The Haskins Society - 2014 Program

Friday, November 7

9:00–11:00	Business Meeting for Officers and Councilors of the Society
9:30	Registration Opens
10:00–11:00	New Research Forum Chair: Austin Mason, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities & Carleton College Reading the Premonstratensian Landscape: Women, Space, and Patronage in Northern France, ca. 1120-1400 Yvonne Seale, University of Iowa Fontevraud, the Communities of Saint-Martin, and Queen Bertrade: Reconsidering Angevin Comital Policy in the Touraine in the Early Twelfth Century Basit Qureshi, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities The Papacy and Creation of the Hungarian Empire Joan Dusa, Independent Scholar Bagels and coffee will be provided

12:00–12:15	Opening Remarks and Welcome
12:15–1:15	Presidential Address Presiding: Richard Barton, University of North Carolina, Greensboro & Current President of the Haskins Society How English Laws Were Written Bruce O’Brien, Mary Washington University & Past President of the Haskins Society
1:15–1:30	Break
1:30–3:00	Session 1: Crime and Punishment in Comparative Perspective Chair: Constance Berman, University of Iowa Wrongs – Compensation – Revenge: The Eddic Poems as a Gateway to Viking Age Notions of ‘Crime and Punishment’ Anne Iren Riisøy, Buskerud and Vestfold University College Towards a Cultural History of Decapitation Alan Cooper, Colgate University Changing Legal Approaches to Adultery: The Evidence of the Fabliau Les Tresses April Harper, State University of New York, Oneonta
3:00–3:30	Tea/Coffee Break
3:30–5:30	Session 2 Framing History: Re-presenting the Past in Word and Image Chair: Robert Berkhofer, Western Michigan University Unlocking the Past: History, Theology, and Devotion on the Christian Franks Casket Katherine Cross, Wolfson College, Oxford and the British Museum Foedus foedatum: Retrospectives (1016–1166) on Concord, Counsel, and Corruption in Post-Roman Britain Emily Winkler, University College London Abbatial Patronage and the Cult of the Saints at St Albans Abbey Kathryn Gerry, Memphis College of Art The Artistic Patronage of Robert of Torigni Laura Cleaver, Trinity College Dublin
5:30	Reception

Saturday, November 8

9:00–10:30	Session 3 Dominus/Domina: Was There a Gendered Exercise of Power? Chair: Amy Livingstone, Wittenberg University The Biography of Emma “of Ivry” Charlotte Cartwright, Arizona State University Distaff Dynastic Lordship? Evidence from the Conquest Generation Laura Gathagan, State University of New York, Cortland Lords or Ladies? Elisabeth and Eleanor of Vermandois and Succession, Governance, and Gender in the County of Vermandois Heather J. Tanner, The Ohio State University
10:30–10:45	Break
10:45–12:15	Session 4: Reconfiguring Relics, Saints, and Authority after Conflict Chair: Jennifer Paxton, Catholic University of America Holy Relics, Authority, and Legitimacy in Anglo-Saxon England and Ottonian Germany Laura Wangerin, University of Wisconsin The Fate of Anglo-Saxon Saints' Cults After the Conquest: The Case of St Æthelwold of Winchester Rebecca Browett, Institute of Historical Research Helena, Constantine, and the Angevin Desire for Jerusalem Katie L. Hodges-Kluck, University of Tennessee
12:15-1:15	Lunch
1:15-12:15	C. Warren Hollister Lecture Presiding: Alex Knodell, Carleton College Rural Settlement in Roman Britain and Its Significance for the Early Medieval Period: New Research and Perspectives Martin Millett, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
2:15–2:30	Break
2:30–3:30	Session 5: Object Lessons: Material Evidence for Early Medieval Britain Chair: Chris Lewis, King’s College, London Recycling Roman-ness in Fifth-Century Britain Robin Fleming, Boston College Sitting on the Fence: The Staffordshire Hoard Find Site in Context David Roffe, University of Oxford
3:30–4:00	Tea/Coffee Break
4:00–5:30	Session 6: The Scripts of Robert of Torigni: An Inquiry in Conjectural History Moderator & Respondent: Thomas N. Bisson, Harvard University Panelists Erik Kwakkel, Centre for the Arts in Society, University of Leiden Patricia Stirnemann, IRHT, Paris Elisabeth M. C. Van Houts, Emmanuel College, Cambridge Benjamin Pohl, DAAD Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Cambridge Participation by the audience

7:30	Party at Bill North’s House

Sunday, November 9

8:30–10:00	Session 7: The Perception and Practice of War Session Chair: Steven Isaac, Longwood University The Semipagano Tiranno – Rethinking the Perception of Muslim Soldiers under Roger II Joshua Birk, Smith College Trouble in Tripoli: Civil War and the Beginning of the End of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem,1277–1282 Jesse Izzo, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Military Entrepreneurs in the Armies of Edward I of England (1273–1307) David Bachrach, University of New Hampshire
10:00–10:15	Break
10:15–11:45	Session 8: New Approaches to the Naturalism of the Twelfth-Century Renaissance Chair: John Cotts, Whitman College Naturalism Beyond Mediation: William of Conches and Hildegard von Bingen Willemien Otten, University of Chicago Divinity School Videmus nunc per speculum: Toward a New Paradigm for Twelfth-Century Naturalism Jason M. Baxter, Wyoming Catholic College Nature and the Self in the Lyrics Attributed to Peter of Blois Mary Franklin-Brown, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
11:45–12:00	Break
12:00–1:00	Featured Speaker Presiding: Andrew Scheil, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Beyond the Obvious: Aelfric and the Authority of Bede Joyce Hill, University of Leeds
1:00–2:00	Closing Lunch

A gentle reminder for those giving papers:

The point of giving a talk is as much about the questions and the conversation that arise during the Q&A period, as it is about the paper itself. Because of this, you are asked to stick closely to your allotted paper-giving time of 20 minutes. A 20-minute paper is generally a 10-page, 12-point-font typescript. Please be courteous to your fellow panelists and come prepared to give a paper of this length. Panel Chairs will be instructed (with, of course, a couple of minutes grace) to keep their panelists firmly to time.

For those using A/V:

The conference venue is equipped with a computer, connections for a laptop, a document camera, and a digital projector. If you are using a standard powerpoint presentation (Powerpoint, Keynote, Prezi), please make sure that you have it downloaded on a flash drive to expedite panel set up. We can also accommodate presenters using their own laptop. Please email conference organizers by October 15 (haskinsconference@gmail.com) regarding your use of AV (which program you will use); if you are not using A/V, no reply is necessary.

Handouts:

You will need to bring copies of your handout with you to the conference. Eighty copies should suffice.