The International Pearl-Poet Society has 5 sponsored sessions for next Kalamazoo (compared to our 1), and one of there's is especially relevant here.
Pearl and Sir Gawain Sessions - ICMS 2019
https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2018/06/22/pearl-and-sir-gawain-sessions-icms-2019
deadline for submissions: September 15, 2018
full name / name of organization: International Pearl-Poet Society
contact email: bsw.barootes@utoronto.ca
International Pearl-Poet Society
Call for Papers — ICMS 2019
The International Pearl-Poet Society is sponsoring six sessions at the 54th International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 9–12, 2019) at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI.
5) Fifty Shades of Green: Hagiography and Demonology in the Pearl-poet Corpus
Between the celestial city and the shady Green Chapel, the miracles of a London bishop and the Leviathan-underworld in the belly of a sea beast, the works of the Pearl-poet explore the full range of the divine and the infernal. The papers in this session will interrogate the poet’s use of hagiographic tropes as well as material from folk traditions as he crafts his supernatural narratives.
We invite abstracts from scholars of all levels. Papers may deal with one or all of the poems by the Pearl-poet. Paper sessions will consist of either three twenty-minute or four fifteen-minute presentations; all paper sessions will afford at least thirty minutes for discussion. As lively conversation and collaboration are key goals, the pedagogical roundtable can accommodate up to six participants presenting for seven or eight minutes, with approximately half the session reserved for discussion.
Please send your abstract (max. 300 words) and the completed Participant Information Form by
15 September 2018 to
Benjamin Barootes
Pontifical Institute of Mediæval Studies
59 Queen’s Park Crescent East
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5S 2C4
bsw.barootes@utoronto.ca
