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ANNOUNCING:
The Sixth Annual Columbia Medieval Guild Conference
PERFORMANCE, RITUAL, AND SPECTACLE IN THE MIDDLE AGES
Saturday, October 14, 1995
Philosophy Hall, Columbia University
New York City
Plenary Speaker: DR. MIRI RUBIN, Pembroke College, Oxford
Roundtable Moderator: PROF. ROBERT HANNING, Columbia University
Performance: The Digby KILLING OF THE CHILDREN
8:30-9:00 Coffee, On-site Registration
9:00-10:30 Roundtable Discussion
Moderator: Prof. Robert Hanning, Columbia University
Participants:
Lyn Blanchfield, Binghamton University
Prof. Christine Chism, Allegheny College
Margaret Pappano, Columbia University
Prof. Sandra Pierson Prior, Columbia University
Peter T. Struck, University of Chicago
10:30-10:45 Coffee/Tea Break
10:45-12:15 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Session 1: Doctrinal Hermeneutics in Medieval Drama
Moderator: Sarah Kelen, Columbia University
"Reading for Christ: Interpreting Signs in the Chester Plays"
Katherine Little, Duke University
"Dependence and Devotion: The Performance of Antisemitism in the Chester
Mystery Cycle"
Mary E. Sokolowski, Binghamton University
"The Trace of the Prostitute in the N-Town `The Woman Taken in Adultery'"
Sharon Kraus, CUNY Graduate Center and Queens College
Session 2: Liturgy in Motion
Moderator: Bruce Holsinger, Columbia University
"Ritual Time and the Structure of the _Piers Plowman_ B-Text"
Terri L. Bays, UCLA
"Princes and Paupers in 13th-Century England"
Virginia Cole, SUNY Binghamton
"The Spectacle of _Imitatio Christi_: Theatricality, Sacramental Word and
Representations in 13th and Early 14th Century Franciscan Spirituality"
Adnan Husain, UC Berkeley
12:15-1:45 Lunch Break
1:45-3:15 PLENARY SPEAKER, DR. MIRI RUBIN, Pembroke College, Oxford
"Events to Remember: the Transformation of Violence into Memorable Image
in Late Medieval Europe"
3:15-3:30 Coffee/Tea Break
3:30-5:00 CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Session 3: Performing Gender in Medieval Literature
Moderator: Ronda Arab, Columbia University
"Putting on the Girls: Cross-Dressing as Performative Strategy in the
12th Century Latin Comedy _Alda_"
Jim Cain, Columbia University
"Performing the Oral (Female) Voice in the Chansons de Toile"
Marlene Villalobos Hennessy, Columbia University
"The Performance of Gender in Medieval French Romance"
Valerie Ross, UC Santa Cruz
Session 4: Blood Will Keep Us Together: Violence, Ritual, and the Ties
That Bind
Moderator: Karen Green, Columbia University
"Human Sacrifice as Spectacle in Herbord's _Vita Ottonis_"
Paul Borysewicz, Rutgers University
"The Blood Libel and Ottoman Jewry"
Yitzchak Kerem, Aristotle University
"Gifts of Blood and Gold: Ritual, Textuality and Ideology in the Loire
Valley, 1096-1128"
Michael Schaffer, Johns Hopkins University
5:00-7:00 RECEPTION
Performance: The Digby KILLING OF THE CHILDREN
Response: Prof. Marvin Carlson, CUNY Graduate Center
Mary Agnes Edsall, Columbia University
For further information:
Visit our Web site: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/medieval/
or contact Karen Bezella, telephone (212)663-6077, or Julie Crosby,
e-mail [log in to unmask]
REGISTRATION:
Fees: Pre-registration by mail (postmarked by 10/1/95): General Admission
and Faculty--$10.00, Student--$5.00;
On-site registration (day of conference): General Admission and
Faculty--$15.00, Student--$10.00.
To pre-register: send the attached form or a postcard with your name,
address, and affiliation, postmarked no later than 10/1/95, with the
appropriate registration fee (check payable to: English Dept., Columbia
University) to:
Medieval Guild Conference
c/o English Dept.
602 Philosophy
Columbia University
New York, NY 10027
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CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM:
The Sixth Annual Medieval Guild Conference
PERFORMANCE, RITUAL, AND SPECTACLE IN THE MIDDLE AGES
Saturday, October 14, 1995
Philosophy Hall, Columbia University
New York City
Name: _________________________________________________
Mailing Address: _______________________________________
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Affiliation: ______________________________________________
Pre-Registration by mail (postmarked by 10/1/95):
General Admission, Faculty ($10.00): ________ Student ($5.00) ________
On-site Registration (day of conference):
General Admission, Faculty ($15.00): ________ Student ($10.00) ________
Make your check payable to: English Dept., Columbia University
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