Konstruktionen des Falschen: Fälschung und Fake im Mittelalter
21. Symposium des Mediävistikverbands
Münster, 22.-25. Februar 2027

Einreichungsfrist: 31. Mai 2026

Unter dem Titel „Konstruktionen des Falschen: Fälschung und Fake im Mittelalter“ werden im Rahmen des 21. Symposiums des Mediävistikverbands vom 22. bis zum 25. Februar 2027 an der Universität Münster die Phänomene Falschheit, Fälschung und fake in interdisziplinärem Zugriff erkundet. Ausrichter der Veranstaltung ist das Centrum für Mittelalter- und Frühneuzeitforschung der Universität Münster.

Vorschläge für Sektionen und Einzelvorträge werden bis zum 31. Mai 2026 per Mail erbeten an falsemed27@uni-muenster.de.
 
Sektionen steht ein Slot von 90 Minuten zur Verfügung, sie bestehen in der Regel aus drei Vorträgen, die interdisziplinär anschlussfähig sein sollen. Die Vortragsdauer beträgt max. 20 Minuten. Die Vortragenden einer Sektion sollen mindestens zwei unterschiedliche Fächer vertreten.
 
Jeder Vorschlag (Einzelvortrag und Sektionsvortrag) soll mit einem kurzen Abstract von max. 2000 Zeichen inkl. Leerzeichen versehen sein. Bei Sektionseinreichungen soll zusätzlich ein kurzes Gesamtkonzept zu übergreifenden Fragestellungen und Zielen (max. 2000 Zeichen inkl. Leerzeichen) gegeben werden.
 
Es wird darum gebeten, bei der Einreichung die Nummer des Themenblocks (1–4, siehe Tagungskonzept) sowie die beabsichtigte Vortragssprache anzugeben.

Organisation
Prof. Dr. Wolfram Drews
Dr. Christian Scholl

Kontakt
falsemed27@uni-muenster.de

Den Call for Papers, das Tagungskonzept und weitere Informationen finden Sie auf der Tagungshomepage.

In, Under and Beside the House
Archaeology and Building Archaeology in Dialogue on the shared object „House“
Joint Annual Conference 2026 of the Arbeitskreis Hausforschung (AHF) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Archäologie des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit (DGAMN)
Brandenburg a. d. Havel/hybrid, 1-4 October 2026

Submission Deadline: 30 April 2026 

The thematic focus of the conference, as indicated by its title, will be on the house itself, its structural and spatial configurations, its traces in the ground, and its immediate surroundings. Town walls, churches, castles and cemeteries are explicitly excluded from this meeting.

This focused thematic framework is intended to foster fruitful discussions and, ideally, new insights through the joint consideration of identical objects from different perspectives. Contributions that have already been presented within one’s own disciplinary circle are explicitely welcomed for renewed presentation.

Thematic papers should not exceed 20 minutes; short presentations of new research are limited to 15 minutes.

The conference language is German, but papers in English are welcome. As the number of presentations is limited, a selection process may be necessary, conducted by a joint preparatory committee of AHF and DGAMN. The proceedings will be published in a joint volume by the two organising bodies.

Technical facilities for digital image presentations (PowerPoint) will be available. The conference is planned as a hybrid event with online streaming of presentations.

Please submit proposals including the paper title, an abstract of no more than 10 lines, and a short CV with full postal address by 30 April 2026 to:

Contact
Dr. des. Anja Schmid-Engbrodt M.A.
Lindlacher Weg 25, D-50259 Pulheim
Tel. (+49) 171-501 5624
engbrodt@aol.com

The complete Call for Papers can be found at the conference website.

