Call for Papers
BAA sponsored sessions
International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds 2025
Due By 20 September 2024
The BAA is now welcoming paper proposals for the BAA-sponsored sessions at the International Medieval Congress, which will take place at the University of Leeds (7th-10th July 2025).
The IMC’s research theme for 2025 is ‘Worlds of Learning’ and the IMC’s suggested themes include, but are not limited to:
Ideals, practices, and rituals of teaching and learning
Gendered ideals of learning and gender in learning
Pedagogical techniques for different age groups
Technical and artisanal knowledge
Oral transmission, practice, and performance in learning processes
Medieval epistemologies and systematisations of knowledge
Religious conceptualisations and interpretations of learning
Forms of learning and/about the self
Languages and their role in the acquisition of learning
Representations of learning in literature and art
Learning materials, including instructional objects, texts, images, and diagrams
Schools and universities and their local and regional networks
Financial and political networks supporting communities of learning
Lieux de savoir and locales of learning, including (permanent or situational) material and spatial arrangements
Printing and publishing learned materials
Distribution and circulation of knowledge traditions (Digitally) Mapping intellectual networks
Cross-cultural and interreligious learning
Cultural transfer and cultural appropriation
Different national and confessional/religious historiographies of learning, their continuing impact, and their problems
A full list of suggested topics and more details can be found here: https://www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2025/
It is hoped that we can organise several sessions, with similar papers grouped together (either methodologically or by subject). Before submitting a proposal, please ensure you have familiarised yourself with the conference fees and the available bursaries for the IMC, details of which are available here: https://www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2025/proposals/bursary
Proposals should consist of a paper title, your affiliation (if any), your contact details, and a short abstract (50-100 words). Please send paper proposals to Harriet Mahood (hpmahood@gmail.com) by Friday 20th September 2024.