An access copy of my ICMS 2026 paper is available here through May 17, 2026: Access Copy.
Likewise the slides are here: Slides.
IMC Leeds 2025
I will present a paper on “Disability Epistemologies in Fortunes of Mortals” at the International Medieval Congress in Leeds on Tuesday, July 8 on one of two panels on “Tactility and the Early Medieval English Text.” The full program is available here (link to IMC Leeds program).
Access copies of my handout and talk, as well as the flyer for my forthcoming book, are available through July 11: Link to access copies.
ICMS Kalamazoo 2025
I will present “Spiritual Prosthesis: Spiritual Prosthesis: Disability as a Narrative Support for Medieval Christianity” at the International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, MI—the session is online, though!
Access copies of slides and talk, as well as the flyer for my forthcoming book, are available here through May 13: ICMS 2025
Northeast MLA 2024
Access copies for my handout and slides for “Becoming Disabled in the Exeter Book” may be found here through March 10:
Medieval Academy of America Webinar: Medieval Crip Theory
On April 12, I will join Richard H. Godden and Tory V. Pearman for a panel discussion on “Medieval Crip Theory: New Approaches and Provocations,” hosted by the Medieval Academy of America’s Inclusivity and Diversity Committee.
Details on the webinar are available here: Link to MAA webinar details.
For accessibility purposes, copies of my talk and slides are available here through April 13:
Mississippi Humanities Council Teacher of the Year Lecture
On Thursday, March 9, 2023, I will present a talk titled “Disability and the Medieval Apocalypse: Body and Soul” at USM.
For more background on this talk and the teaching award that occasions it, please see: https://www.usm.edu/news/2023/release/mhc-teacher-year.php
You can find access copies of my talk’s text and slides (available through 3/9) here:
MLA 2023
I am presenting two papers at the Modern Languages Association in January 2023. Access copies of the text and my slides are available here (through January 10):
“Decay and Doomsday: The Disabled Corpse in Soul and Body” (Thursday, 5 January, 5:15-6:30 pm in Moscone West 3003)
Paper
Slides
“Disability and Distant Lands in the Beowulf Manuscript” (Saturday, 7 January, 12-1:15 pm, Virtual)
Paper
Slides
MAA 2022: Cynewulf's Wounds
At the Medieval Academy of America (MAA) Annual Convention 2022 I am giving a talk titled “Cynewulf’s Wounds: Disability and Eschatological Anxiety.” This paper is based on a chapter from my book project.
Session: “Medieval Medicine and Marvel,” Friday, March 11 at 8:30 am Eastern time. (I will be presenting remotely.)
Access copy of my paper is available here through March 15.
And my slides are available here.
SEMA 2021
The paper I’m giving at SEMA 2021, “St Æthelthryth’s Scar: The Wound We Desire to See,” is based on by book project.
Thursday, November 11, 2:30-4 pm (Eastern)
Access copy of my talk is available here through November 15.
And my slides are available here.
ICMS Kalamazoo 2021
Access copies of my papers for the International Congress on Medieval Studies 2021 are available here through May 20, as well as the PowerPoint slide deck that covers both presentations.
Friday, May 14 at 3 pm Eastern time: “St Margaret and Natal Disability” Paper
Friday, May 14 at 7 pm Eastern time: “Sight and Salvation: Disability Metaphors in Early Medieval Eschatology” Paper
ICMS 2021 Slides (both papers)