MEDIEVAL FOLKLORE SECTION
Call for Papers
2005
The 2005 AFS annual meeting will be held on October 19-23 at the Renaissance Atlanta Downtown Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia. The AFS medieval folklore section invites submissions for presentations at the meeting. We are organizing a panel (15-20 minute presentations) and a roundtable (5-8 minute presentations, with discussion). The roundtable will discuss the relevance of medieval studies to current debates about theory: what are the very real contributions that the consideration of medieval subjects can make to theorizing ethnography, inclusivity, gender, nationalism, and heritage? We welcome participants who study any areas and periods of the medieval world.
The panel topic is Material Culture and Social Engagement, including the roles played by foodways, crafts, art, personal display, gifts, relics, festivals, etc., and the subsequent use, interpretation, and revival of medieval elements.
As the medieval section convener, I need to receive roundtable or panel proposals by April 10, 2005. Please send them to me, Katie Lyn Peebles, by e-mail (kpeebles@indiana.edu) or paper (1120 N. Union Ct. #217, Bloomington, IN 47408). Please include both a short and a long abstract (75-100 words and 300-500 words, respectively), and indicate if you will need any technical support. Please note that you will still need to submit your registration form and conference fee on your own to AFS by April 15; Ill contact you with the details, so please include your e-mail address or phone number with your proposal. For more information: www.afsnet.org (under Annual Meeting).
Panels Sponsored
by the Medieval Folklore Section
The
Medieval Folklore Section of AFS has been sponsoring panels for more
than five years. Below are links to some papers presented in Medieval
Folklore section panels.
Two Misunderstood Medieval "Cousins": Magic and Humor in the Middle Ages
Medieval Arthurian Literature
Medieval Folklore and Performance
Medieval Folklore and Gender
Defining and Identifying Medieval Folklore
Contact Information for the Section Convener
Two Misunderstood
Medieval "Cousins": Magic and Humor in the Middle Ages
Josepha Sherman
Vol'ka: Magician-Prince
and Shaman of Medieval Russia: A Look at a Hero of the Kiev Cycle
Stephanie L. Volf
Medieval Magic Lamaze: Birthing
Girdles, Mothers, and the Church Judith Mara Kish
Humourous Magic in Le
Miracle de Theophile
Thomas A. Bredehoft
Laughing at Margery Kempe
Medieval Arthurian
Literature
Josepha Sherman
The Matter of Kiev: The Cycle of Prince Vladimir and His Bogatyri as
a Contemporary Equal to the Arthurian Cycle
Katie Lyn Peebles
"Lions, Giants, and Knights:
the Attractions of Wilderness"
Dan Terkla
The Sounds of Medieval Silence: Erec
Et Enide, Le Roman De Silenceand
Ontological Uncertainties
Deborah Crawford
Court and Monastery: The
Discovery of Arthur's Grave
Medieval Folklore
and Performance
Lori Ann Garner
Old English Charms in Performance
Michael Preston
Mountebank Performances
in England: Influences on Literary Drama, Influences on Mummers' Plays
Judith Mara Kish
He Said/She Said: The Problem of "Female" Performance of the "Male" Voice
of God in The Book of Margey Kempe
Medieval Folklore
and Gender
C.W. Sullivan III
Gender Roles in the Mabinogi
Elena Ivanova
The Transformations of a
Tale About Violence Against Men
Dara Hellman
Repositioning Welsh Romance
or Griselda's Revenge
Defining and Identifying
Medieval Folklore
Judith Lanzendorfer
Margery of Kempe: Spirituality
Through Oral History
Daniel F. Melia
The Oldest Joke in the World
Deborah Crawford
Medieval Legend: A Working
Definition
MEDIEVAL MATERIAL
CULTURE
This panel welcomes
all papers that deal with the idea of the material culture in the Middle
Ages. Papers may focus, among other topics, on manuscript studies, maps,
and evidences of daily rituals that derive from medieval textual sources
or artifacts.
CELTIC LITERATURE
AND THE MIDDLE AGES
This panel welcomes
all papers that deal with medieval Celtic literature or texts based on
medieval Celtic sources. Papers may focus, among other topics, on Celtic
medieval textual sources; British, French, etc. texts based on or related
to Celtic texts; and also modern "texts" derived or inspired by medieval
sources.
For more information about this panel, please contact Judith Mara Kish at kish@findlay.edu or at jmskish@hotmail.com. Proposals for the panel should be sent electronically to either address by April 10.
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