Muhlberger speaks at Kalamazoo -- twice

The 47th International Congress on Medieval Studies is taking place at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo starting Wednesday May 9.  (The schedule is here.)  I will be speaking twice.

On Friday at 10 AM in Fetzer, Room 1045, I will be taking part in a session with the wonderful title High in Protean Content:  Chivalry and Its Transformations.  My own paper is called The Chivalric Warrior as a  Man of His Word, though for a while I was thinking  I should retitle it The Angry Champion: Literary Motif and Chivalric Reality.  Come see why, and also hear Michael Cramer talk about franchise among modern re-enactors. I am anxious to see how his paper and mine bounce off each other.

On Saturday at 1:30 PM in Valley 1, Room 105 I will be taking part in Medievalists and Teaching World History:  What's Important and Why?  You should be able to tell from the title whether you are interested.  Me, having been a medievalist teaching world history to first-year students, I think it will be fun.

Lots of other good stuff at Kalamazoo, like books, and books at conference prices, and still more books!

And with any luck at all, the surprise book should be there.

Thanks to my audience

In North Bay, Ontario, you can fill a room late Friday afternoon, late in dreary November, with faculty members, students, non-university community members and a dean or two, to listen to a paper on the fears and insecurities of 14th century men-at-arms.

Who knew?

Thanks for coming, people.

Image:  Someone else's seminar, in Hong Kong.  They had a bigger audience.

Muhlberger speaks on Captivity and Ransom: Friday, November 25, 4 pm

Muhlberger speaks at Kalamazoo, May 14, 2011: Charny's Honor

A week from Saturday I will be delivering a paper on "Honor in the Writings of Geoffroi de Charny" at the International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo MI.

That's Session 453 in Bernhard 208, at 1:30 pm.

Muhlberger speaks at the International Congress of Medieval Studies: Kalamazoo, May 15, 2010

I have been kindly asked to give this year's Journal of Medieval Military History Lecture, which I consider quite an honor. Its title, which I even think I can live up to, is Chivalry: Military Biographies and other Tales of the Later Middle Ages.
It will take place in Fetzer 1010 at 3:30. This scheduling has a lot to be said for it, since I will undoubtedly work up a good thirst, as will Kelly DeVries, who is the commentator.

If you are coming to Kalamazoo, please consider dropping in.

To see the whole Congress schedule, go here.