{"id":9615,"date":"2017-03-08T00:32:45","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T00:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/?p=9615"},"modified":"2019-08-12T16:47:29","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T16:47:29","slug":"2017-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2017-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-program\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Congress Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8694\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Duck-Family-at-AZO-07-for-LFD.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8694\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8694 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Duck-Family-at-AZO-07-for-LFD-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Duck Family at the 2007 Congress. Photography \u00a9 Mildred Budny.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Duck-Family-at-AZO-07-for-LFD-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Duck-Family-at-AZO-07-for-LFD-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Duck-Family-at-AZO-07-for-LFD-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Duck-Family-at-AZO-07-for-LFD.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8694\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photography \u00a9 Mildred Budny<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Research Group on Manuscript Evidence<br \/>\nat the<br \/>\n52nd International Congress on Medieval Studies<br \/>\nWestern Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan<br \/>\n11\u201314 May 2017<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">We announce the Programs for our Activities<\/h3>\n<p>Upon the publication of the complete <a href=\"http:\/\/wmich.edu\/medievalcongress\/events\/sessions\" target=\"_blank\">Schedule<\/a> for the 2017 <a href=\"https:\/\/wmich.edu\/medievalcongress\" target=\"_blank\">International Congress on Medieval Studies<\/a>, we now announce the Programs of our 5 co-sponsored Sessions and other Activities.<\/p>\n<p>Upon completion of last year&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2016-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-program\/\" target=\"_blank\">International Congress on Medieval Studies<\/a>, we gave both a <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2016-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-report\/\" target=\"_blank\">2016 Congress Report<\/a> and a special <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/doctor-who-done-it\/\" target=\"_blank\">Behind the Scenes Report<\/a> (Also Known As &#8220;Doctor Who Done It&#8221;).\u00a0 Then we turned to preparing for this year&#8217;s Congress.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Heavy-LOGO1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-784 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Heavy-LOGO1-150x138.jpg\" alt=\"Logo of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence (colour version)\" width=\"150\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Heavy-LOGO1-150x138.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Heavy-LOGO1-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Heavy-LOGO1.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>After our proposals for the 2017 sessions were accepted, our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2017-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-call-for-papers\/\" target=\"_blank\">2017 Call for Papers<\/a> described the scope and aims of the sessions and invited proposals for their papers for consideration. Next, after the official closure of the Call for Papers on 15 September 2016, we selected the programs of the sessions, submitted them to the Congress Committee, and, in due course, announced these <a href=\"http:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/2017-international-congress-on-medieval-studies\" target=\"_blank\">2017 Congress Preparations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As the preparations for the Congress shift into the next phase, we will also, as customary, post the Abstracts for the Papers, as their authors permit. Note that our site conveniently lists the published Abstracts not only for the individual years of the Congress, but also in the <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/abstracts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Indexes<\/a> both by Author and by Year.\u00a0 Thus we invite you to discover, even at a distance across time and space, the subjects, aims, and accomplishments of the presenters at the Sessions.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>The 2017 Congress<\/h2>\n<p>As in recent years, we co-sponsor Sessions with<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the <a href=\"http:\/\/societasmagica.org\" target=\"_blank\">Societas Magica<\/a> (2 Sessions) and<\/li>\n<li>the <a href=\"http:\/\/mems.center.ufl.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies<\/a> at the University of Florida (2 Sessions).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It will be the 12th year of this co-sponsorship with the <strong>Societas Magica<\/strong>, and the fourth year with the <strong>Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This year, for the first time, we also co-sponsor a Round-Table with a community of 5 other Co-Sponsors (including the<strong> Societas Magica<\/strong>), headed by<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.avista.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">AVISTA<\/a> (The Association Villard de Honnecourt for the Interdisciplinary Study of Technology, Science, and Art).