UPDATE: Deadline for submissions Monday, February 9, 2004
"The Natural and the Unnatural: On and Beyond Nature in the Middle Ages"
Annual Graduate Student Conference in Medieval Studies
Princeton University, NJ
Saturday, March 27, 2004
Keynote: Richard Kieckhefer, Northwestern University
The Annual Graduate Conference in Medieval Studies at Princeton
University seeks proposals for papers that explore medieval perspectives
on Nature. We invite participants from a breadth of disciplines
(including, but not limited to, archaeology, art history, history,
literature, music, paleography, philosophy, and religion) and a range of
geographical specializations to present on topics relataing to the fifth
to fifteenth centuries.
This conference aims to shift the focus away from exclusive emphasis on
the spiritual inclinations of medieval thought, and redirects attention
onto medieval understandings of earthly phenomena. We welcome papers
that range from considerations of the natural sciences, to literary
representations of Nature and the natural world, to the abiding anxiety
over manifestations of the unnatural and the supernatural. Interested
participants may consider such themes as :
the natural sciences
classical traditions
medieval astronomy and cosmology
logic and the natural world
magic and pseudo-science
the supernatural
mysticism
theology of human nature
sexuality and marginal communities
beauty and pleasure
allegories of Nature and Genius
grammatical solecism and unnatural language
medieval romance
Send 250-word abstracts via email to medconf@princeton.edu by February =
9,
2004. Hardcopy abstracts can be mailed to:
James Byrne
129 Dickinson Hall
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
Please include:
name
institutional affiliation
preferred contact information
Limited travel susidies are available. Contact James Byrne at
medconf@princeton.edu for more information. Also visit the conference
website at www.princeton.edu/~medconf.
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