2006
41st International Congress on
Medieval Studies
Western Michigan University, May 2006
I.
The Problem of Revenge: Cultural Critiques in the
Icelandic Sagas
Organizer:
Andrew M. Pfrenger,
University of Connecticut
Moderator:
John P. Sexton,
University of Connecticut
“The
Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Revenge in Hen-Thoris
saga”
Ann P. Lanpher, University of
Toronto
“Brynhild’s Laugh: The Role of Emotion in
Vengeance in the Völsunga saga”
Sarah Girard, University of
Connecticut
“Blind Justice: Ámundi’s Miracle and Narratology
in Njáls saga”
Elizabeth Walgenbach, Cornell
University
II.
The World of Women in the Icelandic Sagas
Organizer:
John P. Sexton,
University of Connecticut
Moderator:
K. A. Laity,
University of Houston Downtown
“Oh,
What a Tangled Web We Weave: Women’s Work and
Women’s Magic”
Joyce Tally Lionarons, Ursinus
College
“Consent Theory in Tristrams saga ok Ísondar”
William Eggers, University of
Connecticut
“Fashioning a Spectral Icelandic Past: The Feud
as Means of Identification and as Loss”
Carolyn B. Anderson, University
of Wyoming
2005
40th International Congress on Medieval Studies
Western Michigan University, May 2005
The
Church as Institution in Medieval Iceland
Organizer:
Robert Hasenfratz,
University of Connecticut
Moderator:
Frederick M. Biggs,
University of Connecticut
“Secular versus Canon Law: Claiming Jurisdiction
in the Icelandic Vitnisvísur af Mariu”
Andrew M. Pfrenger, University of
Connecticut
“Portents of Death in Early Scandinavian and
Early Slavic”
Francis Butler, University of
Illinois- Urbana-Champaign
“Sanctuary, Excommunication, and the Rights of
the Church in Sturlunga saga”
John P. Sexton, University of
Connecticut
2004
39th International Congress on Medieval Studies
Western
Michigan University, May 2004
Idealizing the Past in the Sagas of the
Icelanders
Organizer and Moderator:
Robert Hasenfratz, University of Connecticut
“Legalism vs. Idealism: Seeking Justice at Law
Rock”
John P. Sexton, University of
Connecticut
“Remembrance of Things Past? The Greenland
Prophetess and Narrative Choice”
Laura Saeveit, Brown University
“Snorri Goði and the Politics of Power in
Eyrbyggja saga”
Andrew M. Pfrenger, University of
Connecticut
22nd Annual Medieval Studies Consortium: Graduate
Student Conference
Brown University, October 2004
Germanic Literature
Organizer:
Amy Vines, Brown
University
Moderator:
John P. Sexton,
University of Connecticut
“Mediation vs. Manipulation: The Role of Arthur
at Joflanze in Wolfram von Esenbach’s Parzival
and Adolf Muschg’s Der Rote Ritter: Eine
Geschichte von Parzivâl”
Judith G. Benz,Yale University
“A
Long Journey of the Wild Hunt: Transformation of
Ghost Belief in Medieval and Early Modern
Europe”
Ken Kurihara, Fordham University
“Intent, Inscrutability, and Judgment in the
Norse Saga af Tristram ok Isodd”
William Eggers, University of
Connecticut
2003
21st Annual Medieval Studies Consortium: Graduate
Student Conference
University of Connecticut, October
2003
Literature of the Northern World
Organizer:
New England Saga Society
Moderator:
John P. Sexton,
University of Connecticut
“Glamsyni: Grettir’s Saga and Medieval Legends
of Cain”
Kenneth F. Dula, Independent
Scholar
“Með mikilli vináttu: The Question of Honor and
Friendship in Egils saga Skallagrímssonar”
Wendy Marie Hoofnagle,
University of Connecticut
“Living in the Otherworld: An Analysis of
Siegfried’s Impotence in the Real World of the
Niebelungenlied”
Frederic Lardinois, University
of Connecticut
“The Mourning of the Geatish Woman in Beowulf”
Victoria Smith, University of
North Texas