CFP: Moravian College Undergraduate Conference
The Eleventh Moravian College Undergraduate Conference in Medieval and Early Modern Studies will be held on Saturday December 3, 2016 on Moravian’s campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. We’d be delighted if you’d bring the conference to the attention of your students and colleagues and encourage students to present or attend presentations and performances at the conference. We sincerely welcome contributions from all departments in explorations of connections to the period between approx. 500 C.E. and 1800 C.E. In the past, we've had some great papers, panels, and poster presentations that began as coursework, in addition to engaging performances in music, drama, and dance. The conference has generally drawn over 200 people and typically features presentations and performances by approximately 100 students from 30 schools or so.
The typical presentation format consists of a 15-minute paper or a 45-minute group performance, but alternative formats would certainly be considered. Both registration and submission of proposals will open October 3 and will be handled via the conference website. The deadline for the submission of proposals is November 4. For a look at past conferences, please visit our website at http://www.moravian.edu/med
Highlights of this year’s conference will be a plenary presentation by Dr. Heide Estes (Dept. of English, Monmouth University); a performance of an adaptation of the medieval morality play, Everyman; and demonstrations and exhibits by artisans. We’ll be updating the website in the fall with additional details for this year’s conference. The conference typically runs from about 9:00am-4:00pm, with performance and reception following. Registration and all activities (apart from lunch) are free for presenters and attendees.
Bethlehem, in eastern Pennsylvania, is easily accessible from the Philadelphia area (about an hour and a half’s drive), the New York City area (about two hours’ drive), and other locations in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.
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