Medieval miracle narratives abound in a variety of sources, and disability studies is a productive lens through which we can examine these events. This paper takes the chronicle of Luca Dominici and his treatment of the Bianchi devotions of 1399 and examines the miracles presented therein. Moved by a threat of plague, participants in the…
CFP: The Senses in High Medieval to Early Modern Medicine
Stenton Symposium 2024, University of Reading Proposals of up to 200 words and a short bio are due Friday 23 August. Send to Dr. Ruth Salter (r.j.salter@reading.ac.uk)
Webinar: Traumatic Repercussions: Warfare and Disability in the French Countryside
March 7, 2024 – Sasha PFAU (Hendrix College, Arkansas, USA) – Traumatic Repercussions: Warfare and Disability in the French Countryside. In four letters of remission from 1424, some residents of a town in the diocese of Bayeux explained to the English government of France how they had banded together to attack two English men in…
Webinar: Experiences of War, Injury, and (Chronic) Pain (15th-16th centuries)
February 1, 2024 – Bianca FROHNE (Kiel University, Germany) – „What pain I suffered during that time, anyone can well imagine…“ Experiences of War, Injury, and (Chronic) Pain (15th-16th centuries). In this paper I will discuss (chronic) pain experiences in the later Middle Ages from disability studies and crip perspectives, focusing on pain narratives in…
CFP Deadline: Hospital material culture in the Middle and Early Modern Ages: concepts and meanings
Hospital material culture in the Middle and Early Modern Ages: concepts and meanings School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon 15-17 April 2024 The everyday life in a hospital has always been related to different objects and practices that make up the material expression of established human relationships and the very functioning of such…
Karo Moret-Miranda: “In Grace: Intersecting Gender, Race, (Dis)Ability, Colourism and Emotions in Scivias”
Dr. Moret-Miranda speaks on intersecting gender, race, (dis)ability, colourism and emotions in Hildegard von Bingen’s Scivias. On zoom on October 6th at 10am AEDT; email for link (cmrs-postgraduatecommittee@monash.edu)
Call for Papers/Participants: Disability-Related Sessions at ICMS
The Society for the Study of Disability in the Middle Ages is calling for paper and round table participants for the following sessions at the 59th International Congress on Medieval Studies: – Session: “Intersections of Medieval Dis/Ability and Race/Making” This panel examines what it means to think about premodern race and premodern dis/ability together. –…
Premodern Neurodiversity workshop
Premodern Neurodiversity workshop (Monday 15th May 2023, 2–4:15 pm, Margaret Rooms 2 and 3, Queen’s Building, University of Exeter) Neurodiversity describes how many people think and experience the world in ways that are different from the perceived norm (e.g. through neurodivergent conditions such as autism, ADHD or OCD). This workshop will explore how neurodivergence can…
Webinar: Medieval Crip Theory: New Approaches and Provocations
This Webinar will explore and present new research on disability studies and the Middle Ages. The speakers are: Richard H. Godden (Louisiana State University), “Cripping Langland’s Will” Leah Parker (University of Southern Mississippi), “Eschatologies of Disability / Crip Eschatologies” Tory V. Pearman (Miami University), “Cripping Time in Chaucer’s Pardoner’s Tale” The webinar will be moderated by Heide Estes…
Bodies and Borders: PKMS 2023 CFP Deadline
deadline for submissions: January 31, 2023 full name / name of organization: Pearl Kibre Medieval Study contact email: medieval.study@gmail.com What: Pearl Kibre Medieval Study 17th Annual Conference Where: Online, hosted through The Graduate Center, CUNY When: Friday 5 May 2023 Submission Form: https://forms.gle/ukbBwtFVNYSphJaM9 Jeffery Jerome Cohen argues in his introduction to Medieval Identity Machines that these…
