The Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies is offering a unique internship opportunity for students interested in archival research, historical records, and digital humanities. We invite expressions of interest from currently enrolled doctoral students whose academic background and interests align with ANZAMEMS’ mission and this specific project.
For further details about the project, see the flyer below.
Dear members, we are pleased to announce the next ANZAMEMS seminar, to be hosted at University of Auckland from 17-18 July.
This two-day workshop will introduce postgraduate and ECRs from across Aotearoa New Zealand and Australia to a range of medieval and early modern sources centred on the female body and female experience. Leading experts will guide participants through unique and challenging genres, from sixth-century Frankish hagiographies and twelfth-century Latin love letters to early modern recipes, architectural drawings and musical manuals. Participants will be encouraged to draw connections between the different genres and consider wider implications for analysing the body, sensory experiences, environmental agencies, and more.
Attendance will be capped at 20-25 participants – see eligibility details below. To apply, send your application to memwomen2025@gmail.com by Friday, 2 May
Australian RTP-funded PhD candidates are now being encouraged to take industry partnerships to strengthen links between the latest research and industry innovations. These have roll on benefits for the institutions as well as students and industry.
ANZAMEMS is available to host internships, subject to an appropriate fit between an ANZAMEMS project and candidate being established, and approval by the candidate’s institution. Internship activities may include but are not limited to targeted research projects that contribute to the aims of the Association and journal internships to develop skills in editing. A UWA-based project curating an ANZAMEMS archive is available to a local candidate, who can work onsite. We can also explore online options and supervisory arrangements located with ANZAMEMS members in other states.
Expressions of interest from candidates or supervisors can be lodged at any time. Please email info@anzamems.org to discuss.
ANZAMEMS is pleased to announce that applications for a number of its publication prizes and subventions are now open!
New for 2025 are:
2025 Chris Jones Book Prize: closing date for applications 1 August 2025
The Chris Jones Book Prize is awarded to the best first book published in any discipline/topic falling within the scope of medieval, early modern, or medievalism studies, published between 1 January 2024 and 31 July 2025.
2025 ANZAMEMS subvention for the publication of a first book: closing date for applications 1 November 2025
The subvention is intended to support the publication costs of a first book by an ANZAMEMS member. It is a fund for authorial costs relating especially to images or copyright permissions that a publisher may not be covering. Applications for subventions should only be for books that have already been approved for publication.
Applications are also open for the following publication prizes:
2025 Anne M. Scott Parergon Journal Prize: closing date for applications 1 August 2025
The Anne M. Scott Parergon Journal Prize is awarded to an emerging scholar for the best article- length scholarly work accepted to be published in Parergon within the previous two years (2023–2024).
2026 Constant Mews Early Career Publication Prize: closing date for applications 1 August 2025
The Constant Mews Early Career Publication Prize is awarded to an Early Career Researcher (ECR) for the best article-length scholarly work in Constant’s broad areas of scholarly interest: the medieval history of religions, intellectual history, and textual editing and translation, published in the period 1 September 2023–1 May 2025.
2025 George Yule Prize: closing date for applications 24 November 2025
The George Yule Prize is awarded to the best paper given at the next ANZAMEMS conference by a postgraduate student. NB: The application process for the George Yule Prize has been revised for 2025.
2025 Patricia Crawford Postgraduate Publication Prize: closing date for applications 1 August 2025
The Patricia Crawford Postgraduate Publication Prize is awarded to a postgraduate student for the best article-length scholarly work in any discipline/topic falling within the scope of medieval and early modern studies, published in the period 1 September 2023–1 May 2025.
2025 Philippa Maddern ECR Publication Prize: closing date for applications 1 August 2025
The Philippa Maddern ECR Publication Prize is awarded to an Early Career Researcher (ECR) for the best article-length scholarly work in any discipline/topic falling within the scope of medieval and early modern studies, published in the period 1 September 2023–1 May 2025.
Further details for all prizes and subventions can be found on the ANZAMEMS website: https://www.anzamems.org/?page_id=8
Please direct all queries regarding the publication prizes and the subvention to: info@anzamems.org.
The next cycle of the ANZAMEMS Peer Support Group will begin on Monday 4 November. The Peer Support Group is a writing and discussion space for postgraduate members of ANZAMEMS. The group will run online, via Zoom, and is open to postgraduate members at any stage from honours to PhD. Attendance across all sessions is not mandatory. This is an informal support group, and we welcome drop-ins as much as regular attendance. See our website for further information.
