ANZAMEMS - The Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies

Image courtesy State Library Victoria
Image courtesy State Library Victoria

The Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (ANZAMEMS) supports and promotes the study of the Medieval and Early Modern periods in New Zealand and Australia. Membership is open to all interested researchers, students and academics. The Association publishes the journal Parergon twice yearly and members can also subscribe to an email list-serv. The Association also holds a major regional conference every two years.

Details, the membership application form and the online newsletter can be found on the ANZAMEMS website.

Call for proposals for a themed issue of Parergon

The journal Parergon, in print since 1971, regularly produces one open issue and one themed issue annually. Recent and forthcoming themed issues include:

  • 2022, 39.2 Cultures of Compassion in Medieval and Early Modern Literature and Music, guest-edited by Diana Barnes
  • 2023, 40.2 Women’s Agency in Early Modern Europe, guest-edited by Kate Allan and Nupur Patel
  • 2024, 41.2 Transforming the Archive, guest-edited by Rosalind Smith, Sarah Ross and Anna Welch
  • 2025, 42.2 Medieval English Attitudes to the External World, guest-edited by Matthew Firth, Erin Sebo and Cassandra Schilling

We now call for proposals a future themed issue, specifically for 2026 (43.2). Themed issues contain up to ten essays, plus the usual reviews section. The guest editor is responsible for setting the theme and drawing up the criteria for the essays.

Parergon publishes articles on all aspects of medieval and early modern studies, from early
medieval through to the eighteenth century, and including the reception and influence of
medieval and early modern culture in the modern world. We are particularly interested in
research which takes new approaches and crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries.

Parergon asks its authors to achieve international standards of excellence. Essays should be
substantially original, advance research in the field, and have the potential to make a
significant contribution to the critical debate.

Parergon is available in electronic form as part of Project Muse (from 1983), Australian
Public Affairs - Full Text (from 1994), Wilson’s Humanities Full Text (from 2008), and Gale
Academic One File (from 2008); it is included in the Clarivate Analytics Master Journal List
of refereed journals and in the European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH), and is
indexed for nine major database services, including ABELL, IMB and Scopus.

Proposals should be submitted to the editors by Monday 15 July 2024.

The detailed call, including information on proposal requirements, timelines and the editorial process is available for download.

Parergon has an Open Access policy. Authors retain their own copyright, rather than transferring it to Parergon/ANZAMEMS; and can make the “accepted version” of their article freely available on the Web.

Please send enquiries and proposals to the Editors, Prof Rosalind Smith and Prof Sarah
Ross at editor@parergon.org.