After Chichele: Intellectual and Cultural Dynamics of the English Church, 1443 to 1517

Saint Anne’s College, 56 Woodstock Rd, Oxford OX2 6HS, United Kingdom
28.06.2017 – 30.06.2017

An international conference organised by the Faculty of English, University of Oxford, this event builds on the success of the 2009 Oxford conference, After Arundel: Religious Writing in Fifteenth-Century England, which resulted in a book of essays (ed. by Vincent Gillespie and Kantik Ghosh) that vigorously interrogated the nature of religious and intellectual culture in England in the long fifteenth century. After Chichele adopts a similar investigative and interdisciplinary approach. The period has been chosen precisely because the inner workings of English intellectual and religious life during these years have proved challengingly resistant to the formation of grand critical narratives. What are the chief currents driving the intellectual and cultural life of the church in England during this period? What happened to intellectual questioning during the period, and where did the Church’s cultural life express itself most vividly? What significant parochial, regional, national and international influences were brought to bear on English literate practices? In order to address these questions, the conference will adopt an interdisciplinary focus, inviting contributions from historians, literary scholars, and scholars working on the theology, ecclesiastical history, music and art of the period, and it is expected that a wide range of literary and cultural artefacts will be considered, from single-authored works to manuscript compilations, from translations to original works, and from liturgy to art and architecture, with no constraints as to the conference’s likely outcomes and conclusions. It is intended that the conference should generate a volume of essays similar to After Arundel in scope, ambition and quality.

Middle Ages in the Modern World

Manchester University
28.06.2017 – 01.07.2017

Every other year a group of scholars organize a multidisciplinary conference on medievalism in the post-Middle Ages, MAMO. The third will be held in Manchester in July 2017
MAMO 3 – the Middle Ages in the Modern World
Submission of proposals for panels, roundtables, and individual papers are invited by 30.09.2016. Panels can consist of three short papers (20 minutes) or four of fifteen minutes’ duration; roundtables should consist of no more than six speakers.  Abstracts and proposals should not exceed 250 words and should be sent, as attachments in Word, to mamo.conference@manchester.ac.uk.

Women’s Literary Culture and The Medieval Canon

Women’s Literary Culture and The Medieval Canon. International Conference organised as part of the international Network: Women’s Literary Culture and the Medieval Canon.
University of Bergen
22.06.2017 -24.06.2017

This international conference is organized by Professor Diane Watt and Dr Laura Saetveit Miles as part of the Leverhulme International Network: Women’s Literary Culture and the Medieval Canon. For further information please visit the network website.

Over the last three decades medieval women’s writing has become a significant focus of innovative research. Yet, despite this wealth of ground-breaking scholarship, the established canon of medieval  literature has remained fundamentally unchallenged. This conference will explore the importance of considering women’s engagement with textual culture in understanding the medieval literary canon. While the network has hitherto focused largely on English texts and traditions, the organisers welcome papers that focus on European sources. Deadline for CfP: 15.09.2016

Lineage, Loyalty, and Legitimacy in Iberia and North Africa (600­-1600)

Lineage, Loyalty, and Legitimacy in Iberia and North Africa (600­-1600)
Saint Louis University
19.06.2017 – 21.06.2017
Deadline for CfP: 15.12.2016

The Center of Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Saint Louis University in conjunction with the Medieval Iberia and North Africa Group at the University of Chicago invite abstracts for an upcoming conference, “Lineage, Loyalty, and Legitimacy in Iberia and North Africa (600‐1600),” to be held at the SLU campus on June 19‐21, 2017 during the 5th Annual Symposium of Medieval and Renaissance Studies. The aim of this subconference is to build on recent scholarship which has sought to move beyond notions of “the state” as a mode of inquiry in Iberian and North African studies, and to promote instead a more holistic, interdisciplinary approach to the study of the politics, cultural production, and religious practices of these regions. Toward that end, this conference will bring together scholars from a range of disciplines in order to facilitate conversations about the relationships between politics, historiography, art, literature, and religion in medieval and early modern Iberia and North Africa.

