[AMS-announce] CFP: Tristan Society at Kalamazoo Medieval Congress, Kalamazoo MI, May 2008

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Tristan Sessions at the 2008 Medieval Congress

The Tristan Society is pleased to announce the following sessions for the 43rd International Congress on Medieval Studies, 8 to 11 May 2008:

* Deconstructed Tristan: Multiple Literary Manifestations of Tristan

* Tristan Scholarship: Present Standards and Future Goals (A Panel Discussion)

These sessions offer an opportunity to explore the Tristan story and Tristan studies from an interdisciplinary and cross cultural perspective. Literature is the focus of the first session, with latitude to investigate various adaptations and adaptors of the Tristan story in literature.

The panel discussion concerning Tristan scholarship is the first session in many years that focuses on the level of research on this subject, current trends, and new directions. This session will include various national traditions, the humanities, and source study. This panel is intended to result in a series of articles that will be published in a special issue of the journal Tristania that will focus on the accomplishments and needs of scholarship on Tristan studies.

Please send abstracts to Dr. James L. Zychowicz (JZychowicz at aol.com) by 13 September 2007. If you prefer to send abstracts by mail, please address them to: James L. Zychowicz, 803 E. Gorham St., Madison, WI 53703.  Please include the customary (and required by the Medieval Institute) abstract cover sheet, which is available at the following URL: http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/42cfp/forms.html.

You are welcome to contact James Zychowicz, President of the Tristan Society, with any questions as we plan and prepare our sessions for the 2008 Medieval Congress! 

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