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The SMFS especially seeks your feedback on the reception for graduate studentscash bar, traditionally held on the Thursday afternoon of the Medieval Congress.Because the wine hour is scheduled concurrently in Valley II, our reception hasbeen located in Fetzer. This scheduling conflict forces SMFSmembers to choosebetween free wine (however awful!) at Valley II and a cash bar way over atFetzer. We invite your input on the future of this event. The graduate studentreception could offer a useful meeting place for students and faculty. (In recentyears the event has been small but fun, and people often go out to dinnerafterwards.) Is the graduate student reception a tradition you'd like to maintain?If so, how could it be made more accessible and attractive? If you have ideas orwould like to help, respond to Patti Renda (prendal@uic.edu) or AlixPaschkowiak (alix@charter.net), SMFSgraduate student representatives.It's an honor to wish you a Happy New Year as incoming SMFSpresident. May2002bring us all peace, wisdom, and an extra helping of solas.Anne Clark BartlettMESSAGE FROM THE EDITORThis issue of the Medieval Feminist Forum takes up the subject of women and thearts, especially the ways in which the arts have (or have not) been the focus ofacademic research. We present three very different essays from three quitedifferent points of view. The first, "Women's Voices and Medieval Song: AnInterview with Anne Azema and Shira Kammen," presents a conversation withtwo contemporary performers of medieval music. It explores both the recoveryof medieval music and the interactions between the modern and the medievalfrom a performance perspective. The second, "Skipping Like Camels: Or WhyMedieval Studies Neglects the Dance," offers some explanations for theacademic neglect of dance and suggests that the study of medieval dance mayprove fruitful for feminist research. Finally, the third essay, "Pois dompna s'ave/ d'amar: Na Castelloza's Cansos and Medieval Feminist Scholarship," examinestrobairitz lyrics in the context within which they were performed and proposes anew emphasis on women's agency within Provencal feudal culture. Music,dance, and lyric: all three essays challenge us to think deeply about methods ofstudying the evanescent performances of the past. I hope that future issues ofMFF will take up the challenge!Man) SuydamDMESSAGE FROM THEMANAGING EDITORThose of you who opened up your spring 2001issue of MFF and noticed the fontand spacing anomalies of our titles probably-if you listened closely-heard themuffled screams of our design goddess Terry Duffy. MFF goes through three orfour stages of checking and proofreading before going to press, but sometimebetween the last check and the actual printing the titles in our electronic copymysteriously defaulted to courier font. We do apologize for the strange event,and hope it never happens again. But computers have the defects of their virtues:they are capable of great things, but they are also capable of malicious acts ofsabotage inexplicable to us mortals. Thanks for your understanding!Gina Psaki

Message from the Editor, no.32 2001

Mary Suydam

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The SMFS especially seeks your feedback on the reception for graduate students
cash bar, traditionally held on the Thursday afternoon of the Medieval Congress.
Because the wine hour is scheduled concurrently in Valley II, our reception has
been located in Fetzer. This scheduling conflict forces SMFSmembers to choose
between free wine (however awful!) at Valley II and a cash bar way over at
Fetzer. We invite your input on the future of this event. The graduate student
reception could offer a useful meeting place for students and faculty. (In recent
years the event has been small but fun, and people often go out to dinner
afterwards.) Is the graduate student reception a tradition you'd like to maintain?
If so, how could it be made more accessible and attractive? If you have ideas or
would like to help, respond to Patti Renda (prendal@uic.edu) or Alix
Paschkowiak (alix@charter.net), SMFSgraduate student representatives.
It's an honor to wish you a Happy New Year as incoming SMFSpresident. May
2002bring us all peace, wisdom, and an extra helping of solas.
Anne Clark Bartlett
MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR
This issue of the Medieval Feminist Forum takes up the subject of women and the
arts, especially the ways in which the arts have (or have not) been the focus of
academic research. We present three very different essays from three quite
different points of view. The first, "Women's Voices and Medieval Song: An
Interview with Anne Azema and Shira Kammen," presents a conversation with
two contemporary performers of medieval music. It explores both the recovery
of medieval music and the interactions between the modern and the medieval
from a performance perspective. The second, "Skipping Like Camels: Or Why
Medieval Studies Neglects the Dance," offers some explanations for the
academic neglect of dance and suggests that the study of medieval dance may
prove fruitful for feminist research. Finally, the third essay, "Pois dompna s'ave
/ d'amar: Na Castelloza's Cansos and Medieval Feminist Scholarship," examines
trobairitz lyrics in the context within which they were performed and proposes a
new emphasis on women's agency within Provencal feudal culture. Music,
dance, and lyric: all three essays challenge us to think deeply about methods of
studying the evanescent performances of the past. I hope that future issues of
MFF will take up the challenge!
Man) Suydam
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MESSAGE FROM THEMANAGING EDITOR
Those of you who opened up your spring 2001issue of MFF and noticed the font
and spacing anomalies of our titles probably-if you listened closely-heard the
muffled screams of our design goddess Terry Duffy. MFF goes through three or
four stages of checking and proofreading before going to press, but sometime
between the last check and the actual printing the titles in our electronic copy
mysteriously defaulted to courier font. We do apologize for the strange event,
and hope it never happens again. But computers have the defects of their virtues:
they are capable of great things, but they are also capable of malicious acts of
sabotage inexplicable to us mortals. Thanks for your understanding!
Gina Psaki


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