New Chaucer Studies: Pedagogy and Profession, newsletter

by Candace Barrington

The 2026 NCS Congress Program Committee warmly invites additional proposals for the Congress’s Research Expo. The Research Expo will host research with strong visual or digital elements presented in a display or poster format. Presenters will discuss their display and the underpinning research during a single launch session.

This session is open to a range of formats and topics that may offer updates on work-in-progress, preliminary conclusions, experimental modes of presenting research data, and shorter summaries of material. Topics particularly suited to posters might include, but are certainly not limited to: 

• Research on manuscripts or other aspects of material culture
• Image-heavy work that deploys visual analysis
• Updates on large-scale funded projects or other grant funded work-in-progress
• Data-driven work that is communicated in graphical forms
• Experimental digital methods
• Incorporate a hands-on or other interactive element
  

Posters will be displayed in a hall where receptions will be held and a time will be reserved for researchers to talk about their work. A prize will be offered to one poster. 

Note: The printing of posters can be done in Freiburg (and at no cost) before the conference (more information will be provided to those whose posters are accepted).

To submit a proposal: Proposals should be titled and no longer than 200 words. Please include your name, affiliation, and your email address along with your abstract. Please email your proposal directly to the Research Expo organisers Mary Flannery, R. D. Perry, and J. R. Mattison at ncs2026freiburg@gmail.com no later than 31 December 2025.