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The Round Table NEWS from the North American Branch NAB Officers 1996-99 (forfulladdresses see bbias) President: Donald L. Hoffman (Northeastern Illinois U) Immediate Past President: Keith Busby (U of Oklahoma) Vice-President: Alan Lupack (Rochester U) Secretary-Treasurer: Joan Tasker Grimbert (Catholic U) Bibliographers: Martha Blalock (U ofWisconsin) Glenda Warren Carl (Southwestern U) Advisory Committee: James Carley (U ofToronto) Carol Dover (Georgetown U) Elizabeth Sklar (Wayne State U) Stephanie Cain Van d'Elden (U ofMinnesota) Kevin J. Harty (LaSaIIe U) Bonnie Wheeler (SMU, ex officio) IAS Officers 1996-99 (forfull addresses see bbias) At the international congress in Garda (July 1996), the following officers of the International Arthurian Society were elected: President: Philippe Ménard (U of Paris-Sorbonne) Honorary President (Immediate Past President): Anna Maria Finoli (U of Milan) Vice-President: Jane H. M. Taylor (St. Hilda's College, Oxford) Secretary and bbias Editor: Keith Busby (U ofOklahoma) Treasurer: Hans R. Runte (Dalhousie U) Back Issues o/bbias andArthuriana: For back issues ofbbias (through v. 46/1994), contact Hans R. Runte, Dept. of French, Dalhousie U, Halifax, N.S., B3H 3J5, Canada (hrunte@is.dal.ca). For back issues starting with v. 47/1995, contact Joan Grimbert, Dept. of Modern Languages, Catholic U, Washington, DC 20064 (grimbert@cua.edu). Back issues still available are v. 25-29 (1973—77) ar>d 31—34 (1979— 82), all for $10 each; v. 36-41 (1984-89), 43 (1991), and 45-47 (1993-95) are $15 each. All othervolumes are out ofprint. For back issues ofArthuriana, contactArthuriana, Box 750432, SMU, Dallas, TX 75275-0432 (bwheeler@mail.smu.edu). Your bbias Abstracts: Please submit the bibliographical details and a brief, objective account ofyour publications to the NAB bibliographers: arthuriana 7.2 (1997) 130ARTHURIANA ?. Research in Germanic, Scandinavian, English, and Celtic studies to: Martha Blalock, School of Business, U of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA; 2. Research in Latin and Romance studies to: Glenda W. Carl, Dept. of Foreign Languages, Southwestern U, Georgetown, TX 78626, USA. Arthurian Studies at Kahmazoo: 32nd International Congress on Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo, May 8-11, 1997. [For information and registration materials write to Prof. Paul Szarmach, Director, The Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008; tel: 616-387-8745; fax: 616-387-8750; e-mail: MDVL_CONGRES@WMICH.EDU. IAS Business Meeting;. [N.B.: This information was inadvertently omitted from the Congress program.] IAS/NAB meets Friday, May 9, 12:00 noon; Fox Lounge; box lunches will be available. Tentative agenda: 1.Adoption of the agenda 2.Minutes ofmeeting of May 1996 (in Arthuriana 6.4 (W 96) news) 3.Matters arising 4.President's report 5.Secretary-Treasurer's report 6.Bibliographers' report 7.Other business Sessions sponsored by the North American Branch ofthe InternationalArthurian Society: Session 165: "Women, Gender, Power, and Authority in Arthurian Literature." Friday, May 9, 10:00 (Room 1220 Schneider). Organizers: Charlotte A. T. Wulf (Penn State U) and Susann T. M. Samples (Mount St. Mary's College). Presiders: Charlotte A. T. Wulf (Penn State U) and Susann T. M. Samples (Mount St. Mary's College). 1."The Damsel-in-Waiting as an Agent ofWomen's Empowerment in Arthurian Romance." Miriam Rhcingold Fuller (U of Chicago) 2."The Lady ofthe Lake: Power and Authority in Narration in the Lancelot Proper." Anne R Longley (U of Georgia) 3."Women and (the Undermining of) Authority in Layamon's Brut." Maureen Fries (SUNY-Fredonia) 4."A Kid in King Arthur's Court." Lee Tobin McClain (Seton Hall College) Session 194: "Arthurian Literature: Open Topics." Friday, May 9, 1:30 (Room 105). Organizer: Keith Busby (U ofOklahoma). Présider: Kathryn M. Talarico (CUNY-College ofStatcn Island). 1."Issues in the Performance ofMedieval Romance." Evelyn Birge Vitz (NYU) 2."'Le veir en dirai sanz faile': Marie's remembrance ofLanval and its Import on the Prologue and the Arthurian Canon." Douglas W. Canfield (U of Oklahoma) 3."Arthur's Feathered Minstrel: Patron and Performing Parrot in Le conte dupapegaulx." Marilyn Lawrence (NYU) THE ROUND TABLE131 Session 236: "Models of Knighthood: Good or Bad." Friday, May 9, 3:30 (Room 105). Organizer: Keith Busby (U ofOklahoma). Présider: Janina Traxler (Manchester College). 1."That Dastard Sir Bruce." Peter Goodrich (Northern...

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