Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East

A annual festival and international summer course dedicated to medieval music. Each edition explores a different historical theme, bringing together leading specialists to study and perform the musical repertories associated with that subject through concerts, lectures, workshops, and performance.

The year 2026 marks the 460th birthday of the Hospitaller convent-city of Valletta, in Malta, on 28 March 1566. Taking its cue from this anniversary, the ninth Military Orders conference will be held in Malta and focus on the theme of ‘Documents & Monuments’.

The conference aims to re-evaluate the historical significance of Innocent IV's papacy and its relationship to the crusade movement through rigorous research and scholarly dialogue.

Bringing together scholars from across disciplines, it encourages narratives that trace the movement of ideas, texts, images, everyday artefacts and peoples across regions from the Mediterranean to Asia and the Americas.

The conference is an invitation to transcend disciplinary and institutional boundaries by bringing together contributors from diverse backgrounds, working in France and around the world.

An essay prize in medieval church history (including the history of the crusades) for early career scholars.