Abstracts of Papers Listed by Year

Abstracts of Papers
in our Sponsored and Co-Sponsored Sessions
at the International Congress on Medieval Studies
Listed by Year

Detail of opened book with schematic text. Photography © Mildred Budny[Posted on 19 March 2015, with updates]

The Abstracts of Papers published on our website for these Sessions can be accessed in two ways.

1) By Author, listed alphabetically by last name and then chronologically by Year of Presentation
2) By Year of Presentation and then by Author:  You are here.

We list the Abstracts published, as their Authors wish, for some of our Sessions (since 2007) at the International Congress on Medieval Studies, including both our Sponsored Conference Sessions and Co-Sponsored Conference Sessions.

Before our first website, Abstracts of some Papers in our Sponsored Sessions appeared in the Old English Newsletter, as reported below, with an Index to their Authors and Years.

We begin also to produce a list of the Authors of the Abstracts published in our Program Booklets for our Events elsewhere, including Seminars, Workshops, Colloquia & Symposia (available on this site at present through the Posts for their specific Events).

Here, Names shown in GREY denote Abstracts for Papers which the Speakers were unable to present at the Congress (notably the cancelled 2020 Congress).  We continue to post their Abstracts as a sign of the authors’ intentions for their subjects.

Kalamazoo, MI Western Michigan University, Valley III from the side. Photograph: David W. Sorenson.

Valley III in the sunshine. Photograph: David W. Sorenson.

2024

Ballová, Alexandra (2024 Congress)
Bernhardt–House, Phillip (2024 Congress)
Budny, Mildred (2024 Congress)
Congdon, Eleanor (2024 Congress)
Conrad, Michael Allman (2024 Congress)
Porreca, David (2024 Congress)
Sorenson, David W. (2024 Congress)

2023

Façade of the Celsus library, in Ephesus, near Selçuk, west Turkey. Photograph (1910): Benh LIEU SONG, via Creative Commons.

Façade of the Celsus library, in Ephesus, near Selçuk, west Turkey. Photograph (1910): Benh LIEU SONG, via Creative Commons.

Baba, Yukie (2023 Congress)
Bernhardt–House, Phillip (2023 Congress)
Budny, Mildred (2023 Congress)
Campbell, William H. (2023 Congress)
Chrisman, Michael L. (2023 Congress)
Congdon, Eleanor A. (2023 Congress)
Conrad, Michael Allman (2023 Congress)
Ellertson, Barbara Williams (2023 Congress)
Gillis Hogan, Samuel (2023 Congress)
Harms, Daniel M. (2023 Congress)
Porreca, David (2023 Congress)
Sorenson, David W. (2023 Congress)
Vanderkwaak, Matthew (2023 Congress)
Zaytseva, Arina (2023 Congress)

2022

Colored Illustration of Marsilio Ficino Teaching, in M. Ficinus, “Medicinarius: Das Buch der Gesundheit” (Strasbourg : J. Grueninger, 1509). Image via Wikimedia Commons; source: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb41910792s.

Bernhardt-House, Phillip (2022 Congress)
Brocato, Linde M. (2022 Congress Paper)
Brocato, Linde M. (2022 Congress Response)
Congdon, Eleanor A. (2022 Congress)
Conrad, Michael Allman (2022 Congress)
Corina Chiru, Daniela (2022 Congress)
First, Grzegorz (2022 Congress)
Mahler, Adam (2022 Congress)
Menaldi, Veronica (2022 Congress)
Porreca, David (2022 Congress)
Saint Paul, Thérèse (2022 Congress)
Shadrina, Elena (2022 Congress)
Sorenson, David W. (2022 Congress)
Sosnowski, Miłosz (2022 Congress)
Tuerk-Stonberg, Jacquelyn (2022 Congress)

2021

The rescheduling for the 2021 Congress of all 5 of our Sessions which had been intended for the cancelled 2020 Congress means that most of their intended Papers reclaim a place in 2021.  Their Abstracts are updated to reflect the rescheduling; several have changes from their 2020 versions, for example with a modification of the title.  Several Abstracts are new, reflecting the arrival of their Papers newly for the 2021 Congress.

Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum, MS W.782, folio 15r. Van Alphen Hours. Dutch Book of Hours made for a female patron in the mid 15th century. Opening page of the Hours of the Virgin: "Here du salste opdoen mine lippen". Image via Creative Commons. At the bottom of the bordered page, an elegantly dressed woman sits before a shiny bowl- or mirror-like object, in order, perhaps, to perform skrying or to lure a unicorn.

Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum, MS W.782, folio 15r. Van Alphen Hours. Dutch Book of Hours made for a female patron in the mid 15th century. Opening page of the Hours of the Virgin. Image via Creative Commons. At the bottom of the bordered page, an elegantly dressed woman sits before a shiny bowl- or mirror-like object.

