41st International Congress on Medieval Studies

May 4-7, 2006

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan

BABEL Working Group panels:

THURSDAY, May 4, 10:00 a.m.

Session #18: Medieval to Modern Humanisms (roundtable discussion panel)

Christine Neufeld (Eastern Michigan University), Presider

• Craig Dionne, "Between Appreciation and Historicism" (Eastern Michigan University)
• Eileen Joy, "Eros, Love, Regard, and the Humanities" (Coastal Carolina University)
• Myra Seaman, "No Place on This Earth: Toward a Humanities of the Posthuman" (College of Charleston)
• Michael Hoenicke-Moore, "A Miloszan Humanism?" (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville)
• Robin Norris, "Birth, Death, Mourning, Literature" (Southeastern Louisiana University)
• Justin Brent, "A Response" (Presbyterian College)

SATURDAY, May 6, 1:30 p.m.

Session #460: Is Beowulf Postmodern Yet? I (roundtable discussion panel; co-sponsored with West Virginia University Press)

Eileen A. Joy (Coastal Carolina University), Presider

• John D. Niles (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
• Seth Lerer (Stanford University)
• Carol Braun Pasternack (University of California-Santa Barbara)
• Andrew Scheil (University of Minnesota-Twin Cities)

SATURDAY, May 6, 3:30 p.m.

Session #543: Is Beowulf Postmodern Yet? II (roundtable discussion panel; co-sponsored with West Virginia University Press)

Mary K. Ramsey (Georgia State University), Presider

• James W. Earl (University of Oregon)
• Allen J. Frantzen (Loyola University-Chicago)
• Mary Dockray-Miller (Lesley College)
• Helen Bennett (Eastern Kentucky University)