Call for Papers for the International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, May 9-12, 2013 

 Session Sponsored by the Anglo-Saxon Hagiography Society (ASHS): Anonymous Anglo-Saxon Prose Saints' Lives We invite paper abstracts for a session dedicated to anonymous Anglo-Saxon
 hagiographical prose in either Old English or Anglo-Latin. There is a long tradition of studying vernacular saints’ lives in Anglo-Saxon Studies, but a disproportionate amount of scholarly attention has been given to verse hagiographies and to those by Ælfric of Eynsham, the most famous named author of Old English prose saints’ lives. Even though 40% of the extant prose corpus is non-Ælfrician, there remains a considerable gap in scholarship when it comes to anonymous Old English prose; similarly, Anglo-Latin saints’ lives have received little attention. These texts warrant close study, not only because they remain understudied, but also because they can provide valuable insight into Anglo-Saxon religious culture and its concerns when approached as independent literary products in their own right.
 Please submit abstracts of no more than 500 words
and the Participant Information Form
(available at http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html) by September
 15 to the session organizers: Robin Norris (robin_norris@carleton.ca) and Johanna Kramer
 (kramerji@missouri.edu). If preferred, hard copies may be sent to
Johanna Kramer, Dept. of English, 114 Tate Hall, Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211.