIES: Select papers may be published in THE YEAR'S WORK IN MEDIEVALISM, as well as be considered for publication in MEDIEVALLY SPEAKING and STUDIES IN MEDIEVALISM.
VIDEO GAME POSTER SESSION & WORKSHOP: Co-sponsored by Medieval Electronic Multimedia Organization.
STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST: Undergraduate students might consider submitting completed papers to be judge by several members of the International Society for the Study of Medievalism; prizes are available for the top three essays.
DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: June 1, 2012
DEADLINE FOR STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST: July 15, 2012
THEME: Medievalism(s) & Diversity
Is there diversity in medievalism? How has medievalism represented diversity of religion, race, nationality, ethnicity, sexuality, gender,...? How have medievalist works supported issues concerning equity and inclusion? How have medievalist works oppressed and suppressed? Are there elements of bigotry and discrimination? What about human rights as a medieval concept, as a contemporary concept? Media to consider might include (but are not limited to) any of the following: novels, plays, poetry, films, art works, the Internet, television, historical works, political works, comics, video games. Angles to consider might include (but are not limited to) any of the following: race, gender, sexuality, disability/ability, religion, corporation and/or class, nationality, human rights, political correctness, marginalization, anti-marginalization tactics, rewritten codes, rewritten ideologies, re-affirmed codes, re-affirmed ideologies.
Proposals for papers, paper sessions, round table sessions, workshops, and video game poster presentations will be considered.
MORE INFORMATION: http://www.medievalism.net/conferences/ksu2012conference.html
Carol L. Robinson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English
Kent State University Trumbull
http://www.cyberspacerobinson.net
2ND CALL FOR PROPOSALS
24th International Conference on Medievalism
Hosted by Kent State University Regional Campuses
October 18-20, 2012
ON-CAMPUS LOCATION: Kent State University Stark
ONLINE LOCATION: A portion of this year's conference will be hosted online (October 15 to November 15) in a password-protected location.
PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITIES: Select papers may be published in THE YEAR'S WORK IN MEDIEVALISM, as well as be considered for publication in MEDIEVALLY SPEAKING and STUDIES IN MEDIEVALISM.
VIDEO GAME POSTER SESSION & WORKSHOP: Co-sponsored by Medieval Electronic Multimedia Organization.
STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST: Undergraduate students might consider submitting completed papers to be judge by several members of the International Society for the Study of Medievalism; prizes are available for the top three essays.
DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: June 1, 2012
DEADLINE FOR STUDENT ESSAY CONTEST: July 15, 2012
THEME: Medievalism(s) & Diversity
Is there diversity in medievalism? How has medievalism represented diversity of religion, race, nationality, ethnicity, sexuality, gender,...? How have medievalist works supported issues concerning equity and inclusion? How have medievalist works oppressed and suppressed? Are there elements of bigotry and discrimination? What about human rights as a medieval concept, as a contemporary concept? Media to consider might include (but are not limited to) any of the following: novels, plays, poetry, films, art works, the Internet, television, historical works, political works, comics, video games. Angles to consider might include (but are not limited to) any of the following: race, gender, sexuality, disability/ability, religion, corporation and/or class, nationality, human rights, political correctness, marginalization, anti-marginalization tactics, rewritten codes, rewritten ideologies, re-affirmed codes, re-affirmed ideologies.
Proposals for papers, paper sessions, round table sessions, workshops, and video game poster presentations will be considered.
MORE INFORMATION: http://www.medievalism.net/conferences/ksu2012conference.html
Carol L. Robinson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English
Kent State University Trumbull
http://www.cyberspacerobinson.net
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Medieval YouTube
If you're looking for an innovative way to approach a medieval topic, check out the History for Music Lovers Channel on YouTube. A group of history teachers use modern songs to present information on medieval history and literature (among other topics). (Thanks to Mr. Vincent Zibelli of Smithfield High School for the head's up.)
Monday, January 23, 2012
Medievalisms by Pugh and Weisl
Coming later this year:Medievalisms
By Tison Pugh, Angela Weisl
To Be Published August 15th 2012 by Routledge – 208 pages
Purchasing Options:
Paperback: 978-0-415-61727-7: $31.95
Hardback: 978-0-415-61726-0: $120.00
DESCRIPTION:
From King Arthur and Robin Hood, through to video games and jousting-themed restaurants, medieval culture continues to surround us and has retained a strong influence on literature and culture throughout the ages.
This fascinating and illuminating guide is written by two of the leading contemporary scholars of medieval literature, and explores:
- The influence of medieval cultural concepts on literature and film, including key authors such as Shakespeare, Tennyson, and Mark Twain
- The continued appeal of medieval cultural figures such as Dante, King Arthur, and Robin Hood
- The influence of the medieval on such varied disciplines such as politics, music, children’s literature, and art.
- Contemporary efforts to relive the Middle Ages.