Fifth Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies

The Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Saint Louis University
St. Louis, MO
19.06.2017 – 21.06.2017
Deadline for CfP: 31.12.2016

The Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies provides a convenient summer venue in North America for scholars in all disciplines to present papers, organize sessions, participate in roundtables, and engage in interdisciplinary discussion. The goal of the symposium is to promote serious scholarly investigation of the medieval and early modern worlds. We invite proposals for papers, sessions, and roundtables on all topics and in all disciplines of medieval and early modern studies. Proposals from learned societies and scholarly associations are particularly welcome. The deadline for proposals submissions is December 31. The plenary speakers for this year will be Christopher Baswell, of Barnard College and Columbia University, and Bruce Campbell, of Queen’s University, Belfast.

MAY

Bishops’ Identities, Careers and Networks

Bishops’ Identities, Careers and Networks
Centre for Scandinavian Studies, University of Aberdeen
26.05.2017 – 27.05.2017

Bishops were powerful individuals who had considerable spiritual, economic and political power. To be a bishop was to be a leader who might crown kings or foment rebellion. So who became bishops? What were their family backgrounds, educational attainment, social networks? What was the impact of international Church events such as the Great Schism or the Council of Basle on the types of bishop appointed in individual dioceses? This conference brings together scholars studying medieval bishops and their networks from across Europe, including Spain, Italy, Portugal, France, Poland, the British Isles and Scandinavia. The aim of this two-day conference, funded by an AHRC Early Career Research Grant, is to stimulate discussion on how individuals achieved a bishopric in Europe, including Scandinavia and the British Isles. An edited volume is the planned outcome for the conference. Keynote speakers include Professor Steinar Imsen (NTNU), Professor Sverrir Jaboksson (University of Iceland), Professor Kirsi Salonen (University of Turku) and Dr Katherine Harvey (Birkbeck). Check out Programme and Registration

Le XIXe siècle en lumière: redécouverte et revalorisation de l’enluminure médiévale en France au temps du livre industriel

Le XIXe siècle en lumière
Rennes, Université Rennes 2
18.05.2017 – 19.05.2017

Moins connu que la réhabilitation de l’architecture gothique ou la redécouverte des tableaux des Primitifs, le regain d’intérêt pour l’enluminure médiévale fut pourtant l’une des manifestations majeures du vaste mouvement de « retour au Moyen Âge » qui gagna l’Europe presque toute entière au XIXe siècle. Mais si ce phénomène est aujourd’hui bien identifié pour l’Angleterre et la Belgique, les recherches spécifiques sur la France demeurent encore peu nombreuses malgré un patrimoine exceptionnel.

En lien avec l’exposition Trésors enluminés de Normandie qui se tiendra au Musée des Antiquités de Rouen du 5 décembre 2016 au 19 mars 2017, ce colloque a pour ambition d’établir une première synthèse d’envergure sur la connaissance et la compréhension que les Français avaient de cet art, des années 1800 jusqu’à la veille de la première guerre mondiale, en envisageant le problème sous tous ses aspects, depuis la bibliophilie jusqu’aux entreprises éditoriales, en passant par les travaux d’érudition ou encore la pratique artistique.

The Rethinking of Religious Belief in the Making of Modernity

The American University in Bulgaria, Blagoevgrad
30.05.2017 – 01.6.2017

The relationship between religious belief and modernity has been interpreted in different ways by intellectual historians. Some historiographical currents argue that modern secular societies developed thanks to the gradual emergence of such ideas as “reasonableness”, “natural religion” and “toleration” among certain religious movements of reform and renewal from the Late Middle Ages to the twentieth century. Other sections of historiography maintain that the making of modernity was produced by a process of secularization, which benefited from the spread of intellectual and cultural currents that, in the Age of Enlightenment, held essentially atheistic and materialistic ideas in philosophy and republican, democratic views in politics. Still others have seen modernity as emerging both from and against a religious, and specifically Christian, worldview, given that the rethinking of several religious concepts, texts and institutions since the Renaissance eventually had secularizing consequences. Please submit all paper and panel proposals, in English, using the online submission form by 31 December 2016.

The Medieval Iberian Treasury in the Context of Muslim-Christian Interchange

The Medieval Iberian Treasury in the Context of Muslim-Christian Interchange
Princeton University, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies
19.05.2017 – 20.05.2017

In collaboration with the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas in Madrid and Princeton’s departments of Art & Archaeology and History, the Index of Christian Art will sponsor a two-day interdisciplinary conference, “The Medieval Iberian Treasury in the Context of Muslim-Christian Interchange,” on 19-20 May 2017.

