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   Call for Papers:     38th International Congress on Medieval Studies
                        Western Michigan University - Kalamazoo Michigan
                        May 8-11, 2003

        Slavic Medievalists in all disciplines are invited to submit
abstracts of papers for presentation at this prestigious conference.

        At the 36th and 37th International Congresses, the Medieval Slavic
sessions sponsored by the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at
St. Louis University included papers in intellectual history, linguistics,
textual transmission, literature, hagiography, and archeology.

        For the 38th Congress the number of sponsored sessions in Medieval
Slavic is being increased to three:

        Medieval Slavic I:      Texts and Textual Transmission
        Medieval Slavic II:     Societies in Contact
        Medieval Slavic III:    History and Culture

        Historically, the presence of Slavists at the Kalamazoo Congresses
has been very modest. It is important that our colleagues working in the
medieval cultures of Western Europe become more aware of the richness of
the medieval Slavic cultures and to that end an appeal is made to all
faculty, independent scholars, and graduate students in all disciplines
who work in the Medieval Slavic area to submit a one-page, single-spaced
abstract of a paper for presentation on one of these sessions.

        In addition to the opportunity to interact with medievalists
working in Western Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and the Far East
-- approximately 300 in all --, the Kalamazoo Congress can also serve as
an occasion for Slavic Medievalists themselves to interact, to come to
know one another personally, exchange notes, set up collaborative
projects, and plan to increase our presence at Kalamazoo in the future.
This past year, medievalists from Hungary, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic,
Poland, and Russia were in attendance.

        If the response to this call is good again this year, Slavists can
look forward to these Medieval Slavic sessions every year for the
foreseeable future; if we falter, we could very well lose ground, as the
number of requests for sessions is huge (640 requests for the 37th
Congress!). So if you are working on a Medieval Slavic topic (up to about
1600), please give very serious consideration to participating at
Kalamazoo next year. Let us not allow such a large and important segment
of medieval culture to remain underrepresented.

        Again, all disciplines are eligible.

        Please send your abstracts and inquiries to:

        David T. Murphy, Ph.D., Director                Phone: +1-(314) 977-7180
        Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies     Fax: +1-(314) 977-3704
        Saint Louis University                          Email:[log in to unmask]
        221 N. Grand Blvd.
        St. Louis, MO 63103-2097, USA

Deadline for submission: September 25th. Abstracts can be sent by email,
fax, or snail mail. Please respond early. As soon as anough solid
abstracts are received (9 minimum, 12 maximum), the sessions will be
closed.