Call For Papers – Route des Normandes Association

Posted On: August 2nd, 2026

Scene 52 from the Bayeux Tapestry (Image: Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons).

Announcing a Call for Papers for a proposed series of linked sessions at next year’s International Medieval Congress (IMC), which will take place in Leeds from the 5th-8th July 2027. The theme of these sessions is “Communities”, looking at itineraries and material culture across the Norman worlds.

Proposals are invited from scholars working on the history, material culture, and religious life of the Norman worlds. Papers may focus on a building, work of art, manuscript, patron, institution, burial site, or cult, provided that the case study is situated within a clearly defined itinerary or network, or linked to a historically plausible mechanism of transmission.

Submissions should include a title, an abstract of no more than 350 words, a short biography of no more than 100 words, institutional affiliation, contact details, and four or five keywords. Papers will be either 15 or 20 minutes long. Selected proposals will be organised into linked 90-minute sessions and submitted to the IMC Programming Committee.

For full details about the sessions and theme, see here.

Please send proposals by  to:
Giacomo D’Andrea
Session Organiser
Route des Normands Association, Normandy Region
giacomo.dandrea@normandie.fr