Budny, Mildred (2020>2021 Congress)
Colleu, Hélène (2020>2021 Congress)
Conrad, Michael A. (2020>2021 Congress)
de Laat, Sanne (2020>2021 Congress)
Ensley, James Eric (2020>2021 Congress)
Erussard, Laurence (2020>2021 Congress)
Harms, Daniel M. (2021 Congress)
McEwan, John (2020>2021 Congress)
Myscofski, Carol A. (2020>2021 Congress)
Porreca, David (2021 Congress)
= A different Paper in 2021, for a different Session;
compare Porreca (2020 Congress)
Regan, Vajra (2020>2021 Congress)
Roblee, Mark (2021 Congress)
Segol, Marla (2020>2021 Congress)
Sorenson, David W. (2020>2021 Congress)
Webb, Michael F. (2020>2021 Congress)
Whatley, Laura J. (2020>2021 Congress)

2020

Although the 2020 Congress had to be cancelled, we continue to post the Abstracts for the Papers, as the Participants supplied in response to the Call for Papers. In keeping with our custom, we posted them on our website ahead of time.  The Abstracts preserve the speakers’ intentions for presentation in person.

[Note:  Most of these Papers have been rescheduled in our Sessions at the 2021 Congress.  See above.]

Budny, Mildred (2020 Congress)
Colleu, Hélène (2020 Congress)
Conrad, Michael A. (2020 Congress)
de Laat, Sanne (2020 Congress)
Ensley, James Eric (2020 Congress)
Erussard, Laurence (2020 Congress)
Hayton, Magda (2020 Congress)
McEwan, John (2020 Congress)
Myscofski, Carol A. (2020 Congress)
Porreca, David (2020 Congress)
Regan, Vajra (2020 Congress)
Segol, Marla (2020 Congress)
Severs, Zachary (2020 Congress)
Sorenson, David W. (2020 Congress)
Webb, Michael F. (2020 Congress)
Whatley, Laura J. (2020 Congress)

Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum, MS W.782, folio 15r. Van Alphen Hours. Dutch Book of Hours made for a female patron in the mid 15th century. Opening page of the Hours of the Virgin: "Here du salste opdoen mine lippen". Image via Creative Commons. At the bottom of the bordered page, an elegantly dressed woman sits before a shiny bowl- or mirror-like object, in order, perhaps, to perform skrying or to lure a unicorn.

Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum, MS W.782, folio 15r. Van Alphen Hours. Dutch Book of Hours made for a female patron in the mid 15th century. Opening page of the Hours of the Virgin. Image via Creative Commons.

2019

Belluschi, Alessia (2019 Congress)
Benati, Ciara (2019 Congress)
Bernhardt–House, Phillip A. (2019 Congress)
Cornelius, Ian & Ensley, James Eric (2019 Congress)
Connell, Sarah (2019 Congress)
Conrad, Michael A. (2019 Congress)
Darwin, Gregory R. (2019 Congress)
Fanger, Claire (2019 Congress)
Krasskova, Galina (2019 Congress)
Leach, Katherine (2019 Congress)
Lewis, H. Jeremiah (2019 Congress)
Regan, Vajra (2019 Congress)
Tuomi, Ilona (2019 Congress)
Wiegand, Jack (2019 Congress)

2019 Poster for RGME Session on Manuscript Lacunae at the 54th International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo.

2018

Bollo-Pandera, Lola (2018 Congress)
Bernhardt–House, Phillip (2018 Congress)
Brocato, Linde M. (2018 Congress)
Conrad, Michael A. (2018 Congress)
Hastings, Justin (2018 Congress)
McNelis, Rachel (Congress 2018)
Porreca, David (2018 Congress)
Reed, Jaclyn (2018 Congress)
Slavin, Bridgette (2018 Congress)
Tuomi, Ilona (2018 Congress)

Poster for our Sponsored Session on the " 'Libro de los juegos': Big Results from Small Data", organized by Linde M. Brocato and sponsored by the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence at the 2018 International Congress on Medieval Studies. Poster set in RGME Bembino.

2017

Dalewski, Zbigniew (2017 Congress)
Francis, Edgar (2017 Congress)
Holt, Andrew (2017 Congress)
Knoll, Paul W. (2017 Congress)
Leighton, Geoffrey (2017 Congress)
Múska, Vincent (2017 Congress)
Schryver, James G. (2017 Congress)
Wihoda, Martin (2017 Congress)

2017 RGME & Soc Mag MSS to Materials Poster with border

2016

The Abstracts of 8 Speakers for 2 of our Sessions, co-sponsored with the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of Florida, are gathered in the illustrated 2016 Congress Booklet.

Please note that 2 Speakers were unable to attend the Congress and present their papers (Aleksander Paroń and Jan Veenstra), but we preserve their Abstracts to record their intentions for the subjects.

Budny, Mildred (2016 Congress)
Chardonnens, László Sándor (2016 Congress)
Congdon, Eleanor (2016 Congress)
Cristea, Ovidiu (2016 Congress Booklet)
Gillis-Hogan, Samuel (2016 Congress)
Maleon, Bogdan-Petru (2016 Congress Booklet)
Marinow, Kirił (2016 Congress Booklet)
Meyer, Jesse (2016 Congress)
Paroń, Aleksander (2016 Congress Booklet)
Pilat, Liviu (2016 Congress Booklet)
Rădvan, Laurenţiu (2016 Congress Booklet)
Sorenson, David W. (2016 Congress)
Todorova, Elisaveta (2016 Congress Booklet)
Veenstra, Jan (2016 Congress)
Wolski, Jan Mikołaj (2016 Congress Booklet)

Poster for the Sponsored Session on 'Paper or Parchment' at the 51st International Congress on Medieval Studies, sponsored by the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence. Poster laid out in RGME Bembino, with images supplied by David W. Sorenson. Reproduced by permission.

2015

Corbel Head with handlebar moustache on Le Pont Neuf, Paris. Photograph by Ilya V. Sverdlov, reproduced by permission

Photography by Ilya V. Sverdlov

The Abstracts for 1 Session are gathered in the illustrated 2015 Congress Booklet

Antonín, Robert (2015 Congress)
Budny, Mildred (2015 Congress)
Brown, Collin (2015 Congress)
Cappozzo, Valerio (2015 Congress) and Cappozzo (2015 Congress Booklet)
Chardonnens, László Sándor (2015 Congress) and Chardonnens (2015 Congress Booklet)
Haines, John (2015 Congress)
Harthill, Alison (2015 Congress)
Huffman, Rebecca (2015 Congress)
Johnstone, Boyda (2015 Congress) and Johnstone (2015 Congress Booklet)
Olsan, Lea T. (2015 Congress)
Roberts, Jason E. (2015 Congress)
Schwedler, Gerald (2015 Congress)
Sorenson, David W. (2015 Congress)
Vercamer, Grischa (2015 Congress)
Weldon, James (2015 Congress)
Wisniewski, Brett Lawrence (2015 Congress)

Poster for Session on "Ideal Kingship in the Middle Ages" at the 2015 International Congress on Medieval Studies, with photography by Ilya V. Sverdlov and layout in RGME Bembino

2014

Please note that 2 Speakers were unable to attend the Congress and present their papers (Kirił Marinow and Mariana Tsibranska-Kostova), but we preserve their Abstracts to record their intentions for the subjects.

Biliarsky, Ivan (2014 Congress)
Budny, Mildred (2014 Congress)
Congdon, Eleanor (2014 Congress)
dall’Aglio, Francesco (2014 Congress)
Haines, John (2014 Congress)
Klaassen, Frank (2014 Congress)
Leopardi, Liliana (2014 Congress)
MacGabhannan, Donncha (2014 Congress)
Marinow, Kirił (2014 Congress)
Polyvyannyy, Dimitri L. (2014 Congress)
Rohdewald, Stefan (2014 Congress)
Sorenson, David W. (2014 Congress)
Todorova, Elisaveta (2014 Congress)
Tsibranska-Kostova, Mariana (2014 Congress)
Winslow, Sean M. (2014 Congress)

Poster 2 for "Second Bulgarian Empire" Session 2 at the International Congress on Medieval Studies, with manuscript image from Add MS 39627, folio 6r © British Library Board. Poster laid out in RGME Bembino.

2013

Biggs, Sarah J. (2013 Congress)
Chardonnens, László Sándor (2013 Congress)
de Mayo, Thomas B. (2013 Congress)
Edsall, Mary Agnes (2013 Congress)
Grigore, Mihai-D. (2013 Congress)
Gutjahr, Mirko (2013 Congress)
Haines, John (2013 Congress)
Hastings, Justin (2013 Congress)
Hays, Gregory (2013 Congress)
Jackson, Deirdre (2013 Congress)
Neven, Sylvie (2013 Congress)
Nighman, Chris L. (2013 Congress)
Nyikos, Elizabeth (2013 Congress)
Rossignol (2013 Congress)
Segol, Marla (2013 Congress)
Sorenson, David W. (2013 Congress)
Zeiser, Sarah (2013 Congress)

2013 RGME Poster for the Session on Medieval Manuscripts in North America, held at the 2013 International Congress on Medieval Studies and Co-Sponsored by King Alfred's Notebook, LLC,.

