CALL FOR PAPERS: MEDIEVAL SECRETS AND MYSTERIES
2014 University of Victoria Student Conference in Medieval Studies
February 28 - March 1, 2014
The Medieval Studies Course Union of the University of Victoria invites
submissions for a student conference: Medieval Secrets and Mysteries, to be held at the University of Victoria on February 28 - March
1, 2014. We invite graduate and undergraduate students to submit proposals
about medieval mysteries and secrets of any kind: esotericism, symbology, almanacs,
bestiaries, revelations, confidences, adulteries, magic, divination, gossip,
intrigues, crimes and murders, cryptology, secret orders and cults,
conspiracies, witchcraft, hidden identities, impostors, gender and sexual
identities, heretics and atheists, censorship, etc.
Topics for presentations include but are not limited to:
·
Religions and
Institutions
·
The Many Faces of
Magic
·
Double Lives and
Identity
·
Courtly Love and
Secrecy
·
The Discovery of
Privacy
·
Modern Medieval
Mysteries
·
Legends about the
Middle Ages
·
Conspiracy-Busting
·
Making the Middle
Ages Accessible
·
Speaking Medieval
We also invite student performances
of medieval crafts, music, and dramatic or martial arts to submit proposals for
short performances and shows (up to 30 minutes).
Please submit your abstract of no more than 300 words by November 30, 2013.
Include your name and affiliation. Submissions should be emailed to dirmedi@uvic.ca
Presentations of papers will be 15-20 minutes in length, and performances no more than 30 minutes.
