MEDFEST
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. Conferences from all over the world are included here, as long as the listing is (mainly) in English. Remember also to check the main Symposia (North America) and the Symposia (Everywhere else) pages for other conferences with calls for papers in many or all fields. Conferences with Web sites will be left posted for a while after the event for the pleasure of the reader.
PLEASE NOTE: Beginning sometime this summer I will no longer post conference or other opportunities that do not have a Web site.
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Congress of Medieval Studies
Call for Papers for The International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA) at Kalamazoo for May 10-13, 2012.
Other Medieval ConferencesAll Medieval Conferences
Note that almost all of these conferences are held annually. This list also includes individual CFPs for Kalamazoo.
ANDALUSIAN TEXTILES: CROSSING BORDERS, CONSTRUCTING POLITICS
19-22 September 2012. Panel for "Textiles & Politics," the Textile Society of America 13th Biennial Symposium 2012, Washington, DC. "...This panel has a two-fold aim: first, is to expand on recent studies and further explore the aesthetics, perception, manufacture and employment of Andalusi textiles in the framework of the articulation of royal and religious power during medieval period; and second, to examine the use of these textiles and their later derivatives in the staging of imperial power in early-modern Spain, and later, in the formation of modern Spanish national identity. ...Please send a 250-word abstract and a 1-page CV via e-mail by September 12, 2012 to: (olga.bush@khi.fi.it)." See the link for details.
ARIZONA CENTER FOR MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES
16-19 February 2012. (Every year at about that time) Next year's theme: Erotica and the Erotic in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. The deadline for proposals is 16 October 2011. Questions? Call 480-965-9323 or e-mail (acmrs@asu.edu).
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ASSOCIATION FOR MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN STUDIES (ANZAMEMS)
Held 2-5 February 2011. Biennial. The University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. See the excellent Web site for more information.
AUSTRALIAN EARLY MEDIEVAL ASSOCIATION
Held 18-19 November 2010. Old Senate Room, Irwin St building, The University of Western Australia. "This symposium will explore the subject of courage and cowardice in the early medieval world, c.300-1100, across a range of disciplines."Deadline was 30 June 2010. Annual? See the Web site for more information. Also has a link to more conferences.
BARNARD MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE CONFERENCE
December 1, 2012. Barnard College, NYC. "Abstracts sought for potential papers on topics related to Charting the Future and the Unknown in the Middle Ages and Renaissance...Please submit an abstract (1 page) and (short) CV to Professor Phillip John Usher (MedRenConference@barnard.edu) by September 15, 2011." Please see the link for details.
International BOCCACCIO CONFERENCE
Held April 30 and May 1, 2010. Annual? University of Massachusetts, Amherst. This conference is intended to bring Boccaccio scholars together from various disciplines and approaches for the benefit of all the participants... Proposals for a paper or panel on any aspect of Boccaccio's life and work (in English or Italian) were due February 12, 2010 to Prof. Elsa Filosa, the ABA secretary, at elsa.filosa@vanderbilt.edu. Abstracts should be approximately 500 words and accompanied by a brief CV." See the handsome Web site for more information.
BULGARIAN ASSOCIATION OF BZANTINISTS AND MEDIEVALISTS
22-27 August 2011. Sofia, Bulgaria (a wonderful place) Organized by the Bulgarian Association of Byzantinists and Medievists, a collective member of the Association Internationale des Etudes Byzantines. See the Web site for more information.
BYZANTINE STUDIES CONFERENCE
21-23 October 2011 Chicago, the Lincoln Park campus of DePaul University.
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.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA CELTIC STUDIES CONFERENCE
Held 1-2 April 2011. "The 33nd Annual University of California Celtic Studies Conference." 2012?
CELTIC COLLOQUIUM
Held 8-10 October 2010. Thirtieth Annual Harvard Celtic Colloquium, Harvard University. About the same time each year. Proposals were due 15 May.
[CELTIC STUDIES] INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF CELTIC STUDIES
1-5 August 2011. National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland. "Held every four years, this is the main academic gathering of Celticists and has a very strong medievalist dimension...Offer of Paper: 1 Aug 2010 to 30 Nov 2010." Please see thr Web site for details.
26-27 April 2013. Theme: Boccaccio at 700: Medieval Contexts and Global Intertexts. "Papers should not exceed 20 minutes in length and may be delivered in English or Italian. Send abstracts and brief CVs by September 15, 2012, to (cemers@binghamton.edu). Inquiries may be directed to Professors Olivia Holmes (oholmes@binghamton.edu) or Dana Stewart (stewart@binghamton.edu)."
CENTRE FOR MEDIEVAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
Huge program. Check Conferences page for information.
