Each year, organizers propose sub-themes that relate to the larger conference topic. Papers inspired by and submitted to these sub-themes will be selected by the organizers, once the submission deadline has passed. If a paper is not selected by the organizers, it will be considered for the general paper call. If you are submitting to a sub-theme, please indicate this on the abstract submission form. This way we will be able to pass on your abstract to the organizers for consideration.

2024 Sub-Themes:

Imagining Personhood, Bodily Sovereignty, and Justice in the Middle Ages

Organizers: Sarah Baechle (University of Mississippi) and Carissa Harris (Temple University)

Persons Beyond Personhood

Organizers: Shoshana Adler (Vanderbilt University) and Mariah Min (Brown University)

Voicing as Subjectivity

Organizers: Barbara Zimbalist (University of Texas at El Paso) and Megan E. Murton (The Catholic University of America)

Rhetorical Persons/Narrative Persons

Organizer: Julie Orlemanski (University of Chicago)

Archival Lives/Lives in the Archives

Organizer: Daniel Davies (University of Houston)

Figures of Speech

Organizers: Fiona Somerset (University of Connecticut) and Katherine Breen (Northwestern University)

Personhood and Collective Identities

Organizers: Mary A. Valante (Appalachian State University) and Bevin Butler (Tennessee Tech University)

Personhood From Below

Organizers: Alexis Becker (Ithaca College) and Taylor Cowdery (UNC Chapel Hill)