Medieval Conferences




This is a selection of conferences on medieval art and related
topics.  Many are for graduate students, but conferences open to all are also 
included. Remember also to check the main 
Symposia page for other conferences with calls for papers in many or
all fields. Conferences with Web sites will be left posted after the event
for the pleasure of the reader.











Index for this Page




Kalamazoo Calls


Here is the way to the main site of the Call for Papers for the Conference,
 41st International Congress on Medieval Studies, 7-10 May 2009. Western Michigan University,
 Kalamazoo, Michigan. Dealine for sponsorship proposals is 1 May 2008.



Other Medieval Conferences



Most of these seem to be offered every year.







Kalamazoo



 





 The International 
Congress of Medieval Studies 


 Call for Papers for The International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA)

at Kalamazoo for 9-10 May 2009. These are the sponsored & special programs.











 

All Medieval Conferences


Note that almost all of these conferences are held annually. This list also includes individual CFPs for Kalamazoo.






ANGLO-SAXON STUDIES COLLOQUIUM GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE




Saturday, February 16th 2008 Yale University. "The theme of this yearÍs conference is "Pleasure in Anglo-Saxon England." 
We invite submissions addressing any and all manifestations of pleasure in Old English or Anglo-Latin texts, Anglo-Saxon history, 
art, religion, or archaeology. We welcome a variety of methodologies, being equally pleased by the philological delight of a word 
study as by a wide-ranging treatment of emotions in Anglo-Saxon society. We also invite papers on the particular pleasures that the 
Anglo-Saxon world offers post-medieval scholars, artists, and armchair antiquarians. In the tradition of the Colloquium, we
will be having respondents for the paper presentations, which should be no longer than ten minutes.  

Proposals were due November 26, 2007. Contact via e-mail to pleasureatyale@hotmail.com, or send paper submissions to P.O. Box 
208302, New Haven, CT 06520. (Paper submissions should arrive by the deadline.)  Conference organizers: Irina Dumitrescu, Denis Ferhatovic, Jordan Zweck. 






ARIZONA CENTER FOR MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES




12-14 February 2009. (Every year at about that time) Abstracts due October 15, 2008. All proposals must be submitted 
through the Online Conference Submission Site For more 
information, check the Web site.





AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION FOR MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN STUDIES (ANZAMEMS)




Held 7-10 February 2007. Annual? University of Adelaide, South Australia. "Open theme; all topics in medieval and early 
modern studies welcome. Abstracts (c. 200 words), or proposals for panels, to (lawrence.warner@adelaide.edu.au) 
or Dr Lawrence Warner, Discipline of English, University of Adelaide, SA 5005 AUSTRALIA were due 1 November 2006.
Postgraduate students and early career researchers especially welcome; if potential Australian speakers in these 
categories need assistance to attend the conference, they are welcome to contact the ARC Network for Early European 
Research, which has a discretionary budget for such purposes: (http://www.neer.arts.uwa.edu.au/postgraduates).





BARNARD COLLEGE MEDIEVAL/RENAISSANCE CONFERENCE




6 December 2008. "A one-day interdisciplinary conference exploring how time was measured, 
represented, and imagined in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. The organizers seek papers to address 
a range of topics including the technology of measuring and organizing time; calendars and almanacs; 
astronomical, natural, and liturgical models of time; the expression of time in literature, fine arts, 
music, theater, historiography, law and science. Deadline for submission of proposals was May 15, 2008. Abstracts of up 
to one page in length with c.v. should be sent to:







UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES : CONFERENCES ON LATE 
ANTIQUITY




Information on the Graduate Student Conference on Late Antiquity, and
on the International Conference on Late Antiquity.





CELTIC COLLOQUIUM




10-12 October 2008. Twenty-Eighth Annual Harvard Celtic Colloquium, Harvard University. "We welcome proposals 
for 20-minute papers on topics which relate directly to Celtic studies (Celtic languages and literatures in any 
phase; cultural, historical, or social science topics; theoretical perspectives, etc.). Papers concerning 
interdisciplinary research with a Celtic focus are also invited. Closing Date for proposals was May 3, 2008.





