International Congress on Medieval Studies
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5432 USA
(269) 387-8745
60th Congress Program
The 60th International Congress on Medieval Studies takes place Thursday, May 8, through Saturday, May 10, 2025.
Corrigenda
Updated: March 26, 2025.
10:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m. EDT
- 3 Between Hope and Despair: Forms of Consolation in the Greater/Global Fifteenth Century. Kandace Brill Lombart is an independent scholar.
- 12 Medievalism on the Small Screen. The paper by Carol L. Robinson and Angela J. Weisl has been withdrawn.
- 31 Lost Manuscripts and Printed Books. The paper by Ana Sáez-Hidalgo has been withdrawn. The presider is Martha W. Driver.
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. EDT
The Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society Executive Luncheon will take place in the Student Center 3203 (Fireplace Lounge).
1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m. EDT
51 The "Human" in Digital Humanities (A Roundtable). The presider is Emily C. Francomano.
61 Medieval Ecocriticisms (1): Animals. The paper by Ben Tilghman has been withdrawn.
72 The Church in Medieval Iberia (1): Reform. The paper by Alejandro Pombo-Rial has been withdrawn.
76 On Gowerian Style. The paper by R. F. Yeager has been withdrawn.
78 Jewish-Christian Interaction in the Middle Ages (1): Anti-Jewish Polemics. The paper by Yosi Yisraeli has been withdrawn.
3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m. EDT
93 Teaching the Divide: Methods for Teaching Works between Chaucer and Shakespeare (A Roundtable). The session will be held virtually.
97 Dante and Ovid (2). The paper by Paola M. Rodriguez has been moved to session 55, Dante and Ovid (1).
101 Law as Culture XXV (2): Conquest, Castles, and Prisoners. The paper by Isaac Amon has been withdrawn.
127 Judeo-Greek across the Centuries: Tracing Greek-Speaking Jews and Their Literatures. The paper by Meron M. Piotrkowski has been withdrawn.
128 Medieval Monsters as Modern Monsters (3): Recovering the Medieval Legacy of Modern Monsters. The paper by Shweta Gupta has been withdrawn.
6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m. EDT
The Different Visions Reception will take place in Student Center 2207.
The John Gower Society Business Meeting will take place in Student Center 3222.
The Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society Business Meeting will take place in Sangren 1310.
7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m. EDT
142 Deconstructing Viking Bodies. The paper by Jacquelyn Truitt has been withdrawn.
10:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m. EDT
154 Dante (1). The paper by Beatrice Arduini has been withdrawn.
- 183 Teaching Medieval Gender and Sexuality: Strategies, Methods, and Joys. The session has been withdrawn.
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. EDT
The Hagiography Society Luncheon will take place in the Student Center 3203 (Fireplace Lounge).
1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m. EDT
201 Dante (2). The paper by Giovanna de Campos Mauro has been withdrawn.
221 Bishops and Secular Clergy of Medieval Italy (1). The paper by Peter Michael Michelli has been withdrawn.
223 Cistercian Mysticism (1). The paper by Aage Rydstrøm-Poulsen has been withdrawn.
226 Early Medieval Europe (2). The paper by Sean R. T. Karnani-Stewart has been withdrawn.
3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m. EDT
275 Politics and the Psyche in the Piers Plowman Tradition (A Roundtable). The presider is R. D. Perry.
282 Religious Women and Community. The presider is Macie Sweet.
6:00 p.m.–7:00 p.m. EDT
The Italian Studies@Kalamazoo Business Meeting will take place in Student Center 3205.
7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m. EDT
303 New Approaches to Carolingian and Post-Carolingian Sources. The paper by Daniel F. Melleno has been withdrawn.
10:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m. EDT
324 New Research on Apocrypha across Traditions. The session has been withdrawn.
331 Daily Life and Lived Experience: Critical Approaches. Kandace Brill Lombart is an independent scholar.
335 Cistercian Sermons. The presider is Marsha L. Dutton.
337 Medieval Monsters and Monstrosity. The paper by Morgan Connor has been withdrawn.
346 Jinnitalia: Sex in the Spirit World. The session has been withdrawn.
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m. EDT
The International Arthurian Society Business Meeting will take place in Student Center 3203 (Fireplace Lounge).
1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m. EDT
362 Queer(ing) Medieval Art (1): New Horizons. The session will take place in Sangren 2720, and it will run as a hybrid event.
369 Exploring Complaint in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period: Traditions and Transformations of Complaint. The session has been withdrawn.
378 1381 After January 6th (A Roundtable). The presider is Paul Megna.
388 Praying in the Vernacular: A Transnational View (2): Medieval Approaches to Prayer. The paper by Robin Koch has been moved to session 351, Praying in the Vernacular: A Transnational View (1): From Latin to the Vernacular.
389 Medieval Practices of Adaptation (1): Holy, Improved. The title of the paper by Britt Mize is “Rhizomic, Interjective, and Collage Adaptation: Modes of Remaking in Old and Middle English Verse.”
390 C. S. Lewis and the Middle Ages (1): The Problem of Grief. The paper by Jim D. Stockton has been withdrawn.
3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m. EDT
409 Temporalities (2): Story Time. The paper by Lainie A. Pomerleau has been withdrawn.
415 Global Medievalisms from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century. The paper by Andrew Hollinger has been withdrawn.
425 Bishops, Clerics, and Digital Medievalists (A Roundtable). The presider is Andrew Reeves.
7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m. EDT
453 The Pseudo Society Session. The paper by Scott L. Randby and Carol L. Robinson has been withdrawn.
439 Connecting Medieval Studies to Core Standards in Elementary and Secondary Classroom Instruction (A Roundtable). Tai French will not participate in this roundtable.
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