Call for Papers: Material Culture in Transformation: The Afterlives of Premodern Stone and Metal Objects
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19. März 2026
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Call for papers
Material Culture in Transformation: The Afterlives of Premodern Stone and Metal Objects
Third Workshop in the Series Cultures of Use and Reuse
Mainz, 12–14 April 2027
Submission Deadline: 13 April 2026
The organisers invite proposals from historians, art historians, archaeologists, epigraphists, conservators, heritage practitioners and scholars of religion and cultural studies at all career stages. Contributions should engage directly with the themes of reuse and transformation in medieval stone and/or metal, whether through detailed case studies, comparative analyses or conceptual interventions. Work that situates local or regional material within broader Mediterranean, transregional or global frameworks, or that reflects on the relationship between medieval and early modern practices, is particularly welcome.
Application
Please submit a single PDF file that contains an abstract of 300–400 words and a short biographical note of no more than 150 words. The abstract should outline your main argument, indicate the primary sources and materials you will discuss, specify the geographical and chronological focus of your paper, and explain how your contribution engages with the workshop’s interest in reuse, afterlives and material transformation in stone and metal. The biographical note should include your name, institutional affiliation and up to five relevant publications, projects or exhibitions (where applicable). If you would prefer to present a shorter, more exploratory contribution instead of a full-length paper, please indicate this clearly in your proposal.
Proposals should be sent by Monday, 13 April 2026 to: carolin.gluchowski@uni-hamburg.de, Julia.Noll@adwmainz.de and julia.von.ditfurth@kunstgeschichte.uni-freiburg.de. Applicants will be informed of the outcome by mid-May 2026. Draft versions of accepted papers of approximately 3,000–5,000 words will be circulated among all participants by the beginning of 2027 in order to facilitate substantive discussion during the workshop.
Organisation and Contact
Carolin Gluchowski (Universität Hamburg): carolin.gluchowski@uni-hamburg.de
Julia von Ditfurth (Universität Freiburg): julia.von.ditfurth@kunstgeschichte.uni-freiburg.de
Julia Noll (Akademie der Wissenschaften und Literatur Mainz): Julia.Noll@adwmainz.de
The complete Call for Papers can be found here as a PDF-Download.
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