The International Conference “Claustrum: Art, Iconography and Spirituality in Medieval Franciscan Convents,” scheduled for October 23-24, 2026 in Santarém, Portugal, invites researchers to submit proposals on themes related to medieval Franciscan art, spirituality, and ecology by 4 September 2026.
Category Archives: Call for Papers
CFP: ‘Picturing Entanglements: Transcultural Creatures in Medieval Eurasian Art’, CAA 2027 Session (deadline 31 August 2026)
This call for papers invites scholars to explore how zoomorphic imagery in medieval Eurasian art (500-1500 CE) serves as a vehicle for transcultural exchange and artistic innovation, with submissions due by August 31, 2026, for a session at CAA 2027.
CFP: ‘Connected Communities in Motion. Itineraries and Material Culture across the Norman Worlds’, International Medieval Congress, Leeds 2027 (deadline 14 September 2026)
The Route des Normands Association invites proposals for linked sessions at the 2027 International Medieval Congress in Leeds, focusing on the material culture and consequences of mobility across the Norman worlds, exploring themes of architecture, artistic production, liturgy, and networks of patronage. The deadline is 14 September 2026.
CFP: ‘Performing Communities: Regular Canons Between History, Art, and Liturgy (11th–15th Centuries)’, International Medieval Congress, Leeds 2027 (deadline 14 September 2026)
Papers are invited for the Leeds IMC 2027 that explore the identities, practices, and relationships of regular canons from the 11th to 15th centuries, focusing on their communal life and influences across various fields such as history, liturgy, and art.
Call for Papers: The Middle Ages in Modern Games @ Leeds IMC 2027 (Deadline: 13 September 2026)
The Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Research at the University of Winchester is pleased to sponsor The Middle Ages in Modern Games strand at the Leeds International Medieval Congress, 5 to 8 July 2027. This strand examines the use of social groups, hierarchies, and other themes related to the congress theme of “Communities” in theContinue reading “Call for Papers: The Middle Ages in Modern Games @ Leeds IMC 2027 (Deadline: 13 September 2026)”
CFP: ‘The Art of the Choir in the Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean World’, deadline 30 September 2026
The University of Cyprus is inviting submissions for a hybrid international conference on ‘The Art of the Choir in the Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean World,’ focusing on art, performance, and cultural exchange in choir spaces from c. 1000 to 1600, with abstracts due by 30 September 2026.
CFP: ‘Tapestry, Power and Representation in the Sixteenth-Century Low Countries’, Tournai, deadline 8 July 2026
Contributions are invited for an international study day on the theme of “Tapestry, Power and Representation” focusing on two armorial tapestries from the 1530s, exploring their significance within the context of noble representation, chivalric culture, and visual language in the sixteenth-century Low Countries.
CFP: ‘Medieval Art in Silesia’ (Wrocław, 3-5 December 2026), deadline 28 June 2026
The call for papers invites submissions for ‘Medieval Art in Silesia’, focusing on new research and interpretative approaches to Silesian medieval art within the context of broader Central European art history.
‘Ritualizing Rome: Visual Culture, Space, and Liturgy’, The Norwegian Institute in Rome (University of Oslo), deadline 15 June 2026
The workshop invites scholars to submit contributions exploring the interplay between ritual practices, visual culture, and architecture in Rome from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages, with a focus on interdisciplinary research. Deadline is 15 June 2026.
CFP: ‘Ruling, Building, and Praying. Secular Authority and Religious Architecture in the Mediterranean between the 12th and 13th Centuries’, deadline 15 June 2026
Papers are invited to for ‘Ruling, Building, and Praying,’ an interdisciplinary conference exploring the intersection of secular power and religious architecture in the 12th- and 13th-century Mediterranean. Deadline 15 June 2026.
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