Catastrophe and Periodization (A Roundtable)

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Medieval and Early Modern Studies Institute (MEMSI), George Washington Univ.

Organizer Name

Jeffrey Jerome Cohen

Organizer Affiliation

George Washington Univ.

Presider Name

Jeffrey Jerome Cohen

Paper Title 1

Learning to Die

Presenter 1 Name

Shannon Gayk

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Indiana Univ.-Bloomington

Paper Title 2

Roman Ruins in the Renaissance, or, Was the Fall of Rome a Catastrophe?

Presenter 2 Name

Katherine C. Little

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Colorado-Boulder

Paper Title 3

Time as Catastrophe in Old English

Presenter 3 Name

Mary Kate Hurley

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Ohio Univ.

Paper Title 4

Dancing toward Death (and the Reformation) at Saint Paul's

Presenter 4 Name

Megan Cook

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Colby College

Paper Title 5

Ruins, Stately Churches, and Climate Change in Lyly's Gallathea

Presenter 5 Name

Patricia L. Badir

Presenter 5 Affiliation

Univ. of British Columbia

Paper Title 6

The N-Town Noah, Mary Mattingly, and Who's Responsible for the Waves

Presenter 6 Name

Rob Wakeman

Presenter 6 Affiliation

Univ. of South Florida

Start Date

12-5-2017 1:30 PM

Session Location

Fetzer 1010

Description

This session gathers medievalists and early modernists for a lively conversation about how catastrophe and periodization get entangled. Keywords: catastrophe; history; ecology; ecocriticism

Jeffrey J. Cohen