2026 International Congress on Medieval Studies: Call for Papers

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Call for Papers

Sessions Co-Sponsored by the RGME
at the
61st International Congress on Medieval Studies
May 14–16, 2026

(Sessions variously online, in-person, and hybrid)

Proposals due by 15 September 2025

[Posted on 1 July 2025, with updates]

Sounding the Call

View from Fetzer Lounge at the 2017 Congress. Photography © Mildred Budny.

View from Fetzer Lounge at the 2017 Congress. Photography © Mildred Budny.

We announce the Call for Papers for the Sessions (Panels of Papers) co-sponsored by the Research Group on Manuscript Evidence at the 2026 International Congress on Medieval Studies (ICMS). We describe the sessions one by one below, with direct links for you to submit proposals for each of our sessions.

The general Call for Papers appears on the Congress website.

To find our Sessions there, search under Sponsoring Organization

Search for the RGME (or our Co-Sponsor for the given session). In the Sponsors’ list, you will find our sessions as a group:

Please submit your proposals for papers through the Congress Confex system through its Call for Papers, as described there. The deadline is 15 September 2025.

The participation by the RGME at the Annual ICMS over the years is chronicled in our blog.

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