medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Pasted below you will find the call for papers for the
Illinois Medieval Association to occur in February. I
noted to the organizer that the call seems to focus on
late, "end" of the period, and wondered if there would
be room for pondering about the "beginning" of the
"central ages." So I am now attempting to organize a
session or more on the idea of when the "Central Ages"
begin. Where does Antiquity end? Late Antiquity?
When can we say that something new has occurred and
that we are no longer the Roman world, but the
Medieval world? Do the criteria used to determine this
need to fit every geographical area? Or discipline?
I invite papers on these and other related topics to
be included in the upcoming IMA conference. My
deadline is Oct 1, so if you like to submit a paper
from any discipline, please do so by Sept. 30, 2003.
My email address is: [log in to unmask]
CALL FOR PAPERS
Illinois Medieval Association
Northwestern University
27-28 February 2004
The Central Ages--Periods and Boundaries
Now that Renaissance scholars have redefined their
period as "early modern," what are the Middle Ages
supposed to be midway between? Should we rename our
own period "the Central Ages"? With Spenser and
Tolkien now prominently featured at Kalamazoo, how do
we define the internal and external boundaries of the
medieval era? Do the usual criteria for periodization
make sense for medievalists working on the Jewish
Middle Ages, or the Byzantine or Muslim or
Scandinavian or Eastern European Middle Ages? What
alternative schemes of periodization might apply?
We are especially interested in a cluster of sessions
focused on key dates: Around 1215, Around 1348, Around
1453, and so forth. We also welcome thematic panels on
boundaries (and boundary crossings) of many kinds:
between sacred and secular, Latin and the vernaculars,
ritual and performance, hagiography and romance,
apostasy and conversion, heresy and legitimate
dissent, and more.
Keynote Speaker:
Alexander Murray, University College, Oxford
Please send one-page abstracts (for individual papers
or complete panels) to:
Barbara Newman
Professor of English and Religion
University Hall 215
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL 60208
phone: 847-491-5679
fax: 847-467-1545
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Graduate students should also include CVs.
Deadline for abstracts: October 1, 2003
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