Notice Creating Camelots at Kalamazoo 2024

Creating Camelot(s): The Idea of Community in Arthurian Texts (Virtual)

59th International Congress on Medieval Studies (you must register to attend)

Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI)

Virtual Session

Session 425: Saturday, 11 May 2024, from 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM


Co-Sponsored by Alliance for the Promotion of Research on the Matter of Britain and

International Arthurian Society, North American Branch (IAS/NAB)


Co-Organizers: Michael A. Torregrossa, Bristol Community College, and Joseph M. Sullivan, Univ. of Oklahoma


Presider: Karen Casey Casebier, Univ. of Tennessee–Chattanooga 

(This session will be recorded.)


Paper 1:

Kissing King Arthur: The Threat of Discord in Chrétien's Erec et Enide and Hartmann's Erec

Jennifer Schmitt Carnell, Hill Museum and Manuscript Library 

Dr. Jennifer Carnell (she/her) earned her doctorate last year at the University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities. She then began working for the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library near St. Cloud, Minnesota, where she is updating their catalog of microfilms of Western medieval manuscripts housed in German libraries. Jenn’s dissertation is a close reading of the role of communal expressions of joy in medieval German literature, and today’s presentation has been developed from one of the chapters.

Paper 2:

Worship and Noyse: Chivalric Identity and the Formation of Emotional Communities in Malory's Morte Darthur

Victoria E Dikeman, Ohio State Univ. 

Victoria Dikeman (she/her) is a PhD candidate at The Ohio State University. Her research focuses on Arthurian literature. Currently, she is completing her dissertation on reputation and gossip in Thomas Malory’s Morte Darthur.

Paper 3:

The Broadway 2023 Camelot Revival: A Hollow Retelling of the Legend?

Hope E Koonin, Independent Scholar 

Hope Koonin is an independent scholar. She graduated in 2023 from UC Davis with a Bachelor of Arts in English. She is interested in the study and history of fantasy literature.