If you would like to participate or have any questions, please contact ANZAMEMS Postgraduate Representative (AUS) Jenny Davis Barnett at j.barnett@uq.edu.au
The next session of the 2024 ANZAMEMS ECR/Postgraduate reading group is scheduled for Tuesday, July 30. This will be a session on: Decolonisation, Race, and the Global Middle Ages. Please see the schedule below.
All readings and any updates to the schedule will be shared through the reading group’s Google Drive folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Qi0W8i-38w0Dgwia9jJ0aDCh5OEQjpRF?usp=sharing.
Please register your attendance at https://www.trybooking.com/CTPIZ.
All ANZAMEMS members are welcome, especially postgraduates and ECRs!
Please contact the convenors with any queries: Alexandra Forsyth (University of Auckland), afor784@aucklanduni.ac.nz, and Emily Chambers (Murdoch University), emily.chambers@murdoch.edu.au.
The MEMS group at The University of Western Australia invites postgraduate students and ECRs to apply to present at an ANZAMEMS Seminar to be held on Tuesday 26 November 2024 (as part of the larger CHASS Congress). The seminar, “Intercultural encounters and materialities in the medieval and early modern period,” will explore the methodological and theoretical challenges in researching inter-cultural encounter histories for MEMS scholars.
Abstracts (ca 150 words) for seminar papers (20 mins duration) are now invited and must be received by 15 September 2024. A limited number of bursaries will be available. For further details, see the ANZAMEMS website.
The call for proposals for ANZAMEMS Seminars to be held in 2024 and 2025 is NOW OPEN.
The criteria and application form are to be found on the association webpage.
Parergon, the journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (Inc.), seeks nominations for interested early career scholars within ANZAMEMS to participate as members of the 2024 Early Career Committee (ECC). The aim of this committee is to recognise and support early career researcher contributions to ANZAMEMS, and specifically, Parergon.
The ECC meets three times a year and offers an opportunity to provide advice to the Editorial team and gain a deeper understanding of the detailed intellectual and practical processes of production of a prestigious, peer-reviewed scholarly journal.
Additionally, participation in the ECC will provide valuable service experience for those interested in pursuing academic and publishing career pathways. Membership of the ECC is not a paid position.
Terms are for a calendar year, with a possible maximal renewal of an additional, immediate year.
Nominations are sought from late-stage doctoral students through to those five years post PhD or equivalent), who are current members of ANZAMEMS.
Applications should consist of a CV, and a covering email outlining disciplinary expertise to the Editors of Parergon, info@anzamems.org.
Doctoral students wishing to apply should also provide an email from their supervisor indicating support for their application.
Nominations close on Friday 1 March 2024. Successful candidates will be notified in early March.
Selection criteria
No prior experience is necessary
The Editorial team will seek to achieve a broad disciplinary spread among the committee.
Version: 2 February 2024
The Committee’s purposes are:
The members of the Committee are:
Persons appointed in category 2.3:
3.2 The Committee reports through the Editor to the ANZAMEMS Editorial Sub- Committee.
It is with great pleasure, ANZAMEMS can announce the winners of the Association’s Publication Prizes for 2023 and 2024!
Congratulations to all the Prize winners, and thank you to all those who took the time to enter. The judges have reported back that the quality of all the publications was extremely high, which made their jobs very difficult!
Thank you to the judges of each prize: we greatly appreciate your service to the Association.
Finally, a big thank you to the chair of the ANZAMEMS Prizes sub-committee, Prof Andrew Brown, who brilliantly co-ordinated the judging for all the Prizes!
2023 Philippa Maddern ECR Publication Prize winner:
Dr Jessica O’Leary (Australian Catholic University) for:
“The Uprooting of Indigenous Women’s Horticultural Practices in Brazil, 1500–1650”, in Past and Present 262.1 (2024) [published online in March 2023]: https://doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gtac047
2023 Patricia Crawford Postgraduate Publication Prize winner:
Dr Georgina Pitt (The University of Western Australia) for
“Alfredian military reform: the materialization of ideology and the social practice of garrisoning,” in Early Medieval Europe 30.3 (2022) : https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/emed.12560
2023 Anne M. Scott Parergon Journal Prize winner:
Dr Kirk Essary (The University of Western Australia) for
“‘The Bloody Sweat of Our Minds’: (Dis)embodied Emotions in Erasmus, More, and Calvin,” in Parergon 38.1 (2021): https://muse.jhu.edu/article/799947
2024 Constant Mews Early Career Publication Prize winner
Catherine Rosbrook (Ghent University) for
“Ascetic Instruction in the Life of John of Gorze”, in Journal of Medieval History 49.4 (2023): https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03044181.2023.2235355