Rhetorik Jahrbuch 2027 – Rhetorik und Epideiktik

Einreichungsfrist Abstract: 12. April 2026
Einreichungsfrist Manuskript: 1. November 2026 

Für den Jahrgang 2027 von Rhetorik. Ein internationales Jahrbuch, publiziert bei DeGruyter Brill, planen die beiden Herausgeber ein Jahrbuch mit Beiträgen zum Thema Rhetorik und Epideiktik. Der Band richtet sich an Forscher*Innen, die sich für die Lob- und Tadelrede in der Rhetorikgeschichte und vor allem auch in ihren zeitgenössischen Ausprägungen in Praxis wie Theorie interessieren. Die Bandherausgeber möchten insbesondere auch jüngeren Wissenschaftler*Innen mit Interesse für den Themenbereich die Möglichkeit bieten, einen Artikel beizusteuern.

Interessent*innen melden sich bis zum 12. April 2026 mit einem Arbeitstitel und einem kurzen Abstract von etwa 300 Worten bei: Prof. Dietmar Till (Seminar für Allgemeine Rhetorik, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen) – dietmar.till@uni.tuebingen.de und Dr. Frank Schuhmacher – frank-holger.schuhmacher@uni-tuebingen.de

Beiträge aus Disziplinen wie Literaturwissenschaft, Linguistik, Geschichtswissenschaft, Politikwissenschaft, Medienwissenschaft oder Rhetorik sind gleichermaßen erwünscht.

Das Rhetorik-Jahrbuch publiziert vorzugsweise auf Deutsch, aber auch Texte in englischer Sprache sind willkommen. Die fertigen Manuskripte sollen bis zum 1. November 2026 abgegeben werden. Der Band wird dann im Oktober/November 2027 erscheinen.

Den vollständigen Call for Papers finden Sie hier als PDF-Download.

Culture in Translation – History, Literature, and the Transcultural Movement of Ideas
Interdisciplinary Conference
Zurich, 1–4 October 2026

Submission Deadline: 31 March 2026

The conference's aim is to discuss from an interdisciplinary perspective how ancient traditions from Jewish, Christian, ancient Near Eastern as well as Greek and Roman contexts shaped the culture and discourses of their time, and how some literature could develop into particularly enduring and influential repositories of a history of ideas, both within antiquity and beyond, through processes of transmission, translation, and the formation of tradition. In short, we want to ask how and why precisely those ancient materials that we today consider particularly enduring and influential succeeded in achieving their lasting impact across history.

There is an open call for papers, and we hope to encourage a broad range of scholars, specifically including early career researchers, from a range of subjects (Ancient History, Biblical Studies, Classics, History of Judaism and Christianity, Ancient Near Eastern studies, including reception history etc.) to propose a paper. There is some funding available to support junior scholars’ expenses towards travel and accommodation in Zurich. This is to ensure the accessibility of the conference. Details will be communicated to participants upon the acceptance of their short paper.

Organisation 
Moritz F. Adam, Jörg Frey, and Daniel Maier

Contact
culture@theol.uzh.ch

The complete Call for Papers can be found at the conference website.

Piecing Together Body and Death: Construction – Deconstruction – Reconstruction
DAI, Cluster 3 “Body and Death. Concepts – Practices – Media”
Frankfurt am Main/hybrid, 28–30 September 2026

Submission Deadline: 31 March 2026

Cluster 3 Body and Death invites contributions that deal with the construction, deconstruction, and reconstruction of bodies, especially after death, both on a theoretical and practical level. The three-day conference will be held from 28th to 30th September at the RGK in Frankfurt (Palmengartenstraße 10–12, Frankfurt am Main).

Submissions for papers and posters are invited in English and German and should include an abstract of no more than 300 words. Oral presentations may last up to 20 minutes. Poster presentations are also encouraged; posters should be prepared in A1 format (portrait orientation). The meeting will be held in a hybrid format and will be streamed online. The abstracts should be sent to koerperundtod.sprecher@dainst.de by no later than 31.03.2026.

Kontakt
Prof. Dr. Mayke Wagner, Stellvertretende Direktorin, Leiterin der Außenstelle Peking 
Mayke.Wagner@dainst.de

The complete Call for Papers can be found at the conference website.

