MAM: The Medieval Association of the Midwest

N U N T I A

The Newsletter of the Medieval Association of the Midwest

 

Fall 2004, Volume XXVIII Number Two

 

From the President

 

Typically the MAM presidency has been the gentlest and least demanding of offices.  The majority of onerous duties have fallen not upon the president, but upon the secretary/treasurer, an office effectively, efficiently, and humanely handled by Dr. Robert Kindrick, who has for years served as the working heart of our organization.  As most of you know, Bob passed away last spring, a great loss not only to family, friends, and his own institution, but also to MAM and to the profession at large.  Few people I know have performed more or better professional service. Replacing such a person, such a presence, is an impossibility.

 

We can, though, honor Bob by continuing to make those contributions that are possible from such a group as ours, one that meant so much to him and that, I believe, continues to have great value for all of us.

 

To those of you who have participated in the conferences, publications, and governance of the Association, and to those who have newly joined, would like to join, or have been members but have participated less than you would like:  please do lend us your energies now, in this time of transition when we need to reorganize, strengthen, survive.  As a young scholar, even while I was still in graduate school, I found MAM a professional haven.  Senior colleagues such as Zach Thundy, Russ Rutter, John McCully, Chris Kleinhenz, and Cynthia Valk always offered a kind word of encouragement even to a fledgling graduate student and made me feel as welcome and comfortable as any member of the profession.  After sixteen years I still look forward to our conference and our sessions at Kalamazoo as I do to no others, and any colleagues and friends who attend for the first time invariably remark that we create an atmosphere that, though rigorous, expansive, and thoroughly professional, remains warm, open, and jovial. I hope we will commit to remaining so, to maintaining that collegial presence for ourselves and our new colleagues.  But to accomplish that end, we need your help.

 

If you can, please attend the fall conferences, show your support at the Medieval Congress meetings and sessions, contribute to the newsletter or the journal, and help us to increase our presence at other conferences.  We value not only scholarship and teaching, but also promoting and disseminating medieval studies and the intellectual and congenial values of our profession as widely as we can.  Bob's mission and ours persists as long as you and I continue to promote it.

 

Thanks to Kris Bixby for her unflagging labors — without her efforts, we'd be lost.  Thanks to Cynthia Valk for organizing and coordinating MAM sessions each year at the Congress and seeking other scholarly venues for our members.  Thanks to Mel Storm, continuing PMAM editor, to Karen Moranski, outgoing editor, and Kristen Figg, incoming editor, and also to Peter Goodrich, editor of Nuntia.  Thanks to Toni Morris for hosting last year's conference at the University of Indianapolis and to Peter for hosting this year's at Northern Michigan.  Thanks to outgoing president Chris Kleinhenz for providing leadership and stability when we most needed it.  Thanks to all of you for your participation in MAM activities.

 

I hope to see you, duguthe and geogothe all, at our 20^th Annual Meeting in September.  Let's talk about where you want to see MAM go and how we can get there.  We'll hold an officers' meeting at NMU, but you're all welcome; we need to get a good start to be able to make the most of the business meetings that will convene in Kalamazoo in the spring. If you can't make the fall meeting, but would like to offer input, feel free to write me (English Department, St. Norbert College, 100 Grant St., De Pere, WI  54115) or call (920-403-3938) or e-mail (edward.risden@snc.edu), and I'll be glad to forward your thoughts to the group.  Hail all, and well met!

 

Appreciatively,

Ed Risden, St. Norbert College

 

 

Minutes of the MAM Annual Annual Business Meeting

 

Present:            Kristie Bixby, Kristen Figg, John Friedman, Peter Goodrich, Jean Godsall-Myers, Carlos Hawley, Matthew Heintzelman, William Hodapp, Patricia Hollahan, Margaret Hostetler, Christopher Kleinhenz, Brian Lee, Christopher Livanos, Edward Risden, Mickey Sweeney, Paul Szarmach, Cynthia Valk, Norbert Wethington

 

At the 39^th International congress on medieval Studies, Thursday, may 6, 2004, Mr. Kleinhenz convened the meeting at 7:07 p.m. in the Bernhard Faculty Lounge.

