The Voynich Ninja

Call for Presentations – Voynich Zoom 2026 (March 11, 2026)

On Wednesday, March 11, 2026, an online conference titled “Voynich Zoom” will take place.
This event is part of the long-running “Cipher Zoom” series, organized several times a year by a team of international colleagues.
Start time: 18:00 CET / 12:00 Eastern
Expected duration: approximately 4 hours
Typical presentation length: around 20 minutes
The Voynich Zoom is organized by Jessika Nowak (University of Wuppertal), with Elonka Dunin, Jürgen Hermes, Tibor Jager, and Klaus Schmeh serving as co-organizers.
We hereby invite email submissions for presentations.
We welcome all kinds of presentations related to the Voynich Manuscript, including but not limited to:

• Linguistic, cryptological, historical, and art-historical research
  
• Meta-analyses and new hypotheses
  

Students and early-career researchers are especially encouraged to apply.
Attendance without a presentation is also welcome. Individuals who are interested in attending Voynich Zoom 2026 but do not wish to submit a presentation are warmly invited to participate as audience members.
Each submission should be sent to You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and include:

• Title of the talk
  
• Abstract (maximum 100 words)
  
• Presenter information (maximum 100 words)
  

Attendance and Cost
Voynich Zoom 2026 is free to attend. Registration details for non-presenting attendees will be announced closer to the event date.
Important Dates

• CfP announcements via email begin: Monday, December 22, 2025
  
• Submission deadline:  January 31, 2026
  
• Review period: February 2 – February 16, 2026
  
• Acceptance notifications sent by: Monday, February 16, 2026
  
• Presenter preparation window: February 16 – March 10, 2026
  
• Conference date: Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 18:00 CET / 12:00 Eastern
  

Our annual Voynich Manuscript Day conference is in the first week of August - two similar events for what is essentially a small pool of potential papers. Although with 5 months in between, it might be alright. Either way, I will attend this one as an audience member, not enough time to make something by the end of the month.

Shame they didn't pick the closest weekend to Voynich Day so that we could merge the events.  There isn't much time to prepare for this one, and it's on a weekday.

(05-01-2026, 10:50 PM)Koen G Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Our annual Voynich Manuscript Day conference is in the first week of August - two similar events for what is essentially a small pool of potential papers. Although with 5 months in between, it might be alright. Either way, I will attend this one as an audience member, not enough time to make something by the end of the month.

The Historical Cipher Zoom is an online colloquium at the University of Wuppertal that has been running for several years. The spring edition will focus on the Voynich Manuscript (Klaus and I met Jessika last year at a workshop in Italy, where this idea came up). I would see it more as a way of attracting new circles of interested parties rather than undermining other events!

(05-01-2026, 11:10 PM)tavie Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Shame they didn't pick the closest weekend to Voynich Day so that we could merge the events.  There isn't much time to prepare for this one, and it's on a weekday.

See my reply to Koen. Any future events can certainly be planned in consultation!

Don't worry, I understand! I'm surprised it took them several editions before they got to the Voynich
Now that I think about it, I guess this will also reach different audiences than VMD, both in terms of presenters and viewers, so the events are quite complementary.

I have presented to this cipher zoom multiple times about 15th century cryptography, although not about the Voynich, and I referred Professor Bowen to this group who did a presentation about the Voynich. As the title suggests the cipher zooms cover all aspects of Historical Cryptography. Jessika Nowak is super-friendly and enthusiastic.