Review of sessions IMC ab 2009

Review of sessions / Bisher organisierte Sektionen
2013
The Angel's Pleasure at the Annunciation: Monophonic Sacred Music of the Middle Ages
dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Performed by Salzburger Virgilschola. Directed by Stefan Engels. Concert
organised In memory of Professor Ulrich Müller (Salzburg) by Sieglinde Hartmann on behalf of International
Medieval Congress and the Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft. A documentation of the concert will be
published by Sibylle Jefferis in a volume dedicated to the memory of the late Ulrich Müller.
Earthly Pleasure versus Spiritual Pleasure in Medieval Life, Literature, and Poetry. Session
organised in memory of Ulrich Müller by Sieglinde Hartmann the Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft. Paper 1)
Earthly Pleasure vs. Spiritual Pleasure in the Jodo-styled Japanese Garden (11th century) and in the The
Tale of Genji (Yuko Tagaya, Yokohama, Japan); Paper 2) Clerical Scholars’ Joy and Sorrow in the Love
Lyrics of the Carmina Burana (Sabina Tuzzo, Lecce, Italy); Paper 3) Spiritual Pleasures versus Earthly
Pleasure in Mechthild of Magdeburg’s Flowing Light of the Godhead (Paola Schulze-Belli, Trieste, Italy);
Paper 4) The Gendered Compatibility of Sensual and Spiritual Pleasure in Wolfram von Eschenbach's
Willehalm and Ulrich von Türheim's Rennewart (Karina Marie Ash, Munich, Germany). A choice of papers will
be published by Sibylle Jefferis in a volume dedicated to the memory of the late Ulrich Müller.
2012 Rules and Violence in Heroic Epics and Heroic Experiences in the Eastern and in the Western
World: New Intercultural Approaches. Session organised by Sieglinde Hartmann on behalf of the University of
Torun, Poland and the Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft. Paper 1) Which Should be Obeyed, the Imperial
Law or a Lord’s Command? A Special Japanese conflict of Rules to Follow (Yuko Tagaya, Yokohama,
Japan); Paper 2) Ancient Warrior Ethics and its Transformation in Middle Indic Heroic Epics and
Chronicles (Konrad Meisig, University of Mainz, Germany); Paper 3) At the threshold of Hell. Northern
Crusaders on the way to Satan`s dominion (Jaroslaw Wenta, University of Torun, Poland).
2011
Poor Scholars but Rich Music: The Carmina Burana. Performed by Eberhard Kummer, Vienna.
Concert organised by Sieglinde Hartmann on behalf of International Medieval Congress and the Oswald von
Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft. A recording of the concert will be published by the Chaucer Studio, USA.
Medieval Heroic Epics between East and West: New Intercultural Approaches. Session organized
by Sieglinde Hartmann on behalf of the Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft. Paper 1) Narrator Comments in
the Heroic Epics of the European Middle Ages and of the Central Asian Turkic Peoples (Karl Reichl, Bonn);
Paper 2) New Aspects of the Transition between Orality and Literacy in the Nibelungenlied. (Edward R.
Haymes, Cleveland State University); Paper 3) Intertextuality of Cultural Paradigms in the ‘Kitab Dede
Korqut’ and ‘Nibelungenlied’ (Rahilya Geybullayeva, Baku).
2010
Oswald von Wolkenstein (1376/77-1445): A Travelling Knight and his Poetic Explorations of the
World. Session organised by Sieglinde Hartmann on behalf of the Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft.
Paper 1) Wolkenstein's Explorer's Curiosity and his Poetical Exploration of the World (Sieglinde Hartmann,
Frankfurt/Main); Paper 2) Oswald von Wolkenstein: The Perception of the Iberian Peninsula and the
Enactment of the Self (Juergen Rauter, Düsseldorf); Paper 3) The Surprising Adventures of Oswald von
Wolkenstein (Tomas Tomasek, Münster); Paper 4) New Autobiographical Experience vs. New
Autobiographical Identity (Paola Schulze-Belli, Trieste).
The Route Will be Recalculated. Maps and Other Ways of Journey Description in the Middle Ages.
Session organised by Arnold Otto on behalf of the Erzbistum Paderborn and on behalf of the Oswald von
Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft.
Paper 1) A Tube Map Without the Tube. The Map of Westfalia in the Böddeken Cartulary (Arnold Otto);
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Paper 2) Between Imagination and Reality: Description of the Polish Kingdom in the Middle of the 15
century (Tomasz Weclawowicz, Krakow); Paper 3) Mapping and Analysing Commercial Ties in the Medieval
Period (Marlous L. Craane, Tilburg); Paper 4) Finding Emo: Europe through the Eyes of a Travelling Abbot,
1211-12 (Dick E. H. de Boer, Groningen).
