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Call for Papers: IMC Leeds 2017 Pilgrimage: Restoring Physical, Mental, and Spiritual HealthSponsored by the Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Reading.The thematic strand for the next International Medieval Congress (3-6 July 2017) at University of Leeds is Otherness. We invite you to submit proposals for 20-minute papers to take part in one or more sessions on the theme of pilgrimage as a restorative process between physical, mental, and spiritual sickness and health. We are particularly interested in papers that address identifications of pilgrims as "others" who were undertaking a unique physical and spiritual journey. Relevant topics include but are not limited to:• Miraculous healing.• Penitential pilgrimage.• Proxy pilgrimage.• Pilgrimage journeys.• Experiences of pilgrims at shrines.• Relics and saintly intercession.• Monastic and lay interactions with the cult of saints.If you would like to take part in these sessions, please send an abstract of no more than 200 words as well as a short bio to claire.trenery.2008@live.rhul.ac.uk by Friday 16 September 2016.Organisers Ruth Salter (University of Reading, @r_j_salter) &#38; Claire Treneryand (Royal Holloway, University of London, @claire_trenery)