The SOLEMNE project will organise a number of sessions for the 2027 International Medieval Conference at Leeds (5-8 July). Please find our Call for Papers attached and consider reaching out to us if your research fits our theme. We love to hear from you!

Call for Papers: The Social Life of Early Medieval Normative Texts This series of sessions examines how such norms were developed, reinforced, and established across various medieval textual and non-textual genres. Historians of different stripes are invited to address the interaction of norms and social practice in the (early) Middle Ages. These inquiries may focus on manuscript-based and legal sources from, among others, canon law, penitentials, and capitularies. Contributions from scholars working with (historical) narrative, visual, and artistic materials are also welcome. Submissions from the field of Digital Humanities that address methodological issues related to the study of early medieval norms are particularly encouraged. Potential topics include, but are not limited to: the nachleben of Roman law; early medieval canonical collections within their manuscript contexts; the development of specific norms in penitential regulations; shaping medieval communities and social cohesion through rules and regulations; norms in hagiographical sources and their subsequent reception; the emergence of gendered rules in early medieval history; liturgical representations of normativity and meaning; and depictions of socialization in medieval images, artworks, and objects. Please reach out to Bruno Schalekamp (Radboud University, Nijmegen; bruno.schalekamp@ru.nl).