[Andalusi Studies] CFP reminder: Kalamazoo 2018: The Other’s Chivalry: Alternative Chivalric Codes and Practices

[Ana Grinberg]

Dear all,

Just a reminder that the deadline is approaching.

The Other’s Chivalry: Alternative Chivalric Codes and Practices

Sponsor: Société Rencesvals, American-Canadian Branch

Organizers: Ana Grinberg (Auburn University) and Stefanie Goyette (Durham
Academy)

Presider: Mercedes Vaquero (Brown University)



The Arabic chivalric novels known as “al-Siyar” feature heroes
characterized by their bravery and valor, reflecting values similar to
those of the romance epic, as Lutfi Abdel Badi argues in his almost
forgotten *La **Épica árabe y su influencia en la épica castellana* (31).
And yet modern scholarly notions of “chivalry” in the epic often seem to
follow Ramon Llull’s thirteenth-century *Book of the Order of Chivalry*,
which claims that chivalry requires loving and fearing the Christian god,
foreclosing the possibility that there could be a common code for both
Christian and Muslim knights. Llull further explains that nobility and
chivalry “belong together” (III.8) and thus women, due to their lesser
nobility, are unable to be knights. Likewise, “a deformed man or one who is
obese or has another physical defect” cannot be a knight (Llull III.16).



Given the persistent association of chivalry with Christianity,
masculinity, able-bodiness, nobility, and a narrowly defined idea of beauty
and humanity, how can we understand alterity in chivalric texts where the
supposed Other is often a worthy oponent? And furthermore, what happens to
chivalry when we find these Others often as heroes, and not enemies, at the
center instead of at the borders of the romance epic? This session invites
papers that examine how texts, writers, and audience negotiated the
complexity of chivalry and knighthood in medieval texts dealing with heroic
deeds of those who are not “normative.” We also welcome papers that
question or resituate the very definition of chivalry in the romance epic.



Please send abstracts of no more than 250 words together with a completed
Participant Information Form (
https://wmich.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/u434/2017/medieval-pif-2018.pdf)
to session organizers Stefanie Goyette (stefaniegoyette at gmail.com) or Ana
Grinberg (ana.grinberg.phd at gmail.com) by September 15. Please include your
name, title, and affiliation on the abstract itself. All abstracts not
accepted for the session will be forwarded to Congress administrators for
consideration in general sessions, as per Congress regulations.


Ana Grinberg, Ph.D.
Secretary-Bibliographer, *Bulletin Bibliographique de la Société Rencesvals*,
American-Canadian Branch
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