Every year the Texas Medieval Association sponsors a number of sessions at the International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan. These sessions are open-submission, and you do not have to be a TEMA member to participate in one. The seven TEMA-sponsored sessions scheduled for the 39th International Congress, May 6-9, 2004, are listed below.
[Note: The TEMA Business Meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, May 7, in Valley III 307. Don Kagay will be there to accept your session proposals for Kalamazoo 2005.]
Thursday, 6 May 10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. - Session 6: Valley III 307
Fables and
Storytelling in the Libro de buen amor
Organizer: Paul Larson, Baylor Univ.
Presider: L. J. Andrew Villalon, Univ. of Cincinnati
Thursday, 6 May 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m. - Session 67: Valley III 307
Family, Politics,
and Power in Tenth-Century Northern France
Organizer: Sally N. Vaughn, Univ. of Houston
Presider: Sally N. Vaughn
Thursday, 6 May 3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. - Session 130: Valley III 307
The Treatment
and Perception of Madness in the Middle Ages
Organizer: Wendy Turner, Augusta State Univ.
Presider: Donald J. Kagay, Albany State Univ.
Friday, 7 May 3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m. - Session 311: Valley III 307
The Madness
of Women in Late Medieval England and the Pastoral Response
Organizer: Mary Beth L. Davis, Texas A&M Univ.-Corpus Christi
Presider: Wendy Turner, Augusta State Univ.
Saturday, 8 May 10:00 a.m.-11:30 p.m. - Session 407: Sangren 2203
The Investigation
of Capital Crimes in the Many Systems of Medieval Law
Organizer: Donald J. Kagay, Albany State Univ.
Presider: Donald J. Kagay
Saturday, 8 May 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. - Session 493: Valley III 307
Ritual and
Magic in Early Europe
Organizer: Sally N. Vaughn, Univ. of Houston
Presider: Michael H. Gelting, Rigsarkivet
Sunday, 9 May 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Session 582: Valley III 307
Justice,
Mercy, and Social Control in English Medieval Law
Organizer: Sally N. Vaughn, Univ. of Houston, and Patricia Orr, Independent
Scholar
Presider: Piotr Górecki, Univ. of California-Riverside
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