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MAD will not be present at Kalamazoo this year (49th International Congress on Medieval Studies May 8–11, 2014) , but many sessions will deal with various aspects of animals in the Middle Ages. This post provides an exhaustive selection of the animal sessions and papers in Kalamazoo this year.[caption id="attachment_269" align="aligncenter" width="550"] Noah’s Ark. France, Paris, 1240s. Pierpont Morgan Library, MS M.638, fol. 2v[/caption]Thursday 3:30 p.m. Session 89 Bernhard Brown &#38; Gold RoomOther Animals and Humans in Medieval ArtSponsor: International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA)Organizer: Martha Easton, Seton Hall Univ., and Corine Schleif, Arizona State Univ.Presider: Corine Schleif and Martha EastonKalila and Dimna (Paris, BnF lat. 8504): Visual Lessons from Cross-Cultural Animals,Anna D. Russakoff, American Univ. of ParisAnimal, Human, or Both? The Monstrous Races in a Bestiary CompilationElizabeth Morrison, J. Paul Getty Museum“Partout la figure du lion”: The Enduring Legacy of the Coucy donjon TympanumRichard A. Leson, Univ. of Wisconsin–MilwaukeeThursday 3:30 p.m.Session 127, Schneider 1360Monsters I: Parallel WorldsSponsor: Monsters: The Experimental Association for the Research of Cryptozoologythrough Scholarly Theory and Practical Application (MEARCSTAPA)Organizer: Asa Simon Mittman, California State Univ.–Chico, and Stefanie Goyette,Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Harvard Univ.Presider: Stefanie GoyetteMonstrous Ireland and the Fantasy of British SovereigntyAlexander Baldassano, Graduate Center, CUNYLady Macbeth and the Strix: Monstrous Maternity, Time, and PeriodizationMorgan Bozick, Pennsylvania State Univ.(Not) Solving the Mystery: The Complexity of the Melusine Legendary in Medieval French and German TraditionsDeva Fall Kemmis, Georgetown Univ., and Melissa Ridley Elmes, Univ. of North Carolina–GreensboroThursday 3:30 p.m. Session 138 Bernhard 212Facing the Abyss: Visualizing Submarine Worlds, Aquatic Life, and Hybrids in Medieval ArtSponsor: International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA) Student CommitteeOrganizer: Matthew Westerby, Univ. of Wisconsin–MadisonPresider: Matthew Westerby“The world is damned and lost”: Alexander the Great and the Mirror of the DeepPeter Bovenmyer, Univ. of Wisconsin–MadisonThere Be Dragons: Charting the Role and Evolution of Fish and Aquatic Monsters in Early Anglo-Saxon ArtMelissa Herman, Univ. of YorkLand, Water, Woman: Coudrette’s Melusine as a Symbol of Regional Identity in Late Medieval PoitouShana Thompson, Univ. of North TexasFriday 10:00 a.m. Session 181 Fetzer 2016Guilds, Confraternities, and Merchant Companies in the Fourteenth CenturySponsor: 14th Century SocietyOrganizer: Marie D’Aguanno Ito, Catholic Univ. of AmericaPresider: Marie D’Aguanno ItoNuisance and Necessity: Supervising the Leather Industry in Late Medieval LuccaDaniel Jamison, Univ. of TorontoFriday 10:00 a.m.Session 198 Schneider 1275Carolingian Art and ArtistsPresider: Genevra Kornbluth, Kornbluth Photography“The turtle dove and the swallow and the stork watched for the time of his coming”: Birds, Revelation, and the Ideal Viewer in Early Medieval Gospel BooksElizabeth Fischer, Univ. of North Carolina–Chapel HillFriday 10 PM Session 212 Bernhard 204Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral: Textual and Material Evidence of Medieval HealingSponsor: Medica: The Society for the Study of Healing in the Middle AgesOrganizer: Linda Migl Keyser, Univ. of MarylandPresider: Linda Migl KeyserMint, Mandrake, and Materia Medica: Localized Andalusi Medical Knowledge in PracticeAllyssa J. Metzger, Harvard Univ.Sixteenth-Century Italian Medical Recipe Books: Between the Ideal and the PracticalEmily E. Hagens, Univ. of Minnesota–Twin CitiesMadness as Metaphor: Clinical Concepts in Medieval PsychiatryMary Hardiman Farley, Univ. of Southern CaliforniaDiseases Shared by Humans and AnimalsWilliam H. York, Portland State Univ.Friday 1/30 PM Session 243 Schneider 1135Violence and Vulnerability I: Slow and SystemicSponsor: Medieval Academy of AmericaOrganizer: Diane J. Reilly, Indiana Univ.