Further details and programming information can be found on the Pearl Kibre Medieval Study website. Registration to the event is free and can be created at Eventbrite.
Friday, April 30, 2021
Thursday, April 29, 2021
Kalamazoo 2021 Sponsored Sessions
Here's our list of sessions for this year's International Congress on Medieval Studies.
56th International
Congress on Medieval Studies
Hosted online
by Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Business
Meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Scholarship and Teaching of
the Medieval in Popular Culture: TBA.
106 Tuesday,
May 11, 11:00 a.m. EDT
Saving the Day
for Medievalists: Accessing Medieval-Themed Comics in the Twenty-First Century
I: Comics and the Classroom (A Roundtable)
Sponsor:
Medieval Comics Project; Association for the Advancement of Scholarship and
Teaching of the Medieval in Popular Culture
Organizer:
Michael A. Torregrossa, Independent Scholar
Presider:
Richard Scott Nokes, Troy Univ.
A roundtable
discussion with Dustin M. Frazier Wood, Univ. of Roehampton; Justin Wigard,
Michigan State Univ.; Kara L. Maloney, Canisius College; Genevieve Pigeon, Univ.
du Québec à Montréal; and Carl B. Sell, Lock Haven Univ.
142 Tuesday,
May 11, 3:00 p.m. EDT
Saving the Day
for Medievalists: Accessing Medieval-Themed Comics in the Twenty-First Century
II: Comics Scholarship (A Roundtable)
Sponsor:
Medieval Comics Project; Association for the Advancement of Scholarship and
Teaching of the Medieval in Popular Culture
Organizer:
Michael A. Torregrossa, Independent Scholar
Presider: Carl
B. Sell, Lock Haven Univ.
A roundtable
discussion with Richard Scott Nokes, Troy Univ.; Tirumular (Drew) Narayanan,
Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison; Karen Casebier, Univ. of Tennessee–Chattanooga;
Scott Manning, Independent Scholar; and Michael A. Torregrossa.
Almost Time for Kalamazoo
The International Congress on Medieval Studies returns next month in a virtual format from 10-15 May 2021.
The program and full details on registration can be found on the conference's website.
Our sponsored roundtable on comics runs across two sessions on Monday, 10 May. Further information to follow on our The Medieval Comics Project site.
Hope to see you all at Kalamazoo.
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
CFP Reshaping the Middle Ages in, and through, Asian Popular Culture (6/30/2021; ICoM 11/4-6-2021)
Reshaping the
Middle Ages in, and through, Asian Popular Culture
Sponsored by
the Association for the Advancement of Scholarship and Teaching of the Medieval
in Popular Culture and the Mutual Images Research Association.
For Medievalism
Today: 36th Annual International Conference on Medievalism, organized by the
International Society for the Study of Medievalism and hosted by Delta College,
Michigan.
Online
Conference: 4-6 November 2021.
Proposals due
30 June 2021.
As medievalists
and medievalismists, we often focus our attention on the reception of the
Middle Ages in Europe and the Americas; however, medievalism is both an
international and a transnational phenomenon, and one that is especially
prevalent in Asian popular culture. Anime, collectible card games, light
novels, manga, video games, visual novels, and related media have had an
incredible impact on the world, but few medievalists have explored how this
material has adapted and/or appropriated material like the Arthurian tradition,
Beowulf, the life and writings of
Dante Alighieri, the hero stories of medieval Ireland, the life of Joan of Arc,
Norse mythology, tales of Robin Hood, narratives of Viking exploration, and
legends of Vlad the Impaler. Fewer still have explored the impact of the phenomenal
spread of these texts across the globe and their impact on creating perceptions
about the medieval world. It is our intent with this session to allow consumers
of these media to share their knowledge and passion with fellow enthusiasts of
the medieval. We also hope that a collection of essays will result from this
session.
Please send
paper proposals (along with your contact information and a brief academic
biography) and/or questions directly to session organizers at medievalinpopularculture@gmail.com.
Unless otherwise directed, we will submit the panel details to the conference.
More
information about the conference can be found at https://medievalism.net/conference/.
Further
information about the session sponsors may be found at https://medievalinpopularculture.blogspot.com/
and https://mutualimages.org/.
Online This Week: Global Medievalism: Culture, Appropriations and Reinventions
The Medieval History Study Group of Unimontes (GEHM) of Brazil is hosting the online conference on Global Medievalism: Culture, Appropriations and Reinventions this week.
The full program is accessible online at https://en.globalmedievalism.com/programa%C3%A7%C3%A3o and copied below.
The event includes two keynotes, a series of roundtables, and various paper panels.
I believe you can still register for the conference while in progress.
Program
All times are in BRT (UTC/GMT-3).
Download the Complete Program here.
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
10:00 – 12:00
Opening keynote: Medievalism is a Virus. Richard J Utz, GeorgiaTech, USA.
