Full Title: The Fantastic and the Supernatural in the Medieval Germanic Traditions

Date: 11-Dec-2024 - 12-Dec-2024
Location: Padua, Italy
Contact Person: Martina Giarda
Meeting Email: [email protected]

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics; Ling & Literature
Subject Language(s): English, Middle (enm)
English, Old (ang)
German, Middle High (gmh)
German, Old High (goh)
Norse, Old (non)
Language Family(ies): East Germanic; Germanic; North Germanic; West Germanic

Call Deadline: 15-Jun-2024

Meeting Description:

We encourage prospective participants to submit proposals related, but not limited to, the following themes:
● Magic (spells, exorcisms, curses, blessings, etc.)
● Visions, apparitions, dreams
● Oracles and prophecies
● Representations of supernatural and fantastic beings (ghosts, mythological creatures, etc.)
● Miracles and prodigies
● Connections with the Otherworld and extracorporeal experiences

To apply, please send an abstract of a maximum of 1000 characters (including spaces), together with a short bibliography and a bio, to Martina Giarda at [email protected] no later than June 15th, 2024 (23:59 CET). The call is open to PhD students and PhDs (who obtained the title from March 2023 onwards) in the research fields of Germanic Philology. Papers should be 20 minutes in length, followed by 10 minutes of discussion.
The acceptance of proposals will be notified via the official email address, [email protected], by July 15th, 2024 (23:59 CET). Following the conference, the papers accepted by the scientific committee and subjected to a process of double-blind peer review will be published in a thematic volume.
Working languages: Italian, English, German.

Please find the CfP here:
- Italian: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Onw4qBMsikZ0mskpEqU9N-yip9LD5Ji6/view?usp=drive_link
- English: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L6z2flhkcSxs3ZX__3kERbTr1uMly4Vo/view?usp=drive_link