\nwith updates both there and here<\/em>.]<\/p>\n
Since 2006, the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence regularly co-sponsors Sessions with other scholarly organizations at the International Congress on Medieval Studies<\/strong><\/a> at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo.\u00a0\u00a0The Sessions which we ourselves have sponsored since 1993 are listed here:<\/p>\n The Programs for each year’s RGME Sessions, both Sponsored and co-Sponsored, along with Abstracts, appear in our<\/p>\n Since 2007 we publish the Abstracts<\/strong><\/a> of some Papers and Responses for both forms of Sessions. \u00a0They may be found through our pages for the individual Congresses or through the Lists of Abstracts arranged<\/p>\n Posters for Sessions, as is our custom since the 2011 Congress<\/a>, are exhibited both within those Pages and in their own exhibition<\/a>.<\/p>\n As they take shape, the Program and Abstracts for Sessions and Co-Sponsored Sessions appear:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here we celebrate the co-sponsorships with different organizations for sessions or other activities at the International Congress on Medieval Studies. They are listed in chronological order by starting-year for the co-sponsorship.<\/p>\n To date, the co-sponsorships involve these organizations:<\/p>\n I. Societas Magica<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(from 2006)<\/p>\n II. MEARCSTAPA<\/strong> = Monsters: the Experimental Association for the Research of Cryptozoology III. King Alfred’s Notebook LLC<\/strong> (2012\u20122013)<\/p>\n IV.<\/strong> Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of Florida<\/strong><\/a> (2014\u20122016)<\/p>\n V. AVISTA<\/a><\/strong> =\u00a0The Association Villard de Honnecourt for the Interdisplinary Study of Medieval Technology, Science, and Art et alia<\/em> (2017)<\/p>\n VI. P.-O.M.o.N.A.<\/strong> = Polytheism-Oriented Medievalists of North America (from 2019)<\/p>\n VII. IMANA<\/a><\/strong> = Ibero-Medieval Association of North America (2022)<\/p>\n VIII<\/strong>. Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies<\/a> (2023)<\/p>\n IX. Postal History at Kalamazoo<\/strong> (from 2024)<\/p>\n X.\u00a0<\/strong>Rossell Hope Robbins Library and Koller\u2013Collins Center for English Studies at the University of<\/a> Rochester<\/a><\/strong> (from 2026)<\/p>\n XI. B\u0101\u1e25ra \u1e25ass\u0101b: Knowledge Transmission in Ethiopia and Eritrea from Antiquity to Modern Times<\/a>, at the University of M\u00fcnster <\/strong>(from 2026)<\/p>\n Occasionally the co-sponsorships involve three organizations, as the RGME collaborates with two others. Such pertains to sessions<\/p>\n Besides sharing sessions, in 2014, to celebrate the anniversaries of both the Societas and the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence, we jointly held a celebratory Anniversary Reception<\/strong><\/a>. \u00a0This tradition continued at the 2015 Congress<\/a>, with our Reception co-sponsored with both the Societas Magica and the Index of Christian Art at Princeton University<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n 2006 Congress<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n 2007 Congress<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n 2008 Congress<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n 2009 Congress<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n 2010 Congress<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n 2011 Congress<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n 2012 Congress<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n 2013 Congress<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n 2014 Congress Announced<\/strong><\/a> and 2014 Congress Accomplished<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Call for Papers for 2015 Congress<\/strong><\/a>, 2015 Congress Events Announced<\/a>, and 2015 Congress Events Accomplished<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n 2016 Congress Planning<\/strong><\/a>, 2016 Congress Call for Papers<\/strong><\/a> and 2016 Congress Report<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n 2017 Congress Report<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n 2018 Congress Report<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n 2018 Poster for Session on “Celtic Magic Texts”.<\/p><\/div>\n 2019 Congress Report<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
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Co-Sponsorships<\/h1>\n
\nthrough Scholarly Theory and Practical Application (2009)<\/p>\n\n
I.\u00a0 Sessions Co-Sponsored with the Societas Magica
\n(2006\u20122026)<\/h2>\n![\"Societas](\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/SocMaghead2.png\")
<\/a>Since 2006, we have co-sponsored sessions with the Societas Magica<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\nList of Sessions<\/h3>\n
2006 (41st International Congress)<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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\n<\/strong>organized by Claire Fanger<\/p>\n2007 (42nd International Congress)<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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\n<\/strong>organized by Claire Fanger and Mildred Budny<\/p>\n2008 (43rd International Congress)<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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\n<\/strong>organized by Katelyn Mesler (Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois)<\/p>\n2009 (44th International Congress)<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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\n<\/strong>organized by Amelia Carr (Allegheny College)<\/p>\n2010 (45th International Congress)<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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\n<\/strong>organized by Amelia Carr (Allegheny College)<\/p>\n2011 (46th International Congress)<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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\n<\/strong>organized by Sarah Celentano Parker (University of Texas at Austin)<\/p>\n2012 (47th International Congress)<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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\n<\/strong>![\"Poster](\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/poster-2013-Astrology-Magic-7-May-2013-with-border-232x300.png\")
<\/a>organized by L\u00e1szl\u00f3 S\u00e1ndor Chardonnens (Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands)<\/p>\n2013 (48th International Congress)<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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\n<\/strong>organized by David Porreca (University of Waterloo)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
\n<\/strong>organized by Mihai-D. Grigore]<\/p>\n2014 (49th International Congress)<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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<\/a>“Visualizing Learned Magic and Popular Magic through Talismans, Images, and Objects”
\n<\/strong>organized by David Porreca (University of Waterloo)<\/p>\n2015 (50th International Congress)<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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\n<\/strong>organized by Frank Klaassen (University of Saskatchewan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
\n<\/strong>organized by Jason Roberts (University of Texas at Austin)<\/p>\n2016 (51st International Congress)<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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\n<\/strong>organized by L\u00e1szl\u00f3 S\u00e1ndor Chardonnens (Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands)<\/p>\n2017 (52nd International Congress)<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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\u201cManuscripts to Materials<\/strong>\u201d
\n<\/strong>organized by David Porreca (Department of Classical Studies, University of Waterloo)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
\n<\/strong>organized by Liana Saif (Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford)<\/p>\n2018 (53rd International Congress)<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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\norganized by Phillip A. Bernhardt\u2013House (Skagit Valley College, Whidbey Island Campus, Old Harbor, Washington)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
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\norganized by David Porreca (Department of Classics, University of Waterloo)<\/li>\n
\n<\/strong>organized by Matthew Melvin\u2013Koushki (Department of History, University of South Carolina)<\/p>\n![\"Poster](\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-RGME-All-Celtic-Magic-Session-with-border.png\")
2019 (54th International Congress)<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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\n<\/strong>organized by Phillip A. Bernhardt\u2013House (Skagit Valley College, Whidbey Island Campus, Old Harbor, Washington)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
\norganized by Vajra Regan (Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto)<\/p>\n2020 (55th International Congress)
\n\u2014 Cancelled but Rescheduled for 2021
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\norganized by Sanne de Laat (English Department, Radboud University Nijmegen)
\nand L\u00e1szl\u00f3 S\u00e1ndor Chardonnens\u00a0 (English Department, Radboud University Nijmegen)<\/li>\n
\n<\/strong>organized by Phillip A. Bernhardt\u2013House (Skagit Valley College, Whidbey Island Campus, Old Harbor, Washington)
\n2018 Congress Report<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n2021 (56th International Congress)<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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\n<\/strong>As above:\u00a0 2020 Congress (Intended but Rescheduled).
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