 

Approval of Minutes - Mr. Kleinhenz presented the Business Meeting Minutes of May 8, 2003, for approval.  It was moved and seconded (Figg/Livanos) to approve the minutes.  Approved unanimously.

 

Report of the President - Mr. Kleinhenz reported that Merle Fifield passed away the end of February.  He reminded those present that Ms. Fifield was the founding Executive Secretary of MAM who was honored a few years ago with a special session and plaque in her name.  Mr. Kleinhenz also reported that Robert Kindrick is this year’s recipient of the CARA Award for Outstanding Service to Medieval Studies, which was bestowed on him at the Medieval Academy meeting in Seattle.  Mr. Kleinhenz said that MAM is very pleased and honored by its association with him over the years.  Volume 9 of PMAM was mailed last fall 2003, and Volume 10 will go to press soon.

 

Report of the Executive Secretary - On behalf of Mr. Kindrick, Ms. Bixby expressed appreciation to the University of Indianapolis for a fine MAM conference in 2003, which returned $538 to the treasury.  She also shared the financial statement for May 1, 2003, to April 30, 2004.  MAM boasts a total balance of $29,855.52, including $10,491.49 in operating revenue and $19,364.03 in invested funds.  The operating revenue for the year included an additional $199.23 (in addition to the original return of $1,066.52) returned from the 2002 MAM conference at St. Norbert, $538.48 from the 2003 conference at Indianapolis, and $4,626.13 in dues and receipts. Expenditures included a total of $436.56 in business meeting reception payments for 2002 and 2003 and a pre-payment for 2004 at Western Michigan University, $25 for Medieval Academy dues, $25 in bank charges and returned checks, $250 for Nuntia expenses, and $350 to the Convener of Conferences for travel expenses.  There were no additional administrative expenses.  It was moved and seconded (Szarmach/ Wethington) to accept this report.  Approved unanimously.

 

Report of the Editor of Nuntia - Mr. Goodrich reported that Nuntia published two electronic issues in 2003-04, sent by email in September and April, and one paper double issue combining the two, mailed in early May.  Expenses for 2003 totaled $300.41, including $175.42 for printing and $124.33 for postage.  A carryover of $168.99 from 2002 left $118.58 at the end of 2003.  Since expenses are running over the annual $250 subvention from MAM due to increases in printing and mailing costs, a request to increase the subvention to cover expenses for the paper issues may be necessary next year or the year following.  Another alternative that will save cost is to mail a single double issue per year.  The electronic issues encountered three problems:  (1) not every member gave (or had?) an email address, and as with paper issues, some email addresses were no longer active; (2) newsletters are large files, especially with graphics, so some members were not able to receive them or received them without graphics; and (3) newsletter files were sent as attachments in Microsoft Word for Windows, and even though this is the most common program, not all recipients could open the files; also, many people are now reluctant to open attachments due to virus proliferation.  Mr. Goodrich has decided to address the last two problems, at least, by pasting future newsletters, text-only, into the email message area; this leaves the paper issues as value-added supplements to the electronic mailings.  Nuntia is posted to the MAM website, newly reconstituted and available at <http://www-instruct.nmu.edu/English/ pgoodric/ mamindex. html> and, in fact, contains the last two years’ worth plus the paper call for the fall conference and a home page with information about the Association.  Mr. Goodrich will be adding more material about MAM, the upcoming conference, and various links.  He would welcome suggestions for content.  He asked that all visit and bookmark the site!

 

Report of the Convener of Conferences - Ms. Valk reported that MAM has seven sessions again this year at Kalamazoo and is pleased at the healthy reception and attendance.  The process for securing sessions has become easier since the paperwork (organizer forms and audiovisual requests) now appears as PDF forms on WMU’s International Congress website.  These forms can be completed and sent electronically, which greatly facilitates the process.  May 15, 2004, is the deadline for submitting session proposals.  Ms. Valk mentioned that she is now retired from the University of Texas at Brownsville but retains her e-mail privileges; she encouraged all to communicate with her by e-mail (czvalk@utb. edu), as she will be moving to the Detroit area.  Ms. Valk said she believes that M/MLA Midwest Modern Language Association should be considered again as a possible candidate for MAM sessions (typically two); she will contact that organization to ensure that MAM is still welcome and reactivate our association.

