International Society for the Study of Medievalism

International Society for Studies in Medievalism
AbbreviationISSM
Formation1979 (first issue of Studies in Medievalism)
FounderLeslie J. Workman

The International Society for the Study of Medievalism is an academic organization that exists to promote the interdisciplinary study of the popular and scholarly reception of the Middle Ages in postmedieval times. The Society is based on the work and studies of Leslie J. Workman (1927–2001), who is recognized as formalising the academic study of medievalism in the English-speaking world.[1][2][3][4] Katheen Verduin collaborated with Workman for nearly 20 years (as Verduin notes, as "Associate Editor and wife, not necessarily in that order")[1] to establish the Society and its peer-reviewed journal, Studies in Medievalism (SiM).[5][6]

The Society additionally maintains an online journal for shorter articles, The Year's Work in Medievalism, and a review journal, Medievally Speaking edited by Richard Utz.[7] They also organize annual conference sessions at the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University and the International Medieval Congress at the University of Leeds, and hold their own Annual International Conferences on Medievalism at institutions of higher education worldwide.[8][4]

  1. ^ a b Verduin, Kathleen (2009), Fugelso, Karl (ed.), "The Founding and the Founder: Medievalism and the Legacy of Leslie J. Workman", Studies in Medievalism XVII: Defining Medievalism(s), Boydell & Brewer, pp. 1–27, ISBN 978-1-84615-763-9, retrieved 2020-11-08
  2. ^ Utz, Richard J.; Shippey, Tom; Shippey, T. A. (1998). Medievalism in the Modern World: Essays in Honour of Leslie J. Workman. Isd. p. 433. ISBN 978-2-503-50166-6.
  3. ^ Pugh, Tison; Weisl, Angela Jane (2012). Medievalisms: Making the Past in the Present. Routledge. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-415-61727-7.
  4. ^ a b D'Arcens, Louise (2016-03-02). The Cambridge Companion to Medievalism. Cambridge University Press. pp. 1–10. ISBN 978-1-316-54620-8.
  5. ^ Matthews, David (2015). Medievalism: A Critical History. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. p. 119. ISBN 978-1-84384-392-4.
  6. ^ Ortenberg, Veronica (2006-01-01). In Search of the Holy Grail: The Quest for the Middle Ages. A&C Black. pp. xiii. ISBN 978-1-85285-383-9.
  7. ^ Utz, Richard. "medievally speaking – medievalism in review". medievallyspeaking.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
  8. ^ "International Conference on Medievalism". International Society for the Study of Medievalism. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2011-10-24.