In conjunction with the 20th Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies, Professor Cord Whitaker (English, Wellesley College) will be giving his talk “‘The Shade of Trees Their Ancestors Left’: Medieval Blackness, African American Medievalism, and the Resistance of the Far Right” on Thursday, March 18th, 2021 at 5:00pm CST.

The Board of Directors of the Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies is proud to announce the second Vagantes Award for Best Graduate Paper. As a graduate organization, we are pleased to offer this additional avenue for professional development for those presenting at the conference. The finalists for the award will be voted on by the

          The Vagantes Board of Directors is excited to announce that Case Western Reserve University will be hosting the 21st Annual Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies!   We can’t wait to see you in Cleveland in 2022!

Due to the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, we are taking the 20th Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies onto the World Wide Web! The conference will take place over Zoom and will include Vagantes SWAG boxes, virtual workshops, professional development, and interactive activities. Abstracts are due Monday, November 30th!

The Call for Papers for the 20th Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies is now open! All abstracts are due Monday, November 30th, 2020. See the flyer for more details.

For more information about hosting the 21st Annual Vagantes Conference click the tab on the left side of the Vagantes homepage titled “Hosting Vagantes 2022.”

The Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies would like to thank the Medieval Academy of America and the Graduate Student Committee for their continued support.

We are excited to announce the 2020-2021 Vagantes Board of Directors! Catherine Albers (University of Rochester), Chair of the Board of Directors Claire Kilgore (University of Wisconsin–Madison), Current Co-Host Representative Tania Kolarik (University of Wisconsin–Madison), Current Co-Host Representative and Webmaster Mariah Cooper (Memorial University of Newfoundland), Mentorship Coordinator Matthew Orsag (University of Toronto), Member-at-Large–Professionalization Casey

The 20th Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies will take place March 18th–20th, 2021 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Stay tuned more details to come!