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TEAMS Sponsored Sessions at the Forty-Seventh International Congress on Medieval Studies
Thursday-Sunday, May 10-13, 2012
Teaching the Exotic Other with TEAMS Texts - Saturday May 12, 10:00 AM, Session 350, Valley I, 102
Organizer: Anita Obermeier, University of New Mexico
Presider: Karolyn Kinane, Plymouth State University
- "Exotic Language: Alphabets as an Image of Otherness in The Book of John Mandeville," Kara L. McShane, University of Rochester
- "Teaching the Exotic Other with Codex Ashmole 61," Ilan Mitchell-Smith, California State University–Long Beach
- "The Exotic Sultan of Damascus and His Lump Child," John H. Chandler, University of Rochester
Teaching Beowulf in the High School Classroom - Saturday May 12, 1:30 PM, Session 431, Schneider 1220
Organizer: Anita Obermeier, University of New Mexico
Presiders: Nicholas Schwartz, Univ. of New Mexico; Laura Wangerin, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison
- "Beowulf in the American High School: A Brief History of Versions and Assumptions," Candace Hull Taylor, University of Nevada–Reno
- "Teaching Beowulf: A Mead Hall Celebration," Demaree Peck, Parry McCluer High School
- "Swords and Cogs: Teaching Beowulf in the High School Classroom," Justin Burns, Arizona State University; Tricia Parker, Arizona State University
- "Adventures in Beowulf-ing: Reflections on Teaching the Anglo-Saxon Epic in the High School Classroom," Samantha A. Jones, St. Ursula Academy
Games Played in the Middle Ages - Saturday May 12, 3:30 PM, Session 469
Organizer: Anita Obermeier, University of New Mexico
Presider: Karolyn Kinane, Plymouth State University
- "What Can Games Teach Us and Our Students about the Middle Ages?," Paul Milliman, University of Arizona
- "Playing with Fortune and Courtly Ethics in 'The Chance of the Dice' (and How to Teach It)," Ryan R. Judkins, Ohio State University
Christianity in and out of Church (A Roundtable) - Sunday May 13, 8:30 AM, Session 521, Valley II, 204
Organizer: Joel T. Rosenthal, Stony Brook University
Presider: Joel T. Rosenthal
- A roundtable discussion with Catherine Innes-Parker, University of Prince Edward Island; Marilyn Oliva, Fordham University; Constance H. Berman, University of Iowa; Karen Saupe, Calvin College; and Charlotte N. Goldy, Miami University of Ohio.