CALL FOR INSTRUCTORS!!!

[Heidi J Torres]

The First Alexandrian Symposium on Women in the Middle AGes and 
Renaissance is looking for instructors!

The Women's Symposium will be held August 30, 1997 at Southwest Texas 
State University in San Marcos, Texas.

The Symposium's purpose is to take a deeper look at women's activities 
and opportunities in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.  Myths will be 
exploded, knowledge uncovered, legends revealed.

The day features such classes as: Women and Magic in the Sagas; Women in 
the Trades and Guilds; Women's Role in Medicine; Medieval Contraception; 
The Trobaritz (female troubadours); The Beguines; The Life and Times of 
Queen Isabella; Warriors and War-Leaders - Women in Battle; Music in the 
Cloister (female composers); and many other excellent classes.  We also 
anticipate participation by university professors whose expertise is 
History and Women's Studies.  A revel and reception will follow the day's 
classes, giving teachers and students a chance to relax and converse over 
food and drink.

If you would like to teach, or have an idea for a class, please contact 
Mari ferch Rathyen, (Karen Moon), 3270 Nacogdoches #1311, San 
Antonio, TX, 78217, or call 210-657-1311, or reply to the above 
e-mail address, putting "symposium" in the subject line.

Potential instructors are requested to provide a brief class description, 
a list of major sources, and a short resume, listing any SCA or 
mundane credentials that might apply.  (Amateur scholar is just 
fine!) Approximately half the slots for classes are still available.  
Instructors will be provided a lounge area and refreshments.  

The Symposium will be hosted by the Shire of Ffynon Gath in lovely San 
Marcos, TX, located halfway between San Antonio and Austin.  On the edge 
of the Hill Country, San Marcos offers ample ways to while away the rest 
of your long weekend (e.g. shopping, antiquing, tubing, rafting, hiking, 
relaxing, etc.)  Both San Antonio with its many attractions and Austin's 
famous live music and night life are less than an hour's drive away.

For more information contact Karen Moon at 210-657-1311 or Grace Morris 
at 512-392-4492.

(Please feel free to post this to any other list that might be interested.)

Thanks!

Mari