COMICS GET MEDIEVAL AT KALAMAZOO: NEW PERSPECTIVES FOR INCORPORATING COMICS INTO MEDIEVAL STUDIES TEACHING AND RESEARCH
10-13 May 2012. "This session has been proposed in an effort to continue and expand upon the conversations initiated in our previous sessions at the Congress (in 2004 and 2008) on the potential uses of the comics in Medieval Studies teaching and research. In prior sessions, we have touched upon both the variety and vitality of the corpus of medieval-themed comics, medievalisms that have been in existence since at least the early part of the twentieth century and that continue to flourish in both the comics (in all its varied forms) and comics-related media, like adaptations into film and television, to this day. A number of characters and series celebrate significant anniversaries in 2012 (for example, Hal Foster's Prince Valiant will be 75; Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby's Thor 50; Roy Thomas and John Buscema's Dane Whitman, the modern-day Black Knight, 45; Dik Browne's Hagar the Horrible and Kirby's Etrigan 40; and Mike W. Barr and Brian Bolland's CAMELOT 3000 30), and we believe this is an ideal time to revisit this material at the Congress, a venue that has long been amiable to the furtherance of discussion of and debate on goals we have adopted representations of the medieval in popular culture...PROPOSALS BY 1 SEPTEMBER 2011 (EARLY SUBMISSION RECOMMENDED)".
COMITATUS: PURDUE MEDIEVAL STUDIES STUDENT ASSOCIATION
24-25 February 2012. 10th Annual Conference on Medieval Studies, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. Theme: North Atlantic Connections: Texts and Interpretations of the Medieval North. "We invite submissions of abstracts for papers on any topic that addresses cultural transmission and interaction in the medieval North Atlantic, from Nova Scotia to Scandinavia, from Iceland to Normandy. Presenters are welcome to discuss any period of the Middle Ages...Please submit an abstract of approximately 200 words to Erin Kissick (echall@purdue.edu) by December 15, 2011.
COMMUNICATING WITH THE SACRED: Visual Puns, Rebuses, and Codes: Words and Images in the Art of the Later Middle Ages (1200-1600)
10-13 May 2012. International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan. "Please send your abstract and a paper proposal form by September 15, 2011. Submission form: (http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html) Or to Sarah Blick at (blicks@kenyon.edu)." See the Web site for details.
THE CON-TEXT [sic] OF CHURCH DECORATION IN THE MIDDLE AGES
10-13 May 2012. International Congress on Medieval Studies inKalamazoo, Michigan. "The varieties of church decoration in the Middle Ages far exceed explanations offered by contemporary writers of their form and function. Scholars must look to the art itself--its placement, its form, and its content--to understand the role of images in spaces of communal worship. Questions of audience, access, and visibility complicate any such inquiry, but analysis of the texts read aloud in churches-- sermons, readings, and prayers--provides an immediate and directly relevant context...This session invites paper proposals from scholars of text as well as scholars of images to explore the relationship between the recited word and images in, around, and moving through churches. Please send your abstract, along with the paper proposal form (which you can find at www.wmich.edu/medieval/Assets/pdf/congress/PIF2012.pdf), to Kirsten Ataoguz at (kirstenataoguz@gmail.com) by September 15, 2011.
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!
CRUSADES AND VISUAL CULTURE
May, 2012. International Medieval Congress, Leeds, UK. "I am organizing, together with Laura Whatley, a series of sessions--probably as many as five--at the International Medieval Congress in Leeds in 2012 on the subject of crusades and visual culture in the West. The sessions intend to give a broad overview of the topic, so we welcome papers dealing with a variety of supports (manuscripts, mural paintings, sculpture, architecture, etc.) and examining different types of artistic interactions with the crusades (direct representations, allusions, borrowings from Islamic art, etc.). Chronological limit is broad as well: from the 12th to the 14th centuries. If you would be interested in giving a paper, please contact me [sic] at one of the following addresses: (elizabeth.lapina@durham.ac.uk) or (ealapina@yahoo.com)." No due date given; posted on MEDIEV-L@listserv.brown.edu 21 July 2011.
16-17 May 2012. Haifa University, Israel. "The aim of this conference is to highlight the various cross cultural aspects and the vehicles for their distribution according to the topics [listed on the linked Web site]. Please submit abstracts with a short C.V. to the organizing committee by 15 December 2011. Contact: Jeannine Horowitz, (horowitz@research.haifa.ac.il)
Ruthy Gertwagen, (ruthygert@gmail.com)
Emma Maayan-Fanar, (efanar@univ.haifa.ac.il)
16-19 February 2012. Tempe, Arizona. ACMRS. "We welcome papers that explore any topic related to the study and teaching of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and especially those that focus on this year's theme, both in literal and metaphorical manifestations...The deadline for proposals is 9:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time on 16 October 2011. Proposals must include audio/visual requirements and any other special requests. Subsequent a/v requests may not be honored without additional charge. In order to streamline the committee review process, submissions will only be accepted online from 1 June through 16 October 2011." See the Web site for details.
