61st Congress Program

8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m. EDT

5  Jewish-Christian Interaction (1). The paper by Jeroen Verrijssen has been moved to session 61, Jewish-Christian Interaction (2). The paper by Emilie Amar-Zifkin has been withdrawn.

16  Gower, Tyranny, and Social Justice. The paper by Kara L. McShane has been withdrawn.

18  Old English Poetry. The paper by Jonathan B. Rolfe has been withdrawn.

20  Comparative Approaches to Medieval French Literature. The presider is Jan Solberg. The paper by Ana Clara Mônico has been withdrawn. The paper by Emily R. Kraus has been withdrawn. The paper by Nicole Waters, “‘Thought her a wonder’: Silk as Political Rhetoric in Marie de France's Lanval,” which was previously in session 45 Clothing and Textiles, will now be in this session. 

27  Emblem Studies. The paper by Gábor Bradács has been withdrawn. 

30  Portrayals of Grief (1): Female Sorrow. The paper by Brian K. Reynolds has been withdrawn.

10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. EDT

43  Saints and the Environment (2): Hagiographical Expressions. The paper by Fiona Baldwin has been withdrawn.

45  Clothing and Textiles. The session has been canceled. The paper by Nicole Waters has been moved to session 20, Comparative Approaches to Medieval French Literature.

52  Medieval Afterlives of Boethius’s De Consolatione philosophiae (A Roundtable). Fraser Ryan will not be participating in the roundtable. 

59  Adapting and Using Religious Texts. The paper by Andrew Rivard Hill has been withdrawn.

1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m. EDT

66  Illumination, Complication, Delight: Text with Pictures and Pictures with Text in the Greater/Global Fifteenth Century. The paper by Martine Clouzot has been withdrawn.

70  Boccaccio and Boccaccian Medievalisms: Representations of Gender in Storytelling. The paper by Kristen Keach has been withdrawn.

72  Lived Experiences in Fantastical Settings: Marginalization and Gaming Medievalisms. The paper by Olivia Mathers has been withdrawn.

73  New Voices in Medieval History. The paper by Adam M. McNeil has been withdrawn.

74  SMFS Best First Book in Medieval Feminist Studies Roundtable: Visualizing Household Health: Medieval Women, Art, and Knowledge in the “Régime du corps”, by Jennifer Borland. Tracy Chapman Hamilton will not be participating in this roundtable.

84 Revenge in the Arthurian Tradition. The paper by Hope D. Hecht has been withdrawn.

87  New Approaches to Sources for Medieval France. The presider is Alex Bowman.

99 The Influence of Greek and Medieval Art and Literature on Nineteenth-Century European Art. The paper by Jennifer A. Bates Ehlert has been withdrawn.

3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m. EDT

100  The Modern Independent Scholar in the Medieval Research World: Clues to the Art of Journal Publishing. The paper by Hee Sook Lee-Niinioja has been withdrawn.

104  Reconstruction in Medieval Architecture. The paper by Alan Carrillo has been withdrawn.

111 The Res Mediaevales Presentation. This event has been canceled.

128 Violence and Women in Late Medieval Literature. The paper by Gideon L. B. Vitro has been withdrawn.

131  Dress and Textiles (1): Clothing as Signifier of Spiritual and Scriptural Roles. The paper by Kiran Aliyah Mohammadi-Williams has been withdrawn.

132  Trans and Queer Creative-Critical Workshop: Process Makes Perfect. This workshop has been cancelled.

136  Settler Medievalism, Ideology and Practice (2): Establishing Genealogies and Shaping Identities. The paper by Thar Zweers has been withdrawn.

137  Theoretical Approaches to Middle English Literature. The paper by Owen Callan has been withdrawn.

138  Understanding Otherness and Difference. The paper by Nissaf Sghaïer has been withdrawn.

8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m. EDT

381 Absence in the Middle Ages (1): Mysticism, Silence, and Theological Absence. This session has been moved to this time slot, in Sangren 1720.

