Serving Illinois Medievalists since 1983
The first session of this year’s Illinois Medieval Association Symposium is scheduled for Friday, November 8, at 2:00 pm Central time, via Zoom. This is our annual Medieval Monstrosities session in celebration of Halloween. This year’s panel consists of
Qianwen Chai, Trinity College Dublin, “’They know all human speech’”: Eastern Monstrosities in The Wonders of the East and the Identity Crisis of the Anglo-Saxons”
McCune, Evelyn, “The Living Dead: An Analysis of Draugr Hauntings in Icelandic Sagas”
Cornelius, Michael, Wilson College, ““Edward II’s Monstrous Desire(s) in Sir Francis Hubert’s The Historie of Edward the Second”
Registration is now open. The session is online via Zoom and completely free. Registration will close on November 7, after which I will send the Zoom link to registrants. We’re looking forward to an excellent session, and I’m looking forward to seeing you there.
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