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Abby Armstrong Check, UW–Madison Art History Ph.D. Student, recently participated in the International Center for Medieval Art’s Oral History Project, interviewing Art Historian Mary B. Shepard. Check out Episode 8 HERE and listen to their conversation about hinge moments in the field, the ICMA, and other memorable research experiences.

Host the 22nd Annual Vagantes Conference in 2023!   Application Deadline: Tuesday, August 31st, 2021   The Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies is now accepting applications to host the 2023 conference. Hosted by a different institution each year, Vagantes is an interdisciplinary graduate student conference focused on the Middle Ages. Run and organized entirely by

SAVE THE DATE: Vagantes 2022 Case Western Reserve University   Save the date for the 21st Annual Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies hosted by Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. The conference will take place in-person March 24th–26th, 2022.   More information and call for papers to come!  

Ph.D. Student Tirumular (Drew) Narayanan has published the article “Medieval Dreams and Far-Right Nightmares,” with Benjamin Bertrand, in Issue 32 of Current Affairs. Their article discusses the Far-Right’s appropriation of medieval symbols and the Death Dealer statute at the United State military base of Fort Hood in Central Texas.

Host the 22nd Annual Vagantes Conference in 2023! Application EXTENDED Deadline: Tuesday, August 31st, 2021 The Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies is now accepting applications to host the 2023 conference. Hosted by a different institution each year, Vagantes is an interdisciplinary graduate student conference focused on the Middle Ages. Run and organized entirely by graduate

Bevin Butler recently completed her doctoral dissertation at Arizona State University and is now the Assistant Professor of Art History at Tennessee Tech University. Her dissertation, “Crafting Agency in Needle and Thread: “Nuns’ Work” and Textile Production in Late Medieval Monasteries,” critically interrogates the historic associations of textiles with femininity, the historiography regarding nuns’ contributions

Host the 22nd Annual Vagantes Conference in 2023!   Application Deadline: Tuesday, August 31st, 2021   The Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies is now accepting applications to host the 2023 conference. Hosted by a different institution each year, Vagantes is an interdisciplinary graduate student conference focused on the Middle Ages. Run and organized entirely by

We are excited to announce the Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies Board of Directors for 2021–22! Chair: Claire Kilgore (Ph.D. Candidate, Art History, UW–Madison) Co-Host Institution Representative: Russell David Green (Ph.D. Student, Art History, CWRU) Co-Host Institution Representative: Anna O’Connell (DMA Student, Historical Performance Practice, CWRU) Secretary: Abby Armstrong-Check (Ph.D. Student, Art History, UW–Madison) Webmaster:

The Vagantes Board of Directors is excited to announce the winner of the 20th Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies Paper Prize! Charlotte Whatley (Ph.D. Candidate, History, UW–Madison) has won for her paper “Bending Time and Building Authority in the Late Medieval English Common Law.” Congratulations Charlotte!

Host the 22nd Annual Vagantes Conference in 2023!   Application Deadline: Saturday, May 15, 2021   The Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies is now accepting applications to host the 2023 conference. Hosted by a different institution each year, Vagantes is an interdisciplinary graduate student conference focused on the Middle Ages. Run and organized entirely by