Category Archives: Call for Papers

Leeds International Medieval Congress, 7-10 July 2014 This session will reassess our knowledge of the N-Town Manuscript, British Library MS Cotton Vespasian D.8, in its literary, historical, and political contexts.  The manuscript and its plays have experienced a resurgence of … Continue reading →

International Conference The Ten Commandments in medieval and early modern culture Ghent University, Belgium April 10-11, 2014 Key note speakers: Robert J. Bast (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) Lesley Smith (University of Oxford) Call for Papers The Department of Literature at … Continue reading →

Ex Arabico in Latinum: Studies in Mediterranean Translation Movements 49th International Congress on Medieval Studies Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 8-11, 2014 Organizer: Anthony Minnema Chair: Thomas Burman Arabic-to-Latin translation movements are underrepresented at conferences of medieval studies since researchers often stride … Continue reading →

In the wake of crisis in Europe, bits and pieces of the past are being resurrected as a means of understanding the present and imagining the future.   Historical figures are re-evaluated and held out as models, once-dismissed ideologies reappear … Continue reading →

Call for Papers 49th International Congress on Medieval Studies Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI May 8-11, 2014 A Casa de Avis: Legacies from Portugal (session of papers) Portuguese studies are under-represented in the Medieval studies community as a whole. Its literature … Continue reading →

The Seventeenth Annual International Congress of the Mediterranean Studies Association will be held on May 28-31, 2014, at the University of Málaga, Spain. Proposals are now being solicited for individual paper presentations, panel discussions, and complete sessions on all subjects … Continue reading →

Ever since Alexander the Great built his empire in the 330s BCE, his personality and exploits captured the  interest and imagination of the people of many lands — both lands that he had conquered, in southeastern Europe, Asia, and Africa, … Continue reading →

New Approaches to Performance Practice:  Process, Theory, Technique, Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society sponsored session at ICMS, Kalamazoo May 8-11, 2014 Medieval drama scholars are not new to the idea that reconstructive performance experiments yield valuable information about early dramatic … Continue reading →

The Blood Conference: Theories of Blood in Late Medieval and Early Modern English Literature and Culture St Anne’s College, Oxford: 8th –10th January, 2014 Convenors: Laurie Maguire, Bonnie Lander Johnson, Eleanor Decamp Blood in the medieval and early modern periods … Continue reading →

Inter-cultural Exchange in the Western Mediterranean 49th International Congress on Medieval Studies Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 8-11, 2014 Organizers: Sarah Davis-Secord, University of New Mexico and Travis Bruce, Wichita State University Sponsor: Institute for Medieval Studies, Univ. of New Mexico One … Continue reading →