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NAB Officers 2003 (for full addresses see Bibliographical Bulletin of the International Arthurian Society [bbias]) President: Susann Samples (Mount St. Mary’s College) Immediate Past President: Alan Lupack (University of Rochester) Vice-President: William W. Kibler (University of Texas) Secretary-Treasurer: Jean Blacker (Kenyon College) Bibliographer: Dan Nastali (Independent Scholar) Advisory Committee: RomanceL anguages:P eggyM cCracken(U niversityo fM ichigan) EnglishK: athleenK ely( NortheasternU niversity) GermanicD: avidJ ohnson( FloridaS tateU niversity) CanadaJ: amesN oble( Universityo fN ewB runswick) PostM edieval:Cha rlotteA.T .W ulf(V illaJ ulieCo llege) Bonnie Wheeler, Arthuriana Editor (Southern Methodist U, ex officio) IAS Officers 2003 (for full addresses see bbias) President: Dr. Bart Besamusca (University of Utrecht Honorary President: Jane H. M. Taylor (St. Hilda’s College, Oxford U)) Vice-President: Peter Field (University of Wales-Bangor) Secretary: Maria Colombo Timelli (University of Milan) Treasurer: Joan Grimbert (Catholic University of America) bbias/bbsia Editor: Dr. Frank Brandsma (University of Utrecht) Back Issues of bbias and Arthuriana: For back issues of bbias through v. 51/1999, contact Joan Grimbert, Dept. of Modern Languages, Catholic U, Washington, DC 20064 ([email protected]); for v. 52-53/2000–2001, contact Jean Blacker, Kenyon C, Gambier, OH 43022–9623 ([email protected]). Back issues still available are v. 25–29 (1973–77) and 31–34 (1979–82), all for $10 each; v. 36–41 (1984–89), 43 (1991), and 45–51 (1993–99) are $18 each; v. 51-52 (2000–2001) are $20 each. All other volumes are out of print. For back issues of Arthuriana, contact Arthuriana, Box 750432, SMU, Dallas, TX 75275–0432 ([email protected]).
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Arthurian Studies at Kalamazoo: 38th International Congress on Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo, May 8–11, 2003. [For information and registration materials write to Prof. Paul Szarmach, director, The Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008–5432; tel. 616–387–8745; fax: 616–387–8750; e-mail: [email protected]; web page: http://www.wmich.edu.medieval/congress.] IAS Business Meeting: Friday, 9 May, 12 Noon, Fetzer 1010. North American Branch Business Meeting with box lunches ($6.00; quantity limited: first come, first served). 1. Adoption of the agenda 2. Minutes of the meeting of May 2002 (see Arthuriana 12.3, 104–106) 3. President’s Report 4. Matters arising 5. Secretary-Treasurer’s report 6. Bibliographer’s report 7. Report from the Editor of Arthuriana 8. Sessions for Kalamazoo 2004 9. Other business Reception hosted by NAB/IAS: Friday, 9 May, 5:15 p.m., Bernhard 158. Kalamazoo 2003 Sessions Sponsored by the North American Branch of the International Arthurian Society, Thursday, 8 May to Sunday, 11 May 2003: Session 73 (Thursday, May 8, 1:30–3): Valley I 102 Trust, Guilt, and Suspicion in Arthurian Literature Sponsor: International Arthurian Society, North American Branch Organizer: Felicia Ackerman, Brown Univ. Presider: Felicia Ackerman 1. “Alas, Who May Truste Thys World?”: Exploring Trust in Malory’s Morte. Janet Jesmok, Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 2. Keeping Score in Malory’s Book of Sir Tristram Michael W. Twomey, Ithaca College 3. How the Queen Lies: Female Wiles and the Portrait of the King Janina P. Traxler, Manchester College 4. Trust, Guilt, Suspicion, and Lancelot in the French Prose Lancelot Carol Dover, Georgetown Univ. Session 134 (Thursday, May 8, 3:30–5): Valley I 102 Political Uses of the Arthurian Legend Sponsor: International Arthurian Society, North American Branch Organizer: June Hall McCash, Middle Tennessee State Univ. Presider: June Hall McCash 1. Two Interpretations of the Historia regum Britanniae: Llywelyn ap Gruffydd and Edward I Heather Shaw, Univ. of Toronto 2. Dedicated to Peace: Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia regum Britanniae and the Civil War of the 1130s 96 arthuriana
