Call for Proposals
ICMA at the VIII Forum Medieval Art
Bochum, 23-26 September 2026
due Friday 23 May 2025
Work: Traces, Constellations, Valuations
(Ulrich Rehm, Ruhr-Universität Bochum in cooperation with Kirsten Lee Bierbaum, Technische Universität Dortmund)
The International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA) seeks proposals for sessions to be held under the organization’s sponsorship at the VIII Forum Medieval Art (Bochum, 23-26 September 2026) for which the theme will be “Work: Traces, Constellations, Valuations.” Session organizers and speakers must be ICMA members.
Proposals to the ICMA must include a session abstract of 350 words and a CV of the organizer(s). A list of speakers is not required at the time of application. There is to be one session chair and a maximum of three speakers per section. The sessions will be officially selected in July 2025 by the conference organizers and the calls for papers for all sessions will be sent out in August.
Upload your proposals HERE by 23 May 2025.
Please direct all inquiries to the Chair of the Programs Committee: Alice I. Sullivan, Tufts University, USA, alice.sullivan@tufts.edu
The ICMA Programs and Lectures committee will select a session to sponsor and will notify the successful organizer(s) by 29 May 2025. The organizer(s) will then submit the ICMA-sponsored proposal to the conference organizers by 1 June 2025.
A note about Kress Travel Grants
Thanks to a generous grant from the Kress Foundation, funds may be available to defray travel costs of speakers in ICMA sponsored sessions up to a maximum of $600 for domestic travel and of $1200 for overseas travel. If a conference meets in person, the Kress funds are allocated for travel and hotel only. If a presenter is attending a conference virtually, Kress funding will cover virtual conference registration fees.
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