2009
Syphilis, the Death of Emperor Maximilian I in 1519, and the Aftermath. Session organised on behalf
of the Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft, by Sieglinde Hartmann; Paper 1) Syphilis - A Contemporary View
on the Biology and Pathology of a Disease with Tremendous Individual and Historical Implications (Jan
Kiesslich, Salzburg); Paper 2) Emperor Maximlian's I Life and Death with Syphilis (Kaethe Sonnleitner, Graz);
Paper 3) The Dying Emperor and the Destiny of Europe (Jaroslaw Wenta, Torun).
About Bridal Quest: Heroes and Anti-Heroes between Conquest and Sexual Desire. Session
organised by Patrizia Mazzadi on behalf of the Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft. Paper 1) It all began in
the North? Origin and Development of the Bridal Quest Motive (Patrizia Mazzadi, Urbino); Paper 2)
Conquering the Unknown: The Bridal Quest Motif in the Willehalm Trilogy (Cordula Böcking-Politis, Dublin);
Paper 3) The Timing of Desire in Day Three of Boccaccio's Decameron (Margarete Escher, City University of
new York).
Heretics and their Hell in East and West. Session organised by Sieglinde Hartmann on behalf of the
Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft. Paper 1) Early Medieval Visionaries on Heretics in Hell (Paola SchulzeBelli, Trieste); Paper 2: Conceptions of Japanese Purgatory and Buddhist Heretics (YukoTagaya, Tokyo);
Paper 3: Heretic Hussites, Oswald von Wolkenstein and his Song of Hell (Sieglinde Hartmann, Frankfurt);
Paper 4) Heresy and Hell in Early Modern Religious Polemic: Jesuits as Heretics (Ursula Paintner, Münster,
Germany). A choice of papers is published in: Heresy and the Making of European Culture. Medieval and
Modern Perspectives. Andrew P. Roach and James R. Simpson (eds.). Farnham: Ashgate 2013.
2008
The (Sensual) Perception of Divine Nature by Medieval Mystics. Session organised by Sieglinde
Hartmann on behalf of the Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft. Paper a: Human Nature and Divine Nature:
The Perception of Body and Soul in Mechthild of Magdeburg's Book The Flowing Light of the Godhead
(Paola Schulze-Belli, Trieste); Paper b): When Supernatural becomes Daily Life' such as it is described in
the Sisterbook of Adelhausen (Dagmar Gottschall, Lecce. Italy); Paper c) 'Holy Communion and Bride
Mysticism in ‘The Life of Marie d'Oignies' and ‘The Book of Margery Kempe' (Naoe Kukita Yoshikawa,
Shizuoka University, Japan).
2007 “Cities, Myths, and Literature”, 3 sessions organised by Sieglinde Hartmann on behalf of the Oswald
von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft, focus: to find new connections between ancient myths, historical relevance and
medieval constructions of (real or imagined) cities in literature. The papers are published in: Islands and Cities in
Medieval Myth, Literature, and History. Papers Delivered at the International Medieval Congress,
University of Leeds, in 2005, 2006 and 2007. Andrea Grafetstätter, Sieglinde Hartmann, James Ogier
(eds.). Frankfurt am Main 2011 (= Beihefte zur ‘MEDIAEVISTIK’, Bd. 14).
2006
Sektion "The Teutonic Knights in the Baltics I: Conventual Life and Liturgy";
Organiser: Sieglinde Hartmann and Jaroslaw Wenta; Life in Teutonic convents between Statues and Practice
(Piotr Olinski, Torun), Art and Liturgy in Teutonic Castle Churches ( Michal Wozniak, Torun), The Teutonic Order
and its Musical Culture in the 15th Century (Pawel Gancarczyk, Warszawa).
The papers will be published in a new series edited by Jaroslaw Wenta at the University of Torun.
Sektion "The Teutonic Knights in the Baltics II: Literature and Libraries";
Organiser: Sieglinde Hartmann and Jaroslaw Wenta; Chances and Risks of a Regional History of Literature.
The Example of the Teutonic Order (Freimut Löser, Augsburg), The Use of the Bible in Convents of the Teutonic
Order (Klaus Vogelgsang, Augsburg), The End of History? Johannes Renner Bremensis and the 'Livonian
Rhymed Chronicle' (Michael Neecke, Regensburg).
The papers will be published in a new series edited by Jaroslaw Wenta at the University of Torun.