 

Report on the Publications - Ms. Figg reported that Volume 9 of PMAM was distributed in the fall and that Volume 10 is still in the process of finalization.  She has most (five) of the articles but needs at least one, preferably two or three, more articles.  One of the reasons for the delay in publication is that many of the articles have been returned for revision and re-submission. Her goal is to complete this volume by the end of summer 2004.  Articles can be forwarded to her at any time; those not used in this next issue will be shared with Mel Storm who is working on Volume 11.  Ms. Figg requested that attendees indicate on the sign-up sheet if they would be interested in being readers for PMAM and include their area(s) of expertise.  She also asked for the names of small medieval organizations that she could contact personally in order to solicit papers from their members.  Submissions are welcome from anyone, but those individuals whose articles are eventually published must be MAM members.  There was discussion about the importance of asking conference presenters to submit their papers for publication and also soliciting papers through list serves.  Rosanne Gasse, who was previously designated PMAM’s  book review editor, will be contacted about book reviews.

 

Report of the Membership Committee Mr. Kleinhenz reported on additional proceedings of the earlier meeting of the Membership Committee.  As of May 3, 2004, there were 159 paid-up MAM members (including six libraries–University of Notre Dame, University of Illinois at Springfield, Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, Illinois State University, Cornell University, and Stanford University), only 25 behind last year, which was a low membership year.  Mr. Kleinhenz strongly recommended that MAM encourage more libraries to join the association by urging members to approach their libraries to subscribe.  Mr. Szarmach indicated that he would initiate two memberships for WMU, including one for the Rawlinson Center.  A special plea for individuals to encourage their libraries to join MAM will be included in the next membership solicitation.  Mr. Kleinhenz proposed a special deal for new members and libraries, whereby joining for three years (worth $75) would include all nine back issue volumes for a special price of $100 plus $10 postage and handling.  Current members wishing back issues would still pay $10 per issue.  Ms. Bixby agreed to check on the number of back issues of each PMAM.  Mr. Kleinhenz also urged members to do their part in recruiting members and advertising MAM by taking flyers, newsletters, and calls for papers to other professional meetings.  The Illinois Philological Association and the Midwest/Modern Language Association will be investigated for further venues for MAM sessions and memberships.  Mr. Szarmach inquired about MAM’s interest in instituting a MAM graduate student committee, similar to the Medieval Academy’s Vagantes group.  He suggested contacting and soliciting participation from graduate student organizations at various universities.  The issue of MAM funding for students to go to conferences was raised.  Mr. Risden said he remembered this being discussed at a previous meeting but did not recall any funds set aside for this purpose.  Ms. Bixby will check previous minutes to explore previous discussion about this.

 

Report on the 2003 MAM Conference Ms. Bixby shared the following report from Ms. Morris who is in England with her husband and a class of students:  The nineteenth annual conference of the Medieval Association of the Midwest was held at the University of Indianapolis, October 10 and 11, 2003.  The conference was conducted primarily in the conference area of Schwitzer Student Center on the U of I campus.  A book exhibit was available throughout the conference, thanks to Scholar’s Choice Publishing.  The conference had fifty registrants.  For various reasons, four scholars were unable to attend and give their papers.  However, thirty-eight scholars gave papers on a wide variety of topics, as the program she sent in the fall indicates. In addition to the usual

scholarly papers, the conference featured a lunch speaker.  Dr. Jeffrey Oaks of the University of Indianapolis presented “The Meanings of al-jabr and al-muqabala in Arabic Algebra and their Latin Translation,” a fascinating talk combining history, mathematics, and language.  Dr. Bernard McGinn addressed the conference at the plenary session with “Meister Eckhart and his Followers.”  His talk was well received.  After the banquet on Friday evening, a group from the Indiana University School of Music presented an excellent program on early music.  Ms. Morris thanked Dean David Anderson for helping with funds for the plenary speaker and Dr. Dan Briere for funding of the music program.  She also thanked her student assistants, Mrs. Murray and Ms. Baughman.  Ms. Morris was able to return $538.00 to the MAM treasury, and a  full account of expenses is available should anyone care to see it.  She mentioned that MAM should take care to keep its mailing list current.  On a personal note, she thought attendance would have been greater because Indianapolis is relatively easy to get to, but she was mistaken and had to be content with an average attendance despite what she thought was considerable publicity at Kalamazoo and announcements in PMLA and the Medieval Academy Newsletter.

