The Société Guilhem IX is pleased to sponsor the following activities at the
61st International Congress on Medieval Studies
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
14–16 May 2026
N.B.: The 61st International Congress on Medieval Studies will be hosted in a hybrid format, welcoming both in person and virtual attendees. Congress registration will be available in February 2026.
This site will be updated with session numbers, locations, and dates for next year’s sessions as soon as the 2026 program is finalized. Below are our sponsored sessions for 2025:
10.00 – 11.30 am E.D.T.
Session # 169
Old Occitan as a Language of Nonfiction: “Sapchatz qu’est veritatz”
Sponsor: Société Guilhem IX
Presider: Sarah-Grace Heller, Ohio State Univ.
The Occitan Contemplacion de la vida e miracles de Jhesu Crist
Maureen Bolton, Univ. of Notre Dame
“Per memòria d’òme”: l’occitan comme langue d’histoire
Gilda Caiti-Russo, Univ. Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3
Old Occitan and Papal Influence in Medieval Romagna: Tracing Linguistic and Cultural Intersections
Matteo Ottaviani, McGill Univ.
Hidden Riches: Medieval Occitan Texts and Daily Life
Wendy Pfeffer, Univ. of Pennsylvania / Univ. of Louisville
1.30 – 3.00 p.m. E.D.T.
Session # 216
Joglars and Joglaressas in Occitania (A roundtable)
Sponsor: Société Guilhem IX
Presider: Courtney Joseph Wells, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
A roundtable discussion with Flannery Hope Jamison, Univ. of Pennsylvania; Albrecht Classen, Univ. of Arizona; Sarah-Grace Heller, Ohio State Univ. of Cambridge; and Liz Hebbard, Indiana Univ.–Bloomington
3.30 – 5.00 p.m. E.D.T.
Session # 266
Reading Aloud in Old Occitan (A Workshop)
Sponsor: Société Guilhem IX
Presider: Elizabeth K. Hebbard, Indiana Univ.–Bloomington
A workshop led by Courtney Joseph Wells, Hobart and William Smith Colleges;
William D. Paden, Northwestern Univ
6.00 – 7.30 p.m. E.D.T.
Student Center 3205
Reception in Honor of Wendy Pfeffer
Please join us (and bring a friend!) to toast Wendy Pfeffer and to celebrate the publication of an edited volume in her honor: Troubadour Texts and Contexts, ed. Sarah-Grace Heller, Courtney J. Wells and Lisa Bevevino Gallica Series. Cambridge, D.S. Brewer, 2024. Learn more about the volume here.
The Société is thrilled to continue our tradition of an ANNUAL DINNER this year, with details coming soon. Please direct RSVPs to Sarah-Grace Heller.