CALL FOR PAPERS

THERE WILL BE BLOOD: THE MEDIEVAL BLOOD CONFERENCE, C. 1000-1450

KING’S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE, 13-14 OCTOBER 2023

ABSTRACTS DUE BY 7 JUNE 2023

Medieval blood was life and death, sickness and health, salvation and damnation, brotherhood and otherhood. Blood was at the beating heart of many traditions of medieval thought, which this conference will explore over two days of stimulating panels and discussion at King's College, Cambridge. The theme is both rich and inherently interdisciplinary, and we warmly invite speakers from various backgrounds with interests including but not limited to the following areas over the period c.1000-C.1450:

• Devotional literature

• Medieval medical theory and practice

• Visual depictions of blood

• Kinship and consanguinity

• Blood in apocalypticism

• Menstrual blood

• Eucharistic theology

If you would like to contribute a paper, please send an abstract of up to 300 words by 7th June to medievalbloodconf@gmail.com; we look forward to hearing from you!

For a PDF of the Call for Papers, click here.