Medieval Literature
Deadline for submissions: November 1, 2001
The 7th Annual GES Conference will be held February 22-23, 2002 at Texas
Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. The theme of this year's conference,
"Past and Future Perspectives: Negotiating our Changing Field,"
addresses our changing field from the graduate scholar's perspective.
The palindrome of the year suggests examination of ways our past can
help us deal with our future regarding issues arising from new theories,
cultural shifts, evolving technologies, and recent discoveries.
I am especially interested in submissions which deal with aspects of the
following suggested topics, but any abstracts dealing with Medieval
literature are welcome and will be considered:
1) Gender issues in medieval literature -- negotiating gender
identification, norms, and analysis in medieval texts.
2) Issues of Enclosure and Space in medieval texts -- negotiating
"spheres" of influence; is being "inside" (buildings, family, church,
restrictive norms) always a symbol of imprisonment? Is being "outside"
always a symbol of power and freedom?
3) New directions and approaches to Medieval research and analysis --
using contemporary theoretical approaches to analyzing "old" texts;
deciphering "speech" and "gender" in old texts; the dilemma of
"non-authorial" research.
E-mail submissions are strongly encouraged; please put "GES Conference
Proposal" in the subject line for all electronic submissions.
Participants may present no more than two papers or be on no more than
two panels.
Abstracts/Proposals (250 words) and inquiries should be addressed to:
Diana Dominguez
Texas Tech University
Department of English
P. O. Box 43091
Lubbock, TX 79409-3091
806.742-2501 ext. 284
e-mail: gypsyscholar@hotmail.com
Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Please
visit the GES Conference web site at:
http://english.ttu.edu/GESConference
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