CFP: 23rd Annual Medieval Studies Institute Symposium, IU

The Medieval Studies Institute
23rd Annual Symposium
Knights, Pilgrims, Scholars, and Dreamers: Wandering in the Middle Ages
April 1-2, 2011
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Abstracts due: Monday, November 22, 2010

We are pleased to announce the 23rd Annual Medieval Studies Institute Symposium, April 1 -2, 2011.
CALL FOR PAPERS: KNIGHTS, PILGRIMS, SCHOLARS, AND DREAMERS: WANDERING IN THE MIDDLE AGES
From the traveling tales of the Canterbury pilgrims to Mohammad’s night journey, to itinerant jongleurs, to Lancelot’s descent into madness and Dante’s descent into Hell, physical and spiritual wandering was an important motif in the Middle Ages. We interpret the idea of wandering broadly to encompass voyage, crusade, pilgrimage, religious instruction, translation, travel narratives (including travel to the “other world”), quests for wisdom and wanderings into foolishness, diaspora and migration, expulsion, and scientific exploration, development and discovery.  Our  explorations of wandering will be complemented by the Jacobs School of Music, Early Music Institute’s April Fool’s weekend concert featuring “the wise and the foolish.” With this collaboration in mind, we welcome papers from any and every discipline, on topics that address any facet of wandering in the Middle Ages.
For more information and updates, please visit our website: www.indiana.edu/~medieval/
Please submit  a one-page abstract via our website by Monday, November 22, 2010.

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