The Mutilated Body: Durham University Medieval & Early Modern Student Association Conference (Register now, Durham, 8

Research Summary: The Mutilated Body Conference

Event Type: Postgraduate academic conference

Primary Topic: Destruction, disability, and personhood in medieval and Early Modern periods

Research Areas: Medical humanities, hagiography, conceptualization of mutilated corporeality, kingship, and Christendom

Date & Location: 8–9 July 2013 at St John's College, Durham University

Keynote Speakers: Professor Faith Wallis (McGill University) and Professor Charlotte Roberts (Durham University)

Additional Programming: Tour of Lindisfarne Gospels exhibition with talk by Professor Richard Gameson (Durham University)

Audience: Postgraduate and early career researchers in interdisciplinary dialogue

Conference Edition: Seventh annual MEMSA postgraduate conference

The Mutilated Body
Medieval and Early Modern Student Association Postgraduate Conference
8-9 July 2013 at St John’s College, Durham University

MEMSA is proud to announce its seventh annual postgraduate conference, an event designed to bring together postgraduate and early career researchers in interdisciplinary dialogue. This year’s topic is the Mutilated Body, where delegates will explore aspects of destruction, disability, and personhood in the medieval and Early Modern periods, investigating medical humanities and hagiography, as well as interpretations of the conceptualisation of mutilated corporeality, as typified by books, the nation-state and kingship, or Christendom. Keynote speakers will be Professor Faith Wallis (McGill University) and Professor Charlotte Roberts (Durham University). Delegates will also have the option to tour the Lindisfarne Gospels exhibition, following a talk by Professor Richard Gameson (Durham University).

Please follow this link below to register online.