Author Archives: Roisin Astell

CFP: ‘WORK: Traces, Constellations, Valuations’, 8th Forum Kunst des Mittelalters (Bochum/ Dortmund 2026), deadline 15 October 2025

Papers are invited for submission for this year’s Forum Kunst des Mittelalters, on the theme: ‘WORK: Traces, Constallations, Valuations.’

John W. Baldwin Post-Doctoral Fellowship, deadline 3 November 2025

The UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies is pleased to announce a John W. Baldwin Post-Doctoral Fellowship for a recent Ph.D. whose work focuses on European medieval studies within the global comparative context.

Jon Cannon Memorial & Book Launch at Bristol Cathedral, 16 Oct 2025, 18:30 – 20:30 (BST), Bristol Cathedral

This event marks the launch of Jon Cannon’s final book, The Stones of Britain — a profound exploration of how geology has shaped the landscapes and history of our island. Interwoven with reflections on place, home and belonging, it is Jon’s definitive work and a moving legacy.

CFP: ‘Rethinking Popular Religion from Late Antiquity to the Early Medieval Period’, deadline 30 September 2025

Abstracts are invited for the conference ‘Rethinking Popular Religion from Late Antiquity to the Early Medieval Period’, which will take place in Venice in March 2026.

Online conference: British Archaeological Association Post-Graduate Online Conference, 27 Nov 2025, 12.20pm-17.30pm (GMT)

The British Archaeological Association are excited to present a diverse conference which includes postgraduates and early career researchers in the fields of medieval history of art, architecture, and archaeology. The British Archaeological Association postgraduate conference offers an opportunity for research students at all levels from universities across the UK and abroad to present their research and exchange ideas.

Lecture Series: British Archaeological Association Programme of Meetings 2025-2026

The British Archaeological Association holds regular monthly lectures on the first Wednesday of each month between October and May in the rooms of the Society of Antiquaries of London, Burlington House and online.

Call for submissions: Edited Volume: ‘The Senses and the Elements. Water, Fire, Air and Earth as Sensorial Triggers in Medieval Religious Contexts’, deadline 15 October 2025

Submissions are invited for the edited volume ‘The Senses and the Elements. Water, Fire, Air and Earth as Sensorial Triggers in Medieval Religious Contexts’. Deadline is 15 October 2025.

CFP: ‘New Research on the Art and Architecture of Medieval Parish Churches’, International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo 2026, deadline 15 September 2025 

Papers are invited to this panel session, ‘New Research on the Art and Architecture of Medieval Parish Churches’, which will take place at Kalamazoo’s International Congress on Medieval Studies in 2026.

Deadline for submissions is 15 September 2015.

CFP: ‘Instrumenta altaris’. Ritual Artefacts and Their Images for Medieval Liturgy, Madrid 2026, deadline 1 October 2025

Applications are invited for the conference ‘Instrumenta altaris’. Ritual Artefacts and Their Images for Medieval Liturgy, which takes place in Madrid next year.