What about something on women's roles in medieval religion?
Bindy
At 12:24 PM 5/7/00 -0400, you wrote:
>George Ferzoco has kindly asked me to organize the
>medieval-religion sponsored sessions for Kalamazoo 2001.
>To that end, I have just spent most of a day puttering
>about in our list's on-line archive looking for the
>discussions that sparked the most interest over the
>previous year. Besides being struck once again by the
>depth of learning and breadth of generosity that is a
>hallmark of medieval-religion, I have come up with a few
>possible themes for our sessions next year:
>
>1. Christians and Jews in the Middle Ages. Possible
>topics: Christian symbols or stereotypes of Jews, the
>prevalence and content of anti-Judaism, anti-Judaism vs.
>anti-Semitism and the origins of both.
>
>2. The Image and Influence of John Chrysostom. Possible
>topics: what lives of Chrysostom circulated, how did later
>theologians use his work, what works of his were known in
>the west and how often were they copied.
>
>3. The Presentation of Relics. Possible topics: how were
>relics "framed" by architecture/reliquaries/etc., what sort
>of relics were most popular, trends in the form and
>function of reliquaries.
>
>4. Death and Burial. Possible topics: rituals surrounding
>death, rituals surrounding burial, the death of popes or
>kings.
>
>If you feel strongly that we should or should not include
>any of these suggested session -- or even better, if you
>would like to volunteer a paper -- please contact me
>off-line. If you have a suggestion for another session
>topic, please post it on-line so that I can gauge the
>list's reaction.
>
>I have to be able to send the Kalamazoo planning committee
>something by May 15th -- not a complete panel, but at least
>some idea of the session titles -- so time is of the essence.
>
>With many thanks in advance.
>
>Stephen A. Allen
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