Following the online lecture series Praying with Objects, we are pleased to share a call for chapters for the edited volume Prayer as Practice: Objects, Media, and Networks in the Late Medieval and Early Modern World, edited by Carolin Gluchowski (University of Hamburg) and Seán D. Vrieland (University of Copenhagen).
The volume grows out of several recent events, including the COST lecture series Praying with Objects, and seeks to bring together scholars working on prayer and prayer practices in the late medieval and early modern world. We are especially interested in contributions that approach prayer as a material, social, sensory, embodied, multilingual, and networked practice.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to, prayer books and devotional manuscripts or prints; object-mediated devotion; prayer and the body; visual, musical, and sonic dimensions of prayer; translation and textual reuse; gendered devotion; regional, linguistic, and political crossings; domestic, communal, conventual, and institutional settings; reform and observance; manuscript and print cultures; spaces of prayer; and methodological or digital approaches.
We warmly invite proposals from colleagues who participated in the lecture series, as well as from others working on related questions. Proposals should include a 500-word abstract, five keywords, and a short biographical note of approximately 100 words.
The deadline for abstracts is 31 July 2026. Please consult the full call for further details on the volume, submission process, and timeline.
Download the Call for Chapters here.