May 3-9, 2026
This conference aims to foster thoughtful student discussion about how medieval texts and ideologies are adapted and mobilized in post-medieval periods and contemporary culture. This is a 100% online and asynchronous conference. Presentations will be video recordings. Participants will have 1-2 weeks to view the videos and place comments below them. This conference is FREE of costs.
Call for Presentations
Students are invited to present and/or participate in the first annual virtual UNICORN Student Congress on Medieval Studies and Medievalism, sponsored by the UNICORN Castle. We welcome creative, critical, and playful approaches: literature, history, art, music, pop culture, fandom, games, digital media, and beyond. You’ll submit your videotaped, fifteen-minute presentation, and then you’ll have the opportunity to view and comment on the presentations of other participants.
Deadlines:
March 1, 2026: Deadline for Proposals—Complete this FORM.
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- Provide your name.
- Provide your school email address.
- Provide your university/college affiliation.
- Provide the name and email address of your sponsoring professor.
- Copy and paste a presentation proposal that is no longer than 300 words into the appropriate box on the FORM. The proposal must include:
- a clear statement that defines and limits your topic
- a description of your research plan that clearly states the area of medievalism you wish to explore, why it is important, and how you plan to go about researching it
- preliminary research, including at least two potential scholarly sources
April 1, 2026: Notification of Acceptance for Proposal.
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- By this date, you and your sponsoring professor will receive notification that your proposal has been accepted.
- At that time, we will be asking your sponsoring professor to provide verification that you have been working on your presentation and that it will be ready to be uploaded by the next deadline.
May 2, 2026: Deadline to Share Your Presentation
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- Your presentation must be a recorded video that is no longer than 15 minutes.
- Do not email videos to us!
- Videos must be shared in one of the following ways:
- submit the link to a video that has been uploaded to Vevo or YouTube (as an unlisted work) or some similar, accessible, online platform.
- submit the link to a video that has been uploaded to Google Drive.
- Videos must be accessible to anyone who has the link. It is preferred that we have the ability to embed your video into a page, but not required.
- Video presentations will be linked/posted to password protected pages within the online conference.
These presentations will be judged by a panel of experts. Winning presentations will be permanently included as a part of the UNICORN Castle Museum and/or Game(s).
For more information, contact:
Dr. Carol Robinson (clrobins@kent.edu)
Dr. Carol Jamison (cjamison@georgiasouthern.edu)