Medievalists and the Social Media Pilgrimage: The Digital Life of Twenty-First-Century Medieval Studies (A Roundtable)

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Massachusetts State Universities Medieval Blog

Organizer Name

Kisha G. Tracy

Organizer Affiliation

Fitchburg State Univ.

Presider Name

Kisha G. Tracy

Paper Title 1

Panelist

Presenter 1 Name

John P. Sexton

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Bridgewater State Univ.

Paper Title 2

Panelist

Presenter 2 Name

Peter Konieczny

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Medievalists.net

Paper Title 3

Panelist

Presenter 3 Name

Brandon W. Hawk

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of Connecticut

Paper Title 4

Panelist

Presenter 4 Name

Andrew M. Pfrenger

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Kent State Univ.-Salem

Paper Title 5

Panelist

Presenter 5 Name

Joshua R. Eyler

Presenter 5 Affiliation

Rice Univ.

Paper Title 6

Panelist

Presenter 6 Name

M. Wendy Hennequin

Presenter 6 Affiliation

Tennessee State Univ.

Start Date

11-5-2014 8:30 AM

Session Location

Schneider 1280

Description

In the last few years, the online presence of medievalists has increased. Blogs, Twitter, and other related types of social media have become a way for academics in the field to communicate on an international scale. This roundtable seeks to further discussions started by MassMedieval at the 2013 Congress and bring together individuals who are interested in discussing how to use social media as well as how medievalists can think about their digital lives. It will address questions such as: how can medievalists get started in social media? How can social media be used to bring medievalists together? How do we manage our online profiles? What are the potential negatives and how might they be overcome? As a means of demonstrating how social media works, we will also use the hashtag in the title (#Digimedievalist) to Tweet throughout the session and encourage members of the audience to do so as well - a real time application of the discussion.

Kisha G. Tracy