Daily Archives: August 22, 2013

In the wake of crisis in Europe, bits and pieces of the past are being resurrected as a means of understanding the present and imagining the future.   Historical figures are re-evaluated and held out as models, once-dismissed ideologies reappear … Continue reading →

Call for Papers 49th International Congress on Medieval Studies Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI May 8-11, 2014 A Casa de Avis: Legacies from Portugal (session of papers) Portuguese studies are under-represented in the Medieval studies community as a whole. Its literature … Continue reading →

The Seventeenth Annual International Congress of the Mediterranean Studies Association will be held on May 28-31, 2014, at the University of Málaga, Spain. Proposals are now being solicited for individual paper presentations, panel discussions, and complete sessions on all subjects … Continue reading →

Ever since Alexander the Great built his empire in the 330s BCE, his personality and exploits captured the  interest and imagination of the people of many lands — both lands that he had conquered, in southeastern Europe, Asia, and Africa, … Continue reading →

New Approaches to Performance Practice:  Process, Theory, Technique, Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society sponsored session at ICMS, Kalamazoo May 8-11, 2014 Medieval drama scholars are not new to the idea that reconstructive performance experiments yield valuable information about early dramatic … Continue reading →