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Introduction: Intersections Of Gender And Genres In Medieval Judaism, Christianity, And Islam, Linda G. Jones Jan 2026

Introduction: Intersections Of Gender And Genres In Medieval Judaism, Christianity, And Islam, Linda G. Jones

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

The introductory essay describes the aims of this special volume, which are to analyze the intersections between religion and gender in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic cultures, as reflected in diverse pre- and early modern textual genres, and to explore the relationships between gender and genres. Toward these ends the authors interrogate how a given textual genre, as well as the gender of the author/compiler and the intended audience, might influence the representations of gender. The introductory essay summarizes the seven articles constituting the volume, highlights the points of contact and differences among them, and reflects upon their broader significance to …

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“Be Only A Man": Authority, Dependency, And Masculinity In Geniza Letters Of Mothers To Their Sons, Oded Zinger Jan 2026

“Be Only A Man": Authority, Dependency, And Masculinity In Geniza Letters Of Mothers To Their Sons, Oded Zinger

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

One of the most exciting discoveries among the Cairo Geniza, a rich trove of ancient manuscripts discovered in the Ben Ezra Synagogue at Fustat (Old Cairo), is women’s letters. Up until the early modern period, we have no text written by a Jewish woman preserved in traditional channels of transmission—that is, manuscripts copied by scribes and preserved in libraries or personal collections. Yet the Geniza documents preserve over two hundred letters written by women in different languages and spanning several centuries. Twenty-nine of these letters are from mothers to sons. Letters from mothers to sons have some distinctive characteristics when …

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The Masculinization Of Grief In Arabic Adab Literature: Ibn ‘Abd Al-Rabbih’S Al-‘Iqd Al-Farīd, Linda G. Jones Jan 2026

The Masculinization Of Grief In Arabic Adab Literature: Ibn ‘Abd Al-Rabbih’S Al-‘Iqd Al-Farīd, Linda G. Jones

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

This article explores the relationship between masculinity and literary expressions of grief in premodern Islamic cultures based on “The Book on Women Mourners, Condolences, and Elegies,” from the adab anthology, al- ‘Iqd al-farīd (The Unique Necklace), compiled by the Cordovan belletrist Ibn ‘Abd Rabbih (d. 940). While Ibn ‘Abd Rabbih’s selection of literary specimens by female authors has been studied in depth, the far more numerous examples of male-authored bereavement literature have not been analyzed in detail. Hence this article has two aims. First, it will examine the relatively neglected genres of Arab-Islamic bereavement literature featuring grieving …

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Gender And Genres In The Ādāb-I Menāzil, Özgen Felek Jan 2026

Gender And Genres In The Ādāb-I Menāzil, Özgen Felek

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

Gender and gender roles routinely appear across different genres of Islamic literature. Since each genre’s handling of the subject of gender is evaluated within the borders of that genre, studies in the field have been based on specific texts or genres. The Ādāb-ı menāzil (“Manners of the Household”), written by ʿAbdü’l-Laṭīf ibn-i Ṭurmış Ḳaramānī (d. 1516), is a unique Ottoman Turkish text that brings together the perspectives of different genres. It is a book of morals, advice, and religious knowledge written for women, as Ḳaramānī explicitly declares in the preface. The work includes Qur’anic verses, hadiths, stories, and legends …

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Gender And Historiography In The Construction Of The Image Of King John And Queen Violant Of Aragon, Oriol Catalán Jan 2026

Gender And Historiography In The Construction Of The Image Of King John And Queen Violant Of Aragon, Oriol Catalán

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

The reign of John I of Aragon (r. 1387–1396) and his second wife Violant de Bar has been often denigrated by Catalan historiography with political arguments but also because of ensuing gender debates associating the shortcomings of his reign with his supposed manly weakness. This article deconstructs both political and gendered representations of the Aragonese monarchs by distinguishing what is reasonably attributable to them from accusations motivated by the conflicts of the time and later contexts. Drawing upon the concepts of “hegemonic masculinity” and “multiple masculinities,” the article compares the gender representations of King John I and Queen Violant in …

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“Softer Than A Woman?" Gendered Images In Odo Of Cheriton’S Anti-Judaic Sermon, Jussi Hanska, Sari Katajala-Peltomaa Jan 2026

“Softer Than A Woman?" Gendered Images In Odo Of Cheriton’S Anti-Judaic Sermon, Jussi Hanska, Sari Katajala-Peltomaa

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

This article analyzes the intersection of the anti-Judaic and gendered motifs presented in English theologian and preacher Odo of Cheriton’s (d. 1246–1247) sermon for the tenth Sunday after the Holy Trinity. The sermon features an exemplum that is a distorted reinterpretation of a story originally found in Jewish historian Flavius Josephus’s Bellum iudaicum, which describes the siege and fall of Jerusalem in 70 CE. In one memorable passage Josephus tells how a Jewish woman named Mary loses her mind because of the hardships of the siege and hunger, kills and roasts her baby boy, and eats it. Yet Odo …

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Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal Of Gender And Sexuality 61.2 (2026) Jan 2026

