Dear MRDS Members and Friends, Please excuse the cross-posting. I have begun putting together the Spring 2016 MRDS Newsletter, and, as usual, I need your help. Please send to me your announcements, including - Upcoming conferences, - Recent publications, - Upcoming or recent performances, - Dissertations in progress (author's name, title, institution, director's name) or recently completed dissertations, - Calls for Papers and other opportunities, and - Other News. Please send them directly to me at [log in to unmask] Please do not be shy. I hope to have completed the newsletter by Thursday, May 5 (a week before the Medieval [K]ongress), so please do not delay. Best to All, Gerard PS Please feel free to forward this message to others in whatever medium you deem useful. -- Gerard P. NeCastro Professor of English & Fine Arts University of Maine at Machias 116 O'Brien Avenue Machias, ME 04654 [log in to unmask]