“Environments” will be the theme of the 21st biennial conference of the International Society  for the Study of Early Medieval England, planned for 28-30 June, 2023. Under this broad  rubric, we invite papers from all disciplines that study aspects of early medieval England.  Possible topics include: 

• material and physical environments (e.g., landscapes, seascapes, architecture, travel)• ecologies and cosmologies (e.g., conceptions of Nature, the Universe, astrology)• spiritual environments (e.g., Heaven and Hell, the Church and the church)• cultural and intellectual environments (e.g., scholarly networks, libraries, networks  of cultural exchange, source study)