For the 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies<\/strong><\/a>, the Research Group has 2 sponsored and 3 co-sponsored Sessions.\u00a0 They build, in part, upon the accomplishments of the 2014 Congress in our Anniversary Year, described in the 2014 Congress Report<\/strong><\/a>. The aims of the sessions are described in our 2015 Congress Call for Papers<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n As before, we co-sponsor sessions with the Societas Magica<\/strong><\/a> (since 2006) and with the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of Florida<\/strong><\/a> (since 2014).\u00a0 Our Business Meeting (open to all) will take place at Friday lunchtime.\u00a0 Like last year, we sponsor a Reception \u2014 now with both the Societas Magica<\/strong> and the Index of Christian Art at Princeton University<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Here we announce the events, with their assigned times and rooms. \u00a0We also begin to post the Abstracts of Papers. The Congress program as a whole appears in the Congress Schedule<\/a>.\u00a0 As changes to the scheduling emerge, they are reported both here and in the Congress Corrigenda. [After Words. Now the ensemble is archived as the 2015 Program + Corrigenda<\/a>.]<\/p>\n The photographs of corbel heads from Le Pont Neuf in Paris are reproduced here by permission, for which we thank Ilya V. Sverdlov<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Photography by Ilya V. Sverdlov<\/p><\/div>\n Session 117 (Schneider 1135):\u00a0 Thursday 3:30\u20135:00 p.m.<\/p>\n Organizer: Valerio Cappozzo (Department of Modern Languages, University of Mississippi)<\/p>\n This session resumes a theme explored in the session on ‘Dream Books’, co-sponsored with the Societas Magica, at the 2012 Congress<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Presider: Claire Fanger (Department of Religion, Rice University)<\/p>\n Presenters:<\/p>\n 1. Boyda Johnstone (Department of English, Fordham University) 2. L\u00e1szl\u00f3 S\u00e1ndor Chardonnens (Department of English Language and Culture, Radboud University Nijmegen) 3. Valerio Cappozzo Photography by Ilya V. Sverdlov<\/p><\/div>\n *****<\/p>\n Session 193 (Schneider 1125): Friday 10:00\u201311:30 a.m.<\/p>\n [Please note:\u00a0 <\/em>As reported in the Congress ‘Corrigenda’,<\/span><\/p>\n Neither Sarah M. Anderson nor David Ben\u00e9t\u00e9au will be able to attend the Congress, so his paper has been withdrawn, and David Porreca will preside.<\/span><\/p>\n Organizers: Mildred Budny (Research Group on Manuscript Evidence) and Sarah M. Anderson (Princeton University)<\/p>\n Presider: Sarah M. Anderson > David Porreca (University of Waterloo)<\/span> Presenters:<\/p>\n 1>0. David Ben\u00e9t\u00e9au (Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Seton Hall University)<\/span> 2><\/span>1. David Sorenson (Allen G. Berman, Numismatist) 3><\/span>2. Mildred Budny The session will include a demonstration of some original materials under discussion.<\/p>\n Friday, 15 May, 12:00 p.m (Fetzer 2016 ><\/span> Fetzer 1035) Refreshments will be provided. *****<\/p>\n Friday, 15 May, 9:00 p.m. (Bernhard Faculty Lounge) with open bar<\/p>\n Co-sponsored by the Societas Magica<\/strong>, the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence<\/strong>, and the Index of Christian Art at Princeton University<\/strong><\/p>\n The success of our Anniversary Reception<\/strong><\/a> co-sponsored with the Societas Magica last year led us to plan a similar event this year, now also with the Index of Christian Art, our co-sponsor frequently for events. Those events include several events in our 2014 Anniversary Year:<\/p>\n ****<\/p>\n Photography by Ilya V. Sverdlov<\/p><\/div>\n Session 357 (Schneider 1125):\u00a0\u00a0 Saturday 10:00\u201311:30 a.m.<\/p>\n Session co-sponsored by the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence<\/strong> and Organizers: Mildred Budny (Research Group on Manuscript Evidence) and Florin Curta (Department of History, University of Florida)<\/p>\n Presider: Vlada Stankovic (Faculty of Philosophy, \u0423\u043d\u0438\u0432\u0435\u0440\u0437\u0438\u0442\u0435\u0442 \u0443 \u0411\u0435\u043e\u0433\u0440\u0430\u0434\u0443<\/span> \/ Univerzitet u Beogradu<\/span>, Serbia, and School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton)<\/p>\n Presenters: 2. Grischa Vercamer (Department of History and Cultural Studies, Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut, Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin, Germany) 3. Robert Anton\u00edn (Department of History, Ostravsk\u00e1 Univerzita, Czech Republic) 4. Rebecca Huffman (Department of English, University of Michigan) *****<\/p>\n Session 416 (Schneider 1130): Saturday 1:30\u20133:00 p.m.