Just registered for @IMC_Leeds and can't wait for all the sessions I'm seeing promoted here. I hear the place to be Wednesday afternoon will be a series of sessions on "Law and Problem Solving." Feat @Will_Eves @HistorianMariah @mapper_mundi @james_ddjm @S_B_White @tjmcsweeney1

Two questions, not from the exciting#Chaucer records discovered & released today by @SebSobecki, but from #MedievalTwitter today: 1) why are some people so invested in Chaucer not being a rapist? 2) why are other people so invested in Chaucer not not being a rapist?

CFP Reminder - deadline for submissions for Disney and the Middle Ages edited volume is in one week, Friday July 15th. Please feel free to reach out to if you have any questions.

7/7 by email to disneymedievalvolume@gmail.com by Friday July 15, 2022. Please write to the above email address with any questions, or contact Christina M. Carlson (cmcarlson@iona.edu), Mariah Cooper (mlcooper@mun.ca), and/or Joshua Parks (joshua.t.parks@gmail.com).

6/7 disability studies, material culture, and postcolonial theory are also encouraged. In addition, we welcome submissions from non-medievalist scholars with expertise in twentieth- and twenty-first-century media and culture. Proposals of 300 to 500 words should be submitted by

5/7 We welcome submissions from a wide variety of disciplines including literary studies, history, religious studies, gender studies, musicology, art history, and film studies. Critical perspectives such as ecocriticism, animal studies, queer theory, critical race studies,

4/7 How does Disney’s medievalist media represent gender, race, religion, disability, and other features of medieval life? What do those representations reveal about modern life as seen and shaped by Disney?

3/7 white supremacy within and outside the field. We encourage authors to consider the role of the Walt Disney Company in shaping popular perceptions of the Middle Ages, as well as the function of medievalism in Disney’s ideological projects.

2/7 The Walt Disney Company's films, theme parks, and merchandise are full of people, places, and things coded as “medieval,” and because Disney's medievalism is often coded as white and Christian, it is especially relevant to medieval studies' ongoing struggle with

1/7 We invite proposals for an edited collection of essays on medievalism in Disney media for Brepols’ new series Reinterpreting the Middle Ages: From Medieval to Neo.

#CFP: Disney and the Middle Ages! We invite proposals for an edited volume looking at medievalism within Disney (interpreted broadly). Proposals due July 15th. Please share widely and let me know if you have any questions. #disney #medieval

Join the live-stream event to hear a great panel discussion! I will be speaking on “The 800-Year Me Too Movement.”

Thank you to my amazing supervisory committee @geck_john @kateweikert @ByzantineHoopoe and Sébastien Rossignol for all the support and feedback over the years. Thank you to my examiners @k_cawsey @storied_selves and Edwin Bezzina for the thoughtful discussion.

The professors' paradox: Improving education by refusing to teach

Thank you @AcadiaFaculty negotiating team! Many mixed emotions, but I will say that the collegiality during strike was truly inspiring.

PhD student Mariah Cooper studied 28 rape trials from 800 years ago. She says sexual assault victims in Medieval England faced some of the same types of challenges as they would today. https://t.co/gaNG789Ta8 @MUNhistory @ElaineCraigDal @TULiberalArts @NicolaLuksic @_TomHowell

My CBC Radio interview with Dr. @ElaineCraigDal and Dr. Carissa Harris, thank you both and thank you for having me @CBCRadioCanada

The Last Duel and the Duel that Never Happened https://t.co/iVIxXWHCk0 Thank you @AcadiaHistClass