13:00 – 14:40
ST 1 - Non-Western Medievalisms. Bedri Muhadri, Institution of History “Ali Hadri”, Kosovo; Leandro César Santana Neves, UFRJ, Brazil; Lucas Ricardo Simone, USP, Brazil; José Ivson Marques Ferreira de Lima, UFPE, Brazil.
14:40 – 16:45
ST 2 - Between Medieval and Medievalism. Letícia Roberto Dos Santos, UERJ, Brazil; Evellyn Ricardo, UFPE, Brazil; Julio César Cárdenas Arenas, Islamic University of Medinah, Saudi Arabia; Mayara Fernanda Silva dos Santos, UFRRJ, Brazil; Amelia Rosa Herrera Lavanchy, Universidat de La Serena, Chile
16:45 – 18:00
ST 3 - Medievalism and Conservatism. Brian Egede-Pedersen, Nykøbing K Catedralskole, Denmark; Vinícius Dreger, UNIMONTES, Brazil; Luiz Felipe Anchieta Guerra, UFMG, Brazil.
18:00 – 20:00
Table I: Lusophone Medievalisms. Pedro Martins, NOVA, Portugal; Marcelo Berriel, UFRRJ, Brazil; Renan Birro, UPE, Brazil.
Thursday, April 29, 2021
08:00 – 09:40
ST 4 - Medievalisms & Religion. Thamires Chagas D 'Alcântara, UFRRJ, Brazil; Robson Murilo Grando Della Torre, UNIMONTES, Brazil; João Guilherme Lisbôa Rangel, UFRRJ, Brazil; Priyanka Das, Institution Presidency University, India.
09:45 – 11:50
ST 5 - Games & Digital Media. Javier Castiñeiras López, Centro Ramón Piñeiro, Spain; Mariña Bermúdez Beloso, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Diego Neivor Perondi Meotti, UFFS, Brazil; Luísa Vilas Boas dos Santos, UFS, Brazil; Yara Fernanda Chimite, Feevale University, Brazil
13:00 – 15:00
Table II: Political Medievalism. Amy Kaufman, independent, Canada; Carlile Lanzieri, UFMT, Brazil; Daniel Wollenberg, University of Tampa, USA.
15:10 – 16:50
ST 6 - Theory, Teaching and Medievalism. Bruno Uchoa Borgongino, UFPE, Brazil; Angela Jane Weisl, Seton Hall University, USA; Robert Squillace, New York University, USA; Dan Kline, University of Alaska Anchorage, USA; Stepehen Basdeo, Richmond: the Americam International University, England.
16:50 – 18:00
ST 7 - Medievalism: Permanences or Appropriations. Gregory Ramos Oliveira, UFPel, Brazil; Geraldo Magella de Menezes Neto, SMEC / SEDUC / PA, Brazil; Giovanni Bruno Alves, UEM, Brazil.
18:00 – 20:00
Table III: Medievalism and Teaching . Cláudia Bovo, UFTM, Brazil; Brian Egede-Pederson, Nykøbing K Catedralskole, Denmark; Michael Evans, Delta College, USA.
Friday, April 30, 2021
08:00 – 09:15
ST 8 - Plastic Arts and Medievalism. Richard Gomes da Silva, UERJ, Brazil; Beatriz Nogueira de Sousa, USP, Brazil; Júlia Beatriz Fernandes Leite, UNIFESP, Brazil.
09:15 – 10:30
ST 9 - Hollywoodian Medievalisms. João Vitor de Carvalho Melo, UFPI, Brazil; Alan Rebouças Pereira, UFBA, Brazil; Beatriz Galrão Abrantes, UFBA, Brazil; José Ivson Marques Ferreira de Lima, UFPE, Brazil
10:30 – 12:30
Table IV: Medievalism and Public History . Carolina Gual, UFRRJ, Brazil; Daniele Gallindo, UFPel, Brazil; Paul Sturtevant, Smithsonian Institution, USA.
13:00 – 14:45
ST 10 - Literary Medievalisms. Michael A Torregrossa, Independent researcher, USA; Lucas Melo de Almeida, International Chinese School, Brazil; Felipe Augusto Ribeiro, UFPE, Brazil; Dominika Ruszkiewicz, Jesuit University Ignatianum in Krakow, Poland.
14:45 – 16:25
ST 11 - The Vikings of the 21st Century. Ricardo Hammes Stone, UFPel, Brazil; Elton Medeiros, USP, Brazil; Lukas Grzybowski, UEL, Brazil; Joao Batista, UFF, Brazil.
16:25 – 17:40
ST 12 - Medievalisms, Nationalisms and Conservatisms. Léo Araújo Lacerda, UFPel, Brazil; Luiz Felipe Anchieta Guerra, UFMG, Brazil; Thaís Monique Costa Moura, UFS, Brazil.
17:40 – 19:20
ST 13 - Societies under the eyes of Medievalism. Isadora Cristine Martins, USP, Brazil; Maria Eugenia, UFRRJ, Brazil; Clínio Amaral, UFRRj, Brazil; Éderson José de Vasconcelos, UNIFAL, Brazil; Maurício Orestes Parisi, USP, Brazil.
