Category Archives: Conferences

Dominican Culture, Dominican Theology: The Order of Preachers and Its Spheres of Action (1215-ca. 1600) Virtual conference 29 June – 2 July, 2021 Annual meeting of IGTM – International Society for the Study of Medieval Theology Hosted by the Faculty … Continue reading →

Brut in New Troy (virtual conference) 25–28 June 2021 From at least the twelfth until well into the seventeenth century, the ‘standard’ version of Britain’s history held that the realm’s founder was an exiled descendant of Aeneas called Brutus (or … Continue reading →

8-20 June 2020 York Festival of Ideas 2021 has many online history events to watch and engage with; these include the events below. A full list of history events can be viewed at https://yorkfestivalofideas.com/2021/themes/history/. The full Festival programme can be … Continue reading →

Liturgy, Literature & History: Oswald of Northumbria and the Cult of Saints in the High Middle Ages Online: 5th & 6th August 2021 The centrality of the cult of saints to medieval Christianity is reflected in surviving liturgical, historical, literary … Continue reading →

On 5 & 6 August 2021, we will be holding an online conference, in collaboration with the British Academy and Peterborough Cathedral, which uses the cult of Oswald of Northumbria as a case study to examine the mechanisms by which … Continue reading →

March 18 – 19, 2021 Conspiracy theories have captured the attention of people throughout history, and they have become especially influential in current politics. Some recent conspiracists have deliberately adopted the language of the Middle Ages to advance their agenda. … Continue reading →

“Medieval French without Borders”  40th Annual Conference of the Center for Medieval Studies, Fordham University March 20-21, 2021 This digital conference addresses the multilingual contact zones and social, cultural and literary contexts of exchange in which French featured between the … Continue reading →

We are pleased to announce the thirty-first annual Medieval Studies Student Colloquium which will be taking place virtually March 26th-27th, 2021 on the theme of “Movement”. We welcome all to attend. This year’s event has two distinguished keynote speakers as well … Continue reading →