Rawlinson Center

The Richard Rawlinson Center, directed by Jana Schulman, is a research center under the aegis of the Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University that fosters teaching and research in the culture and history of early medieval England and in the broader field of manuscript studies.
The Center is sponsoring the Rawlinson Center Speaker and two sessions of papers at the 60th International Congress on Medieval Studies:
Sponsors: Cambridge Univ. Press; Richard Rawlinson Center
Organizer(s): Rosalind Love; Lindy Brady (@email)
Early medieval England had a wide range of interactions with its closest neighbors, and this session seeks papers exploring these interactions. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to: diplomatic exchanges and political negotiations, cultural influences, warfare and violent encounters, trade and economic relations, and religious and intellectual contact. This session welcomes papers exploring any form of interaction between early medieval England and neighboring polities, whether insular or continental.
Session 358, Sangren Hall 1710 (hybrid); Saturday, May 10 at 1:30pm
Sponsor: Richard Rawlinson Center
Organizer(s): Lindy Brady (@email); Nicole Discenza (@email)
Early medieval Britain was a place where many languages were spoken, written, and studied. This session welcomes papers exploring any form of interaction between languages in pre-Norman Britain. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to: bilingual or macaronic texts, multilingual stone inscriptions, linguistic evidence of interaction between speakers of different languages, legal and literary uses of multiple languages, multilingual manuscript glosses and marginalia, and studies of materials for learning and teaching languages in pre-Norman Britain. We invite proposals from people from any field and any stage of their career.
Session 426, Sangren Hall 4120 (in person); Saturday, May 10, 3:30pm