Call for Papers
Mid-America Medieval Association [MAMA] 2013 Conference
22-23 February 2013
University of Missouri—Kansas City
Remembering and Honoring Shona Kelly Wray
Plenary Address: Professor Stanley Chojnacki (University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill): “Wives and Goods in the Venetian Palazzo”
This
year’s MAMA Conference will focus on the intellectual and scholarly
legacy of Shona Kelly Wray (1963-2012), our beloved colleague, friend,
and mentor. Paper and session proposals
in any area of medieval studies will be welcome, but we hope to pay particular attention to the following topics:
Women, gender, families
Interdisciplinary studies
Italian history, literature, culture
Legal history and analysis
Paleography, manuscript studies, diplomatics, codicology
The medieval university
The Black Death, medicine, disease
In
addition, the organizers will be hosting a roundtable discussion,
“Teaching with Shona” that will focus on pedagogical issues such as
using technology in the classroom, interdisciplinary teaching, and
teaching
interpretation of varied sources.
Submissions
should be in the form of abstracts (300 word limit) for both individual
papers and sessions, and should include all contact information.
Presenters in session proposals must be
listed, with all contact information.
Deadline for submission of paper and session proposals:
Send all submissions via email to:
Linda E. Mitchell
mitchellli@umkc.edu
Graduate
Students whose papers have been accepted and who wish to submit them
for the Jim Falls Prize must send their
papers (no more than 10 pages, and including full citations) NO LATER
THAN 1 FEBRUARY to Linda Mitchell at the same email address.
Registration and Program information, including hotel info, will be sent out in mid-January.
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