Addressing Difficult Aspects of the Medieval
We’re currently planning our next events. Further details will be announced here soon.
We’re incredibly excited to be hosting our second workshop this summer at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf! We will be accepting abstracts until 1st June. Please note that there is some travel funding available.
We’ll be hosting 4 sessions as part of our Hard Times series at Leeds this year! We were thrilled to receive so many thoughtful abstracts, and have a packed agenda for the biggest medieval event of the summer. Our paper sessions, entitled ‘Fascism’, ‘Reappropriation’ and ‘Trauma’, have been shaped by our speakers’ desires to engage with the political landscape of 2026. The thematic strands linking these sessions flag the issues that seem most ‘difficult’ to us in the here and now. We’ll be rounding these sessions off with a Round Table in the evening. All are welcome!
We’ll be hosting a series of panels entitled ‘Hard Times’ at Leeds IMC 2026! See our CfP for details and consider sending us an abstract.
The three co-organisers of ADAM discussed the aims and plans of the network at the 22nd Biennial Conference of the International Society for the Study of Early Medieval England, in the form of a roundtable.
Our first workshop featured 15 thoughtful papers on topics ranging from disabilities in early medieval texts to accounts of conjugal violence across historical records. Our delegates collaborated in thoughtful discussion about the tangle of problems faced by researchers of such topics not just in medieval studies but beyond. We were especially thrilled to welcome Professor Corinne Saunders (University of Durham) as our keynote speaker.
Vitor Marroni Fortuna reflects on the challenges of researching Medieval Scandinavia in Brazil. The post reflects on the difficulty of finding a balance in historical research, looking at how scholars approach…
Antony R. Henk talks about how teaching the texts and history of medieval Europe inevitably requires discussion of Christianity as both a belief system and a societal institution. Christianity, however, brings…
Dr Rebecca Merkelbach reflects on her keynote speech at the most recent Saga Conference. Held every three years, Saga Con is the most important meeting of Old Norse scholars, bringing together…
Adam Kelly discusses the network's recent trip to Dusseldorf for ISSEME, key issues raised at the roundtable, and the febrile political environment in which the network finds itself.