53rd International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, May 10–13, 2018
Hosted by Western Michigan University's Medieval Institute, the International Congress on Medieval Studies is an annual gathering of around 3,000 scholars interested in medieval studies. The congress features more than 550 sessions of papers, panel discussions, roundtables, workshops and performances. There are also some 100 business meetings and receptions sponsored by learned societies, associations and institutions. The exhibits hall boasts nearly 70 exhibitors, including publishers, used book dealers and purveyors of medieval sundries. The congress lasts three and a half days, extending from Thursday morning, with sessions beginning at 10 a.m., until Sunday at noon.
Sessions that may be of interest to Byzantinists
Thursday, May 10, 10:00 am
Crusading and Crusading Ideology on the Frontier
Session 9
Book Transmission across the Mediterranean
Session 14
Thursday, May 10, 1:30 pm
Transformations of the Seventh Century I: Connected Cultures
Session 74
Thursday, May 10, 3:30 pm
De-centering the Romanesque II
Session 100
Politics, Society, and Liturgy in the High Middle Ages: Forging Identity
Session 116
Friday, May 11, 10:00 am
Networks of Religious Exchange in Central and Eastern Europe during the Middle
Ages
Session 194
Friday, May 11, 1:30 pm
Illuminated Manuscripts
Session 237
Medicine in Cities: Public Health and Medical Professions
Session 267
Friday, May 11, 3:30 pm
The Cultures of Armenia and Georgia
Session 309
Moving People, Shifting Frontiers: Re-contextualising the Thirteenth Century in
the Wider Mediterranean
Session 331
Saturday, May 12, 10:00 am
The Role of Nature and the Body in the Byzantine Tradition of Prayer
Session 386
Saturday, May 12, 1:30 pm
Topics in Byzantine Sigillography
Session 412
Venice, Materiality, and the Byzantine World I
Session 414
Saturday, May 12, 3:30 pm
Topics in Byzantine Numismatics
Session 464
Venice, Materiality, and the Byzantine World II
Session 466
Sunday, May 13, 10:30 am
The Matter of Alchemy: Deciphering Medieval Practices
Session 545