White Rose Medieval Graduate Conference

University of York - University of Leeds
White Rose Medieval Graduate Conference (2021): Self and Selves

[White Rose Medieval Graduate Conference @WRMedieval]

✨Our programme is set, and our registration is open! ✨
Check out our incredible line-up below ⬇️ and register for the conference here: https://t.co/NcrH1SGd3U

[Dr. Basil Arnould Price @BasilAPrice]

That’s a wrap on #WRMGC2021 ! Thank you to my fellow organizers @marisapmichaud , @gracepesticcio , et. al, for their efforts, and a big thank you to @yorkmedieval and @LeedsIMS for hosting, and to the HRC collaborative grant we received.

[Dr Emma Nuding @EKNuding]

#WRMGC2021

in keynote speech by Julie Singer on foetuses speaking from the womb📢

Nice etymology nugget:

an INFANT or INFAUNT is IN-FANS 'unable to speak'

(from Latin fari --> to speak / talk / fortell)

@OED
🐣

[White Rose Medieval Graduate Conference @WRMedieval]

Finally, big thanks to @yorkmedieval and @LeedsIMS
for hosting, and to the HRC, for the collaborative grant we received.

[White Rose Medieval Graduate Conference @WRMedieval]

#WRMGC2021 is over for this year! Thank you to the conference organisers, our panelists, and our audience for making this all possible.

Special thanks are due to our keynotes, @Nahir_Otano and Julie Springer, for challenging us on who -gets- to be a self in the middle ages.

[White Rose Medieval Graduate Conference @WRMedieval]

Thank you to @mcleish_t for taking us to the stars in our stargazing workshop, and thank you to Tanya Batten, for letting us stitch ourselves into the medieval world.

[White Rose Medieval Graduate Conference @WRMedieval]

In 15 minutes (17:00 BST), Dr. Julie Singer will be giving our second and final keynote of the conference with her paper, “Selfless Mothers: Fetal Personhood and Maternal Identity”.

We will then have closing remarks by @marisapmichaud.

[Speaking Archaeologically @speakingarch]

Our Founder @ShriyaGautam presented another aspect to the Gurjara Pratihara Temples that were studied extensively as a part of the Bhima Devi Project by our team @WRMedieval organised by the University of Leeds and the University of York.
#wrmgc2021
#bhimadeviproject

[Jordan M Booker @JordanMBooker]

Chairing a great session called “The Religious Feminine Self” at #WRMGC2021 - @marisapmichaud currently giving a fascinating paper on Saint Colette of Corbie!

[Shriya Gautam @ShriyaGautam]

Had a FANTASTIC afternoon presenting the Pratiharas at the @WRMedieval ! What a wonderful Panel and such engaging questions! Undoubtedly the best conference I've had so far this year.

#WRMGC2021

[Dr Kyly Walker @kyly_walker]

Just chaired the fabulous Boundaries of Political Selves panel at #WRMGC2021 @WRMedieval Well done to @BasilAPrice George Beckett and @ShriyaGautam for generating such a rich discussion!

[White Rose Medieval Graduate Conference @WRMedieval]

After two action-packed sessions, we'll have a quick break before reconvening for "Body, Mind and Environmental Selves" and "The Religious Feminine Self" at 11:15 BST (GMT+1).

[Dr. Basil Arnould Price @BasilAPrice]

Thanks to all who attended my paper today for #WRMGC2021! I'm so sorry that we didn't get through all of the questions - there was so much to discuss.

[White Rose Medieval Graduate Conference @WRMedieval]

After two action-packed sessions, we'll have a quick break before reconvening for "Body, Mind and Environmental Selves" and "The Religious Feminine Self" at 11:15 BST (GMT+1).

[Rosemary Kelly - rosemaryk96.bluesky.social @RosemaryKelly96]

Starting with my day with Boundaries of the Political Selves, and what better way to start than with @BasilAPrice's own paper! #WRMGC2021

[Dr Francesca Brooks @Frangipancesca]

Tuning in this morning to #WRMGC2021 for 'The Boundaries of Political Selves' & 'Body, Mind and Environmental Selves'. Really looking forward to it! Although I have to do a bit of dipping & diving in and out for other meetings.

[Dr Emma Nuding @EKNuding]

Today #WRMGC2021

@GreenLEA93 of @YorkHistoryDept & @yorkmedieval alum is challenging ideas of bishop's registers as passive records of a 'great man's personality' 👨

thinking about scribes, agency, contexts & crafting📝

[Dr Becca Drake @RLDrake]

Ready for #WRMGC2021 Day 2! First panel of the day (for me) is "The Boundaries of Political Selves" panel, chaired by July Walker (Leeds).

[Dr Becca Drake @RLDrake]

Looking forward to the "Mind, Body, and Environmental Selves" panel at 11:00 today at #WRMGC2021. I'm also giving a paper in it all about stock fish, cod and herring, and the 'ecological' rhythms of "Havelok" and "Ketils saga". 🐟🐟🐟🧜‍♂️👣

[White Rose Medieval Graduate Conference @WRMedieval]

Good morning everyone! 🌞

#WRMGC2021 panels today will begin at 9:00am BST (GMT+1) with 'Boundaries of Political Selves' and 'Letters of Selfhood'.

Please join us, with coffee or tea in hand!

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