Sektion "The Teutonic Knights in the Baltics III: Visual Arts and Architecture";
Organiser: Sieglinde Hartmann and Jaroslaw Wenta; Style and Iconology of Visual Arts in Teutonic Prussia
(Monika Jakubek-Raczkowska, Torun), The Myth of Gog and Magog in Pictorial Art of the Teutonic Order (Marcin
Osowski, Torun), The Influence of Teutonic Castle Architecture on Polish Neighbours in the 15th Century
(Wieslaw Sieradzan, Torun), Military Architecture and Military Medical Surgery in Prussia (Bernhard Schnell,
Göttingen).
The papers will be published in a new series edited by Jaroslaw Wenta at the University of Torun.
Sektion "The Rise of the Mongolian Empire and its Impact on Medieval World".
Organiser: Sieglinde Hartmann and Jaroslaw Wenta; Chinggis Khan and his Image in Western Literature
(Romesh Gyaram-Molle, Wuerzburg), The Battle of Liegnitz (1241) and its Aftermath (Aleksander Paron,
Wroclaw, Poland), Het'um the Armenian: A Historiographer between the Mongol Empire and the Latin West
(Wilhelm Baum, Klagenfurt, Austria).
The papers will be published in a new series edited by Jaroslaw Wenta at the University of Torun.
Sektion "Islands of The World and The Seven Seas in Medieval Myth and History" I mit
folgenden Beiträgen:
Islands in Celtic Myths and Medieval Literature: Avalon (Paola Schulze-Belli, Trieste),
Cyprus in Medieval and Early Modern Travel Accounts (Maria E. Dorninger, Salzburg),
Far Eastern Islands and its Myths: Japan (Yuko Tagaya, Kanto Gakuin University, Tokyo).
Die Drucklegung der Vorträge ist unter dem Titel "Islands in Medieval Myths and History", in: Beihefte zur
MEDIAEVISTIK, Frankfurt am Main geplant.
Sektion "Islands of The World and The Seven Seas in Medieval Myth and History" II mit folgenden
Beiträgen: Insular Myths in the 'Nibelungenlied': Was Siegfried slain on an Island? (Sieglinde Hartmann), Holy
Islands and their Christianisation in Medieval Prussia (Jaroslaw Wenta, Torun, Poland), Insulae: Misses, Myths,
and Mexico (James Ogier, Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia).
2005 2 Sektionen zum Thema "Islands of The World and The Seven Seas in Medieval Myth and
History" mit Beiträgen von Paola Schulze-Belli (Triest), Sieglinde Hartmann (Frankfurt am Main), James Ogier
(Salem, USA), Richard F. Byrn (Leeds), Aleks Pluskowski (Cambridge), Albrecht Classen (Tucson, USA), Patrizia
Mazzadi (Vicenza).
Die Drucklegung der Vorträge ist unter dem Titel "Islands in Medieval Myths and History", in: Beihefte zur
MEDIAEVISTIK, Frankfurt am Main 2008 geplant.
Sektion "Literary Images of Youth and Medieval Heroes" mit Beiträgen von Claudia Brinker–von der
Heyde (Kassel), Cordula Politis (Dublin), Käthe Sonnleitner (Graz), Edward Haymes (Cleveland), Neil Thomas
(Durham).
Sektion "A Genius Revisited: Enea Silvio Piccolomini (1405-1464) and his 600th Birthday", mit
Beiträgen von Wilhelm Baum (Klagenfurt), Cora Dietl (Tübingen), Maria Dorninger (Salzburg) und Reinhard
Strohm (Oxford).
2004
Sponsor der Sektion "Jewish Culture within the Holy Roman Empire: An Antagononistic or
Symbiotic Relationship?" mit Beiträgen von Martin Przybilski, Trier, Manuela Niesner, Heidelberg und Winfried
Frey, Frankfurt am Main.
Sektion "Interaction of Cultures in German Literature of the Middle Ages" mit Beiträgen von
Patrizia Mazzadi, München, Edward R. Haymes und Cleveland State University, Ohio, und Cordula Politis, Trinity
College Dublin.
Sektion "Petrarch in Germany: Medieval Reception and Modern Medievalism" mit Beiträgen von
Otto Arnold, Marburg, Cora Dietl, Tuebingen, Maria E. Dorninger, Salzburg, und Patrizia Mazzadi, Vicenza.
Drucklegung der Vorträge in Jahrbuch der Oswald von Wolkenstein Gesellschaft, Band 16, 2006/2007.
2003 Sektion "Heroism and Power in Medieval Literature" mit Beiträgen von Bettina Bildhauer,
Cambridge, Alan Robertshaw und Richard Hitchcock, Exeter.
