IMC 2024: Sessions
Session 415: Crisis as Opportunity: Radical Hospitality and Shared Spaces in Early Medieval English Studies - A Round Table Discussion
Monday 1 July 2024, 19:00-20:00
| Sponsor: | Teachers of Old English in Britain & Ireland |
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| Organiser: | Francisco Rozano-García, School of English & Digital Humanities, University College Cork |
| Moderator/Chair: | Francisco Rozano-García, School of English & Digital Humanities, University College Cork |
| Abstract | This round table session builds on a previous conversation around '(Re)Building Networks for Postgraduate, Early Career, and Independent Scholars in Early Medieval English Studies', held at IMC Leeds 2023. While this discussion addressed matters of inclusivity, representation, self-definition, and solidarity across academic strata, institutions, and organisations, two central concepts stood out as the most significant in the endeavour to support current and future colleagues in the field, as well as to ensure the continuity of Early Medieval English Studies. These concepts are those of 'radical hospitality' and 'shared spaces'. This session is open to all scholars working in the field of Early Medieval English Studies or adjacent disciplines, regardless of individual research interests, career stage, or professional status. Both emerging and established voices are invited and very much encouraged to participate. Participants include Michael Bintley (University of Southampton), Francesca Brooks (University of York), Donna Beth Ellard (University of Denver), Eleni Ponirakis (University of Nottingham), and Tom Revell (University of Oxford). |