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11th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM, MAY 1-4, 2014, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, TUCSON Registration Name: Affiliation: Date: Paper Topic:   Presenter Registration Fee: $90. Audience: $15./day Received: ___________________________________________ (Albrecht Classen):  Date:____________________…Continue Reading Registration for the 2014 symposium: Death and the Culture of Death

11th International Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies Abstracts Map of the Campus University of Arizona, Tucson, May 1-4, 2014Organized by Albrecht Classen, Dept. of German Studies   Program for the 2014 Symposium on “Death and the Culture of Death in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Time: The Challenges of the End of Life…Continue Reading Program for the Symposium on Death and the Culture of Death

    Chiara Benati, Dipartimento di Lingue e Culture Moderne Università degli Studi di Genova: The field surgery manual which became a medical common place book: Hans von Gersdorff’s Feldtbuch der Wundarzney translated into Low German The surgical handbook known as Feldtbuch der Wundarzney by the Strasburgian field surgeon Johannes (Hans) von Gersdorff is one…Continue Reading Abstracts for the Conference on Hygiene, Water, etc. 2015, UA

Program for the 2015 Symposium on “Hygiene, Medicine, and Well-Being in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age”   University of Arizona, Tucson, April 30 – May 2, 2015 Organized by Albrecht Classen, Dept. of German Studies   Locations: César Chavez Building room 111 on campus, University of Arizona.     Registration: $90 for…Continue Reading Program for the Conference on Hygiene, Medicine, and Well-Being

Program of the 2016 symposium: Magic and the Magician in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Time   Meetings will take place  Friday, April 29, 2016: Saguaro Hall 101(southwest of Old Main, behind Social Sciences), 9 a.m.-11:50 a.m. (1110 E. South Campus Rd.) 1:00-5 p.m. Cesar Chavez 111 (north of Old Main)  Saturday, April 30, 2016: Cesar Chavez…Continue Reading Magic and the Magician – Program

Abstracts for papers to be delivered at the May 2017 symposium at the University of Arizona   Sally Abed, The University of Utah: Cultural Collision and the Preservation of Identity in Ibn Fadlan’s Risala Ibn Fadlan travels northward to the lands of the Bulghars and the Rus from tenth-century Baghdad on a diplomatic mission from the Caliph…Continue Reading Abstracts. Symposium 2017. On the Road Again

Symposium Program THURSDAY, May 4, 7 p.m.-9 p.m. RECEPTION (Hosted by Albrecht Classen), Riverpark Inn, 350 S. Freeway, next to Interstate 10, south of St. Mary’s Rd. (hospitality suite 134 on the west side of the hotel, room on the name of our colleague Daniel Pigg) – we hope to see you all, but feel free to…Continue Reading 2017 Program

  Abstracts:   Sally Abed, Alexandria University, Egypt:  Performance and Pleasure: Female Performers between Reality and Fiction   In this paper, I briefly examine the under-investigated role of female performers in public spheres in medieval Arab culture and use this historical perspective as a segue to the One Thousand and One Nights. I approach the…Continue Reading Abstracts for 2018 symposium

Telgte in Tucson 2 – Dichtertreffen Das nächste Dichtertreffen wird vom 13. bis 14. April 2018 in Tucson stattfinden. Alle, die literarisch-kreativ tätig sind und etwas vortragen wollen, sind herzlich eingeladen, daran teilzunehmen. Programm unten. Telgte: Tucson: Wir bitten alle zu verstehen, unser Treffen muss von den Teilnehmern selbst getragen werden, d.h. wir werden eine Gebühr…Continue Reading SCALG – Society of Contemporary American Literature in German. Telgte in Tucson 2

Africans in Europe and Europeans in Africa, with an Emphasis on the German-African Relationship from the Middle Ages to the Twenty-First Century Abstracts 2019 International Symposium at the University of Arizona, Tucson Organized and chaired by Albrecht Classen, German Studies, and Praise Zenenga, Africana Studies Date: April 4-7, 2019 (with the actual symposium on Fri and Sat.,…Continue Reading Symposium on Africans in Europe and Europeans in Africa

  Not all papers listed here with an abstract were actually presented at the symposium. There were some cancellations, and some papers are only promised in their written form. This list of abstracts serves only as a base for the planned published volume. Sally Abed, Alexandria University, Egypt: Meeting Monsters in Medieval Arab and Medieval Western Travel…Continue Reading Abstracts

