A Feminist Renaissance in Anglo-Saxon Studies II: Projects in Process (A Roundtable)

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Mary Dockray-Miller; Rebecca Straple

Organizer Affiliation

Lesley Univ.; Western Michigan Univ.

Presider Name

Rebecca Straple

Paper Title 1

Anglo-Saxon Philology and Digital Humanities: A Cautionary Tale for Twenty-First-Century Medievalists

Presenter 1 Name

Mary Dockray-Miller

Paper Title 2

Does Beowulf-Scholarship Have a Gender Problem? (Spoiler: Yes)

Presenter 2 Name

Christopher Abram

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Notre Dame

Paper Title 3

Hierarchies of Knowledge

Presenter 3 Name

Erin E. Sweany

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Indiana Univ.-Bloomington

Paper Title 4

Finding Saint Ælfgifu: Digital Tools and Anglo-Saxon Women

Presenter 4 Name

Rachel S. Anderson

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Grand Valley State Univ.

Paper Title 5

Reading Female Characters from Chronicles to Pop Culture

Presenter 5 Name

Kelly Williams

Presenter 5 Affiliation

Univ. of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign

Start Date

13-5-2018 10:30 AM

Session Location

Fetzer 1010

Description

Panelists will describe Anglo-Saxonist/feminist works-in-progress in the context of 2-3 specific questions about the state of the field and its future. We plan to share these questions (over social media, listservs, etc.) before the Congress in order to give potential audience members and the presenters time to reflect on these issues and lay the groundwork for fruitful, substantive discussion that includes audience members as well as panelists. These questions could include: How does your current feminist project fit into your teaching? How does your current feminist project address the ongoing “crisis in the humanities”? How do you engage your non-medievalist colleagues in your feminist project? How do you convince your department head/dean/provost that your feminist project is worthwhile and thus worthy of institutional support?

Mary Dockray-Miller