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Laura Kalas
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Literary historian, author, cultural critic, intersectional feminist, Senior Lecturer @swanseauni. Medieval literature, women, medicine, religion, science. All views own etc.
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Oh thank you Theresa! 🥰
February 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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This year's conference is organised by @medievalcanter.bsky.social at Canterbury Christ Church, 2-5 July. Theme is "Gender: Charity and Care". Plenty of time to get your abstract in--they're due March 31

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Save the Date! Wednesday 2 – Saturday 5 July 2025. Be inspired by love, charity and care to consider gendered literary, political/historical, and theological texts and responses, all forms of religious belief and none, and social/socio-economic, and environmental explorations of the subject from caring to apocalyptic climate emergency. Topics might include: • Religious devotion and almsgiving globally (including generosity in Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism and Buddhism (d̄āna), • Jewish philanthropy (tzedakah) and Islamic charitable giving (sadaqa) • Gift-giving and donations in texts, documents, material culture, drama and depictions from saints to chuggers, lay piety, and non-normative medieval beliefs, including the opposites of charity and care - cupidity and neglect. • Charitable locations: leperhouses, hospices and hospitals, and the care of the sick and dying, childbirth and childcare. • Charity in urban and rural domestic settings and gardens, guilds, church ales and help ales. • Charity and care for bodies, feelings and nature: emotions, senses, sensualities, sex, chastity, and inclusive genderings. • Convenor: Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh, Centre for Kent History & Heritage, Canterbury Christ Church University • Kindly email abstracts and questionsto GMS 2025 Liaison Dr Diane Heath, Diane.Heath@ScienceMuseum.ac.uk • AbstractDeadline: Monday 31 March 2025 PLEASE PUT ‘GMS 2025 ABSTRACT’ IN THE SUBJECT LINE OF YOUR EMAIL – THANK YOU • Abstracts 200 words max (+ bio) for papers (20 mins); panels, poetry, performance, posters and art also welcome • ECR travel bursary aid available on receipt of tickets (post attendance) via the Kate Westoby Fund. • Location: Canterbury Christ Church University, Canterbury, Kent CT1 1QU • Conference begins Wednesday 2 July; Conference Dinner on Thursday; Conference ends Saturday am.
January 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM