The International Medieval Congress (IMC) provides an interdisciplinary forum for sharing ideas relating to all aspects of the Middle Ages. By providing spaces for networking and socialising, it seeks to foster a scholarly community. It also hosts a wide variety of concerts, exhibitions, and excursions, which are open to delegates and the public alike. Taking place this Monday, July 1 through Thursday, July 4, we are excited to support so many of our CMS Students, Faculty, and Alumni in their participation.
Monday, July 1
11:15 am-12:45 pm
Session 113: Women in Medieval Germanic Crisis Narratives, I: Women and Crises of Masculinity
113-c: The Crisis of Women: Masculine Fragility, Nascent Knighthood, and the Female Subject as Arbiter of Male Value in Middle High German Epic (Language: English) Christopher Liebtag Miller (CMS Alum 2006), Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame
2:15-3:45 pm
Session 245: Spoils of War, I: Raiding and Ransom
Moderator: Kelly DeVries (CMS Alum, 1987), Department of History, Loyola University Maryland / United States Air Force Academy, Colorado
Tuesday, July 2
9:00-10:30 am
Session: 508 – MiniTexts, I: Creating and Re-Creation in the Margins
508-c: Gobbolinks: Inspirational Ink in the Margins of Early Medieval Canon Law Manuscripts (Language: English) Abigail Firey (CMS Alum 1995), Department of History, University of Kentucky
Session: 542 – Mapping Medieval Hagiographies: Production and Circulation
542-c: A Heretic Antipope Turned into a Saint: Manipulating History in the Hagiography of the Ottonian Age (Language: English) Riccardo Macchioro, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto / Studi letterari, filologici e linguistici, Università degli Studi di Milano
11:15 am-12: 45 pm
Session: 616 – Crisis in Military History, II: Crisis in Generalship and Leadership
Organiser: Ilana Krug (CMS Alum 2006), Department of History & Political Science, York College of Pennsylvania Moderator: Ilana Krug, Department of History & Political Science, York College of Pennsylvania
Session: 625 – Crises of Heterodoxy in Late Medieval England
Organiser: Benjamin Barootes
625-a: Did John Clanvowe Own a Lollard Bible? (Language: English) Benjamin Barootes, (CMS Postdoctoral Alum, 2016-2018), School of Arts & Social Science - English, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Grenfell Campus
2:15-3:45 pm
Session 716 – Crisis in Military History, III: Crisis in Logistics
716-c: The Success (and Failure) of Logistics in Early-14th-Century England (Language: English) Ilana Krug (CMS Alum 2006), Department of History & Political Science, York College of Pennsylvania
Session: 735 – Exploring Medieval Health Crises, II: Materia Medica
Moderator: Winston Black (CMS Alum 2007), St Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia
4:30-6:00 pm
Session 811 - Crisis In Digital Humanities Research: International Collaboration for the Sustainability Of Digital Research Projects - it is Needed, But is it Feasible? What Next?
Organiser: Harriet M. Sonne de Torrens, Centre for Medieval Studies / UTM Library / Department of Visual Studies, University of Toronto
811-c: Baptisteria Sacra Index at a Critical Crossroads: Survival and Sustainability of a Long Term Digital Humanities Project (Language: English) Harriet M. Sonne de Torrens, Centre for Medieval Studies / UTM Library / Department of Visual Studies, University of Toronto
811-d: DigiDeeds: Linking Databases and Developing Sustainability for Data (Language: English) Michael Gervers, Department of Historical & Cultural Studies UTSC / CMS, University of Toronto
Session 816 – Crisis in Military History, IV: Crisis in Military Culture
Organiser: Ilana Krug (CMS Alum 2006), Department of History & Political Science, York College of Pennsylvania Moderator: Ilana Krug
7:00-9:00 pm
Session 935 – Exploring Medieval Health Crises, IV: A Round Table Discussion
Participants include Winston Black (CMS Alum 2007), (St Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia), Naama Cohen-Hanegbi (Tel Aviv University), Lauren Cole (Northwestern University), Rachael Gillibrand (University of Leeds), Alba Lara Granero (Brown University), Ginger Smoak (University of Utah), and Quinty Uitman (University of Leeds).
Wednesday, July 3
4:30-6:00
Session: 1345 – Dynamics Between Human and Otherness
1345-a: Encountering the Other in Three Early Irish Echtrai (Language: English) Karin Olsen (CMS Alum 1994), Department of English Language & Culture, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Thursday, July 4
9:00-10:30
Session 1538 – Learning the Middle Ages Through Modern Games, I: Designing Games
1538-b: 'Welcome to the 14th Century': Playing the Black Death in the History Classroom (Language: English) Ariana Ellis (CMS Alum, 2016), Department of History, University of Toronto
11:15 am-12:45 pm
Session 1644 – New Perspectives on Insular Letter Writing, II
1644-a: Workers for the Harvest: Evangelisation and Exegesis in the Letters of Boniface and Alcuin (Language: English) Samuel Cardwell (CMS Alum, 2023), Department of History, University of Nottingham