CFP: 2022 ICMS Kalamazoo

  • International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo) virtual conference
  • 9-14 May 2022
  • Proposals due 15 September 2021

The MRDS is pleased to be sponsoring two sessions at the upcoming meeting of the ICMS. Details are as follows.

 

New Voices in Early Drama Studies

The Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society (MRDS) continues its annual tradition of inviting all scholars new to the field of early drama studies, in all national and linguistic traditions of early (medieval and early modern) drama, to submit their work to the “New Voices” panel for the 2022 International Congress on Medieval Studies, hosted by the Medieval Institute of Western Michigan University, and to be held virtually, May 9-14, 2022. We specifically invite graduate students and recent PhDs (within four years of receiving the degree) to submit. The panel will consist of three papers and a response by Nicole R. Rice, co-author (with Margaret Aziza Pappano) of The Civic Cycles: Artisan Drama and Identity in Premodern England, winner of the 2016 MRDS David Bevington Award for best new book. 
 
All those hoping to give papers in sessions of papers and/or make contributions to panel discussions and roundtables for the 2022 Congress need to make proposals through the Confex system before the September 15 deadline. Please refer to the Quick Guide for Paper Proposals if you have any questions. For further information about the panel, please contact Christina Fitzgerald. 
 

Teaching Medieval Drama to Today's Students

There is no doubt that ideas of a homogenous, white, Catholic Europe play a significant role in the construct of and discourse about medieval drama. Over the past several years, walking into a classroom to teach medieval drama has become a political act, electrified even more in the past year. This session seeks papers that address ways to acknowledge, challenge, and diversify the constructs that permeate our field and respond to the discourse of inclusion and equity. Session chair Prof. Carolyn Coulson.

All those invited or hoping to give papers in sessions of papers and/or make contributions to panel discussions and roundtables for the 2022 Congress need to make proposals through the Confex system before the September 15 deadline. Please refer to the Quick Guide for Paper Proposals if you have any questions.

 

Where Are We Going? Where Have We Been? An Assessment of Medieval Drama Scholarship

This session of papers will be sponsored by the Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society (MRDS) and delivered at the 57th International Congress on Medieval Studies, which will meet online from May 9 – 14, 2022. The study of early drama has traversed several inflection points within the last century, from the publication of Karl Young’s The Drama of the Medieval Church (1933), to the print and electronic publications of the Records of Early English Drama (1979-present), to the contributions of previously-marginalized scholars or explorations of global theatre and performance. As we enter the second quarter of the 21st century, now is a good time to take stock and discuss the future of our discipline. This session welcomes proposals for papers assessing the past and/or forecasting the future of scholarship of an ever-expanding field.

All those invited or hoping to give papers in sessions of papers and/or make contributions to panel discussions and roundtables for the 2022 Congress need to make proposals through the Confex system before the September 15 deadline. Please refer to the Quick Guide for Paper Proposals if you have any questions.