145  Early Medieval Europe (1). The presider is Andrew Rabin.

147 Death and Dying in Medieval Benedictine Theology and Practice. The paper by Antonio Raschi has been withdrawn. 

157  Drip and Drama: Medieval Costume in Performance and Spectacle. The paper by Hilary J. Gross has been withdrawn.

165  Reconceptualizing Reproductive Bodies. The presider is Intisar S. Alshammari.

167  The Scribal Presence: Knowing, Working, and Learning. The presider is Mark Saltveit. The paper by David Fredrick has been withdrawn. The paper by Kamran Asat Irsyady has been withdrawn. 

10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. EDT

416 Absence in the Middle Ages (2): Manuscripts, Material Culture, and Bodily Absence. This session has been moved to this time slot, in Sangren 1720.

174 Political Outlaws and Politics of Outlawry. The paper by William J. F. Hoff has been withdrawn. 

182 Diocesan Saints and Holy Bishops. The paper by Edward Coleman has been withdrawn. 

187 Jinnitalia: Sex in the Spirit World. The paper by Amy Hale has been withdrawn. 

188 Medieval Military History (2): Late Medieval Warfare. The paper by Peter Sposato is titled “Beyond the Ledger: Elite Military Service and Florentine Catasto of 1427.” 

192 Law as Culture XXVI: Substance, Procedure, and Institutions in the Middle Ages. The paper by Belen Vicens has been withdrawn. 

201 Rules of the Game (A Roundtable). This roundtable has been cancelled.

203 Medieval Roots and Modern Branches (2): J. R. R. Tolkien, from Medieval Sources to Modern Sub-Creators to Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim. The paper by Patrick Lyon has been withdrawn. 

206 Adapting Medieval Monarchy in Novels, Film, and Public History (1): Medievalism in England and America. The paper by Wendy H. Vencel has been withdrawn. 

207 New Research on the Art and Architecture of Medieval Parish Churches (4): Pieces of the Whole. The paper by David H. Kennett has been withdrawn. 

1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m. EDT

216  You Study What? Using Medieval Studies for Public Engagement (A Roundtable). Wendy H. Vencel will not participate in this roundtable.

217  Theoretical and Interdisciplinary Approaches to Medieval Ecocriticism (2): Mutable Bodies. The paper by Clara Forcht has been withdrawn.

234 The Liber Mulierum: Bible Books on Women and Their Medieval Commentators. The paper by Elizabeth Crabtree has been withdrawn.

3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m. EDT

247 The Devotional Lives of the Poor Clares. This session will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 16, in Sangren 2720.

248 “Wryte more trewe” (2): Chaucer Review’s Plenty: A Roundtable in Honor of Susanna Fein and David Raybin. The presider is Wendy A. Matlock.

261 Feeling Other: Emotions and Difference in Medieval Iberia. The paper by Mary Beringause has been withdrawn. 

266 The Wonder Cabinet: Collecting Curiosities, Oddities, and Monstrosities. The presider is Mary Leech.

268 Papers by Undergraduates (2): Literature. The paper by Dustin Wilde has been withdrawn. 

272 Performing Faith in Romance Epics and Chivalric Romances. The paper by Viktoria Vdovina has been withdrawn. 

274 Dress and Textiles (3): Textiles in Texts. The paper by Lily Tun has been withdrawn. 

279 Here's the Thing: Ontology and Objects In and Around Early Medieval England (2): Thinking the Intangible. The paper by Holly Hoffmann has been withdrawn. 

281  Library Careers for Medievalists (4): Reference and Instruction (A Roundtable). Alan Witt will not participate in this roundtable.

8:00 p.m.–9:30 p.m. EDT

The Medieval Institute Alumni Reception will take place in HÔU JIA Kitchen & Bar, on the first floor of the Student Center. 

