IMC 2023: Sessions

Session 207: Uppity Medieval Women across the Globe, II

Monday 3 July 2023, 14.15-15.45

Organisers:	Anita Obermeier, Department of English Language & Literature, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Doaa Omran, Department of English Language & Literature, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Moderator/Chair:	Anita Obermeier, Department of English Language & Literature, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Paper 207-a	The Maid Women: An Arrow in the Bottom of Familial Ties (Language: English) Sarmad Majeed Mohammed, College of Art, University of Anbar, Ramadi Index terms: Gender Studies, Genealogy and Prosopography
Paper 207-b	La Latina y la Católica: Advocates for Women's Education or Accidental Scholars? (Language: English) Linda Gonzalez, Department of Languages & Literature, Eastern New Mexico University Index terms: Language and Literature - Spanish or Portuguese, Women's Studies
Paper 207-c	Maysun bt. Bahdal and Political Marriage in Early Islam (Language: English) Sarah O. Abou-Zied, Independent Scholar, Penicuick Index terms: Islamic and Arabic Studies, Women's Studies
Paper 207-d	From Harīm to Dominance: Al-Sayyīdah Šāġāb in Control of the Abbasid Caliphate (Language: English) Waleed Ahmed Abdulsalam Taha, Department of English, Ahram Canadian University, Cairo Index terms: Islamic and Arabic Studies, Women's Studies
Abstract	In 1998, Vicki Leon published Uppity Women of Medieval Times, providing brief vignettes of primarily European medieval women fitting the description. As the field of medieval studies has been taking a global turn, this proposal seeks to put European uppity women into a deeper and more substantial conversation with their global sisters. Uppity medieval women transgress their patriarchally assigned positions of immanence, often with the pen, the sword, and through sex. In an attempt to break new ground, this session seeks to study the Middle Ages through a new lens that illustrates how women worldwide were facing comparable experiences and challenges.