Call for Papers

[David T. Murphy]

Call for Papers

37th International Congress on Medieval Studies

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo Michigan

May 2-5, 2002


        Slavic Medievalists in all disciplines are invited to submit
abstracts of papers for presentation at this prestigious conference.

        At the 36th International Congress, the session on Medieval Slavic
included papers on everyday life in medieval Novgorod, 15th century Russian
intellectual history, the concept of language among the medieval South
Slavs, and the monumental pagan barrows of North-West Russia--the author of
the last paper, Nicholas Petrov, was the recipient of the top Congress
Travel Grant, which enabled him to come from St. Petersburg to the States
for the first time.

        The papers at this session were well received and the organizers of
the Congress, in an effort to increase the participation of Slavists at
Kalamazoo, have approved two sessions at the 37th Congress:

        Medieval Slavic I:     History and Culture

        Medieval Slavic II:    Language and Literature.


        Historically, the presence of Slavists at the Kalamazoo Congresses
has been very modest, to say the least. It is important that our colleagues
working in the medieval cultures of Western Europe become more aware of the
richness of the medieval Slavic cultures and to that end I appeal to all
who work in Medieval Slavic--faculty, independent scholars, and graduate
students in all disciplines--to submit a one-page, single-spaced abstract
of a paper for presentation on one of these sessions. Again, all
disciplines are eligible.

        In addition to the opportunity to interact with medievalists
working in Western Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and the Far East,
the Kalamazoo Congress can also serve as an occasion for Slavic
Medievalists themselves to interact, to come to know one another
personally, exchange notes, set up collaborative projects, etc., and plan
for increasing our at Kalamazoo in the future. This past year, medievalists
from Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Russia were in attendance.

        If the response is good this year, we can look forward to these
Medieval Slavic sessions every year; if we falter, we could very well lose
ground, since the number of requests for sessions is huge (640 requests for
the 37th Congress!) So if you are working on a Medieval Slavic topic (up to
about 1600), please give very serious consideration to participating at
Kalamazoo next year; let us not allow such a large segment of medieval
culture to remain underrepresented.

        One last time: all disciplines are welcome.

        Please send your abstracts and inquiries to:

        David Murphy
        Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
        Saint Louis University
        221 N. Grand Blvd.
        St. Louis, MO 63103

        Deadline for submission: September 25th.

        Abstracts can be sent by email, fax, or snail mail.















David T. Murphy, Ph.D., Director                        Phone: (314) 977-7180
Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies             Fax:   (314) 977-3704
Saint Louis University                                  Email: cmrs at slu.edu
221 N. Grand Blvd.                                      Home:  (314) 664-6068
St. Louis, MO 63103-2097

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