Upcoming Conferences
Conference: ‘The Bayeux Tapestry Now’, Swedenborg House, London, 7 November 2026
Join The Medieval Dress And Textile Society for an insightful one-day symposium titled “The Bayeux Tapestry Now,” on November 7, 2026, at Swedenborg House, London.
Conference: ‘‘Filth and health’: hygiene and sanitation in the Middle Ages’, Great Hall at Barts Hospital, London, Friday 26 Jun 2026
The British Archaeological Association, the Friends of Barts Heritage and the Friends of Great St Bartholomew are delighted to invite you to this event on Friday, 26 June 2026 in aid of the fundraising campaign for new loos at the church of Great St Bartholomew and in memory of Professor Peter Fergusson.
Conference Programme: ‘Dancing Women, Performing Bodies. Sensual Culture, Experience and Images (10th–17th Centuries)’, Campus Condorcet, Paris, 5-7 May 2026
Exploring the intersection of gender, movement, and sensory history, the ‘Dancing Women, Performing Bodies’ conference (Paris, 5–7 May 2026) investigates the cultural significance of the female body in dance from the 10th to the 17th centuries.
Conference: ‘Multispectral Gaze: New Approaches to the Cotton Genesis’, British Library, 19 June 2026
The British Library is hosting an interdisciplinary conference, titled “Multispectral Gaze: New Approaches to the Cotton Genesis,” to celebrate the launch of newly digitised images of the Cotton Genesis manuscript, which unveil previously unseen details and foster new research opportunities.
Conference: Courtauld Medieval Postgraduate Colloquium: ‘Memory and Medieval Material Culture’, Friday 6 March 2026
Join the Courtauld Institute of Art for their annual Postgraduate Colloquium on Friday 6 March 2026.
Conference: ‘When Materials Meet: Intermateriality in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period’, Krems an der Donau, Austria, 2-4 March 2026
The Institute for Medieval and Early Modern Material Culture Studies (IMAREAL, University of Salzburg), announces the international conference “When Materials Meet. Intermaterialität in Mittelalter und Früher Neuzeit”, to be held from 2 to 4 March 2026 at Krems an der Donau, Austria.
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Recorded Conferences
Recorded Conference: British Archaeological Association Postgraduate Conference 2020
This year the conference took place online via Zoom across two days. Whilst we would have loved to have hosted the conference in-person, the silver lining is that we were able to have scholars and academics across the world attend and present their work. So fear not if you missed out – as we recorded…
Conference recording: Secret Spaces: Medieval Sacristies, Vestries, Treasure Rooms and their Contents, Society of Antiquaries of London, 25 February 2019
On the 25th February 2019, the Society of Antiquaries of London hosted a one-day conference on Secret Spaces: Medieval Sacristies, Vestries, Treasure Rooms and their Contents. The aim of this conference is to introduce the subject of ecclesiastical treasure houses to both the academic world and the wider public. You can now watch the entire…
Conference Call for Papers
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.
CFP: BAA Post-Graduate Conference, deadline 31st July 2026
The BAA invites proposals by postgraduates and early career researchers in the field of medieval history of art, architecture, and archaeology. Papers can be on any aspect of the medieval period, from antiquity to the Later Middle Ages, across all geographical regions.
CFP: ‘Lacuna. Conservation, Law, and the Ethics of the Incomplete’, Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rome, deadline 11 May 2026
Submissions are invited for the conference ‘Lacuna. Conservation, Law, and the Ethics of the Incomplete,’ taking place at the Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rome from December 2-5, 2026.
CFP: 9th Interdisciplinary Doctoral Workshop on Medieval Sacred Spaces (MiSaR), deadline 30 April 2026
The 9th Interdisciplinary Doctoral Workshop on Medieval Sacred Spaces (MiSaR) invites early-career researchers to present their work and engage in discussions about medieval sacred spaces.
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