Welcome to the Crusade Studies Forum
The Crusades Studies Forum at Saint Louis University is an international venue for the presentation of current research, the discussion of recent scholarship, and the exploration of new directions in topics relating to the Crusades. Participants include those local to the Saint Louis region as well as distinguished scholars from across the globe. All are welcome to attend and participate in the forum.
See below for details on our upcoming events, and stop by our Resources page for links to online resources for the study of the crusades and the Latin East. To stay connected and receive digital links to our meetings, send us your contact information via our contact form.
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Call for Papers – The Memory of the Crusades and the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem in texts, images, and liturgies.
The Twelfth Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies will take place from June 9-11, 2025, at Saint Louis University, in St. Louis, MO. The Crusade Studies Forum at SLU invites proposals for scholarly papers related to the memory of the crusades and the Kingdom of Jerusalem in texts, images, and liturgies. Papers will be twenty minutes each in two sessions scheduled for ninety minutes.
Abstract of 250 words should be submitted to Evan S. McAllister at [email protected]. The deadline for submissions is December 1, 2024. Decisions will be made by the middle of December.