CFP: Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North, 9-10 November, University of Aberdeen

We invite abstract submissions to the third Performing Magic in the pre-Modern North conference, which will take place on 9-10 November 2023. The conference will focus on magic in ancient, medieval, and early modern Northern Europe. Magic, both as a concept and as a tool, is frequently featured in textual sources of the pre-Modern North.…

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CFP: AEMA 18 at the University of Sydney and Online, 28-29 September

Arguably the world's friendliest early medieval conference is BACK! In person & online! The Natural and Unnatural in the Early Medieval World In the largely rural and agrarian landscape of the medieval world, fauna and flora were highly regarded, as is evidenced by the importance of agriculture, the popularity of bestiaries, and the legacy of…

Learning from Conflict Seminar Series: ACU Canberra

ACU Canberra will host a series of seminars on the theme of Learning from Conflict. This is a join initiative of ACU staff based across a number of campuses. The first paper in the Series “Fate, Pre-Destination, and the Ancient and Modern Understanding of the Traumas of War” will be presented on 10 May, at…

Lecture, Adam Mickiewicz University – Jonathan Zecher

Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Faculty of History presents Dr Jonathan L. Zecher, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic University.The Arts of Tradition in Byzantine Culture Jonathan L. Zecher researches Christian asceticism, the medical cultures of late antiquity, and traditions of prayer and spiritual practice in Late antique, Byzantine, and Eastern…

Scottish Society for Northern Studies Autumn/Winter Seminar Series

The SSNS Seminar Series continues on 26 January with a talk by Dr Oisín Plumb (University of the Highlands and Islands), titled ‘Where Were the Orcades? Early Medieval Engagement with the Islands at the End of the Earth’. This is a free, ticketed event; please register below. Abstract: References to the Orcades within early medieval…

Prosimetrum Workshop in Cambridge, 5-6 January 2023

A workshop 'Why Prosimetrum? Aesthetic and Narrative Effects in the Íslendingasögur' will be held at the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse & Celtic in Cambridge on Thursday and Friday, the 5th and 6th of January, 2023. Papers will be presented by Alison Finlay, Stefanie Gropper, Annette Lassen, Guðrún Nordal, Judy Quinn, Tarrin Wills, Alexander Wilson and…

ICS Shohet Scholars Grant Program 2023

Estelle Shohet Brettman founded the International Catacomb Society (ICS) in 1980. Her approach was ecumenical, and her intent was to promote the preservation, restoration, and documentation of the catacombs in Rome and elsewhere that contain paintings, epigraphy, and artifacts depicting the cultures and customs of early religions under the Roman Empire. The Shohet Scholars Program,…

Grants & Fellowships: University of Notre Dame 2023

The Institute offers several competitively awarded grants and fellowships: An annual Mellon Fellowship in medieval studies that allows a junior faculty member to spend a year at Notre Dame working on his or her own research An annual Byzantine Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship A two-year Public Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship Stipends to consult the Institute’s Ambrosiana microfilm or photographic collection An internal prize,…

CFP: The Háskóli Íslands Student Conference on the Medieval North

We hereby invite submissions to the 12th annual Háskóli Íslands Student Conference on the Medieval North, which will be held as a hybrid online and on-site event at the University of Iceland, April 13th-15th, 2023. The world is a changed place post-pandemic. Conferences nowembrace the hybrid format, and open-access research is gaining momentum.This student conference continues…

SASS 2023: CALL FOR PAPERS

SASS 2023 will take place on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin from April 20 to April 22.  The theme of this SASS meeting is everyday life, in the sense that the French theorist Michel de Certeau used the term in his 1980 study, L’invention du quotidien/The Practice of Everyday Life.  In…

Marjorie Chibnall Prize 2023

The Marjorie Chibnall Essay Prize Submissions are now being sought for the 2023 Marjorie Chibnall Essay Prize, offered in memory of the former director of the Battle Conference on Anglo-Norman Studies and co-founder of the Allen Brown Memorial Trust. It is awarded for an unpublished scholarly paper based upon original research and relating to the…

Assistant Professor of Art History, Clark University

Job Description:Art Historian in Art/ Archaeology of the Ancient or Medieval Mediterranean World, including North Africa. Assistant Professor, tenure track. Requirements: Ph.D. in Art History or Archaeology, teaching experience, and active research record. Teaching requirements are 4 undergraduate courses per year (2/2), including introductory courses and upper-level seminars in the area of expertise, as well…

Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Virginia

The Department of English at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, invites applications for a faculty appointment in medieval literature at the Assistant Professor level. The anticipated appointment start date is August 25, 2023. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. at the time of appointment. We are seeking to appoint an early-career scholar working on the…

Associate Professor/Professor – Old English Language and Literature, University of Toronto

Closing Date: 11/17/2022, 11:59PM ETReq ID: 26087Job Category: Faculty - Tenure Stream (continuing)Faculty/Division: Faculty of Arts & ScienceDepartment: Centre for Medieval Studies & the Department of EnglishCampus:St. George (Downtown Toronto) Description: The Centre for Medieval Studies and the Department of English in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto invite applications…

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, University of Oslo.

A Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (SKO 1352) in Medieval Studies is available at the Department of Conservation, Archaeology, and History, University of Oslo. The position is funded by the Faculty of Humanities and connected to the ERC Advanced Grant project 101018645 MINiTEXTS “Minuscule Texts: Marginalized Voices in Early Medieval Latin Culture (c. 700–c.1000),” funded by the…