The 2025 ANZAMEMS conference will be preceded by a training seminar on 2 December. This will be an intensive palaeography workshop that capitalises on the range of expertise at the University of Melbourne across the disciplines of Classics, History, Philosophy, Art History, Italian, English, and French. It is intended to support the academic development of currently enrolled higher degree by research students and early career academics.  The full program is available on the conference website.

If you would like to attend the seminar then please complete and submit this application form. Applications close 31 October and will be approved on a rolling basis.

The ANZAMEMS Seminar is open to HDRs and ECRs up to 5 years post submission who are current members of ANZAMEMS0

Please contact the conference organisers at ANZAMEMS-conference@unimelb.edu.au with any queries.

ANZAMEMS Conference 2025 accommodation opportunities are available to seminar participants.

A limited number of travel bursaries will be available to participants.

ANZAMEMS is currently welcoming proposals for Seminar(s) in 2026. ANZAMEMS Seminars are offered to support the academic development of HDRs and ECRs. They take the form of masterclasses including seminars and workshops led by senior academic staff and practitioners in medieval and early modern studies. They may provide advanced technical or analytical skills in particular source materials or themes and/or provide professional development for students seeking an academic or related career in medieval and early modern studies. ANZAMEMS provides up to $5,000 funding for each Seminar to a total of $10,000 annually. Proposals will be assessed by a sub-committee of the ANZAMEMS Committee

To propose a seminar, please carefully read the criteria and complete the form found in this document. Any queries can be directed to Marina Gerzic at info@anzamems.org, and completed proposals should also be send to Marina.

The deadline for proposals is 5pm (AWST) on 24 October 2025. Outcomes are expected to be announced in mid-November.

The next seminar in ACU’s 2025 series, ‘Premodern Beliefs and their Reception’, will take place at 1pm (AEDT) on Monday 18 August via Teams.

The speaker will be Associate Professor Jenny Spinks, speaking on the subject ‘Wonder, Mourning, and Pious Materiality – Albrecht Dürer’s 1503 Record of Blood Rain’. See below flyer for further details.

See below flyer for details of a seminar being offered by the Mediterranean Emotions Network to take place on 1st July 2025.

The next seminar in ACU’s 2025 series, ‘Premodern Beliefs and their Reception’, will take place at 1pm (AEDT) on Monday 30 June via Teams.

The speaker will be Dr Daniel Canaris, speaking on the subject ‘Longobardo and the Essence of the Dao – Intercultural Learning through Discord’. See below flyer for further details.

This workshop, hosted by the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry (ACU), seeks to investigate the ongoing and transforming cultural resonance of the varied New Testament Marys, in global Christian culture from the early Christian era to the present, including their evolving (and sometimes conflated) identities and characteristics, their theological and personal meaning for individuals and societies, and their changing visual forms and material presence. Contributors will demonstrate the Marys’ significance in shaping religio-cultural identities for cohorts ranging from small communities of women to whole nations. This workshop brings together theologians and historians whose different methodologies complement one another in tracing these women’s historic legacies as both exemplars of religious and gendered virtue and as active heavenly protectors.

This is a hybrid workshop, via Zoom or in person.

Room Location: IRCI Meeting Room, Level 4, 250 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy

Please RSVP to susan.broomhall@acu.edu.au to be added to the Zoom meeting, stating which day(s) you will attend and whether you will be joining us in person or online.

See below for programme details.

The next seminar in ACU’s 2025 series, ‘Premodern Beliefs and their Reception’, will take place at 1pm (AEDT) on Monday 19 May via Teams.

The speaker will be Lindsay Tanner, speaking on the subject ‘Defining boundaries: changing attitudes to animals from the pre-modern to the modern’. See below flyer for further details.

The next seminar in ACU’s 2025 series, ‘Premodern Beliefs and their Reception’, will take place at 1pm (AEDT) on Monday 14 April via Teams.

The speaker will be Professor Yasmin Haskell, speaking on the subject ‘Programming Piety: Poetry, Play and Early Modern Jesuit Pedagogy’. See below flyer for further details.