Medieval Environments, Northwestern University, February 25–26, 2017

We are pleased to announce the 34rd annual conference of the Illinois Medieval Association. We invite papers and complete sessions on any aspect of the 2016 conference theme: medieval environments.

The modern English term environment has its roots in the Middle French environner, the action of surrounding or encircling. In recent years, much exciting work has revealed the intricate relationships between medieval people and their various environments–from ecocritical considerations of land, sea and air to considerations of the built, intellectual and spiritual environments humans crafted for themselves. In this conference we hope to bring new work on these various strands of investigation into more explicit dialogue. We encourage paper and session proposals from all fields that engage with any aspect of the many medieval environments.