Author Archives: Roisin Astell

CFP: ‘Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out: Psychedelic Approaches to Medieval Objects’, International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo 2026, deadline 15 September 2025

Papers are invited to this panel session, which will take place at Kalamazoo’s International Congress on Medieval Studies in 2026.

CFP: ‘Agencies and temporalities in complex artefacts from religious communities (c.1000-1600)’, Leeds International Medieval Congress 2026, deadline 19 September 2025

Abstracts are invited for this panel session that will take place at Leeds International Medieval Congress in 2026.

CFP: ‘The Spatial Turn in Medieval Studies’, Leeds International Medieval Congress 2026, deadline 19 September 2025

Abstracts are invited for this panel session that will take place at Leeds International Medieval Congress in 2026.

CFP: ‘A Sensory History of Devotion in the Late Medieval Mediterranean World’ (ICMS, Kalamazoo 2026), deadline 15 September 2025

This panel invites papers on Christian devotional practices in the late medieval Mediterranean that foreground the senses. This session will be part of the 2026 International Congress on Medieval Studies.

CFP: ‘Across Seas, Across Cultures: The Transmission of Female Saint Cults from East to West’, Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America, deadline 10 August 2025

Papers are invivted for the session ‘Across Seas, Across Cultures: The Transmission of Female Saint Cults from East to West’ which will be at the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America in San Francisco, 19-21 February 2026.

CFP: ‘Troubling Desires: Queer and Trans Approaches to Medieval Art’, Congress of the Swiss Association of Art Historians, deadline 12 September 2025.

Submissions are invited for the session ‘Troubling Desires: Queer and Trans Approaches to Medieval Art’ for the 2026 Swiss Congress for Art History.

CFP: ‘Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Medieval Roofing Systems from Europe to the Christian East’ (ICM Leeds 2026), deadline 14 September 2026

Papers are invited for this panel that focuses on the roofing systems of medieval architecture. Deadline for applications is 14 September 2025.

CFP:  ‘Contesting the Sacred: Profanation, Theft, and Claims over Religious Images’ (ICMS Kalamazoo 2026), deadline 13 September 2025

Papers are invited for this session that investigates the complex dynamics involving sacred images and relics in the medieval period, focusing on profanation, theft, and disputes over ownership that reshaped their spiritual, social, and cultural significance. Deadline is 13 September 2025.