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’To See Ourselves as Others See Us’:

Perceptions of Medieval and
Early Renaissance Scotland

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Organized by
The Center for Medieval Studies, Penn State
in connection with
the North American Organization of Scottish Historians (NOSH)

The twenty-second Medieval Studies conference will be held on Saturday, May 1, 2010 in the Weaver Building on the University Park campus of the Pennsylvania State University. Parking is free on campus on the weekend.

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Registration: 9:30—10:00 am

Speakers

• Darlene Hall,
  “James IV; Contemporary and later Perceptions of a King and his Kingdom”
• Susan King,
  “Conjuring History in Medieval Scotland: A Fiction Writer's Perspective”
• William Sayers,
  “Early Views of Scotland: Over There or Elsewhere?”
• J.M.P. Calise,
  "Who Says What?: Scotland in Annals and Chronicles, 410-789"
• Benjamin Hudson,
  “Macbeth: Medieval Monster and Renaissance Sensibilities”

Costs and Logistics

There is no conference fee for this one-day symposium. We will be organizing a group lunch at the Café Laura on campus for which people will pay for themselves at the resturant (typically about $10).

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Registration

Please return the REGISTRATION FORM to Professor Benjamin Hudson either electronically as an attachement to bth1@psu.edu or to the Center for Medieval Studies, Weaver Building, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802. If you have any questions, please email Prof. Hudson or phone (814) 863-7454.