The following sessions will be organized by the Medieval Iberian Languages, Literatures and Cultures (LLC) at the upcoming 2026 MLA Convention.

  • Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Date: 8-11 January 2026

#401 (Be)Laboring Medieval Iberian Texts and Cultural Production (in person)
Date: Saturday, 10 January 2026, 8:30 AM – 9:45 AM
Location: MTCC – 711

“Working Stiffs: Uniting the Quick and the Dead in Gonzalo de Berceo” – Robin M. Bower, Penn State U, Beaver”Labors of Redemption: The End of the World as a Family Affair in the Cantigas de Santa Maria” – Noel Blanco Mourelle, U of Chicago”‘Las mugeres que . . . entran por los foracos e comen e chupan las criaturas’: Fearing Female Labor and Transformation in Late Medieval Castile” – Rebecca De Souza, U of Stirling

“Labors of Love: The Monastery of San Pedro de Arlanza and the Fernán González Tradition”  – Peter Mahoney, Stonehill C

#627 New Currents in Medieval Iberian Studies (in person)
Date: Sunday, 11 January 2026, 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM
Location: MTCC – 705

“New Materialist Approaches to Medieval Iberian Literature” – Yonsoo Kim, Purdue U, West Lafayette

“The Playful, the Comedic, and the Not-Funny: What Is Risible in Premodern Literature?” – Sanda Munjic, U of Toronto

“The Ethics of Transliteration in Medieval Castilian Manuscripts” – Anita Savo, Boston U

“Rediscovering the Medieval Threshold: Animal-Human Relations in the Royal Hunt” – Jonathan David Burgoyne, Ohio State U, Columbus

2026 MLA Sessions sponsored by Medieval Iberian LLC
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