Dynamics of urbanity. Configurations of boundaries in pre-modern cities
Conference
Kiel, 17-18 July 2026

Submission Deadline: 28 February 2026

The conference seeks to approach boundaries and boundary-making as a ubiquitous and pervasive facet of the urban phenomenon and aims to explore this phenomenon by bringing together archaeological and text-based perspectives. Especially in premodern urban contexts (c. 1–1200 CE), we can observe how boundaries were created, maintained, shifted, crossed, or broken, and how they impacted urban societies and urban dynamics. The conference invites archaeologists (Classical Archaeology, Historical Archaeology) to explore the role of the configuration of boundaries and boundary-making in the urban historical landscape. We will address the topic in four closely interconnected sections, focusing on (Roman) Antiquity, Mediterranean Late Antiquity as a transitional phase (“long Late Antiquity”), and the European Middle Ages. In addition, we will examine transitional urbanity, including Sub-Saharan and East African as well as Central Asian perspectives.

While the contributions will primarily focus on archaeological approaches to the analysis of material and immaterial boundaries—especially when developed in dialogue with cultural studies concepts of boundary-making—we explicitly encourage contributions that approach the topic from a comparative or intercultural perspective.

If you are interested in joining us in the summer on the Firth of Kiel, we kindly ask you to contact the chairs by 28/02/2026.

Chairs
Patric-Alexander Kreuz (Urban Archaeology) / Ulrich Müller (Historical Archaeology)

Contact
Patric-Alexander Kreuz
Institute of Classics, Classical Archaeology
kreuz@klassarch.uni-kiel.de

Ulrich Müller
Institute of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Archaeology, Historical Archaeology
umueller@ufg.uni-kiel.de

The complete Call for Papers can be found at the conference website.

International Association for Coptic Studies (IACS)
13th International Congress of Coptic Studies
Göttingen, 27 July – 1 Aug 2026

Extended Deadlines for submission: 
March 31, 2026 September 30, 2025 (panels) 
March 31, 2026 December 31, 2025 (panel contributions, individual short papers, and posters)

Interested colleagues are again invited to propose thematic panels, which should contain at least three papers per panel, as well as individual papers. Both the individual papers and the panels will be divided into 6 parallel sessions, typically running from mid-morning (11:00 am) until the evening.

Each paper is allotted a time slot of no more than 20 minutes, followed by 5 minutes for discussion and questions. Prospective panel conveners should submit the title of the panel and a short description to coptic-congress-2026@uni-goettingen.de, as soon as possible, but no later than September 30, 2025 March 31, 2026.

Posters (A0 format) are recommended for the presentation of work in progress, research tools, and similar topics. A dedicated space will be available near the main lecture theatres. Participants unable to bring their posters to the congress should email coptic-congress-2026@uni-goettingen.de. The organisers will provide assistance with the printing.

Short abstracts (ca. 200 words) for panel contributions, individual short papers, and posters need to be sent to: coptic-congress-2026@uni-goettingen.de before December 31, 2025 March 31, 2026. Participants who wish to give a short paper, or to present a poster will be able to indicate this during the online registration process in the menu Contribution Type. Papers can be presented in English, German, or French. The congress committee reserves the right to decline any paper or poster proposal in light of time and capacity constraints.

Contact
coptic-congress-2026@uni-goettingen.de

The complete Call for Papers and further information can be found here.

Human-environmental connectivity in pre-modern times of conflict
Exploring environmental archives across disciplines, methods, and materials
Interdisciplinary conference
Kiel, 7-9 October 2026

Submission Deadline: 17 April 2026

This interdisciplinary conference will examine the complex relationship between war and the environment in the context of conflict. The event will focus on antiquity and is aimed at researchers in the fields of ancient history, classical philology, and archaeology. Contributions relating to other eras and from the natural sciences that open thematic, methodological, or theoretical connections to the topic are expressly welcome.

Format: Presentations are scheduled to last 20 minutes, followed by a 10-minute discussion. In Panel 5 on the connection between findings from the natural sciences and literary studies, there is the option of a short keynote presentation (10 minutes) or the presentation of an interdisciplinary project (10 minutes).

