The Society for Late Antiquity will be sponsoring three sessions at the International Medieval Studies Congress, May 13-16, 2010, at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Mich. As in the past, topics are open. One-page abstracts for 15-minute papers are invited relating to the history, literature, religion, art, archaeology, culture, and society of Late Antiquity (that is, the European, North African, and Western Asian world ca. 250-750). Attention should be given to how the paper relates to Late Antiquity as a discrete period with its own individual characteristics. Abstracts may be forwarded, preferably by e-mail, to Ralph Mathisen at ralphwm@illinois.edu and ruricius@msn.com. Deadline for receipt of abstracts is September 15, 2009. Please note that with the exception of a few awards (informatin available from conference organizers at http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/congress) there is no travel funding available for participants, and that the submission of an abstract carries with it a commitment to attend the conference should the abstract be accepted.
Ralph W. Mathisen Professor, History, Classics and Medieval Studies Departement of History, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801 USA. Editor, Journal of Late Antiquity and Oxford Studies in Late Antiquity ; Director, Biographical Database for Late Antiquity ; Administrator : LTANTIQ, NUMISM-L, PROSOP-L.
Source : Ralph Mathisen on Late Antiquity Discussion Forum.