In August 2017 the project had the opportunity to present some of its findings at the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists (now called ‘International Society for the Study of early Medieval England’), a biennial gathering of scholars from across the world who research early medieval England, its literatures, languages, histories and legacies. This year’s conference took place in the unique surroundings of the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, a space that provoked much reflective discussion on the state of the fields of Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Studies and which provided the project with much enthusiastic and informative engagement. The project organised a single session for the conference in which its three speakers sought to explore Anglo-Saxon charters within comparative geographic and interdisciplinary dimensions. The session comprised papers from project members Robert Gallagher and Francesca Tinti, as well as a paper from long-standing friend of the project, Professor Simon Keynes of the University of Cambridge. Robert discussed recent work he has undertaken into the world of ‘private’ charters (i.e. documents issued on behalf of individuals other than the king) and he drew attention to evidence that suggests that such documents were at many centres normally written in Old English in the tenth and eleventh centuries. The evidence thus points towards contexts in which Latin was often upheld as the exclusive language of royal diplomas and, as such, it offers productive contrasts with contemporary documentary activity in neighbouring Francia. Francesca provided a survey of the linguistic complexities of material from late Anglo-Saxon Worcester and demonstrated how tantalising parallels could be drawn with a unique stone inscription from contemporary York; by doing so, Francesca explored how the institutional connections between Worcester and York could provide channels for the nurturing of particular literary and linguistic practices. Simon closed the session with a masterful survey of the place of seals and other associated artefacts in Anglo-Saxon diplomatic, social and political history. Collectively, we aimed to show the huge value and potential that Anglo-Saxon charters hold for many lines of intellectual enquiry. We are extremely grateful to Dr Peter Stokes for chairing our session and to all those who attended and participated in what was an extremely fruitful discussion. Moreover, we’d like to thank Professor Karen Jolly and the other members of the conference committee for organising what will no doubt be seen for years to come as a landmark conference – a meeting during which scholars engaged positively and productively with many of the issues that we must face within modern academia and society.