CFP: ‘Creating the Sacred at Court. Sensorial Practices and Experiences in Europe (1300–1800)’ (Bratislava, 21-23 Sep 26), deadline 15 May 2026
Papers are invited for this conference on sacred art at the court. Deadline is 15 May 2026.
CFP: Harmondsworth600: Celebrating six centuries of the Great Barn at Harmondsworth, deadline 20 March 2026
2026 marks the 600th anniversary of the construction of the ‘New Barn’ at Harmondsworth, the largest surviving medieval timber-framed barn in England. To celebrate this remarkable example of medieval architecture, English Heritage and the Friends of the Great Barn at Harmondsworth are hosting a conference in the Barn and the adjacent church of St Mary.
CFP: ‘Locus Sacratissimus: From Object to Place. The Eucharistic Reservation between the Fourth Lateran Council and the Council of Trent’, International Conference on Art and Liturgy, University of Cádiz (October 2026), deadline 6 April 2026
The III International Conference on Art and Liturgy at the University of Cádiz invites paper proposals by April 6, 2026, that explore the transformation of the Eucharistic tabernacle between the Fourth Lateran Council and the Council of Trent, emphasising its theological and artistic significance.
CFP: ‘Forma Scientiarum: Image (&) Translation’ (University of East Anglia, 17 March 2026), deadline 2 March 2026
Expressions of interest are welcome for this upcoming Collaborative Study Day: ‘Forma Scientiarum: Image (&) Translation’ at the University of East Anglia. Deadline is 2 March 2026.
CFP: ‘The Purple and the Book: Precious Manuscripts from Late Antiquity to Renaissance’ (Turin, 18-20 November 2026), deadline 28 February 2026
Submissions for the November 2026 conference ‘The Purple and the Book: Precious Manuscripts from Late Antiquity to Renaissance’ are now welcomed. Deadline 28 February 2026.
CFP: ‘Material Memory and the Provenances of Medieval Artefacts’ (Berlin, 3-4 September 2026), deadline 15 March 2026
The conference ‘Material Memory and the Provenances of Medieval Artefacts’ invites papers that explore how medieval objects and materials retain and convey memories of their origins, incorporating perspectives on provenance, material agency, and the relationships between humans and their environments.
CFP: ‘Different Differentiations. Logiche e pratiche della differenziazione sociale attraverso i secoli’, deadline 15 February 2026
The conference invites young scholars to engage in interdisciplinary discussions on social differentiation from historical, archaeological, and art-historical perspectives, exploring its complexities and implications across various research areas such as history, archaeology, and art history.
CFP: The Long Middle Ages (A New Seminar Series Hosted at the University of Leeds), deadline 28 November 2025
A new interdisciplinary seminar series for postgraduate students and early career researchers on the Long Middle Ages invites submissions for 20-30 minute papers, with seminars commencing in early 2026 at the University of Leeds, in a hybrid format.
CFP: ‘Tractive Forces’ Potentials of Art in the Trecento Workshop of the DFG-Centre for Advanced Studies ‘Imaginaria of Force’, Warburg-Haus Hamburg (6-8 May 2026), deadline 15 December 2025
The DFG-Centre for Advanced Studies ‘Imaginaria of Force’ is calling for papers for a workshop on ‘Tractive Forces’ in fourteenth-century Italian art, exploring the dynamics of attraction and engagement between art and its viewers, to be held in May 2026. Deadline for submissions is 15 December 2025.
CFP: IX Congreso Internacional ‘O Camiño do Medievalista: ‘Ex labore fructus’, Santiago de Compostela, deadline for submission 1 December 2025
The IX Congreso Internacional ‘O Camiño do Medievalista’ in Santiago de Compostela invites submissions from PhD students and recent graduates on various aspects of Medieval Studies, with proposals due by December 1, 2025.
CFP: ‘Memory and Medieval Material Culture’, Courtauld Medieval Postgraduate Colloquium, deadline 14 December 2025
The Courtauld Medieval Postgraduate Colloquium invites PhD candidates to submit proposals exploring the intricate relationship between memory and medieval material culture, with a focus on artworks, buildings, and the socio-political agendas surrounding them, by December 14, 2025.
CFP: ‘Materialising the Holy. Matter, Senses, and Spiritual Experience in the Middle Ages (12th-15th century)’, University of Padua (6-8 May 2026), deadline 31 October 2025
The University of Padua is hosting the 4th International Multidisciplinary Conference on “Materialising the Holy,” exploring the interplay of materiality, sensory experience, and spiritual practices in the Middle Ages from 6-8 May 2026, with proposals due by 31 October 2025.
CFP: ‘Elevating the Word. Bimah – Ambo – Minbar – Pulpit as Spaces of Sacred Speech’, deadline 31 October 2025
The international conference seeks paper proposals, focusing on the acoustic and architectural dimensions of the Bimah, Ambo, and Minbar.
CFP: ‘Carrying Across: Translation as Material Practice in the Pre/Early Modern World,’ AAH 2026 Annual Conference (8–10 April 2026), deadline 2 November 2025
This session at the AAH 2026 Annual Conference invites papers exploring how portable objects function as means of translation across cultural and temporal boundaries.
CFP: ‘Animal Representation in the Global Middle Ages: Bridging the Natural and Social Worlds’ (AAH Conference Panel), deadline 2 November 2025
Abstracts are invited for the session ‘Animal Representation in the Global Middle Ages: Bridging the Natural and Social Worlds’, which will take place at the next Association for Art History Conference.
CFP: ‘Confounding Images: Frustration as Art Historical Method’, Association for Art History 2026 Annual Conference, University of Cambridge (8-10 April 2026), deadline 2 November 2025
Submissions are invited for the session ‘Confounding Images: Frustration as Art Historical Method’, which will take place at the Association for Art History 2026 Annual Conference.
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.
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.
CFP: ‘Music and the Visual Arts’, 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.
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