CENTER FOR MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES, BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY 
INTERDISCIPILINARY CONFERENCE




25-26 April 2008. Theme: Venus and the Venereal: Interpretations and Representations from Classical Antiquity through the 
Eighteenth Century.





CENTRE FOR MEDIEVAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO




Huge program. Check Conferences page for information.





[CONFRATERNITIES] BROTHERHOOD AND BOUNDARIES: Lay Religion and Europe's Expansion in the late Medieval and Early Modern Period




26-27 September 2008 International Conference, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa - Italy. "Recent scholarship has explored 
the actions of confraternities as agents of lay piety, civic religion, and church reform within the Catholic world. Yet social 
kinship groups were found in many different religious and national communities, in many different social communities, and in
many different institutional contexts.  They both expressed and mediated the tensions that arose at a time of extraordinary 
historical change. This conference aims to explore the activities of social kinship groups in various religious, national, cultural, 
and social communities from the late Medieval through the Early Modern periods (ie., the fourteenth through the eighteenth centuries), with 
a focus on those groups that aimed to either bridge or defend boundaries of one sort or another.  We seek papers that explore 
confraternities' activities in cross-cultural contexts both within Europe and in those parts of the world where the European presence 
is expanding. We are particularly interested in exploring the dynamics that result from action across various boundaries. Deadline 
for proposals was December 15, 2007.

 



CONVIVIUM : CONFERENCE AT SIENA COLLEGE




Held 7-8 October 2005. They seem to have lots of conferences but they NEVER update their Web sites--unless it's too late!





FEMALE FOUNDERS in Byzantium & Beyond




23-25 September 2008 Institute of Art History, University of Vienna, Austria. "This international colloquium 
celebrates the achievements of women founders, patrons and donors in Byzantium and in neighbouring regions. It arises 
out of the award to the University of Vienna of a professorial chair in Gender Studies by the Austrian Federal Ministry 
of Science and Research in recognition of the University's record in support of women scholars. During the 2007-2008 
term, courses and lecture series on Women, Men and Eunuchs; Sex and The City; The Muses; pro-seminars on Women and Power; 
Women and Sanctity; and The Byzantine Body; and graduate seminars on Female Founders have prepared the way for a 
three-day event with the international scholars most closely associated with the world-famous treasures commissioned by 
the female founders of Byzantium and housed in the Austrian National Library and the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.

"Students and scholars are invited to submit proposals on economic, historical, art historical, archaeological, and 
literary aspects of gender and patronage in Byzantium and neighbouring regions. 

"Please submit proposals for 15-minute papers, including a brief abstract (ca. 300-500 words) and a short CV as 
E-mail attachments were due May 31, 2008 to the project coordinators: (matthew.savage@univie.ac.at) or 
(galina.fingarova@univie.ac.at). We look forward to welcoming you to Vienna,

Lioba Theis, Margaret Mullett, Michael GrŸnbart
Institut fŸr Kunstgeschichte,
Institut fŸr Byzantinistik und NeogrŠzistik
der UniversitŠt Wien







GENDER AND THE LANGUAGE OF LEGITIMACY




7-10 May 2009. Part of the 44th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI. "This session 
proposes to examine how the boundaries of language, legitimacy, and gender intersect.  How do men and/or women use 
gendered language to speak about themselves and others?  How do authors/chroniclers/historians use gender to speak about 
their characters or men and women from the past and pass judgment upon them?  How does gendered language cement or 
detract from authority or legitimacy?  Is the use of gendered language concerning legitimacy overt or subtle, and how
does it work?  Are the uses of gendered language in such cases significantÑi.e. do they have the power to change minds 
or actually helpÑor are they meaningless catch phrases?  Legitimacy here is meant to be broadly construed; it can mean 
anything from legitimacy of birth, of power or authority, right to rule (secular or ecclesiastical), an authorÕs
justification for writing, etc.  Likewise, gender is not limited to one sex; I am looking for papers that speak about 
women, men, or about both women and men. If you are interested or have questions, please submit an abstract to (or 
contact) Colleen Slater by September 15th at ces55@cornell.edu."