2013 Poster Medieval Manuscripts Session

2012

Biggs, Sarah J. (2012 Congress)
Cappozzo, Valerio (2012 Congress)
Chardonnens, László Sándor (2012 Congress)
Drettas, Dimitri (2012 Congress)
Dysert, Anna (2012 Congress)
Gwara, Scott (2012 Congress)
Sorenson, David W. (2012 Congress)
Thaisen, Jacob (2012 Congress)

Poster for "Medieval Writing Materials" Congress Session (12 May 2012)

2011

Hand (2011 Congress)
Hall (2011 Congress)
Kyle (2011 Congress)
Noetzel (2011 Congress)
Sorenson (2011 Congress)
Poster for "Medieval Writing Media" Congress Session (13 May 2011)

2009

Celentano Parker, Sarah (2009 Congress)
MacLaren, Shelley (2009 Congress)
Magnusson, Danielle (2009 Congress)
Prydum, Carl S., III (2009 Congress)
Tracy, Larissa (2009 Congress)

And on the MEARCSTAPA website:  Kzoo Abstracts for 2009

de Gruy, Karma (2009 Congress)
Dwyer, Carola (2009 Congress)
Hensel, Marcus (2009 Congress)

Trio at the 2009 Congress in the Lobby. Photography © Mildred Budny

Trio of our Associates at the 2008 Congress. Photograph by Mildred Budny.

2008

Bernhardt-House, Phillip A. (2008 Congress)
Leech, Mary (2008 Congress)
Massey, Jeff (2008 Congress)
Mittman, Asa (2008 Congress)
Newman-Stille, Derek (2008 Congress)
Sconduto, Leslie A. (2008 Congress)

Discussion for the Session. Photography by Larissa Tracy.

Discussion at our Session on “Bark at the Rune” the 2008 Congress. Photography by Larissa Tracy.

2007

Massey, Jeff (2007 Congress)
Mittman, Asa (2007 Congress)
Tracy, Larissa (2007 Congress)
Tyler, Tom (2007 Congress)

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Our Congress Abstracts as Published Before We Had a Website

Before our first website (online from 2007– and now archived within this present site), Abstracts of some Papers in our Sponsored Sessions were published in the Old English Newsletter, as deemed relevant for its interests.

2005

via Old English Newsletter, 38:3 (Spring 2005)

  • Page 122 (in the order:  Mittman, Lind & Lind, Kim)

Lind, Ed, and Carol Lind (2005 Congress)
Kim, Susan M. (2005 Congress)
Mittman, Asa Simon (2005 Congress)Logo of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence (colour version)

2003

via Old English Newsletter, 36:3 (Spring 2003), A-25–26

Rowley, Sharon M. (2003 Congress)

1995

via Old English Newsletter, 28:3 (Spring 1995), A-23–24

Budny, Mildred (1995 Congress)
Graham, Timothy (1995 Congress)

1994

via Old English Newsletter, 27:3 (Spring 1994)

  • A-23–24 (Budny, Ohlgren, French, Conner)
  • A-40–43 (Graham, Pulsiano, Plumer, Lowe, Carley, Bremmer, Lee)

Bremmer, Rolf H., Jr. (1994 Congress)
Budny, Mildred (1994 Congress)
Carley, James P. (1994 Congress)
Conner, Patrick (1994 Congress)
French, Leslie (1994 Congress)
Graham, Timothy (1994 Congress)
Lee, Stuart (1994 Congress)
Lowe, Kathryn A. (1994 Congress)
Ohlgren, Thomas H. (1994 Congress)
Plumer, Danielle Cuniff (1994 Congress)
Pulsiano, Philip (1994 Congress)Logo of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence in Monochrome Version

1993

via Old English Newsletter, 26:3 (Spring 1993)

  • A-24–26 (Ohlgren, Budny, Toswell, Openshaw, Rosenthal)

Budny, Mildred (1993 Congress)
Ohlgren, Thomas H. (1993 Congress)
Openshaw, Kathleen M. (1993 Congress)
Rosenthal, Jane (1993 Congress)
Toswell, M. Jane (1993 Congress)

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2 thoughts on “Abstracts of Papers Listed by Year”

  1. Anniversary Reception (May 2014) - says:
    May 4, 2015 at 1:16 pm

    The Abstracts for Papers for our Congress Sessions are accessible both through our Programs and Reports for the individual Congresses, as well as through our indexed Lists By Author and By Year.

  2. 2015 Congress Events (with Program Updates and Abstracts) - says:
    May 5, 2015 at 8:34 am

    As we post the Abstracts of Papers, we update the indexed lists of the Authors of Abstracts for our Congress Sessions searchable By Author and By Year.