Rebecca Slitt, Fordham Univ. 3. Myth, Marketing, and Political Prophecy: Sir Gawane and the Celts of Carlisle Jean Coakley, Miami Univ. of Ohio Session 199 (Friday, May 9, 10–11:30): Fetzer 1010 Arthurian Comedy Sponsor: International Arthurian Society, North American Branch Organizer: Joan Grimbert, Catholic Univ. of America Presider: Joan Grimbert 1. ‘Fetchez la Vache [et des Peaux Banane et des Tartes à la Crème]’: The Comic Aspects of Arthurian Cinema Kevin J. Harty, LaSalle Univ. 2. First We Kill the Professors: Academicide and the Impossibility of History in Monty Python’s Holy Grail Martin B. Shichtman, Eastern Michigan Univ., and Laurie A. Finke, Kenyon College 3. ‘The Violence Inherent in the System’: Anti-Medievalism in Monty Python and the Holy Grail Susan Aronstein, Univ. of Wyoming Session 457 (Saturday, May 10, 1:30–3): Bernhard 210 Arthurian Illustration Sponsor: International Arthurian Society, North American Branch Organizer: Donald L. Hoffman, Northeastern Illinois Univ. Presider: Donald L. Hoffman 1. Framing the Romance: The Role of the Frontispiece in a Prose Lancelot (Morgan MS M.805) Dorothy Schrader, Oklahoma State Univ. 2. Beyond Illustration: Julia Margaret Cameron’s Illustrations to Tennyson’s Idylls of the King Debra N. Mancoff, School of the Art Institute of Chicago 3. From Nero to Neo: The Visual Ages of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Daniela Sovea, Univ. of Connecticut 4. Visions of Merlin in Four Colors: Illustrating the Legend of Merlin in the Comics Michael A. Torregrossa, Univ. of Connecticut Other Kalamazoo Sessions of Interest to Arthurians: Session 61 (Thursday, May 8, 1:30–3): Valley III 307 Wolfram von Eschenbach Organizer: Christoph J. Steppich, Texas A&M Univ. Presider: Jean E. Godsall-Myers, Widener Univ. 1. The Image of the Crusader in the Works of Wolfram von Eschenbach: A Historical Perspective Jace Stuckey, Univ. of Florida the round table 97
2. The Characterizations of King Arthur: Their Function and Representation in Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival and Adolf Muschg’s Der rote Ritter: Eine Geschichte von Parzival Judith G. Benz, Yale Univ. 3. New Questions about King Arthur’s Round Table in Wolfram’s Parzival Christoph J. Steppich, Texas A&M Univ. Session 98 (Thursday, May 8, 1:30–3: Bernhard 105 Feminine Figures around Merlin Sponsor: Société Internationale des Amis de Merlin Organizer: Anne Berthelot, Univ. of Connecticut Presider: Marijke De Visser-Van Terwisga, Univ. of Amsterdam 1. Ladies, Enchantresses, and the Mage: Merlin Surrounded, Reflected, or Just Plain Finished? Barbara D. Miller, Buffalo State College 2. Demon and Saint: Merlin’s Parents Meriel Wisotsky, Columbia College 3. Virtuous Heritage: The Presence and Character of Merlin’s Mother Kisha G. Tracy, Univ. of Connecticut 4. Les fonctions de Viviane dans le Graal-Théâtre Florence Marsal, College of the Holy Cross Thursday, 8 May, 8 p.m. Kirsch Auditorium, Fetzer 1005. Medieval Film Fest: Monte Python and the Holy Grail. Discussion on Friday 10:00 a.m. in Fetzer 1010. Session 192 (Friday, May 9, 10–11:30): Valley I 106 Women and Chivalry in Malory’s Morte Darthur Organizer: Felicia Ackerman, Brown Univ. Presider: Arnold Sanders, Goucher College 1. Women, Chivalry, and Homosocial Bonding: The Case of Sir Palomides Dorsey Armstrong, Purdue Univ. 2. ‘Thou to Love That Lovyth Not Is But Grete Foly’: Chivalry and Unrequited Love in Malory’s World Felicia Ackerman 3. Chivalric Women Kenneth Hodges, Univ. of Oklahoma 4. Infertility, Incest, and the Undoing of Chivalry Karen Cherewatuk, St. Olaf College Session 285 (Friday, May 9, 1:30–3): Bernhard Brown & Gold Room Holy Hand Grenades: Arthuriana in Honor of Donald L. Hoffman: Roundtable I Organizer: Martin B. Shichtman, Eastern Michigan Univ. Presider: Bonnie Wheeler, Southern Methodist Univ. 1. Naughty Arthuriana Elizabeth S. Sklar, Wayne State Univ. 2. Rude Tales and Glorious: Arthurian Romance? Edward Donald Kennedy, Univ. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 98 arthuriana
