"Drawing medievalists from over 60 countries, with more than 2,000 individual papers as well as public concerts, performances, excursions, bookfairs and more, the International Medieval Congress (IMC) is Europe's largest forum for sharing ideas in medieval studies. IMC 2025 will take place from Monday 07 July to Thursday 10 July 2025 and there will be both an in-person and virtual component. The special thematic focus for IMC 2025 will be Worlds of Learning."
It is thrilling to see the CMS Community so well represented!
(all times BST)
Monday, July 7, 11:15 am
Session: Textile with Meaning
The Fleohnet in the Old English Poem Judith, Claire Davis, CMS PhD Candidate
Session: The Medieval Past in the Modern Classroom: Engaging with Texts
Teaching and Learning at the Dictionary of Old English (DOE), Ruoji Guo, Department of English, University of Toronto and Thomas Daniel Kalil, CMS PhD Student
Monday, July 7, 2:15 pm
Session: Learning and Reform in the Carolingian Empire
Civil Obedience and Disobedience in Haimo of Auxerre's 'Commentary on the Letter to the Romans', Benjamin Wheaton (PhD, CMS 2018), University of Toronto
Session: States of Excerption, I: Medieval Collections and Their Derivatives
An Early Medieval Epigraphic Sylloge as an Intentional Collection, Seán Karnani Stewart, CMS PhD Candidate
Session: From Digital to Distant Diplomatics, II: Computational Linguistics and Text Analysis
The Norman Conquest of 1066 Was a Transformative Event, Michael Gervers, Department of Historical & Cultural Studies, UTSC / CMS Faculty
Session: The Worlds of the Brut, I: Visions of Legendary History
'Æluene ploȝe': Fairies, Wonder, and History in Lawman's 'Brut', Wynn Martin, CMS PhD Students / Íslensku- og menningardeild, Háskóli Íslands, Reykjavík
Monday, July 7, 4:30 pm
Session: From Digital to Distant Diplomatics, III: Manuscript Studies and Digital Preservation
Development of the Handwritten Text Recognition Software 'eScriptorium', Agnes Boutreux, CMS PhD Candidate
Session: Water, Wine, and Sainthood
Crafting Sacred Images: Depicting Becket's Martyrdom on Limoges Reliquaries, Zina Uzdenskaya, CMS PhD Candidate
Tuesday, July 8, 11:15 am
Session: Arms, Armour, and the Arts of Combat, II: The Armourers and the Armoured
The Depiction of Arms and Armour in 12th-Century Southern Italian Cloisters, Kelly DeVries (PhD, CMS 1987), United States Air Force Academy, Colorado
Tuesday, July 8, 4:30 pm
Session: How to Teach a Future Princess, II: Education of Noble Women in the Late Middle Ages in Practice
Blanche Becomes Bohemian: Educating Queens and Empresses in the 14th Century, Sophie Charron (MA, CMS 2022), Faculty of History, University of Oxford
Session: Reuse and Adjust, IV: Cherry-Picking Strategies - Selecting and Compiling Sources in Medieval Commentary Traditions
How to Create a School Miscellany in the 13th Century: An Unstudied Commentary on Claudian and a Puzzling 'Florilegium' in the MS München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 631, Riccardo Macchioro, Assistant Professor, CMS
Session: Reflection, Emotion, and Knowledge in Insular Texts and Manuscripts
From Defiance to Despair: Analysing Satan's Identity in 'Genesis B' and 'Christ and Sata'n, Karin Olsen (PhD, CMS 1994), Department of English Language & Culture, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Wednesday, July 9, 11:15 am
Session: New Work on Medieval Office Chant: Musical Creation, Transmission, and (Self-)Reflection
Organiser: Jesse D. Billett, Faculty of Divinity, Trinity College, U of T / CMS
Anglo-Saxon Office Chant before the Benedictine Reform: A Previously Undetected East Frankish Repertory Transmitted to England in the 10th Century, Jesse D. Billett
Revealing Disability in Herman of Reichenau's 'Office for St Wolfgang', Gregory Carrier, CMS PhD Candidate
'Docta et informata in cantu': Music and Chant and Constructs of Clarissan Religious Life, 13th-15th Centuries, Martha Culshaw, CMS PhD Candidate
Wednesday, July 9, 2:15 pm
Session: Classical Learning in Medieval Europe, III: Co-Opting Classical Culture
From Condemnation to Co-Option: The Naturalisation of Classical Knowledge amongst 12th-Century Cistercian Authors, Jamie St Clair Collings, CMS PhD Candidate
Session: Exile in the Middle Ages
Organiser: Chris Nighman, CMS / Department of History, Wilfrid Laurier University
Consolation for Exiles, from an Exile: 'Consolatio theologiae and Consolatorium theologicum' of Johannes von Dambach OP, Chris Nighman, Wilfrid Laurier University / CMS Faculty
Thursday, July 10, 9:00 am
Session: Communities of Learning: Using Books Across Orders and Borders
Organiser: Aidan Conti (PhD, CMS 2004), Institutt for lingvistiske, litterære og estetiske studier, Universitetet i Bergen
Making Exegesis Worldly: The 'Homiliary of Angers' among Benedictines and Augustinians, Aidan Conti (PhD, CMS 2004)
Thursday, July 10, 2:15 pm
Session: From Medieval Sources to Big Data, II
The Future Is Now: Data Sustainability - A Crisis or Opportunity? Harriet M. Sonne de Torrens, UTL Mississauga / Department of Visual Studies, University of Toronto / CMS Associated Scholar
Session: Visualising History in Medieval Manuscripts, II
Remodelling British History in 15th-Century France, Hannah Weaver (MA, CMS 2014), Columbia University
Session: Biblical Interpretation in Early and High Medieval England, III
Organiser: Samuel Cardwell
Interpretation of Revelation at Worcester, 11th-12th Centuries, Katie Menendez (PhD, CMS 2024), University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign