Friday, March 1, 2024

Medieval in Popular Culture at NeMLA 2024

Medievalisms Today: Aspects of the Medieval Past in the 21st-century World 

Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Scholarship and Teaching of the Medieval in Popular Culture

Organizers: Michael A. Torregrossa, June-Ann Greeley, and Rachael Warmington


55th NeMLA Convention

Boston, MA

7-10 March 2024


Friday

Mar 8 Track 6

08:15-09:45

6.13 Medievalisms Today: Aspects of the Medieval Past in the Twenty-first-century World (Part 1)

Chair: Michael Torregrossa, Bristol Community College

Location: Conference Room (Media Equipped)

Cultural Studies and Media Studies & Global Anglophone

"King Mansa Musa's Mines: Finding a Lost Medieval Africa" Angela Weisl, Seton Hall University

"The Convergence of Eras and Cultures: The Global Arthurian Ethos in Contemporary Comic Series" Rachael Warmington, Seton Hall University

"AfroComics: African Medievalism and the Comic Book Form" Afrodesia McCannon, New York University


Friday

Mar 8 Track 7

10:00-11:30

7.13 Medievalisms Today: Aspects of the Medieval Past in the Twenty-first-century World (Part 2)

Chair: Rachael Warmington, Seton Hall University

Location: Conference Room (Media Equipped)

Cultural Studies and Media Studies & Global Anglophone

"Crusader Kings III: Medievalism Thriving Within the Corners of Video Games" Mosammat Sultana, St. John’s University

"Between Life and Death: Traversing Disease and Mortality in The Black Parade" Shataparni Bhattacharya, Indiana University-Bloomington

"Is Chivalry Dead? Medievalism in Modern Dating and the Male Identity Crisis" Kiernan Sullivan, Binghamton University, SUNY

"Reviving Iranian Medieval Philosophy: A Path to Liberation From Contemporary Oppression in Iran" Faegheh Hajhosseini, University at Buffalo, SUNY


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