*REMINDER: CALL FOR PAPERS Eighth Annual Symposium on Medieval and
Renaissance Studies June 15-17, 2020*


*Proposal Deadline: December 31, 2019 *Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, Missouri



This is a reminder that the deadline for proposal submissions for the Eighth
Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies
<https://www.smrs-slu.org/> (June 15-17, 2020) is fast approaching, so get
your abstracts ready! We invite proposals for papers, complete sessions,
and roundtables. Any topics regarding the scholarly investigation of the
medieval and early modern world are welcome. Papers are normally twenty
minutes each and sessions are scheduled for ninety minutes. Scholarly
organizations are especially encouraged to sponsor proposals for complete
sessions. The goal of the Symposium is to promote serious scholarly
investigation into all topics and in all disciplines of medieval and early
modern studies. The Symposium is also host to the 47th Annual Saint Louis
Conference on Manuscript Studies
<https://www.smrs-slu.org/annual-saint-louis-conference-on-manuscript-studies.html>,
the longest-running annual conference in North America. Opportunities for
undergraduate submissions are also available via the *Tirones Mediaevales*
sessions – see the website <https://www.smrs-slu.org/submit.html> for more
details.

The *plenary speakers* for this year will be *David Abulafia*, of Cambridge
University, and *Barbara Rosenwein*, of Loyola University, Chicago.

The deadline for all submissions is *December 31, 2019*. *Late submissions
will be considered if space is available.* Decisions will be made in
January and the final program will be published in February.

For more information or to *submit your proposal online* go to:
https://www.smrs-slu.org/