Dear CSM-SCM Members,

The first Mardi médiéval starts Tuesday, 24 May 2022 at 11:25 AM (ET). The zoom codes were sent from csm.scm.conference@gmail.com today to members who have registered. If you registered but did not receive the codes, please check your spam box.

Marc B. Cels, President

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Chers membres du CSM-SCM,

Le premier Mardi médiéval commence mardi 24 mai 2022 à 11:25 AM (ET). Les codes de Zoom ont été envoyés par csm.scm.conference@gmail.com aujourd'hui aux membres qui se sont inscrits. Si vous vous êtes inscrit mais n'avez pas reçu les codes, veuillez vérifier votre boîte de courrier indésirable.

Marc B. Cels, Président

“Mardis Médiévaux” is happening on Zoom on May 24 and 31, and June 7 and 14,but you need to register to get the Zoom Codes! Registration is free for Members: just send an e-mail to  csm.scm.conference@gmail.com by May 17! For the full programme, see: https://www.canadianmedievalists.org/resources/2022%20Mardis%20medievaux%20Program.pdf.

"Mardis Médiévaux" se déroule sur Zoom les 24 et 31 mai et les 7 et 14 juin, mais vous devez vous inscrire pour recevoir les codes de Zoom! L'inscription est gratuite pour les membres de la SCM: Envoyez un courriel pour vous inscrire à csm.scm.conference@gmail.com. avant le 17 mai! Le programme complet est disponible ici : https://www.canadianmedievalists.org/resources/2022%20Mardis%20medievaux%20Program.pdf

The Canadian Society of Medievalists is saddened to announce the passing of Alicia McKenzie, a gifted teacher, generous colleague, and friend to many members who knew her from her work at Wilfred Laurier University and her earlier studies at the University of Toronto. Alicia passed away on Saturday morning after being unwell for the past few months. You can read her obituary and offer condolences on the website for Logan-Evans Funeral home here:

http://www.logan-evans.ca/obituaries/161704

 Her family has also set-up a GoFundMe page to establish a scholarship at Laurier, where she worked for many years.

We are sorry to announce the passing of Professor Frances Beer, who taught for many years at York University/Atkinson College. Click here for her obituary and funeral details.

Nous avons le regret d'annoncer le décès de la professeure Frances Beer, qui a enseigné pendant de nombreuses années à l'Université de York/Atkinson College. Cliquez ici pour sa nécrologie et les détails des funérailles.

Dear Members / Cher.e.s membres,

La programme pour nos Mardis Médiévaux 2022 est maintenant disponible! Cliquez ici

Click here to check out the Programme for Mardis Médiévaux! 2022

Highlights  / Points forts:

Tuesday 24 May / mardi le 24 mai 2022:

• Keynote Address by Jonathan Hsy, George Washington University, “Disability Justice Meets Medieval Studies: Life Writing and Social Change”
• Round Table: Neurodiversity in Medieval Studies
• A Talking Circle on Indigeneity in Medieval Studies: In Honour of Lee Maracle (Speakers and Repsondents: Tarren Andrews, Cord J. Whitaker, Sarah-Nelle Jackson, Sarah LaVoy, Brian Gillis, Suzanne Conklin Akbari, Carmen Miedema, Douglas Hayes, Lehua Yim)

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Tuesday 31 May / mardi le 31 mai 2022: 

• plenary address by Past President Dominic Marnier, University of Guelph, "The Puiset Bible (Durham Cathedral Library MS A.II.1):  Images and Contexts"

Tuesday 7 June /mardi le 7 juin 2022

• plenary address by Past President, Kathy Cawsey, Dalhousie University, "The Grammar of Rape”

Tuesday 14 June / mardi le 14 juin 2022

• Annual General Meeting and presentation of 2022 Dissertation and Book Prizes / Assemblée générale annuelle et présentations de nos prix (thèse de doctorat et livre)

Carleton University is hosting a lecture by Professor Ruth Nisse, entitled "Alexander the Great's Jewish Scribe: Translation and Transgression" on Thursday April 7, 2022 at 7pm EDT (via Zoom). To attend, email Registration.Jewish.Studies@carleton.ca to get the Zoom link. For more information, see https://carleton.ca/jewishstudies/cu-events/2022-04-07-ruthnisse/ All are welcome.

Announcing publication of Ann Marie Rasmussen’s Medieval Badges: Their Wearers and Their Worlds (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021). 

Medieval badges are small, brooch-like objects featuring an image or symbol that was widely familiar in the High and late Middle Ages (ca. 1150-1500 C.E.). Largely mass-produced from tin-lead alloys, over 20,000 medieval badges have survived into our times. In this book, I consider all medieval badges, whether they originated in religious or secular contexts, and highlight the different ways badges could confer meaning and identity on their wearers. Interdisciplinary in approach, and sumptuously illustrated with more than 115 color and black-and-white images, Medieval Badges introduces badges in all their variety and uses.  

"The book offers a thorough introduction to medieval badges that is both a solid work of scholarship and a joy to read."—Jennifer Lee, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis  

“Ann Marie Rasmussen offers a new approach to her subject, combining archaeological and literary sources in a way that has not been done before. Her understanding of the nature of medieval badges is profound and well argued.”— Michael Andersen, National Museum of Denmark  

XXe colloque annuel de la Société des études médiévales du Québec (SEMQ) à l'Université de Montréal. 20th annual colloquium of the SEMQ. For the programme PDF, please e-mail siobhain.calkin@carleton.ca

Vous êtes cordialement invités à assister au colloque Le Moyen Âge en récits. Altérations, brouillages, remaniements qui se tiendra à l’Université de Montréal le 12 mars et dont le programme se trouve ici: http://figura.uqam.ca/actualites/le-moyen-age-en-recits-alterations-brouillages-remaniements. Toute la journée se déroulera en mode hybride, au C-3061 du Carrefour des arts et des sciences et parallèlement sur zoom ici : https://umontreal.zoom.us/j/89186077318?pwd=anZrcjBITk5Pd2Q5SGowd1Z6bHNmZz09. 

Thank you to Hannah  Kirby Wood, our first featured research project blogger! Read about her work on poverty at: https://www.canadianmedievalists.org/Member-Projects