Category Archives: Appel à contributions

Graz02.09.2026 – 04.09.2026Deadline : 12.06.2026 The PresentDead project (ERC No. 101089324) investigates the re-opening of graves and interactions with the dead and their materials across the 5th-8th centuries. This conference will bring together historians working on a wide range of … Lire la suite →

Between the 12th and 13th centuries the Mediterranean was a space of intense political transformation and cultural interaction. In this context, architecture became one of the most visible expressions of power, identity, and legitimacy. Religious buildings in particular often played … Lire la suite →

Recent years have seen an ‘animal turn’ in Byzantine Studies with scholars deploying diverse approaches such as zooarchaeology, ecocriticism, and ecotheology to investigate how the Byzantines engaged with and thought about a variety of animal species. This animal turn is … Lire la suite →

Technische Hochschule Köln, Oct 16–17, 2026 Since 2023, an interdisciplinary research team, funded by the DFG and the Ernst von Siemens Art Foundation, has been systematically investigating and cataloguing drawings and prints from the Cranach workshop. The results will be … Lire la suite →

This panel is open to papers that focus on the relationship between the natural sciences and ancient, medieval, and early modern literature (before roughly 1700 CE) from all parts of the globe. This panel explores the ways in which pre- … Lire la suite →

Les XVe et XVIe siècles sont communément considérés – au moins depuis le travail fondateur de Jacob Burckhardt[1] – comme l’âge de la « découverte » européenne du « Nouveau Monde » ou de l’« Autre Monde », selon une … Lire la suite →

(31-03-2026) Announcement and call for papers for the international conference ‘Bridging Boundaries. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Environmental History of the Low Countries’ (Ghent, 3 – 4 December 2026) We are pleased to announce the organization of an interdisciplinary conference on … Lire la suite →

28.01.2027 – 30.01.2027Berliner Institut für Islamische Theologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin The international conference « Refutations, Rivalries and Revenge. Polemics in the Premodern Islamic World (ca. 800–1500) » aims at an in-depth understanding of polemics in their specific premodern configurations, along with the … Lire la suite →

Following the decision of Speculum’s editorial board to review born-digital scholarship, creators of digital medieval studies projects are invited to submit their projects for review in the journal. In this round of reviews, we are particularly interested in reviewing projects … Lire la suite →

L’objectif des rencontres BibGes consiste à mettre en valeur la force des imbrications entre les croyances et les mécanismes sociopolitiques, du IVe au XVIe siècle et dans les différentes organisations des communautés chrétiennes (byzantines, latines, coptes et éthiopiennes). Historiens, historiens … Lire la suite →