a joint meeting of The Mid-America Medieval Association & the Medieval Association of the Midwest
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The Medieval Out of Time & Place
22-23 September 2023
University of Missouri – Kansas City
Plenary: Dr. Elizabeth K. Hebbard
Peripheral Manuscripts Project
French & Italian, Indiana University – Bloomington
200-word abstracts due 31 May 2023
https://forms.gle/uJqQZcKESS891iEbA
sample topics The Medieval Out of Time & Place
- medieval objects in new locales or contexts
- the reuse or recycling of the medieval in the modern age
- medieval saints celebrated in alternate geographies and temporalities
- medievalism as a framework for imagining the past
- the European past in the American/Midwestern present
- the Midwestern medieval, neo-gothic space and architecture
- monasticism in the Midwest
- medieval archives in the Midwest
- medieval objects in a digital world
- the digital medieval in the Midwest
- teaching the future, using the past
- the future for Medieval Studies in the Midwest
A limited number of bursaries are available for graduate student travel, thanks to a grant by the Committee on Centers and Regional Associations & The Medieval Academy of America.
