Author: Tristan Alphey

The Cambridge Medieval History Graduate Workshop is inviting paper submissions
for Michaelmas term 2025.

We host presentations on the cultures, economies, literature, material cultures, politics,
thought, religions, and reception of the medieval world, which we define as broadly as
possible as the global period between c.500 and c.1500. We welcome interdisciplinary
scholarship and encourage submissions which stretch our conception of ‘medieval’ in
time or space, from late antiquity to modern reception and from Scandinavia to the
Middle East and beyond, or which deal with the practice of medieval history.

These short 15–20-minute workshop papers are excellent ways to share your work, gain
presentation experience, and receive constructive feedback in a supportive environment run
for and by graduate students. In terms of scope, we are looking for focused studies that offer
snapshots into ongoing graduate research, and particularly encourage primary source work
and case studies, rather than sweeping overviews of large topics or summaries of entire
dissertations/theses.

We welcome submissions from Master’s and PhD students from any discipline or university,
but especially encourage graduate students based in or around Cambridge to submit.
Accepted speakers will have the opportunity to be featured on our blog, Camedieval.
The Workshop meets alternate Thursdays, 4–5 :30pm, with the option of virtual attendance
on Microsoft Teams for audience members. In each session we will have two 15–20-minute
papers, followed by in-person socialising and refreshments.

Please send abstracts of not more than 250 words and a short bio by 29th September
2025 to: cambridgemedieval@gmail.com

November (14th-16th) at the University of East Anglia. Deadline: Friday (12th September).

The CHASE Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) are delighted to share the details for our second annual in-person Winter Conference. Join us from the 14th – 16th of November at the University of East Anglia and online for three days of panels, social events, workshops, networking sessions, and adventure in the historic city of Norwich. 

The Call for Papers and details on how to apply to speak at the event are included below and are also now available via the MEMRN website and our social media. The deadline for submitting an abstract is Friday 12th September. We look forward to seeing you there! 

Call For Papers: Fragmented Worlds, Shared Histories

We, the committee of the CHASE Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN), are overjoyed to announce the return of our Winter Conference this year between the 14th and 16th November.

Join us at the University of East Anglia and online for three exciting days of workshops, papers, social events, and adventure through the historic cathedral city of Norwich.
We welcome papers on a range of topics within medieval and early modern studies for this interdisciplinary conference, including:

*   History and politics
*   Philosophy and theology
*   Literature, drama, performance culture and music
*   Latin and vernacular languages
*   Art history, architecture and archaeology
*   Manuscript studies and book history

For this year’s conference, we particularly encourage papers engaging with marginalised histories and communities, global intercultural contact and exchange, or conflict and diplomacy.

We invite abstracts of up to 250 words for individual research papers of twenty minutes in length (or 700 words for a panel of three people presenting on a particular subject or sub-theme).

The CHASE MEMRN conference remains open to all UK and overseas postgraduates. This includes independent scholars who are unaffiliated at this time. When submitting your abstract, please include your institution (if applicable) and, if from a CHASE-affiliated university institution, whether or not you are directly funded by CHASE.

All proposals should be emailed to chasememrn@gmail.com by Friday 12th September with the subject line ‘Conference Paper Submission’ and your name. Priority will be given to those available to present in-person, but remote presentation applications will also be considered.

Please feel free to contact the MEMRN team via email or social media DM with any questions you may have. We look forward to welcoming you to Norwich as part of this proudly CHASE-funded event.