The University of Lausanne is hiring 2 PhD's in the domain of art history and French literature. Projects have a specific focus on North West Europe. Candidates should apply before May 1st, 2024.
The Summer School History of the Book, organized by the Allard Pierson Museum, introduces a new course in English: Introduction to the Archaeology of the Book, taught by Prof. Malcolm Walsby (2-6 September 2024).
Utrecht University is hiring an assistant professor Medieval English Literature. Candidates are invited to apply before April 6, 2024.
On 10-12 October 2024, a workshop is held at the University of Groningen, titled: "25 years after Hillenbrand: New Approaches to Sources, Translation and Perspectives". The organisers aim to gather specialists and early career researchers in the field of crusader studies to discuss emerging research pathways. Deadline for submissions: 11 April 2024.
Within the research project "Governing and Building the City: Mirrors for Magistrates as a Lieu for Theoretical Reflection on Architecture," there are currently two vacancies for a doctoral student and a post-doctoral researcher. Candidates can apply until May 15, 2024.
On March 28th, the book "Elke provincie een eigen gouden eeuw" (Each Province Its Own Golden Age), edited by Louis Sicking, will be released by Prometheus Publishers. Twelve authors each examine a province in detail and focus on an aspect of its history whose significance extends beyond the region itself.
As part of the lecture series 'Religion Matters', Sven Gins (RUG) will speak about moving statues and other ingenuous devices in late medieval France. The lecture will take place on Wednesday, March 13, 17:00-18:00.
The University of Groningen is organizing a summer school on the topic of Medieval “Lived Religion” this summer. In this interdisciplinary summer school Masters and PhD students will be challenged by leading specialists dealing with textual and material sources of medieval religious cultures. They will be challenged to question too neat distinction between “official” and “popular”, “text” and “materials”, “practice” and “doctrine”. Apply before: 1 March 2024
In light of the 700th anniversary of the Treaty of Paris of 1323, Project 1323, organized by the Royal Zeeland Society of Sciences and University College Roosevelt, will focus on the scientific and public-historical events highlighting the development of the Scheldt region in the Middle Ages. Following two symposiums and an exhibition centered around the Treaty of Paris and its immediate context, this two-day congress, held in the cinema hall of the Abbey in Middelburg, will examine the long-term developments in the medieval Scheldt region before and after the Peace of Paris.
On 11 and 12 April 2024, the University of Namur will host the colloquium "Mobilités et échanges dans l’espace rhéno-mosan (IXe–XVe s.)". The programme can be found below.