 

Report on the 2004 Conference - The 20th annual MAM Conference will take place at the University Center on the campus of Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan, Friday and Saturday, September 24 and 25, 2004.   Alan Gaylord of Dartmouth College will be the plenary speaker, addressing Chaucer’s Troilus And Criseyde, Prosody, and Performance.  Professor Gaylord is well known through his publications, his master classes in reading Chaucer aloud, and his work with the Chaucer Studio.  Since this is the 20th annual MAM conference, Mr. Goodrich asked if someone would be willing to organize a session that looks back over MAM’s history and medieval studies.  He shared the colorful call for papers and asked that members post it in their departments.  Paper and session proposals and abstracts are requested by July 1.  A shuttle for morning and afternoon/evening will be arranged for the three conference hotels:  two downtown (Landmark Inn, Ramada) about a mile from the university, and one (Holiday Inn) a little further away on the Route 41 bypass.  Marquette County Airport, about 30 minutes drive away, is served by air through Detroit (Northwest/ Mesaba), Chicago (American Eagle), and Milwaukee.  Conference details and registration information will be posted to the MAM website as they are finalized.  Marquette is located in a beautiful, pristine, and (yes) isolated natural environment on the southern shore of Lake Superior in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula 400 miles due north of Chicago.  Time and schedule permitting, there will be an opportunity for attendees to take either a glass-bottomed boat tour of Munising Bay shipwrecks, or a boat tour of the spectacular shoreline of the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, also out of Munising, 40 miles east of Marquette.  There are beautiful sand beaches and parks right in the city, and there should be colorful fall foliage, which rivals that of northern New England.

 

Discussion on the 2005 Conference and Future Conferences - Ms. Moranski and Mr. Hinton previously agreed to host the 2005 conference at the University of Illinois at Springfield, and it was assumed that this is still an available option.  At the Council meeting, Mr. Hodapp suggested doing a fall or winter conference at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, with Nick Haydock as the organizer.  Matthew Heintzelman said he is interested in organizing a conference hosted by the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library but will need approval from his supervisor.

 

Election of New Officers - The following slate of nominations was presented to members for further nominations:

 

President:  Edward Risden (traditionally

      previous Vice President)

Past President:  Christopher Kleinhenz

Vice President:  Toni Morris (traditionally

            host of previous MAM conference)

Executive Secretary:  Robert Kindrick                                                

Assoc Executive Secretary:  Kristie Bixby

Councillors (term ending 2007):

Patricia Hollahan, Nickolas Haydock, and Matt Heinzelman were nominated to replace Patricia Hollohan, Caroline Jewers, and Ed Risden, whose terms expire in 2004.

 

There were no other nominations, and Mr. Kleinhenz proposed that the officers be installed by acclamation.  Approved unanimously.  It was noted that Kristen Figg will keep her councillor position in addition to being co-editor of PMAM and that Toni Morris will keep her councillor position in addition to being vice-president.  Those councillors whose terms will continue include the following:  Kristen Figg, Toni Morris, Mary Olson, Norman Hinton, Margaret Hostetler, and Harriet Hudson.

 

New Business - Mr. Kleinhenz announced that a Dictionary of the Scottish Language is now available on line in a fully searchable format at www.dsl.ac.uk.  He also mentioned a small reprint operation in Canada called TannerRitchie Publishing.

 

Other - Brian Lee announced an upcoming South Africa conference on cultural exchanges among the Christian medieval worlds.

