Petition "Otherness" at IMC in Leeds: An Open Letter

Hey #medievaltwitter: the #IMC2017 petition now has 300 signatures. And you absolutely *should* read the comments! https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/imc-otherness

Travel & Tours in All Over the World

Timely post by @khkshimabukuro on #medieval confs & spaces they create/occupy. Plz share widely! #ISAS2017 #IMC2017 scholarlymedievalmadness.blogspot.com/2017/07/medievalists-nee...

NB #PublicMedievalism & #DecolonizeMedieval convos at #IMC2017 h/t @shlin28 @calthalas @meesolithic #medievaltwitter www.isas2017.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/...

Petition "Otherness" at IMC in Leeds: An Open Letter

Open letter to @IMC_Leeds from SAA President-Elect Ayanna Thompson. Read, sign #medievaltwitter #IMC2017 #NotSoOther https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/imc-otherness

H/t @dorothyk98 @punctum_books @GroupBABEL & ppl at @IMC_Leeds aiming to improve the field #medievaltwitter #IMC2017 http://bit.ly/2u0wcrN

Thanks @jclarachan: @chronicle report on #IMC2017 & context for convos. Read, learn, act! http://bit.ly/2u0wcrN @punctum_books @IMC_Leeds

I'm a fish out of water (bird out of air?) at #imc2017 but apparently I can go mistnet wallabies!

MvD: in this way, is hagiography instrumentally queer as a genre - as it's about subjects beyond binaries? #imc2017 #s1720

MvD: 4) leaving binaries behind - saints exist beyond gender, or at the v least beyond rigid binaries #imc2017 #s1720

MvD: 3) what are we doing this for? Engaging audiences to do important political work for trans & queer rights #imc2017 #s1720

MvD: 2) using modern theory with attention to historical context is effective, productive #imc2017 #s1720

MvD: 1) "writers & readers - strategies & tactics" #imc2017 #s1720

Closing #imc2017 #s1720 with response from Mathilde van Dijk, drawing together 4 key motifs across #s1620 & #s1720

@romaiophron . @romaiophron underscores Ignatios as a special case - formerly imperial prince, retains prestige status amongst eunuchs #imc2017 #s1720

@romaiophron . @romaiophron after Ignatios' death, he is lauded as father - but he has had to work for it #imc2017 #s1720

@romaiophron . @romaiophron Niketas identifies Ignatios as equal to all apart from in terms of spiritual fatherhood - until his death #imc2017 #s1720

@romaiophron . @romaiophron Niketas underscores Ignatios' tough task at remaining chaste #s1720 #imc2017

@romaiophron . @romaiophron view by some that eunuchs "cheat" at chastity, as acting against virtue is made impossible #imc2017 #s1720

@romaiophron . @romaiophron focusing analyses today on 1st description of Ignatios, then his eulogy at end of tale #imc2017 #s1720

@romaiophron . @romaiophron in this Life, Niketas offers "more permeable masculinity" than we expect from Byzantine hagiography #imc2017 #s1720

Taking us way back to Byzantium, @romaiophron speaks on eunuchs & non-standard masculinity in Life of Patriarch Ignatios #imc2017 #s1720

@thiscreatur KE: including explicit references to "womb of the Father" #imc2017 #s1720

@thiscreatur KE: Juana often uses domestic, feminine imagery in sermons #imc2017 #s1720

@thiscreatur KE: Juana also notable as a preacher during Spanish Inquisition #imc2017 #s1720

@thiscreatur KE: Juana herself transitions - dressing as man to go to convent, whereupon she dresses as woman once more #imc2017 #s1720

@thiscreatur KE: in Juana's vita, she prays to image of St Veronica - Christ's face appears - then image restored to Veronica #imc2017 #s1720

@thiscreatur Now up in #s1720 #imc2017 Franciscan expert Kevin Elphick introducing Mother Juana de la Cruz, d.1534

@thiscreatur . @thiscreatur however Katherine's power limited in the earthly realm - accessible only in hereafter #imc2017 #s1720

@thiscreatur . @thiscreatur Katherine gains religious power by disidentifying with marriage, hetero reproductive destiny #imc2017 #s1720

@thiscreatur . @thiscreatur draws on theories of Muñoz on disidentification in analyses #imc2017 #s1720