Two great principles divide the world, and contend for the mastery, antiquity and the middle ages. These are the two civilisations that have preceded us, the two elements of which ours is composed. All political as well as religious questions reduce themselves practically to this. This is the great dualism that runs through our society. --Lord Acton, c. 1859
"Medievalism is the continuing process of creating the middle ages." --Leslie J. Workman, 1997
EDITORS
Studies in Medievalism is edited by Leslie J. Workman, who founded the academic study of the subject. The Associate Editor is Kathleen Verduin, Professor of English at Hope College. Advisors include Norman Cantor (New York University), Alice Chandler (emerita, NYSUC-New Paltz), and Tom Shippey (St. Louis University). Corresponding Editors are Domenico Pietropaolo (University of Toronto), Canada; Andrew Wawn (University of Leeds), United Kingdom; Ulrich Mhller (University of Salzburg) and Richard J. Utz (University of Thbingen), the German-speaking countries; Toshiyuki Takamiya (Keio University), Japan; Geraldine Barnes (University of Sydney), Australia and New Zealand. Correspondence should be addressed to the Editor in care of the Department of English, Hope College, Holland, MI 49422-9000; tel. (616) 395-7626; fax 616-395-7134; e-mail workman@hope.edu
PUBLISHERS
Studies in Medievalism is published by Boydell & Brewer, Ltd, P. O. Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 3DF UK; Boydell & Brewer, Inc., P. O. Box 41026, Rochester, NY 1604, USA. Orders and inquiries about back issues should be directed to the publisher at the appropriate office.
SUMMER INSTITUTE
The Third Summer Institute on Medievalism, sponsored and organized by Studies in Medievalism, will take place at the University of York in England July 5-August 1, 1999. This is the only summer program in existence to address the construction of the Middle Ages as an idea in western culture from 1500 to the present. Classes are held in historic King's Manor in the heart of the city of York and on the campus of York University, where participants are housed. Readings are based on an original anthology of primary and secondary texts compiled by the organizers. Field trips are planned to nearby Fountains Abbey, and others are contemplated to Abbotsford, Kelmscott, Brantford, and other sites if funds permit. The Institute will be in recess during the Leeds Medieval Congress, July 12-15. Costs, including all expenses except travel, are set at $2500; graduate credit can be arranged. Applications are encouraged by March 1, but acceptances will continue until places are filled. For application forms and further information, contact Leslie J. Workman, Department of English, Hope College, Holland, MI 49422-9000; telephone 616 395 7626 or 7609; fax 616 395 7134; email workman@hope.edu.
CONFERENCE
The Thirteenth International Conference on Medievalism took place in Rochester, New York, October 7-10, 1998, under the capable direction of Rosemary Welsh (Wells College) and Michael Teres (State University of New York at Geneseo). Plans for the Fourteenth International Conference, scheduled for September 16-18, 1999, are underway at Montana State University. This is the second time the Conference has gathered in the Big Sky country (the first was in 1994), and we look forward to another exciting event. Keynote speakers will include Ronald Hutton (Bristol), John Kirby (Purdue), and Tom Shippey (St. Louis); a trip to Yellowstone may be arranged, depending on interest. Address proposals for papers, complete sessions, or other activities to the local organizer: Dr. Gwendolyn A. Morgan, Department of English, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717; telephone 406 994 5190; fax 406 994 2422; email morgan@english.montana.edu. Deadline: May 30, 1999.
INTERNATIONAL MEDIEVAL CONGRESS AT LEEDS
Studies in Medievalism will sponsor two sessions at the 1999 Leeds Congress: "Receiving Chaucer," with papers by Steve Ellis of Birmingham University, UK ("Chaucer and Modern Nationalism"), Richard J. Utz of Northern Iowa ("Chaucer and the Discourse of German Philology"), and Britton J. Harwood of Miami University ("Constructing the Chaucerian Sexuality under Late Capitalism"), and "Medievalism in America," with papers by Kymberly N. Pinder of the Art Institute of Chicago ("A verray parfit gentil knight: The Medieval Knight as Allegory in American Public Art, 1895-1918"), Roy M. Anker of Calvin College ("Medievalism in Contemporary American Cinema"), and Kathleen Verduin ("The Medieval in the (American) Renaissance").
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Conference papers form the core of a related series, The Year's Work in Medievalism, now edited by David D. Metzger of Old Dominion University. (For information regarding past volumes, communicate with Leslie J. Workman.)
In addition to Studies in Medievalism and The Year's Work, the Editors have initiated the series Medievalism: Monographs and Texts.
PROJECTS IN PROGRESS
Studies in Medievalism has begun a series of bibliographies of critical studies on medievalism. Work has begun on The Idea of the Middle Ages, a collaborative history of medievalism, which will be the first comprehensive introduction to the field. Publication is scheduled for summer 1999. A collection of primary sources, to be titled Medievalism in America: Episodes in the Formation of an Idea, is nearing completion.
LOGO
The Studies in Medievalism logo at the top of this document is from Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Alte Deutsche Lieder, edited by L. Achim von Arnim and Clemens Brentano (Heidelberg and Frankfurt, 1806).
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