Appel à contributions : “Fragments I : Reconstituer les mondes”, Journal of medieval worlds, publication au printemps 2027 / date limite le 15 août 2026

We are relaunching the Journal of Medieval Worlds in Spring 2027 with two special debut issues: “Fragments I: Putting the Worlds Back Together” and “Fragments II: Worlds Reunited.” These two double issues, appearing in Spring and Fall 2027, will entail a first issue of shorter contributions and a second issue of longer, full-length contributions, that showcase the important and necessary interventions occurring in Medieval Studies around issues of race, sexuality, gender identity, decolonization, and other emerging critical discourses. These issues will highlight what makes the Journal of Medieval Worlds distinctly unique. The theme itself will reflect not only on the journal’s relaunch, but also on the state of our discipline in the context of current socio-political upheaval around the globe.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: JOURNAL OF MEDIEVAL WORLDS, Spring 2027 (3.1-2) – Fragments I: Putting the Worlds Back Together

“We need only … turn to those historians of the ancient, classical, and medieval worlds, who in some cases are working with the fragments of documents and partial objects of material culture. The ability to build outward from these fragments is not an obstruction to the creation of an historical literature—it is how the historical literature is created.” (Leslie M. Harris. “Imperfect Archives and the Historical Imagination.” The Public Historian, vol. 36, no. 1, 2014, pp. 77–80; 79)

What power can be found in the fragment? How do we reflect the fragmented world in our work? If fragments are residue of the past, what do fragments say about the future?

Fragments I

1,000-3,000 word critically engaged responses to the state of medieval studies, with a particular emphasis on race, gender, sexuality, decolonization, and other emerging critical discourses. These pieces might include a look towards what the future of medieval studies might bring, or contain a reflection on what medieval studies is rejecting or growing away from.

Some ideas for contributions

How do neglected fragments or the idea of fragments themselves allow us to make things whole or to accept the pieces?

• For example, we welcome explorations of the types of marginalization we experience as medieval scholars–not just inside the whole academy, but also as people under various work conditions (e.g., the “Lone Medievalist,” two-year colleges, outside academia, etc.).

How do fragments from the archives read differently for different scholars? How and why?

• For example, we welcome examinations of fragments we have from existing scholars themselves as well as from texts or contexts.

How has the reality of the Global Middle Ages changed our approaches to the field both as scholars and teachers?

• For example, did something wonderful (or awful) happen in your classroom that speaks to this change? Or has this shifted perspective affected how, why, and where you work on scholarship?

How has the expansion of the medieval worldview changed the canonical and the non-canonical approach to texts and languages?

• For instance, we welcome brief translations and analyses, or discussions of “go-to” texts (or “don’t-go” texts).

How has the critical concept of intersectionality become visible in the field of medieval studies?

• For example, we welcome brief readings of texts demonstrating an active critical intersectionality approach.

We also welcome other interpretations of fragments and/or the fragmentary nature of medieval studies.

Send submissions by August 15 to [email protected]

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Aussedat Gaëthane

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