CALL FOR PAPERS
The Medieval Studies Program, the Shelby Cullom Davis Center for Historical Studies, and the Department of History at Princeton University announce an interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference on
March 27, 1999, entitled:
Death was a constant presence in medieval society. Individuals and communities took part in ritual activities both to keep it at bay and to find comfort and consolation in the hope of life beyond the grave. This conference will explore experiences, representations, and customs surrounding death and the hope of life in northern Europe and the Mediterranean World from the Carolingian period to the Black Death.
Possible topics could include:
-- cultural conceptions and understandings of death and its meaning
-- the social meaning of artistic and literary represenations of death and
renewal (funerary art and architecture, death scene narratives, epitaphs,
and eulogies)
-- corporate and individual memory and commemoration of the dead
-- ghosts and the afterlife
-- resurrection and regeneration
Professor Frederick S. Paxton (Connecticut College and Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study) will deliver the keynote lecture.
Graduate students of all disciplines (history, art and archaeology, medieval literature, music, etc.) are encouraged to submit a one page abstract by January 10, 1999. Papers should be no longer than 15 minutes in length. Final papers must be made avaliable for session respondents by March 1, 1999. Abstracts and queries can be sent to:
Scott G. Bruce -- sgbruce@princeton.edu
Jarbel Rodriguez -- jarbelr@princeton.edu or jarbel@compuserve.com
Medieval Studies Graduate History Conference
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