We hope you'll join us at the following sessions and events, part of the 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 14 to 17, 2015. See the complete conference program online.
Session 30. Finding Sources: Play Texts and Archives
Thursday, May 14, 10:00 AM
Location: Bernhard 106
Chair: David N. Klausner (University of Toronto)
Respondent: Matthieu Bonicel (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
Presenters
- "REED: The Last Fifty Years," Alexandra F. Johnston (Records of Early English Drama)
- "REED: The Next Fifty Years," Matthew Sergi (Records of Early English Drama)
- "The Macro Plays in Georgian England," Gail McMurray Gibson (Davidson College)
Roundtable. The Production of the Medieval Play
Thursday, May 14, 1:30 PM
Location: Brown & Gold Room, Bernhard Center
Chair: Theresa Coletti (University of Maryland)
Respondent: David Bevington (University of Chicago)
Participants
- Alexandra F. Johnston (Records of Early English Drama)
- Robert L. A. Clark (Kansas State University)
- Jill Stevenson (Marymount Manhattan College)
- Susannah Crowder (John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY)
- Martin Walsh (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
Session 353. Expanding the Canon: Period, Performance, and Pedagogy
Saturday, May 16, 10:00 AM
Location: Fetzer 2020
Chairs: Frank M. Napolitano (Radford University) and Cameron Hunt McNabb (Southeastern University)
Presenters
- "E. K. Chambers: Patron Saint of the Expanded Canon," Kurt Schreyer (University of Missouri, St. Louis)
- "What the Accumulated Records Say about Performance Traditions in Early Suffolk," James Stokes (University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point)
- "Making the Case for 'Appropriation,'" Kathleen Ashley (University of Southern Maine)
- "Global Horizons: Expanding the Medieval Dramatic Canon," Jesse Njus (Tisch School of the Arts)
Roundtable. Changing Scenes: Production Then and Production Now
Saturday, May 16, 1:30 PM
Location: Fetzer 2020
Chair: Clifford Davidson (Western Michigan University)
Participants
- Lofton L. Durham (Western Michigan University)
- Kathleen Ashley (University of Southern Maine)
- Kyle A. Thomas (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
- David N. Klausner (University of Toronto)
Session 470. Broadening the Horizons of Theater: Geography and Theory
Saturday, May 16, 3:30 PM
Location: Fetzer 2020
Chairs: Christopher Swift (New York City College of Technology, CUNY) and Susannah Crowder (John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY)
Respondent: Carol Symes (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Presenters
- "Active Spaces: Representation and Performance at Maigrauge," Elina Gertsman (Case Western Reserve University)
- "Challenging Theater History: Cognitive Studies and Intermediality," Lofton L. Durham (Western Michigan University)
- "Performing the Caliphate of Córdoba: Theater and Historiography," Denise K. Filios (University of Iowa)