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39th International Conguess on MedieuaL Studies 6-9 May 2OO4 MEDIEVAL INSTITUTE College of Arts and Sciences Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008-5432 2004 TabLe of Contents Welcome Letter iii-iv General Information v-viii Registration Process ix Exhibits Hall X Exhibitors xi WMU Dining Services xii About the Mail xiii Advance Notice—2005 Congress xiv The Congress: How It Works & Why XV Directions to WMU xvi Film Fest and Fashion Show xvii 2004 Plenary Lectures xviii Congress Travel Awards xix David R.Tashjian Travel Awards XX The Medieval Cart xxi Concerts xxii-xxiii Off-Campus Accommodations xxiv 2004 NEH Summer Institute XXV 2005 Visiting Fellows Program xxvi 2004 Visiting Fellow xxvii Griindler Prize 2005 xxviii The Medieval Review xxix Medieval Institute Publications xxx-xxxi Master's Program in Medieval Studies xxxii-xxxiv 40th Congress Booklet XXXV Richard Rawlinson Center xxxvi-xxxvii Medieval Institute Endowment Fund xxxviii Visual Resources Library xxxix About WMU xl Schedule of Events 1-176 Index of Sponsoring Organizations 177-181 Index of Participants 183-204 List of Advertisers A-1 Advertising A-2-A-57 Maps M-l-M-7 Dear Colleague: I am very happy to request the pleasure of your company at the Thirty-Ninth International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo. The Congress will take place Thursday-Sunday, May 6-9, 2004, on the campus of Western Michigan University under the sponsorship of the Medieval Institute. As is the custom, formal sessions and related Congress programs will survey the multiple aspects of our common discipline. These many and varied opportunities for intellectual exchange will mark the current state of research and suggest future directions, while giving both established scholars and younger members of the profession an opportunity to present their work. This year's activities include our regular program of plenary lectures on Friday and Saturday mornings, respectively: Margot Fassler (Yale University), "Making History: Actions and Agents within the Liturgical Framework of Time" and Eamon Duffy (Magdalene College, Cambridge), "Margin and Center: The Book of Hours and the Late Medieval Culture of Prayer?" As is the tra dition, the Medieval Academy sponsors the Friday plenary lecture. I am grateful to Boydell & Brewer for their continuing sponsorship of the Saturday plenary lecture. For details see p. xviii. Special evening activities include two performances and a schedule of medievalist films. For the first-time ever the Congress joins with the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival in con cert programming. Thursday night the Institute presents Etoile du Nord, a program of music from thirteenth-century France featuring Shira Kammen and Anne Azema. Regular Congress-goers will recall Anne Azema's splendid 1997 Congress appearance. Friday evening The Boston Camerata, which includes Shira Kammen and Anne Azema, presents a program of music from Elizabethan England, What Then is Love? An Elizabethan Evening, featuring the works of William Byrd and John Bull. Be sure to order your tickets in advance; see pp. xxii-xxiii for more information on the con certs and how to order your Friday night tickets directly from The Gilmore. The three films— lvanhoe (1952), A Connecticut Yankee (1931), and The Virgin Spring (1959)—are free at Kirsch Auditorium (Fetzer 1005), with discussions of the second and third films at 10:00 a.m. the fol lowing mornings. Page xvii summarizes the film festival and related program activities. Regular Congress-goers will recall Edward G. ["Ned"] Eisenhuth and Frederick G. ["Fred"] Lutkus, high school teachers from Minersville Area [Pennsylvania] High School, who with their students constructed a Viking boat displayed and floated on the Swan Pond at the 2000 Congress. We are pleased to welcome back Messrs. Eisenhuth and Lutkus, who this year will display an authentic medieval cart in the lobby of the Bernhard Center on Friday and Saturday. Please see p. xxi for details. Congress registrants will have access to e-mail via TELNET and/or web access at the Bern- hard Center or the University Computing Services labs upon presentation of their badges and pic ture ID. Valley II Dining Hall will serve as the Exhibits Hall, with arguably the largest exhibit anywhere of new and used books in Medieval Studies plus related materials. You will find details regarding registration, housing, meals, transportation, exhibits, comput ers, etc. in the following white pages of this program book, pp. v-viii. The white pages give infor mation pertinent to this year's Congress; the blue pages offer information about the Congress in general; and the yellow pages introduce one and all to select programs at the Medieval Institute, especially the 2004 NEH Summer Institute and the Master of Arts Program in Medieval Studies. As we move closer to May, you should consult the Institute's ever-changing WorldWideWeb site: http://www.wmich.edu/medieval. Much of the information you find in this program will be available on the web, as