Medieval and Byzantine History / Studies

Part of a series of panels designed to expand the range of “early modern political thought,” this call seeks proposals for papers concentrating on political/legal thought that engage the peoples, locations, and issues of the Ottoman Empire and the early modern eastern Mediterranean.

The literature produced by the communities of early Northern Europe, where the elements of craft and material culture informed the descriptive matter of both poetry and prose, has left a legacy which demands critical analysis of the ways in which the trappings of the real and the imaginary were rep

The International Conference on Religion and Spirituality in Society brings scholars, teachers and practitioners together to reflect on the relationships of religion and spirituality to society. The conference aims to provide a space for careful, scholarly reflection and open dialogue. International Conference on Religion and Spirituality in Society attendees include leaders in the field, as well as emerging scholars. The conference offers a variety of presentation options and session types, virtual presentations are accepted as well.

Proposals for 20-minute papers are invited for an interdisciplinary panel on boundaries of the law in medieval and early modern societies, to be convened at the ANZAMEMS 2019 conference, 5-8 February 2019, University of Sydney. The conference theme is Boundaries, Categories, Horizons.

One-day symposium at Mystic Seaport Museum, September 21, 2018

More than Marvel: Representations of Norse Mythology in Contemporary Popular Culture
Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Scholarship and Teaching of the Medieval in Popular Culture
54th International Congress on Medieval Studies
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan
9-12 May 2019
Proposals due by 15 September 2018

Call for Papers

The Many Faces of War: An interdisciplinary symposium on the experience and impact of war throughout history

The Southeastern Medieval Association invites proposals for papers on the theme of “Diaspora: Identity, Migration, and Return” for its 57

In recent years, the human body has gained a prominent position in discussions of medieval and early modern cultures. The troublesome contingency of the human body encompassed critical boundaries between inside and outside, and became a central concern in religious, political, and economical developments. Medieval bodies were permeable microcosms, not only sites containment but also of revelatory experiences. In the early modern period, body and identity were indistinct, interdependent categories, inseparable from the natural and cultural space that they inhabited.

This announces an extended deadline for proposals for the 68th annual meeting of the New York State Association of European Historians (NYSAEH) to be held at D’Youville College in Buffalo, NY on October 5-6, 2018.  The NYSAEH invites proposals for papers or panels on any topic in European history or Europe's relationships with the wider global community.  We strongly encourage graduate student participation and welcome proposals based on on work in progress.