Medieval Association of the Pacific (MAP) Conference March 5-6

This coming Friday and Saturday (March 5-6), the University of Puget Sound will be hosting the 2010 Medieval Association of the Pacific conference at various locations around campus, primarily in Wyatt and Collins Library.

MAP itself is an "organization of university faculty, students, and independent scholars from around the Pacific Rim, including North America, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand," to quote from the organization's website. This is the first time the conference has been held at Puget Sound, which gives students here an excellent opportunity to participate for free in a professional conference.

More information about the conference schedule can be found on the organizing website at http://www.csun.edu/english/map2010/ocs-2/ss.php, but I've included the titles, dates and times, and locations of the two plenary talks.

First Plenary Address — Friday, March 5th at 2pm in Kilworth Chapel Main Hall
“Aristocratic Power and the Natural World: Reshaping the Landscape at Hesdin, c. 1300”
Sharon Farmer, University of California, Santa Barbara (History)

Second Plenary Address – Saturday, March 6th at 1:50pm in the Rotunda
“The Hand of God and the Hand of the Scribe”
Jeffrey Hamburger, Harvard University (Art History)

The conference as a whole should appeal to anyone interest in history, art history, or language and literature, to name a few. Additionally, the conference has the potential to be a great way to network with some of the top scholars in multiple academic fields.

Many Puget Sound faculty are involved in this conference, and many are giving talks. To name a few: Professors Michael Curley, Katherine Smith, Linda Williams, Krista Kotsis, Greta Austin, David Lupher, and more. Apologies to anyone not explicitly named, but sufficed to say, there are a great number of faculty who should be giving interesting presentations.

For more information, visit http://www.csun.edu/english/map2010/ocs-2/ss.php, where you can find full information about all of the planned events for the conference.