Australian Early Medieval Association Conference 2016

s of 250-300 words for 20-minute papers should be submitted online at http://aema2016.net/submission/ by roughout history humans have struggled to describe the world, but the concepts of space and time have persisted as touchstones. is conference will explore medieval conceptions of space and time across all disciplines. Submissions are invited for papers on the broad theme of space and/or time in all aspects of the Late Antique and Early Medieval periods (c. 400–1150) in all cultural, geographic, religious and linguistic settings. Possible topics include but are not limited to:-issues of chronology and historiography-literary representations of space and time-calendars and cartography-cosmology, theology, science, and philosophy-town and country divides-rural and urban landscapes-colonisation and postcolonial attitudes-architecture and art history-rituals and traditions-religion and space-cultural spaces-timekeeping-recordkeeping-archaeological issues-the dating of sources e conference will also include some special sessions on digital methods related to the conference theme. If you would like to contribute to these, or for more information about the conference, please contact the conference organisers at [email protected].