Music as Text and Music as Image
Danielle Trynoski reports on ‘Music as Text and Music as Image’ by Susan Boynton at the Medieval Academy of America and Medieval Association of the Pacific Conference
Calls for Papers: Alfonso VIII and Eleanor of England
To be held in Madrid, from November 12-14, 2014
Medieval Congress begins next week
One week from today the 49th International Congress on Medieval Studies will officially get underway. This is the largest gathering of academic medievalists in the world, drawing over 3000 scholars to Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo.
Teaching the Middle Ages to K-12
Daniele Trynoski reports on Teaching the Middle Ages to K-12: Sites of Encounter in the Medieval World: The History Blueprint Approach
Call for Papers: Pre-modern Queenship and Diplomacy in Europe
Call for Papers: Pre-modern Queenship and Diplomacy in Europe Canterbury Christ Church University on 12-13 September 2014 (Deadline for CFP, 30 April 2014). This…
The Medieval Academy of America Annual Meeting – A Recap
Want to know what a medieval conference is like? Our correspondent, Danielle Trynsoki, attended the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America, which was held this month in Los Angeles, California. She reports back about the papers, the people and the food at one of this year’s most important events for medievalists.
Call for Papers: Moving Women, Moving Objects (300-1500) (ICMA CAA 2015)
CFP: Moving Women, Moving Objects (300-1500) (ICMA CAA 2015)
Conference Report: The Material Middle Ages
Dayanna Knight reports on The Material Middle Ages: An International Graduate Student Conference, which was held at the University of California – Berkeley
Call for Papers: Medieval and Renaissance Lost Libraries
The 2014 conference of CILIP’s Library and Information History Group will have the theme ‘Medieval and Renaissance Lost Libraries’. It will be held at Senate House in London on Saturday 12 July 2014.
Conference: Guthlac of Crowland: Celebrating 1300 Years
You are invited to attend Guthlac of Crowland: celebrating 1300 years’ in London, 10-11 April 2014.
Call for Papers: 16th Congress of Danses Macabres d’Europe
The Association aims at studying Danses macabres and its related themes: the Encounter between the three living and the three dead, the Triumph of Death, Ars moriendi, futility, and eschatological themes such as the Last Judgement.
The 2014 Harlaxton Symposium: The Plantagenet Empire, 1259-1453
This year’s Harlaxton Symposium will be taking place from Tuesday July 15th to Friday July 18th at Harlaxton Manor in Harlaxton, Lincolnshire, UK.
Ten Papers to Look Forward to at Leeds 2014
The International Medieval Congress will be held this year at the University of Leeds from July 7th to July 10th.
Medievalists gather in New Zealand for conference
Medieval scholars from around the world are meeting over the next couple of days at Massey University in New Zealand to discuss urban issues in the Middle Ages, such as infrastructure, immigration and crime.
Call for Papers: ‘To Die Would be an Awfully Big Adventure’: The Glory and the Gore of Death and Horror Through the Ages
Abstracts are now being invited for the 10th annual Medievalism Transformed conference at the University of Wales, Bangor, a one-day interdisciplinary event sponsored by the School of English Literature.
Ten papers to look forward to at KZoo 2014
The schedule for the 49th International Congress on Medieval Studies, which will be held at Western Michigan University from May 8-11, 2014 has now been released.
Conference: Death in Scotland, from the medieval to the modern: beliefs, attitudes and practices
The conference is organised in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh and takes place 31 Jan. 2014 – 2nd Feb 2014. Our aim is to take a look at Scottish history from a different angle by concentrating on beliefs, attitudes and practices of death.
Did Orderic Vitalis Have a Concept of Violence?
When Orderic writes that something happened violently, it was because he was expressing a judgment on whether or not this was a legitimate use of force.
Call for Papers: Making Knowledge in Medieval and Early Modern Culture
Conference to be held at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill from April 4th-5th, 2014.
Call for Papers: The Authors, Editors and Audiences of Medieval Middle Eastern Texts
Conference to be held at the University of Cambridge on 1st-2nd September 2014
Was Theoderic a Great Builder?
Or was he a great recycler?
Call for Papers: Medieval Secrets and Mysteries
Conference at the University of Victoria, February 28 ‐ March 1, 2014
Mine, mine, mine! Marking Medieval Manuscripts, Then and Now
Why are there modern ink stamps on medieval manuscripts?
Bede on the Life of St. Felix
If the eighth-century Anglo-Saxon writer Bede had the chance to rework a Saint’s life, what changes would he make and how would he make it more relevant for his audience?
Call for Papers: Catastrophes and the Apocalyptic in the Middle Ages and Renaissance
20th Annual Arizona Center of Medieval and Renaissance Studies Conference, being held on February 6-8, 2014 in Scottsdale, Arizona