CALL FOR PAPERS: "Saints and Sinners: Teaching the Blessed and the
Blasphemous"
Second MART (Medieval and Renaissance Teaching) Conference
October 27-29, 2011
The Medieval and Renaissance Teaching Conference invites your participation
in its second bi-annual meeting from October 27-29, 2011 in Dandridge, TN.
Come join us in the heart of the Smoky Mountains, in the midst of the
beautiful Fall color season!
Submissions of abstracts are welcome in any discipline involved in the
teaching of the Middle Ages or Renaissance.
In honor of All Saints Day, we are especially interested in papers dealing
with the teaching of Saints and/or sinners! Any proposals on the topic are
welcome, but papers with a pedagogical focus will be given preference.
Papers should be limited to no more than 20 minutes (roughly eight
double-spaced pages).
SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
Anyone interested in reading an original paper or proposing an organized
panel should submit a one-page abstract for consideration. All abstracts
will be submitted electronically. Email your abstract as a MS Word or PDF
attachment to Mary Baldridge (mbaldridge@cn.edu) or Kip Wheeler
(kwheeler@cn.edu). The deadline for submission of abstracts is September 30,
2011.
Monday, August 29, 2011
medieval Icelandic law
Medieval Icelandic Law; Medieval Icelandic Bishops’ Sagas (2)
Jana K. Schulman
Western Michigan Univ.
Dept. of English, 924 Sprau Tower
1903 W. Michigan Ave.
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5331
Phone: 269-387-2627 Fax: 269-387-2562
email: jana.schulman@wmich.edu
I'm interested in abstracts exploring aspects of medieval Icelandic law, of law and literature, of medieval Icelandic law in comparison with some Scandinavian, German, or English laws. Regarding the bishops' sagas, basically any paper exploring some aspect of these sagas, comparative or otherwise, would be good. I've had papers looking at the difference between excommunication and outlawry, the difference between the Law of Nature and the Law of Man, extreme unction in Thorlak's saga. Really, the sessions are open in terms of their topics as long as the paper belongs, broadly, in the topic.
Jana K. Schulman
Western Michigan Univ.
Dept. of English, 924 Sprau Tower
1903 W. Michigan Ave.
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5331
Phone: 269-387-2627 Fax: 269-387-2562
email: jana.schulman@wmich.edu
I'm interested in abstracts exploring aspects of medieval Icelandic law, of law and literature, of medieval Icelandic law in comparison with some Scandinavian, German, or English laws. Regarding the bishops' sagas, basically any paper exploring some aspect of these sagas, comparative or otherwise, would be good. I've had papers looking at the difference between excommunication and outlawry, the difference between the Law of Nature and the Law of Man, extreme unction in Thorlak's saga. Really, the sessions are open in terms of their topics as long as the paper belongs, broadly, in the topic.
New Age and Neopagan Medievalisms
Call for Submissions
New Age and Neopagan Medievalisms
We welcome contributions to a collection of essays that explores the medieval in New Age and Neopagan movements. Scholars of Religious Studies, Gender Studies, Art History, Music History, and Cultural Studies, as well as historians and literary critics, are particularly encouraged to contribute.
Current topics included in the volume:
n New Age appropriations of Kabbalah
n The medieval in New Age masculinities
n Hermeneutics and medieval-themed tarot decks
n Hildegard in the New Age
Abstracts of approximately 500 words and a brief academic bio should be sent to Dr. Karolyn Kinane at kkinane@plymouth.edu by December 1, 2011. Abstracts should clearly articulate how the article will advance theoretical and cultural understandings of medievalism and/or New Age and Neopagan movements. Acceptance of the abstract does not guarantee inclusion in the volume.
Upon preliminary acceptance, contributors will be asked to submit articles of approximately 7,000 words by August 1, 2012. Editors reserve the right to reject articles that do not meet editorial standards. We anticipate a Fall/Winter 2013 publication date.
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Medieval and Renaissance Forum
Plymouth State University
MSC 40
17 High Street
Plymouth, NH 03264
www.plymouth.edu/medieval
603-535-2402
PSUForum@gmail.com
New Age and Neopagan Medievalisms
We welcome contributions to a collection of essays that explores the medieval in New Age and Neopagan movements. Scholars of Religious Studies, Gender Studies, Art History, Music History, and Cultural Studies, as well as historians and literary critics, are particularly encouraged to contribute.
