50th Anniversary Annual Meeting
A Global Middle Ages
Davis, California
March 31–April 2, 2016
Call for papers:
Proposals due October 30, 2015
In 2016, MAP will return to UC Davis, where it was founded, for a 50th anniversary celebration and conference with the theme “A Global Middle Ages.” MAP invites proposals for individual 20-minute papers as well as organized sessions of three 20-minute papers. We welcome papers and panels that explore any topic related to the study and teaching of the period 500–1500, in any discipline (Philosophy, Art History, History, Literature and Culture, and/or Classics). Because of the “global” theme, we particularly invite papers that move beyond the European parameters of medieval studies to include East and West Asia, Mediterranean Studies, Africa, and Meso-America, and that consider contact zones, cultural exchange, trade, transmission, translation, and reception across times or places. Papers attentive to the history of rhetoric and to medieval Iberia are also especially welcome, in honor of James J. Murphy and Samuel Armistead and their contributions to medieval studies at the University of California Davis and around the world.
Keynote Speakers:
Professor Monica Green, Arizona State University
“A Global Middle Ages: Genetic Connections”
Professor Andy Kelly, English UCLA
“Jews and Other Non-Christians in Late Medieval England: By Report and in Person."
Submissions:
Whether submitting complete panels or individual proposals, all Proposals need to include the following for each speaker: Name, discipline, institution, e-mail address, and an abstract of up to 250 words. Independent scholars should provide name, discipline, and e-mail address. Papers normally will be 20 minutes in length (8-10 pages). We also welcome proposals for full sessions, preferably interdisciplinary and with presenters from more than one institution. Proposals for full sessions should include a cover sheet containing the names, affiliations, and complete contact information for the three participants and the session organizer.
For information about paper submissions and registration for the conference, see the conference web site at map2016.ucdavis.edu. For further questions, please contact Cloe LeGall-Scoville clegalls@ucdavis.edu.For information about registering for the conference, please contact Dorian Signori (dasignori@ucdavis.edu)
To participate in the conference, you must be a fully paid (“active”) member of MAP. To pay your dues, go to the MAP website at https://www.medievalpacific.org/
Submit your proposal via email attachment and send to: clegalls@ucdavis.edu, bdschildgen@ucdavis.edu, and MAP secretary and editors of Chronica, Justin Brock (jbrock@uoregon.edu and Anne Laskaya (laskaya@uoregon.edu)
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