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Posts with #IMC2027

Alex Harvey

@alexharvv.bsky.social

about 2 months ago

A (belated) cfp for #IMC2027 FORGET THE VIKINGS: Other raids, raiders, & raiding practises of the Early Medieval Period Read below for details, and if you're interested (or know anyone who might be), please submit your proposal of 150 words to the attached e-mail (also in alt text) before 1/9/26

A Call-for-papers for IMC 2027 which reads:

'Forget the Vikings!
CFP: Other raids, raiders, and raiding practises of the Early Medieval Period

There are good reasons why Scandinavian raiders - or ‘Vikings’ - occupy a much-coveted space in popular perceptions of early medieval warfare. But enough about them. What about everyone else?
This CFP is seeking submissions from scholars interested in exploring other, non-Viking raiding groups from c. 400 - 1100. This could include (but is not limited to): Avars, Huns, Hungarians, Slavs, Frisians, Saxon and Frankish pirates, Saracens, Welsh and Irish cattle-rustlers, Balts, Oesellians, Narentanians, Dál Riatans, as well as the military activities of major hegemonies such as the Carolingians, Ottonians, West Saxons, Byzantines, even Normans, and so on.
Chiefly, this is to fashion some new notions of how identity, political practice, and belonging were fostered within raiding communities. Of particular interest would be any papers keen to explore how other, non-Viking groups used raiding as part of regular military affairs. Analogies and comparisons with Viking studies are also welcome, if they are used to shine a light on lesser-known groups. Like the Vikings, many other communities engaged in more than just raiding, so explorations of trade, exchange, and other political dynamics alongside raids, would be ideal.

Please send proposals (150 words or less) to:
alexharvv@gmail.com before 1/9/26'

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Charles West

@pseudo-isidore.bsky.social

2 months ago

A CfP for #IMC2027.

CfP:
Manuscripts, History, Rulers and Popes:
Sessions in Memory of Rosamond McKitterick
Leeds IMC, 5-8 July 2027

This set of sessions at the IMC in 2027 honours Rosamond McKitterick (1949–2026) and her work through the lens of four of her monographs: The Carolingians and the Written Word (1989), History and Memory in the Carolingian World (2004), Charlemagne (2008) and Rome and the Invention of the Papacy (2020).
We invite papers that engage with the themes Rosamond McKitterick explored in these books, including early medieval manuscript culture, the role of history-writing in shaping Frankish memory and community, early medieval Frankish rulership and the history of the early medieval papacy.
Talks should be 15-20 minutes long and can be delivered either in person or online.
Please send an abstract of no more than 200 words, along with a title, by 20 August 2026, to
• Claire Burridge, c.p.s.burridge@iakh.uio.no
• Charles West, Charles.West@ed.ac.uk

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Sam Riding

@medievalpeasants.bsky.social

about 2 months ago

Do you study medieval manors? Do you want to speak at @imc-leeds.bsky.social? Then we have the Call for Papers for you! Medieval Manorial Research: Community in the Manor. We welcome researchers of all disciplines and career stages. Deadline 4th September 2026. #IMC2027 #Skystorians #Medievalsky

Call for papers poster for IMC 2027.

From juries to tithing-groups, from haywards to cowherds, from the lord’s steward to the harvest workers in the field: the institution of the manor played a key role in shaping rural medieval communities. Research into such populations has traditionally looked to court rolls, accounts and surveys to understand how ordinary people lived their lives. Yet, the scale and complexity of manorial documentation preserved in modern archives presents a significant challenge and much remains critically under-studied. At the same time, other methodologies incorporating archaeological, landscape, and material culture evidence have much to contribute to our understanding of medieval manorial communities, although multi-disciplinary approaches remain under-explored.

We would like to invite papers from researchers who work with manorial documents, either as a means of understanding medieval life and community, or as archival objects in their own right. We also welcome papers focused on non-documentary source bases, comparative studies combining material and documentary evidence, or studies comparing manorial communities across a broad chronological and geographical range. If you research the medieval manor, we would like to hear from you!

Approaches to communities may include (but are not limited to):
Daily peasant life
Manor courts, custom, customary law
Lordship and seigneurial agency in the manor
Communities in the landscape
Manorial material culture
The use and materiality of manorial documents in the archive

Please send a title and abstract of no more than 250 words, and a short biography including name, institutional affiliation, and email address to jenni.lane@york.ac.uk and samuel.riding@history.ox.ac.uk. The deadline for proposals is Friday 4th September 2026.
We welcome proposals from researchers in any discipline and at all career stages. Please indicate in your submission whether you intend to present virtually or in-person.

