IMC 2024: Sessions
Session 1441: SMFS Best First Book in Medieval Feminist Studies: The Virgin Mary's Book at the Annunciation by Laura Saetveit Miles - A Round Table Discussion
Wednesday 3 July 2024, 19:00-20:00
| Sponsor: | Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship |
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| Organiser: | Kathryn Maude, The National Archives, Kew |
| Moderator/Chair: | Kathryn Maude, The National Archives, Kew |
| Abstract | This round table celebrates Laura Saetveit Miles' book The Virgin Mary's Book at the Annunciation: Reading, Interpretation, and Devotion in Medieval England, the winner of the SMFS Best First Book in Medieval Feminist Studies Award 2022. The book argues that Mary's reading at the Annunciation provided a sophisticated model of reading and interpretation that was foundational to devotional practices across all spectrums of society in medieval England. The round table invites responses to Miles' groundbreaking work in order to honour its contribution to medieval feminist scholarship. Participants include Laura Saetveit Miles (Universitetet i Bergen), Godelinde Perk (Tampere University), Ryan Perry (University of Kent), Miri Rubin (Queen Mary University of London), Päivi Salmesvuori (Åbo Akademi University), and Katherine Smith (University of Oxford). |