Societas Ovidiana
Societas Ovidiana provides a forum for interdisciplinary discussion of the influence ofclassical authors, especially Ovid, during the Middle Ages. Our membership includes
scholars from many fields, such as classics, manuscript traditions, literary theory, and
literature in several vernacular languages. We sponsor sessions regularly at the annual
International Medieval Congress at Kalamazoo, MI and occasionally in other venues.
We are sponsoring 1 panel at Kalamazoo 2005: (link to website of 40th Congress)
Session 323
Time: Friday 6 May, 3:30 p.m.
Location: Valley I, 109
Ovidian Sex in All Its Shapes
Organizer: Rebecca Gottlieb (Univ. of
Wisconsin--Platteville)
Presider: Betsy Bowden (Rutgers Univ.--Camden)
Transforming Procne: Ovid Metamorphoses
6.424-665
Elizabeth Manwell,
Kalamazoo College
Changing Ovid: Metamorphosis, Cross-Dressing,
and Same-Sex Love in
Twelfth-Century Latin Writing
Anne H. Schotter,
Wagner College
Ironic Misogyny? Challenging the
Obvious in the Ovide moralise
Elizabeth
C. Dorsch Maxey, Cornell Univ.
*N.B. The annual business meeting
to propose and decide on sessions
for the 2006 Congress will take place following the panel
on Friday,
May 6 in Valley I, room 10 at 5:30 p.m.
Contact:
Rebecca Gottlieb (gottlieb@uwplatt.edu)
350 Gardner Hall
UW - Platteville
Platteville WI 53818
Announcements (CFPs, Events,
etc.) and Useful Links
Website: Jess Paehlke (University of Toronto). Last update: April 20, 2005