3. Boys in Trouble: Reverse Hegemony in the Arthurian Construct of Rescue Debra N. Mancoff, School of the Art Institute of Chicago 4. The Damsel ‘in Dis Dress’: Gender Bending in the Arthuriad Kevin J. Harty, La Salle Univ. Session 299 (Friday, May 9, 1:30–3): Sangren 3213 Two Major Arthurians Presider: Bruce A. Beatie, Cleveland State Univ. 1. The Adventures of Gaston Paris in the ‘Dark Forest’ of Arthurian Romances Isabel DiVanna, Univ. of Manchester 2. Coming Out of the Wardrobe: C. S. Lewis as Closet Arthurian Fiona Tolhurst, Alfred Univ. Session 347 (Friday, May 9, 3:30–5): Bernhard Brown & Gold Room Holy Hand Grenades: Arthuriana in Honor of Donald L. Hoffman: Roundtable II Organizer: Elizabeth S. Sklar, Wayne State Univ. Presider: Laurie A. Finke, Kenyon College 1. Arthurian Absurdities Alan Lupack, Univ. of Rochester 2. A Newly Discovered Arthurian Romance Norris J. Lacy, Pennsylvania State Univ. 3. Water, Sports, and the Holy Grail: Adam Sandler Gets Arthurian Martin B. Shichtman, Eastern Michigan Univ. 4. Prephemera Kathleen Kelly, Northeastern Univ. Friday, May 9, 8 p.m., Fetzer 1040 Malory’s Morte Darthur Aloud—Flourishing Your Heart in This World: A Readers’ Performance Organizer: D. Thomas Hanks Jr., Baylor Univ. Presider: Janet Jesmok, Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee(correction from program) A readers’ performance with Mary Hamel, Mount St. Mary’s College; Dorsey Armstrong, California State Univ.-Long Beach; Tom Burton, Univ. of Adelaide; Barbara Newman, Northwestern Univ.; Marc Kaiser, Royal Holloway, Univ. of London; Thomas Farrell, Stetson Univ.; Peter G. Christensen, Cardinal Stritch Univ.; Joyce Coleman, Univ. of North Dakota; Michael W. Twomey, Ithaca College; Karen Cherewatuk, St. Olaf College; and Rosamund Allen, Queen Mary, Univ. of London. Session 385 (Saturday, May 10, 10–11:30): Fetzer 1035 Philosophical Themes and Issues in Malory’s Morte Darthur Organizer: Felicia Ackerman, Brown Univ. Presider: Felicia Ackerman 1. The Thorny Path, the Rainbow Apparition, and Social Conversion: Malory’s Mysticism in Vida Dutton Scudder’s World Sue Ellen Holbrook, Southern Connecticut State Univ. the round table 99
2. ‘Open Manslaughter’: The Limits of Violence in the Morte Darthur Carol V. Kaske, Cornell Univ. 3. Fifteenth-Century Middle English Terms of ‘Belongingness’: ‘Truste,’ ‘Trewe,’ and ‘Love’ in Malory Arnold Sanders, Goucher College Session 461 (Saturday, May 10, 1:30–3): Bernhard 215 Tristan: Inter-Cultural Contacts Sponsor: Tristan Society Organizer: Claude Evans, Univ. of Toronto-Mississauga, and Debora B. Schwartz, California Polytechnic State Univ.-San Luis Obispo Presider: Christopher R. Clason, Oakland Univ. 1. Yseut in Béroul and the Folies: Her Connections to the Irish and Welsh Queens and Goddesses Claude Evans 2. Le Tristan tchèque et ses sources Danielle Buschinger, Univ. de Picardie 3. The Romance of Tristan and Isolde in Jorge de Sena’s Work Francisco Cota Fagundes, Univ. of Massachusetts-Amherst and Irene Maria F. Blayer, Brock Univ. Session 479 (Saturday, May 10, 1:30–3): Sangren 3205 Malory’s Readers Past and Present: Ideologies, Strategies, Communities Organizer: Stephen Atkinson, Park Univ. Presider: Sandra Ness Ihle, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison 1. Reforming Malory: Spenser’s Protestant Humanist Reading of the Morte Darthur Paul R. Rovang, Edinboro Univ. of Pennsylvania 2. ‘Power within Me Clear’: Eugène Vinaver and the Fortunate Fall in Malory Studies Stephen Atkinson Session 496 (Saturday, May 10, 3:30–5): Valley I 102 Tristan: Fragments and Continuations Sponsor: Tristan Society Organizer: Debora B. Schwartz, California Polytechnic State Univ.-San Luis Obispo Presider: Claude Evans, Univ. of Toronto-Mississauga 1. Splinters, Disruptions, and Things Unsaid: The Insufficiency Problem in Gottfried’s Tristan Fragment Christopher R. Clason, Oakland Univ. 2. Lai Layout in the Paris Manuscripts of the Prose Tristan John Haines, Univ. of Toronto 3. A Novel or a Collection of ‘Novelle’? The Tristano riccardiano and the Novellino: A Note on ‘Adaptation’ of ‘Franceschi Romanzi’ Roberta Morosini, Wake Forest Univ. 100 arthuriana
