Welcome to the International Society for the Study of Early Medieval England, the organization of record for those interested in history, art, archaeology, literature, languages, religion, society, and numismatics of England between the years c. 450 and 1100 CE. ISSEME currently has over 500 active members from 20 different countries, ranging from graduate students just starting their careers to the most established scholars in the field.
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Publication Awards 2023
We are delighted to present the publications which won ISSEME’s prizes in 2023: Best Book Mark Atherton, Kazutomo Karasawa & Francis Leneghan, ed., Ideas of the World in Early Medieval English Literature (Turnhout: Brepols, 2002) An inspiring collection with fifteen contributors, ranging from new voices to experienced scholars, who investigate how the inhabitants of early medieval England…
Mentoring Scheme 2023
ISSEME’s 2023 mentoring scheme had a strong showing, with fourteen mentor-mentee pairs meeting in person at the Manchester conference or at Leeds, and seven meeting virtually across three continents. We’re especially grateful to those of our mentors who’ve returned from previous years—several of whom had been mentees earlier—and those who met with multiple mentees. Participants…
New Voices 2023 at Kalamazoo
Since 2003, the “New Voices on Early Medieval England” sessions at Kalamazoo (formerly “New Voices in Anglo-Saxon Studies”) have been an ongoing and successful tradition for scholars of early English literature, history, archaeology and culture attending the annual conference. In 2023, the two sessions were very well-attended, with both rooms filled nearly to capacity. New…