ICLS Call for Papers

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Tamara Caudill

The Fifteenth Triennial International Courtly Literature Society Congress has released its Call for Papers.

The Congress will be held 24-29 July 2016 at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky.

The International Marie de France Society will be organizing 1-2 panels for the event, with details forthcoming.

Those wishing to submit directly to the Congress or those looking for more information, please see the Call for Papers or visit the Congress website. Abstracts are due December 1, 2015.

ICLS Call for Papers
ICLS Congress home page
ICLS main site

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Kalamazoo Call for Papers 2016

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Tamara Caudill

The International Marie de France Society is pleased to announce three (3) panels for the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, May 12-15, 2016.

  1. Performances of Marie de France: Equitan (A Performance)
  2. Graduate Student Perspectives on Marie de France (A Roundtable)
  3. Fables and Other Works of Marie de France (Papers)

Abstracts and inquiries can be sent to the session organizer:

Ann McCullough
Middle Tennessee State University
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Box 79
1301 E. Main Street
Murfreesboro, TN 37132

amccullo AT mtsu.edu

The entire “Sneak Peak” is available online.

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Blast from the Past: The Bulletin of the IMFS is online

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Tamara Caudill

We are in the process of digitizing and loading copies of Le Cygne: The Bulletin of the International Marie de France Society. This publication lasted three years (1995-1997) before being reinvented as Le Cygne: The Journal of the International Marie de France Society.

They  will soon be available under the Archive tab.

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Kalamazoo 2015 – Papers and Panels of Note

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Tamara Caudill

In advance of the International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 13-17, 2015, here is a list of papers and panels of interest to IMFS members. Speakers with asterisks are also members of the Society.

For additions or corrections, please comment below.

IMFS Events

Session 351, Saturday 10:00 a.m., Fetzer 1060
Performances of Marie de France: Guigemar
Simonetta Cochis (Transylvania U), Yvonne LeBlanc (Independent Scholar), Tamara Bentley Caudill (Tulane U)

International Marie de France Business Meeting, Saturday 12:00 p.m., Fetzer 1060

Other papers of interest

  • Fallen Language and Animal Communication in Marie de France’s Bisclavret
    Alison Langdon (Western Kentucky U)
    Thursday, 3:30 – S132
  • Clueless in the Twelfth Century: Playing Marie de France’s Questionable Heroine in Chaitivel
    Simonetta Cochis, Transylvania Univ*
    Friday, 1:30 – S253
  • Defamation and De-Nosing in Marie de France’s Bisclavret
    Christine E. Kozikowski, College of the Bahamas
    Sunday, 8:30 – S515
  • Challenges in Translating Medieval French: The Case of Druerie in Marie de France’s Lais
    Philipp Jeserich, Freie Univ. Berlin
    Thursday, 3:30 – S101
  • Counterfeiting Monstrosity: Knowledge and Ignorance in the Lai of Graelent and the Fabliau La Sorisete des estopes
    Stefanie Goyette, Massachusetts Institute of Technology*
    Thursday, 10:00 – S12
  • Public Feeling in the Manteau mal Taillé and the Lai du Cor
    Michael A. Johnson, Central Washington Univ.
    Thursday, 7:30 – S151
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A Note from the Editor of Le Cygne

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Tamara Caudill

Dear Members of the International Marie de France Society:

We are very pleased to be able to announce that the latest issue of our journal, Le Cygne, has been printed and is currently being distributed (along with notices of dues, where appropriate).

To avoid confusion and to create a new start for the journal, the new issue is numbered as Volume 1 (third series). It is our intention to make every effort to ensure that in future the journal appears with its former regularity.

The new editor of Le Cygne, Glyn Burgess, welcomes submissions on topics relating to the works of Marie de France or to the anonymous lays. They should be sent to him at af02@liv.ac.uk or editor@mariedefrance.org.

Ed Ouellette (secretary-treasurer)
Glyn Burgess (editor of Le Cygne)
Tamara Caudill (editorial assistant)

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Kalamazoo Call for Papers 2015

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Tamara Caudill

The ICMS Call for Papers has been issued.

As you may notice, the International Marie de France Society has a single panel for 2015: “Performances of Guigemar.” We regret that an administrative error on our part effectively eliminated two of our regular panels. We hope to return in full force for 2016.

If you are interested in presenting as part of “Performances of Guigemar,” contact the session organizer:

Tamara Bentley Caudill
Department of French & Italian
Tulane University
311 Newcomb | 1229 Broadway
New Orleans, LA 70118
tcaudill@tulane.edu

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Our new website

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Tamara Caudill

Thanks to the generosity of David Merchant (Louisiana Tech), the International Marie de France Society has received use of the domain name www.mariedefrance.org.

Mr. Merchant is in the process of moving his site devoted to Marie de France to the following address: http://marieoffrance.wordpress.com/

We will be diligently working on the site over the summer and welcome your comments and suggestions. Contact our webmaster, Tamara Caudill, at tcaudill@tulane.edu.

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Announcing New Officers, 2014

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Tamara Caudill

The following were elected via e-mail following nomination at the annual meeting at the International Congress on Medieval Studies, May 10, 2014 in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

  • President—Ann McCullough, Middle Tennessee State University
  • Vice-President—Tamara Bentley Caudill, Tulane University
  • Secretary-Treasurer—Ed Ouellette, Air Force Officer and Staff College

Appointees and other leadership changes:

  • Matthieu Boyd (Fairleigh Dickinson University) rotated into the office of Immediate Past President.
  • Glyn S. Burgess (University of Liverpool) agreed to become Editor-In-Chief of Le Cygne.
  • Rupert T. Pickens (University of Kentucky) agreed to serve on the Advisory Board.
  • Monica Wright (University of Louisiana-Lafayette) became statutory agent serving as a legal representative for the Society in Louisiana, where we are incorporated.
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