CALL FOR PAPERS (please forgive cross-posting)
34th International Congress on Medieval Studies
6-9 May 1999
MEDIEVAL SELF-FASHIONING:
CREATING GENDER AND/OR CLASS IDENTITIES IN THE MIDDLE AGES
Self-fashioning was not invented in the Renaissance.
Through a variety of means and strategies, medieval people
sought to carve out identities for themselves, and often
at the same time to define the identities of others. These
identities might be, among others, familial (wife, husband,
mother, father, parent, child), occupational (master,
journeyman, guild member, servant), or social (noble,
bourgeois, commoner). This session seeks to explore the
ways in which medieval self-fashioning took place, focusing
particularly on class and gender. Potential subjects might
include, but are not limited to, dress and material
culture, cultural patronage, literary representation,
political allegiance, occupational training, religious
activity, or manipulation of the law. Scholars from all
disciplines are invited to submit abstracts.
Papers should be for 20-minute presentation. Please submit
abstracts by September 15, 1998, to:
Anna Dronzek
Kristen Burkholder
Department of History
614 Social Sciences Building
University of Minnesota
267 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
(612) 625-6303 FAX (612) 624-7096
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