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Sponsored Sessions are organized by learned societies, associations, or institutions. The organizers set predetermined topics, often narrowly focused and reflecting the considered aims and interests of the organizing group. Sponsored Sessions are proposed to the Congress Committee on or before May 15 for the following year's Congress.
Special Sessions are organized by individual scholars or ad hoc groups. The organizers set predetermined topics, which are often narrowly focused. Special Sessions are proposed to the Congress Committee on or before May 15 for the following year's Congress.
General Sessions are organized by the Congress Committee at the Medieval Institute.
Photograph: A Congress session in the Bernhard Center (photo: Neil Rankin)