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“Rituals of Mothering in the Middle Ages”
International Conference at the University of Cyprus
The Centre for Medieval Arts and Rituals (CeMAR) of the University of Cyprus invites you to the International Conference entitled “Rituals of Mothering in the Middle Ages”, which will take place on 15 and 16 January 2026. The conference will be held in a hybrid format at the Learning Resource Centre, University of Cyprus Library ‘Stelios Ioannou’, Room LRC 019 and via the Microsoft Teams platform.
The conference aims to advance research on motherhood and breastfeeding through the systematic study of practices and rituals associated with motherhood, the position of the mother, and perceptions of maternal roles during the Middle Ages. All conference papers will be delivered in English.
The conference forms part of the activities of a two-year research project entitled “Maternal Milk: Breastfeeding in Middle and Late Byzantium (8th–15th centuries)”, with the acronym MaternalMilk (EXCELLENCE/0524/0012). The project is coordinated by Prof. Stavroula Constantinou through the Centre for Medieval Arts and Rituals (CeMAR) of the University of Cyprus. The research team comprises scholars from the University of Cyprus as well as researchers from universities abroad.
The MaternalMilk project is implemented within the framework of the Cohesion Policy Programme “THALEIA 2021–2027”, co-funded by the European Union through the Research and Innovation Foundation.
The conference is open to the public. Pre-registration is required, here.
For the conference programme and abstracts, please click on the links below:
For more information, visit our website: https://www.ucy.ac.cy/motherbreast/.
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