PSU Medieval Conference

The Center for Medieval Studies at Penn State hosts an annual spring conference on various topics. Often the proceedings are collected into a collected volume of essays (click the small book icon next to a year to see that volume)

Annual Conference Topics

• 2009 The Medieval Atlantic
• 2008 King John and the World of Magna Carta
• 2007 The Grail, the Quest, and the World of King Arthur
• 2006 The Medieval Household
• 2004 Wind and Water: the Medieval Mill (April 16−17, 2004)
• 2003 - Health and Healing in the Medieval Garden  (April 4-5, 2003)
• 2002 - The Fortunes of King Arthur (March 22-23, 2002)
• 2001 - Prudence, Passion and Policy
• 1999 - Scenes and Seasonings: The Medieval Landscape
• 1998 - Way and Wayfarer: Travels in the Medieval World
• 1997 - Word, Image, Number: Communication in the Middle Ages
• 1996 - From Moravia to Muscovy: The Medieval Slavic World
• 1996 - A Conference on the North Sea World—University of St. Andrews, Scotland
  (co-organized with the Department of Medieval History at University of St. Andrews)
• 1995 - The Cathedral, the Mill, and the Mine: Technology in the Middle Ages
• 1994 - Beginning the Middle Ages: Continuity and Change
• 1993 - The Stage as Mirror: Civic Theatre in Late Medieval Europe
• 1992 - A Conference on Urban Warfare in the Middle Ages
• 1991 - Matrons and Marginal Women in Medieval Society
• 1990 - People of the Plough: Land and Labor in Medieval Europe
• 1990 - Medieval Agricultural Fair
  (in collaboration with Prof. Benjamin Hudson)
• 1989 - Crossed Paths: The Celtic Dimension to the European Middle Ages
• 1988 - Conference on Meaning and Understanding in the Medieval Narrative