–BloomingtonPresider: Ruth Mazo Karras, Univ. of Minnesota–Twin CitiesAdam and Eve and the AnimalsPeggy McCracken, Univ. of Michigan–Ann ArborFriday 1:30 p.m. Session 254 Schneider 1330The Word and the World: Exegetical Readings of Everyday Life in the Early Middle AgesOrganizer: Daniel Price, Univ. of Toronto, and Abigail Owen, Univ. of TorontoPresider: Abigail OwenChristian Typology and Medieval BestiariesTomas Flecker, Centre for Medieval Studies, Univ. of TorontoFriday 1:30 p.m.Session 266 Bernhard 204Herbal Therapies and Medicinal Gardens in Art, Literature, and MedicineSponsor: Medica: The Society for the Study of Healing in the Middle AgesOrganizer: Gerard P. NeCastro, Univ. of Maine–MachiasPresider: Gerard P. NeCastroPlant, Bird, Fish, and Stone: Enrique de Villena, Cyranides and the Four Ingredients for Love in Medieval IberiaFelipe Esteban Rojas, Univ. of ChicagoFriday 3:30 p.m. Session 286 Fetzer 1040Cistercians and the WorldSponsor: Center for Cistercian and Monastic Studies, Western Michigan Univ.Organizer: E. Rozanne Elder, Western Michigan Univ.Presider: Ralf Lützelschwab, Freie Univ. BerlinRenart the Fox and Bernard the AssClare Balombin, Ohio State Univ.Friday 3:30 p.m. Session 312 Schneider 1350Speculum Arabicum: Medieval Encyclopaedism between the East and the West IISponsor: Action de Recherche Concertée, Fédération WallonieOrganizer: Mattia Cavagna, Univ. catholique de LouvainPresider: Baudouin Van den Abeele, Univ. catholique de LouvainBetween Orient and Occident: The Quotations from Arab Authors in the Zoological Books of Thirteenth-Century Latin EncyclopaediasGrégory Clesse, Univ. catholique de LouvainFriday 3:30 p.m.Session 321 Bernhard 208Global SanctitySponsor: Hagiography SocietyOrganizer: Sara Ritchey, Univ. of Louisiana–LafayettePresider: Alison Frazier, Univ. of Texas–AustinRepentant Demons, Contrite Cannibals, and Vengeful Crocodiles: Sin andSanctity in Medieval Arabic Christian NarrativesElizabeth L. Anderson, Yale Univ.Saturday 10 AM Session 347 Schneider 1125Old English HagiographyPresider: Hans Sauer, Ludwig-Maximilians-Univ. MünchenReal and Imagined Animals in Anglo-Saxon HagiographyTodd Preston, Lycoming CollegeSaturday 10 AM Session 368 Schneider 1355MetalworkPresider: Holly R. Silvers, Minnesota State Univ.–MoorheadFriend, Foe, or Food? The Role of Animals on a Middle Byzantine BowlLara Frentrop, Courtauld Institute of ArtSaturday 1:30 p.m. Session 390 Valley I Shilling LoungeAnimals in Marie de FranceSponsor: International Marie de France SocietyOrganizer: Matthieu Boyd, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ.Presider: Ed Ouellette, Air Univ.Of Loyalty and Love, Desire and Deceit: Birds in the Lais and Fables of Marie de FranceSherron Lux, San Jacinto CollegeLe Laustic: Reflections on the Nightingale, Philomena, and FabricLeslie Burress, Univ. of LouisvilleTranslating BisclavretKatherine Kong, Univ. of Tennessee–Knoxville“I don’t reckon you’re any better than a mad dog!”: The Transformative Power of Furor in Twelfth-Century Vernacular LiteratureJonathan Sapp, Univ. of AkronSaturday 1:30 p.m.Session 400 Schneider 1120Market Power: Royal, Civic, and Manorial Enterprise in Fourteenth-Century EnglandSponsor: Society of the White HartOrganizer: Mark Arvanigian, California State Univ.–FresnoPresider: Douglas Biggs, Univ. of Nebraska–KearneyThe Horse Trade in Medieval EnglandJordan Claridge, Univ. of East AngliaSaturday 1:30 p.m.Session 401 Schneider 1125Medieval Environments I: DisastersSponsor: Environmental History Network for the Middle Ages (ENFORMA)Organizer: Ellen F. Arnold, Ohio Wesleyan Univ.Presider: Ellen F. ArnoldEpidemics, Epizootics, and Famine in Ireland, 500–800 ADMichelle Ziegler, St. Louis Univ.Volcanic Events and European Climate Extremes, 670–730 CEConor Kostick, Univ. of NottinghamThe Beginning of the End: Sheep Panzootics and Fortunes of Wool Industry in England, 1250–1330Philip Slavin, Univ. of KentSaturday 1:30 p.m.Session 425 Schneider 2345The Medieval Monster as Mirror: Translation, Hybridity, and Cultural IdentitySponsor: Medieval Studies Institute, Indiana Univ.