International Congress on Medieval Studies

61st Congress Program

The 61st International Congress on Medieval Studies takes place Thursday, May 14, through Saturday, May 16, 2026. 

Printed programs will be shipped to Congress participants with U.S. addresses in early March. International attendees and anyone else who did not receive a program in the mail will be able to pick up a copy at the registration desk. 

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2026 Program

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ICMS 2026 PROGRAM

Corrigenda

The corrigenda were last updated on March 24, 2026.

8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m. EDT

20 Comparative Approaches to Medieval French Literature. The presider is Jan Solberg. The paper by Ana Clara Mônico has been withdrawn. 

10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. EDT

45 Clothing and Textiles. The paper by Mária Lupescu Makó has been withdrawn.

1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m. EDT

84 Revenge in the Arthurian Tradition. The paper by Hope D. Hecht has been withdrawn.

99 The Influence of Greek and Medieval Art and Literature on Nineteenth-Century European Art. The paper by Jennifer A. Bates Ehlert has been withdrawn.

8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m. EDT

167 The Scribal Presence: Knowing, Working, and Learning. The presider is Mark Saltveit.

1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m. EDT

234 The Liber Mulierum: Bible Books on Women and Their Medieval Commentators. The paper by Elizabeth Crabtree has been withdrawn.

3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m. EDT

248 “Wryte more trewe” (2): Chaucer Review’s Plenty: A Roundtable in Honor of Susanna Fein and David Raybin. The presider is Wendy A. Matlock.

281  Library Careers for Medievalists (4): Reference and Instruction (A Roundtable). Alan Witt will not participate in this roundtable.

274 Dress and Textiles (3): Textiles in Texts. The paper by Lily Tun has been withdrawn. 

8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m. EDT

289 Timely Tusks (1): Byzantine Ivories. This session will take place online. 

293 Annual Journal of Medieval Military History Lecture. The presider is Stephen Morillo. 

295 Writing at Helfta. The paper by Macie Sweet has been withdrawn.

301 Imagining Women in Medieval French Literature. The paper by Dominique Hoche has been withdrawn.

10:30 p.m.–12:00 p.m. EDT

314 Adapting the Medieval in the Twentieth Century. The paper by Małgorzata Dowlaszewicz and Jan Załęcki has been withdrawn.

1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m. EDT

379 Law and Legal Culture in Early Medieval Britain (3): Post-Conquest Memories of Pre-Conquest Law. The title of the paper by Karen Orren has been changed to “Dispensation Nation: Periodizing the Anglo-American Liberennium.”

3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m. EDT

403 Problems of Provenance. The paper by Katy Zane has been withdrawn.

 

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