[Mediaevistik] Call for Papers: Mittelaltersektionen der German Studies Association

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CALL FOR PAPERS ? Medieval/Early Modern

2008 Conference of the German Studies Association in St. Paul, Minnesota
October 2-5, 2008
www.thegsa.org

YMAGINA (Young Medievalist Germanists in North America) is pleased to  
announce a call for papers for the following sessions at the 2008 GSA  
conference in St. Paul:

1.	Otherness/Sameness In the German Middle Ages
Papers that explore representations of or discourses on otherness or  
sameness in medieval and early modern German texts. Texts or  
traditions that establish, dismantle or problematize gendered, ethnic,  
social, religious or chronological/historical dichotomies, hierarchies  
or parallels.

2.	Beyond the Canon: Rediscovering Forgotten Medieval Texts
Papers that examine recently discovered, once popular, long or  
recently ignored medieval texts. What determined popularity in the  
Middle Ages and what caused it to diminish? How is the ?canon? defined  
and what factors or texts motivate its reconsideration? When and why  
does ?epigone? equal ?inferior?? To what extent does scholarly bias of  
any kind, past or present, affect or determine how ?pariah? texts are  
approached today?

3.	Dreams and the German Middle Ages
Dream is an extraordinarily prominent motif in the Middle English  
literary tradition, but what about Middle High German? Does the German  
tradition have anything comparable, for example, to the Middle English  
Pearl in importance and aesthetic/poetic quality? This panel invites  
papers that explore representation, function, and interpretation of  
dream(s) in both secular and religious discourses of the German Middle  
Ages; the language of dreams; medieval allegory and dream vision;  
dream vs. awakening, etc.

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 8th, 2008, to both of the following  
organizers (e-mail submissions only, please):

Dr. Olga Trokhimenko
trokhimenkoo at uncw.edu
and
Dr. Kirsten M. Christensen
kmc at plu.edu