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Medieval Bodies IgnoredCfP IMC 2018: Deadline 31St August 2017Since Caroline Walker Bynum’s 1995 article ‘Why All the FussAbout the Body?’, the discussion around bodies as historicalbodies has flourished. In these sessions, the intent is to pick out,from ‘the cacophony of discourses’ that medieval people used todiscuss the body, a few of the notes that are sometimesoverlooked. Discussion post—Caroline Walker Bynum has oftenfocused on the human body, but her work has also opened up awider examination of the ways in which non —human bodies wereconceptualised. Non-human animals, environmental bodies andsocio-political bodies are all discussed in relation to humans andthe non-human body. Equally, humans could also be discussed inrelation to non-human bodies, either in a positive or a derogatorysense. These sessions will explore how human and non-humanbodies have influenced each other during the Middle Ages and inscholarship. By examining these seemingly separate discourses inconcert with one another the impact of ideas aroundembodiment upon the study of the Middle Ages is revealed and parallels and connections can be exploited.Themes' Discourses around human and non-human animal bodies:scientiﬁc, literary, juridico—legal.' Concepts of environmental bodies: bodies of water,geological and geographical bodies, human / non—humangeography.' Political and social bodies: the body politic, the politicisedbody, guilds and professional bodies, military bodies.&#160;The deadline for 200 - 300 word abstracts is 31st August 2017. Please email: medievalbodiesignored@gmail.com. And follow them on Twitter: @BodiesIgnored&#160;