Hosted by the Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University, the International Congress on Medieval Studies is an annual gathering of thousands of scholars interested in medieval studies. This year's conference takes place from May 7-10, with many Centre representatives in attendance!
Thursday, May 7, 10:00 am
Session: Medieval Franciscan Preaching / Sponsors: International Medieval Sermon Studies Society; Franciscan Institute, St. Bonaventure Univ.
Johannes Sintram’s Use of St. Bonaventure’s 'Itinerarium mentis ad Deum' in a Sermon Notebook, Kimberly Rivers (PhD, CMS 1995), University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh
Thursday, May 7, 3:30 pm
Session: Old Books, New Technologies / Sponsor: Early Book Society
Gazemapping and the Reading Experience of Medieval Manuscripts, Tamara F. O’Callaghan (PhD, CMS 1995) Northern Kentucky University / Andrea R. Harbin, SUNY–Cortland
Session: Grimoires of the Greater West (1): Multicultural Solomonic Magic: The Case of the Almandal / Sponsors: Societas Magica; Research Group on Manuscript Evidence
Organizer: Matthew Melvin-Koushki, Univ. of South Carolina–Columbia / Gal Sofer, Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev / Vajra Regan, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto
The 'Liber Almandal' of Solomon and Its Christian Elaborations: New Evidence from the Manuscripts, Vajra Regan, CMS PhD Candidate
Thursday, May 7, 7:00 pm
Session: The Theology and Practice of Hospitality in Medieval Benedictine Monasteries / Sponsor: American Benedictine Academy
Monastic Invitations to Love and Forgiveness, Charles Hilken (PhD, CMS 1994), St. Mary’s College of California
Friday, May 8, 8:30 am
Medieval Academy of America Plenary Lecture / Sponsor: Medieval Academy of America
Intersectional Onomastics in Medieval Studies: Terms, Terminology, and Theories of Naming, Haruko Momma, New York University / CMS Faculty
Friday, May 8, 10:00 am
Session: The Care and Keeping of Medieval Documents (1): Description / Sponsor: International Society of Medievalist Librarians
Manuscripts: Cataloging and Conservation, Jessie Sherwood (PhD, CMS 2005), School of Law, University of California–Berkeley
Session: Old Occitan as a Language of Nonfiction: “Sapchatz qu’es veritatz” / Sponsor: Société Guilhem IX
Hidden Riches: Medieval Occitan Texts and Daily Life, Wendy Pfeffer (PhD, CMS 1979), University of Pennsylvania / University of Louisville
Friday, May 8, 1:30 pm
Session: Engendering the Monstrous: Gender and Monstrosity in Medieval Contexts (A Roundtable) / Sponsors: Monsters: The Experimental Association for the Research of / Cryptozoology through Scholarly Theory and Practical Application / (MEARCSTAPA); Society for Queer Medieval Studies (SQMS)
Zoey M. Kambour, Graduate Center, CUNY / Polina Ignatova, Linköpings University / Oliver Benjamin Gratzinger, Duquesne University / Brianna Daigneault, PhD Candidate, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto
Session: Early Medieval Europe (2) / Sponsor: Early Medieval Europe
Paul the Deacon and the Early Medieval Epigraphic 'Syllogae', Séan R. T. Karnani-Stewart, PhD Candidate, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto
Session: Who Is She? Medieval Responses to Shifting Ideas of Womanhood / Sponsor: Magistra: A Journal of Women’s Spirituality in History
Changing Places: The Princess of Tars from Noble Victim to Potent Feminine Crusader Ideal, Suzanne M. Yeager (PhD, CMS 2004), Fordham University
Friday, May 8, 3:30 pm
Session: Intersectional Onomastics (2): Names and Gender/Sexuality/Queerness / Sponsor: Medieval Academy of America
Detachable Masculinity and the Naming of Swords in the Heroic Tale, Jack C. Wiegand (MA, CMS 2020), College of Law, University of Oklahoma
Session: Early Medieval Europe (3): Deperdita / Sponsor: Early Medieval Europe
Commercial Documents in the Medieval Mediterranean: Patterns of Preservation, Elena Shadrina (MA, CMS 2018), Harvard University
Saturday, May 9, 10:00 am
Session: The Enigmatic Beowulf / Sponsors: Medieval Studies Research Blog, Univ. of Notre Dame / Journal of Early Medieval Northwestern Europe (JEMNE)
Riddle of Grendel’s Mother: Classical Monstrosity in 'Beowulf'?, Richard Fahey (MA, CMS 2011), University of Notre Dame
Session: Rending the Veil: The Rupture of Image and Text in Medieval Apocalypse Commentaries / Sponsor: Research Group on Manuscript Evidence
Presider: Vajra Regan, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto
Organizer: Mildred Budny, Research Group on Manuscript Evidence / Vajra Regan, CMS PhD Candidate
Session: York Plays Now! / Sponsor: Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society (MRDS)
Communities and Connections: Voices of the Mystery Plays, Heather S. Mitchell-Buck, Hood College / Respondent: Matthew Sergi, University of Toronto (English / CMS)
Saturday, May 9, 3:00 pm
Session: Multilingualism in Pre-Norman Britain / Sponsor: Richard Rawlinson Center
Rebirth as Re-accentuation in the Old English Phoenix: Rendering Latin in Old English in Light of Bakhtin, Matthew David Reid, PhD Candidate, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto
Session: English Heterodoxy and (Para)liturgical Developments / Sponsors: Medieval Heresy and Dissent Research Network, University of Nottingham / Medieval and Early Modern Studies, Memorial University of Newfoundland
“In lingua materna”: The Vernacular, New Devotions, and the Circle of Joan Bohun, Dowager Countess of Hereford and Essex, Benjamin S. W. Barootes (CMS Postdoc, 2016-2018), Memorial University of Newfoundland–Grenfell