NEGOTIATING THE PAST:
ON THE USES AND MISUSES
OF THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE

The 6th Annual Conference of the Louisiana Consortium
for Medieval and Renaissance Studies

UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE

October 25-26, 2008

Keynote Address by Professor Patrick Geary, UCLA:
“Ethnic Nationalism and the Fight to Control the Past”

The 2008 meeting of the Louisiana Consortium for Medieval and Renaissance Studies will take place on the campus of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette on October 25th and 26th, 2008. Participants will conduct the 2008 consortium in a seminar structure, where they will workshop their pre-circulated scholarly papers. All scholars and interested parties are encouraged to attend.

We welcome paper proposals from all areas of medieval and Renaissance studies. We encourage the engagement of multiple methodologies, media, and disciplines.

Please send a 300-word abstract, along with current curriculum vitae, contact information and audio/visual requirements by September 1, 2008 to:

Sara Ritchey
Department of History
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette
554 Griffin Hall
P.O. Box 42531
Lafayette, LA 70504
ritchey@louisiana.edu