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)