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Of course, we cannot let Disability Pride Month pass without recommending "Towards an Accessible Academy: Perspectives from Disabled Medievalists." This volume sits between work which centers the experience of disabled academics and which provides guidance for supporting disabled students. 1/3

New to our Northern Medieval World: On the Margins of Europe series! The Sacred and the Profane in Premodern Icelandic Literature, edited by Margrét Eggertsdóttir, Katelin Marit Parsons, and Aðalheiður Guðmundsdóttir. Grab your copy today! wmich.edu/medievalpubl...

It's Monday, and the summer is slowly coming to an end, so let's make it a good week with an extra recommendation! Read by the pool, take it to a park, or celebrate the joys of a climate-controlled indoors with a copy of "Sir Gawain: Eleven Romances and Tales" edited by Thomas Hahn!

Our penultimate recommendation is Frederika Elizabeth Bain's "Dismemberment in the Medieval and Early Modern English Imaginary: The Performance of Difference." This study argues that representations and instances of bodily fragmentation illustrated and performed acts of exclusion and inclusion, 1/2

Today, we're spotlighting one of the TEAMS series! The Commentary series focuses on English translations of religious commentaries, allowing scholars and students to access medieval understandings of a variety of topics.

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This week, we recommend Christine Schott's "Canon Fanfiction." This book offers a study of novelizations based on Classical, medieval, and Renaissance literature and suggests ways in which such “literary fanfiction” can be harnessed in the classroom. By responding in kind to literature 1/2

MIP is sponsoring not one, but TWO sessions at ICMS Kalamazoo next year! Here is our second session, co-sponsored with the Richard Rawlinson Center. Submit your abstract here --> icms.confex.com/icms/2027/pr...

The @kzooicms.bsky.social 2027 Call for Papers is live, and we're excited to announce one of our sponsored sessions! Submit your abstract here --> icms.confex.com/icms/2027/pr...

Next up, we have "Demon Possession in Anglo-Saxon England" by Peter Dendle. Anglo-Saxon England was a society governed by the competing discourses of illness, spirituality, power, and community. The concepts of demon possession and exorcism, introduced by Christian missionaries, provided a 1/3

We've got a new title we're excited to announce! "Textual Respect and Situated Readings in Spenser, Shakespeare, and Donne: Essays in Honor of Judith H. Anderson" is available NOW --> wmich.edu/medievalpubl...

The Multicultural Middle Ages podcast has released an episode focused on the MIP title "Towards an Accessible Academy"! This episode, presented by Alexandra R. A. Lee and Hope Doherty-Harrison (both editors of the volume), features interviews with another volume editor and several volume 1/2

Our first recommendation of July is "Sources for the History of Medicine in Late Medieval England." The material contained here derives from a wide variety of printed and manuscript sources, chosen to give some idea of the rich diversity of evidence available to the historian of English medicine 1/2

July is Disability Pride Month and to commemorate it MIP will be sharing titles each week that speak to disabilities in the Middle Ages! Titles will include medical and religious responses to disability, teaching the topic, and the experience of disabled medievalists. Stay tuned for recommendations!

As we close out Pride Month, we recommend "Medieval Futurity: Essays for the Future of a Queer Medieval Studies" edited by Will Rogers and Christopher Michael Roman. While Pride Month may be ending, queer medieval studies continues all year, and this title is an excellent foundation for that work.

It wouldn't be Pride Month if we didn't remind you of Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality. See the link for back issues, submission guidelines, and more! scholarworks.wmich.edu/mff/

Another excellent series to focus on during Pride Month is our Premodern Transgressive Literatures series. For information on the Editorial Board, submissions, or details on current titles, check out the series page here --> wmich.edu/medievalpubl...

Up next, we can't let Pride Month go by without recommending "Thinking Queerly: Medievalism, Wizardry, and Neurodiversity in Young Adult Texts" by Jes Battis!

Today stands as a testament to and celebration of the unyielding spirit of a people. MIP encourages everyone to take time to commemorate and learn more about the importance of Juneteenth. #Juneteenth

As part of our Pride Month round-up, don't forget to check out our selection of journals for discussions surrounding many different communities in the Middle Ages! See the link for back issues, submission guidelines, and more information. scholarworks.wmich.edu/medpros/