Arthurian Villains Recent Presentations (2010-2004)

I've been working over at The Medieval Comics Project trying to put together a listing of recent presentations on the topic, and, in the process, came across the following of interest to our readers. Please let me know if I've missed you.


Forty-fifth International Congress on Medieval Studies
May 13–16, 2010

“We are all shamed and destroyed for ever!”: The Treasonous Tale of King Mark
Meredith Reynolds, Francis Marion Univ.

Crafting the Witch: The Transformation of Morgan le Fay
Heidi J. Breuer, California State Univ.–San Marcos


2010 Joint Conference of the National Popular Culture and American Culture Associations
March 31 – April 3, 2010
Renaissance Grand Hotel St. Louis

Arthurian Legends: Morgan, Mordred, and Magic: Arthuriana out in Left Field
Session Chair: Michele D. Braun, Northeastern University
“‘Sympathy for the Devil’: The Dichotomy of Mordred in Popular Fiction”
Diana M. Vecchio, Widener University
“Reining in Morgaine: Revising Feminist Possibilities out of The Mists of Avalon”
Deidra Donmoyer, Wesleyan College
“Magic and the Feminine in the BBC's Merlin”
Christina Francis, Bloomsbury University
“Saving Baseball, Saving Arthur: Morganna the Kissing Bandit Resurrects Morgan le Fay”
Jill Hebert, University of St. Mary


Forty-fourth International Congress on Medieval Studies
May 7–10, 2009

A Castle as a Prison: Morgan, Lancelot, and Bagdemagus’s Daughter
Stephen Atkinson, Park Univ.


2009 Joint Conference of the National Popular Culture and American Culture
Associations
April 8 – 11, 2009
New Orleans Marriott

Bearing the Royal Seed: The Body of Mordred‘s Mother in Feminist Fiction
Amy S. Kaufman, Wesleyan College


International Arthurian Congress 2008

« Morgana le Fay's children »
Kristina HILDEBRAND

« Modred's sons »
Edward Donald KENNEDY


Forty-third International Congress on Medieval Studies
May 8–11, 2008

Who Would Write a Letter about Piers Gaveston in the Voice of Morgan le Fay?
Michael W. Twomey, Ithaca College

The (Gendered) Politics of Change: Medieval Construction of English Identity and the Decline of Morgan Le Fay
Amanda Dysart, Univ. of Virginia

Morgan’s Headdress: “Toreted and Treleted with Tryfles Aboute” (SGGK 960)
Laura F. Hodges, Independent Scholar


Forty-Second International Congress on Medieval Studies
May 10–13, 2007

Stargate to Avalon: Pursuing Merlin and Morgan le Fey
Christina Francis, Bloomsburg Univ.

The Televisual Mordred: Strategies for Representing Mordred in Arthurian Television
Michael A. Torregrossa, Independent Scholar


2007 Joint Conference of the National Popular Culture and American Culture
Associations
April 4 - 7, 2007
Boston Marriott Copley Place

Arthurian Legend I: The M’n’M’s
One and Many: Morgan in Contemporary Fantasy
Jill Hebert, Western Michigan University
Mordred, Villain and Victim: Two Late Victorian Visions
Thomas Hoberg, Northeastern Illinois University
Reclaiming the Bad Seed: Mordred’s Rehabilitation in Modern Fiction
Michael D. Amey, University of Maine at Presque Isle


Arthurian Conference Utrecht, July 24-31, 2005

Gawain’s Family
Edward Donald Kennedy

Morgan la Fey: Feminine Sexuality and Arthurian Representation
Maria-Kristina Perez


Fortieth International Congress on Medieval Studies
May 5–8, 2005

Anna and the King: Mordred’s Claim to the Throne in Scottish Chronicles
Alan Lupack, Univ. of Rochester

Morgan’s Morals: Sexuality in Malory
Jill Hebert, Western Michigan Univ.

The Bedevilment of Morgan le Fay: Ethnographic Perspective and Hartmann’s Erec
Kristen Elena Dachler, Duke Univ.


26th Annual Medieval and Renaissance Forum at Plymouth State University
April 15-16, 2005

“Queen Margawse: The Matrix of Revenge in Malory’s Le Morte D’Arthur.”
Peter C. Schwartz, Elmira College


Thirty-Ninth International Congress on Medieval Studies
6–9 May 2004

Can Mordred Be Portrayed with Sympathy?
Edward Donald Kennedy, Univ. of North Carolina–Chapel Hill

Shapeshifter: Morgan le Fay as Arthur’s Unheard Political Advisor in Malory
Jill Hebert, Western Michigan Univ.


2004 Medieval Forum at Plymouth State University

"Morgan Le Fay: One Tough Witch."
Stacie Harris (Student, Elmira College)

Villain Research at Kalamazoo

The International Congress on Medieval Studies convenes this week at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and includes two presentations of interest:

THURS., 12 MAY 10:00 AM
Session 32 (Schneider 1275)
On the Margins of King Arthur’s World
Organizer: Tara Foster, Northern Michigan Univ., and Jon Sherman, Northern
Michigan Univ.
Presider: Tara Foster
PAPER 3 OF 3: False! Traitor! The Marginalization of Mordred and the Ambiguities of
Kingship
Steven Bruso, Fordham Univ.


SATURDAY, 14 MAY
10:00 AM
Session 391 (Schneider 2355)
Men, Women, and Their Relationships in Middle High German and Middle English
Literature
Presider: M. Wendy Hennequin, Tennessee State Univ.
PAPER 4 OF 4: Anglo-Saxon Echoes of Feud and Family: The Sister’s Son in Malory’s Morte Darthur
Abraham Cleaver, Univ. of New Mexico