Description
This two-day conference will focus on the significance and role of monsters and monstrous themes in medieval culture up through adaptations and re-imaginings of medieval monsters in the modern day.
This conference is co-organized and co-sponsored by The Medieval Association of the Midwest (MAM), Mid-America Medieval Association (MAMA), and the Illinois Medieval Association (IMA).

Call for Proposals
Individual abstracts of 250 words should be submitted to: Monsterconference2025@gmail.com by March 15, 2025.
If you are graduate student, note if you want to participate in an on-line session in your proposal. Proposed panels are also accepted.
Abstracts focused on medieval, or medievalism monstrous themes are welcome; this topic is broadly conceived to encourage colleagues from all relevant disciplines, such as art historians, linguists, literature, theologians, historians, history of science, and forms of medievalism etc., to apply. We also have an active group of graduate students and emerging scholars who are interested in developing online sessions, as well as in-person workshops in teaching the medieval through medievalism, gaming, etc.
Please note on your abstract if you are interested in an in-person session or an online session and if you are proposing a graduate session/roundtable/traditional paper/session.
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