Call for Papers
Sessions sponsored by AARHMS
(American Academy of Research Historians of Medieval Spain) and SSPHS
(Society for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies) at the 42nd
International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan
University, Kalamazoo, May 10-13, 2007.
Three sessions are sponsored by AARHMS and four by SSPHS. To
propose a twenty-minute paper, please send the organizer an abstract
and a completed abstract cover sheet by September 15. Abstract cover
sheets are available on-line:
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/42cfp/forms/ACS.pdf
Proposals which are not accepted will be forwarded to the Congress
Committee to be considered for general sessions.
AARHMS no. 1 and 2:
Beyond Powerful: New Approaches to
Iberian Monarchy in the Middle Ages I and II
These two sessions aim to take stock of the past several decades of
research into medieval Iberian kings and queens. Research into
rulership has taken off in many directions, both disciplinary (art
history, history, literature, political theory, feminist and gender
studies, religious studies) and geographic (the Crown of Aragon,
Asturias, Castile, León, Navarre, Portugal), and the purpose of
these sessions is to begin to integrate the study of kingship and
queenship into a more coherent study of monarchy. Papers may
address a
variety of issues - such as theory, methodology, sources, biography,
historiography - and comparative studies are especially welcome.
Organizer:
Theresa Earenfight
Associate Professor of History
Chair, Medieval Studies Program
Seattle University
901-12th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
email: theresa@seattleu.edu
AARHMS no. 3:
Reading Medieval Charters
This session aim to consider medieval charters not only as documentary
records of transactions and events, but as texts that attest to
religious practices and beliefs, political ideologies, and social
relationships. We encourage proposals on the formulaic apparatus
of charters (e.g., preambles, sanctions), their material form, the
creative role of scribes, and issues of literacy and orality raised by
the relationships among transactions, their public performance, and the
written record. While the focus will be on medieval Iberia, we would be
happy to consider strong papers that deal with charters from other
regions of Europe.
Organizer: James D’Emilio,
5245 La Jolla Hermosa Avenue, La Jolla, CA 92037
email: demilio@shell.cas.usf.edu
SSPHS no. 1
The Papacy and Medieval Iberia
This session seeks proposals on the relationship between the papacy and
the churches, communities, and kingdoms of medieval Iberia. This
relationship invites discussion of the particularity of the Iberian
church, the sources and nature of reform, and the role of relationships
with the papacy in tightening the cultural and political ties between
the Iberian kingdoms and the rest of Europe. Topics might include
the adoption of Roman practices, diplomatic relationships with the
papal curia, the uses of papal privileges, the role of papal legates,
responses to papal policies towards Jews and Muslims, and Iberian
involvement in the papal schism and the conciliar movement.
Organizer: James D’Emilio,
5245 La Jolla Hermosa Avenue, La Jolla, CA 92037
email: demilio@shell.cas.usf.edu
SSPHS no. 2
Peacemakers, Mediation and the Idea of
Peace in Medieval Iberia
This session is broadly conceived to explore the idea and practice of
peace in medieval Iberia. Papers might address theories and definitions
of peace in theology and political thought; their practical application
in treaties, truce negotiations, frontier relations, and the legal or
social structures for conflict resolution; or literary and artistic
representations of peace and peacemaking. Proposals focused on medieval
Iberia or comparative studies involving medieval Iberia are welcome.
Organizer: Anne Marie Wolf,
1000 SW Vista Ave. #224, Portland, OR 97205
email: wolf@up.edu
SSPHS no. 3
Mendicants in Spain: Religion and
Reform
Description: With the appointment of Ximenes de Cisneros in the 1490s
as lead reformer of both the Franciscans and the Spanish Church in
general, the Catholic Kings gave official status to the internal reform
of the Spanish Franciscans that had begun in the early fifteenth
century. Although one issue of the Archivo Ibero-Americano was
devoted to the fifteenth century Franciscan reform, most scholars focus
on the results of the official reform in the early sixteenth century
after it became pan-peninsular. Likewise, scholars of reform or
Franciscan spirituality have tended to ignore the presence and
influence of the Dominican Order in the realms
governed by the Catholic Kings. This session welcomes any
proposals on the topic of the mendicants and religious reform in Spain,
but we are especially interested in papers that explore either the
grassroots stage of the Franciscan reform from new perspectives (such
as art history, religious studies, history of interreligious dialogue),
or the interconnections or confrontations between the Franciscans and
Dominicans during the age of reform.
Organizer:
Jessica A. Boon
University Writing Program
Box 90025, Duke University
Durham, NC 27708-0025
email: jboon@duke.edu
SSPHS no. 4 (This has been
presented as a complete panel; proposals are
not being accepted)
Women’s Religious Life in Late
Medieval Portugal
Maria de Lurdes Rosa,
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
As the contact person for AARHMS and SSPHS, my name has been listed in
the Call for Papers for the entire block of sessions, but it is
preferable for presenters to send their proposals directly to the
individual organizers. I will forward any submissions I receive to
them.
Information on the Medieval Congress and the full Call for Papers are
on the web at:
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/42cfp/index.html