Today the UNM MSSA members held their student colloquium, which occurs each semester, and provides both MSSA undergraduate and graduate members the opportunity to share their work with one another and to give one another feedback. For many it has been a venue to share their work prior to going to conferences such as the International Congress on Medieval Studies hosted by Western Michigan University.

Today we heard seven papers, five of which were from our undergraduate members. The topics ranged from codicological considerations of the Book of Kells to early Christian practices and reforms to rhetorical examinations of various medieval texts.

Both graduate student papers, written by myself and Katie Newell, will be presented this May at the 43rd Congress in Kalamazoo, MI.

The program is below:

Medieval Studies Student Association, UNM
Spring 2008 Student Colloquium
Wednesday, April 16, 2008, Noon-4PM
Cherry/Silver Room on 3rd Floor of the SUB

Program

Welcome and Refreshments: 12:00-12:15
Opening Remarks by MSSA President Christopher Franklin

Session 1: 12:15-1:45
The Traditions and Practices of Early Christianity
Presider: Megan Abrahamson

Training in Christianity: Minor Ornament in the Book of Kells
Kent Navalesi
Double Monasteries:
The Quiet but Powerful Role of Women in Anglo-Saxon England and Ireland
Christina M. Casaus
The Continuation of Ascetic Practices
Katherine Kontos

Session 2: 1:45-2:45
Reform and Authority in the Medieval Church
Presider: Karen Neuhauser

The Monks in the Middle:

Monasticism, Reform, and Heresy in the Early Middle Ages
Dale Enggass
Northmen, Narrative, and Legitimacy:
Using the Viking Invasions to Construct Authority in France, ca. 850-1250
Katie L. T. Newell

Session 3: 3:00-4:00
What’s in a Word? Rhetorical Strategies in Medieval Texts
Presider: Douglas Ryan VanBenthuysen

Molding Women:
Rhetorical Constructions of Authority in Late Medieval Conduct Literature
Marisa Sikes
Quite the Man from Quite the Class -

The Theme of Quiting in the Canterbury Tales
Christina Viviani

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