 

A motion was made and seconded (Hollahan/ Wethington) to adjourn the meeting, which was done by acclamation at 8:15 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Kristie A. Bixby

Associate Executive Secretary

 

Robert Kindrick, 1942-2004

 

Often referred to as the founding godfather of the Medieval Association of the Midwest, Bob Kindrick, it could be said, made medievalists in the Midwest “an offer they couldn’t refuse.”  Aided and abetted by other medievalists like Merle Fifield (see previousissue), the offer was a generous one -- the promise of an association to “promote study, criticism, research, and exchange of ideas related to all aspects of the Medieval period.”  This purpose would be achieved through the following methods:  “faculty exchanges, inter-institutional cooperation, annual meetings, the publication of a newsletter, and particular encouragement of young scholars.”  And so, after numerous discussions and some friendly persuasion, the offer that Bob had made became a reality, for on May 6, 1977, at the annual medieval congress at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MAM was founded and its constitution formally approved.

 

Bob Kindrick was always a visionary figure, thinking in terms of conferences and pedagogy, proposing a unified conference on pedagogy years before the advent of TEAMS, and peddling the pedagogical publication Ralph in the hallways of conferences before it eventually became more respectfully known as Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching (SMART).  By the second year of its existence, MAM was sponsoring multiple sessions at the International Congress on Medieval Studies, thanks to the generosity of Otto Gründler, then Director of the Medieval Institute.  Since then, Kalamazoo has been the major venue for MAM sessions and the site of the annual business meeting.  Through Bob’s guidance and encouragement, the first independent MAM conference was held in 1985 at Iowa State University in Ames, with John McCully as convener.  Eventually the yearly publication of scholarly contributions was created—initially, the Proceedings and later, the Publications of the Medieval Association of the Midwest (PMAM).  In addition, thanks to Merle Fifield’s filing of the necessary affiliation papers, MAM began, in 1981, to sponsor sessions at the annual conference of the Midwest Modern Language Association.

 

Bob Kindrick served as Vice President of MAM in 1987-88 and would have succeeded to the presidency had Merle Fifield not stepped down from the position of Executive Secretary.  This was the post that Bob Kindrick then graciously accepted and that he held until his recent, untimely death.  The well-being of MAM was always foremost in Bob’s mind, and assuming fiduciary responsibility for the organization, he invested MAM’s money wisely.  As a result, the association’s finances have continued to prosper.

 

Bob Kindrick’s life was also seriously intertwined with other medieval organizations, including the Illinois Medieval Association, TEAMS, and the Medieval Academy’s Committee on Centers and regional Associations (CARA).  He first attended a CARA meeting in 1975, but it wasn’t until the early 1980s that he became its secretary, providing the stability that the organization needed.  Again, he remained its secretary until his death in May.

 

Born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, Bob Kindrick made his final home in Wichita, Kansas, following several academic moves around the country.  His academic achievements are impressive.  At all institutions he was a tenured faculty member of the English Department but also served simultaneously in various administrative roles including Head of the Department of English at Central Missouri Sate University; Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Western Illinois University; Vice President for Academic Affairs at Emporia State University; Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Eastern Illinois University; University Provost, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of Graduate Studies for all UM campuses, and Dean of the Graduate School at The University of Montana; and finally Vice President for Academic Affairs and Research at Wichita State University.  Throughout his academic tenure, he also served as a member of several higher education councils and organized several scholarly conferences promoting the humanities.  He demanded excellence, not only of himself but of his deans, insisting that they publish and regularly attend scholarly meetings.

 

A scholar in the true sense, Bob Kindrick published numerous scholarly books, articles, and reviews, gave many presentations, and served as editor and bibliographer for several journals and societies.  He had a love of literature, particularly medieval English and Scottish literature and rhetoric.  He appreciated the narrative and the story.  He had an affection for books, which led to an extensive personal library.  The list of his achievements is indisputably endless.  Research and writing were his true love and avocation.  He was a determined man, practicing his convictions -- to remain involved as an effective teaching and research scholar, while leading others to academic excellence, even as he labored (a labor of love) under the pressures of administration.  More recently he was presented with the Medieval Academy’s CARA Award for Outstanding Service to Medieval Studies, a well-deserved honor that he was truly and absolutely thrilled to receive.