GENDER AND MEDIEVAL STUDIES CONFERENCE




9-10 January 2009 King's College, London Theme: "Locating Gender." [The conference] is geared as much 
towards postgraduate students as established scholars. Deadline for proposals: 1 September 2008. For more 
information please see the Web site.





GENDERING MATERIAL CULTURE




7-10 May 2009. Part of the 44th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI. (co-sponsored by the 
Society for Medieval Feminist Studies & by the Medieval Feminist Art History Project). "This session considers the 
investigation of the relationship between gender and the material culture(s) of the Middle Ages. Papers could include a 
discussion of the production or the reception or interpretation of material objects --imagined or real-- and their 
impact upon or promotion by individuals, collectives, corporate entities, or nations. How does the gendering of the 
producers, the gendering of the objects, and/or a gendering of the reception yield meaning or provide some understanding 
of the Middle Ages? Interdisciplinarity is especially encouraged. "Material culture" may include shoes, clothing, textiles, 
psalters, manuscripts, maps, furnishings and household goods, architectural items/structures, sculptures, jewelry, 
tapestries/woven items, instruments, ceramics, or others. Please submit 1-2 pg abstracts and cover materials to Alissandra 
Paschkowiak (apaschkowiak@wsc.ma.edu) by 15 September.





GENDERING REPRESENTATION




7-10 May 2009. Part of the 44th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI. "This session will 
investigate the gendering of the practice of representation in the Middle Ages, focusing in particular on the 
performance of gender through representation. We welcome papers that engage with representation in a variety of 
formats, including visual, spatial, literary/textual, or historical representations. Contributions may deal with either 
the production and/or reception of representations, or consider representation from either individual or 
collective/corporate perspectives. Interdisciplinarity is especially encouraged. Please submit a one- to two-page 
abstract and coversheet  to Jennifer Borland (Assistant Professor of Art History, Department of Art, Oklahoma State 
University)  (jennifer.borland@okstate.edu) by September 15





ILLINOIS MEDIEVAL ASSOCIATION




Held 22-23 February 2008. 





INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDIEVAL STUDIES SYMPOSIUM: "Violence, Conflict, and Humor"
 



Held 3 March 2008. Annual? Who knows! Write them and ask!! Abstracts were due February 1, 2008 to the following address:






INTERNATIONAL MEDIEVAL CONGRESS: 
LEEDS




 13-16 July 2009. University of Leeds,  UK. The deadline for submissions of paper proposals is September 1, 
2008. See the Web site for more details.





[MANUSCRIPTS] LAWRENCE J. SCHOENBERG 
SYMPOSIUM ON MANUSCRIPT STUDIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE




24-25 October 2008 "In partnership with the Philadelphia Area Center for History of Science (PACHS) and the 
Chemical Heritage Foundation, the University of Pennsylvania and Penn Libraries are pleased to announce the 1st Annual 
Lawrence J. Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age, at the Chemical Heritage Foundation and the 
University of Pennsylvania.  This annual symposium, organized by the Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Image
(SCETI), brings together scholars from around the world to present research related to the study of manuscript books 
produced before the age of printing and to discuss the potential for digital technologies in advancing manuscript research.
This year's symposium examines scientific manuscript book production in Western Europe, Asia, and the Arabic world before 
the year 1600.  For more information, program details, and registration, go to: [the Web site linked above]. Registration 
is free and open to the public, but seating is limited for Saturday, October 25. Advance registration required.





LOUISIANA CONSORTIUM OF MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE SCHOLARS




Held 26-28 October 2007. Web site is dead...