16-18 May 2012. University of Edinburgh, Scotland. "We invite abstracts of 250 words to be submitted to (gmaconference@gmail.com) by February 28, 2012. If you wish to be added to a mailing list or have questions regarding this conference, please contact the conference organizers, Heather Pulliam (h.pulliam@ed.ac.uk) and Emily Goetsch (E.Goetsch@sms.ed.ac.uk).
GARDENS AND NATURE IN MEDIEVAL ITALY
10-13 May 2012. 47th International Congress on Medieval Studies. Kalamazoo, Michigan. "Gardens and woods, tamed and wild nature, loci amoeni, horti conclusi are the spaces in which medieval society often moves in literary texts and visual representations, as part of an urban landscape and/ or outside city walls. We invite papers that explore natural spaces, their role and representation, in Italian literature and the visual arts between the thirteenth and fifteenth century. How do gardens and woods, enclosed and open natural places, function as real and ideal spaces; loci of love and of sin and perdition; finally, as rhetorical constructs? Send a 300 word max. abstract to Marina Della Putta Johnston, (johnston@sas.upenn.edu), together with a copy of the personal information form found at the following link, (http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/Assets/pdf/congress/PIF2012.pdf) by September 15. Please print the completed personal information form and send by mail or fax.
Marina Della Putta Johnston, PhD Assistant Director, Center for Italian Studies University of Pennsylvania 549 Williams Hall 255 South 36th Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Tel. 215 898 6040 Fax. 215 890 0933GENDER AND MEDIEVAL STUDIES CONFERENCE
Held 7-10 January 2010. University of Birmingham Theme: "Gender and the Family." [The conference] is geared as much towards postgraduate students as established scholars. Deadline for proposals was 30 September 2009. For more information please see the Web site.
GENDER AND TRANSGRESSION IN THE MIDDLE AGES
Held 23-24 April 2010. St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Scotland. "Now in its third year, the conference aims to create a lively and welcoming forum for postgraduate students and academic staff to build contacts, present research and participate in creative discussion on the topics of gender and transgression in the Middle Ages. We are especially keen to explore the ways in which these topics, frequently studied in reference to points of rupture or breakdown, may also be discussed in their relation to growth and change in the past...Please send abstracts for papers of approximately 300 words to: (genderandtransgression@st-andrews.ac.uk). The deadline for submission was 14th February 2010. Please see the Website ("Conferences") for more information.
GIFTS AND GIFT-EXCHANGE IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES
10-13 May 2012. International Congress on Medieval Studies Kalamazoo, Michigan. "Historians, anthropologists, literary critics, and other scholars of medieval Europe are researching and reflecting on gifts and gift exchange in a variety of new and interesting cultural contexts. At the same time, the work of theorists, philosophers, and theologians such as Marcel Mauss, Jacques Derrida, and John Milbank on the nature of "the gift" continues to exert influence on ideas of gift-giving outside the medieval period(s). This panel seeks to draw together scholars across disciplinary boundaries to share insights about gifts and gift exchange in a variety of contexts. Please send paper proposals of no more than 300 words, along with the completed Participant Information Form [see link above] to (elizabeth.harper@gmail.com), no later than September 15, 2011.
3-4 November 2012. Boston College. "The Society welcomes all paper proposals in fields and periods of the medieval past to which Charles Homer Haskins contributed, including but not limited to: Anglo-Saxon, viking, Norman, and Angevin history as well as the history of the neighboring peoples and territories. Proposals for complete sessions (three papers) and for individual papers will all be considered." Boston College, USA. "
ILLINOIS MEDIEVAL ASSOCIATION
Held 25-26 February, 2011. DePaul University, Chicago. The deadline for submitting proposals is October 1, 2010. See Web site for more information.
INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDIEVAL STUDIES SYMPOSIUM
Held 26-27 March 2010. Annual. Indiana University, Bloomington. Theme: The Foreign, The Familiar, and the Fantastic in the Middle Ages. Abstracts were due 2 February 2010.
13-16 February 2013. "...to be held under the organization's sponsorship in 2013 at the annual College Art Association. Session organizers and speakers must be ICMA members. Proposals for ICMA sponsorship should consist of a title, an abstract, and a CV. Thanks to a generous grant from the Kress Foundation, funds may be available to defray travel costs of sponsored session participants. Please direct all session proposals and inquiries by Aug. 25, 2011 to the Chair of the Programs Committee: Kirk Ambrose, Department of Art & Art History, 318 UCB, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0318, e-mail: (kirk.ambrose@colorado.edu)."
INTERNATIONAL JOAN OF ARC SOCIETY
10-13 May, 2012. Always held as part of the International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo.
INTERNATIONAL MEDIEVAL CONGRESS: LEEDS
9-12 July 2012. University of Leeds, UK. "Paper proposals must be submitted by 31 August 2011; session proposals must be submitted by 30 September 2011." See the Web site for more details.
