Medieval History
The following sessions will be of considerable interest to several list
members, I think. I send it along to you with the usual pleas for
forgiveness for cross-posting. Please feel free to forward to other interested parties!
Generational Difference and Medieval Masculinity (2 sessions)
1: Fathers and Sons in the Early Middle Ages
2: Fathers and Sons in the Later Middle Ages
These sessions have two aims. First, they will focus on masculinity, which
functions as an unexamined given in much gender scholarship; second,
they will
integrate cross-generational relations into the discussion by exploring
relations between fathers and sons. The paradigmatic father-son
relationship is
that of Abraham and Isaac; the standard reading explores kinds and degrees of
obedience. When the issue of obedience is decentered, however, father-son
relationships become a framework for a wider, more culturally complex inquiry
into law; labor; the history of the family, of motherhood, of childhood;
education in the craft shop or in the home; and others. There are
also affilial
relationships that acquire filial overtones, e.g., in monastic contexts, the
relationship between an abbot and his ?son,? the monk. Many
behavioral traits
not necessarily raised in scriptural examples, including competition between
fathers and sons, Oedipal desire, homosociality, and others,
nonetheless figure
into medieval history, literary texts, and iconography.
One of the premises of the session is that father-son relationships raise
questions of masculinity in which one party poses a standard the
other must try
to reach. Not every father is an example to his son, however, and the
generational advantage of age does not establish the higher standard in every
case. Two-page abstracts for 20-minute papers are invited by August 31. For
more information and submissions, please contact Allen J.
Frantzen ([email protected]).
- Men, Marriage, And The Family In The Middle Ages
CALL FOR PAPERS, Kalamazoo 2010 - please don't hesitate to circulate, and sorry for cross-listing. Session: Men, Marriage, and the Family in the Middle Ages The literature on women in the domestic sphere, as wives, mothers, daughters, and in work,...
- Call For Papers: **gender And Medieval Studies Conference
Apologies for my tardiness, I've been swamped and so postings are behind and hopefully not too late. Much more to come: *Call for Papers: **Gender and Medieval Studies Conference, Birmingham, 7-10 th January, 2010* * * The Annual Gender and Medieval...
- Early Middle English Society
The Early Middle English Society, which seeks to promote the study and scholarly discussion of English literary and cultural production from the late twelfth century to the mid-fourteenth century, is sponsoring two sessions at the seventeenth International...
- Roger Pearse At It Again....
One of these is the "Commentary on the Nicene Creed" by al-Majdalus. He may have been a Melkite priest of the 10th century. This one came in last weekend, which is why I publicise it. You can get the Arabic text, and English translation in Word documents....
- What Is Masculinity? How Useful Is It As A Historical Categpry?
What is Masculinity? How useful is it as a Historical Category? Birkbeck College, University of London, 14th, 15th & 16th May 2008. Conference weblink: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/hca/about/conferences/whatismasculinityconference In recent years, there has been...
Medieval History
Generational Difference and Medieval Masculinity (2 sessions)
The following sessions will be of considerable interest to several list
members, I think. I send it along to you with the usual pleas for
forgiveness for cross-posting. Please feel free to forward to other interested parties!
Generational Difference and Medieval Masculinity (2 sessions)
1: Fathers and Sons in the Early Middle Ages
2: Fathers and Sons in the Later Middle Ages
These sessions have two aims. First, they will focus on masculinity, which
functions as an unexamined given in much gender scholarship; second,
they will
integrate cross-generational relations into the discussion by exploring
relations between fathers and sons. The paradigmatic father-son
relationship is
that of Abraham and Isaac; the standard reading explores kinds and degrees of
obedience. When the issue of obedience is decentered, however, father-son
relationships become a framework for a wider, more culturally complex inquiry
into law; labor; the history of the family, of motherhood, of childhood;
education in the craft shop or in the home; and others. There are
also affilial
relationships that acquire filial overtones, e.g., in monastic contexts, the
relationship between an abbot and his ?son,? the monk. Many
behavioral traits
not necessarily raised in scriptural examples, including competition between
fathers and sons, Oedipal desire, homosociality, and others,
nonetheless figure
into medieval history, literary texts, and iconography.
One of the premises of the session is that father-son relationships raise
questions of masculinity in which one party poses a standard the
other must try
to reach. Not every father is an example to his son, however, and the
generational advantage of age does not establish the higher standard in every
case. Two-page abstracts for 20-minute papers are invited by August 31. For
more information and submissions, please contact Allen J.
Frantzen ([email protected]).
- Men, Marriage, And The Family In The Middle Ages
CALL FOR PAPERS, Kalamazoo 2010 - please don't hesitate to circulate, and sorry for cross-listing. Session: Men, Marriage, and the Family in the Middle Ages The literature on women in the domestic sphere, as wives, mothers, daughters, and in work,...
- Call For Papers: **gender And Medieval Studies Conference
Apologies for my tardiness, I've been swamped and so postings are behind and hopefully not too late. Much more to come: *Call for Papers: **Gender and Medieval Studies Conference, Birmingham, 7-10 th January, 2010* * * The Annual Gender and Medieval...
- Early Middle English Society
The Early Middle English Society, which seeks to promote the study and scholarly discussion of English literary and cultural production from the late twelfth century to the mid-fourteenth century, is sponsoring two sessions at the seventeenth International...
- Roger Pearse At It Again....
One of these is the "Commentary on the Nicene Creed" by al-Majdalus. He may have been a Melkite priest of the 10th century. This one came in last weekend, which is why I publicise it. You can get the Arabic text, and English translation in Word documents....
- What Is Masculinity? How Useful Is It As A Historical Categpry?
What is Masculinity? How useful is it as a Historical Category? Birkbeck College, University of London, 14th, 15th & 16th May 2008. Conference weblink: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/hca/about/conferences/whatismasculinityconference In recent years, there has been...