Category Archives: Call for Papers

http://vagantesconference.org/call-for-papers-2018/ The 17th Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies, which will take place at the University of Minnesota from March 22nd-24th, 2018, is currently seeking paper abstracts on any topic related to the Middle Ages. Vagantes is North America’s largest graduate-student … Continue reading →

Call for papers (deadline: September 15) “Citing Authorities in the Middle Ages” at the 53rd International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 10-13, 2018), organized by Elizabeth C. Teviotdale and sponsored by the Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University Medieval Christian authors … Continue reading →

Pictor/Miniator: Working across media, 1250–1500 Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies Sponsored Session at the 53rd International Congress on Medieval Studies Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, May 10-13, 2018   The multimedia fluidity of artists and artisans in the later Middle Ages is … Continue reading →

Medieval Unfreedoms: Slavery, Servitude, and Trafficking in Humans before the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade October 19 – 20, 2018 Across the medieval world (c. 500 — c. 1500), multiple forms and degrees of unfreedom—slavery, serfdom, forced concubinage, coerced labor, captivity, and … Continue reading →

The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture seeks proposals for a Mary Jaharis Center sponsored session at the 25th International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, July 2–5, 2018. We invite session proposals on any topic relevant to Byzantine … Continue reading →

CFP FOR AN EDITED COLLECTION: Architectural Representation in the European Middle Ages Edited by Hannah Bailey, Karl Kinsella, and Daniel Thomas The architectural remnants of the Middle Ages—from castles and cathedrals to village churches—provide many people’s first point of contact … Continue reading →

Memory and Lineage in Medieval Romance The 25th Leeds International Medieval Congress has a special thematic strand of ‘memory’. Medieval romance lends itself to thinking about memory, in many ways, and not least because of its preoccupation with lineage. We … Continue reading →

Call for Papers Applications due: 15 October 2017 Economic inequality in pre-industrial societies: causes and effects 51st Study Week (Settimana) of the Fondazione Datini (Prato, Italy): 12-15 May 2019. Recent interest in inequality has focused on its real or perceived … Continue reading →

CfP: “Writing the human/animal continuum in the Middle Ages”, special session at the ICMS Kalamazoo 2018 CfP deadline: 15th September 2017 The distance between human and non-human across medieval culture could be populated by a plethora of hybrid beings whose … Continue reading →

Call for Papers: The Animal in Medieval Romance, at the 53rd International Congress on Medieval Studies (2018) The ‘animal turn’ is one of the newest and most exciting developments in medieval scholarship. Researchers are increasingly interrogating the role of animals … Continue reading →