MEDIEVAL SEAS




18-19 October 2008 A Weekend Conference to be held at Rye College, East Sussex, UK. "Proposals 
for papers are welcome on any matters relating to 'Medieval Seas' broadly defined, covering the 
period c.500-c.1500. Possible subjects include: shipping and shipbuilding; material remains/maritime 
archaeology; navigation; cartography and world view; society at sea and ashore; trade; war at sea; 
artistic and literary expressions of the sea and maritime affairs; maritime law. Contributions are 
encouraged from established scholars and early career researchers. Proposals for 30-minute presentations 
should take the form of title and brief abstract. The deadline for proposals was Monday 7 April 2008.
Proposals and enquiries should addressed to:







MID-AMERICA MEDIEVAL ASSOCIATION




28 February 2009. University of Missouri-Kansas City. "The theme for this year's conference is Urban Life and 
Culture, however papers on any medieval topic will be  considered. Keynote speaker:  Dr. Lester K. Little, Professor 
Emeritus of History, Smith College. Any one who wishes to give a paper, organize a panel, etc., should send one-page 
abstracts to:







MIDWEST MEDIEVAL HISTORY CONFERENCE




Held 13-14 October 2006. Annual? Who knows?





MONSTERS 
(TWO SESSIONS)




7-10 MAY 2009 Part of the 44th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo. "These two sessions are 
the first official action of MEARCSTAPA (Monsters: the Experimental Association for the Research of Cryptozoology 
through Scholarly Theory And Practical Application), a new scholarly organization dedicated to the study of monstrosity 
in and around the Middle Ages. 

    

  1.  First Session: Monstrous Production and Reproduction "The medieval accounts of origins for monstrous creatures are varied and 
diverse, ranging from tracing these beings' lineage from Cain or Ham (as in the Old English Beowulf and the 
Hiberno-Latin Sex Aetates Mundi), to placing their beginnings in the curse of a saint from more recent times 
(as in Giraldus Cambrensis' Topographia Hiberniae or in the Old Norse Konungs Skuggsia), to even some texts which 
attribute monstrosity to what we would call "environmental factors" (e.g. the Rothschild Canticles). The methods by 
which individual monsters and monstrous races reproduce their anomalous physiologies are also equally varied, if and 
when such processes are outlined when they are not implied or assumed. Papers in this panel will focus on these accounts 
of the creation and procreation of monsters, both in a narrative sense and/or a textual sense (i.e. tracing the origins 
of a particular monstrous motif), and will illuminate how these accounts not only demonstrate the intentions 
and understanding of their textual authors and audiences, but also how these tales interpret and define the fears as 
well as ideals of humans in the past and present toward physiology, cosmology, ethics, sexuality, and the general 
existence in and engagement with the world-at-large."

    

  2. Second Session: Monster Culture (Seven Theses)": A Roundtable. "Jeffrey Jerome Cohen's now paradigmatic 
manifesto on the importance of studying monsters and the monstrous, both generally in all time periods and cultures as 
well as in strictly medieval contexts, has influenced and inspired countless students exposed to his text in 
undergraduate courses, and likewise a great many working scholars and the studies they have produced since its 
publication in 1996. As an inaugural event for MEARCSTAPA, we seek in this roundtable to re-familiarize ourselves with 
the critical issues of the text, but also to evaluate, reconsider, and extend these theses for future consideration and 
deployment in subsequent studies. Founding members of MEARCSTAPA will share their interpretations and experiences of the 
text in research and teaching, and we will seek to have Cohen act as a respondent to the issues raised. Additional 
participants are encouraged to join the discussion. Being a panelist does not preclude being a speaker in another 
session.


Please send abstract and participant information form (http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions.html#Paper) 
by Sept. 15 to asmittman@csuchicho.edu.





NEW COLLEGE CONFERENCE ON MEDIEVAL-RENAISSANCE STUDIES




Held March 6-8, 2008. Biennial. Areas: "The program committee invites one-page abstracts of proposed twenty-minute papers on topics in 
European and Mediterranean history, literature, art, and religion from the fourth to the seventeenth centuries. Interdisciplinary work 
is particularly appropriate to the conferenceÍs broad historical and disciplinary scope. Planned sessions are welcome. The deadline for 
abstracts WAs September 15, 2007.[N. B.: 
An excellent conference! Highly recommended by the editor!] For more information see the Website and contact:







NEW ENGLAND MEDIEVAL STUDIES 
CONSORTIUM GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE




Held 1 March 2008. The 25th Annual Conference took place at Brown University. The deadline for abstract submission 
was Thursday, November 1st, 2007. 





NORTH TEXAS MEDIEVAL GRADUATE STUDENT SYMPOSIUM




Held 8-9 November 2007. University of North Texas. Denton, Texas. "Deadline for submissions was  OCTOBER 1ST.
Theme:  "Medieval Places: Geographical Approaches to Medieval Culture." 





PATRISTIC, MEDIEVAL, 
AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES CONFERENCE




10-12 October 2008. Villanova University. "Deadline Submission was May 30, 2008." Please visit 
*the Web site* for more details.  





REASSESSING WOMEN'S 
ROLES IN THE ARTISTIC/ARCHITECTURAL PROCESS




7-10 MAY 2009. Kalamazoo, MICHIGAN. International Center of Medieval Art 44th International Congress on Medieval 
Studies. "How can we approach the figure of the woman as painter, sculptor, needle- or metalworker when we have archival 
evidence for her existence but no surviving work of art? These sessions seek to draw together both strands on women's 
participation in the construction of buildings and the production of art. Studies that set up theoretical or
methodological paradigms are welcome, as are case studies from which we can draw larger conclusions. Please send 
abstract by Sept. 15 to (therese@email.arizona.edu).





SACRED LEAVES GRADUATE SYMPOSIUM




19-20 February 2009. Third Annual, at the University of South Florida, Tampa Library, Tampa, FL. "This
year's theme is *Comparative Mysticism of the Middle Ages: Textual Traditions, 1000-1600.* We encourage topics on 
mystical expressions in the medieval world comparing religions, cultures and/or gender. Subjects for proposals may 
include, but are not limited to:

á         Poetry and lyric

á         Cross-cultural and religious influences

á         Manuscript illumination

á         Spain, Iberia and beyond

á         Mystical forms of dissent and their repression

á         The role of mystic in society

Please e-mail an abstract of no more than 250 words to Dr. Jane Marie Pinzino, Symposium Coordinator at 
(jpinzino@lib.usf.edu) by November 14, 2008. Notification of acceptances will be e=mailed by November 28, 2008.  Please
include the title of your paper, name, affiliation and e-mail address.  Each paper selected will be allotted 20 
minutes for presentation.





SEWANEE MEDIEVAL COLLOQUIUM 2009




Sometime 1n 2009--write and ask!""The City in Medieval Life and Culture" is the theme of the 36th annual
Sewanee Medieval Colloquium, to be held at the University of the South. Call for papers: proposals are invited for 
papers or sessions relating to any aspect of the theme. Please submit abstract (maximum 250 words) and brief c.v. to: 
(sridyard@sewanee.edu) no later than 1October 2008. If you would like to propose a session, please include
abstracts and c.v.s from all participants. For further information on the conference and on the Sewanee Medieval 
Colloquium Prize please see: (the Web site, not updated from the 2008 conference!!). Contact: Susan J. Ridyard,
Dept. of History, Sewanee Medieval Colloquium, Univ. of the South, 735 University Ave., Sewanee TN 37383.





SOUTHEASTERN MEDIEVAL ASSOCIATION




2-4 October 2008. Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri. "Theme: Bodies, Embodiments, Becomings. 
Deadline for Submission was June 15. 





