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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><br>
CALL FOR PAPERS – Medieval/Early
Modern<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">2006 Conference of the
<b style="">German Studies Association</b> in San
Diego, California<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">October 4-7, 2007<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.thegsa.org">www.thegsa.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">YMAGINA (Young
Medievalist
Germanists in North America) is pleased to announce a call for papers
for the following
sessions at the 2007 GSA conference in San Diego:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="color: black;">How Modern
are the German Middle Ages? The Limits of
Interpretation <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Papers that explore
and/or
illustrate the applicability, relevance or limits of modern/post-modern
theories in the study of pre-modern material. Can we understand our
pre-modern
predecessors? How do we define their/our hermeneutic circle? When do
medieval
and modern meaning coincide? Does it matter if they do? When does our
understanding break down and how do we know it? We welcome papers that
reflect
broadly on these questions, as well as those that take a specific
theoretical
approach to a medieval or early modern text, moment or artifact and
reflect on
ways in which theory expands, focuses or limits our view of it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="color: black;">Power and
Holiness in the German Middle Ages<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Papers that explore
historical,
literary or artistic representations of the power of the sacred or
sacralization of the secular in medieval or early modern Germany; the
power of
relics, pilgrimage sites, other holy objects or places; divine origins
of
political power; the influence of holy women or men in ecclesiastical
or
political power structures; power plays or blurred boundaries between
church
and state; natural disasters or occurrences as divine or holy;
miracles; sainthood.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="color: black;">Sight and
Sound in the German Middle Ages<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Papers that explore
visuality and
aurality in medieval or early modern Germany; the cultural relevance of
sound
in medieval ritual, ceremony, courtly culture or warfare; silence and
cacophony; theories and codification of vision in the Middle Ages; is
there an
auditory equivalent to “the Gaze”?; perception and <i style="">Wahrnehmung
</i>of sensory input; unusual or transgressive sights or
sounds; scientific or medical treatises on sight and sound / eye and
ear; the
relationship between oral performance and visual spectacle; breakdowns
of
vision; noise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">We seek 15- to
20-minutes papers,
in English or German. Please send an abstract (max. 250 words) and a
brief CV
that includes institutional affiliation by Friday, February 9th to <b
style="">both</b> of the following organizers
(e-mail submissions preferred):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Dr. Kirsten M.
Christensen<span style=""> </span>Dr.
Olga Trokhimenko<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Department of
Languages and
Literatures<span style=""> </span>Foreign
Languages and Literatures<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Pacific Lutheran
University<span style=""> </span>Univ.
of North Carolina Wilmington<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Tacoma, WA 98447 USA<span
style=""> </span>Wilmington,
NC 28403<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Phone:<span style="">
</span>(253) 535-8775<span style="">
</span>Phone:<span style=""> </span> (910) </span><span style="">962-7379</span><span
style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Fax:<span style="">
</span>(253) 536-5132<span style="">
</span>Fax:<span style=""> </span> (910) </span><span style="">962-7712</span><span
style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;"><a
href="mailto:kmc@plu.edu">kmc@plu.edu</a>
<span style="">
</span></span><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><a
href="mailto:trokhimenkoo@uncw.edu"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(0, 33, 231);">trokhimenkoo@uncw.edu</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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