Submissions
- The Congress is sponsored by the WMU Medieval Institute
Submissions
For All
- Session Proposals (deadline: June 1)
- Paper Proposals (deadline: September 15)
- Reservations for Business Meetings and Receptions (deadline: October 1)
- Offers to Preside for General Sessions (deadline: October 1)
- For Those Who Have Had Sessions Approved (deadline: October 1)
Session Proposals
Proposals for Sponsored and Special Sessions are made on the Session Proposal Form, which is available on the Congress website beginning in February.
Proposals for Sponsored and Special Sessions—including sessions of papers, panel discussions, roundtables, poster sessions, workshops, demonstrations, and performances—are due on June 1 for the following year’s Congress. The Congress Committee considers the proposals in June, and would-be session organizers are informed of the Committee’s acceptance or rejection of sessions by post in July.
Session Proposal Form
The Session Proposal Form for the 49th International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 8-11, 2014) is available in two formats, as a Microsoft Word form and as an interactive PDF file.
Session Proposal Form (Microsoft Word form to download or complete online, print out, and submit to the Medieval Institute as an email attachment, by mail, or by fax by June 1)
Session Proposal Form (interactive PDF file to complete online, print out, and submit to the Medieval Institute by mail or by fax by June 1)
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Paper Proposals
A paper proposal comprises a one-page abstract and a completed Participant Information Form, which is available on the Congress website beginning in July (deadline: September 15).
The Call for Papers for the following year's Congress, which lists the Sponsored and Special Sessions approved by the Congress Committee, is available on the Congress website in July. You may send a paper proposal to the contact person listed in the Call for Papers for a Sponsored or Special Session OR submit a proposal directly to the Congress Committee to be considered for inclusion in a General Session. Sponsored and Special Sessions may be closing or closed at any point along the timeline to the September 15 deadline for paper proposals. The person proposing a paper who waits until the last minute may be very disappointed. Organizers of Sponsored and Special Sessions are obliged to forward proposals that are not selected to the Congress Committee, so that the papers can be considered for General Sessions.
Participant Information Form
The Participant Information Form for the 49th International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 8-11, 2014) will be available in July.
Reservations for Business Meetings and Receptions
Learned societies, associations, institutions, publishers, and other vendors may hold business meetings or host receptions at the Congress. Space is reserved by submitting the Meeting/Reception Reservation Form (deadline: October 1), which is available on the Congress website in July.
Meeting/Reception Reservation Form
The Meeting/Reception Reservation Form for the 49th International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 8-11, 2014 will be available in July.
Offers to Preside for General Sessions
The Congress Committee at the Medieval Institute gratefully accepts offers to preside over General Sessions made on the Offer to Preside Form (deadline: October 1), which is available on the Congress website in July. You need not be delivering a paper at the Congress in order to preside over a General Session.
Offer to Preside Form
The Offer to Preside Form for the 49th International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 8-11, 2014 will be available in July.