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I hope you all don't mind a bit of shameless self-promotion here, but another medievalist at Notre Dame (David Mengel) andmyself are organizing a session for the 1997 Kalamazoo conference. We still have some space left for papers on the topic of: THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD "Ceremonies surrounding the burial of the dead are among the oldest known forms of religious activity. From prehistoric graves sprinkled with flowers to the range of options offered by the modern funeral industry, human beings have devised a vast array of rituals for treating their dead. Funerary rites can provide a great deal of insight into the workings of a given society: its attitudes towards death, beliefs in an afterlife, ideas about the fate of the soul, concerns about religious pollution, and expressions of community. Frederick Paxton, Megan McLaughlin, and others have researched burial practices and death rituals in medieval Europe, but there are still some aspects of the topic that remain unexplored. Papers from any field of medieval studies are requested." If this sounds interesting, please send proposals (no more than 250 words) to the following address by September 15th: Stephen A. Allen The Medieval Institute University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556 If you have any questions, you can reach me off-list at: [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%