History of SEM

SEM started out as the Potsdamer Studientag zum englischen Mittelalter, organised by Prof. Dr. Hildegard L.C. Tristram (who sadly passed away in 2020). The first five SEMs took place in Potsdam. Afterwards, SEM started to rotate among different universities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Below you can find a list of  past SEMs. (If you spot any mistakes or have additional information on SEM, please get in touch.)

I. 1999 Potsdam https://hildegard.tristram.de/sem/sem.htm

II. 2000 Potsdam https://hildegard.tristram.de/sem/sem2.htm

III. 2001 Potsdam https://hildegard.tristram.de/sem/sem3.htm

IV. 2002 Potsdam https://hildegard.tristram.de/sem/sem4.htm

V. 2003 Potsdam https://hildegard.tristram.de/sem/sem5.htm

VI. 2004 Jena https://idw-online.de/de/news76481

VII. 2005 Bochum

VIII. 2006 München

IX. 2007 Zürich

X. 2008 Düsseldorf

XI. 2009 Berlin

XII. 2010 Dresden

XIII. 2011 Freiburg i. Br.

XIV. 2012 Göttingen

XV. 2013 Bern

XVI. 2014 München https://www.anglistik.uni-muenchen.de/abteilungen/sprachgeschichte/sem_xvi_2014/index.html

XVII. 2015 Rostock

XVIII. 2016 Bonn

XIX. 2017 Bochum

XX. 2018 Wien

XXI. 2019 Berlin

XXII. 2020 Düsseldorf (cancelled due to the pandemic; took place in Jena in 2022)

XXIII. 2023 München https://www.anglistik.uni-muenchen.de/abteilungen/sprachgeschichte/aktuelles/sem-xxiii/index.html

XXIV. 2024 Bochum https://www.medieval-english.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/ems/events/sem2024/index.html.en

XXV. 2025 Zürich