–BloomingtonOrganizer: Ben Garceau, Indiana Univ.–Bloomington, and Margot Valles, MichiganState Univ.Presider: Margot VallesThe Monstrosity of Beasts and Sinners in Beowulf: Issues in TranslationJulie K. Chamberlin, Indiana Univ.–BloomingtonTransforming and Mirroring in The Turke and Sir GawainJean E. Jost, Bradley Univ.The Object, the Dreamer, and the Dreamwork: A Folio in the Rutland PsalterBetsy L. Chunko, United States Military Academy, West PointSaturday 1:30 p.m. Session 429 Bernhard 204Animals in ArthurianaSponsor: Rossell Hope Robbins Library, Univ. of RochesterOrganizer: Kristi J. Castleberry, Univ. of Rochester, and Kara L. McShane, Univ. ofRochesterPresider: Kristi J. Castleberry and Kara L. McShaneThe Monstrosity of Sin and the Prose Merlin’s Demon CatSharon Rhodes, Univ. of RochesterTristan and Medieval Hunting ManualsEmily R. Huber, Franklin &#38; Marshall CollegeShoulders Like an Ox, or, Smiling Like a Tiger? Arthurian Animal Identities in Terry Pratchett’s AlbionKristin Noone, Univ. of California–RiversideSaturday 3:30 p.m. Session 456 Schneider 1125Medieval Environments II: Resource ExploitationSponsor: Environmental History Network for the Middle Ages (ENFORMA);Medieval Association for Rural Studies (MARS)Organizer: Ellen F. Arnold, Ohio Wesleyan Univ.Presider: Richard C. Hoffmann, York Univ.Strategies and Ecologies: Hunting in Northern and Central Italy between 1300 and 1500Cristina Arrigoni Martelli, York Univ.Saturday 3:30 p.m. Session 472 Schneider 1330French RomancePresider: Charles-Louis Morand-Métivier, Univ. of VermontEvolution de la figure du lion dans l’imaginaire médiéval et La Queste del saint GraalCatherine Scubla, Lycée Français de GaudalajaraSaturday 3:30 p.m.Session 491 Bernhard Brown &#38; Gold RoomIn Honor of Geoffrey Richard Russom: Aspects of Early English Poetic Culture IIOrganizer: M. J. Toswell, Univ. of Western OntarioPresider: Amy N. Vines, Univ. of North Carolina–GreensboroBoars and BeowulfLindy Brady, Univ. of MississippiSunday 8:30 a.m.Session 506 Schneider 1235Doggy Deux: Dogs, Dogs, Dogs! ReduxOrganizer: Laura D. Gelfand, Utah State Univ.Presider: Laura D. GelfandBeasts, Bestiaries, and the Bayeux Tapestry: Man’s Best Friend Meets “the Animal Turn”Elizabeth Pastan, Emory Univ.“Jagd nach der Treue,” or, When Desire Met DevotionJane Carroll, Dartmouth CollegeCollars of Civility: Dogs in Some Medieval Manuscript MiniaturesJohn Block Friedman, Univ. of Illinois–Urbana-ChampaignDog Is My Co-Pilot: Canine Companions in English Biblical DramaRob Wakeman, Univ. of MarylandSunday 10:30 a.m.Session 547 Schneider 1275All God’s Brutes: Medieval Perspectives on the Ethical Treatment of AnimalsSponsor: Dept. of Philosophy, Marymount Univ.Organizer: Ariane Economos, Marymount Univ.Presider: Rosa Slegers, Babson CollegeTeleology, Tails, and Other Ends: Medieval Aristotelians on Ethics and AnimalsAriane EconomosRather They Should Be Working Gently: Muhammed ibn Zakariya Al-Razi on Animal Ethics and TransmigrationGary Gabor, Hamline Univ.When Squirrels Take a Stand: Imagining English Law through the Natural WorldKatie L. Peebles, Marymount Univ.From Symbolization to Identification: Human-Animal Communities and the Ethics of BoundariesRobert Stanton, Boston CollegeSunday 10:30 a.m.Session 555 Schneider 1355Historicizing FormSponsor: Graduate Medievalists at BerkeleyOrganizer: Jacob Hobson, Univ. of California–BerkeleyPresider: Jacob HobsonConstant Monsters, Changing Forms: The Impact of the Encyclopedic Form on Approaches to the Monstrous RacesRosalind Lintott, Univ. of Cambridge