The North American Branch is sponsoring or co-sponsoring four panels at the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo), May 9-14, 2022. For the convenience of the membership at large, the annual business meeting will be held outside the Conference apparatus. For 2023, we will return to our regularly scheduled business meeting at Kalamazoo.
93* Tuesday, May 10, 11:00 a.m. EDT
Knights and White Satin: Dress and Heraldry in the Medieval Court
Sponsors: DISTAFF (Discussion, Interpretation, and Study of Textile Arts, Fabrics, and Fashion), International Courtly Literature Society (ICLS), North American Branch
Presider: Robin Netherton, DISTAFF
- “The Heraldry of Malory and His Morte Darthur,” Shawn Phillip Cooper, Oakland Community College
- “Marca Hispanica: A Contextual Analysis of a Thirteenth-Century Aragonese Sumptuary Edict on Printed Garments and What It Reveals,” Tonia R. Brown, Independent Scholar
- “The Trousseau of Isabella Bruce, Queen of Norway,” Valeria Di Clemente, Univ. degli Studi di Catania
- “Nights in White Silk Chemises: Amorous Nobles and What They Wear,” Monica L. Wright
187* Wednesday, May 11, 5:00 p.m. EDT
Sickness in the Medieval Court I: Literary Representations
Sponsor: International Courtly Literature Society (ICLS), North American Branch
Organizer: Shawn Phillip Cooper, Oakland Community College
Presider: Shawn Phillip Cooper
- “Infirmity, Injury, and Malaise in the Lancelot’s Book of the Agravains (Yale MS 229),” Elizabeth Moore Willingham, Baylor Univ.
- “‘By stroke of pestilence’: Personifying Death in Post-Plague Middle English Literature,” Alexandra Claridge, Univ. of Liverpool
- “Earthly Corruption and Eucharistic Healing in Pearl,” Tessa Carman, Independent Scholar
- “Bisclavret and PTSD,” Robin J. Wright, Independent Scholar
204* Wednesday, May 11, 7:00 p.m. EDT
Sickness in the Medieval Court II: Historical Responses
Sponsor: International Courtly Literature Society (ICLS), North American Branch
Organizer: Shawn Phillip Cooper, Oakland Community College
Presider: Shawn Phillip Cooper
- “Medieval Roots of an Early Modern Prayer for Plague,” Drew Nathaniel Keane, Georgia Southern Univ.
- “Taking the “Water of Honeysuckles”: The Illness Behavior of Late Medieval English Nobility,” Rachel M. Podd, Fordham Univ.
- “The King’s One Body: Specific and General Medical Advice in Royal Courts of the Later Middle Ages,” Noa Nikolsky, Univ. of Pennsylvania
246* Thursday, May 12, 3:00 p.m. EDT
Romance and Rhetoric: Roundtable in Memory of Dhira Mahoney
Sponsors: International Courtly Literature Society (ICLS), North American Branch; International Arthurian Society, North American Branch
(IAS/NAB)
Organizer: Susanne Hafner, Fordham Univ.
Presider: Megan B. Abrahamson, Central New Mexico Community College
A roundtable discussion with Christina M. Francis, Bloomsburg Univ. of Pennsylvania; Suzanne C. Hagedorn, College of William & Mary; Albrecht Classen, Univ. of Arizona; Alison Langdon, Western Kentucky Univ.; Anita Obermeier, Univ. of New Mexico