SEMA--worth posting twice

On behalf of the Southeastern Medieval Association's Old English
session at the upcoming South-Atlantic MLA conference (to be held in
Louisville, KY from 7-9 Nov. 2008), I invite papers exploring various
expressions of love and relationships in Old English poetry and
prose. Possible topics might address marriage, marriage negotiations,
failed marriages, kin relations and tensions in them, conflicts
between natal and marital bonds, reciprocity and difference in
male-female relations, heirs or their lack, spiritual marriage,
spiritual friendship, female bonds, male bonds, and lord-thegn bonds,
as well as other areas touching on the general theme. Please submit a
1-page, single-spaced abstract complete with name, proposed paper
title, institutional affiliation, and all relevant contact
information by email attachment to Karen Bollermann at
Karen.Bollermann@asu.edu (please note the 2 N's in the last name) by
May 1, 2008. Accepted papers will be notified by May 8, 2008. Those
accepted are required to join SAMLA before attending the conference.