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Dr N. Kıvılcım Yavuz

@nkivilcimyavuz.bsky.social

5 days ago

The clock is ticking for sending proposals for the sessions organised by #DigitalMedievalist at #IMC2027 @imc-leeds.bsky.social! Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions! #CfP #DigitalMedievalStudies #MedievalData #MedievalStudies #DigitalHumanities tinyurl.com/IMC2027-DM-CfP

tinyurl.com

Call for Papers_DM_IMC2027

Digital Medievalist @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social

📜Call for Papers - Digital Practices and Medieval Data IMC 2027, 5-8 July 2027 Digital Medievalist invites proposals for IMC 2027 in Leeds at the intersection of digital and medieval studies, from digital editing to machine learning. ⏰ Deadline: 20 Sept. 2026 ➡️ Full call: tinyurl.com/y8hhzusf

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Leonie V. Hicks

@lvhicks.bsky.social

2 months ago

Normans at #IMC2027! Call for papers sponsored by the Battle Conference. Full details in the alt text and pasted in successive posts. Deadline for abstracts 15 Sept. #medievalsky #archaeology #skystorians @imc-leeds.bsky.social

Communities, Change and Collaboration in Norman History
Organised by Dr Mark Hagger (Lincoln) and Prof. Leonie Hicks (Canterbury Christ Church University)
Sponsored by the Battle Conference on Anglo-Norman Studies

2027 marks two significant anniversaries: the 50th anniversary of the Battle Conference on Anglo-Norman Studies and the millennial anniversary of William the Conqueror’s birth in 2027. It also marks the European Year of the Normans. We hope to organise sessions reflecting communities, change and collaboration in Norman history and welcome proposals that draw on historical, literary, archaeological, and art-historical approaches and sources. Potential contributors might like to think about the following themes although these are not exclusive:

- communities of practice: writing, researching and teaching the Norman past in the middle ages and now
- comparative approaches across different areas conquered and settled by the Normans to communities and change
- communities of different sorts, e.g. financial, administrative, religious, ecological, social and cultural etc.
- landscapes
- tools and theories for understanding change, communities and collaboration as applied to the Normans e.g. digital humanities, knowledge exchange, mapping, etc.
- modelling collaborative approaches to Norman history
- how Norman historiography has change/is changing the way we understand the Normans

Please send abstracts for 20 minute papers (in person or virtual) to Prof. Leonie Hicks (leonie.hicks@canterbury.ac.uk) by no later than 15 September 2026.

Proposals should include
• Title
• Abstract (max 200 words)
• Your name, institution, and role
• Full contact details (these will be used by Leeds IMC to contact you)

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Hannah E

@hspevans.bsky.social

2 months ago

@imc-leeds.bsky.social #IMC2027 CALL FOR PAPERS: “Communities and Connections between the Norse and Celtic Worlds” We want to hear all about your research on Norse and Celtic connections ☘️🌊 @irishinstitute.bsky.social

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Josh Coulthard

@joshcoulthard.bsky.social

2 months ago

Excited to open the call for papers for this strand and roundtable on the history of emotions for next year’s International Medieval Congress in Leeds @imc-leeds.bsky.social sponsored by @northwestmedieval.bsky.social #medievalsky #skystorians #imc2027

2027 marks the 25th anniversary of Barbara Rosenwein’s seminal article, ‘Worrying about Emotions in History’ (2002), in which she first put forward the concept of ‘emotional communities’. This framework has revolutionised our understanding of medieval emotions and, crucially, redefined the methodological possibilities available to researchers looking at past societies and structures. As we celebrate this milestone, this strand invites contributions from scholars at any career stage to address the question: What comes next?

In particular, we seek to explore the role of ‘non-productive’ emotions in historical research. Emotions and affects such as anxiety, discomfort, nostalgia, paranoia, melancholy, apathy, shame, and guilt have often been overlooked in medieval historiography because they frequently lack the dramatic traces left by more expressive emotions like anger, love, and joy. Yet, these states remain some of the most profound aspects of the human emotional experience, frequently underpinning the internal dynamics of governance, negotiation, and community cohesion.

Papers may address themes such as:
The methodological challenges of mapping ‘quiet’ or elusive affective states within medieval archives.
Case studies focusing on the role of apathy, anxiety, or paranoia during periods of transition, conflict, or institutional change.
How non-productive emotions shape relationships of power, diplomacy, authority, and dissent.
The interactions of materiality and material culture with non-productive emotions.
Temporalities and shifting landscapes of non-productive emotional histories.

Call for Roundtable Participants
In addition to research papers, we are organising a roundtable on this theme. To be considered for the roundtable, please send a short response (maximum 200 words) to the organisers addressing the question: ‘What can the study of non-productive emotions add to our histories?’

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Samuel Rowe

@samdrowe.bsky.social

2 months ago

I am circulating my CFP for #IMC2027, concerning how early medieval gentes, equatable with ethnic communities, were delineated, defined and redefined in the sources through active discourse and brokerage, to various identificatory ends – distinction, promotion, inclusion, exclusion, specialness...

A call for papers for sessions concerning the subject "Redefining early medieval gentes" at the IMC Leeds 2027.

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Dr Charlotte Pickard

@drcharlottepickard.bsky.social

2 months ago

CfP: The Noblewomen Network @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2027. Harriet Kersey and I are pleased to invite proposals for #IMC2027 If you're working on medieval noblewomen, we'd love to hear from you! Please share widely. Deadline: Friday 4 September 2026.

