Conference: ‘When Materials Meet: Intermateriality in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period’, Krems an der Donau, Austria, 2-4 March 2026

Haus der Regionen, Krems an der Donau, Austria | 2–4 March 2026

The Institute for Medieval and Early Modern Material Culture Studies (IMAREAL, University of Salzburg), announces the international conference “When Materials Meet. Intermaterialität in Mittelalter und Früher Neuzeit”, to be held from 2 to 4 March 2026 at the Haus der Regionen, Steiner Donaulände 56, 3500 Krems an der Donau, Austria.

Held within the framework of IMAREAL’s research focus on Intermateriality, the conference examines the interactions and entanglements of two or more different materials. Materials rarely appear as isolated entities; rather, natural and artificial substances typically occur in conjunction with others. Artefacts are frequently composed of multiple materials, and within processes of social evaluation and semiosis, materials are brought into relational configurations with one another.

Intermateriality is understood as a conceptual framework for these diverse material relationships. The event seeks to bring together perspectives from different disciplines in order to contribute to the further development of this framework and to provide an initial impetus for the establishment of an interdisciplinary research network.

Further information, including the conference programme and practical details, is available via the IMAREAL website.