2024 K’zoo CFP

We would like to bring to your attention the following three sessions at the 59th International Congress on Medieval Studies, 9-11 May 2024, in Kalamazoo, Michigan organized by members of MAP and affiliates in three different delivery modes. Please consider submitting an abstract!

Pacific Perspectives on Medieval StudiesSponsor: Medieval Association of the PacificOrganizer: Tony PerronContact: Anthony.Perron@lmu.eduDelivery mode: HybridOver the last century, scholarship on the Middle Ages has thrived around the Pacific Rim. This session invites papers that broadly consider the place of the Pacific in medieval studies, and of medieval studies in the Pacific. This might include (but is not limited to) submissions on the challenges and opportunities of studying the Middle Ages in Asia, western North America, Oceania, and Latin America, or presentations that take a comparative look at medieval Europe and “other” Middle Ages. Papers that take a cross-cultural and/or interdisciplinary perspective are especially encouraged.Deadline: 15 September 2023Please submit a 300-word abstract through the conference website https://icms.confex.com/icms/2024/cfp.cgi Transition to the Vernacular: Language and Medieval CultureSponsor: Taiwan Association for Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance StudiesOrganizer: Carolyn F. ScottContact: cscott@mail.ncku.edu.twDelivery mode: Virtual (fully online)Medieval culture can be seen as the result of various transitions in political systems, religious beliefs, social structures, demographic trends and national identities. Language provides a key resource for managing, motivating, reflecting, advancing, or hindering these transitions. Philosophers, theologians, writers, lawyers, and musicians all contribute to the process. This session will consider papers that explore the ways that the advent, development, influence, and spread of vernacular languages and their relationship to the languages of the past contribute to our understanding of medieval culture. History, literature, law, cultural studies, music, philosophy, and theology as well as other perspectives are all welcome approaches to this topic.Deadline: 1 August 2023Please submit a 150-word abstract to Dr. Carolyn F. Scott at cscott@mail.ncku.edu.tw and the Secretariat at tacmrs.official@gmail.com Saintly Voices, Worldly Noise: Sounding Nature and the Supernatural in Medieval HagiographySponsor: Hagiography SocietyOrganizer: Catherine SaucierContact: Catherine.Saucier@asu.eduUpdated Delivery Mode: Virtual (fully online)This session explores the intersection of natural and supernatural sounds associated with saints and their environments, as depicted in a variety of media. From the sweetness of angelic singing to the terror of thunderous noise to the mystery of unintelligible speech, sanctity was signaled through a broad spectrum of sounds that merit interpretation. What motivated such variety of saintly sounds? How did they interact with the sonic environment of the natural world? How were they perceived and how can they be understood? Hagiographic analysis might engage with any number of other methodologies drawing from, but not limited to, mythology, biblical exegesis, environmental studies, and sensory perception.Deadline: 15 September 2023Please submit a 300-word abstract through the conference website https://icms.confex.com/icms/2024/cfp.cgi