CONTENTS:
1. Medievalisms: The Magic of the Middle Ages
2. A Case Study of Dante: Naked Icons of Medievalism
3. Literary Medievalisms: Inventing Inspirations
4. "Medieval" Literature for Children and Young Adults: Fantasies of Innocence
5. King Arthur’s and Robin Hood’s Adventures in Medievalism: Mythic Masculinities (and Magical Femininities)
6. Movie Medievalisms: Five (or Six) Ways of Looking at an Anachronism
7. Medievalisms in Music and the Arts: Longing for Transcendence
8. Experiential Medievalisms: Reliving the Always Modern Middle Ages
9. Political Medievalisms: The Darkness of the Dark Ages
AUTHOR BIOS:
Tison Pugh is Professor of English at the University of Central Florida, USA.
Angela Jane Weisl is Professor of English at Seton Hall University, USA.
Tison Pugh is Professor of English at the University of Central Florida, USA.
Angela Jane Weisl is Professor of English at Seton Hall University, USA.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
SMART 2011 Issues
Here are the details on the 2011 issues of Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching:
Fall 2011 (Volume 18, Issue 2)
TEACHING ITALY
(guest edited by Barbara Stevenson)
(guest edited by Barbara Stevenson)
BARBARA STEVENSON Introduction to Teaching Italy
MARY BETH LONG Gum-Poppers Deserve their Own Level of Hell: Teaching the Inferno to Baptists
BARBARA STEVENSON Representations of Saladin in the (New) Middle Ages
KURT M. BOUGHAN Teaching Goro Dati’s Libro segreto
KATHRYN A. HALL Teaching Christine de Pizan and the Text via Late Medieval Book Production in Bologna and Paris
CARL GRINDLEY The Whisper Game: Teaching Stemmatics
DARCI N. HILL Altered Arguments: A Textual Analysis of George Herbert’s “Man”
JAY RUUD “A Great Flash of Understanding”: Teaching Dante and Mysticism
ALEXANDRA COOK “Why Study the Middle Ages?” On Re-Imagining the Medieval Literature Survey
JOHN M. GANIM Book Review: Illustrating Camelot, by Barbara Tepa Lupack with
Alan Lupack
Alan Lupack
ANTHONY J. CÁRDINAS-ROTTUNNO Book Review: The Arts of Intimacy: Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Making of Castilian Culture, by Jerrilyn D. Dodds, María Rosa Menocal, and Abigail Krasner Balbale
LESLEY A. COOTE Book Review: Shakespeare Films in the Making: Vision, Production and Reception, by Russell Jackson
GWENDOLYN MORGAN Book Review: Key Concepts in Medieval Literature, by Elizabeth Solopova and Stuart D. Lee
EDWARD CHRISTIE Book Review: Imaginary Worlds in Medieval Books: Exploring the Manuscript Matrix, by Martha Dana Rust
ROBERT GRAYBILL Book Review: The Medieval British Literature Handbook, edited by Daniel T. Kline
Spring 2011 (Volume 18, Issue 1)
TEACHING POSTCOLONIA HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
(guest edited by Michael Matto)
(guest edited by Michael Matto)
MICHAEL MATTO Foreword: Teaching Postcolonial History of the English Language
ANDREW TROUP Postcolonial HEL: Where Do I Find Room on My Syllabus?
ELISE E. MORSE-GAGNÉ From Sutton Hoo to Tougaloo: Teaching HEL at an HBCU
ROBERT STANTON Teaching Varieties of English in the HEL Classroom
K. AARON SMITH Standardization after 1600 and Its Effects on Two Domains of English Linguistic Structure
JOSHUA PARENS Showing Students the Importance of Political Philosophy in Medieval Islamic and Jewish Philosophy
JANE BLANCHARD Staying on Course with Spenser
GAVIN T. RICHARDSON Practical Paleography in the Chaucer Classroom
JENNY ADAMS Breaking the Waves: Margery Kempe Goes South
ROBERT BRAID Book Review: Deviance and Power in Late Medieval London, by Frank Rexroth, translated by Pamela E. Selwyn
NIALL SHANKS Book Review: The Black Death 1346–1353: The Complete History, by Ole J. Benedictow
MEL STORM Book Review: Chaucerian Spaces: Spatial Poetics in Chaucer’s Opening Tales, by William F. Woods
AMY MORRIS Book Review: Mary Queen of Scots: An Illustrated Life, by Susan Doran
REBECCA BRUNSON Book Review: The Yale Companion to Chaucer, edited by Seth Lerer
DAVID J. DUNCAN Book Review: The Seventh Crusade, 1244–1254: Sources and Documents, edited by Peter Jackson
CATHERINE R. ESKIN Book Review: Romance for Sale in Early Modern England: The Rise of Prose Fiction, by Steve Mentz
GWENDOLYN MORGAN Book Review: Erotic Discourse and Early English Religious Writing, by Lara Farina
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