1) Prizes: The Lone Medievalist solicits submissions for three prizes in the categories of Teaching, Scholarly Outreach, and Scholarship. Each prize will be separately judged by a panel, and each winning submission will receive an award of $100. Submissions will be accepted until August 15, 2026, with prizes announced by September 15 (hopefully in time for your CV updates before job markets, reappointments, tenure portfolios, etc.). One submission per prize per person or group. All submissions may be submitted via Google form: https://forms.gle/jg3CUZfzk1WKHh4XA
2) Prize Judging Committee: Are you interested in helping give awards to your fellow Lone Medievalists? Are you looking for service work to a national organization (for portfolios, promotion, tenure, etc.)? Then we're looking for you! Apply by July 15, 2026: https://forms.gle/pHLAimciLforz75g7
(Note: we received the feedback that LM's might want/need national service opportunities - so we're trying to help with that!)
Accessible version here: https://lonemedievalist.hcommons.org/prizes/
3) ICMS Sessions: CfP
Lone Medievalists and Activism (A Roundtable)
Modality: HybridSponsor: Lone Medievalist
Organizer: Kisha G. Tracy
It is a truth universally acknowledged that Lone Medievalists wear many hats; in past panels, we have explored many of these roles. In this roundtable, we will explore the role of Lone Medievalists in activism, working for causes or topics about which they have a passion, and how that activism intersects with our roles as medievalists, scholars, and teachers. This work may manifest in various ways - participation in scholarly organizations that focus on specific issues, dedication to teaching underrepresented topics, application of medieval expertise in non-academic spaces, etc. Participants will discuss their approaches, difficulties, questions, and particularly their successes.
Medievalism Outside Academe (A Roundtable)
Modality: Hybrid
Sponsor: Lone Medievalist and Tales After Tolkien
Organizer: Rachel Sikorski
Most faculty are contingent. The numbers of contingent faculty are dwarfed by those who, after spending years adjuncting, sought other careers yet still feel called to intellectual life. More yet did not pursue lives in academe but still have insights into the medieval, medievalist, and neomedievalist, as well as how they function. The proposed session looks to present perspectives on the medieval, medievalist, and neomedievalist from outside traditional academic structures, calling back to Richard Utz’s ICMS 2015 plenary lecture: medievalist work began as an amateur endeavor. Bringing in nonprofessional, underrepresented, outside perspectives remains worth doing.
To submit a proposal: https://icms.confex.com/icms/2027/prelim.cgi/Index/SponsorList~Lone%20Medievalist
Due: September 15, 2026