Call for Papers for Session

Birgitta of Sweden and her Legacy

International Medieval Congress, Leeds, UK

6 July 2026 - 9 July 2026

Due by 14 September 2025

Revelationes caelestes, Lübeck: Bartholomaeus Ghotan, before 1492, f. 288v (München, BSB, 2 Inc.c.a. 2689)

No medieval conference without Birgitta, right? For International Medieval Congress - University of Leeds, we invite papers investigating all aspects of time in the life, works, and afterlife of Birgitta of Sweden, as well as the history of the Birgittine Order.

Possible themes:

Times in Birgitta's works (depictions of past and contemporary historical events, sacred history, or visions)
Birgittine piety in connection with time
The novelty of Birgitta's work and teaching
The afterlife of Birgitta (canonisation, veneration, criticism, or postmedieval representations)
Innovations and changes in the Birgittine monasteries
Relationships of Birgittine monasteries to Birgitta

We are deliberately aiming broadly now and will narrow the session(s) depending on your suggestions.

Please send an abstract of around 200 words and a brief biography by 14 September 2025 to Iliana Kandzha (ilk@hum.ku.dk) and Barbara Müller (barbara.mueller@uni-hamburg.de). We will let you know by the end of September; if relevant, the bursary application deadline is 15 October.