The Council of Constance (1415 – 1418), the burning of Jan Huus (1415) and the link between medieval anniversaries and modern scholarship are on the agenda at the 90th annual meeting of the Medieval Academy of America this year.
The 90th annual meeting of the Medieval Academy of America takes place this year on March 12-14, 2015, at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.
Registration for the conference is now available, or as they say, gone “live.” Please register here. The discounted rates for attendees remain in effect only through February 11, 2015, and so the organizers urge you to register soon.
Trends
This year’s conference features some fifty sessions covering a wide range of disciplines.
Trending this year – defined by a word frequency count – seems to be studies focusing on music, saints and theology – and especially from the 13th century. Of special interest seems to be the Council at Constance (1414 – 18) – and the burning of Jan Huus there in 1415.
Opening address:
“Richard de Fournival Across the Disciplines” by Eva Leach, The University of Oxford
Presidential Address:
“Even Kings” by William Chester Jordan, Princeton
Plenary sessions:
“Medieval Anniversaries and Modern Scholarship” (on Crusading anniversaries, Agincourt and the Council at Constance
Fellows’ Plenary:
“A Dagger from Korea, a Buddha from Sweden, and the Unknown Unknowns” by
Lawrence Nees, University of Delaware
Also scheduled are concerts, movies, exhibitions, interactive installations, tours, and a digital model of Hildegard of Bingen’s Cosmic Egg. To stay abreast of all conference matters, visit our Facebook page, or subscribe to our Twitter feed (@medievalND).
Full details concerning the program as well as transportation and related matters may be found on the Medieval Institute’s web site at: www.medieval.nd.edu/maa15.