The medieval treasury offers an extraordinary material witness to the desires, aspirations, and self-conception of its creators. Treasuries could function as sources of gifts (and obligations) for their allies, as prestigious private storehouses for ostentation before an elite audience, or as financial reserves that could be made use of in times of need. Luxury items from non-Christian cultures, such as the many Islamic objects that found their way into church treasuries, or those made from materials of great intrinsic value, such as ivory, gold, silver, or silk, became even more valuable if the piece were turned to a sacred use. We will examine these dimensions of the treasury by giving special emphasis to the rich holdings of the royal-sponsored monastery of San Isidoro de León in northern Spain. Taken as a whole, both texts and objects offer a rich body of evidence for interdisciplinary investigation and serve as a springing point for larger questions about sumptuary collections and their patrons across Europe and the Mediterranean during the central Middle Ages. Hosted at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, the conference brings together international and US scholars from multiple disciplines and professions, with specializations including Islamic law and sumptuary production, Christian chronicles, patronage and royal studies, identity and gender studies, and political history across the cultures of medieval Spain. The diversity of questions and perspectives addressed by these scholars will shed light on the nature of treasury collections, as well as on the broad efficacy of multidisciplinary study for the Middle Ages. For further information, contact Pamela Patton: ppatton@princeton.edu

Living on the Edge: Transgression, Exclusion, and Persecution in the Middle Ages

Living on the Edge: Transgression, Exclusion, and Persecution in the Middle Ages
Barcelona, 17–19 May 2017.

It is widely accepted that the essence of a manuscript cannot be fully grasped without studying its marginalia. Glosses, the most medieval of techniques, sit on the margins of the text and clarify it, adding a whole new dimension to it and becoming an inextricable part of its content. Similarly, no society can be fully understood without knowledge of what lies on its margins, for the outliers of any given culture provide us with just as much information as its alleged foundational principles. In a time when the Western world ponders building walls up against perceived threats and frightening differences, it seems especially important to recall that it is mostly through tearing down walls that we learned our way forward.The conference “Living on the Edge: Transgression, Exclusion, and Persecution in the Middle Ages” aims to address the widespread medieval phenomenon of transgression as both a result of and the cause for the exclusion and persecution of those who were considered different. We invite papers from postgraduate and early career scholars that explore social, gender, sexual, religious, political, intellectual, and artistic transgression, as well as those that analyse the different instances of exclusion and persecution of individuals and communities in the medieval period. We welcome scholars from a range of disciplines, including history, philology, art history, philosophy, and archaeology to submit proposals for 20 minute papers. Please email an abstract of no more than 300 words to congress.ardit@ub.edu before 31st January 2017 including your personal details (name, affiliation, and contact address). The main language of the conference will be English but papers in Catalan, Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese are also welcome. With the support of: Institute for Research on Medieval Cultures (IRCVM – Universitat de Barcelona)
Master’s Programme in Medieval Cultures (Universitat de Barcelona)Doctoral Programme in Medieval Cultures (Universitat de Barcelona) and the Vice-Rectorate for Academic Policy, Students and Quality (Universitat de Barcelona)

Kalamazoo 2017

International Congress on Medieval Studies
11.05.2017 -14.05.2017

Hosted by Western Michigan University’s Medieval Institute, the International Congress on Medieval Studies is an annual gathering of around 3,000 scholars interested in medieval studies. The congress features  550-575 sessions of papers, panel discussions, roundtables, workshops and performances. There are also some 100 business meetings and receptions sponsored by learned societies, associations and institutions. The exhibits hall boasts nearly 70 exhibitors, including publishers, used book dealers and purveyors of medieval sundries. The congress lasts three and a half days, extending from Thursday morning, with sessions beginning at 10 a.m., until Sunday at noon.