Sektion "The Authority of the Bible and the Power of Change in Theological Theory and
Language History", mit Beiträgen von Alice Chapman, Clare College, University of Cambridge, Claudia WichReif, Freie Universät, Berlin, Franz Simmler, Freie Universität, Berlin.
Sektion "Sports of the Powerful: The Medieval Hunt" mit Beiträgen von Aleksander Grzegorz
Pluskowski, Cambridge, Siegrid Schmidt, Salzburg und Silvia Ranawake, London.
2002 Sektion "German Dawn Songs and their Castles" mit Beiträgen von Ricarda Bauschke, Berlin, John
Greenfield, Porto, und Anette Volfing, Oxford.
Drucklegung der Vorträge in: Die Burg im Minnesang und als Allegorie im deutschen Mittelalter. Hrsg. von
Ricarda Bauschke. Frankfurt am Main 2006 (= Kultur, Wissenschaft, Literatur. Beiträge zur Mittelalterforschung,
Bd. 10.).
Sektion "Reconstructing the Medieval Environment and its Impact on Human Mind: Castles Real and Imagined" mit Beiträgen von Paola Schulze-Belli, Käthe Sonnleitner und Siegrid Schmidt.
2001
Sektion "Reconstructing the Medieval Environment and its Impact on Human Mind: Pet and
Domestic Animals" mit Beiträgen von Malcolm H. Jones, Sheffield, und Albrecht Classen, Tucson, Arizona.
Sektion "Reconstructing the Medieval Environment and its Impact on Human Mind: Gardens Real and Imagined" mit Beiträgen von Paola Schulze-Belli, Triest, Anja Grebe, Nürnberg, und Marlu Kühn,
Basel.
2000
Sektion "Reconstructing the Medieval Environment and its Impact on Human Mind: Flora" mit
Beiträgen von Gerhardt Helmstaedter, Köln, Gertrud Blaschitz, Krems, Marlu Kühn, Basel, und Sieglinde
Hartmann.
Sektion "Reconstructing the Medieval Environment and its Impact on Human Mind: Fauna" mit
Beiträgen von Nigel W. Harris, Florida, Malcolm Jones, Sheffield, und Peter Dinzelbacher, Princeton, USA.
Selected papers of these sessions are published in: MEDIAEVISTIK, Beihefte Band 8, "Fauna and Flora",
Frankfurt am Main 2007.
Sektion "Perception of Eternity in Medieval German Literature" mit Beiträgen von Paola SchulzeBelli, Triest, Arnold Otto, Düsseldorf, und Richard Byrn, Leeds.
1999
Sektion "Oswald von Wolkenstein in New Translations and New Recordings" mit Beiträgen von
Alan Robertshaw, Exeter, Paola Schulze-Belli, Triest, und Martin Schubert, Köln.
Drucklegung der Vorträge in Jahrbuch der Oswald von Wolkenstein Gesellschaft, Band 13, 2000/2001.
1998
Sektion "Translating the Medieval Mystics: New Approaches to their Interpretation" mit Beiträgen
von Paola Schulze-Belli, Triest, Margarete Hubrath, Chemnitz, und Gabriella Del Lungo, Florenz.
Drucklegung der Vorträge in Jahrbuch der Oswald von Wolkenstein Gesellschaft, Band 11, 1999.
1997 Sektion "Law and Iconography" mit Beiträgen von Wolfgang Schild, Bielefeld, Dagmar Hüpper,
Münster, und Gernot Kocher, Graz.
Drucklegung der Vorträge in Jahrbuch der Oswald von Wolkenstein Gesellschaft, Band 11, 1999.
1996
Sektion "Love-Letters in the Middle Ages: Facts and Fiction" mit Beiträgen von Martin Schubert,
Köln, Frank Fürbeth, Frankfurt/M. und Max Schiendorfer, Zürich.
Drucklegung der Vorträge in Jahrbuch der Oswald von Wolkenstein Gesellschaft, Band 11, 1999.
1995 Sektion "Poetry and Music" mit Beiträgen von Rebecca J. Davies, Leeds, Henriette Straub,
Amsterdam, und Reinhard Strohm, Oxford.
Drucklegung der Vorträge in Jahrbuch der Oswald von Wolkenstein Gesellschaft, Band 9, 1996/1997.
1994
Sektion "Oswald von Wolkenstein and the Mediterranean" mit Beiträgen von Sieglinde Hartmann,
Alan Robertshaw, Exeter, und Albrecht Classen, Tucson, USA.
Drucklegung der Vorträge in Jahrbuch der Oswald von Wolkenstein Gesellschaft, Band 8, 1994/1995.