medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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**** * Call for Paper Proposals. Deadline for proposals: September 15, 2004
Three Sessions Sponsored by the International Society for the Study of
Pilgrimage Arts at the 40th International Congress on Medieval Studies, May 5-8,
2005, in Kalamazoo, MI USA
I.) Sumptuary Devotions: Medieval Pilgrimage and Social Class
This session seeks papers that explore the ways in which social status
informed and shaped medieval pilgrimage. Did different social classes have
differing motivations, or differing goals, for pilgrimage? Was the
pilgrimage experience class-specific? How did the material aspects of
pilgrimage accommodate different social classes? Were there, perhaps,
pilgrimage shrines that catered to specific social classes? We invite
studies of any class-based aspect of medieval pilgrimage.
II.) Local Pilgrimages and their Shrines in Pre-Modern Europe
Although major pilgrimage shrines such as Santiago de Compostela are
justifiably well known in medieval studies, the myriad local pilgrimages
in pre-modern Europe have not been explored to the same extent. This
session invites papers that deal with any aspect of local or regional
pilgrimage, whether the study of a specific shrine or a more general study
of the phenomenon. Papers might focus, for example, on the nature of a
local pilgrimage shrine, its function, or its clientele. Alternately, a
more structural or general aspect of local pilgrimage might be explored.
For either of the first two sessions, please send your abstract (with the
official cover sheet available at http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress)
by e-mail, fax, or regular mail to: Jim Bugslag University of Manitoba
School of Art Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2 Canada Fax: (204) 474-7605
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
III.) Art and Architecture of Medieval Pilgrimage
This sessions seeks to explore the Art and architecture associated with
pilgrimage sites which provide some of the most fruitful venues for
exploring the dynamic relationship between belief and visual culture. The
use of images to augment and explain the significance and sacrality of
holy sites is among the most potent use of images in medieval culture, as
these images both shape and reflect belief and notions of sacral reality.
Architectural forms enhanced the pilgrim's experience by
facilitating/controlling access to shrines as well as fashioning suitably
grandiose structures to house the goal of the pilgrim's journey. In
addition to ornamentation of the actual pilgrimage site, numerous art
forms developed that were intended to provide pilgrims with visual and
tactile reminders/connections to the holy sites visited. Such portable
objects allow the pilgrimage phenomenon to resonate beyond the sacred
sites, fashioning a means by which the faithful could engage in virtual
pilgrimage (literally souvenir). These sessions seek to explore the
complex, dynamic, and varied means by which the beliefs and practices of
pilgrims were shaped, directed, and reflected through visual and tactile
means.
For this third session, please send your abstract (with the official cover
sheet available at http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress) by e-mail, fax,
or regular mail to: Scott Montgomery Art and Art History Shwayder Art
Building 110 2121 East Ashbury Avenue Denver, CO 80208 USA Fax: (303)
871-4112 E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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