Pearl-Poet Society Sponsors Two Paper Sessions at the 51st International Congress on Medieval Studies

The International Pearl-Poet Society is sponsoring the following two paper sessions at the 51st International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 12-15, 2016) at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI:

I: Speech, Sermons, and Silence in the Pearl-Poems 

II: Places and Spaces in the Pearl-Poems 

We invite abstracts from scholars of all levels, dealing with one or all of the Pearl-Poems. Papers should be no more than 20 minutes long. Submissions should include one-page abstracts and the completed Participant Information Form (http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html). Please send these by September 13, 2015 to:

Kara Larson Maloney

kmalone3@binghamton.edu

Department of English, General Literature & Rhetoric

Binghamton University

PO Box 6000

Binghamton, NY  13902-6000