{"id":54738,"date":"2026-07-22T14:51:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=54738"},"modified":"2026-07-22T14:49:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:49:59","slug":"call-for-papers-international-medieval-congress-2027-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=54738","title":{"rendered":"Call for Papers: International Medieval Congress 2027 – ‘Communities’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

IMC 2027 will take place from Monday 05 July to Thursday 08 July 2027 and this will be the sixth fully-hybrid event. There will be an in-person gathering in Leeds with a virtual component for those unable to attend in person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Call for Papers: IMC 2027 – Communities<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The IMC provides an interdisciplinary forum for the discussion of all aspects of Medieval Studies<\/a>. While proposals on any topic related to the Middle Ages are welcome, every year the IMC chooses a special thematic focus. In 2027, this will be \u2018Communities\u2019<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The study of communities involves groups of people, their sharedness, and how those groups define themselves and manage challenges over time. They include the individual\u2019s experience, place, and change relative to the group. The relationship between the individual and circle of social actors with whom they interact affects how these groups appear and work as well as how they influence the actions and activities of the individual.
Communities can form across ethnic, linguistic, social, political, professional, spatial, and religious identities. Often these identities intersect, with individuals often belonging to multiple communities, which could bring advantages or cause conflict and hostility. But how are these groups defined today, and how do we use different methodologies to analyse communities, including multidisciplinary perspectives? Approaches such as the consideration of imagined, embodied, or emotional communities, as well as the concept of \u2018communities of practice\u2019, open up a wider range of research disciplines and areas. Other research questions address how communities emerged and were maintained, their value and legitimacy, the use of memory to consolidate collective identities, how to achieve cohesion, or how different communities impinged on each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Key topics across different fields include, but are not limited to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n