Guilhem IX at Kalamazoo

The Société Guilhem IX is pleased to sponsor the following activities
at the
45th International Congress on Medieval Studies
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
12-15 May 2011

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Friday, May 13, 2011, 6:30 p.m.
Epic Bistro, Kalamazoo

ANNUAL DINNER*
Société Guilhem IX
(*By Reservation Only; details available here)

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Saturday, May 14, 2011, 1:30-3:00 p.m.
Session 419
Fetzer 2016

PRONOUNCING OLD OCCITAN: TRICKY POINTS OF LINGUISTICS AND HISTORICAL PHONETICS (A Roundtable)
Sponsor: Société Guilhem IX
Organizer: Sarah-Grace Heller, Ohio State Univ.
Presider: Sarah-Grace Heller

A roundtable discussion with Alice M. Colby-Hall, Cornell Univ.; William D. Paden, Northwestern Univ.; Roy S. Hagman, Trent Univ.; Daniel E. O'Sullivan, Univ. of Mississippi; and Susan Hellauer, Queens College, CUNY/Anonymous 4.

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Saturday, May 14, 2011, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Session 475
Fetzer 2016

SAINTS AMONG THE TROUBADOURS
Sponsor: Société Guilhem IX
Organizer: Sarah-Grace Heller, Ohio State Univ.
Presider: Vincent Pollina, Tufts Univ.

Are Occitan Saints Scapegoats and Why Does That Matter?
William Burgwinkle, King's College, Univ. of Cambridge

Chat-Up Lines: The Expression of Female Ingenuity in Some Occitan Hagiography
Juliet O'Brien, Univ. of British Columbia

Queen Vashti: Pre-Christian, Sex Object, Saint?
Lisa Shugert Bevevino, Ohio State Univ.

Domesticating a Dragon-Tamer: Saint George of Cappadocia in Occitania
Huw Grange, St. John's College, Univ. of Cambridge

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Saturday, May 14, 2011, 5:15 p.m.
Fetzer 2016

BUSINESS MEETING
Société Guilhem IX