We hope you will join us at the following session, part of the annual meeting of the ICMS held virtually, May 10 - 15, 2021. The MRDS is pleased to sponsor the following sessions:
Executive Council Meeting
Monday, 10 May 2021, 7:00PM EDT
Location: online via conference website
David Bevington: In Memoriam Amici Nostri
Tuesday, 11 May 2021, 3:00PM EDT
Location: online via conference website
Chair: Carolyn Coulson (Shenandoah University)
Presenters
- "Editing," Christina Fitzgerald (University of Toledo)
- "Medieval/Renaissance," Elizabeth E. Tavares (University of Alabama)
- "Live Performance," Matthew Sergi (University of Toronto)
- "Community of Scholars," Alexandra F. Johnston (Records of Early English Drama)
- "Synthesis," Cameron Hunt McNabb (Southeaster University)
Public Business Meeting
Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 3:00PM EDT
Location: online via conference website
New Voices in Early Drama Studies
Thursday, 13 May 2021, 5:00PM EDT
Location: online via conference website
Chair: Maggie Solberg (Bowdoin College)
Presenters
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"Documentary Dramaturgy: The 'Scripts of the Early Medieval Theatres," Kyle A. Thomas (Missouri State University)
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"Interior Mayhem: Turning Inside Out The Castle of Perseverance," Sheila C. Coursey (University of Michigan–Ann Arbor)
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"Much Depends on Dinner: Performing Early Modern Identity," Jennie G. Youssef (Graduate Center, CUNY)
Performing Medieval Drama in the twenty-First Century
Friday, 14 May 2021, 3:00PM EDT
Location: online via conference website
Chair: Kyle A. Thomas (Missouri State University)
Presenters
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"Medieval Drama and Modern Community," Ann Marie Hubert (St. Lawrence University)
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"Yimmimangaliso: the Chester Mystery Cycle in Post- Apartheid South Africa," Carla Neuss (University of California, Los Angeles)
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"The Challenges of Producing a Medieval Performance Festival," Lofty Durham (Western Michigan University)
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"Contemporary Performances within the Europassion," Ivan Missoni (Independent Scholar, Zagreb)
Concepts and Practices of Performance in Medieval European Culture
Friday, 14 May 2021, 5:00PM EDT
Location: online via conference website
Organizers: Clare Wright (University of Kent, Canterbury) and Sarah Brazil (Université de Genève)
Chair: Frank Napolitano (Radford University)
Presenters
- "Performing Silent Music," Jessica Brantley (Yale University)
- "Playful Ritual, Ritual Play: Expectations of Enjoyment and Conventional Practices in Early Medieval Plays," Kyle A. Thomas (Missouri State University)
- “'[H]is grace being called Cure loial': identity and ‘personae’ in the late-medieval ‘theatrical’ joust," Clare Wright (University of Kent, Canterbury)