Call for Papers: Law, Custom and Ritual in the Medieval Mediterranean (Lincoln, July 2015)

Call for Papers: Law, Custom and Ritual in the Medieval Mediterranean Fourth biennial conference of the Society for the Medieval Mediterranean University of Lincoln, 13-15 July 2015 Deadline: 18 October 2014 We are pleased to announce that the fourth biennial conference of the Society for the Medieval Mediterranean will take place at the University ofContinue reading “Call for Papers: Law, Custom and Ritual in the Medieval Mediterranean (Lincoln, July 2015)”

CFP: The Eye of the Dragon: Viewing a Medieval Iconography from the Other Side (Kalamazoo 2015), deadline 15 September 2014

This panel calls for papers that will look at the slayer iconography from the position of the slain rather than the slayer. It seeks papers that will approach the image visually and conceptually from bottom up and explore alternative and innovative interpretations.

Call For Journal Submissions: Emotion and Affect (Hortulus, Fall 2014 Issue)

Call for Journal Submissions: Hortulus (Fall 2014 Issue): Emotion and Affect  Deadline: 15 August 2014 (extension possible) Hortulus: The Online Graduate Journal of Medieval Studies is a refereed, peer-reviewed, and born-digital journal devoted to the culture, literature, history, and society of the medieval past. Published semi-annually, the journal collects exceptional examples of work by graduateContinue reading “Call For Journal Submissions: Emotion and Affect (Hortulus, Fall 2014 Issue)”

Call for Papers: Biennial London Chaucer Conference: Science, Magic and Technology (London, 10-12 July 2015)

Call for Papers: Biennial London Chaucer Conference: Science, Magic and Technology London, Senate House, Institute of English Studies, 10-12 July 2015 Deadline: 1 September 2014 Papers are sought on all aspects of ‘Science, Magic and Technology’ in late medieval literature and culture and particularly within Chaucer studies. Approaches might include: The presentation of scientific ideas in mythContinue reading “Call for Papers: Biennial London Chaucer Conference: Science, Magic and Technology (London, 10-12 July 2015)”

CFP: Renewal in the Cults of Saints, 1050-1300 (Leeds 2015)

Call for Papers: Renewal in the Cults of Saints, 1050-1300 International Medieval Congress, Leeds, 6-9 July 2015 Deadline: 25 August 2014 We are seeking proposals for papers on the topic of renewal, reinvention and reinterpretation in the cults of saints in the period 1050-1300. Possible topics might include, but are not limited to: The reinvention ofContinue reading “CFP: Renewal in the Cults of Saints, 1050-1300 (Leeds 2015)”

Conference: Le XIe centenaire d’Aght‘amar. Politique, art et spiritualité au royaume du Vaspurakan (Paris, 22-23 September 2014)

Conference: Le XIe centenaire d’Aght‘amar. Politique, art et spiritualité au royaume du Vaspurakan Paris, Institut des Études Avancées and Fondation Simone et Cino del Duca (Institut de France), 22-23 September 2014 Programme Colloque international organisé par l’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, l’Institut d’Etudes Avancées de Paris et l’Université John Cabot de Rome.  En 915, le roi Gagik ArtsruniContinue reading “Conference: Le XIe centenaire d’Aght‘amar. Politique, art et spiritualité au royaume du Vaspurakan (Paris, 22-23 September 2014)”

Call for Applicants: Resident Researchers 2015 (Madrid, Casa de Velázquez)

Call for Applicants: Resident Researchers 2015 (Madrid, Casa de Velázquez) Deadline: 30 September 2014 The Casa de Velázquez in Madrid is taking applications for “Resident Researchers” for 2015. Resident Researchers may be affiliated with French or non-French universities and research institutes, and can propose a stay of between one and ten months. Resident Researchers will receive accommodation,Continue reading “Call for Applicants: Resident Researchers 2015 (Madrid, Casa de Velázquez)”

Call for Applicants: Medieval Mediterranean PhD Program (Universidad de Alicante, Spain)

Call for Applicants: Medieval Mediterranean PhD Program Universidad de Alicante, Spain Application period: 1 July – 15 September 2014 The University of Alicante (Spain) is taking applications for their PhD program in Intercultural and Historical Transferences in Medieval Mediterranean Europe. This doctoral program is convened under the auspices of ISIC-IVITRA (http://www.ivitra.ua.es) (Ref. ISIC/2012/022), of theContinue reading “Call for Applicants: Medieval Mediterranean PhD Program (Universidad de Alicante, Spain)”

New Journal: Convivium: Exchanges and Interactions in the Arts of Medieval Europe, Byzantium, and Mediterranean

New Journal: Convivium. Exchanges and Interactions in the Arts of Medieval Europe, Byzantium, and Mediterranean (Seminarium Kondakovianum Series Nova)Deadline for Article Submission: March and November each year Convivium restarts and continues the glorious Seminarium Kondakovianum, the journal of the institute founded in memory of Nikodim Kondakov in 1927, which represented the desire to maintain and deepen Kondakov’s pioneeringContinue reading “New Journal: Convivium: Exchanges and Interactions in the Arts of Medieval Europe, Byzantium, and Mediterranean”

Call for Papers: Moving Women, Moving Objects 300-1500 (Kalamazoo 2015)

Call for Papers: Moving Women, Moving Objects 300-1500  ICMA-sponsored session at the International Congress on Medieval Studies Kalamazoo, Michigan, 14-17 May 2015 Deadline: 15 September 2014 As we examine medieval works of art like manuscripts, reliquaries, and jewels, today anchored and spotlighted in their museum vitrines, it is easy to imagine these sumptuous objects atContinue reading “Call for Papers: Moving Women, Moving Objects 300-1500 (Kalamazoo 2015)”