Every July, medievalists from across the globe descend upon the University of Leeds for the International Medieval Congress (IMC), and this year’s conference was no exception. With the 2026 theme of Temporalities, the week was filled with fascinating discussions about time, memory, history, and the ways in which the past continues to shape our understandingContinueContinue reading “Autumn and Francesca Reunite: Leeds IMC 2026, by Francesca Roma”
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Reflections on teaching the Medieval Body, by James White
I was introduced to the medieval body–and even the historical study of the body at all–during the second year of my undergraduate degrees at Tennessee Technological University, a small-town university with a strong STEM focus. It was during an interdisciplinary Honors seminar about, well, the body. The English professor who taught the course brought inContinueContinue reading “Reflections on teaching the Medieval Body, by James White”
Bodies and Being 