Society for the Study of the Crusades
and the Latin East

at the 2009 International Congress on Medieval Studies

Kalamazoo, Michigan

May 7-10, 2009


SSCLE Dinner at Kalamazoo

Crusaders feasting...

All SSCLE members attending the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo are invited to a dinner on the campus of WMU on Friday, May 8, 2009 at 6:30 p.m.

Cocktails will be served from 6:30 to 7:00 p.m.

Dinner will be served at 7:00 p.m.

The cost for the event is $45, which includes all food and beverages.
Stimulating conversation is free.

To reserve a place, please send a check for $45 (payable to the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies) to:

Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
SSCLE Dinner Reservation
Saint Louis University
3800 Lindell Blvd.
St Louis, MO 63108

Please note that space is limited!

For more information call 314-977-7180 or email cmrs@slu.edu.


SSCLE-Sponsored Sessions at Kalamazoo

Friday, May 8, 2009, 3:30 p.m.
Session 339
Fetzer 2016

The Crusades I

Organizer: Thomas F. Madden, St. Louis Univ.
Presider: Thomas F. Madden

John of Salerno: Care of Body and Soul in Crusade Preaching
Brenda M. Bolton, Univ. of London

The “Crusade” of Walter of Brienne
Daniel Webb, St. Louis Univ.

The Transit of Crusade Ideology across the Atlantic: The Cult of Santiago Matamoros in Sixteenth-Century Mexico
Alfred J. Andrea, Univ. of Vermont

Saturday, May 9, 2009, 1:30 p.m.
Session 462
Schneider 1140

The Crusades II

Organizer: Thomas F. Madden, St. Louis Univ.
Presider: Jon Porter, Butler Univ.

The Crusades and the Franks in Eastern Eyes: Constantine Returned or the End of the World?
Christopher MacEvitt, Dartmouth College

The Choices of Women: Female Captives in the Holy Land
Melissa MacSweyn, Univ. of Waterloo

Emblems of Jerusalem: A Crusader Relief in a Mamluk Religious Structure
Cathleen A. Fleck, Washington Univ. in St. Louis

Saturday, May 9, 2009, 3:30 p.m.
Session 520
Schneider 1140

The Crusades III

Organizer: Thomas F. Madden, St. Louis Univ.
Presider: Charles W. Connell, Northern Arizona Univ.

“Mixing Memory and Desire”: Themes of Crusading and Recovery in the Alliterative Morte Arthure
Leila K. Norako, Univ. of Rochester

How Did the Templars See Themselves? An Investigation into Templar Collective Identity and Self-Image through Their Visual Expressions
April Jehan Morris, Univ. of Texas–Austin

Remembering the Holy Land: The Formation of Templar Identity in the County of Champagne
Michael Peixoto, New York Univ.