Conference Aims
In 2024, Ceræ is taking the exciting step of launching our own conference with the intention of having this become an annual fixture on the Ceræ calendar. While we have organised and sponsored a number of conference panels over the years at IMC Leeds and Anzamems (and still plan to continue with these into the future), this is our first step into organising a whole conference from start to finish as a committee.
The purpose behind hosting our own conference is threefold:
- Firstly, we are fulfilling our constitutional objectives of promoting high-quality, original scholarship within Medieval and Early Modern Studies, especially as undertaken by graduate and ECR scholars within the Australasian region. Our conference will encourage the development of the online community at both a national and an international level.
- Secondly, this conference will, being held entirely online, promote the digital humanities and scholarship which utilises digital media and sources.
- And last – but not least – establishing an annual Ceræ conference will go a significant way towards meeting our fundraising goals that, as a fully independent open-access journal, provide for our operational costs.
We are also delighted to announce that all conference presenters and attendees will have access to an exclusive promotion through Boydell & Brewer for 50% off all their Medieval and Early Modern titles.
Conference Dates & Venue
The primary dates of the 2024 conference will be 26–27 April. Since presenters will be attending from across the world, the final schedule will not be released until late March – early April. Presenters located west of the Atlantic Ocean should note that some sessions may be scheduled to take place in the evening of 25 April, local time.
The conference will be held entirely online, via Zoom, and all sessions will be recorded. Recordings will be made available on the website for a limited time after the conference has concluded.
Abstract Submissions
Please email your submission by 14 March 2024 (deadline extended) for a 20-minute (+ 10 minutes Q&A) presentation to ceraejournal@gmail.com, including:
- a 150–200 word abstract,
- your academic affiliation and title (if any),
- a short 50-100 word biography,
- the time-zone from which you will be presenting.
The theme of the 2024 conference is the same as for Volume 11 of the journal, that is: Metamorphosis, Transformation, and Transmutation. We strongly encourage all conference presenters to submit a full version of their presentation for publication within the journal (which will be subject to our standard peer-review procedures). Please refer to the Volume 11 CFP for further details, prompts, and deadlines relating to this theme.
Submissions to the conference will be advised of their paper’s acceptance by mid-March (if not earlier).
Featured image: Codex Manesse, Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Cod. Pal. germ. 848 Große Heidelberger Liederhandschrift, f.364r, c. 1300.