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Call for Papers for Conference for Medieval Studies (Grad) We are pleased to announce a call for papers for the fourth annual Conference for Medieval Studies, a graduate conference sponsored by Comitatus, the Purdue Medieval interest group, to be held at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana from February 17-18, 2006. The theme for this year's conference is "(Re)Imagining Arthur: Cultural and Theoretical Contexts of the Arthurian Legends." Bonnie Wheeler, Professor of English and Medieval Studies at Southern Methodist University and Editor of Arthuriana, will be the plenary speaker for this year's conference. Her lecture will be entitled "Mastering Humiliation in Arthurian Literature." Both individual papers and panel proposals dealing with all aspects of the Arthurian legend will be considered. For panel proposals, send individual abstracts for each paper and an abstract for the panel as a whole. All abstracts should be 500 words or less. Individual papers should be 15-20 minutes in length to allow time for discussion. Possible topics might include, but are not limited to the following: Gender Identity Monstrosity Transvestism Alterity Religion Mysticism Witchcraft The Body Liminality Historicity Chivalry Courtly Love Modern Reinventions of Arthur Postcolonialism Due Date for Abstracts: November 11, 2005 Via email submission (preferred) to: Karen Robinson - [log in to unmask] April Toadvine - [log in to unmask] Via snail mail: Comitatus c/o Karen Robinson Purdue University Department of English 500 Oval Drive West Lafayette, IN 47907-2038 -- Abigail Ann Young (Dr), Associate Editor/ Records of Early English Drama/ Victoria College/ 150 Charles Street W/ Toronto Ontario Canada Phone (416) 585-4504/ FAX (416) 813-4093/ [log in to unmask] List-owner of REED-L <http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/reed-l.html> http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/reed.html => REED's home page http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~reed/stage.html => our theatre resource page http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~young => my home page