The Twelfth Oxford Medieval Graduate Conference
St. Edmund Hall, Oxford
8-9th April 2016

We are pleased to open the Call for Papers for the Twelfth Oxford Medieval Graduate Conference, sponsored by the Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature. The conference is aimed at early career scholars and graduate students working in Medieval Studies.

Contributions are welcomed from diverse fields of research such as History of Art and Architecture, History, Theology, Philosophy, Anthropology, Literature and History of Ideas.

We are delighted to announce that the keynote address will be given by: Prof. Helen Cooper (Magdalene College, Cambridge)

Papers should be a maximum of 20 minutes. Please email 250-word abstracts (text only, no attachments) to oxgradconf@gmail.com by 24th January 2016. Suggested topics might include, but are not limited to:

The Wondrous Other:
– Wondrous Beasts, Beings, Monsters
– Wondrous Countries and Peoples

Filled with Wonder:
– Power and Display
– Marvels, Miracles, Curiosities

Wonder and the Medieval Imagination:
– The Psychology of Wonder
– Daring to Wonder: Medieval Doubt

Wondering Minds:
– Scripts and Scribes
– Curiosity: Secular, Heterodox, and Heretical

The Wonders of the Medieval World:
– Art and Architecture
– The Natural World and the Environment

The Wonders of Science:
– The Human Body and Medieval Medicine
– Celestial Bodies and their Motion

The registration fee (including a wine reception) is expected to be £10. There will be a conference dinner on the first night of the conference; it is hoped that this will cost in the region of £30. All updates and further information, including details of travel bursaries, can be obtained from the conference website: mediumaevum.modhist.ox.ac.uk/wonder

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We are pleased to extend the Call for Papers for the Twelfth Oxford Medieval Graduate Conference to include a Call for Posters for our first Poster Competition! The OMGC is aimed at early career scholars and graduate students working in any area of Medieval Studies.

Poster contributions are welcomed from all students across any field of medieval research, including (but not limited to) History of Art and Architecture, Music, History, Theology, Philosophy, Anthropology, Literature and History of Ideas.

Posters can be on any topic of research, whether a Masters Dissertation, an aspect, chapter, or the entirety of a PhD thesis, or a new postdoctoral research project. The poster should be A2, A1 or A0 in format, and will be on display for the duration of the conference. The creator of the poster is expected to attend the conference, at which there will be an opportunity to discuss it with other delegates and academics. There will be a prize for the best poster.

To take part, please email oxgradconf@gmail.com by 8th March 2016 providing:
– Your name and institution
– Your project title

Please note that we will be unable to print any posters.