CFP Disney and the Middle Ages (9/15/21; Kalmazoo 5/9-14/2022)

Posted on behalf of the organizer:

Call for Papers 

57th International Congress on Medieval Studies 

May 9–14, 2022, online 

Disney and the Middle Ages

(Link to PDF of cfp)

Description 

The Walt Disney Company's films, theme parks, and other media are full of people and places coded as medieval, from the Magic Kingdom's castles and fairies to the kingdom of  Arendelle in the Frozen films. This session invites papers that examine medievalism in Disney entertainment from a variety of disciplinary and critical perspectives. Papers about Disney’s recently acquired franchises (such as Star Wars, Pixar, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe)  are also encouraged. 

Organizer 

Joshua T. Parks, Princeton Theological Seminary (joshua.t.parks@gmail.com) 

Please submit a 250–word abstract at the ICMS website (https://wmich.edu/medievalcongress/call/) by September 15, 2021. 

CFP Public Medievalism and Academic Activism in the Face of White Nationalist (Mis)appropriations (9/15/21; Kalamazoo 5/9-14/2022)

 CFP: Public Medievalism and Academic Activism in the Face of White Nationalist (Mis)appropriations

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

Chair: Richard Fahey

For the 57th International Congress on Medieval Studies hosted by Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Online Conference: 9-14 May 2022.

Proposals:

The process for proposing papers for the 57th Congress (live on the internet May 9-14, 2022) uses an online submission system powered by Confex. The deadline for proposals is Wednesday, Sept. 15.

Paper proposals comprise the proposed paper's title; the answers to questions about social media and live recording; name, affiliation, and contact information for the author(s); an abstract (300 words) for consideration by session organizer(s); and a short abstract (50 words) for public view on the meeting site, should the proposal be accepted.

Session Description:

As medievalists in an era of rising white nationalism in both the United States and Europe, we have become increasingly aware of the many ways medieval studies and medievalism has been and is actively being appropriated by organizations who espouse and uphold fallacious and ahistorical white supremacist narratives. It is our job as specialists in the field to act swiftly and decisively in our roles as public medievalists and educators to help combat the nefarious spread of misinformation about the medieval period especially online and via social media. Medieval symbolism and subject matter, especially relating to “Anglo-Saxon” England, the Viking Age, and the Crusades, have been recast as symbols of whiteness and mobilized for their erroneous presentations of medieval Europe as fiercely and intentionally homogenous. Some of the most horrific and egregious examples of misappropriating medieval studies were displayed at the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, VA (8/12/2016) and during the insurrection at the Capitol Building in Washington, DC (1/6/2021).

This raises a related but similarly important question: how have medievalism (whether in fantasy or historical fiction) and modern adaptations of medieval literature and history contributed to these problematic narratives? Helen Young has observed “habits of whiteness” within fantasy literature and modern medievalism, which correspond to current trends in white nationalist rhetoric. This session intends to call attention to the ways in which medievalism reproduces and reinforces, often unwittingly, noxious white supremacist rhetoric in these fictive representations of an imaginary “pure white” medieval period that never existed.

We invite papers that either call attention and critique medievalism and fantasy literature which fall into this category or papers which highlight (often lesser-known works of) medievalism and fantasy literature which problematize these narratives by including, incorporating, or otherwise depicting more historically attuned representations of what scholars rightly describe as the global Middle Ages. We also hope that a collection of essays will result from this session.

Please submit proposals for this session through the Confex system for approval, and send any questions related to the session to the organizer, Richard Fahey, at rfahey@nd.edu. 

More information about the conference can be found at https://wmich.edu/medievalcongress.

Further information about the session sponsors may be found at https://medievalinpopularculture.blogspot.com/.

CFP Modern Iberian (Neo)Medievalisms in Postcolonial Contexts and Diaspora (9/15/21; ICoMS 5/9-14/2022)

 From the ISSM listserv:

CFP: Modern Iberian (Neo)Medievalisms in Postcolonial Contexts and Diaspora

57th International Congress on Medieval Studies

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo

May 9-14, 2022 (Virtual)

Sponsored by La corónica: A Journal of Medieval Hispanic Languages, Literatures & Cultures

This panel welcomes papers from scholars working on the use and transformation of the medieval past in a variety of contexts in the Hispano- and Lusophone worlds beyond Iberia, from Latin America and the Philippines to the Sephardic and morisco diasporas in the Mediterranean and beyond.

Submissions due by September 15th:

https://wmich.edu/medievalcongress/call 

Contact: Rebecca De Souza, University of Oxford

rebecca.desouza@hertford.ox.ac.uk  

Best wishes,

Rebecca

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Rebecca De Souza

DPhil Candidate in Spanish

Hertford College, the University of Oxford

rebecca.desouza@hertford.ox.ac.uk

CFP Ninth Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies (12/31/21; St Louis 6/20-22/2022)

 CALL FOR PAPERS

Ninth Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies

June 20-22, 2022

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, Missouri

Source: http://www.themedievalacademyblog.org/call-for-papers-ninth-annual-symposium-on-medieval-and-renaissance-studies-2/.

The Ninth Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies (June 20-22, 2022) will be held in person in beautiful Saint Louis, Missouri. This summer venue in North America provides scholars the opportunity to present papers, organize sessions, participate in roundtables, and engage in interdisciplinary discussion. The goal of the Symposium is to promote serious scholarly investigation into all topics and in all disciplines of medieval and early modern studies.

The plenary speakers for this year will be David Abulafia, of Cambridge University, and Barbara Rosenwein, of Loyola University, Chicago.

