2026 Conference Sessions & Other Links

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Exile and Grief

1) An Analysis of Wulf and Eadwacer
Ryan Spalding (Kent State University)

2) Analyzing The Wanderer: Grief, Religion, Culture
Emily Stephens (Kent State University)

3) The Wanderer: An Analysis of Modern Representation of the Classic Old English Elegy
Ryan McKnight (Kent State University)

4) Female Expressions of Grief from the Exeter Book’s Elegies to Victorian Poetry
Natalie Fitts (Georgia Southern University)

5) Women’s Roles/Rights in the Time of “Wulf and Eadwacer”
Tana Leasure (Kent State University)

Modern Media Medievalism

1) Swords, Sabers, and Dragons: Weaponry Personification in Medieval and Popular Culture
Ariana Taylor-Williams (Georgia Southern University)

2) Translating Medieval Vikings: Texts, Adaptations, and Modern Media
Yasmin Lewis (Georgia Southern University)

3) The Heroic Code & Ironman
Mallory Dent (Georgia Southern University)

4) Film Adaptations of Beowulf
Alisha Wolfgang (Kent State University)

5) Reliving and Mobilizing the Medieval: Archaeological After Lives of Medieval
Texts and Ideologies
Kejhauni Jones (Georgia Southern University)

War and Peace: Warriors, Knights, Lords, and Kings

1) The Timeless Tale of Beowulf
Zoe Credico (Kent State University)

2) How Game of Thrones changes the medieval concept of “The King’s Peace
Romero Paloma (Universidad de Cantabria)

3) The Death of Arthur: A Scholarly Analysis on Wace’s Interpretations, the Relevance of His Work in It’s Era of Origin, and the Impact It Has on Literature throughout the Ages
Hayley Nieves (Kent State University)

4) Now and Then: Battlespaces of the U.K.
William Daughtry (Georgia Southern University)

5) An Analysis of Chivalry: Sir Gawain & Medieval Perspectives
Rebekah Moss (Kent State University)

The Games People Play

1) The Miller’s Tale: A Deeper Look into What Makes It a Fabliau, How Geoffrey Chaucer Produced the Miller’s Tale, and What It Could Represent in a Modern and Historical View
Dylan Acierno (Kent State University)

2) Women in Medieval Literature and Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Wife of Bath”
Bambi Vornheder (Kent State University)

3) Beyond the Monster: Individuation and Female Agency through the Loathly Lady
Motif
Michaela Rich (Kent State University)

4) Charms as a Speech Act
Robin Eaken (Kent State University)

5) Riddles and Charms Escape Room
Kiersten Grantz (Kent State University)

Mystical/Magical Creatures

1) Elves and Fae: A History Throughout Literature
Sarah Brodmann (Georgia Southern University)

2) Ravens, Symbolism and Medievalism
McKenzi Jackson (Georgia Southern University)

3) William and the Werewolf: A Scholarly Analysis of Character Development
Anna Miller (Kent State University)

4) William and the Werewolf: An Exploration of Identity in Medieval Literature
Robin Webb (Kent State University)

Sins and Sinning

1) The Seven Deadly Sins
Garrett Barber (Georgia Southern University)

2) The Seven Deadly Sins in Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Anna Meyers (Georgia Southern University)

3) Soteriology in Everyman and Dr. Faustus
Chandler Potter (Georgia Southern University)

4) The Seven Deadly Sins
Kenneth Clinton (Georgia Southern University)


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