The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture is pleased to announce its 2026–2027 grant competition. Deadline for applications is 1 February 2026.

The British Archaeological Association are excited to announce that they have a number of Student scholarships for those wishing to attend the ninth biennial International Romanesque Conference. Deadline for applications is 31st January 2026.

Please join Birkbeck on 9 December 2025, at Birkbeck and online, for the Murray Seminar by Sarah McBryde. In this seminar, Sarah McBryde will share her research on ‘Like himself and no other: The Story of Morgante Nano at the Florentine Court of Cosimo I de’ Medici’. 📆 9 December, 5-6.30pm (GMT)

The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture and the Mashtot Chair of Armenian Studies at Harvard University is hosting an online lecture by Mikael Muehlbauer on December 9, 2025.

Join the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture for the next lecture in their 2025–2026 lecture series: ‘Worshipping the Mother Goddess: An Underground Cult Complex in Late Antique Aphrodisias’ with Ine Jacobs (University of Oxford)

Join the British Archaeological Association for the December lecture by Lloyd de Beer on ‘The Many Lives of the Asante Ewer’. This will be followed by a celebratory drinks reception for a new volume honouring Professor Sandy Heslop. 📆 3 Dec 2025 📍 Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House, London

The conference "Art and Proof in the Ninth Century," hosted by Princeton University's Index of Medieval Art on December 5-6, 2025, will explore the significance of images in the Carolingian world.

A new interdisciplinary seminar series for postgraduate students and early career researchers on the Long Middle Ages invites submissions for 20-30 minute papers, with seminars commencing in early 2026 at the University of Leeds, in a hybrid format.

The DFG-Centre for Advanced Studies 'Imaginaria of Force' is calling for papers for a workshop on 'Tractive Forces' in fourteenth-century Italian art, exploring the dynamics of attraction and engagement between art and its viewers, to be held in May 2026. Deadline for submissions is 15 December 2025

The conference ‘Sanguis Christi: Visual Culture / Visionary Culture (13th–18th Centuries)’ will be held from December 3 to 5, 2025, in Louvain-la-Neuve. It focuses on the relationship between devotion to the Holy Blood of Christ and the development of visual culture in Europe during the Middle Ages.

The IX Congreso Internacional ‘O Camiño do Medievalista’ in Santiago de Compostela invites submissions from PhD students and recent graduates on various aspects of Medieval Studies, with proposals due by December 1, 2025.

The Courtauld is offering a a new fully funded Peter Fergusson PhD Scholarship in English Medieval Architecture for eligible projects focusing on England from the eleventh to the early sixteenth centuries. Statement of intents are due by 17 November 2025.

Please join Birkbeck on 17 November, at Birkbeck and online, for the Murray Seminar by Paul Binski. In this seminar, Paul Binski will share his research on 'Imago Dei, Imago Mundi: Matthew Paris’s saints, relics, maps and wonders'. 📆 17 November 2025 ⏰ 17:00-18:30 (GMT)

In this lecture, Evan Freeman, Simon Fraser University, will consider the use of ivory pyxides for receiving Communion in church. A large body of these round ivory boxes survive from late antiquity. Several boxes display motifs associated with the Eucharist. 📆 17 Nov 2025, 12–1:30 pm (EST, UTC-5)

In this lecture, Dr Nancy Thebaut will discuss their co-curated exhibition "Spectrum of Desire" at The Met Cloisters, which explores medieval perspectives on love, sex, and gender, with a focus on a tapestry of the Queen of Sheba and Solomon. 📆 17 Dec 2025, 17:30-19:00 (GMT) 📍Courtauld Institute

The Courtauld Medieval Postgraduate Colloquium invites PhD candidates to submit proposals exploring the intricate relationship between memory and medieval material culture, with a focus on artworks, buildings, and the socio-political agendas surrounding them, by December 14, 2025.

The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture and the Mashtot Chair of Armenian Studies at Harvard University are pleased to announce the first lecture in the 2025–2026 East of Byzantium lecture series.

To celebrate its opening in 2025, BRON Research Centre (Musea Brugge), in collaboration with the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA, Brussels), is organising a two-day conference on new and ongoing research on the oeuvre of Early Netherlandish painter Hans Memling. 📆 20-21 Nov 2025

"The Social Lives of Medieval Rings," edited by Jitske Jasperse, explores the intricate roles of medieval rings as social artifacts that connect people, places, and cultural practices from 1100 to 1500 across Europe, revealing their significance in historical and contemporary contexts.

Join the international conference "The Challenge of Historical Distance: Historicism and Anachronism in the Study of Art" to honour Prof. Gervase Rosser. 📆 6-7 November 2025 📍 Online & Nederlands Interuniversitair Kunsthistorisch Instituut (NIKI), Florence, Italy

Join PRAYTICIPYTE for this lecture series on prayer in the Late Medieval and Early Modern World, which takes place online. 📆 21 October 2025 - 10 February 2026, Tuesdays ⏰ 4–6 pm (CET)

Check out the upcoming Oxford Medieval Visual Culture Seminar series. Please note all lectures take place in person.

The University of Padua is hosting the 4th International Multidisciplinary Conference on "Materialising the Holy," exploring the interplay of materiality, sensory experience, and spiritual practices in the Middle Ages from 6-8 May 2026, with proposals due by 31 October 2025.