LAMP OF PSYCHE: NUDITY AND DISCOVERY IN THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
15-18 March 2012. Rochester, NY. Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA). "This panel will address the relationships between nudity and the obeserver in the Greek mythology. It will examine the connection between the ancestral version of these myths and the (re)view of them in current contexts (literature and art). Please submit 200-300 words abstract to: (gspani@holycross.edu)." No due date for abstracts listed. Posted 24 August 2011.
[MANUSCRIPTS] LAWRENCE J. SCHOENBERG SYMPOSIUM ON MANUSCRIPT STUDIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Held 30-31 October 2009. For more information, please see the Web site.
MARIAN IMAGES: OBJECT AND CULT, 1200-1550
10-13 May 2012. International Congress on Medieval Studies Kalamazoo, Michigan. "The proposed session will bring together scholars studying Gothic images of the Madonna, building chronologically upon the session "In Gremio Matris: Medieval Sculpture and the Enthroned Madonna, 1000-1200", organized at the 46th Congress, 2011. The session is part of a larger initiative, currently gaining momentum in art history, to promote the close study of objects as primary sources of knowledge about the medieval world...Please send your abstract and a paper proposal form (see http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html) to (gerhardflutz@gmail.com) or (shirin.fozi@gmail.com) as early as possible (but not later than September 15, 2011!). Dr Gerhard Lutz." Contact for more details.
MEDIEVAL ACADEMY OF AMERICA
22-24 March, 2012. St Louis, Missouri. "Submission deadline is 1 August, 2011." Please see the linked Web site for details. "The Program Committee invites proposals for papers on all topics and in all disciplines and periods of medieval studies."
MEDIEVAL ART AND THE CULT OF THE DEAD
10-13 May 2012. Kalamazoo. The 47th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University. "The recent blockbuster exhibition 'Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe' brought together many of the sumptuous and glittering objects with which the cult of the dead was celebrated throughout the Middle Ages. The saints and holy figures of Eastern and Western Christendom were represented in a wide variety of media, from early medieval catacomb paintings and Byzantine icons, to the relics, reliquaries and tomb sculptures created during the later Middle Ages. We invite papers investigating all aspects of the representation of the cult of the dead in the Middle Ages, including icons, wall paintings, treasury arts, stained glass windows, tomb sculptures, monumental sculpture and manuscripts. We also invite papers exploring the ways in which these images were incorporated into the liturgy, pilgrimages and processions...Please send an abstract of no more than 500 words, along with a CV, to Alice Isabella Sullivan at (aisulli@umich.edu) [1] by September 15, 2011." See the link for details.
MEDIEVAL ASSOCIATION OF THE PACIFIC
30-31 March 2012. Santa Clara University, California. "Although the conference will not have a theme and papers on any topic relevant to our understanding of medieval culture will be welcome, we invite members to take advantage of the 800 year anniversary of Clare of Assisi's foundation of a community of women intent on following in the footprints of the poor and Christ through a life shaped by poverty, contemplation and community on Palm Sunday in March 1212. The deadline for submissions is 3 October, 2011." Please see the Web site for more information.
26-30 September 2012. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. "An area of multiple panels for the Film & History Conference on "Film and Myth...The Middle Ages have inspired some of the most enduring myths and legends of Western culture. Whether painted, on screen, in the bright colors of Camelot and The Adventures of Robin Hood or the drab grays and browns of Robin and Marian and Monty Python and the Holy Grail, they represent a world in which right and wrong, love and honor, heroism and villainy were clearly defined. Tales of larger-than-life medieval characters--whether adapted from original sources, or set in a wholly imagined middle ages--have been staples of film and television for generations. These medieval-themed narratives, featuring historical figures like Joan of Arc, beloved folk heroes such as Robin Hood, and worlds where dragons and other mythical beasts roam the Earth, have retold and adapted familiar stories of adventure, conquest, magic, and romance, while adding new ones to the ancient tradition...Proposals for complete panels (three related presentations) are also welcome, but they must include an abstract and contact information, including an e-mail address, for each presenter. Please e-mail your 200-word proposal by June 1, 2012:
L. Larson, Area Chair, 2012 Film & History Conference
"Medieval Magic, Myth, and Legend in Film and Television"
Our Lady of the Lake University
E-mail: llarson@ollusa.eduMEDIEVAL SICILY AS CULTURAL FRONTIER
10-13 May 2012. International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan. "This session is intended as an opportunity for focused discussion of medieval Sicily's complex history and, as such, an invitation to explore the interplay between various cultures of the medieval world. Papers that focus on any aspect of the dynamics between the island's numerous cultural influences (including Byzantine, Islamic, Norman, German, and French--and their associated religious cultures--are welcome. Please send paper abstracts of approximately 250 words to:
Dawn Marie Hayes Department of History Montclair State University 426 Dickson Hall Montclair, New Jersey 07043 E-Mail: (Dawn.Hayes@Montclair.edu) Fax: 973-655-3159 *Deadline: September 15, 2011*THE MEDIEVAL UNDEAD
10-13 May 2012. International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan. "We are looking for 20-minute papers on all varieties of the medieval and medievalist "undead": zombies, post-mortem miracle-working saints, reanimated corpses, kings' bodies, revenants, the sick and twisted, the corporeal as well as the disembodied, the literary and the historical, and the medieval itself as undead. Please send titles and abstracts of about 250 words to Tony Hasler (hasleraj@slu.edu) or Ruth Evans (revans19@slu.edu) by September 15.
