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Centre for Medieval Studies
University of Toronto
Call for Papers
Perceptions of the Past / Visions of the Future
An interdisciplinary conference
Saturday, 22 February 2003
Nearly all world cultures view the present in relation to concepts of past and
future. Origins and endings book-end the present or provide vanishing points
for perspectives on the present, past, and future. Proposed papers should
explore aspects of how medieval cultures related their present to the past or
to the future. Discussions of literary settings and historical studies are a
natural starting point for inquiry into this topic, but studies could explore a
broad range of ways in which medieval people depicted or commemorated
past events, or presented visions of the future in the medieval present.
Technologies of time-keeping, calendars, and the social and legal
implications of past and future time are among many topics which may be
investigated.
Please note that the date of the conference has been advanced a week from
the date previously publicized.
Deadline for abstracts (1 page maximum): 16 September 2002.
Abstracts may be submitted by email, fax, or post. Please address them to
the attention of the 2003 CMS Conference Committee.
Centre for Medieval Studies
University of Toronto
39 Queen's Park Crescent East
Toronto ON, Canada M5S 2C3
fax: 416-971-1398
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