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Call for Papers
The New Chaucer Society Programme Committee is pleased to announce the Call for Proposals for the Society’s 2026 Congress at the University of Freiburg.
There are seven themed threads and one Open Topic thread:
- Comparative Environmentalisms
- Multilingualism and Mobility
- The Social Lives of Medieval Books
- Ubiquitous Medievalism
- Precarity
- Tales in Translation
- Thinking with/through Medieval Literature and Texts
- Open Topic
In addition there is an Open Panel and a Research Expo.
Proposal submission is in two parts and due by 27 April 2025.
See the full CfP here: ncs_2026_cfp.
Check out also the dedicated page on the website of the New Chaucer Society.
Ringvorlesung: Rassismus im Mittelalter und in der Frühen Neuzeit
Max-Kade-Auditorium 2 (Alte Uni). Wednesday 12:00-2:00 pm c.t.
Join us to find out more on some of the various perspectives to study and analyse the important issue of racism in the Middle Ages.
For some initial thoughts on the topic, you can check out the following article, for instance: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/09/19/its-all-white-people-allegations-white-supremacy-are-tearing-apart-prestigious-medieval-studies-group/.
