{"id":15757,"date":"2021-07-07T18:58:27","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T18:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/?p=15757"},"modified":"2022-01-19T14:40:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T14:40:06","slug":"2021-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2021-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-report\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 International Congress on Medieval Studies Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Report<\/h1>\n

Activities of the
\nResearch Group on Manuscript Evidence
\nat the
\n56th International Congress on Medieval Studies
\n(10\u201315<\/span> May 2021)<\/h2>\n

#kzoo2021<\/span> \/ #kazoo2021<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum, MS W.782, folio 15r. Van Alphen Hours. Dutch Book of Hours. Image via Creative Commons.<\/p><\/div>\n

We report the accomplishment of our activities at the 2021 ICMS, held entirely online. Individually and collectively, we have attended the Congress for many years.\u00a0 Our ICMS<\/a> blog records activities sponsored and co-sponsored by the RGME along the way.<\/p>\n

This year’s Congress presented the first time for a totally “virtual” process.\u00a0 Next year’s Congress will be the second.<\/p>\n

The new format posed challenges, mostly surmounted.\u00a0 Gladly we observe that, albeit with several technical glitches and scheduling issues, the activities of the RGME, both sponsored and co-sponsored, succeeded as we had wished.\u00a0 The Sessions and Business Meeting proceeded smoothly, with time and scope for feedback and discussion.<\/p>\n

How We Prepared<\/h3>\n

First, there was the cancellation of the 2020 Congress itself.\u00a0 See our 2020 Congress Program Announced<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Then came the re-planning for the 2021 Congress.\u00a0 Initially, it was designed to be held in person, like the 2019 Congress<\/a>, and others before it.<\/p>\n

Only after all the re-submissions of our intended 2020 Sessions to the Congress Committee, the completion of the 2021 Congress Call for Papers<\/a>, the selection of the Session Programs, and the bookings for our Reception and Business Meeting (see our 2021 Congress Planning<\/a>), did there come the decision that the 2021 Congress had to take place only online.<\/p>\n

That choice led all 3 co-sponsors for our planned Reception<\/strong> \u2014RGME, Societas Magica<\/a>, and Index of Medieval Art<\/a> \u2014 to agree that it makes sense to wait, instead, for such an event until a suitable occasion in person.\u00a0 Likewise, a few rearrangements were required for the Sessions as had been planned.<\/p>\n

Preparing for the 5 Sessions and our Open Business Meeting, we announced our Activities for the 2021 Congress Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Next came the Congress itself, as described in its own Program<\/a> (plus Corrigenda), with further information on its website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sessions<\/h2>\n

Recorded Sessions<\/h3>\n
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Vajra Regan presents his Paper for his 2021 Congress Session on “Prologues”.<\/p><\/div>\n

With the virtual format, some Congress events were recorded, so as to be available for viewing by Congress Registrants from 17 to 29 May.\u00a0 According with the participants’ wishes, 2 of our Sessions were recorded.\u00a0\u00a0
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