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also, like the <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2016-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-report\/\" target=\"_blank\">2016 Congress<\/a>, we plan for<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>an <strong>Open Business Meeting<\/strong> and<\/li>\n<li>a co-sponsored <strong>Reception<\/strong> with the <a href=\"http:\/\/ima.princeton.edu\" target=\"_blank\">Index of Christian Art<\/a> at Princeton University.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Glimpses of our co-sponsored <strong>Receptions<\/strong> at the Congress appear in the souvenirs of our <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/events-list\/receptions-and-parties\/\" target=\"_blank\">Celebrations<\/a> and in the Reports for the individual Congresses (<a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/doctor-who-done-it\/\" target=\"_blank\">2016<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2015-reception\/\" target=\"_blank\">2015<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2014-anniversary-reception\/\" target=\"_blank\">2014 Anniversary<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Agendas<\/strong> for our <strong>Open Business Meetings<\/strong> in both <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/5641\/\" target=\"_blank\">2015<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/7112\" target=\"_blank\">2016<\/a> serve as concise Reports for our Activities, Plans, and Desiderata.\u00a0 Continuing to be popular downloads on our site, they speak for the progress of the work and aims of our organization.<\/p>\n<p>Here we list the sessions in their scheduled order on the Congress Program.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to seeing you at the Congress.\u00a0 Please Contact Us with questions or suggestions.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Sessions<\/h2>\n<h3>I. Co-Sponsored with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.avista.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">AVISTA:<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/AVISTA-hammers-at-350.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7518 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/AVISTA-hammers-at-350.jpg\" alt=\"AVISTA logo with lettering and hammers\" width=\"350\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/AVISTA-hammers-at-350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/AVISTA-hammers-at-350-150x39.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/AVISTA-hammers-at-350-300x78.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a>The Association Villard de Honnecourt<br \/>\nfor the Interdisciplinary Study of Medieval Technology, Science, and Art<br \/>\n<em>et alia<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>1. Round-Table co-sponsored with AVISTA and these organizations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/medicasociety.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Medica: The Society for the Study of Healing in the Middle Ages<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.distaff.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">DISTAFF: Discussion, Interpretation, and Study of Textile Arts, Fabrics, and Fashion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/exarc.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">EXARC:\u00a0 Archaeological Open Air Museums and Experimental Archaeology<\/a> (International Organisation of Archaeological Open Air Museums and Experimental Archaeology)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/societasmagica.org\" target=\"_blank\">Societas Magica<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_4709\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Gregory-Leaf-on-white-cropped-to-Instruments-branded.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4709\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4709 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Gregory-Leaf-on-white-cropped-to-Instruments-branded-300x271.png\" alt=\"Detail of the Vision of Gregory the Great at Mass of Christ appearing with the implements and some agents or witnesses of his Passion leading to the Crucifixion and Resurrection.\" width=\"300\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Gregory-Leaf-on-white-cropped-to-Instruments-branded-300x271.png 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Gregory-Leaf-on-white-cropped-to-Instruments-branded-150x135.png 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Gregory-Leaf-on-white-cropped-to-Instruments-branded.png 901w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4709\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tools of the Passion of Christ. From a late 15th-century manuscript illustration of the Vision at Mass by Gregory the Great. See our blog on &#8216;Manuscript Studies&#8217;. Photograph \u00a9 Mildred Budny.<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>Medieval Tools<\/h4>\n<p>Congress Session 41<br \/>\nThursday 10:00\u201311:30 a.m.<br \/>\nSangren 1710<\/p>\n<p>This round-table session aims to provide an opportunity for short presentations, demonstration, and discussion of medieval tools and technology. They may extend into various realms, including artistic production, agricultural labor, construction, shipbuilding, and household use. The co-sponsorship demonstrates the wide range of materials and methods which could come into view.