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-----Original Message----- From: Heather F Blurton [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 1999 9:04 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Call for papers (X-Post) CALL FOR PAPERS Gardens of Delight: The Pleasures of the Middle Ages Saturday, October 23, 1999 Philosophy Hall, Columbia University Keynote Address: Professor Louise Fradenburg, UC Santa Barbara This conference will examine the topic of pleasure from a variety of angles. How did medieval people represent pleasure and theorize its uses and abuses? How do modern critical discourses of pleasure condition our responses to medieval texts and images? We will scrutinize the categories, terms, and purposes of pleasure in the Middle Ages, and we invite papers on material pleasures of all kinds and on vocabularies of secular love, mystical rapture, and other forms of enjoyment. We are equally interested in papers on how modern paradigms of pleasure inform our views of the period. We welcome papers from all disciplines. Suggested topics include: Feasting Gaming and Hunting Friendship and love Class, gender, and pleasure Forbidden pleasures May revels and popular pastimes Meadhalls, inns, gardens, and places of pleasure Mumming, music, Dance, and drama Eroticism Virtues and vices Pleasure and mysticism Utopian and Edenic fantasies Eloquence and Decorum Jokes, Riddles, and word games Beauty: art, architecture, and literature Modern theories , medieval texts Graduate students and recent recipients of the Ph.D. in Art History and Architecture, Archaeology, History, Music, Philosophy, Religion, and all literature departments are invited to submit a 250-word abstract and cover letter indicating any audio-visual requirements by June 30, 1999: Medieval Guild Dept. of English and Comparative Literature 602 Philosophy Hall-MC 4927 Columbia University New York, NY 10027-4927 For further information, please contact : Mary Agnes Edsall [log in to unmask] (212) 666-5394 Lisa H. Cooper [log in to unmask] (212) 280-6451 Heather Blurton [log in to unmask] (212) 316-6507