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Du 27 au 28 avril 2012. University of Queensland, Brisbane, AustralieThe Australian Early Medieval AssociationThis conference addresses the theme of LAND and SEA in the Early Medieval World, ca. 300-1100.Papers are invited which explore the persistence of contact by sea across coastal and riverine landscapes from Late Antiquity into the Middle Ages, in areas ranging from Ireland to the Levant, Scandinavia to the shores of North Africa. The early Middle Ages were a dynamic era of seaborne travel which enabled important advances in technology, distributed new religious ideas and laid the foundations of the modern globalized world. Loss of some communications routes and cohesive aspects of ancient civilization happened alongside the expansion of the Vikings or the establishment of the Islamic hajj. Around the shores of the Mediterranean and Black Seas, along the English Channel and down the Red Sea, coastal communities built boats, imported and exported raw materials, manufactured and traded in goods and services and interacted with people across the waters.Papers on any aspect of the continuing historical, cultural and social impact of trade and travel networks throughout Late Antiquity and into the Middle Ages are invited. Topics of focus could include, for example, travel literature, shipwreck archaeology, piracy, trade routes, fishing or pilgrimage.ORGANIZING COMMITTEEUniversity of Queensland :Dr Amelia R. Brown (convenor)Dr Caillan DavenportDr Kriston RennieMs Hollie ThomasMr Julian BarrMr Christopher MallanRésumés et informations : The Australian Early Medieval Association