Female Bodies on the Threshold of Oblivion: Aging and Dying in the Medieval West

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Société d'Études Interdisciplinaires sur les Femmes au Moyen Âge et à la Renaissance (SEIFMAR)

Organizer Name

Laura Cayrol-Bernardo

Organizer Affiliation

Centre de Recherches Historiques, EHESS-Paris

Presider Name

Sergi Sancho Fibla

Presider Affiliation

Aix-Marseille Univ.

Paper Title 1

"És vella e negú no la deu cobejar": Women's Sexuality and the Aging Body in Medieval Iberia

Presenter 1 Name

Laura Cayrol-Bernardo

Paper Title 2

The Double Veil: Old Women in Medieval and Early Modern Female Monasteries

Presenter 2 Name

Araceli Rosillo-Luque

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. de Barcelona/Arxiu-Biblioteca dels Fransiscans de Catalunya

Paper Title 3

Menopause as Sunset: Hildegard of Bingen on Women's Reproductive Life in the Causae et curae

Presenter 3 Name

Minji Lee

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Rice Univ.

Paper Title 4

Assistance to Old Women in Medieval Catalonia

Presenter 4 Name

Mireia Comas Via

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Univ. de Barcelona

Start Date

13-5-2018 8:30 AM

Session Location

Fetzer 2040