Productive Anachronism? The Promise and Peril of Historical Analogy in the Study of Medieval Culture (A Roundtable)

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Jonathan Newman, Anna Wilson

Organizer Affiliation

Dartmouth College, Univ. of Toronto

Presider Name

Jonathan Newman

Paper Title 1

Fruits and Flowers for Pedagogical Thieves

Presenter 1 Name

Alex Mueller

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Massachusetts-Boston

Paper Title 2

Anachronism as Responsible Pedagogy

Presenter 2 Name

Richard H. Godden

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Tulane Univ.

Paper Title 3

Analogy, Textuality, and Materiality in the Medieval Studies Classroom

Presenter 3 Name

Robin Wharton, Alison Valk

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Institute of Technology

Paper Title 4

Can Scholarship Be Set in Time?

Presenter 4 Name

Roland Betancourt

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Yale Univ.

Paper Title 5

"The Medieval Fan?": Using Analogy, Managing Anachronism

Presenter 5 Name

Anna Wilson

Start Date

9-5-2013 7:30 PM

Session Location

Fetzer 2020

Description

This interdisciplinary roundtable on methodology will feature position papers and discussion about experiences with and approaches to using analogy as a tool for teaching and researching medieval culture.

Jonathan M. Newman and Anna Wilson