The Société Guilhem IX is pleased to sponsor the following activities at the
58th International Congress on Medieval Studies
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
9-11 May 2024
N.B.: The 59th International Congress on Medieval Studies will be hosted in a hybrid format, welcoming both in person and virtual attendees. Congress registration has closed.
All sessions will be in Sangren 4530 on Friday, May 10.
10.00 – 11.30 am E.D.T.
Session 194
Lyric Networks: New Approaches to Occitan and Galician-Portuguese Troubadour Poetics
Sponsor: Société Guilhem IX
Presider: Sarah-Grace Heller
Poem, Realm, Guillaume, Dom Dinis: Towards a Seigneurial Ecopoetics
Adam Mahler, Harvard University
Occitan Trobadors and Galician-Portuguese Trobadores in the Iberian Courts
Fabio Barberini, Univ. de Girona
“Cette voix, presque la mienne”: Galician-Portuguese in Troubadour Poems from
Italy
Courtney Joseph Wells, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
1.30 – 3.00 p.m. E.D.T.
Session 247
Spotlight Series: Raimbaut d’Aurenga (A roundtable)
Sponsor: Société Guilhem IX
Presider: Courtney Joseph Wells, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
A roundtable discussion with Wendy Pfeffer, Univ. of Pennsylvania / Univ. of Louisville; Sarah Spence, Univ. of Georgia; Bill Burgwinkle, Univ. of Cambridge; Vincenzo Dimaggio, Indiana Univ.–Bloomington
3.30 – 5.00 p.m. E.D.T.
Session 303
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
The Société is thrilled to continue our tradition of an ANNUAL DINNER this year on Thursday, May 9 at 6 pm. Please RSVP to Sarah-Grace Heller.