*CALL FOR PAPERS *

*RACE AND THE MIDDLE AGES *46th Annual New England Medieval Conference,
Virtual Meeting

Thursday, December 3, 2020



*Keynote Speaker: *

Geraldine Heng, The University of Texas at Austin

 “The Politics of Race in the European Middle Ages”







With the world-wide resurgence of anti-racist activism following the
killing of George Floyd, we as medievalists feel compelled to reexamine
notions of race in the pre-modern period. Can speaking of “race” in the
Middle Ages help us today? How was race conceived in the Middle Ages? Did
race already dictate the lives of men and women in medieval Europe? To what
extent did race and religion overlap in the Middle Ages? We invite
medievalists of all disciplines and specializations to explore these and
other questions relating to the topic of race. We welcome papers that deal
with the origins and development of race from a variety of different
perspectives. We are likewise very interested in essays focusing on the
treatment of race without medieval Western Europe.



Please send an abstract of 250 words and a recent CV to Meriem Pagès (
mpages@keene.edu). Please make sure to provide your name and full
professional affiliation (institution and level of study) in your proposal.
Abstracts are due *October 15, 2020*.