Disability and the Medieval Romance

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Society for the Study of Disability in the Middle Ages

Organizer Name

Joshua R. Eyler

Organizer Affiliation

Rice Univ.

Presider Name

Kisha G. Tracy

Presider Affiliation

Fitchburg State Univ.

Paper Title 1

A Marvelous Lack: Infertility in Sir Orfeo

Presenter 1 Name

Isabel Stern

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Rutgers Univ.

Paper Title 2

Reading Perceval on the Autism Spectrum: Chrétien de Troyes's Conte du graal and the Uses and Perils of Diagnosis

Presenter 2 Name

Brooke Heidenreich Findley

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Pennsylvania State Univ.-Altoona

Paper Title 3

Heurodis, Away with the Fairies: Mental Illness in Sir Orfeo

Presenter 3 Name

Joshua R. Eyler

Paper Title 4

Malory's Nyneve and the Gendered Dynamics of Lovesickness

Presenter 4 Name

Tory Vandeventer Pearman

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Miami Univ. Hamilton

Start Date

14-5-2016 1:30 PM

Session Location

Fetzer 2040