Call for Papers Extension

Oxford Medieval Graduate Conference (OMGC) 2026

Sounds & Silence

Maison Française d'Oxford, 23-24 April 2026

Due by 15 December 2025

To give prospective speakers additional time to prepare their proposals, the Oxford Medieval Graduate Conference has extended its Call for Papers deadline to 15 December 2025.

Submissions are welcome from all disciplinary perspectives, including historical, literary, musical, archaeological, linguistic, and interdisciplinary approaches. Papers may address any geographical focus or subject related to the medieval period on the broad topic of ‘Sounds and Silences.’

Areas of interest may include, but are not limited to:

Vernacular song and folk music
Representations of sound and silence
Liturgical traditions
Monastic worship and silence
(Non)verbal (mis)communication
Taboo and censure
Vocalizations and orality
Linguistic change
Cultures of listening
Material culture of sound
Architecture and acoustics
Noises of nature
Soundscapes
Cosmological harmonies
Somatic and sensory experience
Epistemologies of sound

We welcome applications from graduate students at any university; a limited number of travel bursaries will be available to accepted presenters. We ask that all presenters attend in person, with hybrid participation available for attendees who cannot travel to the event.

Submission Guidelines

Papers should be no longer than 20 minutes. Please submit abstracts of 250 words to oxgradconf@gmail.com by 15 December 2025.