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SELIM is pleased to announce its Student Bursary scheme for 2019-2020. Students whose papers have been accepted for inclusion in its forthcoming conference at Oxford can apply if they are members of the Society and do not have a stable source of income. Applications open from 1 February 2020. Further info at Activities.

The Society is now accepting applications for the 2020 course and event sponsorship programme. Applications are open for all SELIM members on a first-come-first-served-basis. The application deadline is 31 December 2019. See the Activites page for description of the grants available and terms and conditions.

For the first time in its history, SELIM will hold its annual conference outside of Spain. The University of Oxford will host the 32nd Conference of SELIM on September 24–26, 2020. The theme of the conference will be European Connections and Medieval English Studies.

The 2019 edition of the Old English Syntax and Semantics Symposium will be held at the University of La Rioja on November 8-9, 2019. Abstracts must be submitted completely anonymised and in PDF format, by September 30, 2019.

Susan Irvine (University College London), Richard Sharpe (University of Oxford), María José López-Couso (University of Santiago de Compostela), and Anke Bernau (University of Manchester) to deliver plenary sessions at the 31st Conference of SELIM, hosted by the University of Valladolid.

Professor Javier Martín Arista (Universidad de La Rioja) has been elected President of the Sociedad Española de Lengua Inglesa Medieval. Dr. Rafael Pascual (University of Oxford) is the new Secretary-Treasurer of the Society.