Call for Session Papers and Round Table Participants: Society for the Study of Disability in the Middle Ages, 59th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Due By 15 September 2023

Call for Session Papers and Round Table Participants

Society for the Study of Disability in the Middle Ages

59th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo

Due By 15 September 2023

Session: “Intersections of Medieval Dis/Ability and Race/Making”
This panel examines what it means to think about premodern race and premodern dis/ability together.


Session: “Making Sense of Medieval Sensory Disabilities ”
This panel explores medieval representations of sensory disabilities such as visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, tactile, and proprioceptive impairments and their profound implications for social, cultural, historical, philosophical, and religious paradigms. Direct questions to Margaret McCurry at margaret.mccurry@nyu.edu.


Roundtable: “Accessible Practices in Academia” (Hybrid)
This roundtable seeks to bring together diverse voices to discuss issues related to accessibility in the work of academia, including, but not limited to, scholarship, research, teaching, service, conferences (presentation and travel), etc.

To submit a proposal by September 15, 2023: https://icms.confex.com/icms/2024/cfp.cgi
For questions: email Kisha Tracy at ktracy3@fitchburgstate.edu

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