MEDIEVAL WOMEN: COINING IDENTITY, SEALING POWER
10-13 May 2012. International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan. "...This session seeks to explore ways that medieval women used coins and seals to further their political and social ambitions. Intentionally broad in its focus and designed to transcend national and cultural boundaries, this session invites papers from late Antiquity through the 15th century that consider any aspect of this topic and/or shift the interpretive emphasis of what is conventionally thought of as medieval art, from aesthetic or formalist toward function, agency, presentation and reception. Papers extending disciplinary boundaries and utilizing interdisciplinary approaches and methodologies are particularly welcome. Abstracts...should be sent to Susan Solway at ssolway@depaul.edu (mailto:ssolway@depaul.edu). The deadline for submissions is September 15, 2011.
MEARCSTAPA (Monsters: the Experimental Association for the Research of Cryptozoology through Scholarly Theory And Practical Application)
10-13 May 2012. The 46th International Congress on Medieval Studies Kalamazoo, MI. Theme: You're So Juvenile: Monstrous Children in Medieval Culture. "In the medieval tradition, monsters serve as warnings, omens, portents, signs of the threshold between Us and Them, Here and There. Patrolling the borders of what is known and unknown, they signify all that humankind most fears and all that is possible beyond human understanding, good, bad and ugly in nature. As such, monsters inevitably are portrayed as decidedly non-human figures. But what about monstrous children? The presence of children problematizes the traditional Us-Other binary presented by most medieval monsters by normalizing them: children/offspring signify families; families signify communities, and this brings monsters into the realm of humanlike existence...Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be sent to Melissa Ridley Elmes: (madamemedievalist@gmail.com) Deadline for submissions to this session: July 15." Contact for more details.
MID-AMERICA MEDIEVAL ASSOCIATION
Held 27-28 February 2010. Conception Abbey, Missouri, located in NW Missouri near Maryville. "The theme of the conference will be "Monastic and Religious Life". More later about deadlines for papers, etc." [SIC]
18-22 June 2012. Almeria, Spain. "The call for papers is open to any researcher working on a doctoral thesis in History, Art History or Mediaeval Archaeology. Besides, proposals will be accepted from researchers expected to defend their doctoral theses on after 1 March, 2012. Proposals of papers can be sent to the Organizing Committe until November 11. -included- (I.CIIP.EM@hotmail.com) After evaluation, the acceptance of proposals will be communicated until November 25. For further , please go to http://i-ciip-em.blogspot.com/ Call for Papers Spanish/English available." See link above also.
MIDWEST MEDIEVAL HISTORY CONFERENCE
Held 1-2 October 2010. About the same time every year. Ohio State University in Columbus Ohio. This year's meeting is centered around the theme of "Medieval Church and Society," in honor of Joseph H. Lynch...Graduate students presenting will receive a $100 honorarium. Abstracts of 250-300 words may be sent via e-mail to both of the Program Co-Chairs, Phil Adamo at (adamo@augsburg.edu) and R.J. Stansbury at (stansbury_ronald@roberts.edu). Note admitted preference for historians: "Not that we don't enjoy the company of theologians, philologists, art historians, or literary critics..." I guess if you go, plan either to be very entertaining or very invisible. Deadline for submission was March 15, 2010.
NEW COLLEGE CONFERENCE ON MEDIEVAL-RENAISSANCE STUDIES
Held 11-13 March 2010. 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 conference's broad historical and disciplinary scope. Planned sessions are welcome. The deadline for abstracts was October 1, 2009. [N. B.: An excellent conference! Highly recommended by the editor!] For more information see the Website and contact:
- Nova Myhill (nmyhill@ncf.edu)
- Division of Humanities
- New College of Florida
- 5800 Bay Shore Road
- Sarasota FL 34243
NEW ENGLAND MEDIEVAL STUDIES CONSORTIUM GRADUATE STUDENT CONFERENCE
Held 4 April 2009. The 26th Annual Conference held at Yale University. Sorry about the wretched pdf.
