The deadline for submitting papers was 30 November 2012. This was the call for papers.

Medievalism studies – the study of the post-medieval reception and adaptation of medieval politics, history, art and literature, both inside and outside the academy – has come of age as an area of serious academic enquiry, and the second generation of medievalism scholars has begun publishing. This conference aims to take stock and develop directions for the future. We hope to address questions such as:

• Why and how do the Middle Ages continue to shape the world we inhabit?
• What does "medieval" mean to non-medievalists?
• What is lost and what is gained as medievalism is professionalised?
• How can we develop a "present-minded medieval studies" (postmedieval)?
• What changes when we understand medievalism as global rather than Anglo-/Euro-centric?
• Which contemporary issues need the medieval perspectives and solutions?
• How can we historicize not just the Middle Ages, but also medievalism?
• Which aspects of the Middle Ages are translated/adapted/studied where, when and why?
• How can reflecting on our own temporal position become an integral part of all our scholarship?
• How do we take into account the affective and ethical links between us and our objects of study?
• How do new media and medievalism influence each other?
• What can historiography learn from medievalism?
• Does the medieval past help us understand modern nations?

Medievalists and modernists in all areas of the sciences and humanities, librarians, artists and curators are invited to submit proposals. The conference will be held during the climactic period of the University of St Andrews's 600th anniversary celebrations. Possible topics include (but are by no means not limited to):

• the reception of the Middle Ages in literature, art, architecture, music, film, politics, economics, theology, popular culture, universities, sciences
• periodization and the invention of the Middle Ages
• nostalgia and affective relations to the past
• posthuman and premodern thought
• aesthetics and poetics of medievalism
• green medievalism and environmentalism
• reenactment, revivalism and amateurism
• translation and comparative literature approaches
• the politicization of the Middle Ages and neo-medievalism
• medievalism, science fiction, fantasy and cyberspace
• the legacy and influence of the University of St Andrews and other medieval institutions
• a special celebratory 600th anniversary session on the reception and representation of St Andrew himself