From the ACMRS event description:
This roundtable discussion brings together four scholars of medieval disability studies: Richard Godden, Jonathan Hsy, Cameron Hunt McNabb and Kristina Richardson. Our speakers will discuss the state of the field and the ways in which we can imagine different, more inclusive futures.
You are invited to a virtual conference to celebrate the publication of Symptomatic Subjects: Bodies, Medicine, and Causation in the Literature of Late Medieval England by Julie Orlemanski on Friday, December 11, from 1:30PM to 5PM CST. Welcome and Roundtable, 1:30 - 2:45pm Julie in conversation with UChicago graduate students: Carly Boxer (Art History) Jack Dragu (English) Mark Lambert (Divinity)…
The 2021 MLA Annual Convention takes place from 7 to 10 January 2021, with preconvention workshops on 6 January. Registration is required. For details on panels with connections to premodern disability studies, see our conference guide.
The Medieval Academy of America is delighted to host a Speculum webinar that launches January 2021’s themed issue dedicated to the timely topic of “Disease, Death, and Therapy” (vol. 96.1). In ten-minute, TED-style talks each of the five contributors will preview their articles. The discussion will be followed by a Q&A session. The speakers include:…
The International Congress on Medieval Studies will hold its 56th Congress from Monday, May 10 through Saturday, May 15, 2021. As always, the Congress is hosted by the Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University. Rather than taking place in lovely Kalamazoo, however, the 56th Congress will take place via the Web. A preview of the schedule…
from Carol Robinson, via the Society for the Study of Disability in the Middle Ages Facebook group: I'm still looking for one or two papers for a session to be held at the fully online Annual Conference on Medievalism (November 4-6). Papers should focus upon how "disability" is defined and/or responded to within contemporary medievalist…
