Call for Proposals: NYU MARGIN Materiality and the Virtual

"With this year’s theme (which is intentionally broad), we hope to enrich and expand upon much recent discussion of materiality in medieval and early modern studies through its juxtaposition with pre- and early modern notions of the virtual or immaterial — and with contemporary aspects of virtuality. Graduate students at all levels are encouraged to submit work ranging from drafts of conference papers to a more formal presentations of between 20-30 minutes. Graduate students doing work on non-Western material are highly encouraged to submit. 

 

Submissions may focus on topics including, but not limited to:

 

• Manuscript Studies / book history

• Medieval visionary experience and mystical literature

• Technologies of virtual reality in the Middles Ages and Renaissance 

• Renaissance and medieval cartographic practices

• Current technologies of virtual reality applied to contemporary medieval and early modern scholarship / digital humanities

• Medieval image theory / simulation and simulacra

• Early modern and medieval theories of matter, perception, and the senses

• Historical materialism; labor and capital in the medieval and early modern periods

• Travel writing and pilgrimage literature; “virtual” pilgrimage and the material culture of pilgrimage

• Medieval music theory, transcription practices, and liturgy 

Please send a short description (150-250 words) of your proposed session (talk, paper, workshop) to [email protected] no later than November 1."