ONCE AND FUTURE MEDIEVALISM
Department of English with Cultural Studies
University of Melbourne
27-28 September 2004
Keynote speaker: John Ganim
(English, University of California, Riverside)
Middle Ages at the World's Fairs: Medievalism, Orientalism and Imperialism
Plenary speakers: Andrew Lynch
(English, University of Western Australia)
Holy Wars: British Medievalist Fictions as Cultural Struggle
Louise D'Arcens: (English, University of Wollongong)
Inverse Invasions: Australian Fiction, Allegory and the 'real' Middle Ages
The Once and Future Medievalism conference takes as its theme the afterlife
of medieval culture, whether this takes the form of historical
reconstruction or imaginative recreation, in the academy or in high or
popular culture, from the late medieval and early modern period to the
contemporary era. Submissions are invited on any aspect of medievalism,
from a range of disciplinary fields and cultural practices: literature,
history, cultural studies, film, art, ritual practice, architecture,
religion, music, television, children's literature, re-enactment groups, etc..
Preference may be given to proposals that foreground theoretical issues.
For example, is there a distinctive methodology of medievalism studies?
what does it mean to study or recreate the medieval in a modern or
post-modern era? what is the relationship between medievalism and gothic?
how do we differentiate present and future practice from the past history
of medievalism? how has the meaning and signification of 'medieval' changed
since the close of the Middle Ages?
Abstracts (for papers of 20 minutes) should be approximately 200 words
long, and should be sent to the conference secretary, Helen Hickey:
h.hickey@unimelb.edu.au by June 28
FOR ENQUIRIES PLEASE CONTACT HELEN HICKEY: h.hickey@unimelb.edu.au
Once and Future Medievalism Conference
The Department of English with Cultural Studies
The University of Melbourne
Victoria, 3010
AUSTRALIA
Fax: (+61 3 98344 5494)
Conference Convenor: Stephanie Trigg
(sjtrigg@unimelb.edu.au)
Full Registration Details
See Department of English
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