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Feb
25
2017

34th Annual Illinois Medieval Association Conference: Medieval Environs

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When: Saturday, February 25, 2017
9:30 AM - 2:45 PM CT

Where: Kresge Hall, 1880 Campus Drive , Evanston, IL 60208 map it

Contact: Hana Thomson   (847) 491-3230

Group: Department of Art History

Category: Academic

Description:

We are pleased to announce the 34rd annual conference of the Illinois Medieval Association. Since 1983, the Illinois Medieval Association has brought together medievalists from Illinois and surrounding regions. We invite papers and complete sessions on any aspect of the 2017 conference theme: medieval environments. The modern English term environment has its roots in the Middle French environner, the action of surrounding or encircling. In recent years, much exciting work has revealed the intricate relationships between medieval people and their various environments–from ecocritical considerations of land, sea and air to considerations of the built, intellectual and spiritual environments humans crafted for themselves. In this conference we hope to bring new work on these various strands of investigation into more explicit dialogue. We encourage paper and session proposals from all fields that engage with any aspect of the many medieval environments.

Keynote speaker: Jeffrey Jerome Cohen (The George Washington University)

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Feb
26
2017

34th Annual Illinois Medieval Association Conference: Medieval Environs

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When: Sunday, February 26, 2017
9:30 AM - 2:45 PM CT

Where: Kresge Hall, 1880 Campus Drive , Evanston, IL 60208 map it

Contact: Hana Thomson   (847) 491-3230

Group: Department of Art History

Category: Academic

Description:

We are pleased to announce the 34rd annual conference of the Illinois Medieval Association. Since 1983, the Illinois Medieval Association has brought together medievalists from Illinois and surrounding regions. We invite papers and complete sessions on any aspect of the 2017 conference theme: medieval environments. The modern English term environment has its roots in the Middle French environner, the action of surrounding or encircling. In recent years, much exciting work has revealed the intricate relationships between medieval people and their various environments–from ecocritical considerations of land, sea and air to considerations of the built, intellectual and spiritual environments humans crafted for themselves. In this conference we hope to bring new work on these various strands of investigation into more explicit dialogue. We encourage paper and session proposals from all fields that engage with any aspect of the many medieval environments.

Keynote speaker: Jeffrey Jerome Cohen (The George Washington University)

Register