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> >From: "Francine McGregor" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: CFP: The Medieval City (10/27/06; 2/23/07-2/24/07) > >Call for Papers: THE MEDIEVAL CITY > >24th Annual Conference of the >ILLINOIS MEDIEVAL ASSOCIATION >23-24 February 2007 >Eastern Illinois University > >Keynote Speaker: C. David Benson, University of Connecticut > >We seek abstracts for papers from a range of disciplines that address >the medieval city, broadly conceived as concrete or imagined space. >Avenues of inquiry might include; the city as metaphor >(physiological, psychological, political, social); the metaphysical >city; modern memories of the medieval city through physical >reconstructions or abstract representations of medieval city life; >the city as a site of memory (mnemonic, architectural, textual); the >locus of the city for art and artisans; the city/city life as ideal >and reality represented in art, artifacts, texts, and performance; >the reality of the city as revealed by archaeology and material >culture; politics, economics, social conflicts and consensus in the >medieval city. Further conceptions of medieval cities are also welcome. > >Select conference papers will be published in the on-line journal >Essays in Medieval Studies. > >Please send one-page abstracts for papers or for complete sessions by >October 27th, 2006 to Francine McGregor ([log in to unmask]). > >For more details, see the conference webpage at: http:// >www.illinoismedieval.org > > >Francine McGregor >Department of English >Eastern Illinois University >600 Lincoln Ave >Charleston, IL 61920 >[log in to unmask] >217-581-6305 ******************* The German Studies Call for Papers List Editor: Stefani Engelstein Assistant Editor: Megan McKinstry Sponsored by the University of Missouri Info available at: http://www.missouri.edu/~graswww/resources/gerlistserv.html