Call for Papers
The French of Outremer:
Communities and Communications in the Crusading Mediterranean
34th Annual Conference • Center for Medieval Studies • Fordham University • Lincoln Center Campus • Saturday, March 29, 2014
Plenary Speakers: Peter Edbury (Cardiff University); Laura Minervini, (University of Naples)
We welcome papers that address any of the following questions, and encourage papers on related topics:
ôDifferences between the real and imagined Outremer
ôThe cultural identities of communities in the Latin East, and the mechanisms that perpetuated or contravened these identities
ôTies developed with the West through crusading, pilgrimage, and merchant activities; their contribution to the “French” quality of these communities ôSingle texts or textual traditions that originated or were preserved in the lands of Outremer
ôFrench-language translations in the Latin East
ôThe role of Outremer in the diversification of French-language genres or French-inspired cultural products (art, architecture, legal andintellectual concepts, sacred or urban spaces)
ôThe place of Outremer within a Francophone medieval world
Please submit an abstract and cover letter with contact information by September 30, 2013 to Center for Medieval Studies, FMH 405b, Bronx, NY 10458, by e-mail to medievals@fordham.edu, or by fax to 718.817.3987.
Our website is www.fordham.edu/frenchofoutremer.