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The International Anchoritic Society
A society for support and promotion of the study of medieval anchoritism and other forms of religious reclusion in the Middle Ages.
The International Anchoritic Society aims to support and promote the academic study of medieval anchoritism and other forms of religous reclusion in the Middle Ages. It convenes regular international conferences and sponsors annual sessions on anchoritic and associated topics at the international medieval congresses of Kalamazoo, Michigan and Leeds, UK. It also hosts a discussion group for purposes of information dissemination, networking and collaboration, details of which may be obtained from the society's president, Susannah Chewning (chewning@ucc.edu); its European officer, Liz Herbert McAvoy (e.mcavoy@swan.ac.uk); or its Asian representative, Naoë Kukita Yoshikawa (jnkukit@ipc.shizuoka.ac.jp).
Membership is currently free. If you wish to join the Society, please click on the link to download an IAS membership application form and send an electronic copy to Susannah Chewning AND Liz Herbert McAvoy at the email addresses above.
Events 2010
The International Anchoritic Society sponsors a range of annual events, including regular sessions at the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo, Michigan and the Leeds International Medieval Congres, Leeds, UK. It also runs regular international conferences on anchoritic topics and a series of occasional symposia.
IAS Events 2010
45th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan
May 13-16 2010
Session 561 (Bernhard 157)
Male Chastity
Sponsor: International Anchoritic Society
Organizer: Susannah Mary Chewning (Union County College)
Presider: Christopher Roman (Kent State Univ.–Tuscarawas)
Karen Cheatham (Univ. of Puget Sound/Univ. of Toronto): 'The Trouble with Virgins: Bernard of Clairvaux and His Promotion of Chaste
Humility'
Jon Porter (Butler University): 'Robert of Arbrissel and Male Chastity'
Susannah Mary Chewning (Union County College): 'Behind Closed Doors: Male Anchoritic Chastity'
Leeds Medieval Congress
July 12-15, 2010 Session 106: Monday 12 July 2010: 11.15-12.45
Ancrene Wisse: New and Enduring Approaches
Sponsor: International Anchoritic Society
Organiser: Susannah Chewning (Union County College)
Moderator/Chair: Jennifer Brown (Marymount Manhattan College)
Susannah Chewning (Union County College): 'Seeking the Anchoress: Ancrene Wisse and the Archaeological Evidence'
Ayoush Sarmada Lazikani (St Hilda's College, Oxford): 'Wounds in Ancrene Wisse and the Wooing Group'
Fumiko Yoshikawa (Hiroshima Shudo University): 'Discourse Strategies in Ancrene Wisse''