Methodology and the Future of Occitan Studies: A Roundtable in Memory of Peter Ricketts

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Société Guilhem IX

Organizer Name

Valerie M. Wilhite

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Oregon

Presider Name

Valerie M. Wilhite

Paper Title 1

COMpiling a Database

Presenter 1 Name

F. Ronald P. Akehurst

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Paper Title 2

A Few Thoughts about the Future of Occitan Bibliography

Presenter 2 Name

Kathryn Klingebiel

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Hawaii-Mānoa

Paper Title 3

"Et aysi trobaretz de las suas chansos": The Dissemination of Texts and Performances of the Troubadours Online

Presenter 3 Name

Courtney Joseph Wells

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Paper Title 4

The COM and Beyond: Digital Tools and the Study of Occitan

Presenter 4 Name

Thomas Field

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Univ. of Maryland

Start Date

8-5-2014 3:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1235

Description

Peter Ricketts provided Occitanists with the materials and tools which provide today's scholars with the means to carry out scholarship that is important to us all. For this roundtable the Société seeks to discuss the state of methodology in Occitan Studies, the practice of which was certainly influenced by Ricketts' drive to provide thorough scholarly editions with significant apparatus and of course, COM 1 and 2.

Valerie M. Wilhite