Current topics included in the volume:
n New Age appropriations of Kabbalah
n The medieval in New Age masculinities
n Hermeneutics and medieval-themed tarot decks
n Hildegard in the New Age
Abstracts of approximately 500 words and a brief academic bio should be sent to Dr. Karolyn Kinane at kkinane@plymouth.edu by December 1, 2011. Abstracts should clearly articulate how the article will advance theoretical and cultural understandings of medievalism and/or New Age and Neopagan movements. Acceptance of the abstract does not guarantee inclusion in the volume.
Upon preliminary acceptance, contributors will be asked to submit articles of approximately 7,000 words by August 1, 2012. Editors reserve the right to reject articles that do not meet editorial standards. We anticipate a Fall/Winter 2013 publication date.
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Medieval and Renaissance Forum
Plymouth State University
MSC 40
17 High Street
Plymouth, NH 03264
www.plymouth.edu/medieval
603-535-2402
PSUForum@gmail.com
Loving Relations: Familial Love in the Early Medieval World
CALL FOR PAPERS
47th International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo)
May 10-13, 2012
Loving Relations: Familial Love in the Early Medieval World
Familial love was a social and cultural foundation, described by some medieval authors as the microcosm for wider social order and interaction. It was also a model used to portray the close bonds of religious relationships, such as the ties between monk and abbot, layperson and priest, or human and God. Descriptions of familial love have much to offer scholars interested in early medieval social and cultural history as well as scholars of gender, as expressions of love varied based on the gender, age, and relative power dynamic of the parties involved.
This session will seek to explore expressions of familial love in the early Middle Ages. We hope to discover how love was expressed or enacted between spouses, parents and children, and siblings in natal, adoptive or foster families. We also encourage explorations of how descriptions of familial love compared to expressions of love between friends, within secular political relationships, religious communities, and even the wider “community of man.” We seek to have an interdisciplinary panel that reflects the various ways that familial love is reflected in the textual and material culture of the early medieval world. The aim of the panel is to bring together scholars who wish to explore how expressions of love and family bonds can deepen our understanding of the literature and emotional, social, cultural, and political history of the early Middle Ages.
Please send proposals and a Participant Information Form (link below) to ahandy@as.muw.edu by September 15th.
The Participant Information Form can be downloaded in MS Word or pdf format from http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#PIF
All the best,
Amber Handy
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Amber Handy, PhD
Assistant Professor of History
Mississippi University for Women
1100 College St MUW-1634
Columbus MS 39701
ahandy@as.muw.edu
47th International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo)
May 10-13, 2012
Loving Relations: Familial Love in the Early Medieval World
Familial love was a social and cultural foundation, described by some medieval authors as the microcosm for wider social order and interaction. It was also a model used to portray the close bonds of religious relationships, such as the ties between monk and abbot, layperson and priest, or human and God. Descriptions of familial love have much to offer scholars interested in early medieval social and cultural history as well as scholars of gender, as expressions of love varied based on the gender, age, and relative power dynamic of the parties involved.
This session will seek to explore expressions of familial love in the early Middle Ages. We hope to discover how love was expressed or enacted between spouses, parents and children, and siblings in natal, adoptive or foster families. We also encourage explorations of how descriptions of familial love compared to expressions of love between friends, within secular political relationships, religious communities, and even the wider “community of man.” We seek to have an interdisciplinary panel that reflects the various ways that familial love is reflected in the textual and material culture of the early medieval world. The aim of the panel is to bring together scholars who wish to explore how expressions of love and family bonds can deepen our understanding of the literature and emotional, social, cultural, and political history of the early Middle Ages.
Please send proposals and a Participant Information Form (link below) to ahandy@as.muw.edu by September 15th.
