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2020 Schedule of Papers & Events
(NOTICE of CANCELLATION)

Dear Friends: as we all maneuver to lessen the impact of the COVID-19 virus and guard one another's health, we have sadly cancelled & postponed MiM 14 until next year: 2-3 April 2021. In the meantime, we leave you the basic schedule out of pride in those who were coming to present their research. Stay safe, and we hope to see you all anon...)

 

Sponsors


The Cook-Cole College of Arts and Sciences
Office of the Longwood Vice-President/Provost
Department of English and Modern Languages
Department of History, Political Science, and Philosophy
Longwood Chapter of Lambda Iota Tau
Longwood History Club

General Schedule

(Specific speakers & panels are below the general schedule. Both the Friday and Saturday sessions will be in the Lewis Room of Dorrill Hall, with registration in the Tea Room (Building #11 on the official campus map).

Friday, 3 April

  (All sessions in the Nance Room of Dorrill Hall)
Noon—5 pm: Registration (Nance Room Foyer)
1:00—1:10 Welcome by Dean Byrne
1:10—2:45pm: Session #1
2:45—3:00pm: Break / Refreshments
3:00—4:20 Session #2
4:30—5:00pm: Musical Performance
   
6:00—7:00pm: Reception (Dorrill Hall-Tea Room)
7:00—8:00pm: Banquet (Dorril Hall-Nance Room)
8:00—9:00pm: First Plenary Address
(Dorrill Hall-Nance Room)

Saturday, 4 April

 
8:30—11:00am: Continental Breakfast (Tea Room)
9:00—10:30am: Session #3
10:45—Noon: Second Plenary Address
Noon—1:30pm: Lunch
1:30—2:50pm: Session #4
2:50—3:00pm: Afternoon Break
3:00—4:00pm: Session #5
4:15—5:30pm: Session #6
5:30 Announcement: AJAX Winner


Sessions and Speakers

Friday, 3 April

SESSION #1:  1:00—2:45pm
Negotiating the Mediterranean
Chair: Steven Isaac
  • “The Italian Maritime Republics and the Crusades
    Andrew Powers, Longwood University

  • “The Oaths to the Emperor: Crusader Vows to Alexius Comnenus I and their Aftermath”
    Brian Teller, Christopher Newport University

  • “The Life Cycle of Queenship in Melisende of Jerusalem: Power and Authority”
    Kara Modecki, Christopher Newport University

  • “The Origin and Networking of Rock Crystal Gems through the Medieval Islamic World”
    Alexis Julianna Seay, College of Charleston
SESSION #2:  3:00—4:20pm
Marvellous Creatures
Chair: Wendy Turner
  • “The Judgement of Grendel’s Mother: Exploring Grendel’s Mother as a Monstrous Woman”
    Sarah Fuller, Hollins University

  • “Lions, Tigers, and Bears, Oh My: Stylization as Meaning in Medieval Bestiaries”
    Webb Maynard, College of Charleston

  • “Medieval Marginal Imagery and its Monstrous Nuances: The Formation of the Grotesque”
    Karolin Howard, Radford University
PERFORMANCE   4:30–5:00
Musical Magic
Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda

RECEPTION 6:00–7:00
Free and open to the public—Dorrill Hall, Nance Room Foyer

BANQUET: 7:00–8:00
(By advance registration only) Dorrill Hall, Nance Room

FIRST PLENARY ADDRESS:  8:00—9:00pm, Lewis Room, Dorrill Hall

Jeff Rider
Wesleyan University
“Fancy Topic”

Saturday, 4 April

SESSION #3:  9:00—10:15am
The Mythic Mundane
Chair: Wendy Turner

  • “An Echo of Charlemagne, A Flash in the Dark: Pope Sylvester II”
    Allison Eckert, Bryn Mawr University

  • “Templars...”
     Canaan Keesee, Longwood University

SECOND PLENARY ADDRESS:  10:30—11:45

Wendy Turner
Augusta University
“Fancy Topic”

SESSION 4:  1:15—2:30pm
Supernatural Encounters
Chair:

  • “The Role of the Supernatural in Lanval and Le Chevalier de la Charrette
    Olivette Petersen, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga

  • “A Medieval Role Model: The Virgin Mary's Effect on the Hours of Jeanne D'Evreux”
    Lanie Boyd, Radford University

  • “Clever Title
    Callie Lawrence, Appalachian State University

SESSION 5:  2:45—4:00pm
Marvels of the Northern Mist
Chair:

  • “Fjord of the Dead: A Lacanian Analysis of the draugar in Icelandic Sagas”
    Elinor Berger, Bryn Mawr University

  • “Viking Pagan Otherness: A Tool for Success”
    Rachael Vallespir, Christoher Newport University

  • “Bringing Balance to the Norse: Determining the Symmetry of Hnefetafl”
    William Knight, Appalachian State University

SESSION 6:  4:15—5:30pm
Architectural Marvels
Chair:

  • “The Use and Meaning of Muqarnas Vaulting in Norman Architecture”
    Natalea-Rae Gibbons, College of Charleston

  • “The Emotive Architecture of Sainte-Chapelle”
    Caroline Anderson, College of Charleston

  • “Revivals and Responses: The Gothic Revival in the Victorian World”
    Sidney-Elizabeth Ripley, Radford University

  • “Dynastic Change and the Art & Architecture of Sixth-Century Ravenna”
    Amanda Miller, College of Charleston

--Presentation of the AJAX Award for Best Conference Paper--

SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!!