CFP Sponsored Sessions for MAM 2021 (8/1/21; virtual 10/29-30/21)

 Medieval in Popular Culture Sponsored Sessions for MAM 2021

2021 Medieval Association of the Midwest Conference

Virtual Event, hosted by Ball State University, 29-30 October 2021

The Association for the Advancement of Scholarship and Teaching of the Medieval in Popular Culture seeks paper proposals related to the following two topics for inclusion at the 2021 Medieval Association of the Midwest Conference. 

• The Middle Ages are a Silly Place: Humorous Representations of the Medieval
• Plagues in Medieval-Themed Popular Culture

Proposals are due by 1 August 2021. Please send your proposal, contact information, and brief academic biography to the organizers at medievalinpopularculture@gmail.com. Be advised that conference attendees must be (or become) members of MAM at the time of the meeting; there will be no additional cost to attend or present at the conference.

More details on the sponsoring organization at https://medievalinpopularculture.blogspot.com/. 

CFP Sponsored Sessions for MAPACA 2021 (7/15/21; 11/21-23/21)

Medieval in Popular Culture Sponsored Sessions for MAPACA 2021

Panels to run under the Medieval & Renaissance Area

2021 Annual Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association

Virtual Event, 10-13 November 2021



The Association for the Advancement of Scholarship and Teaching of the Medieval in Popular Culture seeks paper proposals related to the following three topics for inclusion in the Medieval & Renaissance Area sessions at the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association.

• Medievalisms on Screen (films, television, electronic games, Internet culture, etc.)
• Magic in Medievalism: White Wizards, Wicked Witches & Racialized Sorcerers
• Recalling the Middle Ages: Nostalgia, Relics, Ruins in Medievalisms

Proposals are due by 15 July 2021. Please send your proposal and contact information to the organizers at medievalinpopularculture@gmail.com. Presenters must also create an account with MAPACA and submit their proposals and biographies into their online conference system at https://mapaca.net/conference; be sure to select Medieval & Renaissance for your submission.



More details on the sponsoring organization at https://medievalinpopularculture.blogspot.com/.

CFP Medieval Association of the Midwest Conference (8/1/21; Virtual 10/29-30/21)

 Further information at https://mmaotm.wildapricot.org/Ball-State-University.

MAM 2021
Ball State University: Virtual
October 29-30, 2021
“Beneficence in the Medieval World”

Plenary Speaker: Dr. Dorsey Armstrong, Purdue University, “Dubious Gifts: Studying the Black Death in the age of COVID”

We invite submissions of abstracts (c. 250 words) for the 2021 Medieval Association of the Midwest (MAM) Conference, to be hosted virtually by Ball State University on October 29-30, 2021.

All topics pertaining to medieval studies are welcome. We are particularly interested in proposals related to this year’s theme, “Beneficence in the Medieval World,” that explore such topics related to mercy, kindness, charity, friendship, reciprocity, gift giving, love, humanity, and altruism in the medieval world.

In keeping with MAM’s philosophy of inclusiveness, we encourage the submission of proposals from all branches of medieval studies, including but not limited to archaeology, art, bibliography, gender, history, law, language, literature, media, music, philosophy, race, religion, and science.

We invite abstract proposals for individual papers as well as fully formed sessions of papers or roundtables. 250-word abstracts are due by August 1, 2021. Please send all abstracts, questions, or queries to Alexander L. Kaufman: alkaufman@bsu.edu. 

Conference attendees must be members of MAM at the time of the meeting; there will be no additional cost to attend or present at the conference.

CFP Political Medievalisms 3 (Spec Issue of Studies in Medievalism, 8/1/2021)

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 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.