Joan of Arc in Theory

Sponsoring Organization(s)

International Joan of Arc Society/Société Internationale de l'étude de Jeanne d'Arc

Organizer Name

Jane Marie Pinzino

Organizer Affiliation

Earlham College

Presider Name

Gail Orgelfinger

Presider Affiliation

Univ. of Maryland-Baltimore County

Paper Title 1

What's Old Is New Again: A New Historicist Reading of Jeanne d'Arc

Presenter 1 Name

Stephanie L. Coker

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Oral Roberts Univ.

Paper Title 2

Joan of Arc and Theories of Charismatic Leadership

Presenter 2 Name

Jane Marie Pinzino

Paper Title 3

Theatrical Witchcraft: Restoring Shakespeare's Joan

Presenter 3 Name

Lesley Kordecki, Karla Koskinen

Presenter 3 Affiliation

DePaul Univ., Univ. of Alabama-Birmingham

Start Date

10-5-2014 10:00 AM

Session Location

Bernhard 106

Description

"Joan of Arc in Theory" considers the use of academic theory, from historiographical to literary to gender and sociological, to better understand Joan of Arc and her contemporaries. A notable volume of research on Joan of Arc has remained neutral in naming explicit theoretical claims, and this session addresses theory overtly for its usefulness in understanding Joan and moreover identifies what light Joan of Arc sheds on the theories themselves, their usefulness and limitations for understanding Joan and her memory.

Jane Marie Pinzino