Medieval Pilgrimage: Gender, Geography, and Transformation

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Centre for the Study of Christianity and Culture, Univ. of York

Organizer Name

Dee Dyas

Organizer Affiliation

Centre for the Study of Christianity and Culture, Univ. of York

Presider Name

Louise Hampson

Presider Affiliation

Centre for the Study of Christianity and Culture, Univ. of York

Paper Title 1

New Materialism, Vibrant Objects, and Pilgrimage Poetics

Presenter 1 Name

Susan Signe Morrison

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Texas State Univ.-San Marcos

Paper Title 2

Finding the Narrator: Experience, Curiosity, and Pilgrimage Poetics

Presenter 2 Name

Suzanne M. Yeager

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Fordham Univ.

Paper Title 3

Being a Pilgrim: Shrines, the Senses, and the Power of Place

Presenter 3 Name

Dee Dyas

Start Date

13-5-2016 3:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1275

Description

This session will draw on a wide range of cross-disciplinary insights, together with material from current research projects, to connect the perceived efficacy and utility of pilgrimage, the ways in which it was experienced as a sensory phenomenon dependent on movement and place, and its significance in textual and social materiality.

Dee Dyas