19:20 – 21:20
Closing conference: World Medievalisms. Louise D'Arcens, Macquarie University, Australia
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Celebrating Guttenberg
One of today's Google Doodles is in commemoration of Johann Guttenberg and his press. There are full details and an archived image at the Google Doodle site.
Monday, April 5, 2021
CFP Political Medievalism III (8/1/21; Spec Issue of Studies in Medievalism)
CALL FOR PAPERS — STUDIES IN MEDIEVALISM XXXI: POLITICAL MEDIEVALISM III
From Hitler’s “Third Reich” to Bush’s “crusade” against terrorism, professional politicians have often invoked the Middle Ages to justify their actions. But they are far from alone, for many of their constituents have also deployed medievalism for political purposes, as in condemning impoverished countries for “failing to escape” the Middle Ages. Indeed, much of medievalism, not to mention the study of it, has revolved around politics of one kind or another, as became evident from the unprecedented number of submissions to our two previous volume (XXIX & XXX) on this theme. Studies in Medievalism, a peer-reviewed print and on-line publication, is therefore once again seeking not only feature articles of 6,000-12,000 words (including notes) on any postmedieval responses to the Middle Ages, but also essays of approximately 3,000 words (including notes) on the intersection of medievalism (studies) and politics.
Posted on February 1, 2021
From the ISSM blog: https://medievalism.net/?p=220
From Hitler’s “Third Reich” to Bush’s “crusade” against terrorism, professional politicians have often invoked the Middle Ages to justify their actions. But they are far from alone, for many of their constituents have also deployed medievalism for political purposes, as in condemning impoverished countries for “failing to escape” the Middle Ages. Indeed, much of medievalism, not to mention the study of it, has revolved around politics of one kind or another, as became evident from the unprecedented number of submissions to our two previous volume (XXIX & XXX) on this theme. Studies in Medievalism, a peer-reviewed print and on-line publication, is therefore once again seeking not only feature articles of 6,000-12,000 words (including notes) on any postmedieval responses to the Middle Ages, but also essays of approximately 3,000 words (including notes) on the intersection of medievalism (studies) and politics.
- How exactly have professional and amateur politicians misconstrued, mangled, and manipulated the Middle Ages and to what end?
- How have politics influenced the development of medievalism and/or study of it?
- In what sense, if any, is it possible to have medievalism (studies) without politics?
- How might medievalism otherwise be deployed in professional or amateur politics?
In responding to these and related questions, contributors are invited to give particular examples, but their submissions, which should be sent to Karl Fugelso (kfugelso@towson.edu) in English and Word by August 1, 2021 (note that priority will be given to papers in the order they are received), should also address the implications of those examples for the discipline as a whole.
Friday, April 2, 2021
CFP Medieval Passions and Proclivities (6/4/21; SEMA 11/11-13/21)
My thanks to Nick Katsiadas for the heads up on this.
Call for Papers
Call for Papers
SEMA 2021: Medieval Passions and Proclivities
Source: https://webs.wofford.edu/grinnellns/CallforPapers.html
Spartanburg, South Carolina
November 11-13
Hosted by Wofford College
Plenary Speakers:
Michelle M. Sauer, University of North Dakota
Wan-Chuan Kao, Washington and Lee University
We invite proposals for individual papers, whole sessions, or round tables on the conference theme of “medieval passions and proclivities.” Papers might consider any interpretation of medieval passions, interests, habits and obsessions, both religious and secular, and may include the impact or permutations of such passions in later periods.
Proposals for individual papers should be limited to 300 words. Session proposals or round tables should include abstracts for the three papers for a session, or 5-6 abstracts for a round table, as well as the contact information for all presenters. Please include requests for technology with proposals.
Abstracts on any aspect of medieval studies are welcome, but we will give preference to submissions related to the conference theme. Please submit proposals to Natalie Grinnell at grinnellns@wofford.edu by 4 June, 2021.
Spartanburg, South Carolina
November 11-13
Hosted by Wofford College
Plenary Speakers:
Michelle M. Sauer, University of North Dakota
Wan-Chuan Kao, Washington and Lee University
We invite proposals for individual papers, whole sessions, or round tables on the conference theme of “medieval passions and proclivities.” Papers might consider any interpretation of medieval passions, interests, habits and obsessions, both religious and secular, and may include the impact or permutations of such passions in later periods.
Proposals for individual papers should be limited to 300 words. Session proposals or round tables should include abstracts for the three papers for a session, or 5-6 abstracts for a round table, as well as the contact information for all presenters. Please include requests for technology with proposals.
Abstracts on any aspect of medieval studies are welcome, but we will give preference to submissions related to the conference theme. Please submit proposals to Natalie Grinnell at grinnellns@wofford.edu by 4 June, 2021.
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