IPPS Summer Programming 2026
Passion for Piers: IPPS Summer Working Groups
WHAT: Working groups of 2-4 people who will meet biweekly via Zoom to check in on research progress
WHO: Anyone with a passion for Piers and a research project on Langland or a related topic (we are flexible!)
WHEN: Launch Party! Friday, May 22, 1:30 ET https://nmsu.zoom.us/j/9732714697 (just let us know if you can’t make this)
HOW: Fill out the Google form: https://forms.gle/rSYUSmkmtxXxHjtC9
Questions? Email Liz at eschirme@nmsu.edu or Adin at alears@vcu.edu.
YLS 39 Launch: New Work in Langland Studies
10:00 am EDT June 24
https://bccte.zoom.us/j/99324669160
Getting it Published: A Workshop with the Editors of YLS
WHAT: A workshop on publishing in peer-reviewed journals: helpful advice, insider tips, and plenty of time for Q&A
WHO: Led by the editors of YLS; designed with grad students and other early-career scholars in mind, but open to anyone
WHEN: Thursday, June 25 at 12pm ET, https://nmsu.zoom.us/j/9732714697
HOW: RSVP to Liz at eschirme@nmsu.edu by Thursday, June 18 (but come anyway!)
Piers for our Students: Teaching Langland in the 21st c.
WHAT: An opportunity to share resources, stories, and strategies for teaching Langland beyond the graduate seminar.
Topics: Piers in Pieces; Langland and/as LLM; and Translating for Teaching/Teaching with Translation.
We hope to use this event to launch a Teaching Resources page on the IPPS website.
WHO: Anyone who teaches Piers Plowman—or wants to! Designed with non-specialist student audiences in mind.
WHEN: Friday, June 26, 12pm-4pm ET: https://nmsu.zoom.us/j/9732714697
HOW: Sign up here: https://forms.gle/WR6HG5fjVeME2UCE6./
Or—just show up!