 

On a personal note, Bob Kindrick grew up with, and continued to enjoy throughout his life, rock and roll music, including a passion for obscure details of artists and lyrics.  He insisted on picking up the check at every meal.  He enjoyed collecting antiques, prints, and maps.  He and his wife both enjoyed the companionship of their long succession of German shepherd dogs that were named after English and medieval figures, like Britannia, Bercilak, Ennide, Bella, Freya, and Isabella.  He spent many summers in London’s Bloomsbury area doing research at the British Library, consulting with the London School of Economics, and scouring the many antique stores and bookstores for rare finds.  He was particularly fond of the city of Canterbury and, in particular, Canterbury Cathedral.  He knew how to be a loving husband and generous friend.  As one individual once said, “Bob believed in me before I believed in me.”

 

Bob was also a mildly superstitious man -- refusing to smoke at 13 minutes before and after the hour, refusing to take an airplane seat or a hotel room with the unlucky number 13.  How ironic that it was May 13, 2004, when he left us all.  A few months before his death, Bob Kindrick was asked what the one thing that most affected him during his life.  He quoted the verse from the prayer of Solomon, “Lord give me a wise and understanding heart,” which had made an impression on him when he was seven years old.  When asked if he now had a wise and understanding heart, he said, “I’m still trying to find that out.”  I think we’d all agree that Bob Kindrick reached that goal many times in his lifetime.  He was a remarkable man, providing generous insightful counsel to MAM, his colleagues, and friends.  Ironically, on that unlucky day of May 13, the Lord made him an offer he couldn’t refuse.  It is our loss.  But life goes on, as does MAM.  Bob left us with many examples and lessons.  Now it is our turn to use them and move MAM forward with the wisdom and perceptive insightfulness that we have gleaned from watching the “godfather” in action.

 

As Don Vito Corleone said, “someday, and that day may never come, I will call upon you to do a service for me.”  Well that day has come, and of course, Bob would want us to perform that service, to do what is necessary for MAM to thrive and continue serving its many members, promoting the study, criticism, research, and exchange of ideas related to all aspects of the medieval period.  During a Teaching the Middle Ages conference one of the participants saw Bob standing alongside his large car (no doubt either a Cadillac or Lincoln), very much fitting the part of the godfather, with his classic trench coat, Homburg hat, cigar, and seductive voice, and remarked:  “Doesn’t he look and sound just like the godfather!”  Like the godfather, he had a sweet nature.  He was passionate, aggressive, and tenacious about the things he loved, and he was cool.  He was also scholarly, a generous and loyal friend, wise and understanding.

 

Kristie Bixby, Wichita State University

 

PMAM Volume 10

 

The latest issue of the Association’s Publications is ready for the press, and includes the following articles:

 

CONVERSION IN THOMAS OF CELANO’S VITA PRIMA SANCTI FRANCISCI: EXEMPLAR OF NARRATIVE THEOLOGY?

John P. Bequette                                        

 

COSTUME AND TRANSGRESSIVITY

IN THE PASTOURELLE

John B. Friedman                                        

 

RECONSTRUCTING THE DANTEAN

LINGUISTIC UNIVERSE: A RECONSIDERATION OF THE DE VULGARI ELOQUENTIA

Roy Hagman                                              

 

CHRISTIAN ADORNMENT IN “THE MAN OF LAW’S TALE”

Brian S. Lee

 

THE THIN LINE BETWEEN LUST AND ANGER: FRUSTRATED EMOTION IN PEDRO DE ESCAVIAS’ “LLEGANDO CANSADO YO”

Abraham Quintanar                                       

 

RED AND WHITE AND THE WARS OF

THE ROSES: SHAKESPEARE’S “VENUS AND ADONIS” AND “THE RAPE OF LUCRECE”

E. L. Risden

 

BRITISH KING LUCIUS, THE GRAIL, AND

JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA: THE QUESTION OF BYZANTINE ORIGINS

Daniel Scavone                                          

 

Calls for Papers

 

The absolute deadline for paper abstracts for the 40^th International Congress on Medieval Studies is September 15, 2004.  Interactive PDF Conference forms including a cover sheet for abstracts are available on the Medieval Institute’s International Congress website at http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/40cfp/forms.html.  MAM again has seven sessions approved for next May:  Rhetoric in Byzantine Culture: New Approaches; Perceptions of the Past in Byzantine Literature; Clothing in Chaucer;  The Medieval Tradition of Thebes; Negotiating the Culture of Juan Ruiz, Archpriest of Hita, and the Libro de buen amor; Introducing Medieval Studies to Non-Majors; and Travel in the Middle Ages.  For more information, contact Cynthia Valk, Cynthia Z. Valk, 7781 Horse Mill Road, Grosse Ile, MI 48138, phone and fax: 734-671-0111, email: czvalk@utb.edu.