Programm unseres Dichtertreffens, 12.-14. April, 2018 12. April: 19-21 Uhr: gemütliches Beisammensein, in der Hospitality Suite, 134, im Riverpark Inn, 350 S. Freeway, next to the Interstate I-10 (nevertheless, surprisingly quiet rooms) Freitag, 13. April: Frühstück im Hotel (reiches Angebot, bitte Kaffee danach mitbringen) 9:30 Beginn unserer Lesungen Irmgard Hunt Peter Beicken Geertje Suhr 10:45-11:00…Continue Reading Telgte 2 in Tucson, 2018

Program of the 2018 Symposium: Pleasure and Leisure THURSDAY, May 3, 2018, 7 p.m.-9 p.m. RECEPTION (Hosted by Albrecht Classen), Ramada by Wyndham Tucson (formerly Riverpark Inn), 777 W Cushing St. (520) 239-2300, next to Interstate 10, south of St. Mary’s Rd. (hospitality suite 134 on the west side of the hotel, room on the…Continue Reading Pleasure and Leisure: Program

Online: You must attend at least 10 chatroom meetings, otherwise loss of points. Week one (starts on Dec. 21): historical background: Chatroom meeting 1, 4:30 p.m. Read the introduction by Amt. I’ll provide you with specific questions. Read the article by Emily Amt and A. Classen (online) Chatroom or zoom meeting 1: Dec. 21, 4:30 p.m. Reading pace is only…Continue Reading Ger 312 online schedule

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIA AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA: FUNDAMENTALS OF MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN CULTURE organized by Prof. Albrecht Classen, Dept. of German Studies. See the links for each symposium above or below. For instructions how to prepare your manuscript for publication, see: CHECKLIST Depending on the contractual conditions, there might be a charge for contributions…Continue Reading International Symposia – Introduction

Program of the 2019 Symposium: Fantasy and Imagination in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age: Projections, Dreams, and Illusion (also: Monsters and Monstrosity) THURSDAY, May 2, 2019, 7 p.m.-9 p.m. RECEPTION (Hosted by Albrecht Classen), Ramada by Wyndham Tucson (formerly Riverpark Inn), 777 W Cushing St. (520) 239-2300, next to Interstate 10, south of St. Mary’s Rd. (hospitality…Continue Reading International Symposium Program, "Imagination and Fantasy in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Time"

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Symposium 2020: Imprisonment, Slavery, and Freedom in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Age, Nov. 21 and 22 (each day from 8 a.m. /7:50 a.m. MST to 1 p.m.)     17th International Symposium 2020: Liberty, the Prison, and Slavery in the Pre-Modern World, Nov. 21 and 22 (each day from 8 a.m. MST to 1:30 p.m.;…Continue Reading Program for the Nov. 21 and 22 online conference on Freedom, Imprisonment, and Slavery

This symposium is open to anyone, so just enter at your leisure when you are not presenting, but please make sure to mute yourself until you want to speak. You can always raise your hand, or put down something in the chat. We have always a 10 min. period for Q & A after each…Continue Reading Program: (Mis)Communication, Community, and Translation in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Time

Checklist in preparation for the final version of your paper:                  first name and last name on top (12 points)  1.                  (your affiliation) (ten points): (University of Arizona, Tucson) 2.                  3 spaces 3.                  title (14 points) 4.                  4 spaces 5.                  text (10 points) 6.                  always footnotes 7.                  best if you do not put…Continue Reading Checklist for Fundamentals

Najlaa Ramadan Abdulaziz Aldeeb, Swansea University, UK: Globalism in Paul of Antioch’s Letter to a Muslim Friend and Its Refutation by Ibn Taymiyya While the common themes of pre-modern travel literature are pilgrimage, indigenous customs, agriculture, flora and fauna, Paul of Antioch’s treatises focus on the Islamic-Christian debate. These letters were unknown to both Arab Christians…Continue Reading Abstracts for the 2022 symposium: Globalism

PROGRAM OF THE APRIL 30-May 1, 2022 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN STUDIES: PRE-MODERN GLOBALISM Zoom link for both days:  https://arizona.zoom.us/j/89140302587, starting at 7 a.m. Welcome and intro at 7:15 a.m. Arizona time.   This symposium is open to anyone interested in this topic, so just enter at your leisure whenever you can, but…Continue Reading Program for Pre-modern Globalism