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62nd International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo, MI, 2022).

Calls for Papers !

Session 1 Title: Rereading Christian, Saracen, and Genre in Medieval French Literature (2001): Papers in Honor of Lynn T. Ramey

The Société Rencesvals, Pan-American Branch, wishes to honor Lynn T. Ramey in celebration of 25 years since the publication of her first monograph, Christian, Saracen, and Genre in Medieval French Literature. We invite proposals that engage directly with the central ideas, arguments, and/or methodologies explored by Ramey in her work, and which discuss the representation of Muslims by Romance language authors c. 1100-1500 (Italian, Old Occitan, Old French, Medieval Castilian, for instance).

We are especially interested in papers that give particular attention to themes of gender and race as they relate to epic depictions of Muslim-Christian relations in chansons de geste, chivalric romances, and lyric poetry.

Please upload your proposal (name, affiliation if any, title, 300-word abstract, and short description) to by Sept. 15.

Scholars interested in participating, especially those who may not benefit from standard forms of academic funding, are welcome to apply to our grant program. See our website for further information.

Session 2 : Constructing the Self in the Romance-Language Epic

The Société Rencesvals, Pan-American Branch, invites proposals from scholars whose research examines Romance-language epics as sites of social discourse. Far from being merely “songs of deeds,” these texts were critical commentaries on contemporary ideologies. They thus speak profoundly to processes of self-conceptualization in far-ranging topics including –but not limited to– regional/national identity, faith, gender, and race. We are interested in the examination of how Romance-language epics use discourse to construct value systems that contribute to conceptions of the self, situating this literature in the larger study of the production of ideologies in the Middle Ages.

Please upload your proposal (name, affiliation if any, title, 300-word abstract, and short description) to by Sept. 15.

Scholars interested in participating, especially those who may not benefit from standard forms of academic funding, are welcome to apply to our grant program. See our website for further information.

Annual Business meeting for the American-Canadian Branch of the Société Rencesvals

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The Annual Convention of the Modern Language Association
2027 MLA Annual Convention (Los Angeles, 7-10 January 2027)

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23nd International Congress of the Société Rencesvals (Univ. de Neuchâtel, July 14-18, 2025)

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