 

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PMAM (Publications of the Medieval Association of the Midwest) is currently requesting submissions from the members of the Medieval Association of the Midwest for Volume Eleven.  Articles of 3,000-10,000 words may be based on conference papers given in MAM-sponsored sessions at the Annual Congress of the Medieval Institute, M/MLA, or MAM conferences.  You are also encouraged to submit book reviews and articles unrelated to conference papers.  Contributors must be MAM members by the time of publication.

 

PMAM is a refereed annual journal using MLA documentation styles and dedicated to well-researched scholarship on the Middle Ages.  For further information and to make submissions (in three copies), you are invited to contact Dr. Melvin Storm, Jr. (editor of Volume 11), English Department, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS 66801, telephone: 620-341-5563, fax: 620-341-5547, email: mailto:stormmel@esumail.emporia.edu; or Kristen Figg, (editor of Volume 12), Department of English, Kent State University – Salem Campus, 2491 SR 45, South Salem, OH 44460, telephone 330-332-0361 x290, fax 330-332-9256, email: mailto:figg@salem.kent.edu.

 

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Studies in Medievalism, “the only academic journal devoted entirely to the study of post-medieval images and perceptions of the Middle Ages,” is now being published annually by Boydell and Brewer.  Contributions (especially on topics beyond the usual -- i.e., Tennyson’s Idylls, Pre-Raphaelites, the Inklings, and the like), are warmly invited.  Intending contributors may direct inquiries and submissions (write first for proper format) to the editor, Tom Shippey, Saint Louis University, Department of English, 221 N. Grand Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63103, email mailto:shippey@slu.edu.

 

MAM Professional News

 

Have you recently finished a dissertation, book, or other major project?  Are you looking for contributors or help on a project?  To announce your latest publications and projects in Nuntia, please supply the following information:

Member name

Institution

Title of publication OR focus of project

Short summary or description (optional)

 

(The Editor regrets that only large-scale or published projects can be included here.)  Submit by e-mail (preferred) to figg@salem.kent.edu, or in hard copy to Prof. Kristin Figg, Department of English, Kent State University – Salem Campus, 2491 SR 45, South Salem, OH 44460.

 

John D. Niles (Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison) has been appointed a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Research in the Humanities at UW-Madison for 2004-09.  His main research project as a fellow, “Anglo-Saxon Mentalities,” represents an outgrowth of his previous research into Beowulf and other examples of Old English literature.

 

Identification Contest

 

Nobody recognized Glastonbury Abbey in the last issue!  Who can do better with this issue’s puzzler, below?  Email your answer to pgoodric@nmu.edu.

 

 

THE MEDIEVAL ASSOCIATION OF THE MIDWEST is an interdisciplinary association of medievalists in the Midwest founded to promote the study, criticism, research, and exchange of ideas related to all aspects of the medieval period and to articulate the specific needs of medievalists in the Midwest.  Membership benefits include a biannual newsletter, a Conference in the fall and sections at the International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo and at the Midwest Modern Language Association and an annual Publications volume.  Its website is <http://www-instruct.nmu.edu/English/pgoodric/mamindex.html/>.  Membership is open to anyone with an interest in medieval studies.  Dues for the calendar year are $25 (and just $10 for graduate students and emeriti).  To join the Association, please complete the form below and mail it with dues payment to Kristie Bixby, Academic Affairs and Research, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS 67260-0013.

 

Name                           ____________________________________

Department                  ____________________________________

Address                        ____________________________________

                                    ____________________________________

Phone/Fax                   ____________________________________

Email                            ____________________________________

 

Enclosed are my calendar year 2004 dues (check one):      ___  regular

                                                                                    ___  graduate student/emeritus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NUNTIA: The Newsletter of the Medieval

     Association of the Midwest

Department of English

Northern Michigan University

Marquette, MI 49855-5310

 

Published biannually in spring and fall

Volume XXVIII Number 2

Fall 2004