<\/p>\n Organizer: Jason E. Roberts (Department of Germanic Studies, University of Texas at Austin)<\/p>\n Presider: Marla Segol (Institute for Jewish Thought and Heritage, State University of New York at Buffalo)<\/p>\n Presenters:<\/p>\n 1. Lea T. Olsan (English and Foreign Languages Emerita, University of Louisiana at Monroe) 2. Alison Harthill (School of History, Archaeology, and Religion, Cardiff University) 3. Collin Brown (Department of Germanic Studies, University of Texas at Austin) 4. Jason E. Roberts Session 475 (Schneider 1130):\u00a0 Saturday 3:30\u20135:00 p.m.<\/p>\n Organizer: Frank Klaassen (College of Arts and Sciences, University of Saskatchewan)<\/p>\n Presider: Mildred Budny (Research Group on Manuscript Evidence)<\/p>\n Presenters:<\/p>\n 1. Brett Lawrence Wisniewski (Department of Classics, New York University) 2. John Haines (Faculty of Music and Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto) 3. James Weldon (Department of English and Film Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University) 4. Frank Klaassen *****<\/p>\n NOTE: A third Session is Sponsored by the Societas Magica<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Session 548 (Fetzer 1045): Sunday 10:30 a.m. \u2013 12:00 p.m.<\/p>\n Organizer: Marla Segol (State University of New York at Buffalo)<\/p>\n Presider: Frank Klaassen (University of Saskatchewan)<\/p>\n Presenters: 2. Katherine Hindley (Yale University), ‘ “Let it Be Made Secretly\u201d: The Efficacy of Unread Words in Medieval England\u2019<\/p>\n 3. Claire Fanger (Rice University), \u2018The Matter of Prophecy: Props, Practices, Representations\u2019<\/p>\n 4. Marla Segol, ‘Body as Amulet in the Shiur Qomah<\/em>‘<\/p>\n *****<\/p>\n Two more Sessions are sponsored by the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies<\/strong> at the University of Florida.<\/p>\n Organizer: Florin Curta (University of Florida)<\/p>\n Presider: Florin Curta<\/p>\n *****<\/p>\n Please join us for these activities at the Congress. Updates for our events will also appear on the Research Group’s Facebook Page<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 Please visit us there, too.<\/p>\n *****<\/p>\n P.S.\u00a0 Our very own multi-lingual font Bembino<\/strong>, which you see in place here, is designed to respect and to reflect our international associations, interests, and contributors.<\/p>\n You can download Bembino for FREE here<\/strong><\/a>. We are preparing an updated version of the font, to include recent requests for astrological and related symbols. \u00a0A preview of some specimens appears here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nA new Feature of our website are the indexed lists of the Authors of Abstracts<\/strong><\/a> for our Congress Sessions searchable
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\nPlease watch this space for updates. <\/p>\nI. Sponsored Sessions<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>1.\u00a0 Predicting the Past: Dream Symbology in the Middle Ages<\/h4>\n
\n\u2018Possessed by Dreams: Dream Interpretation Manuals in Late Medieval England\u2019 Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u2018Seeing is Believing: Dream Symbols and their Perception in Medieval Alphabetical Dream Books\u2019 Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u2018A Dictionary for Dream Interpretation: The Somniale Danielis<\/em> in Its Manuscript Sources\u2019 Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/p>\n![\"5](\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/5-Corbel-Heads-All-in-a-Row-1024x512.png\")
<\/a>2. Making It or Faking It: The Strange Truths of \u2018False Witnesses\u2019 to Medieval Forms<\/h4>\n
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\n\u2018Pseudo-Aristotle\u2019s Secret of Secrets<\/em>]\u2820<\/span><\/p>\n
