May 12-15, 2016
International Congress on Medieval Studies Kalamazoo, MI, USA.

Session sponsored by the Research Unit “Religion and Society in the Early and Central Middle Ages” (RESOMA), Univ. Gent and the Henri Pirenne Institute for Medieval Studies

Although the theme of learning in the High Middle Ages and in religious communities has recently been the object of much scholarly attention, the study of the actors’ perception of the learning process still offers many fruitful opportunities for investigation.

The way in which monks and other co-habiting religious men and women of the high middle ages perceived the various aspects of the learning process can be reconstructed by analyzing the references to learning experiences in sources such as letters and poems, but also many narrative sources. Topics of interest for the session include, but are not limited to, the existence of different learning theories or models, the emotional and affective implications of learning, and the ways in which it affects the shaping of identities. Such themes hold a particular interest in an age of competing religious observances, in which the renewed attention to the self and to social relationships was inextricably connected with the affiliation to social (and, especially, religious) groups.

Paper proposal must submitted by September 15, 2015, to the session organizer, Micol Long (micol.long@ugent.be), who is also available for clarification, additional information, and to discuss possible themes.

Please provide a 300-word abstract and the completed Participant Information Form which can be found at http://wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html.

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