International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan (May 8-11, 2008)
- Rigid Heddle and Weaving Sword: Images of Band Weaving in the Manesse Codex
Cindy Ruesink, Madison, IN (USA) - The Sign of Some Degree: The "Mystery" of Capping
Kirstie Buckland, The Knitting History Forum (UK) - Silk Dyers and the Growth of Fashion in Late Medieval Italy
Carole Collier Frick, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville (USA) - Investing a Vestment with Value: The Interpretation of the Pallium in the Latin Church (c. 800-c. 1200)
Steven A. Schoenig, S.J., Columbia University, New York City (USA) - Taking the Veil: Anglo-Saxon Women Religious and Liminal Symbolism
Janet Gilligan, Wayne State College, NE (USA) - Female Saints in Rupestrian Paintings in Apulia and Basilicata: Tradition or Fashion?
Luisa Derosa, University of Bari (ITALY) - Donations from the Body for the Soul: Apparel, Devotion, and Status in Late Medieval Strasbourg
Charlotte A. Stanford, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT (USA) - Dressing Up in Sin: Pride and Clothing in Nicole Bozon's "Char d'Orgueil"
Laurie Postlewate, Barnard College, New York City (USA) - Women's Dress in Renaissance Venice: Matron or Courtesan?
Jasmin Cyril, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant (USA) - "Mighty in her Resources but Mightier in Virtue": The Female Image as a Personification of Renaissance Venice
Tawny Sherrill, California State University, Long Beach (USA) - Three Embroidered Alms Purses: The Process of Production in Paris at the Beginning of the 14th Century
Nancy Feldman, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL (USA) - Your Mommy Dresses You Funny: A Comparison of Personal and Professional Clothing Construction Techniques in Late Antiquity
Linda M. Blowney, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (USA) - Anomaly or Sole Survivor? The Impruneta Cushion and Early Italian Patchwork
Lisa Evans, Easthampton, MA (USA)
Session 318: Dress and Textiles I: Makers and Methods
Session 398: Dress and Textiles II: Clothing and the Church
Session 455: Dress and Textiles III: Clothing, Critics, and Class
Session 506: Dress and Textiles IV: Dress in Art and Life