2011 CONFERENCE PANELS

Medieval Academy of America Annual Meeting, April 14-16

"Language and Literature Studies and Interdisciplinarity"
Saturday, April 16, 8:30am, Mohave II

Organizer: Andrew Kraebel, Yale University

Panelists:  Christine Chism, UCLA; Frank Bezner, UC Berkeley; John Fleming, Princeton University.

46th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, May 12-15

"Women in the Academy: The Past, Present, and Future of Female Scholars in Medieval Studies (A Roundtable)"
Thursday, May 12, 7:30pm, Valley II 207

Organizer: Karrie Fuller, University of Notre Dame
Presider: Karrie Fuller, University of Notre Dame

Panelists:  Bonne Wheeler, Southern Methodist University; Dyan Elliott, Northwestern University; Danielle Joyner, University of Notre Dame; Barbara Newman, Northwestern University; Ruth Mazo Karras, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

Annual Reception
Thursday, May 12, 6:00-7:00 pm, Fetzer 1045
All graduate students are invited to our annual reception, hosted by the MAA Graduate Student Committee and the Vagantes Board of Directors. This is a good place to meet other graduate students at the beginning of the Congress and find out more about the Medieval Academy and Vagantes, the graduate student conference affiliated with the Medieval Academy.

LEEDS

"Surviving the Academic Interview: A Round Table Dicussion"
Monday, July 11, 7:30pm

Organizer: Sarah Parker, University of Texas at Austin
Presider: Kathleen Neal, Monash University

Panelists:  Daniel Franke, University of Rochester; Alice Rio, King's College London; Sita Steckel, Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität, Münster.

VAGANTES

Vagantes, an annual graduate conference affiliated with the MAA Graduate Student Committee, is designed to foster a sense of community among medievalists in the early stages of their careers, provide an interdisciplinary forum for the presentation of their scholarship, and showcase the resources of host institutions. Vagantes has held eight successful conferences, at Harvard University (2002), University of Toronto (2003), Cornell University (2004), University of Notre Dame (2005), University of California, Berkeley (2006), Loyola University, Chicago (2007), The Ohio State University (2008), The Florida State University (2009), and The University of New Mexico (2010).

Vagantes 2011 will take place at The University of Pittsburgh in the spring. With the exception of keynote addresses, delivered by faculty, Vagantes is a student-run conference. For more information on attending and hosting Vagantes, visit VagantesConference.org