Leeds IMC 2027, Monday 5 – Thursday 8 July
Sponsored by the Noblewomen Network
Organisers: Harriet Kersey (Independent Scholar) and Charlotte Pickard (Cardiff University, The Open University)
Noblewomen played a pivotal role in medieval society. They were central to their communities and cultivated important networks both within their families and wider society. They acted as rulers and politicians, as well as cultural and religious patrons and intermediaries. This strand of sessions will bring together scholars who work on medieval noblewomen, to build on the discourse that has developed over the past few decades, with the continued aim of building a global network of scholars working in this vibrant area of research.
We welcome papers spanning from across the medieval world, as well as across disciplines.
Topics could include, but are not limited to:
Noblewomen and their different communities; Noblewomen’s roles in politics and political life; Noblewomen and society; Noblewomen and the family; Noblewomen and the law; Noblewomen and patronage; Noblewomen and material culture; Noblewomen’s involvement in education and learning; Noblewomen and literature; Ecclesiastical women and interactions with religious communities; Historiographical approaches to noblewomen

We invite proposals for 20-minute papers on all aspects of research relating to noblewomen. Expressions of interest and/or queries should be directed to NoblewomenIMC2020@gmail.com by 7pm on Friday 4 September 2026, with an abstract of no more than 250 words and a short biography.

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Natalie Hopwood

@nrhopwood.bsky.social

2 months ago

For those already excited for #IMC2027, @marycoconnor.bsky.social and I are organizing sessions on 'The Literary Communities of Old Norse and Icelandic Romance'! 🌟If you would like to get involved, please submit a 250 word abstract and short bio by 18th September 🌟 #medievalsky

The Literary Communities of Old Norse and Icelandic Romance
Through the translation of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia regum Britannaie and the efforts of Hákon Hákonarson, king of Norway (r. 1217-1263), romance reached the Medieval North where it soon took hold of the Scandinavian imagination. Old Norse translations of Old French romances were copied and transmitted from Norway to Iceland. These romances soon inspired a wave of new literary creations, leading to the production of Icelandic chivalric romances and later ballads and rimur, alongside potentially influencing other literary genres. These narratives were amongst the most popular stories read and received amongst medieval and later Icelandic communities as the manuscript preservation attests. And yet they continue to be amongst the most understanded communities of texts within Old Norse literary studies. This session seeks to respond to this gap in scholarship and invite papers which investigate these texts, challenging former assumptions and opening up new avenues of scholarship on these texts.

Suggested themes and topics may include but are not limited to:

· Chivalric romances, fornaldarsögur
· Translation (Old Norse and Old Swedish)
· Literary communities
· Gender
· Emotions
· Genre
· Families/ genealogies
· Travel/ geography
· Marginalised identities
· Manuscript reception and transmission
· Society and hierarchy
· Ethnicity and religion
· Monsters
· Transgression
Please submit an abstract of no more than 250 words and a brief biography by Friday 18th September to Mary Catherine O’Connor (mary.oconnor@balliol.ox.ac.uk) and Natalie Hopwood (ennrho@leeds.ac.uk)

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Dr Manuel Muñoz García

@manuelmunoz.bsky.social

20 days ago

Deadline has been extended to September 10! Keep those abstracts coming! #medievalsky #IMC2027 #fragments @imc-leeds.bsky.social

Dr Manuel Muñoz García @manuelmunoz.bsky.social

After the success of the 2026 sessions, and because fragments never rest, please have a look at our #medievalfragments session for #IMC2027! We are open to any type of fragments, from anywhere.. get in touch!

After two years of bringing Fragmentology to the IMC, we would like to invite expressions of interest for 2027. Fragments, ever present across a great number of materials, are unique and tantalising windows to the past. Surviving as insertions in later textiles, in later buildings or as parts of bindings in manuscripts, fragments offer us layers of meaning: what were they, originally? What was their original purpose? And their later purpose? How have they survived?
We understand fragments as physical pieces of any material, from anywhere during the Global Middle Ages. Some suggested topics are:
Manuscript fragmentology: collections of or individual fragments; selling and acquiring fragments; palaeographical and codicological analysis of fragments.
Any medieval fragments: Including but not limited to archaeological, architectural, textile, manuscript, incunabula and textual fragments.
Meaning, lives and usage: reconstructing the original object; the meaning of the original and of the fragment; original and later life and use of the fragment; collectors and collecting.
Methodology: Methods and techniques to work with fragments, manuscript or otherwise, including digital methods and digital projects.
Please send us a short abstract (c. 300 words) and CV to Dr Manuel Muñoz García (manuel.munoz-garcia@durham.ac.uk) no later than September 4.
We look forward to hearing from you!

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Dr Jacob H. Deacon ⚔️

@deaconjh.bsky.social

2 months ago

After the success of this year's iteration of Arms, Armour, and the Arts of Combat at the @imc-leeds.bsky.social , it's time to begin planning for next year. Please do circulate amongst any relevant parties. #imc2026 #imc2027