Reconstructing Performance Theory in the Digital Age? The Old English Homily (1066-1250) (A Roundtable)

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Manuscript Technologies Forum Interest Group, The English Association

Organizer Name

Matthew Aiello

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Pennsylvania

Presider Name

Matthew Aiello

Paper Title 1

The State of Play: English Manuscripts 1060 to 1220

Presenter 1 Name

Elaine M. Treharne

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Stanford Univ.

Paper Title 2

Performing Language Change after the Conquest

Presenter 2 Name

Emily Butler

Presenter 2 Affiliation

John Carroll Univ.

Paper Title 3

Performative Networks: Tracing the Afterlives of Old English Preaching Texts

Presenter 3 Name

Brandon W. Hawk

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Rhode Island College

Paper Title 4

Linguistic Features as Performance: The Grave in Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Bodley 343

Presenter 4 Name

Antonio Lenzo

Presenter 4 Affiliation

Stanford Univ.

Paper Title 5

Performing Pearl: Context, Language, and Modern Performance Practice in Medieval Studies

Presenter 5 Name

Colin Gibbings

Presenter 5 Affiliation

Univ. of Calgary

Start Date

12-5-2019 10:30 AM

Session Location

Bernhard 158

Description

This roundtable invites participants to think about the possible ways we can use both Performance Theory and Digital Methods to reconstruct the lost public contexts for delivering Old English homilies after the Norman Conquest. Matthew Aiello