IMC 2026: Sessions

Digital Humanities (DH) methods are now well established, nowhere more so than in Medieval Studies, where digital methods continue to flourish. However, working with DH methods still brings a unique set of challenges and opportunities, particularly as an early career researcher. The interdisciplinary, international nature of the Digital Humanities means that routes into the discipline are often very diverse, ranging from trained medievalists who have incorporated digital methods into their work, to those who apply existing technical skills to the study of the medieval world. Meanwhile, the relative youth of the discipline means that navigating questions of teaching and research in the current institutional landscape can be difficult. This round table discussion, organised by members of the Digital Medievalist Postgraduate Committee, brings together early career scholars from across the discipline to discuss the challenges and opportunities of their diverse career paths.

Participants include Sebastian Dows-Miller (School of European Languages, Culture & Society, University College London), Catrin Haberfield (Department of English, Stanford University), Davide Pafumi (Department of English, University of Lethbridge, Alberta), Sebastian Gensicke (Fakultät für Geschichtswissenschaften, Ruhr-Universität Bochum), Cihan Şimşek (Medieval History, Kilis 7 Aralık University / History, Nevşehir Hacı Bektaşi Veli University / Medieval History, University of Szeged))