will updates, changes, and additions. Browse our site to find even more about the Institute's activities. Once again let me thank the many who came to the 38th Congress last May despite the war in Iraq, SARS, airline problems, and travel budget catastrophes. We are grateful that so many are UI planning to come in equal numbers to the 39th Congress. The past year has not been kind to high er education in the United States, and particularly public higher education (49 out of the 50 states raised tuition, often substantially). Michigan has hardly been spared these troubles. At this writ ing (December) WMU faces its third budget cut in the last twelve months and has already announced a fourth for next year. The Institute, the College of Arts and Sciences, and this cam pus have worked hard to shield the Congress from most, but not all, of these financial problems. Some changes are inevitable. In order to reduce costs we do find it necessary to restrict interna tional mailing of the Congress book to those who are on the program. See page xiii for a full expla nation. Those who need to consult the program will find that the web version will meet their needs. It is the current plan, however, to continue mailing the summer Call for Papers to everyone on our mailing list. Our registration fee increase is a minimal one. We have tried to shelter grad uate student participants, and we have kept housing and meal rates as low as we can. Let me look ahead to the 40th Congress in 2005. To mark the anniversary event the Congress Committee solicits one-page reminiscences, recollections, or reflections from Congress-goers for a 40-page souvenir booklet to be issued at the Congress to those who attend. The Congress Committee would also like to receive suggestions on how otherwise to mark that special number "40." See p. xxxv for more information. Last year the Congress could not use half of Valley III, i.e. Harrison and Stinson residence halls, because of building renovation schedules. For the 2004 Congress Harrison-Stinson is back on line with accommodations, but the lobby rehab there makes the lobby unsuitable for registra tion activities. The Congress will continue to use the larger Eldridge-Fox lobby for registration. This year we have sought a reorganization and enhancement of off-campus accommodations. Working with the Kalamazoo County Convention and Visitors Bureau, we can now offer a cen tralized booking service available off our website. Congress participants should find the one-stop for off-campus hotels easy to work with. See p. xxiv for more information. The Radisson, which has completed a multi-million dollar expansion and renovation, remains our main hotel, this year offering a limited number of one-bedroom suites at a special Congress rate. We also welcome Lees Inn & Suites, with their near-airport location, as our fourth official hotel, joining Hawthorn Suites and Holiday Inn-West. I would like to thank the scores of medievalists who volunteered to chair General Sessions for the 2004 Congress and the colleagues who organized Special and Sponsored Sessions, some 90% of the total sessions. They help us immeasurably. I am grateful to many within the Institute for their special efforts on the 39th: Liz Teviotdale (Assistant Director), especially for leading the development of the new Congress website, Lisa Carnell, Amanda Madden, Elisabeth McCaffery, Steffany Campbell, James Gregory, and Judy Krane-Calvert, as well as Linda K. Judy and Candy Porath. My thanks also go to Greg Laing for his work on our Congress program website, which should be up and running before you read these words in print. Paul E. Szarmach, Director The Medieval Institute, 104E Walwood Hall Western Michigan University 1903 W. Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5432 Phone 269-387-8745 FAX 269-387-8750 e-mail: [email protected] (n.b.: only one "s" in the address) WWW = http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress IV GENERAL INFORMATION REGISTRATION Everyone attending the Congress must fill out the official Registration Form. Participants may either pre-reg- ister by mail by April 15, or register on site. One form must be filled out for each person; photocopies of the form are acceptable. You may also download the form from the website: http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/ The Medieval Institute offers online registration. Congress attendees are encouraged to use the online sys tem for clarity, expediency, and convenience. A link to the secure server can be found on the Congress web site. Questions regarding this registration option can be directed to: [email protected] Registration fees for all participants are: $120.00 —regular $75.00 — student (registration form must be accompanied by verification of student status) $75.00 — each accompanying family member NOTE: REGISTRATION FEES ARE NOT REFUNDABLE AFTER APRIL 15 CAMPUS HOUSING WILL NOT BE RESERVED AFTER APRIL 15 ALL WHO ATTEND SESSIONS, GIVE PAPERS OR CHAIR SESSIONS OR TAKE PART IN PANELS, VISIT THE EXHIBITS, OR OTHERWISE PARTICIPATE IN THE CONGRESS AND ITS ACTIVITIES MUST REGISTER.