Session 541 (Saturday, May 10, 3:30–5): Sangren 3205 Oral-Aural Malory and the Reception of Medieval Texts Organizer: D. Thomas Hanks Jr., Baylor Univ. Presider: Rosalind Field, Royal Holloway, Univ. of London 1. Scribal Reception of Malory’s Morte Darthur D. Thomas Hanks Jr. 2. The First Editors’ Reception of Malory’s Morte Darthur Kevin Grimm, Oakland Univ. 3. Reception by the Intended Audience: Aural Reception of the Morte Darthur Joyce Coleman, Univ. of North Dakota Session 547 (Saturday 3:30–5): Sangren 3311 English Arthurians Presider: Sandra M. Hordis, Arcadia Univ. 1. ‘That God Sende Me Good Delyveraunce’: Thomas Malory and Medieval Prison Literature Leigh Smith, East Stroudsburg Univ. 2. A Question of Syntax: Does Caxton’s Morte Darthur Really Preserve the Form of Malory’s Original? Brigid-Elizabeth N. Reardon, Indiana Univ.-Bloomington 3. Why Dame Ragnell Had to Die: Feminine Power in The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell Mary Leech, Univ. of Cincinnati 4. The Monstrously Beautiful: Gawain, Ragnell, Launfel, and Tryamour Teresa P. Reed, Jacksonville State Univ. Session 624 (Sunday, May 11, 10:30–Noon): Bernhard 215 Medieval Myths: Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival in Performance II Sponsor: Univ. Salzburg, SAMS.on, and Univ. St. Gallen Organizer: Ulrich Müller, Univ. Salzburg, and Siegrid Schmidt, Univ. Salzburg Presider: Ulrich Müller A discussion of performances by Wolfgang Mohr, Dieter Kuehn, Peter Wapnewski, Reinhard Wiedemann/Osvaldo Parisi and Eberhard Kummer with Klaus Schmidt, Bowling Green State Univ., and Siegrid Schmidt. World Wide Web Sites and List: Members of the NAB of the IAS are reminded of three important electronic sites: the International Medieval Congress at Kalamazoo:
Arden, Dr. Heather, 2630 Jett Hill, New Richmond, OH 45157 Armstrong, Prof. Dorsey, Dept. of English, Purdue U, 500 Oval Dr., West Lafayette, IN 47907 Beer, Prof. Jeanette, 227 Cranbury Rd., Princeton Jct., NJ 08550 Blanch, Prof. Robert J., 536 Winter St., Framingham, MA 01702–5631 Blanton, Dr. Virginia, Dept. of English, U of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 64110 Carley, Prof. James P. & Dr. Ann M. Hutchinson, Founders College, York U 4700 Keele St., Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada Christensen, Dr. Peter, Dept. of English, Cardinal Stritch U, 6801 North Yates Rd., Milwaukee, WI 53217 Crofts, Mr. Thomas H. III, 408 S. Mills St., Madison, WI 53715 Doherty, Mr. John J. and Mrs. Lisa A., 3505 NW Rainier LP, Flagstaff, AZ 86004 Findon, Dr. Joanne, Dept. of English Literature, Trent U, Peterborough, ON K9J 7B8, Canada Gerry, Ms. Kathryn, Dept. of History of Art, Johns Hopkins U, 3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218 Lehner, Miss Shannon G., 4717 Jamieson Ave. #8, St. Louis, MO 63109, McCarthy, Mr. Francis H., 1010 Eighth Ave., Floor 1, Watervliet, NY 12189–3101 McCash, Dr. June Hall, 1827 Waterford Rd., Murfreesboro, TN 37129 McGrew, Ms. Lesley E., 3015 Tulare Ave., Richmond, CA McKenzie, Ms. Margaret, 5755 Central Ave., #5, El Cerrito, CA 94530 Miller, Prof. Barbara D., 1415 Dodge Rd., Getzville, NY 14068 Over, Dr. Kristen Lee, Dept. of Language and Communication, Northwestern State U, Natchitoches, LA 71497 Ramey, Dr. Lynn, Dept. of French and Italian, Vanderbilt U, Nashville, TN 37235 Wallen, Prof. Martha, 720 Ballentine Rd., Menomenie, WI 54751 Welsh, Mr. Andrew, 727 Water St., Indiana, PA 15701 Whiteside, Prof. Dana-Linn, Dept. of English, Roanoke C, 221 College Dr., Salem VA, 24153–3794 Wright, Dr. Monica L., Dept. of Modern Languages and Literatures, Montana State U, P.O. Box 172980, Bozeman, MT 59717–2980 Name or title change or correction: Holbrook, Dr. Sue Ellen Kerekes, Prof. Robert J. Trimnell, Mrs. Karen Hunter Many thanks to NAB Secretary Jean Blacker, who furnished much of this material. Submitted by: D. Thomas Hanks, Jr. (Baylor Univ.), IAS/NAB Newsletter Editor