APRIL

Architectural Representation in the Middle Ages

Architectural Representation in the Middle Ages
University College, Oxford
07.04.2017 – 08.04.2017

The architectural remnants of the Middle Ages—from castles and cathedrals to village churches—provide many people’s first point of contact with the medieval period and its culture. Such concrete survivals provide a direct link to the material experience of medieval people. At the same time, exploring the ways in which architecture was conceptualized and depicted can contribute to our understanding of the ideological and imaginative worldview of the period. This two-day conference is intended to facilitate discussion and collaboration on all aspects of architectural representation, understood broadly to encompass actual, symbolic, or imaginary architectural features, whether still standing today, observable in the archaeological record, or surviving only through depiction in literature or art. The conference is interdisciplinary in outlook, and we hope to welcome papers from across the spectrum of academic disciplines, including literature, history, art, theology, and archaeology.

The Material Culture of Religious Change and Continuity, 1400-1600

University of Huddersfield

11.04.2017 – 12.04.2017

 

The Material Culture of Religious Change and Continuity, 1400-1600 11-12 April 2017 at the University of Huddersfield, UK 2017 marks the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther nailing his 95 theses on the Wittenberg Church. From that date, religion in Europe had profound changes. One such change was how people viewed, interacted and created visual and material objects related to religious devotion. This conference aims to bring together medievalists and early modernists approaching religion on either side of the Reformation together.

Family and Power in the Middle Ages

Family and Power in the Middle Ages
Canterbury Christ Church University
North Holmes Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1QUo7.04.2017 – 08.4.2017

Topics of the conference include, but are by no means limited to: Gender, Social and cultural history, Households and estates, Childhood and the life cycle, Emotion, Familial hierarchies, Power at all levels of society, Families in times of war.  Proposals between 250–300 words for individual 20 minute papers relating to the conference theme. Keynote speakers: Prof. Lindy Grant and Dr. Jennifer Ward. Please send abstracts to: familyandpower2017@gmail.com. Deadline: Please send abstracts by Friday 2nd December 2016. Applicants will be notified regarding the acceptance of their paper by late January 2017.

Objects and Possessions: Material Goods in a Changing World 1200-1800.

Avenue Campus, University of Southampton, UK.
03.04.2017 – 06.04.2017

This interdisciplinary conference looks at material culture across a long timeframe in order to explore the worlds of goods and objects across Europe and its overseas colonies, the connections and relationships facilitated by the exchange of goods, the importance and interpretation of the inheritance of goods and objects, and the ways in which goods brokered relationships between Europe and the wider world in the period. The aim is to deepen our understanding of how goods ‘worked’ in a variety of social, economic and cultural contexts. We know a great deal about real property and the possession of land, but comparatively little about goods and chattels and their connections, and how these developed across a long timeframe. Over the period 1200‒1800 there were great changes in the type, range and availability of goods, from the finest items of the elite, the work of craftsmen on an individual basis, to the manufacture and widespread availability of cheap and utilitarian goods and equipment. Keynote speakers include Dr Chris Briggs (Cambridge), Professor Giorgio Riello (Warwick) and Professor James Walvin (York).

Economic History Society Annual Conference 2017.

Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
31.03.2017 – 02.04.2017

The conference programme committee welcomes proposals on all aspects of economic and social history covering a wide range of periods and countries, and particularly welcomes papers of an interdisciplinary nature. Registration, sessions, accommodation and meetings will all be located on campus. Please note that residential delegates will be allocated ensuite bedroom accommodation. deadline for CfP is 05.09.2016

MARCH

The Secret and the Hidden in the Middle Ages

Geheimnis und Verborgenes im Mittelalter
University of Bonn
19.03.2017 – 22.03.2017

Secrets constitute society and culture; their “invention […] is the formative act of culture” (Aleida and Jan Assmann). The limits of the knowable form a clear line between the common knowledge of a society or culture, that is to say between what everybody knows (about each other), and the stock of knowledge restricted to a few. Secrets themselves, as well as those limits, are as integral to cultures as are the limitations of knowledge attainable only through human curiosity, like the arcana of nature. Likewise, the limits of knowledge about matters, which are conceived of as being not (yet) knowable and which do not reveal themselves entirely in revelations (such as the nature of the otherworld or the attributes of God), for example, play a similar role. Non-Christian religions, in particular, often demonstrate an ambivalence towards secrets. The symposium aims to investigate the function of these phenomena in different “medieval” (hence: pre-modern European and non-European) forms of society. The veil, the door, the mirror, the treasure and the book are recurrent manifestations of the secret. Furthermore, the concept and phenomenon of the hidden can be connected with spaces and objects beyond one’s kin and to their respective functions in societies, such as treasure chambers or the objects retained in them. Individuals and groups of people put out of reach are often surrounded by mystery and belong to this category.

