IMC 2024: Sessions

Our aim is to provide a forum in which specialists in the compilation of historical works from across the medieval world can cross traditional disciplinary boundaries. By globalising the discussion of medieval chronicle-writing, we hope to better understand the nature and purposes of historical thought in medieval cultures. Papers will compare and contrast the content, forms, and themes of chronicle-writing across multiple world regions in their respective medieval eras, including Europe, Eurasia, the Byzantine world, and East Asia. Informal discussions on this theme at Leeds IMC 2023 confirmed the potential for a pilot collaboration, in which specialists from these diverse geographical fields could come together to explore the potential for further collaborations and publications on the theme of 'Medieval Histories in Global Perspective'. Two sessions of papers and a concluding round table aim to provide a forum for future discussions on these and other case-study regions for Leeds IMC 2025 and beyond, from speakers at a range of career stages, from emerging doctoral and postdoctoral speakers to late-career professors.

Participants include Mikael Bauer (McGill University, Québec), Solomon Gebreyes Beyene (Universität Hamburg), Scott Kennedy (Bilkent University), Robert Wittkamp (Kansai University, Osaka), Felege-Selam Solomon Yirga (University of Tennessee, Knoxville), and Ruisen Zheng (King's College London).