Call for papers now open for ‘Medieval Myths and British Identities: Past, Present, Future’, Postgraduate Conference at Cardiff University, 18th September 2015.

Postgraduate researchers in the fields of archaeology, art history, linguistics, literature, music, philosophy, politics, social science, theology, and any other relevant disciplines are invited to submit abstracts. Papers may include, but are not limited to the following topics:

• British identities in medieval literature
• Genealogy and national identity
• Myth and cartography
• Myth and historical memory
• Myth and national separatism
• Myth and theories of race
• National heroes
• National histories
• National identity and forgery
• National myths and gender identities
• National myths in the visual arts
• Nationalism and Medievalism
• Origin stories
• The politics of myth
• Regional and local myths

For more information, please visit the conference’s website: https://britishmedievalmyths.wordpress.com/call-for-papers-2/