Friday, February 18, 2005
9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
3222 Angell Hall
Spatial Epistemologies in the
Medieval and Early Modern Worlds draws upon recent scholarly interest
in the study of space to bring together current graduate work from a wide
array of disciplinary communities.
Looking at fields as varied as art, architecture, cartography, drama, economy,
religion, travel writing, and urban history, this conference aims to foster
interdisciplinary conversation about the various forms of spatial knowledge
that emerge and evolve in the medieval and early modern periods. 9:00 am | Introductory Remarks, Kentston Bauman (English, Valerie
Traub (English and Women’s Studies, 9:30 am | Keynote Address, Barbara
Hodgdon (English, 10:30 am | Panel One: Exchange
and the City Space Chair:
Steven Mullaney (English, Alicia
R. Zuese ( Marjorie Rubright (English, Patricia
Akhimie ( 12:00 pm | Break for lunch |
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1:15 pm | Panel Two: Spaces
of Travel Chair: Susan
Scott Parrish (English, Shashi
Thandra (English, Laura Williamson (English, Phillip John Usher (Romance Languages and
Literatures, 3:00 pm | Panel Three: Visual Perspectives Chair: Karl
Longstreth (Map Librarian, Min Yong Cho (History of Gavin Hollis (English, Kristina Luce (Architecture, The EMC organizing committee would like to thank the
following organizations for their generous contributions and sponsorship: the
Departments of English, History, and Women’s Studies; Horace H. Rackham
School of Graduate Studies; and the Institute for the Humanities. Special
thanks also to Stephanie Batkie, David Lavinsky, Amy Rodgers, and Jonathan
Smith. |