8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m. EDT

289 Timely Tusks (1): Byzantine Ivories. This session will take place online. 

290  Gaelic Ireland, 1200–1600: Papers in Honor of Kieran D. O’Conor. The paper by Paul M. Smith has been withdrawn.

293 Annual Journal of Medieval Military History Lecture. The presider is Stephen Morillo. 

295 Writing at Helfta. The paper by Macie Sweet has been withdrawn.

301 Imagining Women in Medieval French Literature. The paper by Dominique Hoche has been withdrawn.

309  George MacDonald and Medieval Culture. The paper by Rhiannon Jeffrey has been withdrawn.

311  Buboes, Orifices, and Horns: Non-Normative Medieval Bodies Reconsidered (1): Openness and Otherness. This session has been cancelled. The paper by Isaac Jean-Francois, “Porous Skin: Psychoanalysis Bridges Medieval and Black Studies,” has been moved to 343 Buboes, Orifices, and Horns: Non-Normative Medieval Bodies Reconsidered (2): Embodiment and Disembodiment. 

315  Collection Histories and the Art of Provenance Research. The paper by Paul Ruddock has been withdrawn.  

10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. EDT

247 The Devotional Lives of the Poor Clares. This session has been moved to this time slot, in Sangren 2720.

314 Adapting the Medieval in the Twentieth Century. The paper by Małgorzata Dowlaszewicz and Jan Załęcki has been withdrawn.

324 The Lyric Subject and Subjectivity in Global Petrarch(s) and Petrarchism(s). The paper by James Taylor has been withdrawn.

325  Material World of Bishops (1). The paper by Edward Roberts has been withdrawn.

334  Sacred Music, Liturgy, and Performance: In Memory of William Mahrt. The presider is Melanie Batoff.

343 Buboes, Orifices, and Horns: Non-Normative Medieval Bodies Reconsidered (2): Embodiment and Disembodiment. The paper by Isaac Jean-Francois, “Porous Skin: Psychoanalysis Bridges Medieval and Black Studies,” which was previously in session 311 Buboes, Orifices, and Horns: Non-Normative Medieval Bodies Reconsidered (1): Openness and Otherness will now be in this session.  

353 Timely Tusks (2): Walrus Tusks. The paper by Lindsay Corbett has been withdrawn.

12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m. EDT

The Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship Business Meeting will take place in Student Center 1135. 

1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m. EDT

361 Queerness of Solitude (2): Sex, Gender, and Space in Mystical Literature. The paper by Tasrif Mahmud has been withdrawn.

369 Medieval Classics (Re)Illustrated: A Medieval Comics Project Teamup. The paper by Becky Presnall has been withdrawn.

375  Rethinking Kings and Emperors. The presider is Mary Blanchard. The paper by Andrea L. Glass has been withdrawn.

379 Law and Legal Culture in Early Medieval Britain (3): Post-Conquest Memories of Pre-Conquest Law. The title of the paper by Karen Orren has been changed to “Dispensation Nation: Periodizing the Anglo-American Liberennium.”

381 Absence in the Middle Ages (1): Mysticism, Silence, and Theological Absence. This session will take place at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, May 15, in Sangren 1720.

3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m. EDT

391  Material World of Bishops (3). The presider is Kyle C. Lincoln.

393  Philosophy in Middle English. The paper by Nathanial B. Smith has been withdrawn.

403 Problems of Provenance. The paper by Katy Zane has been withdrawn.

406  Violence Against Virgin Martyrs and the War on Women. The presider is Lezlie Knox.

412  Early Medieval Epigram and Elegy. The paper by Amelia Lehosit has been withdrawn.

416 Absence in the Middle Ages (2): Manuscripts, Material Culture, and Bodily Absence. This session will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, May 15, in Sangren 1720.

417 One Object: A Global Medieval Workshop. Susan M. Kim and Catherine E. Karkov will no longer be participating in this workshop.

420  Female Spirituality of the "Long" Global Middle Ages (A Roundtable). The presider is Amina Boukail.