We are pleased to announce that we have extended the deadline for themed submissions for our 2026 online Conference: Fame and Fortune to Monday 16 March 2026. Please email your submission for a 20-minute (+ 10 minutes Q&A) presentation to ceraejournal@gmail.com. Please ensure that you include the following: A 150–200 word abstract. Your academic affiliation and … Continue reading Seeking Vol 13 Book Reviewers & Conference Deadline EXTENDED!
Just over a fortnight ago, over the last weekend of April, the second annual Ceræ conference was conducted online with attendees and presenters from sixteen countries across eleven different timezones! Repeating our unique format from last year with a continuous single-stream over 32 hours, our presenters not only came from a multitude of institutions, but … Continue reading I Dream of Ceræ: The Second Annual Conference, April 2025
Ceræ invites the participation of book reviewers for our twelfth volume. If you have not previously written an academic book review, this is no barrier to requesting a book to review, and indeed we encourage and publish reviews from established scholars to junior graduate students and everyone in between. Interested scholars should contact the Reviews … Continue reading Call for Reviewers: CERÆ volume 12
Written by committee member Gavin Foster (@northrndownpour on IG) This year, I had the privilege of attending the 2024 Leeds IMC in-person, having received funding to travel from Canada for the dual purpose of archival research and conference attendance, and I had an absolutely wonderful time. The university was beautiful. There was a great setup … Continue reading Conference Review: 2024 Leeds IMC
In the last week of April, the Ceræ committee organised a very stimulating virtual Zoom conference, both in terms of thematic diversity and technical implementation. Uniquely organised in a continuous, uninterrupted format of four blocks each containing three thematically cohesive sessions over two calendar days, speakers presented from 11 time zones around the world. The … Continue reading Medieval and Early Modern Metamorphoses: Ceræ’s Inaugural Virtual Conference, April 2024
Books Available to Review for Volume 11 Ceræ is seeking book reviewers for Volume 11. While we are open to researchers at any stage in their careers, we are particularly seeking graduate students and Early Career Researchers. Reviews should be 800-1200 words, exclusive of footnotes, appendices, and references. For examples of review form and content, … Continue reading Seeking Book Reviewers & CFP Deadline EXTENDED for Volume 11
The 2022 Leeds IMC marked the first year since the beginning of the pandemic when in-person sessions were able to be organized once again. I attended a short part of the conference as one of the moderators for the Ceræ session titled: In the Middle of What?: Period Boundaries in Medieval Studies, II. This was … Continue reading Conference Review: 2022 Leeds IMC
Recently Cassandra Schilling of the Cerae General Committee attended this year's biennial conference of the International Society for the Study of Early Medieval England (ISSEME), 17-18; 21-22, June 2021. In this post she shares her thoughts and impressions. Recently I had the pleasure of attending and participating in the twentieth biennial conference of the International … Continue reading Conference Review: ISSEME 2021
In this blog post, Victoria Shirley of the Ceræ editorial board shares her impressions of the 2020 virtual Leeds IMC The 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic has upended the models of teaching students and exchanging research that we have used for decades. Large, in-person classes for most of 2020 have been changed to online classes. Mass gatherings … Continue reading Conference Review – Thoughts on the 2020 digital Leeds IMC and the future of meetings and conferences in the age of COVID-19
How has the Nibelungenlied inspired modern poet Ulrike Draesner's new book? Stephanie Hathaway attended the book launch this November. Tuesday evening, New College, Oxford hosted the book launch for Ulrike Draesner’s latest volume of poetry: Nibelungen . Heimsuchung. The event was organized by Professor Karen Leeder and Mediating Modern Poetry, and attended by students and … Continue reading Ulrike Draesner’s Nibelungen . Heimsuchung – Book Launch