<\/p>\n<p>Organizer:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sarah Thompson<\/strong> (Rochester Institute of Technology)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Presider:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sean M. Winslow<\/strong> (University of Toronto)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Panelists:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Constance H. Berman<\/strong> (University of Iowa)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Carla Tilgman<\/strong> (Washburn University)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Frank Klaassen<\/strong> (University of Saskatchewan)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Linda Ehrsam Voigts<\/strong> (University of Missouri \u2013 Kansas City)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Darrell Markewitz<\/strong> (Wareham Forge)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our interest in this subject as a Congress Session flows naturally from our commitment to our occasional series of <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/profile\/sponsored-sessions-at-the-international-congress-on-medieval-studies\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sponsored Sessions<\/a> on &#8220;Medieval Writing Materials&#8221; (as at the <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/2016-international-congress-on-medieval-studies-report\/\" target=\"_blank\">2016 Congress<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<h3>II. Co-Sponsored with<br \/>\nthe <a href=\"http:\/\/mems.center.ufl.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies<\/a><br \/>\nat the University of Florida<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/OrangeBluMEMSlogo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4978 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/OrangeBluMEMSlogo-300x236.png\" alt=\"Alternate logo for the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the University of Florida, reproduced by permission\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/OrangeBluMEMSlogo-300x236.png 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/OrangeBluMEMSlogo-150x118.png 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/OrangeBluMEMSlogo-1024x806.png 1024w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/OrangeBluMEMSlogo.png 1592w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>2 Sessions<br \/>\nCo-organized by<br \/>\n<strong>Mildred Budny<\/strong> (Research Group on Manuscript Evidence)<br \/>\nand <strong>Florin Curta<\/strong> (University of Florida)<\/p>\n<h4>2. Rulership in Medieval Central Europe<br \/>\n(Bohemia, Hungary, and Poland):<br \/>\nIdeal and Practice<\/h4>\n<p>Congress Session 262<br \/>\nFriday 1:30 \u2013 3:00 p.m.<br \/>\nSchneider 1360<\/p>\n<p>Much has changed over the last 15 years or so in the study of political ideology, rituals, and symbols. The debate over ritual between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Gerd-Althoff\/e\/B001H6Q1TK\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">Gerd Althoff<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philippe_Buc\" target=\"_blank\">Philippe Buc<\/a> has not taken into consideration the large body of literary evidence pertaining to court rituals and ideal representations of power in East Central Europe. On the other hand, this debate has only recently percolated to centers of historical research in that region. The results of those combined changes have not yet received closer scholarly scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>This session is meant to provide an overview of the most recent research on ideal rulership in theory and practice, with a particular emphasis on East Central Europe. Was the region different in that respect from Western Europe? Are there any specific features of the ideal representation of rulership in Bohemia, Poland, and Hungary? What are the most salient features of the ritual practice of power in the region?<\/p>\n<p>Organizers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mildred Budny<\/strong> (Research Group on Manuscript Evidence) and<strong><br \/>\nFlorin Curta<\/strong> (University of Florida)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Presider:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Du\u0161an Zupka<\/strong> (University of Oxford)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Presenters:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Martin Wihoda<\/strong> (Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic)<br \/>\n&#8220;Rulership in Early Medieval Bohemia:\u00a0 Between Ideals and Everyday Reality&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/abstracts\/wihoda-2017-congress\" target=\"_blank\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Vincent M\u00facska<\/strong> (Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia)<br \/>\n&#8220;Theory and Practice of Legitimizing Royal Power in Early Medieval Hungary:\u00a0 The \u00c1rp\u00e1d Dynasty&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/abstracts\/mucska-2017-congress\" target=\"_blank\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Zbigniew Dalewski<\/strong><br \/>\n(Tadeusz Manteffel Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland)<br \/>\n&#8220;The Plast Rulership:\u00a0 The Process of Building Dynastic Power&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/abstracts\/dalewski-2017-congress\" target=\"_blank\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Paul W. Knoll<\/strong> (Department of History, Emeritus, University of Southern California)<br \/>\n&#8220;Royal Exercise of Political, Cultural, and Legal Leadership in Fourteenth-Century East Central Europe&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/abstracts\/knoll-2017-congress\" target=\"_blank\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[<em>Update:\u00a0 We have learned that Zbigniew Dalewski will not be able to attend the Congress to present his paper.\u00a0 This change to the Program will be reported in the Corrigenda for the Congress Program, distributed at the Congress.\u00a0 Here, on our website, his Abstract may remain in place as a declaration of his intentions for the paper, as we respect his willingness to contribute to the explorations of the session and its subject of consideration.<\/em>]<\/p>\n<h4>3. Military Orders and Crusades in Comparative Perspective<br \/>\n(The Levant, Spain, and the Baltic Region)<\/h4>\n<p>Session 321<br \/>\nFriday 3:30 \u2013 5:00 p.m.<br \/>\nSchneider 1360<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AlbertRoses.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7226 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AlbertRoses-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"Roseate Logo for MEMS\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AlbertRoses-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AlbertRoses-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AlbertRoses.jpg 572w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Renewed interest in the history of the military orders has resulted in a rapid proliferation of studies dedicated to the Templars, Hospitallers, and the Teutonic Knights, but no synthesis dedicated to minor orders, such as Calatrava or the Brothers of the Sword. Meanwhile, a particular sub-field of medieval archaeology dedicated initially to crusader castles in the Levant has begun to draw attention to similar phenomena in the Baltic region, inviting comparison. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/archaeology\/about\/staff\/a-g-pluskowski.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">Aleksander Pluskowski<\/a>&#8216;s <strong>Archaeology of the Prussian Crusade<\/strong> (2013) is the first book to compare systematically the Holy Land and the Baltic region. Missing, however, is a comparison with the Iberian Peninsula.<\/p>\n<p>The session is meant to bridge that gap and to invite more discussion around the regional experiences of one and the same order (e.g., the Teutonic Knights in the Levant, Transylvania, and Prussia) or between different orders in different regions (e.g., the Order of Calatrava and the Brothers of the Sword in Spain and in Livonia respectively). The material culture and the multiple studies based on the archaeology of the landscape (that go far beyond the analysis of single castle sites) offer a very rich ground for comparative work, but most archaeologists working in the Prussian lands do not read the literature on castles in Spain, and vice-versa.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, the session is meant to illustrate what can be done to revise the historical record through the already exceptional amount of information available from archaeological excavations. Considering comparative work on the military orders in crusade, both within specific orders and among them, and both within specific regions and across them, may bring to light unexpectedly shared issues, questions, and potential for enriched understanding.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mildred Budny<\/strong> (Research Group on Manuscript Evidence) and<strong><br \/>\nFlorin Curta<\/strong> (University of Florida)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Presider:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Florin Curta<\/strong> (University of Florida)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Presenters:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Andrew Holt<\/strong> (Florida State College at Jacksonville)<br \/>\n&#8220;The Templars and the Confraternity of Belchite:\u00a0 A Comparison of Origins&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/abstracts\/holt-2017-congress\" target=\"_blank\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>James G. Schryver<\/strong> (University of Minnesota \u2013 Morris)<br \/>\n&#8220;An Archaeology of the Military Orders in the Holy Land?&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/abstracts\/schryver-2017-congress\" target=\"_blank\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Geoffrey Leighton <\/strong>(Cardiff University)<br \/>\n&#8220;<em>Intraverunt terram horroris et vaste solitudinis<\/em>:<br \/>\nThe Teutonic Order and Landscape Sacralization in the Crusade to Prussia&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/abstracts\/leighton-2017-congress\" target=\"_blank\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>*****<\/h3>\n<h3>III. Co-Sponsored with the <a href=\"http:\/\/societasmagica.org\" target=\"_blank\">Societas Magica<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SocMaghead23.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4850\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SocMaghead23.png\" alt=\"Logo of the Societas Magica, reproduced by permission\" width=\"270\" height=\"154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SocMaghead23.png 175w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SocMaghead23-150x86.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a>2 Sessions<\/p>\n<h3>4. Manuscripts to Materials<\/h3>\n<p>Friday 12 May<br \/>\nBernard 208<br \/>\n6:30 \u2013 7:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>To practice learned magic in the pre-modern world one could not simply go to a store or take a course. It was certainly far more complicated than slavishly following a set of techniques. A would-be practitioner had to acquire manuscripts, interpret them, then acquire the prescribed ingredients and build the necessary equipment based on the written instructions. Once this was accomplished and the processes completed, the results were at once highly evocative and ambiguous, requiring interpretation. Thus at two stages highly creative and imaginative processes had to be called upon. This session + display exhibition (focused on hands-on re-creations of ancient and medieval divination techniques) will examine the intersection between the creative and the learned in pre-modern magical practice.