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Sponsors
The Cook-Cole College of Arts and Sciences
Office of the Longwood Vice-President/Provost
Greenwood Library
Department of English and Modern Languages
Department of History, Political Science, and Philosophy
Longwood Chapter of Lambda Iota Tau
Longwood History Club
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General Schedule
(Specific speakers & panels are below the general schedule. Both the Friday and Saturday sessions will be in the Nance Room of Dorrill Hall, with registration in the Foyer of the Nance Room (Building #11 on the official campus map).
Friday, 6 April
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| Noon—5 pm: |
Registration (Nance Room foyer) |
| 1:00—2:30pm: |
Session #1 |
| 3:20—3:30pm: |
Break / Refreshments |
| 2:45—4:15pm: |
Session #2 |
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| 6:00—7:00pm: |
Reception (Dorrill Hall-Tea Room)
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| 7:00—8:00pm: |
Banquet (Dorril Hall-Lewis Room) |
| 8:00—9:00pm: |
First Plenary Address
(Dorrill Hall-Lewis Room) |
Saturday, 7 April
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| 8:30—11:15am: |
Continental Breakfast (Prince Edward) |
| 9:00—10:30am: |
Session #3 |
| 10:45—12:00pm: |
Second Plenary Address |
| Noon—2:00pm: |
Lunch |
| 2:00—3:15pm: |
Session #4 |
| 3:15—3:30pm: |
Afternoon Break |
| 3:30—5:00pm: |
Session #5 |
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| 5:00–5:45pm: |
Medieval Drama: An Adaptation of Herod the Great |
Sessions and Speakers
Friday, 6 April
SESSION #1: 1:00—2:30pm
The Theatre of Gendered Politics
Chair:
- “Nasty Women: Grendel’s Mother and Wealhtheow as Equal Depictions of Femininity”
—Karyn Keane, Longwood University
- “Matilda of Boulogne: Playing (beyond) her Role”
—Catherine Billings, Longwood University
- “Morgan le Fay: A dialogue Between Social Chivalry and Manipulative Magic in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”
—Lily West, Converse College
SESSION #2: 2:45—4:15pm
Dramatic Religion
Chair:
- “Power and Prophecy: The Church as a Developing Political Institution”
—Alexander Mertz, George Mason University
- "King David and Judas Maccabeus: Progenitors or Puppets of Legitimizing Christian Violence?"
—Ethan Burgess, Longwood University
- “ ‘A Huge Eel Encircled his Loins and Cinched Tightly’: Sexual Scenes and Social Conflict in Medieval Ireland”
—Chelsey Collins, Mississippi University for Women
- “The Evolution of Devotion to the Holy House of Loreto: How the Papacy Influenced the Cult of the Holy House”
—Clare Whitton, The Catholic University of America
RECEPTION 6:00–7:00
Free and open to the public—Dorrill Hall, The Tea Room
BANQUET: 7:00–8:00
(By advance registration only) Dorrill Hall, Nance Room
FIRST PLENARY ADDRESS: 8:00—9:00pm, Lewis Room, Dorrill Hall
Dr. Mark Chambers
Durham University, REED Project
“Writing Early Middle English Drama”
Saturday, 7 April
SESSION #3: 9:00—10:30am
Drama of Death
Chair:
- “What’s Blood Got to Do with it?: Disastrous Feuds in Saga of the Volsungs”
—Meghan Hogan, Longwood University
- “Dead of a Death other than their Rightful Death: The Rolls and Roles of Medieval English Coroners”
—Anna David, Sweet Briar College
- “Shepherds and Soldier: Work, Pain, Creativity, and the Human Experience in the Wakefield Second Shepherds’ Play and the York Crucifixion”
—Courtney Cowie, St. Joseph’s College
SECOND PLENARY ADDRESS: 10:45—noon
Dr. David Klausner
University of Toronto
“Stage Management for a Crucifixion”
SESSION 4: 2:00—3:15pm
Combat Theatre
Chair:
- “The First Step in a New World: The Dramatic Story of the Viking Discovery of North America”
Aidan Hammel, Belmont Abbey College
- “Why Should I Care about my Bad Reputation?: Robert Curthose and Stephen of Blois”
Haylee Lewis, Christopher Newport University
- “Nevsky, Novgorod, and the Teutonic Knights: Drowning in Cultural Misunderstanding”
Sam Dellinger, Longwood University
SESSION 5: 3:30—5:00pm
Performing the Middle Ages, courtesy of Appalachian State
Chair: Dr. Mary Valante
Student demonstrations of medieval crafts and trades
- Emily Morgan:sprang weaving
- Quinn Schelider: sprang weaving
- Hunter Sanchez: hnefatafl
- Bryanna Coulter: manuscript production
- Megan Mansfield: manuscript production
5:00–5:45pm: MEDIEVAL DRAMA
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