Proposals for presentations (max. 1 page as a PDF document, specifying the desired presentation language: English, German, or French and including a short biography) can be submitted by email to samantha.philips@email.uni-kiel.de by Friday, April 17, 2026. The accommodation costs of the speakers can be covered, and if necessary, a subsidy for travel expenses to Kiel can also be paid. A publication of the conference results is planned.

Organisation
Prof. Dr. Andreas Schwab & Samantha Philips
Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
Exzellenzcluster ROOTS
Subcluster Knowledge

Contact
samantha.philips@email.uni-kiel.de 

The complete Call for Papers can be found here as PDF-Download.

20. JungakademikerInnen-Tagung
„pro salute imperii. Gesellschaft, Heer und Wirtschaft der römischen Kaiserzeit.“
Graz, 19. November 2026

Einreichungsfrist: 30. April 2026

Das Institut für Antike (FB Alte Geschichte und Epigraphik) der Universität Graz veranstaltet jährlich die sogenannte „JungakademikerInnen-Tagung (JAT)“, dieses Mal zum Thema „pro salute imperii“. Im Fokus stehen dabei allem voran Fragen militärischer, administrativer, prosopographischer, wirtschaftlicher und religiöser Natur zum imperium Romanum von Augustus bis Iustinian.

Der Kongress dient der Förderung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses, das heißt, es soll allem voran Masterstudierenden und DissertantInnen resp. nicht-habilitierten Personen die Möglichkeit geboten werden, ihre Ergebnisse vor einem internationalen Publikum zu präsentieren. Die Vortragsdauer beträgt 45 min (30 min Präsentation, 15 min Diskussion). Die Organisatoren werden sich um die Sicherstellung einer Refundierung der Kosten (Nächtigung / Reise) bemühen.

Interessierte senden ihre Abstracts (max. 1 Seite) bitte bis spätestens 30.04.2026 an: anton.skrinjar@uni-graz.at 

Kontakt
anton.skrinjar@uni-graz.at 

Den vollständigen Call for Papers finden Sie hier als PDF-Download.

Totally (Ab)normal?!
Bodily Norms and Body Metaphors in Medieval Latin Literature
Workshop
Göttingen, 4–5 September 2026

Submission Deadline: 15 February 2026

The human body stands at the centre of medieval European culture, serving as a fundamental point of reference for social, scientific, and theological reflection. Conceptions of bodies permeate diverse spheres of medieval life and learning, and they continue to shape discourses on bodies today—whether in political theory, social history, gender studies, or literary scholarship.

In medieval literature, bodies are rarely depicted in a purely descriptive manner; rather, they are evaluated with reference to explicit or implicit norms. Categories such as “well-formed”, “ugly”, “ill”, “deformed”, or “monstrous” constitute the vocabulary of this evaluative process. Since antiquity, conformity to—or deviation from—an idealised exterior has often been linked to the disposition of the “inner” self. At the same time, representations of the body frequently serve figurative or allegorical purposes.

The workshop explores this distinctly literary mode of conceptualisation, which brings
together body metaphors and the normative evaluation of bodies.

We particularly encourage proposals that combine close textual analysis with broader theoretical perspectives. Contributions from Medieval Studies, Classics, History, Gender and Queer Studies, and Digital Humanities are welcome. Papers should be 20 minutes in length, followed by 10 minutes of discussion, and may be presented in German or English.
Abstracts of up to 300 words, including the title of the paper, contact details, and a short biographical note, should be submitted by 15 February 2026. Please send proposals to: total-abnormal@uni-goettingen.de. Travel and accommodation expenses for speakers will be covered within the usual limits.

Organisation
Lumen Hinterholzer, M.A.
Dr. Alexander Schulz

Contact
total-abnormal@uni-goettingen.de 

The complete Call for Papers as a PDF can be found here as PDF-Download.