TAKING IT TO THE STREETS: THE THEATRE OF PUBLIC PIETY




February 2009 COLLEGE ART ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE, Los Angeles. "Roadside shrines of saints and other members 
of the heavenly Christian community punctuate ItalyÕs streets and alleyways. Anchored and vigilant just above
the pedestrianÕs eye-level, these effigies are often graced with fresh flowers and ex-votos, as they guard and protect 
their neighboring communities. Even today, prophylactic effigies housed in edicole throughout Sicily become the dramatis
personae of the sacred drama during weeks of festa or celebrations of the lives of saints and the Holy Family. Specially 
dressed and accoutered for these eventsÑmuch like their neighbors within local churchesÑthe statues descend from their 
niches, awakening to participate in and celebrate the feasts of their birth and death as well as those parts of the 
liturgical year which commemorate the Christian foundation mythology of their communities.  Their passage is signaled 
by a panoply of ritualized events that submerge the participants in sacred time.

"These street shrines lie at an interesting juncture of portrait and iconic art, popular culture, and the faith 
ritual of pilgrimage, conversion, and renewal, springing from ideas regarding the inherent power of the effigy and its 
link to the bearer via verisimilitude.  This session proposes to explore the performative role of popular shrines and 
images, constituting their own officially sanctioned but liminal sacred space, in the multi-layered and ritually-centered 
faith system of civic life, in which festa and pilgrimage are central.   This session welcomes papers which explore 
church ritual which spills out from the walls of the church into the democratized and popular spaces of the square and 
street, e.g. festa, procession, pilgrimage, from the eleventh through the eighteenth centuries.  While concentrating on 
Western European phenomena, studies of Latin American ritual are also welcome. Pls send proposals to:  
(rosieselavy@yahoo.com). No due date given--posted 6July 2008







UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS MEDIEVAL GRADUATE STUDENT SYMPOSIUM




30-31 January 2009 "In honor of UNT's two new Graduate Student Scholarships for the study of Islamic or Middle 
Eastern Art History, the topic for this year's Symposium will be East Meets West in the Middle Ages...The Graduate Student 
Symposium will take place on Saturday, January 31st  from 10 AM until 4PM...While we will entertain papers from any 
discipline of Medieval Studies and on any topic, we particularly welcome those that engage the intersections of the East 
and the West.  We encourage submission of papers that have been submitted and/or delivered elsewhere. The deadline 
for submission is November 1st, 2008.  A reminder notice and second call for papers will come out in September. Paper 
Abstracts should be sent to:


  • Abel@unt.edu or

  • Dr. Mickey Abel

  • Assistant Professor, Art History

  • University of North Texas

  • P.O. Box 305100

  • Denton, TX 76203-5100


    • 

    

    TEXAS MEDIEVAL CONFERENCE
    

    

    2-4 October 2008. Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas. "Papers are welcomed on all aspects of medieval history 
and culture, including medieval art, medieval languages, history [etc]. Early submissions are greatly welcomed, but please 
try to send in all session proposals and paper abstracts (150-300 words) no later than September 1 [sic]." See the 
Web site for details.

    

    

    UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA 
COLLEGE AT WISE MEDIEVAL-RENAISSANCE CONFERENCE XX
    

    

    Held 14-16 September 2006. Wise, Virginia. "The Medieval-Renaissance Conference promotes scholarly discussion 
in all disciplines of Medieval and Renaissance studies. The conference welcomes proposals for papers and panels on 
Medieval or Renaissance literature, language, history, philosophy, science, pedagogy, and the arts.  Abstracts for 
papers should be 250 or fewer words.  Proposals for panels should include: a) title of the panel; b) names and 
institutional affiliations of the chair and all panelists; c) abstracts for papers to be presented (250 or fewer 
words).  A branch campus of the University of Virginia, the University of VirginiaÍs College at Wise is a public 
four-year liberal arts college located in the scenic Appalachian Mountains of Southwest 
Virginia.  For more information, please visit the website. Deadline for Submissions was June 10, 2006. 