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal Of Gender And Sexuality 61.2 (2026)

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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Conversion And The Reconfiguration Of Religious Gender Roles: Conversas And Moriscas In Late Medieval Iberia, Ivana Arsić Jan 2026

Conversion And The Reconfiguration Of Religious Gender Roles: Conversas And Moriscas In Late Medieval Iberia, Ivana Arsić

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

This study addresses the impact of the cultural homogenization policy in late medieval Castilian and Aragonese societies by analyzing Spanish Inquisition documents through a gendered lens. Specifically, this article illustrates how these records depict the religious experiences of Conversas and Moriscas (Christian women of Jewish and Muslim origin, respectively). Whereas recent investigations within cultural studies have engaged in descriptive analysis of female conversion, this article will provide a causal explanation through a comparative gendered perspective, arguing that women’s heightened involvement in religion was particular to the context of forced conversion. Toward this end, I first examine how Jewish and Muslim …

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Christine De Pizan: Empowering Women In Text And Image, By Charlotte Cooper-Davis, Kelsey Boor Jan 2026

Christine De Pizan: Empowering Women In Text And Image, By Charlotte Cooper-Davis, Kelsey Boor

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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“The Lover’S Confession”: A Translation Of John Gower’S “Confessio Amantis,” Edited And Translated By Brian Gastle And Catherine Carter With Latin Translations By Andrew Galloway, Lynn Arner Jan 2026

“The Lover’S Confession”: A Translation Of John Gower’S “Confessio Amantis,” Edited And Translated By Brian Gastle And Catherine Carter With Latin Translations By Andrew Galloway, Lynn Arner

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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The Other Faces Of Arthur: Chivalric Whiteness In The Global North Atlantic, By Nahir I. OtañO Gracia, Coral Lumbley Jan 2026

The Other Faces Of Arthur: Chivalric Whiteness In The Global North Atlantic, By Nahir I. OtañO Gracia, Coral Lumbley

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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Mary’S Granddaughters: Marian Conversion, Gender, And The Reproduction Of Religious Belief In Medieval And Early Modern Castile, Amanda Valdés Sánchez Jan 2026

Mary’S Granddaughters: Marian Conversion, Gender, And The Reproduction Of Religious Belief In Medieval And Early Modern Castile, Amanda Valdés Sánchez

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

This article explores how the conversion of Muslim women was perceived as being spurred by Mary’s love, as evidenced in Castilian Marian miracle collections, popular literature, church iconography, and missional policy. I argue that, in the context of the Castilian colonization of Muslim Iberia, Muslim women’s conversion was stimulated and imagined differently from their male counterparts. Through the analysis of post-thirteenth-century Castilian Marian miracle tales and devotional iconography, my research interrogates the role of Marian devotion in the construction of a model of religious conversion that specifically sought to convert women and children and identified Muslim women as the means …

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Berengaria Of Navarre: Queen Of England, Lord Of Le Mans, By Gabrielle Storey, Michael Evans Jan 2026

Berengaria Of Navarre: Queen Of England, Lord Of Le Mans, By Gabrielle Storey, Michael Evans

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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Gender And Medieval Mysticism From India To Europe, Edited By Alexandra Verini And Abir Bazaz, Boyda Johnstone Jan 2026

Gender And Medieval Mysticism From India To Europe, Edited By Alexandra Verini And Abir Bazaz, Boyda Johnstone

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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Half-Armenian, Fully Diasporic: Navigating Memory, Trauma, And Identity In Marcella Polain’S The Edge Of The World, Sebnem Nazli Karali Jan 2026

Half-Armenian, Fully Diasporic: Navigating Memory, Trauma, And Identity In Marcella Polain’S The Edge Of The World, Sebnem Nazli Karali

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

This work of creative nonfiction employs a hybrid creative-critical methodology that combines autobiographical narrative and interview-based research within the framework of memory studies. Drawing on Marianne Hirsch’s concept of postmemory, the article examines how knowledge of the Armenian Catastrophe is transmitted, refracted, and contested across generations in the Armenian diaspora in Australia. It situates The Edge of the World, Marcella Polain’s semi-autobiographical novel, within broader traditions of diasporic and postmemory writing, arguing for its significance as a literary meditation on historical rupture and inherited trauma. Interweaving Karali’s personal diasporic narrative with a close reading of Polain’s novel and her in-depth …

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Health Determinant Effects Of Audience Experiences At Live First Nations Music Events In Central Australia, Naomi Sunderland, Kristy Apps, Brigitta Scarfe, Ping Zhang, Darren Garvey, Rae Cooper, Brydie Leigh Bartleet, Phil Graham, Glenn Barry Jan 2026

Health Determinant Effects Of Audience Experiences At Live First Nations Music Events In Central Australia, Naomi Sunderland, Kristy Apps, Brigitta Scarfe, Ping Zhang, Darren Garvey, Rae Cooper, Brydie Leigh Bartleet, Phil Graham, Glenn Barry