\n\u2018Semi-Official Counterfeiting: \u00a0\u201cFalse\u201d Coinage Produced within the French Mints, 1380\u20121422, and What It Tells Us\u2019 \u00a0Abstract of Paper<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u2018The Truth Will Out: \u00a0Verity or Verisimilitude in Pre-Photographic Reproductions\u2019 Abstract of Paper<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n![\"Logo](\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Heavy-LOGO1-150x138.jpg\"){kind=logo}
<\/a>*****<\/p>\nII. Business Meeting of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence
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\n[The room assignment has moved from Fetzer 2016, as now reported in the Congress <\/em>Corridenda.<\/em>]<\/p>\n
\nAll are welcome, including newcomers.<\/p>\nIII. Reception<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>IV. Co-Sponsored Sessions<\/h3>\n
3.\u00a0 The \u2018Good\u2019, the \u2018Bad\u2019, and the \u2018Ugly\u2019 Ruler: Ideal Kingship in the Middle Ages<\/h4>\n
\nThe Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies<\/strong> at the University of Florida<\/p>\n
\n1. Gerald Schwedler (Department of History, Universit\u00e4t Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland)
\n‘Speech is Silver, Silence is Golden<\/em>:
\nUsurpers\u2019 Deeds and Historians\u2019 Verdicts in Merovingian and Carolingian Chronicles’ Abstract of Paper<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
\n‘One Man’s Villain is Another Man’s Hero<\/em>:
\nConcepts Employed by Medieval Historians to Construct the Images of Central European Princes as Good or Bad’ Abstract of Paper<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
\n‘Wise as Solomon \/ Cruel as Rehoboam<\/em>:
\nAncient and Biblical Models for Portraying Good and Bad Rulers in Medieval Central Europe’ Abstract of Paper<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
\n‘In Search of Rule Models in Saint Erkenwald<\/em> (circa 1386) and Lydgate’s Saints Edmund and Fremund<\/em> (1433)’ Abstract of Paper<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n4. Efficacious Words: Spoken and Inscribed<\/h4>\n
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<\/a>Session co-sponsored by the Societas Magica<\/strong> and the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\u2018Four Approaches to the Power of Words\u2019 Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u2018Magic, Prayer, and the Power of Words\u2019 Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u2018Mid uuorrdun endi mid uuercun<\/em>: The Introduction of Christian Holy Words into Germanic Folk Prayers and Charms\u2019 Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u2018The Power of God’s Name and the Problem of God’s Favor: A Diachronic Examination of the Tradition(s) of Solomonic Magic\u2019 Abstract of Paper<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n5.\u00a0 Magic Sung, Spoken, Inscribed, and Printed<\/h4>\n
<\/a>Session co-sponsored by the Societas Magic<\/strong>a and the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\u2018Voces Magicae<\/em> in Greek Magical Papyri: Performance, Literacy, and Authority\u2019 Abstract of Paper<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
\n\u2018Medieval Astrological Songs\u2019 \u00a0Abstract of Paper<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n
\n‘Magical Anxieties: Problems with Magic in Naples, Biblioteca Nazionale, MS XIII.B.29\u2019 Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/p>\n
\n‘How Print Changed Magic: \u00a0The Case of Reginald Scot’s Discoverie of Witchcraft<\/em>‘<\/p>\nMateriality and Magic<\/h4>\n
\n1. Thomas B. de Mayo (J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College), \u2018Inscribed and Spoken Magic in the Icelandic Sagas\u2019<\/p>\nThe Archaeology of Early Medieval Europe:\u00a0 New Advances in Avar Archaeology (I and II)<\/h4>\n
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\nInformation about the Congress as a whole appears from time to time [Update:\u00a0 those current URLS are now out-of-date], with updated Corrigenda<\/strong> posted as appropriate [but replaced in stages and taken offline after the Congress, to accompany the full Program + final Corrigenda<\/strong> once archived].<\/p>\n
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