Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies: Call for papers
for the 44th International Medieval Congress, Western Michigan University
(Kalamazoo, May 7-10, 2009).
The Hispanic Seminary of Medieval Studies is
sponsoring the following two sessions at the 44th International Congress on
Medieval Studies:
Teaching the History of the Spanish Language: An
Online Repository of Linguistic Texts and Pedagogical Aids: A reliable
linguistic text constitutes a fundamental resource in the teaching of any
History of the Spanish Language or Medieval Spanish Language course. What is a
linguistic text, which forms can it take, and which use do we make of it in the
study of the aforementioned courses will be the object of this rountable
session. Also under discussion will be the creation of a digital archive of
linguistics texts (from Latin to modern Spanish, with special concentration on
medieval Castilian), the criteria for editing and annotating those texts, and a
plan of action for use and maintenance of the archive among
Hispano-philologists. The goal behind the roundtable is to present key ideas
behind the successful conception and production of a homogeneous and coherent
corpora of linguistic texts to be used in a History of the Spanish Language or
Medieval Castilian courses. If you wish to participate in the discussion,
please, provide a brief curriculum vitae and key ideas for discussion in
English or Spanish to Francisco Gago-Jover at
fgagojov@holycross.edu by Sept. 19,
2008.
The Ideological Use of the Middle Ages in
Contemporary Iberia: We cannot extricate ourselves from our own time when
studying the Middle Ages, which makes our work in the medieval period a valid
tool in understanding our modern world. This session would welcome papers that
are able to build a bridge between the contemporary world in a broad sense and
the medieval period, in order to show that the Middle Ages can be a fertile
ground to discuss and advance contemporary political, social, cultural and
linguistic issues. If you wish to present a paper in these session, please
submit a 200-word abstract of your paper in English or Spanish via email to
Gabriel Rei Doval at reidoval@uwm.edu by
Sept 19, 2008.
All participants must also turn in an Abstract Cover
Sheet which is available in pdf form at the congress
website. All
materials must be received by September 19, 2008.