12-13 April 2012.6th Annual. Theme: Nature and the Natural in the Middle Ages. "While we will entertain papers on any topic from any discipline of Medieval Studies-Art History, Religion, Philosophy, English, History, Foreign Languages, Music, we particularly welcome those that engage the multifaceted topic of Nature and the Natural in the Middle Ages, whether it be the visual representation of Nature, the written conveyance of the physical attributes of the natural environment to include water, the air, or the earth, or the spiritual philosophy of conservation and ecology. We encourage submission of papers that have been submitted and/or delivered elsewhere. The deadline for submission of a 300 word abstract is February 1, 2012. Selected full papers will be due March 30th. Contact:
- Abel@unt.edu or
- Dr. Mickey Abel
- Assistant Professor, Art History
- University of North Texas
- 1155 Union Station #305100
- Denton, TX 76203-5017
PATRISTIC, MEDIEVAL, AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES CONFERENCE
Held 22-24 October 2010. Villanova University. Theme: Mother of Mercy: The Figure of Mary in Theology and Culture. Deadline for submissions: May 28, 2010. Please visit *the Web site* for more details.
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR MEDIEVAL STUDIES CONFERENCE
Held 1 May 2010. Theme: "Perceptions of Medieval and Early Renaissance Scotland." For more information see the Web site.
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA GRADUATE CONFERENCE IN MEDIEVAL STUDIES
Held 6-7 February 2009. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Annual? No sign of it on the Web: 24 August 2009.
20-21 April 2012. Plymouth, New Hampshire. Theme: Prophecy, Divination, Apocalypse. Please see the Web site for details. Proposals are due 16 January 2012.
THE ROLE OF THE MEDIEVAL IN PICTORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY
10-13 May 2012. 47th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan. ..."Please send your inquiries and abstracts of no more than 300 words to (caroline.fuchs@univie.ac.at). The deadline for abstract submission is September 15, 2011. For further information about the conference including travel grants visit the following website: (http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/)". Please see link above for details.
16-18 APRIL 2012. Palermo, Italy. British Archaeological Association. "The theme is Romanesque and the Eastern Mediterranean, and the aim is to examine points of contact between the Latin West and the Byzantine and Islamic worlds in the 11th and 12th centuries. This took many forms, from the widespread importation of artefacts--textiles, ceramics, ivories and metalwork mostly--to a specific desire to recruit eastern painters and mosaicists, or emulate eastern Mediterranean forms and buildings, particularly those in Jerusalem. Crusading themes are likely to be important - as are commercial and artistic contacts with the southern Mediterranean--and the conference welcomes papers on interactions between Islamic and Christian cultures in Spain and North Africa, as well as in the eastern Mediterranean. Proposals for papers of up to 30 minutes in length should be sent to the conference convenor, Rosa Bacile, on (rosa.bacile@talk21.com) though decisions on acceptance will not be made until early 2011. The Conference will be held in the historic centre of Palermo from 16-18 April, with the opportunity to stay on for three days of visits to medieval buildings in and around Palermo from 19-21 April."
SAINT LOUIS CONFERENCE ON MANUSCRIPT STUDIES
Held 5-16 October 2010. Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri. Most proposals were due 15 April.
SEWANEE MEDIEVAL COLLOQUIUM 2009
Held 9-10 April 2010. "The City in Medieval Life and Culture" was the theme of the 36th annual Sewanee Medieval Colloquium, held at the University of the South.
10-13 May 2012. Sponsors sessions at the International Medieval Studies Congress at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. "As in the past, topics are open. One-page abstracts for 15-minute papers are invited relating to the history, literature, religion, art, archaeology, culture, and society of Late Antiquity (that is, is, the European, North African, and Western Asian world ca. 250-750). Attention should be given to how the paper relates to Late Antiquity as a discrete period with its own individual characteristics. Abstracts may be forwarded to Ralph Mathisen at (ralphwm@illinois.edu) and (ruricius@msn.com). Deadline for receipt of abstracts is September 15, 2011. Abstracts must be accompanied by a participant information form available at (http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/Assets/doc/PIF2012.doc)
SOCIETY FOR MEDIEVAL FEMINIST SCHOLARSHIP
"Publishes Medieval Feminist Forum and co-sponsors MEDFEM-L, an unmoderated forum for the discussion of feminist approaches to medieval studies..." See the Web site for details.
SOCIETY FOR THE MEDIEVAL MEDITERREAN
4-6 July 2011. Annual? Avenue Campus, Southampton University (UK). Theme: Cultures, Communities and Conflicts in the Medieval Mediterranean.
SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF THE CRUSADES
Held 7-10 May 2009. Part of the International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Check back for details on next year's conference.
