Hosted by the Centre for Medieval Studies, in partnership with the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies and the Canadian Society of Medievalists, the 102nd Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America will take place on the campus of the University of Toronto, April 15-17, 2027.
Call for Papers
The Program Committee welcomes innovative panels that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries or that use various disciplinary approaches to examine an individual topic. Especially encouraged are papers on Asia, Africa, the Middle East, or Eastern Europe, and the networks and exchanges between East and West, and proposals from graduate students.
Individuals may propose to offer a paper or propose a full panel of papers and speakers. Panels typically consist of three 25-minute papers, and proposals should be geared to that length. The Program Committee may choose a different format for some panels after the proposals have been reviewed. Panel organizers may wish to propose different formats for their panels, subject to Program Committee approval.
In order to be considered, proposals must be complete and sent in via the buttons below.
Paper proposals will need to include the individual’s information (name; a statement of Medieval Academy membership, or statement that the individual’s specialty would not normally involve membership in the Academy; professional status; email address; postal address; home or cell and office telephone numbers) and paper information (title, abstract of no more than 250 words, and audio-visual needs).
Session proposals will need to include the above proposer’s information as well as a session title, session abstract, list of proposed papers and speakers, and audio-visual needs.
If the proposer will be at a different address when decisions are announced in September 2026, that address should be included.
Deadline: June 1, 2026
Program Committee
The Committee will review paper and panel proposals for their quality and the significance of their topics. The Program Committee will evaluate proposals during the summer of 2026 and contact all successful and unsuccessful proposers. The program will be announced in September of 2026.
James Ginther, Chair
Elisa Brilli (CMS, Italian)
Siobhain Calkin (Carleton University)
Adam S. Cohen (CMS, Art History)
Greti Dinkova-Bruun (PIMS)
Sean Gilsdorf (Medieval Academy)
Shami Ghosh (CMS)
Laura Ingallinella (CMS, Italian)
Dorothea Kullmann (CMS, French)
Shannon McSheffrey (Concordia University)
Riccardo Macchioro (CMS)
Cillian O’Hogan (CMS)
Martin Pickavé (CMS, Philosophy)
Sebastian Sobecki (CMS, English)
Matthew Sergi (CMS, English)
Renée Trilling (CMS, English)