Election Results
In February 2026, we elected 7 new board members: Tadashi Kotake, Amy Clark, Rafat Borystawski, Jacqueline Fay, Fatima al Moufridji, Helene Scheck and Claudio Cataldi. We also welcomed 2 new ex officio members: Stephen Pelle, from the Dictionary of Old English, and Emily Thornbury, from Early Medieval England and its Neighbours. All our thanks to…
Board Elections 2026
The elections for our new board members will take place between Monday, February 16 and Thursday, February 19. This year, we will renew 7 positions on the board (and add two additional ex officio members from institutions with which we have close ties: the academic journal Early Medieval England and its Neighbours and the Dictionary…
Looking back at ISSEME 2025 “Communities” (2–4 July, 2025)
In the first week of July, 111 participants braved the scorching heat to gather at Haus der Universität in the centre of Düsseldorf. Across three days, these scholars from across the world were joined by about 20 undergraduates from the university, for all of whom this was their first experience of an in-person conference; and…
Call for Papers: New Voices 2026
Call For Papers: ISSEME New Voices sessions at Kalamazoo ICMS 2026 and Leeds IMC 2026 ISSEME invites abstract submissions for our 2026 “New Voices on Early Medieval England” sessions at the International Congress on Medieval Studies (ICMS) at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo in the USA (14-16 May) or at the International Medieval Congress (IMC) at…
ISSEME Publication Prizes 2025
The following publication prizes were announced at ISSEME’s 22nd biennial conference, held in Düsseldorf in July 2025. The chair of the prize committee, Judith Kaup, noted that the overall standard of all nominated publications this year was very high. Award for Best Research Aid Medieval Glossaries from Northwestern Europe: Tradition and Innovation, edited by Anina…
New ISSEME Instagram account
In the run-up to our 22nd biennial conference in Düsseldorf, ISSEME has joined Instagram! If you are on Instagram, give us a follow at @issemesoc, or click this link. We are keen to post lots about the activities of our members, so please get in touch with Hattie Soper (harriet.soper@bristol.ac.uk) if you have an announcement…
ISSEME donates $1,920 to the Dictionary of Old English
ISSEME is proud to support the Dictionary of Old English! Every year, the International Society for the Study of Early Medieval England donates to charities related to the disciplines in our field in order to upkeep its status as a nonprofit organization. For 2025, ISSEME has decided once again to donate the full annual amount to…
Looking back: New Voices 2024
2024 was a great year for the ISSEME ‘New Voices’ Sessions with two sessions at the ICMS conference at Kalamazoo, and one at the IMC at Leeds. We had full slates of terrific papers lined up, and the sessions were all very well attended, as always. The room at Leeds was almost standing room only,…
ISSEME donates $1,600 to the Dictionary of Old English
ISSEME is proud to support the Dictionary of Old English! Every year, the International Society for the Study of Early Medieval England donates to charities related to the disciplines in our field in order to upkeep its status as a nonprofit organization. For 2024, ISSEME has decided once again to donate the full annual amount…
Call for Papers: ISSEME 2025, Düsseldorf
The Call for Papers has now been released for ISSEME’s 22nd biennial conference, to be held at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 2–4 July, 2025. The conference theme will be ‘Communities’.
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