Roundtable on Participating in Conferences as a Graduate Student With Lauren Mancia, Anna Siebach-Larsen, and R.D. Perry Hosted by Vagantes Board Mentorship & Professionalization Representative Danny Berman in advance of the Vagantes 2026 Conference at the University of Rochester.  Thursday, February 12th, 1–2 pm EST, on Zoom. Have you ever wondered how to best prepare […]

If you still haven’t sent in your abstract for Vagantes 2026, you now have another week to do so! The submission deadline has been extended to Friday, 12/19/25. Email your abstract and short CV to vagantesboard@gmail.com to be considered.

We are now accepting submissions for Vagantes 2026!    The 25th Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies will be hosted by The University of Rochester in Rochester, New York, April 9-11, 2026.    Vagantes is an interdisciplinary community of junior and early career scholars that offers an ideal opportunity for sharing new research. The conference accepts submissions on any topic pertaining to the

Vagantes is excited to announce a new Writing Group for the academic year 2025/26! This group will meet regularly to provide an online space for graduate students in medieval studies to share goals, exchange feedback, and carve out time for focused writing. Whether you are working on a first seminar paper or finishing your dissertation,

We are now soliciting applications for the Host Institution of Vagantes 2027! Vagantes is an interdisciplinary conference focusing on the Middle Ages that is entirely organized and run by graduate students. This is a unique opportunity to showcase the Medieval Studies community at your institution, and to gain valuable professional development experience in planning and

Interested in becoming more involved with Vagantes? Consider applying for a position on the Board of Directors! There are two open positions: Mentorship and Professionalization Coordinator and Scribe. All roles are two-year terms and are open to all prospective and past Vagantes participants currently enrolled in a graduate program. For more information on positions, see

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us last week in Durham for the 2025 Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies! Congratulations to all of our speakers and the organizers at both UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke. If you have photos from the event you’d like to share, or if you’d like to browse those that

Day three of Vagantes 2025 is upon us! Before we kick off our final day, look back at some highlights from day two: -Speakers led us in close readings of religious literature, shared insights on encounters with medieval material culture, and highlighted the enduring influence of drama; -Associate Curator Katherine Werwie guided participants through an

Day one of Vagantes 2025 was full of highlights: -Speakers asked us to reflect on knowledge sharing between religious women, the ecocritical implications of both historical and fictive writing, and the physical remnants of marginalized sacred practice; -Peer mentors swapped advice and insight over lunch; -Editors Michael Cornett (Duke, Journal of Medieval and Early Modern