medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
The Hagiography Society is seeking papers on the following four topics for our sessions at Kalamazoo next May:
(I) The Rise and/or Fall of Saints' Cults– examining how the cults of particular saints have responded (or failed to respond) to the cultural needs of particular times and places;
(II) Continuity and Change in Reports of Miraculous Healing– a session that might explore either the content of miracle stories (kinds of disease and disability that are emphasized, kinds of sufferers, etc.) or the ways in which the stories tend to be told;
(III) Translations of Relics (and Cults)– a topic intended to encompass both "translatio" texts and the ways in which translated saints are naturalized and adopted into a new culture;
(IV) Professional Hagiographers: Writers and Assemblers– a session on writers who actually composed a number of hagiographical texts and compilers who collected such texts for inclusion in legendaries and other devotional books.
Although the Medieval Congress's deadline for abstracts is some way off (15 Sept., as usual), Mary Morse would like to receive expressions of interest from potential speakers as early as possible. Her email address is [log in to unmask] , and her fax number is 609-896-5212.
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