Reading the Middle Ages: Oral and Literate Cultures

Conference 2020: Old English Literature from Manuscript to Verse: Battles, Heroes, and Women

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Conference 2020:
Old English Literature from Manuscript to Verse: Battles, Heroes, and Women

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Conference Schedule
Lighting Round Presentations
March 4, 2020

PANEL 1: CULTURE, SCIENCE, AND ART IN EARLY MEDIEVAL PERIOD
(Chair: Dr. Russo)

"MAKING MANUSCRIPTS: TOOLS OF THE TRADE"
by Alyssa Lynne Eggleton, Department of English

"MEDICINE IN ANGLO-SAXON CULTURE"
by Kirsten Krause, General Sciences Department


PANEL 2: HISTORY AND RELIGION IN THE EXETER BOOK ELEGIES
(Chair: Dr. Russo)

"HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF THE EXETER RIDDLES"
by Alicia Roy, Department of History

"THE RUIN"
by Haley Sheldon, Department of Education

“RIDDLE ME THIS: USING THE EXETER BOOK RIDDLES AS A HISTORICAL SOURCE”
By Melissa Scheinhuette, Department of History


PANEL 3: LOSS, ISOLATION, AND LAMENTATIONS IN THE EXETER BOOK ELEGIES
(Chair Dr. Russo)

"ON LOSS AND STRUCTURE IN 'THE WIFE'S LAMENT' AND 'THE WANDERER'"
by Eboni Lowe, Concurrent Education

"THE WANDERER: FINDING THE ROOTS AND STORIES WITHIN ANGLO-SAXON POETRY" by Leo D'Intino, Department of English

"OLD ENGLISH ELEGIES: THE FORMATION OF A NEW GENRE"
by Danielle Bouwers, Department of English

"INTERPRETING LOSS AND DESTRUCTION OF EARTH IN THE ELEGIES"
by Tim Soutdalany, Department of English


PANEL 4: THE FEMALE VOICE IN OLD ENGLISH LITERATURE
(Chair: Dr. Russo)

"MALE AND FEMALE VOICES IN ANGLO-SAXON TEXTS"
by Aleesha Di Domenico, Department of English

"THE LIBERATING, NEWFOUND VOICE IN THE WIFE'S LAMENT"
by Samantha Futino, Humanities Department

"THE FEMALE HERO: A LOOK AT THE WIFE'S LAMENT"
by Kassie Galaski, Department of English

"LONG MAY SHE REIGN: QUEEN WEALHTHEOW OF BEOWULF"
by Zoe Williams, Department of History


PANEL 5: BEOWULF: THE HEROIC CODE AND TROPHIES
(Chair: Craig Robert Paul Morrison)

"BEOWULF AS THE IDEALIZED HERO: CONSTRUCTIONS OF MASCULINITY IN BEOWULF" by Rachel Quinn, Department of English

"BEOWULF: DECONSTRUCTING A WARRIORS' ARMS"
by Jordon Vos, Department of Computer Science

"VIRTUES BEOWULF RECEIVES THROUGH TROPHIES"
by Samantha Lumley, Department of English

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Teresa Russo

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March 4, 2020

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