Category Archives: Conferences and Professional Development Opportunities

Writing Through Lacunae: Generative Erasures, Medieval Multiverses

Posted on August 30, 2022 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

By actively turning attention to the erasures and lacunae left on, in, and by my subjects of study … allowing myself along the way to think and write deeply into them… I am continuously learning, re-learning, and helping my students and readers to learn, how to engage with my work.
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CFP: ASIMS at SLU CMRS, June 2020

Posted on November 13, 2019 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

ASIMS: The American Society of Irish Medieval Studies seeks papers on the subject of “Emotion in/and Medieval Irish Studies” for a session proposal for the St Louis University CMRS Symposium, June 15-17, 2020. As an interdisciplinary society, we welcome papers … Continue reading →

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I’m Giving a Plenary!

Posted on August 5, 2019 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

Hi, everyone, I have exciting news (well, it’s exciting to me): I’ll be giving the plenary talk at this year’s Medieval Association of the Midwest conference in October! My talk will be on cannibals and gender in medieval literature, and … Continue reading →

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Two CFPs for Kalamazoo 2020

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

Hello, all! Taking a brief hiatus from writing, writing, writing (on which, more later) to share these calls for papers for two sessions at the International Congress on Medieval Studies (“Kalamazoo”) which will be of interest to those working in … Continue reading →

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Another Call for Papers: IMC Leeds 2019

Posted on July 11, 2018 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

For folks who would prefer to give a paper on Arthurian animals on the other side of the pond, here’s one more CFP, this time for Leeds IMC 2019! Animals and Materiality in the Arthurian Tradition Proposed session for the … Continue reading →

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Calls for Papers: Animal Studies sessions at the International Congress on Medieval Studies 2019!

Posted on July 8, 2018 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

Hello, all! I hope you are having a restful and productive summer. Below please find two CFPs for sessions on animal studies at next year’s ‘Zoo, and please share widely and/or consider submitting an abstract if you have anything that … Continue reading →

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Hitting My Stride: a System for Developing a Research Agenda beyond the Dissertation / Book Project

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

With the academic year ended and our seniors graduated and feted, many, if not most, scholars are now turning their attention to their summer writing projects. This is especially true of those of us with heavy teaching loads, who often … Continue reading →

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CFP: Celtic/ Old English Studies at MLA 2019

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

Greetings and salutations! Apologies for the radio-silence this month; it’s been a February, and someone forgot that two sections of Research and Argumentation means 40 students instead of 20 students to work on multiple drafts of multiple essays and hold … Continue reading →

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CFP: MEARCSTAPA at the Mid-America Medieval Association Conference

Posted on May 19, 2017 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

Here’s another fun CFP for your consideration…. come play in Kansas City, MO this September! CFP: “Examining Contagion” MEARCSTAPA-sponsored panel at Mid-America Medieval Association annual conference, Saturday, September 16, 2017, at University of Missouri-Kansas City Session organizer: Melissa Ridley Elmes, … Continue reading →

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Call For Papers: Outlaws at SEMA!

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Melissa Ridley Elmes

CFP: Southeastern Medieval Association Conference, November 15-18, 2017, Charleston, SC IARHS–sponsored panel: “Cities of Gold, Forests of Green:  Sacred and Profane Spaces in Outlaw Tales” Session organizers: Melissa Ridley Elmes and Sherron Lux Session Presider: Sherron Lux A traditional reading … Continue reading →

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