This summary is a brief explanation of a paper that focused on the influences of The Hobbit, and The Hobbit in contrast with The Silmarillion.
The Mythology of Magic in The Hobbit: Tolkien and Andrew Lang’s Red Fairy Book “Story of Sigurd”
May 16, 2012 By
This paper was part of the Tolkien at Kalamazoo sessions.
The Prince, the Park, and the Prey: Hunting in and around Milan in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
May 15, 2012 By
Cristina Arrigoni-Martelli of York University examines the efforts made by the Dukes of Milan during the later Middle Ages to take part in one of the most popular activities of European aristocrats – hunting.
47th International Congress on Medieval Studies draws over 3000 medievalists
May 14, 2012 By
Over 3000 scholars, historians, writers, students and medievalists came to Kalamazoo, Michigan over the last four days, where they took part in the 47th International Congress on Medieval Studies.
Schedule for Forty-Seventh International Congress on Medieval Studies released
January 23, 2012 By
The schedule for the Forty-Seventh International Congress on Medieval Studies was released today, giving scholars a first look at what will be happening at the world’s largest gathering of medievalists
Call for Papers: “Space and Place in the Medieval Imagination”
August 22, 2011 By
Special Call for Papers: 47th International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan: May 10-13, 2012 “Space and Place in the Medieval Imagination” Sponsored by Hortulus: The Online Graduate Journal of Medieval Studies This session welcomes scholars working on medieval representations of spatial order, or on the sense of place in the construction of social […]
Call for Papers: Society for the Public Understanding of the Middle Ages
August 17, 2011 By
The Society for the Public Understanding of the Middle Ages (PUMA) would like to invite applications for membership, and announce its annual calls for papers for the International Congress in Medieval Studies (ICMS) at Kalamazoo, 2012 and the International Medieval Congress (IMC) in Leeds, 2012. We invite abstracts for the following sessions at the 2012 […]
French Connections: The Significance of the Fleurs-de-Lis in the Mosaic of King Roger II of Sicily in the Church of Santa Maria dell’Ammiraglio, Palermo
July 31, 2011 By
French Connections: The Significance of the Fleurs-de-Lis in the Mosaic of King Roger II of Sicily in the Church of Santa Maria dell’Ammiraglio, Palermo By Dawn Marie Hayes Paper given at the 46th International Medieval Congress, Kalamazoo (2011) Introduction: The focus of my paper is the image before you, a mosaic of Christ crowning King […]
Call for Papers: Does Mead Maketh Mede? Medieval Food Taboos and Food Hierarchies
July 18, 2011 By
Does Mead Maketh Mede? Medieval Food Taboos and Food Hierarchies 2012 International Congress on Medieval Studies Call for Papers: In the late fourteenth-century, contemporary chroniclers such as Langland and Gower noted the specific food hierarchies of the feudal system. Within the city limits, strict regulations determined the locales for some food preparations such as butchery […]
KALAMAZOO 2011: Session 92 – Thursday, May 12, 2011: In Giro: Italian Identity and Travel in the Middle Ages
June 30, 2011 By
In Giro: Italian Identity and Travel in the Middle Ages Sponsor: Italians and Italianists at Kalamazoo Organizer: Rachel D. Gibson (University of Minnesota–Twin Cities) Presider: Rachel D. Gibson Defining a Merchant Identity and Aesthetic in Pisa: Muslim Ceramics as Commodities, Mementos, and Decoration on Eleventh-Century Churches Mathews, Karen (University of Miami) What did the inhabitants of […]
Early Medieval Crystal Amulets: Secular Instruments of Protection and Healing
June 28, 2011 By
The Sacred and the Secular in Medieval Healing I: Images and Objects Sponsor: AVISTA: The Association Villard de Honnecourt for the Interdisciplinary Study of Medieval Technology, Science, and Art and Medica: The Society for the Study of Healing in the Middle Ages Organizer: Barbara S. Bowers (Ohio State University), and Linda Migl Keyser, (University of […]
Loadstones Are a Girl’s Best Friend: Lapidary Cures, Midwives, and Manuals of Popular Healing in Medieval and Early Modern England
June 28, 2011 By
Loadstones Are a Girl’s Best Friend: Lapidary Cures, Midwives, and Manuals of Popular Healingin Medieval and Early Modern England Harris, Nichola E. (SUNY–Ulster) The Sacred and the Secular in Medieval Healing I: Images and Objects Sponsor:AVISTA: The Association Villard de Honnecourt for the Interdisciplinary Study of Medieval Technology, Science, and Art and Medica: The Society for the […]
KALAMAZOO 2011: Session 47 – Thursday, May 12: The Sacred and the Secular in Medieval Healing I: Images and Objects
June 25, 2011 By
Session 47 – Thursday, May 12, 2011: The Sacred and the Secular in Medieval Healing I: Images and Objects Sponsor: AVISTA: The Association Villard de Honnecourt for the Interdisciplinary Study of Medieval Technology, Science, and Art and Medica: The Society for the Study of Healing in the Middle Ages Organizer: Barbara S. Bowers, (Ohio State […]
Crusades on the Water: A New (Integrated) View
May 29, 2011 By
Crusades on the Water: A New (Integrated) View By Dana Cushing Paper given at the 46th International Congress on Medieval Studies (2011) Introduction: My paper today seeks to integrate sources from across time, cultures, and disciplines to achieve a better understanding of the Crusades, and to change our focus from land to sea. To answer Tyerman’s […]
The Black Dragon – Music from the Time of Vlad Dracula
May 13, 2011 By
The Black Dragon – Music from the Time of Vlad Dracula Annette Bauer – recorders, voice, percussion, citole, bells Phoebe Jevtovic – voice, bells Shira Kammen – vielle, harp, voice Tim Rayborn – psaltery, percussion ‘ud, citole Tonight, we were delighted that we had a fantastic opportunity to attend a concert by Cançonièr. Cançonièr, “songbook” […]
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