48th Annual Conference of the Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies

48th Annual Conference of the ASPHS
New York 16.03.2017 – 19.03.2017
Sponsored by New York University
deadline for CfP: 05.12.2016

The 48th Annual Conference of the ASPHS will take place on 16-19 March 2017 on the campus of New York University in New York, NY. The ASPHS invites session proposals for panels and/or individual presentations on any aspect of Iberian and Iberian-Atlantic history, art history, or literature. The typical panel will include three papers, a chairperson, and a discussant.  We welcome proposals for roundtable discussions of a particular work or theme.  Proposals should include a 200-word abstract for each paper and a one-page curriculum vitae for each participant, including chairs and discussants. Please include each participant’s name and e-mail address, along with any requests for audio/visual equipment or other special requirements. Participants in the conference must be members of the ASPHS.  Graduate students presenting a paper for the first time at an ASPHS conference will receive a free membership for their first year, but must still submit the necessary paperwork.  Membership information may be found on the website of ASPHS.  Please direct further questions about membership to the Membership Secretary, Scott Eastman (seastman@creighton.edu).

State-Rooms of Royal and Princely Palaces in Europe

State-Rooms of Royal and Princely Palaces in Europe (14th-16th c.): Spaces, Images, Rituals
Lisbon/Sintra
15.03.2017 – 17.03.2017
Organised by Heraldica Nova

From the fourteenth to the sixteenth century, European monarchies saw a  gradual centralisation of power. This was accompanied by the dissemination of political ideas that contributed to the making of a  new image of the prince, which relied on visual instruments to assert  and construct the prince’s sovereign power. Royal and princely residences were at the centre of this phenomenon. In these privileged spaces, the sovereign accommodated an expanding entourage, and received messengers and guests from other courts .  Consequently, it was in these buildings that court society developed in  the first place. It is therefore not surprising that these palaces played an important part in the self-representation of the sovereign and his court, be it by the arrangement of the spaces and their permanent and ephemeral decoration, or by the common and extraordinary rituals that took place here. In these spaces, designated state-rooms appeared to be vital for constructing an effective image of the monarchy. They were an essential, often architecturally separate part of the palatial structure. Their decors, particularly during ceremonies, reflected political interests and ambitions that were essential to the image of the prince. Outside such ceremonies, state-rooms frequently served as a meeting place of the court, or even as a point of interest to be seen and commented on by spectators and panegyrists. By placing a particular emphasis on the decor of those state-rooms, this workshop aims to increase our insights into the relations between the architecture, decoration, and rituals of monarchical power in state-rooms from the late middle ages to the beginning of the early modern period.

The Medieval Brain Workshop

The Medieval Brain Workshop.
University of York
10.03.2017 – 11.03. 2017.

As we research aspects of the medieval brain, we encounter complications generated by medieval thought and twenty-first century medicine and neurology alike. Our understanding of modern-day neurology, psychiatry, disability studies, and psychology rests on shifting sands. Not only do we struggle with medieval terminology concerning the brain, but we have to connect it with a constantly-moving target of modern understanding. Though we strive to avoid interpreting the past using presentist terms, it is difficult – or impossible – to work independently of the framework of our own modern understanding. This makes research into the medieval brain and ways of thinking both challenging and exciting. As we strive to know more about specifically medieval experiences, while simultaneously widening our understanding of the brain today, we much negotiate a great deal of complexity.

In this two-day workshop, to be held at the University of York on Friday 10th and Saturday 11th March 2017 under the auspices of the Centre for Chronic Diseases and Disorders, we will explore the topic of ‘the medieval brain’ in the widest possible sense. The ultimate aim is to provide a forum for discussion, stimulating new collaborations from a multitude of voices on, and approaches to, the theme.

Sewanee Medieval Colloquium.

Sewanee Medieval Colloquium.
10.03.2017 -11.03.2017

The Sewanee Medieval Colloquium invites papers engaging with the space of the margin and the border in all aspects of medieval cultures.

