Wednesday, Nov 23, 2011
Seven Rider students have had their proposals accepted to present papers at the Sixth Annual Undergraduate Conference in Medieval and Early Modern Studies at Moravian College on December 3.
by Sean Ramsden
Seven Rider students enrolled in ENG 331: Medieval Literature have had their proposals accepted to present papers at the Sixth Annual Undergraduate Conference in Medieval and Early Modern Studies at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pa., on Saturday, December 3.
Each student will present a 15-minute research essay at the conference, which will be held in Moravian’s Priscilla Payne Hurd Academic Complex. Their topics will range from representations of gender in Old English poetry and ideas about community in Beowulf to sexual politics in Marie de France’s Lanval and pilgrimages, pilgrims, and characters in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.
The students’ proposals were accepted by the organizers from among many submissions, and the Rider presenters will comprise the largest student representation from a single university, according to Dr. Matthew Boyd Goldie, professor of English, who will accompany the students at the all-day conference. Other universities represented include Georgetown, Rutgers, Lehigh, SUNY-Albany and the University of Southern California, among others.
The student presenters, and their topics, include:
Lauren McConnell '12: “The Problem with Judith: Feminine Females, Not-Woman Females, and Masculine Females in Old English Literature”
Kaitlyn D’Onofrio '13: “Unholy Pilgrimages in the Fourteenth Century and Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales”
Aimee Simone '13: “War and Peace: Conflicting Gender Functions in ‘The Wife’s Lament,’ ‘Wulf and Eadwacer,’ and Beowulf”
Andrea Boccia '13: “Inclusion and Exclusion: The Demise of Community in Beowulf”
Alex Lief '13: “Monsters: Why the Monsters of Beowulf Are Misunderstood”
Michael Scofield '13: “Sex and Gender Roles in Lanval”
Chelsea Conroy '12: “Roles of Men and Woman in The Canterbury Tales”
