The keynote speakers will be Cynthia Robinson of Cornell University and John Van Engen of the University of Notre Dame. The stories come from the Global Middle Ages, mostly from Medieval France. We are also pleased to announce that the 2015 conference proceedings will be published. My storytelling brings to life characters from the manuscripts I am researching. Preference is given to submissions closely related to the conference theme, but abstracts on any aspect of medieval studies are welcome. We encourage proposals that engage with the theme in all aspects of medieval discourse: literature, art, history, and culture. What strategies did medieval historians, artists, and storytellers employ to tell narratives? Does storytelling in the Middle Ages always unfold in a linear fashion? How do medievalists today theorize medieval narratives both historically and in the light of new approaches to narrative that are derived from postmedieval technologies (print, film, digital culture)? What different purposes accomplished the (re)telling of narratives? We invite papers from medievalists in all disciplines that consider these and/or other questions related to the representation of narratives in texts and art, including chronicles, historical, legal, scientific, and theological documents, imaginative fiction, and manuscript illuminations. This year’s theme is “Medieval Narratives.” The practice of telling stories is not universal or transparent, and is highly dependent on the medium of transmission and on changing understandings of temporality. Before the introduction of printing to Europe, all books were written by hand as manuscripts. her profound knowledge of the Librarys illuminated manuscript collections to. Art and illumination, Making manuscripts. The conference will take place on Saint Louis University’s campus February 20-21, 2015. Order a Dragons, Heroes, Myths & Magic: The Medieval Art of Storytelling. We are pleased to announce the 2015 annual conference of the Illinois Medieval Association, co-sponsored by the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Saint Louis University. The pictures were especially important because during medieval times, many people, even those who owned manuscripts, could not read. knowledge of the British Librarys illuminated manuscript collections to explore. Saint Louis University, 20-21 February 2015 Dragons, Heroes, Myths & Magic - The Medieval Art of Storytelling (BOK). 32nd Annual Illinois Medieval Association
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