Saint Teresa of Avila's Sisters: Writing Women in Medieval Iberia

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Ibero-Medieval Association of North America (IMANA)

Organizer Name

Nancy F. Marino

Organizer Affiliation

Michigan State Univ.

Presider Name

Lesley Twomey

Presider Affiliation

Northumbria Univ.

Paper Title 1

Decoding Feminine Spirituality in Admiraçión operum Dey

Presenter 1 Name

Yonsoo Kim, Ana Maria Carvajal Jaramillo

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Purdue Univ., Purdue Univ.

Paper Title 2

Mujercitas como yo: Humility Tropes and Gender Roles in the Writings of Teresa de Cartagena and Saint Teresa of Avila

Presenter 2 Name

Hilary Pearson

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Oxford

Paper Title 3

Envisioning Angels: Juana de la Cruz, Gender Ambiguity, and Female Mystical Authority

Presenter 3 Name

Jessica A. Boon

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Start Date

14-5-2015 10:00 AM

Session Location

Valley II Eicher 202

Description

In commemoration of the anniversary of St. Teresa's birth, this panel will explore her medieval females predecessors in Iberia. It seeks submissions on women's writing together with the historical and religious context for all Iberian religious women writers until 1560.

Nancy F. Marino