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We are pleased to open the Call for Papers for the Fifteenth Oxford Medieval Graduate Conference, sponsored by the Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature. The conference is aimed at early career scholars and graduate students working in Medieval Studies. Contributions are welcomed from diverse fields of research such as History of Art and Architecture, History of Science, History, Theology, Philosophy, Music, Archaeology: Anthropology, Literature: and History of Ideas. Papers should be a maximum of 20 minutes. Please email 250-word abstracts to oxgradconf@gmail.com by 20. January 2019. Suggested topics might include, but are not limited to: Divergent Behaviours: Norm.Divergent behaviours— Social transgressions— Political, theological, moral deviance— Diverging manuscript practices— Diverging monastic practicesNormativity and non-normativity— Recounting &#38; imagining deviance— Shifting norms &#38; practices— Power (im)balances &#38; struggles — Enforcing norms— Responses to devianceBodies &#38; minds— Literary tropes (monstrosity, madness, leprosy, etc.) — Linguistic shifts— Ability &#38; disability The registration fee (including a wine reception) is expected to be £10 (tbc). There will be a conference dinner: it is hoped that this will cost in the region of £25. All updates and further information, including details of travel bursaries, can be obtained from the conference website: aevum.space/deviance gBesanpon, BM, NIS 0677, fol. 77 Follow them on Twitter @thMedGradConf MEDIUM IEVUM - SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF MEDIEVAL LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE