KZOO 2015: Session #42 – Magna Carta in Context
This coming week I’ll be featuring summaries on some of my favourites sessions and papers from #KZOO2015. I kicked off my first session on Thursday with the Magna Carta.
50th International Congress on Medieval Studies – Day 2
Covering some of the best tweets from #Kzoo2015
50th International Congress on Medieval Studies – Day 1
Hundreds of tweets from the medieval congress. Here are some of our favourites…
Accessus: Where Premodern Meets Hypermodern
Taking a look at Accessus: A Journal of Premodern Literature and New Media, a free online publication sponsored by The Gower Project
Ten papers to look forward to at the 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies
What will be taking place at Kalamazoo this year.
For Medievalists: Want to Give a Conference Paper?
Over the last couple of weeks we have received a few requests to pass along Calls for Papers for upcoming conferences
The Kalamazoo Diaries at the 2014 Hamilton Fringe Festival
Playing from July 18th-July 27th at Hamilton Theatre
Disbinding Some Manuscripts, and Rebinding Some Others
This paper will discuss the theory and practice of virtual disbinding, how to virtually disbind manuscripts in order to answer questions about how they were designed and built by their creators.
The Salvation Diet
For people in the Middle Ages, Lent was a time of both physical fasting and spiritual renewal. In her paper, ‘The Salvation Diet’, Martha Daas examines how medieval people endured the 40 days of fasting.
Chivalry, Feudalism, and Source Criticism: The Writing of Medieval German Military History
A paper from the 49th International Congress on Medieval Studies
Emergency Baptisms in the Middle Ages
What to do if the priest might not arrive in time to carry out a baptism?
The Medievalverse Roundtable from Kalamazoo
We talk about the 49th International Congress of Medieval Studies with John France, Elizabeth Koza and Danielle Trynoski.
Medieval Congress begins next week
One week from today the 49th International Congress on Medieval Studies will officially get underway. This is the largest gathering of academic medievalists in the world, drawing over 3000 scholars to Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo.
Ten papers to look forward to at KZoo 2014
The schedule for the 49th International Congress on Medieval Studies, which will be held at Western Michigan University from May 8-11, 2014 has now been released.
The Still Lives of Medieval Objects
Discussions of the relationship between time and medieval artworks often hinge on examinations of use and reception: how has the meaning of this object changed over time?
Reconstruction of a Judicial Duel c. 1400
Watch this demonstration of a judicial duel at the turn of the 15th century, presented at the International Congress on Medieval Studies in 2013
The Garments of Guy in the Bayeux Tapestry
In her paper, Gale R. Owen-Crocker looks at how the late 11th century frieze portrays Guy, Count of Ponthieu.
Civic and Religious Understanding of the Mentally Ill, Incompetent, and Disabled of Medieval England
This brief summary covered the fourth paper given at KZOO’s Mental Health in Non-medical Terms. It covered ways in which theologians, like Thomas Aquinas, tried to categorize mental disability. Aquinas also tried to prove that the mentally impaired were able to receive sacraments depending their lucidity and where they fit in his four categories. It was an interesting and enjoyable paper.
Prince Hal’s Head-Wound: Cause and Effect
The future King Henry V was hit by an arrow to the face at the Battle of Shrewsbury – how did he survive?
Mental Disability and Intellectual Impairment in the Middle Ages: Some Preliminary Research Findings
This interesting paper was one of the four given in the Mental Health in Non-medical Terms session at KZOO. It looked at philosophy, iconography and the way mental disability was viewed in the Middle Ages.