California Medieval Seminar (Spring 2026)

Participation in the Seminar consists of group discussion of pre-circulated papers, typically drafts of articles, book chapters, or dissertation chapters (with complete apparatus). Two of the papers are ordinarily by emerging scholars (including PhD students) and the other two are by established scholars. We allocate one hour per paper and presenters should anticipate substantial, and substantive, feedback. Calls for presenters are circulated via e-mail from the Center approximately two months prior to each meeting and papers are accepted on a first-come basis.

Faculty, postdocs, and grad students from across California are welcome to participate.

The papers will be discussed at the seminar in the following order:

• “Threats and Violence in Carolingian Disputing,” Amos Bronner (The Catholic University of America)
• “Apostolic Legends and Visions of Christian Globality in the Twelfth Century: An Indian Cleric Visits Rome,” John Eldevik (Hamilton College)
• “Making Fairies in 14th-century Ireland,” Lisa Bitel (USC)
• “Either all of them, or the older ones’: Henry VIII, Authenticity, and Medieval Manuscripts,” Matthew Fisher (UCLA)

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More information can be found here.