The Symposium is held annually on the beautiful midtown campus of Saint Louis University. On campus housing options include affordable, air-conditioned apartments as well as a luxurious boutique hotel. Inexpensive meal plans are also available, although there is a wealth of restaurants, bars, and cultural venues within easy walking distance of campus.

While attending the Symposium, participants are free to use the Vatican Film Library, the Rare Book and Manuscripts Collection, and the general collection at Saint Louis University’s Pius XII Memorial Library.

The Ninth Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies invites proposals for papers, complete sessions, and roundtables. Any topics regarding the scholarly investigation of the medieval and early modern world are welcome. Papers are normally twenty minutes each and sessions are scheduled for ninety minutes. Scholarly organizations are especially encouraged to sponsor proposals for complete sessions.

The deadline for all submissions is December 31, 2021. Late submissions will be considered if space is available. Decisions will be made in January and the final program will be published in February.

For more information or to submit your proposal online go to: https://www.smrs-slu.org/.

CFP Playing Robin Hood: Theatricality in the Robin Hood Tradition (9/1/21; ICoM 5/9-14/2022)

On behalf of Dr. Lorraine K. Stock:


CFP: 57th International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo, MI, USA, which will take place FULLY VIRTUALLY from 9th May to 14th May 2022.

PLAYING ROBIN HOOD: THEATRICALITY IN THE ROBIN HOOD TRADITION

This session is sponsored by the International Association for Robin Hood Studies.

From its inception, the Robin Hood tradition has incorporated aspects of the theatrical, including: early plays about Robin Hood performed at May games, Whitsun ales, and Robin Hood Revels; Early Modern drama about the outlaw; 18th-19th-century sung broadside ballads, Christmas plays, and operas; modern dramatic pieces; staged depictions of the outlaw in 19th-20th-century operas, pantomimes, burlesques; even 20th-21st-century films (watched in theaters) that employ elements of music and stagecraft. This session seeks 3-4 papers that explore any aspect(s) of how the theatrical has been employed to deliver the Robin Hood tradition to audiences.

The abstract should be 250 words. Indicate whether there will be supporting visuals.

Please send the abstract for your proposed paper by 1st September 2021 to

Lorraine K. Stock

University of Houston

lstock@uh.edu

CFP Neomedievalist Images and the Robin Hood Tradition (9/1/21; ICoM 5/9-14/2022)

 On behalf of Dr. Anna Czarnowus:

CFP: 57th International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo, MI, USA, which will take place FULLY VIRTUALLY from 9th May to 14th May 2022.

NEOMEDIEVALIST IMAGES AND THE ROBIN HOOD TRADITION

This is a session sponsored by the International Association for Robin Hood Studies.

Neomedievalism is understood as ideas or concepts that are detached from the historical Middle Ages, but are nonetheless seen as of medieval origin. The Robin Hood tradition has long inspired neomedievalist imagery: for example, the idea that medieval outlaws protected women and children. Such images are not confirmed by history or the literary Robin Hood texts. Neomedievalist ideas inspired by the Robin Hood tradition can be found in film, children’s literature, and other media. We seek paper proposals that address the question of how the medieval is reworked in such imagery and images.

The abstract should be in 250 words.

Please send the abstract for your paper proposal by 1st September 2021 to Dr. Anna Czarnowus at: annaczarnowus@tlen.pl

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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.

May Business Meeting

The Association for the Advancement of Scholarship and Teaching of the Medieval in Popular Culture has scheduled our May 2021 business meeting for Tuesday, 5/18, from 2-3 PM (Eastern Daylight Time). Please complete the Google Form by Tuesday morning to receive the Zoom link.


Thanks,
Michael


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Michael A. Torregrossa, Listserv Moderator/ Blog Editor
*Founder, The Association for the Advancement of Scholarship and Teaching of the Medieval in Popular Culture

Kalamazoo 2021 Session Details

Check out the post on the Medieval Comics Project for full details on our Kalmazoo 2021 roundtables devoted to Saving the Day for Medievalists: Accessing Medieval-Themed Comics in the Twenty-First Century.

Call for Responses: Comics and Medieval Studies Survey (7/1/2021)

Call for Responses: Comics and Medieval Studies Survey

The Association for the Advancement of Scholarship and Teaching of the Medieval in Popular Culture--in an attempt to further our outreach efforts--seeks to gather some information on experiences with the comics medium and uses of that material by teachers and/or scholars of Medieval Studies.

If you're willing to share, please complete the survey at https://tinyurl.com/Medieval-Comics-Survey no later than 1 July 2021.

More information on the Association for the Advancement of Scholarship and Teaching of the Medieval in Popular Culture can be found at https://medievalinpopularculture.blogspot.com/. 

The Medieval Comics Project is based at https://medieval-comics-project.blogspot.com/. We also maintain a listserv, the Medieval Comics Project Discussion List. Please sign-up at  https://groups.io/g/medieval-comixlist. 

If you have any questions or concerns on the survey or other related matters, please reach out to us at MedievalinPopularCulture@gmail.com or Comics.Get.Medieval@gmail.com. 

Michael A. Torregrossa, Founder, Blog Editor, and Listserv Moderator, and The Comics Get Medieval Sessions Organizer

Upcoming Event: Experiencing Medievalism: Getting Medieval in a Changing World (5/7/2021)

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.

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. 

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

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. 

CFP Political Medievalism III (8/1/21; Spec Issue of Studies in Medievalism)

CALL FOR PAPERS — STUDIES IN MEDIEVALISM XXXI: POLITICAL MEDIEVALISM III

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.