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Call for Papers: 9th Annual Pearl Kibre Medieval Study Graduate Student Conference CUNY Graduate Center

9th Annual Pearl Kibre Medieval Study Graduate Student Conference CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY (February 28, 2014)

“Medieval Celebrations”

The Pearl Kibre Medieval Study, CUNY Graduate Center’s student-run organization for medieval studies, is hosting their ninth annual graduate student conference: Medieval Celebrations. We invite grad students to submit proposals about celebrations of all kinds.

Topics for presentations include but are not limited to:
• Festivals, feasts, and food
• Holy days and saints days
• Forms of ritual
• The Mass
• Coronation
• Baptisms, weddings, and funerals
• Entertainment and performance
• Agriculture and pagan vestiges
• Markets
• Mockery and foolery

We also invite grad student performers of medieval music or dramatic arts to submit proposals for short performances (up to 30 minutes; please include estimation of time).

Please submit your abstract of no more than 300 words by November 30, 2013.
Include your name and affiliation.
Papers must be 15-20 minutes in length, and performances no more than 30 minutes.
Submissions should be emailed to medievalstudy@gmail.com

For more information please visit: https://pkms.commons.gc.cuny.edu/call-for-papers-medieval-congress-2014/