The international conference seeks paper proposals by October 31, 2025, focusing on the acoustic and architectural dimensions of the Bimah, Ambo, and Minbar.

This session at the AAH 2026 Annual Conference invites papers exploring how portable objects function as means of translation across cultural and temporal boundaries. Deadline for submissions is 2 November 2025.

The edited volume "The Medieval in Museums" seeks short abstracts for contributions that explore the presentation and interpretation of medieval objects, texts, and histories in museums and related institutions, emphasising global perspectives and the cultural implications of these representations.

Please join Birkbeck for the first Murray Seminar of this academic year. Katarzyna Murawska-Muthesius will share her research on 'The artist’s new body, burle, and the praise of caricature in early modern Italy'. 📆 20 October 2025, 17:00-18:30 (GMT) 📍Online & Birkbeck University, London

In memory of our much-missed friend and inspiration, the British Archaeological Association will be holding a conference to celebrate our former secretary, John McNeill, on 12-14 December 2025.

Join Dr Sophie Kelly for a lecture that explores the evolving design and significance of croziers in the context of ecclesiastical authority and political change in England during the 11th century. 📆 22 Oct 2025, 17:30-19:00 (BST) 📍 Courtauld Institute of Art

The conference titled "Communication – Cooperation – Confrontation: Queens, Noblewomen and Burgher Women in the Middle Ages" will be held in Prague on 16-17 October 2025, focusing on the influence and roles of medieval women within various societal networks. 📆 16-17 October 2025

Join the University of York's Centre for Medieval Studies for this lecture on medieval art and video games with Dr Glaire Anderson (The University of Edinburgh). 📆 12 Nov 2025, 5.30-7pm (GMT) 📍 University of York

Abstracts are invited for the session ‘Animal Representation in the Global Middle Ages: Bridging the Natural and Social Worlds’, which will take place at the next Association for Art History Conference. Deadline for submissions is 2 November 2025

Gregory Bryda will present an online lecture on October 8, 2025, examining how Matthias Grünewald utilised wood's dual nature in his altarpieces to intertwine the medicinal properties of Christ and saints with those of trees and plants. 📆 8 October 2025, 5pm (CEST) 📍Online

This new book explores the digital medieval manuscript as a unique cultural artifact, not just a copy of its physical counterpart.

Submissions are invited for the session ‘Confounding Images: Frustration as Art Historical Method’, which will take place at the Association for Art History 2026 Annual Conference. Deadline for submissions is 2 November 2025.

This year’s conference International Complutense Conference on Medieval Art, titled Transculturality and Medieval Art in Dialogue: Negotiating New Identities, will once again offer a specialised forum for scholarly exchange. 📆 7–8 October 2025 📍Universidad Complutense de Madrid

AVISTA are excited to announce the publication of the 18th volume in our Brill series, AVISTA Studies in the History of Medieval Technology, Science, and Art, with American Gothic: Reflections on Gothic Scholarship in America 1925–2025, edited by Robert Bork.

Papers are invited for submission for this year's Forum Kunst des Mittelalters, on the theme: ‘WORK: Traces, Constallations, Valuations.’ Deadline 15 October 2025

The UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies is pleased to announce a John W. Baldwin Post-Doctoral Fellowship for a recent Ph.D. whose work focuses on European medieval studies within the global comparative context. Deadline for applications is 3 November 2025.

This event marks the launch of Jon Cannon’s final book, The Stones of Britain — a profound exploration of how geology has shaped the landscapes and history of our island. Interwoven with reflections on place, home and belonging, it is Jon’s definitive work and a moving legacy.

The British Archaeological Association are excited to present a diverse conference which includes postgraduates and early career researchers in the fields of medieval history of art, architecture, and archaeology.

Lecture Series: British Archaeological Association Programme of Meetings 2025-2026 The British Archaeological Association holds regular monthly lectures on the first Wednesday of each month between October and May in the rooms of the Society of Antiquaries of London, Burlington House and online.

Submissions are invited for the edited volume ‘The Senses and the Elements. Water, Fire, Air and Earth as Sensorial Triggers in Medieval Religious Contexts’. Deadline is 15 October 2025.

Applications are invited for the conference 'Instrumenta altaris'. Ritual Artefacts and Their Images for Medieval Liturgy, which takes place in Madrid next year. Deadline for papers is 1 October 2025.

Papers are invited for this session at next year's European Architectural History Network (EAHN) conference in Aarhus. Deadline for submissions is 19 September 2025.

Across two days, this online conference explores Islamic Medieval Wall Paintings. 📆 4-5 September 2025

Papers are invited to this panel session, which will take place at Kalamazoo’s International Congress on Medieval Studies in 2026. Deadline for submissions is 15 September 2026.

Papers are invited for this panel session at next year’s Leeds International Medieval Congress. Deadline for submissions is 19 September 2025.

Papers are invited to this panel session, which will take place at Kalamazoo’s International Congress on Medieval Studies in 2026. Deadline for submissions is 15 September 2025.

Abstracts are invited for this panel session that will take place at Leeds International Medieval Congress in 2026. Deadline is 19 September 2025.