SOUTHEASTERN MEDIEVAL ASSOCIATION
Held 18-20 November 2010. Roanoke, Virginia. Thirty-Sixth Annual Meeting. Sponsored by Virginia Tech and Roanoke College. "We welcome papers and panels dealing with all aspects of the Middle Ages, but we particularly encourage those examining elements of the natural, unnatural, and supernatural in the medieval world. As it does every year, the SEMA annual conference encourages submissions from all branc"?hes of medieval studies, including but not limited to history, art, science, philosophy, theology, archaeology, paleography, language, and literatures. Email proposals by July 1 to: (sema2010@scholar.vt.edu)
SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT UNIVERSITY MEDIEVAL CONFERENCE
Held 8 November 2008. Please see the Web site for more information. Appears to be dead: 7 February 2010.
SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF THE CRUSADES AND THE LATIN EAST
Held 28-31 August 2008, Avignon, France. Held every four years. Web site has links to other conferences and sites of interest.
TEXAS MEDIEVAL CONFERENCE
Held 24-26 October 2010. Southern Methodist University and other area groups. "The general theme is "Majesty, Memory, and Mourning in the Middle Ages," since the conference will be held in conjunction with the Dallas Museum of Art's exhibition of 15th-century mourners from the Dijon tomb of John the Fearless. Papers are welcomed on all aspects of medieval history and culture, including medieval art, languages, literature, medievalism, music, philosophy, religious studies, manuscript studies, gender studies-all studies! Check the TEMA website. Early submissions are greatly welcomed, but all workshop and session proposals and paper abstracts (150-300 words) must be submitted no later than August 20."
22-23 November 2012. Musee Gadagne in Lyon. "The goal of the conference is to reveal the richness and diversity of what the term 'luxury' embraced (and embraces) and to consider how specialist markets were gradually created and defined. Two specific approaches will be developed. On one hand, the focus will be on people and goods; on the other, it will be on points of sale and the material and symbolic power deriving from this particular sector of the economy...Abstracts due 31 December 2011. See the website at (http://calenda.revues.org/nouvelle20791.html)."
TRENDS AND TASTE IN MEDIEVAL ART
10-13 May 2012. Kalamazoo, Michigan. "The study of style has always been important in art historical research as a category of analysis. In this session, we will consider a related idea, stylishness, and its social, contextual, and artistic in medieval art (construed most broadly to include European artistic production between 400 and 1500 CE). Throughout the history of art, patrons and artists have been inspired by what is trendy, or "of the moment" as they choose a style, medium, or subject matter. Our paticular interest is in the medieval world, where scholars have traditionally paid great attention to style in terms of defining broad stylistic movements or tracing producers via hand analysis, but little attention to what individual artists or patrons considered to be artistcally desirable or avant-garde. What are the larger implications for the history of medieval art of a grouping of artistic choices around a trend or desire to be current? Papers might address how and why particular trends rose to prominence; the impact of patrons' taste on artistic production; the roles of models and imitation in the spread of trendsa; or the ability of trends to express the status or identity of those who followed them. Interested participants should submit proposals of no more than 300 words and a participant information form" (at the link above). Submissions due: 15 September 2011. Contact: Sarah Thompson, Assistant Professor of Art History, Rochester Institute of Technology, (setfaa@rit.edu)
THE TUSK AND THE BOOK: THE SALERNO/AMALFI IVORIES AND MEDITERRANEAN CONTEXS
29 June-1 July 2012. Florence, Italy. Kunsthistorisches Institut. Please see attached Web site for details. Deadline for proposals: 15 September 2011.
UNCANNY ANIMATIONS: PERFORMING OBJECTS, AUTOMATA, AND BEYOND
10-13 May 2012. Kalamazoo, Michigan. "This session will interrogate a variety of animated objects-- puppets, theatrical props, automata--that, in the Middle Ages, existed either in reality or in literary and visual imagination. Recent interest in automata and performing objects has yielded fascinating interdisciplinary research that engages with questions of viewership, theatricality, and uncanniness--all issues to be investigated in this session that will focus on various animations of inert matter. Possible topics include inventions of self-moving objects, such as those proposed by Villard de Honnecourt and found at the courts of Strasbourg and Burgundy; performance props that include Crucified Christ with movable arms, Madonnas with movable wombs, or the mechanized Magi employed at the cathedral of Strasbourg; statues, discussed in visionary accounts, miracle stories, exempla, and convent chronicles, that come to life and move, speak, and pour out various liquids; literary narratives that feature descriptions of complex automata; and manuscripts from the East that contain verbal and visual descriptions of various animated objects. Please send your abstract, along with the paper proposal form (which can be found here: http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/submissions/index.html),to Elina Gertsman at (exg152@case.edu), by September 15, 2011.