The Participant Information Form can be downloaded in MS Word or pdf format from http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html#PIF
All the best,
Amber Handy
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Amber Handy, PhD
Assistant Professor of History
Mississippi University for Women
1100 College St MUW-1634
Columbus MS 39701
ahandy@as.muw.edu
Postcolonial England
Call for Papers:
Sponsored Session: The Department of English Studies at Durham University invites submission of proposals for its session at the 47th International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan from May 10-13, 2012. The panel seeks proposals of 300-500 words with a working title and department affiliation by September 1, 2011. Participants will be contacted regardless of whether or not their proposal has been accepted. All proposals submitted but not accepted will be sent on to the general committee for consideration in one of the general sessions at Kalamazoo. The CfP is as follows:
Postcolonial England
Postcolonial theory has been applied to studies of the Middle Ages with increasing frequency over the past decade. Throughout the 2000s, medieval studies has seen a plethora of publications in this area, from ‘Postcolonial Middle Ages’ to ‘Empire of Magic.’ This theory in particular has become a more prominent niche within contemporary criticism. Additionally, though it has been applied in many areas of disciplinary study, there are still many categories which need further research. One area in which postcolonial theory is particularly applicable is the analysis of national identity. This subject has also been a hot topic in the past few years, especially in relation to England (Ashe, McDonald, Lavezzo, Fenton). These two discourses sometimes, but not always, work together–and both areas could benefit from further exploration, both independently and symbiotically. Medieval postcolonialism can have the tendency to be too broad in its analysis and application throughout Europe, whereas discussions of national identity through specific texts can be overly narrow. By focusing on postcolonial interpretations of national identity in England alone, it makes for a more precise, but still broad area for discussion. This session will aim for papers which apply postcolonial theory to English texts in an attempt to better understand English concepts of national identity, specifically looking at less obvious, rather than canonical, texts as many of these have already been explored. For example, much work has already been done on romances such as Bevis of Hampton, Guy of Warwick, Richard Cour de Lyon, and Havelok the Dane. There is still much to be researched however, and this session aims to encourage such endeavours. As Thomas Crofts and Robert Rouse recently said in their 2009 chapter in ‘A Companion to Medieval Popular Romance,’ the lesser-explored romances “present more complex challenges for the critic [and] continue to demand individual detailed attention, lest we be lulled by their familiar rhythm into the belief that they speak with one voice.” We have chosen to propose this session to provide a more focused exploration of medieval national identity and postcolonialism by focusing on England, and hope this session will provide a larger litmus test for these ideas through its focus on lesser-explored English texts.
Contact: Meghan Glass m.r.glass@durham.ac.uk
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Meghan Glass
Doctoral Candidate, English Literature, Durham University
Institute for Medieval & Renaissance Studies: MRPDG
St. John's College Tuto
Sponsored Session: The Department of English Studies at Durham University invites submission of proposals for its session at the 47th International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan from May 10-13, 2012. The panel seeks proposals of 300-500 words with a working title and department affiliation by September 1, 2011. Participants will be contacted regardless of whether or not their proposal has been accepted. All proposals submitted but not accepted will be sent on to the general committee for consideration in one of the general sessions at Kalamazoo. The CfP is as follows:
Postcolonial England
Postcolonial theory has been applied to studies of the Middle Ages with increasing frequency over the past decade. Throughout the 2000s, medieval studies has seen a plethora of publications in this area, from ‘Postcolonial Middle Ages’ to ‘Empire of Magic.’ This theory in particular has become a more prominent niche within contemporary criticism. Additionally, though it has been applied in many areas of disciplinary study, there are still many categories which need further research. One area in which postcolonial theory is particularly applicable is the analysis of national identity. This subject has also been a hot topic in the past few years, especially in relation to England (Ashe, McDonald, Lavezzo, Fenton). These two discourses sometimes, but not always, work together–and both areas could benefit from further exploration, both independently and symbiotically. Medieval postcolonialism can have the tendency to be too broad in its analysis and application throughout Europe, whereas discussions of national identity through specific texts can be overly narrow. By focusing on postcolonial interpretations of national identity in England alone, it makes for a more precise, but still broad area for discussion. This session will aim for papers which apply postcolonial theory to English texts in an attempt to better understand English concepts of national identity, specifically looking at less obvious, rather than canonical, texts as many of these have already been explored. For example, much work has already been done on romances such as Bevis of Hampton, Guy of Warwick, Richard Cour de Lyon, and Havelok the Dane. There is still much to be researched however, and this session aims to encourage such endeavours. As Thomas Crofts and Robert Rouse recently said in their 2009 chapter in ‘A Companion to Medieval Popular Romance,’ the lesser-explored romances “present more complex challenges for the critic [and] continue to demand individual detailed attention, lest we be lulled by their familiar rhythm into the belief that they speak with one voice.” We have chosen to propose this session to provide a more focused exploration of medieval national identity and postcolonialism by focusing on England, and hope this session will provide a larger litmus test for these ideas through its focus on lesser-explored English texts.
