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---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 01 May 2001 12:07:19 -0400 From: Grace Desa <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: REVISED Call for Papers Centre for Medieval Studies University of Toronto Call for Papers City Limits: Urban Culture in the Middle Ages An Interdisciplinary Conference Saturday, March 2, 2002 How did medieval people shape their cities, and how did they live in them? What limits did they set with laws, walls, art and ritual, and how did they break out of these limits? As cities expanded, efforts grew to regulate everything from food to entertainment to the use of space. But definitions of urban space through ordinance could be less effective and less meaningful than rituals, theatre, music, and art. Did urban dwellers take either the regulations or the cultural identity seriously, or were they too caught up in daily life to care very much about either? This interdisciplinary conference aims to examine how medieval people looked at their cities as spaces and places, as city-states and states of mind, as markets and missions. Some areas we would like to explore include: Gardens and Green Spaces Sick Cities: Illness and Plague Sex in the City City Songs, City Stories: Music and Literature Domestic Life Buildings and Public Spaces Commerce and Trade Holy Cities: Civic Religion and Ritual Deadline for abstracts (1 p. maximum): September 14, 2001 Abstracts may be submitted by email, fax, or post. Please address them to the attention of the 2002 CMS Conference Committee. Centre for Medieval Studies University of Toronto 39 Queen's Park Cresc. E. Toronto ON, Canada, M5S 2C3 fax: (416) 971-1398 email: [log in to unmask]