Session “Traditional Ways of Knowing in the Middle Ages (A Roundtable)” sponsored by Center for Medieval Studies, Univ. of Minnesota–Twin Citiesfor the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo 2024.
- Location: Kalamazoo, MI
- Date: 9-11 May 2024
- Submit proposal via ICMS website (https://icms.confex.com/icms/2024/cfp.cgi) by 15 September 2023.
- Under “Session Selection” select “Roundtables” and scroll down to “Traditional“–you will find the green submit button.
- Contact: Michelle M. Hamilton ([email protected])
- Call for Papers (below)
Several fields have turned to the past to recovertraditionalwaysof knowing (foodways, medicine, cosmetics, manufacturing, agriculture, science/magic, the arts, etc.) in the face of challenges to modern, industrialized life. This interdisciplinary roundtable will provide a forum for scholars engaged in a variety of methodologies (literary history/manuscript studies, comparative study of medieval and modern understandings, recreation ortraditionalmethodsand techniques) to discuss the challenges, opportunities and limitations that suchtraditionalwaysof knowing present. Scholars working in the medieval Middle East, Africa, Asia, the Americas and other areas outside of Western Europe are encouraged to submit a proposal.
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