    

    

    THE UNNATURAL WORLD
    

    

    7-10 July 2008 Part of Leeds 2008. "The Natural World." "In recent years, a number of scholars have turned their 
attention to issues of monstrosity, magic and witchcraft, abnormal geographies, and their connections with broader medieval 
culture and discourse.  These subjects are often (though not always) viewed as being aberrations, outside of nature. I [sic] 
therefore propose a set of sessions on "The Unnatural World," in response to and in accordance with the year's theme. There is 
a stress in the general Leeds CFP on interdisciplinary work, and so the growing field of "Monster Studies" is a perfect fit.
Topics might include:  the monstrous races in art and literature, Sheela-na-gig, theoretical approaches to monstrosity, 
geographic marginality, magic, hybridity, unnatural births, borderlands, cannibalism, etc. Such Others -- differing in race, 
species, culture, diet, geography, and so on -- reveal a great deal about the cultures by which they were created and so form 
a powerful locus for theoretical, literary, historical and art historical investigation. Proposals were due to (mittman@asu.edu) by 
August 20."

    

    

    

    VAGANTES
    

    

    5-7 March 2009. Tallahassee, Florida. Florida State University.  "Vagantes is now the largest conference in 
North America for graduate students studying the Middle Ages. The goal of Vagantes is to provide an open dialogue among
young scholars from all fields of medieval studies. The conference features two faculty speakers, twenty-four student 
papers, and an audience of approximately 100 people. It seeks to create a sense of community for junior medievalists of 
diverse backgrounds within the margins of a graduate student budget.

    "Abstracts for twenty-minute papers are welcome from graduate students on topics considering the Middle Ages. In 
keeping with the mission of Vagantes to advance interdisciplinary studies, we invite submissions in areas including but 
not limited to history, literature, art history, philosophy, religious studies, and musicology. Please e-mail a brief 
vitae and abstract of no more than 300 words by October 1, 2008 to:

    


    WOMEN IN THE MEDIEVAL 
MEDITERRANEAN
    

    

    7-10 MAY 2009 Session to be held at the International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, 
Michigan. Sponsored by the Byzantine Studies Association of North America, Inc. "Recent studies of the 
medieval MediterraneanÑboth focused historical research as well as investigations of cross-cultural 
phenomenaÑhave resulted in fresh, dynamic ways of understanding the region as a center for exchange of 
ideas, economic goods and artistic practices. The goal of this session is to delve deeper into the daily 
lives of women who lived at the intersections of the Byzantine, western and Islamic worlds. As functionaries 
in medieval court life, women played a vital role as ambassadors, authors, and as patronesses of art. By  
investigating their social and religious practices along with their artistic patronage, this session aims 
to discuss the hybrid character of womenÕs experiences in the 'societies in between.'

    "Seasoned as well as young scholars are invited to submit proposals for  
20-minute presentations. Papers dealing with issues of exchange in the  artistic, literary, economic or 
religious aspects of womenÕs lives are especially welcome. Possible lines of inquiry include questions of  
materiality, the female body, maternity, transformation, aging, and patronage.

    DEADLINE FOR PAPER PROPOSALS: 15 September 2008
Paper proposals should consist of the following:
- Abstract of proposed paper (300 words maximum)
- Completed Abstract Cover Sheet (available at:
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions.html#Paper
ALL PROPOSALS AND INQUIRIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO:
Andrea Olsen
History of Art Department
268 Mergenthaler Hall
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD 21218
469-288-1253
andrea.olsen@jhu.edu

    

    



    

    Publication Possibilities
    

    "The online journal Peregrinations has offered to publish a special edition or section on the Bayeux Tapestry. The journal's focus 
is on pilgrimage related art in the Middle Ages, but the focus of this special edition need not be. In fact, this special edition is 
interested in all sorts of approaches to this eleventh-century mysterious fabric from a variety of disciplines: literature, art, 
history, texile studies, new media, and semiotics. If you would like to submit an essay on the Bayeux Tapestry to be 
considered for this special edition, please send a proposal or the paper 
itself to the following address by November 30:

    

    

    


    

    

    


    

    

    

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