<\/p>\n<p>Organizer:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>David Porreca<\/strong> (Department of Classical Studies, University of Waterloo)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Presider:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jason Roberts<\/strong> (University of Texas \u2013 Austin)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Presenter:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Frank Klaassens<\/strong> (College of Arts and Science, University of Saskatchewan)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Respondents:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Claire Fanger<\/strong> (Rice University)<\/li>\n<li><strong>David Porreca<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Marla Segol<\/strong> (State University of New York at Buffalo)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>5. Islamic Magic: Texts and\/as Objects<\/h4>\n<p>Session 515<br \/>\nSunday 14 May<br \/>\n8:30 \u201310:00 a.m.<br \/>\nSchneider 1275<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9664\" style=\"width: 577px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/poster1-no-8-Cropped.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9664\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-9664 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/poster1-no-8-Cropped.jpg\" alt=\"First recto of a fragmentary bifolium in Arabic on paper, from a small manuscript, circa 16th century CE. Text probably occult. See our Gallery of 'Scripts on Parade'.\" width=\"567\" height=\"731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/poster1-no-8-Cropped.jpg 567w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/poster1-no-8-Cropped-116x150.jpg 116w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/poster1-no-8-Cropped-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-9664\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">First recto of a fragmentary bifolium in Arabic on paper, from a small manuscript, circa 16th century CE. Text probably occult. See our Gallery of &#8216;Scripts on Parade&#8217;.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Despite the recent burgeoning of the field of Islamic occultism, the vast majority of manuscripts dealing with astrology, various forms of magic and divination, and ecstatic practices remain untapped. Such objects represent a primary basis for both the intellectual and material-cultural history of Islamic civilization, and show the interdependence of these categories; they further require the recovery of discourses heretofore elided in modern scholarship on Islamic history. This session, which introduces a number of newly discovered Arabic manuscripts, highlights the special status of these manuscripts as texts and evocative objects, with particular attention to their visual elements.<\/p>\n<p>Organizer<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Liana Saif<\/strong> (Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Presider:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Liana Saif<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Presenters:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nicholas G. Harris<\/strong> (University of Pennsylvania)<br \/>\n&#8220;Books as Robots:\u00a0 Authorship and Agency in Islamicate Alchemical Manuscripts&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Edgar Francis, IV<\/strong> (University of Wisconsin \u2013 Stevens Point)<br \/>\n&#8220;Approaching <em>Shams al-ma&#8217;arif al-kubr\u00e1<\/em> through Early Manuscripts:\u00a0 MSS Arabe 2650\u201351 in the Biblioth\u00e8que nationale de France&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/abstracts\/francis-2017-congress\" target=\"_blank\">Abstract of Paper<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Travis Zadeh<\/strong> (Yale University)<br \/>\n&#8220;Legible Signs?\u00a0 Cyphers, Talismans, and the Theologies of Early Islamic Sacred Writing&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Respondent:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Noah G. Gariner<\/strong> (University of South Carolina \u2013 Columbia)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Heavy-LOGO1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-784 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Heavy-LOGO1-150x138.jpg\" alt=\"Logo of the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence (colour version)\" width=\"150\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Heavy-LOGO1-150x138.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Heavy-LOGO1-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Heavy-LOGO1.jpg 324w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Research Group on Manuscript Evidence<br \/>\n2017 Open Business Meeting<\/h3>\n<p>Thursday 11 May<br \/>\n12:00 \u2013 1:00<br \/>\nFetzer 1030<\/p>\n<p>All are welcome.\u00a0 Refreshments will be provided.<\/p>\n<p>The downloadable <strong>Agendas<\/strong> for our <strong>Open Business Meetings<\/strong> in both <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/5641\/\" target=\"_blank\">2015<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/download\/7112\" target=\"_blank\">2016<\/a> serve as concise Reports for our Activities, Plans, and Desiderata.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-Business-Meeting-Invitation-Full-Page-with-border.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9727 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-Business-Meeting-Invitation-Full-Page-with-border-232x300.png\" alt=\"2017 Business Meeting Invitation Full Page with border\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-Business-Meeting-Invitation-Full-Page-with-border-232x300.png 232w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-Business-Meeting-Invitation-Full-Page-with-border-116x150.png 116w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-Business-Meeting-Invitation-Full-Page-with-border.png 616w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/i-LMC-OrANGE-4cTheIndex-O-final-cropped-to-I.