Located atop the Cumberland Plateau, on the 13,000-acre campus of the University of the South, the Sewanee Medieval Colloquium is a place for conversation, for colloquy: it allows for the sharing of ideas, the testing of new work, and the forming of new relationships. Surrounded by bluffs and forest coves, Sewanee’s neo-Gothic campus offers a beautiful and intimate setting for academic conversation about the past and the future. Our small size and careful organization means that the work of everyone who comes to deliver a paper at the Sewanee Medieval Colloquium will find engagement and response. We never have more than three concurrent sessions, so that every paper has an audience, Also, every panel has a respondent, usually a major figure in the field, to offer extended comment on each paper and the session as a whole. We also know that many doctoral students and adjuncts, and, more and more, professors in general, receive little to no support to attend professional conferences. However, conferences are the places at which scholarship happens for so many in our profession. The Sewanee Medieval Colloquium offers the opportunity for medieval scholars across various disciplines to converse with each other on a theme, to hear lectures, to share papers, and to take part in seminars, to find and to bring challenging new perspectives, to build friendships and encourage collaboration.

Encounters and Re-imaginings: Medieval Scandinavia and the World.

Berkely University
03.03.2017 – 04.03.2017

Scandgrads, the graduate organization affiliated with the Department of Scandinavian at the University of California, Berkeley is proud to announce an interdisciplinary graduate student symposium: From the shores of Vínland to the halls of Byzantium, the Norse travelled widely and encountered many cultures-which in turn influenced Norse society at home. Traces of these journeys can be found in the archaeological record, saga narratives, and modern interpretations thereof. Moreover, continental ideas and literary forms-from romances to saints’ lives-informed Scandinavian intellectual and everyday life. The organizing committee welcomes papers exploring encounters and re-imaginings across the Old Norse world, as well as echoes and influences of medieval Scandinavia in modern contexts. Any student or early career researcher is welcome to submit a proposal related to the conference theme in areas of study including but not limited to: literary studies, material culture, migration, law, politics, religious studies, reception studies, linguistics, and textual studies.
All interested applicants are encouraged to submit an abstract of 200 words to the organizing committee at scandgrads@gmail.com by August 31, 2016.

NOS-HS (Nordisk samarbetsnämnd för humanistisk och samhällsvetenskaplig forskning), exploratory workshop project “The Hansa in the North – Cultural and Social Transformations. A Reassessment”

Social Networks, Cultural Communication and Everyday Life: the Hansa and beyond

Social Networks, Cultural Communication and Everyday Life: the Hansa and beyond
University of Tampere, Finland
Workshop II
02.03.2017 – 04.03.2017

Scandinavia and the wider Nordic area were in many ways a core region of Hansa activities, but the nature and significance of the connections with the Hansa is still a matter of debate, with valuations differing widely. Historiography was the main topic of the first workshop of our NOS-HS project, organised by Carsten Jahnke (University of Copenhagen) in Höör, Skåne in June 2016.
The second workshop, organised by Christian Krötzl at the University of Tampere in March 2017, will focus on the role of social networks and cultural communication in society, in local communities and in everyday life situations, with the aim of mapping future research fields, too. How did Hansa merchants, craftsmen and their families interact with the local population, socially, culturally and on an everyday level? How did the situation in and around separate merchant settlements (as in Bergen) differ from those many Northern towns, where Hansa merchants were an integrated part of the urban community? How did Hansa craftsmanship and cultural influences spread to the rural areas and communities? Most towns in the Northern and Baltic areas were multicultural and multilingual entities. How did various ethnic, cultural and linguistic groups interact with Hansa merchants and craftsmen? Did identities change or even merge?
How were the family and gender roles shaped and modified? How did everyday life change and transform in various social groups? Did Hansa merchants and craftsmen adapt to local customs, and viceversa? Which kind of interaction was to be observed in religious life and what was the impact of Hansa networks in spreading religious and cultural influences? Knowledge transfer, from basic education and professional training to university studies is an important area to be reassessed, too.

Participants may include researchers from different stages, senior scholars, as well as early career researchers. The workshop is sponsored by the NOS-HS, so expenses can be covered, if your paper is accepted. Participation is possible also with external funding.

