ASU schedules 2nd annual Beowulf Symposium
<p>Even though it was written hundreds of years ago, the epic story of Beowulf, hero of the Geats, remains a mainstay of Anglo-Saxon literature.</p><separator></separator><p>ASU scholars and lovers of “Beowulf” will gather for the second annual Beowulf Symposium March 21-22 at two different locations.</p><separator></separator><p>The symposium begins March 21, with a lecture by Asa Mittman, lecturer in the ASU Herberger School of Art, titled “The Monster That I Am: Otherness and Identity from Beowulf (circa 1,000 A.D.) to Beowulf (2007),” and the showing of a medieval monster movie (title to be determined), from 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the College of Design North, room 60, on ASU’s Tempe campus.</p><separator></separator><p>Mittman is the author of “Monsters and Maps in Medieval England” and “Inconceivable Beasts: The Wonders of the East in the Beowulf Manuscript,” co-written with Susan Kim, which will be released this year by the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.</p><separator></separator><p>On March 22, there will be “An Epic Event: A Communal Reading of Beowulf in Old and Modern English” at 4 p.m. at Bob’s Mead Hall (the home of Robert Bjork). (R.S.V.P. to Heather Maring at heather.maring@asu.edu for this event and send an e-mail to <a href="mailto:jennifer.michaud@asu.edu">jennifer.michaud@asu.edu</a> for directions.)</p><separator></separator><p>The Beowulf Symposium is sponsored by the English Department, Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and the English Club.</p><separator></separator><p>For more information, contact Maring at (480) 965-3744.</p>