SAVE THE DATE! 

Medieval + Monsters Conference 2025

Dates: October 17 & 18, 2025

Call for Papers: Due March 15, 2025

Hosted @ Dominican University & the Newberry Library

Sponsoring the conference: 

The Medieval Association of the Midwest (MAM)

Mid-America Medieval Association (MAMA)

Illinois Medieval Association (IMA)

& the Newberry Library

Individual abstracts of 250 words should be submitted to:

 Monsterconference2025@gmail.com      

by March 15, 2025.  

Proposed panels are also accepted.   Questions: Mickey Sweeney

Abstracts focused on medieval, or medievalism monstrous themes are welcome; this topic is broadly conceived to encourage colleagues from all relevant disciplines, such as art historians, linguists, literature, theologians, historians, history of science, and forms of medievalism etc., to apply. We also have an active group of graduate students who are interested in developing online sessions, as well as in-person workshops in teaching the medieval through medievalism, gaming, etc. Please note on your abstract if you are interested in an in-person session or an online session and if you are proposing a graduate session or traditional paper/session. 

Sessions will be at Dominican University (River Forest, Il), the Newberry Library (Chicago, Il), and online. The Newberry will host a workshop and a tour of the library.  More to follow. 

Registration Information:  

Cost to register for the conference: --$100.00 for faculty & working professionals (includes                                    membership to MAM for 2025)

                               -- $50.00 retired/independent scholar (includes 2025 MAM                                  Membership) 

                               (Payment options coming)      

Graduate Student Travel Grants & Fees:

CARA Graduate Student Travel Grants are available for up to $300 each. Please give a brief description of the costs for travel for consideration. We will support as many graduate students as we can, so distributed as needed on a first-come, first-serve basis. Registration fees for graduate students are waived . 

Travel information: 

Dominican University & the Newberry Library are within reach of both O'Hare International Airport and Midway airport.  There are hotels available in downtown Chicago and in River Forest/Oak Park near Dominican University (closer to O'Hare airport for traveling convenience).  Ubers are possible from O'Hare or Midway to Dominican; the "L" is recommended for the more economy-minded from O'Hare to downtown Chicago. More information to follow. 

For questions, please contact:

Mickey Sweeney 

Professor of English
Honors; Director of the Medieval & Renaissance Minor
President of the Medieval Association of the Midwest

Dominican University

Strength in Collaboration: Learn a bit more about our publications and partnerships:

This conference is all about the strength in collaboration and partnerships. Enarratio, MAM's journal & Essys in Medieval Studies, will be sharing the submissions for our mutual publications. Be sure to see our 2024 collections now available online. 

NEWBERRY LLIBRARY - Center for Renaissance Studies

We are delighted to partner with the Center for Renaissance Studies and the Newberry, which is a public research library located in Chicago that houses a strong collection of medieval manuscripts, printed books, and other objects.  We are looking forward to a session, a workshop, and a tour of the libraries Medieval and Renaissance collections. 

We are also grateful for the CARA grant that will support graduate attendance at this conference. 

    

The Monsters Conference is sponsored by CARA,  Dominican University,  The Newberry Library.

Other Great news: 

Welcome to our 2024 councillors:

Professor Molly Martin, Chair of English at University of Indianapolis

Lauren Calwell, Graduate Student at Ohio State

Emily Eikost, Graduate Student at Ohio State

Meg Morrow, Graduate Student at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Many thanks to their willingness to work with MAM as we look forward to our 2025 MAM led conference and begin to plan a Graduate Student online-conference.

Welcome to our New Co-ordinator of Conferences:

Tory Schendel -Vyvoda, Curator, Evansville African American Museum; Ph.D. student IDSVA; Adjunct Instructor, University of Evansville; Director, Lamasco Microgallery

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The office of the President is up for renewal in 2025 

Please contact Mickey Sweeney if you have any questions about the position.  Please contact our secretary Amity Reading if you would like to self-nominate, or nominate others (please be sure to have that person's consent).  The president is responsible for organizing and attending meetings in which the business of MAM is accomplished and maintaining continuity over the years of presidency.  It entails working closely with the Board to ensure that what MAM has undertaken to execute is done in a fair and thoughtful way.  In my experience, the job of president has included efforts to transition to a zoom friendly format, updating what needs modernizing to function more effectively, and the development of a plan for future success and stability.  This work is ongoing.  

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See our CFP tab if interested in submitting for Kalamazoo 2025 

Submission deadline is, Sunday September 15.

See ICMS website for submission portals and instructions. 

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IMC- LEEDS 2025

If you are interested in putting together a panel please let Mickey Sweeney know asap, deadlines are in September. 

JOIN US FOR OUR LAST 2024 Conference

Excited about MAMA & MAM plus a welcome to MMHC members - September 23 is when the conference begins in Kansas City.

We would love to have you join us!

Enarratio 

Check out Enarratio (Volume 23, 2022) online at the Knowledge Bank of The Ohio State University!While you are there, you can page through the past issues all the way back to the first volume published in 1991!