FEBRUARY

Paradigm Shifts During the Global Middle Ages and Renaissance – 23rd Annual ACMRS Conference (2017)

23rd Annual ACMRS Conference
09.02.2017 – 11.02.2017
Embassy Suites Phoenix-Scottsdale Hotel, 4415 E Paradise Village Pkwy S, Phoenix, AZ 85032

Online submission date(s): 
Friday, April 1, 2016 to Friday, December 2, 2016
ACMRS  welcomes papers that explore any topic related to the study and teaching of the Middle Ages and Renaissance and especially those that focus on the general theme of “Paradigm Shifts during the Global Middle Ages and Renaissance.” 
In 2017 the conference will be open to students and members of the general public who may be interested in attending. Email acmrs@acmrs.org with any questions.

ANZAMEMS 2017 focus on the theme of mobility and exchange.

ANZAMEMS 2017,
Wellington, New Zealand
07.02.2017 – 10.07.2017

CFP closes 1 September, 2016

ANZAMEMS, The biennial conference of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies will be held at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, on 7-10 February 2017, on the theme of mobility and exchange.

We welcome paper and panel proposals addressing any aspect of this theme, including: social, cultural, and intellectual exchange, the circulation of texts, ideas, and people
commercial and mercantile exchange, legal interchange, transport and transportation, rural and urban mobilities, pilgrimage, exploration, and migration, transglobal and trans-temporal medievalisms and early modernisms. Plenary speakers: Dr Erin Griffey (Art History, Auckland), Professor Martha Howell (History, Columbia), Professor Lorna Hutson (English Literature, St Andrews), Professor Cary Nederman (Political Science, Texas A&M University).

Art and the Reformation Colloqium in Los Angeles

Art and the Reformation Colloqium in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, Getty Research Institute,
02.02.2017 – 03.02.2017

The Getty Research Institute presents a two-day international scholarly colloquium featuring new discoveries and insights into art and the Reformation. The program is organized in cooperation with colleagues from the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, and the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen München on the occasion of the exhibition Renaissance and Reformation: German Art in the Age of Dürer and Cranach, on view at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

JANUARY

First Conference of Byzantine and Medieval Studies

First Conference of Byzantine and Medieval Studies
Nicosia, Cyprus
13.01.2017 – 14.01.2017
Deadline for CfP: 01.10.2016

The Byzantinist Society of Cyprus invites papers to be presented at the First Conference of Byzantine and Medieval Studies, to be held in Nicosia, Cyprus, on Friday, 13 and Saturday, 14 of January 2017. Scholars, researchers and students are encouraged to present their ongoing research, work-in-progress or fieldwork report on any aspect of the history, archaeology, art, architecture, literature, philosophy and religion of Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean during the Byzantine, Medieval and Ottoman periods. The languages of the conference will be Greek, English, French and German.

Encountering the Material Medieval

Encountering the Material Medieval
St. Andrews
19.01.2017 – 20.01.2017Deadline for CfP: 15.011.2016

The University of St Andrews School of Art History in collaboration with the St Andrews Institute of Medieval Studies (SAIMS) present Encountering the Material Medieval, an interdisciplinary conference on materiality and material engagements with the medieval, taking place on 19-20 January 2017 in St Andrews, Scotland. Beyond the digital humanities, we are interested in material engagements with the medieval. This takes place in the library, where we encounter manuscripts in an intimate, skin-to-skin contact; during fieldwork, when we need to crouch in order to enter a medieval altar; in one’s own kitchen, when we try to reproduce a recipe freshly transcribed from a manuscript; or on the fairground, where we can hold in our own hand a replica of medieval pottery.

Gender, Places, Spaces, Thresholds

17th Conference organised by the UK organisation: Gender and Medieval Studies
Christ Church University, Canterbury
12.01.2017 -15.01.2017
Keynote speakers: Anthony Bale, Leonie Hicks, Sheila Sweetinburgh
Deadline for CfP:  07.09.2016

We are looking for papers that explore the relationships between gender and medieval geographical, cultural, social, spatial, and imagined locations – as well as those which explore aspects of gender and liminalities. In viewing the materiality of place and space through the lens of gender, we wish to encourage both cross- and trans-disciplinary discourses concerning how gender is rendered stable and unstable via networks, objects (relics for example), individuals, communities, and exchanges in the Middle Ages.

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