Papers are invited for an interdisciplinary workshop exploring new directions for research in the field of medieval religious cultures (c.500–c.1500). The emphasis of the workshop will be on methodologies and the formulation of research questions and problems, with the aim to distinguish new fields of enquiry and trends of research, and to encourage and facilitate interdisciplinary and transnational collaboration.

Potential subject topics include, but are by no means restricted to:

- concepts and correlations of poverty and charity
- sensory experience and spiritual awareness
- mental mapping and religious landscapes
- emotional responses to violence
- the creation, use and abuse of sacred space
- religious objects and economies of the sacred

For further details, or to submit a proposal, please contact:

Dr Jochen Schenk (GHIL), schenk@ghil.ac.uk

Dr William Purkis (University of Birmingham), w.j.purkis@bham.ac.uk

Abstracts for papers of 20 minutes in length (c.200 words, in English) should be submitted to one of the organisers by Friday 6 August 2010.