The real experiment is how many scientists will keep returning to the site to keep track of what they think is the experiment.

I’m organizing this session, so feel free to DM questions or inquiries.

NB: This is a *hybrid* session, so you do not need to be able to get to Kalamazoo, MI next May to participate!

Guidelines and submission: wmich.edu/medievalcong... /end

Paper proposals on any topic relating to disability, disease, health, and/or medicine and engaging with the methods of disability studies will be welcomed, on any period between c. 500–1500, on any geographical area, and in any scholarly field. 3/

Presenters may be emerging in terms of their career (e.g., graduate students or early-career researchers) or emerging by bringing their research into a new direction (i.e., newly engaging with disability studies). Priority will be given to new scholars and approaches. 2/

I was fortunate to have some surprise funding that covered the very reasonable cost of my index, but I would absolutely have found it worthwhile to pay out-of-pocket and will budget accordingly for the next book.

You can see Shannon’s work on my index in the #OpenAccess ebook (doi.org/10.3998/mpub...) and pictured here. Seriously, how do you make a useful index entry on “disability” in a book that’s entirely about disability?? I highly recommend hiring a professional to figure that out for your book.

I’ve heard that you should write your own #index, so you can advance your argument. But an excellent indexer will see your argument and support it, with an index that also works properly like an index. I respect that expertise! Shannon’s also great with medieval names, languages, and manuscripts!

Thank you!! The trick to the cat jokes is they might only be funny to me. I’m a medievalist, not a comedian.

What wonderful synchronicity to have our books out in the same year. I’m looking forward to reading yours!