Contact: Meghan Glass m.r.glass@durham.ac.uk
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Meghan Glass
Doctoral Candidate, English Literature, Durham University
Institute for Medieval & Renaissance Studies: MRPDG
St. John's College Tuto
The Nobility of Western France: Anjou and its neighbors
Seigneurie:the Group for the Study of the Nobility, Lordship, and
Chivalry
invites submissions for it's session at Kalamazoo 2012 on
The Nobility of Western France: Anjou and its neighbors
Please send submissions to :
Sarah Delinger
4109 Oglethorpe Street, apt 101
Hyattsville, MD 20782
Ph: 301-403-0452
sarah.delinger@gmail.com
or
Donald Fleming
PO Box 209
Hiram, OH 44234
Ph: 330-569-5467
FlemingDF@hiram.edu
Chivalry
invites submissions for it's session at Kalamazoo 2012 on
The Nobility of Western France: Anjou and its neighbors
Please send submissions to :
Sarah Delinger
4109 Oglethorpe Street, apt 101
Hyattsville, MD 20782
Ph: 301-403-0452
sarah.delinger@gmail.com
or
Donald Fleming
PO Box 209
Hiram, OH 44234
Ph: 330-569-5467
FlemingDF@hiram.edu
Society for the Public Understanding of the Middle Ages Call for Papers 2012
Society for the Public Understanding of the Middle Ages Call for Papers 2012
We invite abstracts for the following sessions at the 2012 ICMS and IMC. Abstracts (between 250 and 500 words) should be submitted electronically to publicmiddleages@gmail.com to the attention of Paul Sturtevant, and should indicate clearly your mailing address and phone number. If you need special equipment for the talk (digital projector, etc.), let us know when you submit your abstract. All abstract submissions are due by 15th September, 2011.
ICMS Kalamazoo, 2012
Growing Up with the Middle Ages: The Influences upon Children’s Ideas about the Medieval World
Children are bombarded with images of the Middle Ages every day— whether in school, in the popular media, in books, toys or play. But what impact do these childhood medievalisms have upon our children? And children grow up; how do the ideas about the Middle Ages formulated in childhood persist in adulthood?
Abstracts are invited for any subject pertaining to this topic, including medievalisms in media directed towards children, teaching the Middle Ages to children, or the ways in which the Middle Ages have become our collective default fairy-tale playground. Abstracts are particularly encouraged from practitioners in the fields of public history, educators, or medievalist mums and dads.
IMC Leeds, 2012
A Holiday to the Middle Ages: Medieval Public History Today
Contrary to popular belief, the Middle Ages is big business. The heritage industry in the UK contributes £20.6 billion to the British economy each year. A significant proportion of this is generated from countless trips to countryside castles, ruined abbeys, days out at a re-enactment, a museum or a living-history site which depicts the Middle Ages.
In recent years there have been significant developments in the ways in which the Middle Ages are interpreted and presented to the public through the heritage industry. This session invites abstracts pertaining to the presentation of the Middle Ages to the public today and its potential to influence the public knowledge of the Middle Ages. It particularly welcomes abstracts from any academics and professionals working in the heritage industry.
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We invite abstracts for the following sessions at the 2012 ICMS and IMC. Abstracts (between 250 and 500 words) should be submitted electronically to publicmiddleages@gmail.com to the attention of Paul Sturtevant, and should indicate clearly your mailing address and phone number. If you need special equipment for the talk (digital projector, etc.), let us know when you submit your abstract. All abstract submissions are due by 15th September, 2011.
ICMS Kalamazoo, 2012
Growing Up with the Middle Ages: The Influences upon Children’s Ideas about the Medieval World
Children are bombarded with images of the Middle Ages every day— whether in school, in the popular media, in books, toys or play. But what impact do these childhood medievalisms have upon our children? And children grow up; how do the ideas about the Middle Ages formulated in childhood persist in adulthood?
Abstracts are invited for any subject pertaining to this topic, including medievalisms in media directed towards children, teaching the Middle Ages to children, or the ways in which the Middle Ages have become our collective default fairy-tale playground. Abstracts are particularly encouraged from practitioners in the fields of public history, educators, or medievalist mums and dads.
IMC Leeds, 2012
A Holiday to the Middle Ages: Medieval Public History Today
Contrary to popular belief, the Middle Ages is big business. The heritage industry in the UK contributes £20.6 billion to the British economy each year. A significant proportion of this is generated from countless trips to countryside castles, ruined abbeys, days out at a re-enactment, a museum or a living-history site which depicts the Middle Ages.
In recent years there have been significant developments in the ways in which the Middle Ages are interpreted and presented to the public through the heritage industry. This session invites abstracts pertaining to the presentation of the Middle Ages to the public today and its potential to influence the public knowledge of the Middle Ages. It particularly welcomes abstracts from any academics and professionals working in the heritage industry.
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