UNORTHODOX IMAGERY AND VERNACULAR THEOLOGY IN THE LATER MIDDLE AGES
22-24 March 2012. Medieval Academy of America Annual Meeting, Saint Louis University. Saint Louis, Missouri. "This session seeks papers that address the ability of images to express potentially controversial or unorthodox theological ideas generated by an intellectually vibrant late medieval vernacular culture. Papers might explore apparently idiosyncratic personal theologies evident from images in lay hands, or chart the role of images in bringing previously obscure or contentious ideas into the mainstream. They might also examine revealing instances in which church authorities expressed discomfort with particular images, or in which they attempted to control troubling imagery through reinterpretation, alteration, censorship, iconoclasm or other means..." LOTS of application requirements: write for them to Sherry Lindquist (Sherrylindquist@hotmail.com) and to Tom Madden at (maddentf@slu.edu). Everything due: 1 August 2011.
USAGE OF MODELS IN MRDIEVAL BOOK ILLUMINATION
10-13 May 2012. Kalamazoo, the 47th International Congress on Medieval Studies. "...The session focuses on theoretical approaches dealing with medieval concepts of imitation and copying as well as on aspects of Art-production referring to the criteria of selection of certain exempla for iconography, style or the internal structure in miniatures. The above issue could be raised not only in terms of artistic handicrafts, politics and culture dealing with the organization of workshops and the existence of cultural networks, or with the authority and the status of donators and Scriptoria. In addition, the focus will be on whether the decision for certain models depended on diachronic factors like hagiography and the need for composition structures to create new picture cycles. Did artists use models of book illumination in other Art genres like wall painting, too, for the only reason that they were easier available? It could be questioned if models were used with the intention of being recognizable by the commissioner and/or the viewer. All these aspects are circling around the issue whether the function of miniatures and the underlying text remained the same during the course of time. The aim of this session is to contribute to the discussion which factors and pictorial strategies were involved in the constitution and alteration of Canons of Art in Medieval Times. Please send your abstract of no more than 300 words to Monika Mueller, Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbuettel: (mueller.hab.de). The deadline for abstract submission is September 15, 2011. For further information about the conference including travel grants, please visit the following website: (http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress/)
VAGANTES: Medieval Graduate Student Conference
Held 3-5 March 2011. University of Pittsburgh. "This conference is affiliated with the Medieval Academy of America. Vagantes is one of the largest conferences in North America for graduate students studying the Middle Ages. Vagantes aims to provide an open dialogue among junior scholars from all fields of medieval studies. The conference features two faculty speakers, twenty-four student papers, and an audience of approximately 100 people. Eachyear, presenters from backgrounds as varied as Comparative Literature, Archaeology, Art History, Classics, History, Anthropology, English, Philosophy, Manuscript Studies, Musicology, and Religious Studies come together to exchange ideas. In this manner, Vagantes fosters a sense of community for junior medievalists of diverse backgrounds, and because the conference does not have a registration fee, this community can flourish within the margins of a graduate student budget. Abstracts for twenty-minute papers are invited from graduate students working on any medieval topic.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA COLLEGE AT WISE MEDIEVAL-RENAISSANCE CONFERENCE XX
Held 24-26 September 2009. Wise, Virginia. "For more information, please visit the website. PLEASE MAKE A STABLE WEB SITE
SUMMER INSTITUTE ON CONDUCTING ARCHIVAL RESEARCH
Held 7-11 June 2010. George Washington University in Washington, D.C. "Ph.D. students from any discipline working on dissertations involving archival research (particularly in relatively newly accessible archives) are invited to apply to participate in the 8th annual Summer Institute on Conducting Archival Research (SICAR)... The deadline for applications was February 25, 2010." Will they do this again? Please see the Web site for more information.
Publication Possibilities
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- DIFFERENT VISIONS: A JOURNAL OF NEW PERSPECTIVES.
Available online.
- THE HEROIC AGE. "a fully peer-reviewed academic journal." Latest issue posted August, 2010.
- JOURNAL OF ICON STUDIES. We are soliciting original papers in all areas of the study of icons, including inter-disciplinary and comparative studies, and not limited just to icons from Russia. Topics can be historical, linguistic, iconographic, regional, etc." See also: (http://www.museumofrussianicons.org).
- THE MEDIEVAL IN NEW AGE AND NEOPAGAN MOVEMENTS. "We welcome contributions to a collection of essays tentatively entitled "Intuiting the Past: New Age and Neopagan Medievalisms." Scholars of Religious Studies, Gender Studies, Art History, Music History, and Cultural Studies, as well as historians and literary critics, are particularly encouraged to contribute...Abstracts of approximately 500 words and a brief academic bio should be sent to Dr. Karolyn Kinane at (kkinane@plymouth.edu) by December 1, 2011." See the link for details.
- MEDIOEVO ADRIATICO
"The topics for Medioevo Adriatico are history and culture of the Adriatic in the Middle Ages (V-XV century). See the Web site for details.
- POSTMEDIEVAL: A JOURNAL OF MEDIEVAL CULTURAL STUDIES
A new journal. Currently, free essays are available online.
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