Feminist Approaches to Medieval Art and Visual Culture: Past, Present, Future
We invite submissions for a special issue of the Medieval Feminist
Forum (volume 44 number 2) to address the past, present, and future
of feminist approaches to medieval art and visual culture. Some
contributors may wish to highlight the ways in which feminist
perspectives have enriched the understanding of medieval art or to
identify the contributions that studies of visual materials have made
to feminist work in medieval studies. Others may prefer to identify
dead ends to which feminism has led medieval art history or to
critique ways in which feminist scholarship on medieval visual
culture has been co-opted in a post-feminist age. We also welcome
essays on current research that utilize feminist approaches and
essays that seek to chart a path forward for feminist work on
medieval art. Inquiries from potential contributors may be addressed
to either or both of the co-editors of the issue:

Marian Bleeke, Assistant Professor of Art History
Department of Art, Cleveland State University
m.bleeke@csuohio.edu

Felice Lifshitz, Professor of History
Department of History, Florida International University
lifshitz@fiu.edu

The deadline for completed submissions, which should be sent via
email to Felice Lifshitz, is August 15, 2008. Style guidelines and
other contributor information for MFF are available on the website of
the Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship
(http://www.minotstateu.edu/mff/contributor.shtml).

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Giving Credit Where Credit is Due: Neglected Contributions of Female Scholars
We invite submissions for a special issue of the Medieval Feminist
Forum (volume 45 number 1) to recover and highlight important
contributions by female scholars to any area of Medieval Studies. We
are particularly interested in original contributions that have been,
for one reason or another, underappreciated, neglected, or even
misattributed to (or falsely claimed by) male authors. It is expected
that the majority or even the totality of the examples will date from
several decades ago or more, but essays on important cases of more
recent vintage are also welcome. Inquiries from potential
contributors (including proposals for articles on other topics) may
be addressed to the editor:

Felice Lifshitz, Professor of History
Florida International University
lifshitz@fiu.edu

The deadline for completed submissions, which should be sent via
email to Felice Lifshitz, is February 15, 2009. Style guidelines and
other contributor information for MFF are available on the website of
the Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship
(http://www.minotstateu.edu/mff/contributor.shtml).