In Memory of Jeremy duQuesnay Adams I: Community Building in the Middle Ages

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Texas Medieval Association (TEMA)

Organizer Name

Bruce Brasington, Lane J. Sobehrad

Organizer Affiliation

West Texas A&M Univ., Texas Tech Univ.

Presider Name

Lane J. Sobehrad

Paper Title 1

Muhammad's Catechism and the Monk Bahira in William of Tripoli's Notita de Machometo and De statu Sarrecenorum: A Dominican in the Latin East's Peculiar Life of the Prophet

Presenter 1 Name

Jeremy D. Pearson

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Tennessee-Knoxville

Paper Title 2

Tropes That Last: Giraldus Cambrensis and Literary Constructions of Wales

Presenter 2 Name

Sarah Jane Sprouse

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Texas Tech Univ.

Paper Title 3

Communities in Learning: Augustine, the Bishop, and Early Augustinian Houses

Presenter 3 Name

Nancy van Deusen

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Claremont Graduate Univ.

Start Date

13-5-2017 10:00 AM

Session Location

Schneider 1130

Description

The seemingly disparate subjects in this session's papers represent Jeremy Adams' interest in the way various communities formed, how they viewed themselves, and how the bonds between members of any given community were constructed and strengthened. These socio-cultural inquiries are just as relevant for Gerald of Wales participating in thirteenth century textual communities as they are for the multi-cultural communities of the medieval Middle East and Augustine's participation in the formation of monastic communities.

--Lane J. Sobehrad