\nWebEditor’s Note:
\nFollowing the conclusion of the Call for Papers<\/a>, the 2015 Congress Events Announced<\/a>, and the Announcement of the 2015 Congress Events with Programs<\/a>, this Post provides details of the dates, times, and room assignments for their Schedule, in accordance with the publication of the Congress Schedule as a whole.
\nThe next post about our 2015 Congress activities provides Program Updates plus Abstracts<\/a>.<\/em>]<\/p>\n
For the 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies<\/strong><\/a>, the Research Group has 2 sponsored and 3 co-sponsored Sessions. They build, in part, upon our 2014 Congress Report in our Anniversary Year<\/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<\/strong> 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). Our Business Meeting<\/strong> (open to all) will take place at Friday lunchtime. Like last year, we sponsor a Reception<\/strong> \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. \u00a0The Congress program overall appears in the Congress Schedule<\/a>. Please watch this space for updates.<\/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): Thursday 3:30\u20135:00 p.m.<\/p>\n Organizer: Valerio Cappozzo (Department of Modern Languages, University of Mississippi) 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 Organizers: Mildred Budny (Research Group on Manuscript Evidence) and Sarah M. Anderson (Princeton University)<\/p>\n Presider: Sarah M. Anderson<\/p>\n Presenters:<\/p>\n 1. David Ben\u00e9t\u00e9au (Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Seton Hall University)<\/p>\n 2. David Sorenson (Allen G. Berman, Numismatist) 3. Mildred Budny Friday, 15 May, 12:00 p.m (Fetzer 2016)<\/p>\n Some 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: a Symposium<\/strong><\/a> in May, a Colloquium<\/strong><\/a> in November, and a Seminar<\/strong><\/a> in December.<\/p>\n ****<\/p>\n Photography by Ilya V. Sverdlov<\/p><\/div>\n Session 357 (Schneider 1125): Saturday 10:00\u201311:30 a.m.<\/p>\n Session co-sponsored by the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence 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): 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>. Please visit us there, too.<\/p>\n You could sign up for our RGME-Newsletter and information about our activities here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\nI. Sponsored Sessions<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>1. Predicting the Past: Dream Symbology in the Middle Ages<\/h4>\n
\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
\n\u2018Possessed by Dreams: Dream Interpretation Manuals in Late Medieval England\u2019<\/p>\n
\n\u2018Seeing is Believing: Dream Symbols and their Perception in Medieval Alphabetical Dream Books\u2019<\/p>\n
\n\u2018A Dictionary for Dream Interpretation: The Somniale Danielis<\/em> in Its Manuscript Sources\u2019<\/p>\n![\"5](\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/5-Corbel-Heads-All-in-a-Row-300x150.png\")
<\/a>2. Making It or Faking It: The Strange Truths of \u2018False Witnesses\u2019 to Medieval Forms<\/h4>\n
\n\u2018Semi-Official Counterfeiting: \u201cFalse\u201d Coinage Produced within the French Mints, 1380\u20121422, and What It Tells Us\u2019<\/p>\n
\n\u2018The Truth Will Out: Verity or Verisimilitude in Pre-Photographic Reproductions\u2019<\/p>\n![\"Logo](\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Heavy-LOGO1-150x138.jpg\"){kind=logo}
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\n*****<\/p>\nII. Business Meeting of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence
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\nAll are welcome, including newcomers.<\/p>\nIII. Reception<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>IV. Co-Sponsored Sessions<\/h3>\n
3. 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 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’<\/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’<\/p>\n
\n‘Wise as Solomon \/ Cruel as Rehoboam<\/em>:
\nAncient and Biblical Models for Portraying Good and Bad Rulers in Medieval Central Europe’<\/p>\n
\n‘In Search of Rule Models in Saint Erkenwald<\/em> (circa 1386) and Lydgate’s Saints Edmund and Fremund<\/em> (1433)’<\/p>\n4. Efficacious Words: Spoken and Inscribed<\/h4>\n
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<\/a>Session co-sponsored by the Societas Magica and the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence<\/p>\n
\n\u2018Four Approaches to the Power of Words\u2019<\/p>\n
\n\u2018Magic, Prayer, and the Power of Words\u2019<\/p>\n
\n\u2018Mid uuorrdun endi mid uuercun<\/em>: The Introduction of Christian Holy Words into Germanic Folk Prayers and Charms\u2019<\/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<\/p>\n5. Magic Sung, Spoken, Inscribed, and Printed<\/h4>\n
<\/a>Session co-sponsored by the Societas Magica and the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence<\/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 Abstract 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: The 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: New Advances in Avar Archaeology (I and II)<\/h4>\n
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\nInformation about the Congress as a whole appears here<\/strong><\/a>, with Corrigenda<\/strong><\/a> posted as appropriate.<\/p>\n