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Objectives: First Nations musicians often describe live performance as a means of fostering social, cultural, and political change that shapes determinants of health (DoH) for First Nations Peoples. This study examined how audience experiences of First Nations live music events in Central Australia may influence those DoH–including intercultural understanding, social cohesion, and community wellbeing–and explored the durability of such effects over time. Design: Guided by an Indigenist mixed‑methods approach, we conducted a pilot survey at two arts festivals featuring diverse First Nations musicians, followed by optional six‑month “mini yarn” interviews to explore immediate and longer‑term audience experiences. Quantitative analyses included …

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Rustic Fall Showpiece, Aislyn Ford Jan 2026

Rustic Fall Showpiece, Aislyn Ford

Student Publications

Small decorative amenity inspired by fall, featuring colorful tones of reds, yellows, browns, wheat stocks and rusty beams to create a rustic cozy feel to my piece!

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Small Amenity Showpiece, Anna Gerardi Jan 2026

Small Amenity Showpiece, Anna Gerardi

Student Publications

Rustic style showpiece with a flower as the main focal point.

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Small Amenity By Evelyn Fontana, Evelyn Fontana Jan 2026

Small Amenity By Evelyn Fontana, Evelyn Fontana

Student Publications

This is an exercise in following specific instructions and creating a small, tabletop-sized showpiece that highlights the interaction between nature and industrial tension.

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Easter Miche, Emilie Paul, Anna Gerardi, Emma Vaughan Jan 2026

Easter Miche, Emilie Paul, Anna Gerardi, Emma Vaughan

Student Publications

This miche centers Easter Brunch and all of the fun, funky aspects that come along with it and the holiday.

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The Art Of Contrast, Coy Jennings Jan 2026

The Art Of Contrast, Coy Jennings

Student Publications

No abstract provided.

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La Concordia, Sofia Leto Jan 2026

La Concordia, Sofia Leto

Student Publications

My inspiration for this showpiece came mostly from Sicilian ceramic art and iconography that I have in my home. Being a first-generation immigrant from Sicily we often come home with ceramic art and tiles that our town is known for. I also grew up exploring the ancient ruins where my grandmother lived and wanted to showcase that. This piece is meant to be a representation of me and my brand as a Baker. The Base is meant to represent the red wheels of a Sicillian Carro. The pillar represents the ancient ruins of Greek temples that I spent my childhood …

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Shell Yeah!, Jenna Landau Jan 2026

Shell Yeah!, Jenna Landau

Student Publications

My inspiration for this showpiece came from my love of nature. As a child, I spent most of my time outside during the summer, surrounded by wilderness and tons of wildlife. I would spend hours just observing the small creatures by the pond, specifically looking at the frogs and snails. Earth is the main inspiration behind this piece — deep brown dominates this piece, but moss green peaks through, representing the earthy tones of the forest. For more vibrancy, small flowers cascade throughout the piece, bringing pops of color. On top of a leaf sits a snail, sitting still yet …

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Amenity Sculpture, Emma Vaughan Jan 2026

Amenity Sculpture, Emma Vaughan

Student Publications

This piece showcases the relationship between industrialization and nature.

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Mechanical Growth, Jenna Uthman Jan 2026

Mechanical Growth, Jenna Uthman

Student Publications

A strong tree stands tall as its wood is overtaken by cold, angular, metal gears. These gears harshly protrude from each side of the tree’s tough exterior, contrasting the natural colors and textures with a glittery metallic shine. Despite the hard and gray screws and bolts that have penetrated this tree, branches still grow from its base to its tip, and new life sprouts, blending organics and mechanics, in the form of translucent delicate leaves. Standing proud in the center is a lotus flower, symbolizing rebirth and resilience as it grows among the gears. This structure sits on top of …

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Mission 3730, Emma Vaughan, Emilie Paul, Anna Gerardi Jan 2026

Mission 3730, Emma Vaughan, Emilie Paul, Anna Gerardi

Student Publications

Our showpiece was inspired by NASA and space exploration. We designed the piece to have several aspects of NASA such as a mission badge, rocket ship, and astronauts. Additionally, we incorporated space themes into the look of our croissant and brioche items.

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Dead Dough Amenity, Isabel Herres Jan 2026

Dead Dough Amenity, Isabel Herres

Student Publications

Rustic, wheat and natural elements juxtaposed with rusting metal.

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Natural Color Amenity, Reese Fichter, Allyssa Buteau Jan 2026

Natural Color Amenity, Reese Fichter, Allyssa Buteau

Student Publications

All instructed by chef using dead dough and natural colors as our introduction to showpieces.

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Arts And Crafts Miche, Reese Fichter, Allyssa Buteau Jan 2026

Arts And Crafts Miche, Reese Fichter, Allyssa Buteau

Student Publications

Everything you need to have a great arts and crafts night with friends. The inspiration for this piece came from our own love of arts and crafts nights together.

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Wheat Sculpture, Max Rallo Jan 2026

Wheat Sculpture, Max Rallo

Student Publications

The simple wheat stalk and the tools used to grind it. It uses a wider lens to include items like rust and nuts to feel industrial. This adds to the abstractness of the sculpture.

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