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Lynn Ramey started the topic CFP Transnational Medieval (journal) in the discussion
Comparative Studies in Medieval Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 2 months agoLICO Call for Papers: Medieval Literature and the Trans-National
Literature Compass invites contributions for a special issue on transnationalism in medieval literature.
The period from c. 500 to c. 1500CE can be characterized by fluidity of borders and identities. While a town or individual might have belonged to a particular religious group or…[Read more]
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Lynn Ramey started the topic CFP Transnational Medieval (journal) in the discussion
French Medieval Language and Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 2 months agoLICO Call for Papers: Medieval Literature and the Trans-National
Literature Compass invites contributions for a special issue on transnationalism in medieval literature.
The period from c. 500 to c. 1500CE can be characterized by fluidity of borders and identities. While a town or individual might have belonged to a particular religious group or…[Read more]
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Rebecca Kennison deposited The Privileging of Visio over Vox in the Mystical Experiences of Hildegard of Bingen and Joan of Arc in the group
CLCS Medieval on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoIn twelfth‐century Germany, where mysticism was a common phenomenon, Hildegard of Bingen and her visions were readily accepted — making it all the more significant that, despite the generally receptive conditions, Hildegard went to such trouble to make sure her visions and her writings were endorsed by the Church. In contrast, Joan of Arc, liv…[Read more]
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Alex Mueller deposited Wikipedia as Imago Mundi in the group
CLCS Medieval on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoWikis have become enormously attractive to Internet users because they are open-access web pages or networks of web pages that can be modified by any interested editors, making them perpetual works-in-progress that evolve and change at the behest of their contributors. Wikipedia, the limitless fountain of collected, and sometimes inaccurate,…[Read more]
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Lucia Treanor deposited Palindromic Structure in the group
CLCS Medieval on MLA Commons 10 years, 3 months agoDefinition of Palindromic Structure
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Lynn Ramey started the topic Digital World Map Broadens Scope for Middle Ages Teaching and Research in the discussion
Comparative Studies in Medieval Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 4 months agoOnline users can now travel back in time to the medieval world by clicking through a collection of international research on the first digital platform of its kind from The University of Texas at Austin.
The Web portal known as “MappaMundi” — a Latin word meaning “world map” — presents the world of 500-1500 A.D. on a modern platform created by…[Read more]
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Nhora Lucia Serrano started the topic CFP: ACLA 2016 Visual (Inter)Changes in the Mediterranean Basin in the discussion
Comparative Studies in Medieval Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 4 months agoVisual (Inter)Changes in the Mediterranean Basin: Medieval & Renaissance Western and Eastern Illuminated Manuscripts
Please consider submitting an abstract to the “ Visual (Inter)Changes in the Mediterranean Basin: Medieval & Renaissance Western and Eastern Illuminated Manuscripts ” seminar of the 2016 American Comparative Literature Association…[Read more] -
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Sarah-Grace Heller replied to the topic Troubadour Publics and Public Troubadours in the discussion
Provençal Language and Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 10 months agoHere is the plan for the 2016 session. Thanks to all who submitted proposals!
Troubadour Publics and Public Troubadours
Presider: Jesús Rodríguez-Velasco, Columbia U
International politics and troubadour rhetoric: the survival of the fittest
Bill Burgwinkle, University of Cambridge
“De paraulas es grans mercatz”: Troubadours, their…[Read more]
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Lynn Ramey started the topic CFP Austin 2016 in the discussion
Comparative Studies in Medieval Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 10 months agoWe’re still looking for a few good abstracts! Please consider sending an abstract if you work on any aspect of space, geography, or place in medieval literature.
The Spatial Turn
How and why do medieval and modern notions of space differ? Papers on
aspects of medieval space and mapping, including use of GIS or technology.250-word abstracts by M…[Read more]
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Sarah-Grace Heller started the topic Troubadour Publics and Public Troubadours in the discussion
Provençal Language and Literature on MLA Commons 10 years, 11 months agoMLA Convention in Austin, Texas, 7-10 January 2016
LLC Occitan Forum Call for Papers for MLA convention 2016 in Austin, TX:
Who had/has access to the Troubadours? What troubadour works rethink public life? What happens to Occitan works when they travel? This panel seeks to explore Occitan works in the wider world and the wider world as fashioned…[Read more]
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Robert J. Meyer-Lee started the topic Medieval Academy Meeting 2015 in the forum
Comparative Studies in Medieval Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 7 months agoHi all,
The deadline for Medieval Academy 2015 submissions is just around the corner–June 15. The full CFP is here:
http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.medievalacademy.org/resource/resmgr/pdfs/maa2015_cfp_final.pdf
Among the threads is one on manuscript studies, consisting of the following sessions:
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o Women in the…[Read more] -
Alex Mueller started the topic CFP for MLA 2015 in Vancouver: Disability and the Arthurian World in the forum
Comparative Studies in Medieval Literature on MLA Commons 11 years, 11 months agoDisability and the Arthurian World
From the maimed king to the leprous beggar to the blind queen to dwarves and giants, Arthurian characters exhibit a wide variety of disabilities and modes of embodiment that offer insights into social and cultural understandings of health, identity, sexuality, and language, among other subjects. The Arthurian…[Read more]
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