Craftsmen and metalworking in medieval cities: 35 years later
International Symposium in Paris, September 12-14 2019
Making Leeds Medieval: International Medieval Congress begins
The International Medieval Congress, one the largest academic conferences about the Middle Ages, has started this week at the University of Leeds.
Call for Papers: Provisioning Medieval European Towns
This year, from October 10th to the 12th, the Institute for Medieval Studies (IEM | NOVA-FCSH) and the Portuguese municipality of Castelo de Vide are organizing the IV International Conference on the Middle Ages, under the theme: Provisioning Medieval European Towns.
Symposium to share latest discoveries about medieval Saharan Africa
The Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University will host a week-long gathering of six archaeologists from Mali, Morocco, the U.K. and the U.S., working at the cutting-edge of research on medieval Africa.
Call for Papers: Craftsmen and metalworking in medieval cities: 35 years later
Call for Papers for an International Symposium to be held in Paris, France, from September 12-13, 2019
10 Interesting Sessions at the Fifty-Fourth International Congress on Medieval Studies
The annual International Congress on Medieval Studies – the largest conference about the Middle Ages in the world – is taking place at Western Michigan University from May 9–12, 2019.
10 Interesting Sessions the 2019 International Medieval Congress
The programme for this year’s International Medieval Congress at the University of Leeds has been released. Here are 10 sessions we think will…
Under the Polar Sky: A ‘Dark’ Conference in a Dark Place
Darkness is where the light ends but the imagination begins.
Call for Papers: The 4th Power of the Bishop conference
The fourth Power of the Bishop conference to be held at Sarum College, Salisbury, May 30-31, 2019
Texas Medieval Association Conference begins today
Texas Tech University’s Medieval & Renaissance Studies Center is hosting the 28th annual conference of the Texas Medieval Association.
Brock conference bridges medieval and neo-Victorian worlds
The conference is expected to bring around 60 international scholars from medievalism studies and neo-Victorian studies to discuss topics ranging from Beowulf to Brexit.
Why this is the week to be in Iceland (and learn about sagas)
The scholarly world interested in all things Norse, Viking and saga-related is coming to Iceland this week for the 17th International Saga Conference. Here is a quick guide to what is happening.
Call for Papers: Migrants and Refugees in the Law
International conference which will take place in Murcia, Spain, on December 12-14, 2018
Call for Papers: Hype, Transmission and Truth in the Middle Ages
Bristol University’s Centre for Medieval Studies invites submissions for its 24th annual postgraduate conference, taking place on Friday 23rd – Saturday 24th February 2018
Call for Papers: Sixth Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies
June 18-20, 2018, at Saint Louis University
Conference: Discovering William of Malmesbury
Saturday, July 15, 2017 at Malmesbury Abbey
Ten Things We Learned at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America
From names of ships to mass expulsion – ten things we learned about the Middle Ages at #MAA2017
Carolingian Experiments – 2017 Annual Marco Symposium begins on Friday
The Carolingian era—best known for Emperor Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor—and its lasting impact on Europe will be the topic of the 14th annual Marco Symposium taking place on March 24–25.
Book Review: Occupying Space in Medieval and Early Modern Britain and Ireland
Our review of ‘Occupying Space in Medieval and Early Modern Britain and Ireland’
Conference explores the Anglo-Saxon site at Rendlesham
Historians and archaeologists are meeting today to discuss one of the largest and richest settlements of Anglo-Saxon England. ‘Anglo-Saxon Rendlesham, a Royal Centre of the East Anglian Kingdom’, taking place in Bury St Edmunds, will present new research on the internationally important archaeological discovery to the wider public.
King Richard III: Politics, Power and People – Annual Symposium coming in October
The Richard III Foundation has announce the schedule for its 2016 annual symposium, which is under the theme: ‘King Richard III: Politics, Power and People’.
Crusaders, Pilgrims, and Relics – Bearers of the Cross: Material Religion in the Crusading World 1095-1300
The Museum of the Order of St. John is hosting a series of events and talks to promote their project: Bearers of the Cross: Material Religion in the Crusading World 1095-1300.
Tall Tales: The Trouble with Tours
Tours. They can be great, or they can be cringeworthy and rife with misinformation. A great tour guide knows how to add a flourish or two to a story to keep the audience engaged and the history interesting. A bad tour guide invents things and hopes there isn’t a historian in the audience dismayed by the falsehoods they’re spreading to unwitting listeners…
The Struggle is Real: Where are the Medieval Economists?!
Another fascinating paper from “Making the Medieval Relevant” was given by Daniel Curtis, a specialist in Social and Economic History, and a professor at the University of Utrecht.
