Unfortunately Louise Wasson is no longer able to participate in our sponsored panel at this upcoming Kalamazoo. However, we are delighted to be able to include Tekla Bude, of the University of Pennsylvania Department of English. She will be presenting a paper titled “Syon Abbey and Prophetic Polity: Bridget of Sweden at Agincourt.” A pdf of her abstract can be viewed here.
In addition, the presider of the session is now Michael Sargent of Queens College, CUNY, and a member of our Advisory Board.
Lastly, the conference schedule has been published. Here is the final information about our sponsored session:
SATURDAY, May 14 at 3:30 pm
Session 494
Schneider 1320
Syon Abbey and Its Neighbors
Sponsor: Syon Abbey Society
Organizer: Laura Saetveit Miles, Yale Univ.
Presider: Michael G. Sargent, Queens College, CUNY
Syon Abbey’s Care for Translation
Dirk Schultze, Univ. Rostock
Syon Abbey and Prophetic Polity: Bridget of Sweden at Agincourt
Tekla Bude, University of Pennsylvania
The Orcherd of Syon: From Siena to Syon, Sheen, and Sciennes
Jane Chance, Rice Univ.
The Syon Abbey Society 