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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

Please join the Vagantes board for our second Mentorship & Professionalization event!  Dissertation to Book Roundtable with Cynthia Hahn, Maggie Solberg, and Anne E. Lester Hosted by Vagantes Board Mentorship & Professionalization Representative Kris Racaniello in advance of the Vagantes 2025 Conference at Duke-UNC.  Friday, March 28th, 3:00pm EST, on Zoom No matter where you

We are still accepting submissions for Vagantes 2025! Please sent your abstracts by Friday, December 20th to be considered. See below for further information. *** The 24th Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies co-hosted by Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will take place at Duke University in Durham, NC from April

The submission deadline for the 24th Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies is fast approaching! Remember to submit abstracts by Monday, December 9th to be considered.   See below for further details. Please share with graduate students in your department and other colleagues who might be interested.   ***   The 24th Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies co-hosted

Please join the Vagantes board for our first Mentorship & Professionalization event!  Have you ever wondered about how to publish your work as a graduate student? Or what it means to invest in professional development? Join the Vagantes Mentorship & Professionalization representative, Kris Racaniello, to discuss navigating journal applications, unconventional publishing, and what a “professional”

The 24th Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies co-hosted by Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will take place at Duke University in Durham, NC from April 3-5, 2025. Vagantes is an interdisciplinary community of junior and early career scholars that offers an ideal opportunity for sharing new research from across the