Cross-Cultural Encounters in Medieval Dialogue Literature, session at 27th International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, July 6–9, 2020

The RELICS research group invites paper proposals for the 2020 International Medieval Congress in Leeds, more specifically for a panel on literary dialogues in medieval traditions across the globe. In connection with the thematic strand of IMC 2020, “Borders”, the central point of interest in this panel will be how dialogues across linguistic, religious, and cultural borders offer space for different and possibly conflicting voices. Its goal will be to explore medieval literary dialogues as places of linguistic, cultural, and religious encounters. The focus is both on works that take the form of dialogues and on dialogues that are part of larger writings. At the same time, this panel aims to bridge modern institutionalized boundaries by giving preference to contributions that investigate the possible interconnections, similarities, and differences between medieval dialogue literature in different languages, including, but not limited to Latin, Hebrew, the European vernaculars, Greek, Arabic, Syriac, etc.

Session sponsor
RELICS Research Group

Session organizers
Dinah Wouters, Ghent University
Klazina Staat, Ghent University