Dear friends,
We’re delighted to once again present our call for paper for next year’s International Medieval Congress, below: image and pdf versions of the call are attached, and we strongly encourage you to share the call widely in your networks. We encourage scholars at all levels to submit, and look forward to seeing you in Leeds next year!
With best wishes,
James, Nick, John, Bella & Kate (Convenors)
Plaintext version:
The Medieval Caucasus Network are seeking papers for a strand at the next International Medieval Congress, which will be held on the 7-10 July 2025, covering ideas and cultures of learning within and connected to the Caucasus region.
Abstracts for papers on any aspect of the archaeology, cultures, faiths, societies, economies, and politics of the Caucasus throughout the approximate period from 500-1500 AD, and which touch in some way upon the theme of learning, will be considered. This could include the direct cultures of learning and knowledge production in the period either within or about the Caucasus and its cultures, but also learned behaviours and identities, knowledge transfer through architecture and material life, modern learning and cultural memory production around the medieval Caucasus, and discussion of the medieval Caucasus’ position within the learning systems and structures of academia.
We welcome proposals from academics at all career stages, including independent scholars: we particularly welcome proposals from scholars from the region and those from marginalised backgrounds. We will provide assistance to scholars who need funding to attend the IMC in looking for appropriate resources. IMC 2024 sessions will be held in hybrid format such that, where necessary, presentation and attendance should be available to scholars without travel to Leeds.
Please email your proposal to Nick Evans (nick.evans@bbk.ac.uk) AND James Baillie (james.baillie@oeaw.ac.at) by no later than 15 September 2024, with an abstract of 100-250 words. Your proposal should state whether you would like to seek additional funding with the assistance of the Medieval Caucasus Network in order to attend.
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