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6253 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/i-LMC-OrANGE-4cTheIndex-O-final-cropped-to-I-91x150.jpg\" alt=\"New logo (2015) for the Index of Christian Art at Princeton University. The logo presents a medieval-style ornamental intial 'I' decorated with panels and extensions of interlace patterns, plus a rosette in a roundel at its bulbous waist. Reproduced by permission.\" width=\"91\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/i-LMC-OrANGE-4cTheIndex-O-final-cropped-to-I-91x150.jpg 91w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/i-LMC-OrANGE-4cTheIndex-O-final-cropped-to-I-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/i-LMC-OrANGE-4cTheIndex-O-final-cropped-to-I-625x1024.jpg 625w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/i-LMC-OrANGE-4cTheIndex-O-final-cropped-to-I.jpg 688w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 91px) 100vw, 91px\" \/><\/a><\/strong>Reception with hosted bar<\/h3>\n<p>Co-sponsored with the Index of Christian Art at Princeton University<\/p>\n<p>Friday 12 May<br \/>\n5:15 \u2013 7:30 p.m.<br \/>\nBernhard G10<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<h3>Other Activities of our Co-Sponsors at the Congress<\/h3>\n<p>Other activities of our co-sponsors at the Congress include these:<\/p>\n<p><strong>I.\u00a0 Societas Magica<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Session 131<br \/>\nSex Magic:\u00a0 Past and Present, Imagined and Real<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thursday 3:30 \u2013 5:00 p.m.<br \/>\nPresider:\u00a0 Mildred Budny<\/p>\n<h4>2. Reception with hosted bar<\/h4>\n<p>Friday 12 May<br \/>\nBernhard 208<br \/>\n8:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Business Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Saturday 13 May<br \/>\n11:45 a.m.<br \/>\nFetzer 1055<\/p>\n<h4>II.\u00a0 CMERS at the University of Florida<\/h4>\n<h4>1\u20132.\u00a0 Sessions 23 and 70<br \/>\nArchaeology of Medieval Europe, I and II<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>History and Politics in Medieval Archaeology<\/strong><br \/>\nThursday 11 May<br \/>\n10:00 \u2013 11:30 a.m.<br \/>\nSchneider 1335<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bioarchaeological Research on Eastern Europe<\/strong><br \/>\nThursday 11 May<br \/>\n1:00 \u2013 3:00 p.m.<br \/>\nSchneider 1335<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>III.\u00a0 AVISTA<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Business Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Saturday 13 May<br \/>\n12:00<br \/>\nSchneider 1125<\/p>\n<h4>IV.\u00a0 Index of Christian Art at Princeton University<\/h4>\n<div id=\"attachment_1589\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSCN0344-Adelaide-with-RGME-Posters-AZO-14-View-1.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1589\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1589 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSCN0344-Adelaide-with-RGME-Posters-AZO-14-View-1-300x259.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN0344 Adelaide with RGME Posters AZO 14 View 1\" width=\"300\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSCN0344-Adelaide-with-RGME-Posters-AZO-14-View-1-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSCN0344-Adelaide-with-RGME-Posters-AZO-14-View-1-150x129.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DSCN0344-Adelaide-with-RGME-Posters-AZO-14-View-1-1024x887.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1589\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adelaide at the 2014 Congress<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>1\u20132.\u00a0 Sessions 280 and 325 In Honor of Adelaide Bennett Hagens, I and II<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u00a0<strong>Text\u2013Image Dynamics in Medieval Manuscripts<\/strong><br \/>\nFriday 12 May<br \/>\n1:30 \u2013 3:00 p.m.<br \/>\nSangren 1750<\/li>\n<li><strong>Signs of Patronage in Medieval Manuscripts<\/strong><br \/>\nFriday 12 May<br \/>\n3:30 \u2013 5:00<br \/>\nSangren 1750<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The honoree is our colleague, friend, and Trustee.\u00a0 We celebrate her accomplishments with her Page: <a href=\"http:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/adelaide-bennett-hagens\" target=\"_blank\">Adelaide Bennett Hagens<\/a><a>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>Please <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Contact Us<\/a> with your questions and suggestions. For our nonprofit educational mission, with tax-exempt status, donations in funds and in kind (expertise, materials, time) are <a href=\"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/contributions-and-donations\/\" target=\"_blank\">welcome<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Research Group on Manuscript Evidence at the 52nd International Congress on Medieval Studies Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan 11\u201314 May 2017 We announce the Programs for our Activities Upon the publication of the complete Schedule for the 2017 International Congress on Medieval Studies, we now announce the Programs of our 5 co-sponsored Sessions and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1383,423,4,130,3,1],"tags":[1504,784,686,71,445,695,1506,1258,1255,838,1505,694,685],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9615"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9615"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11976,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9615\/revisions\/11976"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/manuscriptevidence.org\/wpme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}