Submissions for Session Organizers
- The Congress is sponsored by the WMU Medieval Institute
Submissions
For Session Organizers
- Session Proposals (deadline: June 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 is available in two formats, as a Microsoft Word form and as an interactive PDF file.
Session Proposal Form (Microsoft Word Form to download, save, and submit as an email attachment to medieval-institute@wmich.edu or by mail or fax to the Medieval Institute by June 1)
Session Proposal Form (interactive PDF file to complete online, print out, and mail or fax to the Medieval Institute by June 1)
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For Those Who Have Had Sessions Approved
The information for approved Congress sessions must be submitted either online or by email attachment, mail, or delivery service to the Medieval Institute using the Session Organizer Form (deadline: October 1).
Online Submission of Session Information
We encourage the submission of final information for approved Congress sessions online through Western Michigan University’s Digital Commons (ScholarWorks at WMU) powered by bepress (The Berkeley Electronic Press).
Among the advantages:
- speedy and intuitive
- your submission remains available to you for revision until October 15
- no need to send the Session Organizer Form to the Medieval Institute (and we ask that you do not if you have submitted session information online)
The online submission system for the 48th International Congress on Medieval Studies will be available in July.
Session Organizer Form
For those preferring not to submit session information online, the Session Organizer Form is available in two formats, as a Microsoft Word Form and as an interactive PDF file. The Session Organizer Form for the 48th International Congress on Medieval Studies will be available in July.
Advice and Admonitions
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Paper Proposals Not Accepted
Organizers of Sponsored and Special Sessions are obliged to forward paper proposals received but not accepted to the Medieval Institute by October 1 so that the papers can be considered for inclusion in General Sessions.