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 Board of Directors in a blind evaluation prior to Vagantes; the final decision will be made after the papers have been presented. The recipient will be announced after the conference.
The winner of the award will receive $100.
Submissions are open to any attendee of Vagantes who is presenting a paper. Entries should be submitted to vagantesboard@googlegroups.com by Saturday, March 20, 2021.
Submitted papers should:
-be conference paper length (no more than 10 pages, not including sources)
-be well-written
-represent an innovative approach to a Medieval topic
-clearly demonstrate how the content of the paper adds to our understanding of the Middle Ages
-be presented *virtually* in-person at the Vagantes Conference on Medieval Studies, March 18–20, 2021