Medieval Futura I: Now

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Medieval Studies Institute, Indiana Univ.-Bloomington

Organizer Name

Andrea Whitacre

Organizer Affiliation

Indiana Univ.-Bloomington

Presider Name

Shannon Gayk

Presider Affiliation

Indiana Univ.-Bloomington

Paper Title 1

"Gay Habits Set Straight": Queer Temporality and the Problem of the Medieval Future in Ernest Cline's Ready Player One

Presenter 1 Name

Kevin A. Moberly; Brent Addison Moberly

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Old Dominion Univ.; Indiana Univ.-Bloomington

Paper Title 2

Scrambling the Philosophers' Egg: Modern Conceptions of Medieval Alchemy

Presenter 2 Name

Meagan S. Allen

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Indiana Univ.-Bloomington

Paper Title 3

The Future Demands Work: William Morris's Utopian Medievalism in an Age of Precarity, Flexibility, and Automation

Presenter 3 Name

Tom White

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of Oxford

Paper Title 4

Monks in Space

Presenter 4 Name

Corey Sparks

Presenter 4 Affiliation

California State Univ.-Chico

Start Date

11-5-2019 10:00 AM

Session Location

Schneider 1345