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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 13d

Workshops: Early Modern Maps #medieval #earlymodern www.anzamems.org/?p=...

Abraham Ortelius's 1590 map of Iceland surrounded by sea monsters

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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 13d

ANZAMEMS Seminar, University of Melbourne #medieval #earlymodern www.anzamems.org/?p=...

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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 13d

ANZAMEMS Reading Group #medieval #earlymodern www.anzamems.org/?p=...

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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 14d

CFP: Maple Malory II Conference #medieval #earlymodern www.anzamems.org/?p=...

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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 14d

Registration Open: Conference of the Australian Early Medieval Association #medieval #earlymodern www.anzamems.org/?p=...

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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 14d

Applications Open: Folger Institute Long-Term Fellowships #medieval #earlymodern www.anzamems.org/?p=...

ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 14d

Registration Open: Ghosts Conference #medieval #earlymodern www.anzamems.org/?p=...

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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 21d

As part of the 2025 ANZAMEMS conference, a one-day intensive palaeography workshop will be hosted at University of Melbourne on Tuesday 2 December for HDRs and ECRs. See the below flyer:

Flyer for the Intensive Palaeography Workshop to be hosted at University of Melbourne on 2nd December 2025. More details at https://conference.anzamems.org/anzamems-seminar/

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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 22d

Call for Proposals: ANZAMEMS Seminars 2026 #medieval #earlymodern www.anzamems.org/?p=...

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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 22d

Registration Open: Tyrants and Dictators – Unjust Rulers in the Medieval and Early Modern Worlds #medieval #earlymodern www.anzamems.org/?p=...

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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 28d

It was lovely to attend the preview of the very impressive Treasure: History Unearthed Exhibition at the Museum of Liverpool this evening. Definitely worth a visit #archaeology #medievalsky will post more pics www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/muse...

Treasure: History Unearthed

From Bronze Age gold and Viking silver to hoards of coins, discover Treasure unearthed in this new exhibition.Revealing personal stories and global connections, Treasure: History Unearthed features th...

www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk

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The Medieval Academy of America @medievalacademy.bsky.social · 28d

Jobs for Medievalists

Professor - Late Antiquity
Department of Classics / Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto
Application Deadline: November 6
The Department of Classics and the Centre for Medieval Studies in the Faculty of Arts and
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/jobs-for-med...

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Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 28d

Call for Papers @imc-leeds.bsky.social

Following my recent fieldwork sailing down the Seine in a reconstructed tenth-century ship, @stevedehailes.bsky.social and I are organising a panel on practice-based/experiential research in medieval studies. We welcome abstracts from any field. #Medievalsky

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Digital Medievalist @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social · 29d

🚨Job Klaxon🚨

Open rank Professorship in History of the Middle Ages with consideration of digital Methods

📍Institute of History, University of Bern (🇨🇭)
📆Deadline: 19 October 2025
▶️ Information: tinyurl.com/56ywncuj

#Medievalsky #DigitalHumaniities

Uni Bern: Open rank Professorship in History of the Middle Ages with consideration of digital Methods

The Institute of History of the University of Bern is seeking to fill a full time professor position (open rank) in History of the Middle Ages with consideration of digital Methods, beginning 1 Februa...

tinyurl.com

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Dr Matt Firth @mattfirth.bsky.social · 27d

Early English Queens, 850-1000 has just been reviewed in @jaema.bsky.social 20.2. McLeod states that it 'finds an ingenious structure to tell a difficult and timely story' & 'is highly recommended'.

Links to the review & the book (all formats):

Review → search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/...

Book ↓

Early English Queens, 850–1000: Potestas Reginae

This book offers a comprehensive, biography-led examination of queenship in England between 850 and 1000, tracing the development of the queen’s role from bed companion to institutional office. The pe...

www.routledge.com

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Institute for Military History (IMH) @mhafhs.bsky.social · 28d

Welcome to our next IMH research seminar on 17 September.

Ody Dwicahyo, PhD student (University of Leiden), will discuss "Rationalizing War in Early Modern Indonesia: Insights from the Javanese Court of Mataram, 1680s–1708

www.linkedin.com/posts/instit...

#Skystorians #EarlyModern

Dear friends, We look forward to welcoming you our next IMH International Military History Seminar! Our guest speaker this week is Ody Dwicahyo (Ph.D. Student, University of Leiden University, The… ...

Dear friends, We look forward to welcoming you our next IMH International Military History Seminar! Our guest speaker this week is Ody Dwicahyo (Ph.D. Student, University of Leiden University, The N...

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Dr Sarah Corrigan @corrigans.bsky.social · Sep 5

Come and join us for a few days jam-packed with medieval and early modern keynotes, papers, roundtables, and events!

@anzamems.bsky.social Conference 2025 at the University of Melbourne, 3–5 December

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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · Sep 4

ANZAMEMS Conference: Registration Open #medieval #earlymodern www.anzamems.org/?p=...

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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · Sep 4

CFP: Living, Dreaming, and Dying in the Pre-modern Bed #medieval #earlymodern www.anzamems.org/?p=...

The temptation of Gawain by Lady Bertilak (Gawain lies in bed with the lady standing beside him) as depicted in British Library Cotton Nero A. x, f. 129

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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · Sep 4

Workshop: Faith in the Material World #medieval #earlymodern www.anzamems.org/?p=...

The Sea Bishop (or L'Evesque de Mer) a sea monster as depicted in François Desprez's Recueil de la diversité des habits (1562)

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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · Aug 29

In Parergon 42.1, Jaecheol Kim looks at the paradoxical depiction of rumours and parasites in Shakespeare's second history tetralogy, arguing it reveals the parasitical nature of sovereign power, upon which early modern rule and governance relied.

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Title page of Huntingdon Library 69310, the earliest printed version of Henry IV Part 1 to survive fully intact (from 1598).

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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · Aug 28

Henry VIII loved to receive cryptic gifts, but the so-called horned helmet given by the Emperor Maximilian I is perhaps the most bizarre! In @parergon.bsky.social 42.1, Grace Waye-Harris analyses its long-disputed iconographical significance.

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The horned helmet of Henry VIII, part of a full suit of armour made by Konrad Seusenhofer between 1511 and 1514. The armour was a gift from the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I. The helmet includes a face piece with protruding eyes, a toothy grimace and a stubbly chin with ram's horns rivetted to its upper part.

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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · Aug 27

Late-medieval Books of Hours were tools for navigating both earthly & spiritual challenges. Elizabeth Burrell's article in @parergon.bsky.social 42.1 explores English & French examples held in A/NZ libraries, providing transcriptions & translations of some apotropaic texts.

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Rubric introducing the prayer Gracias tibi ago domine found in Canberra, National Library of Australia, MS Clifford 1097/7 fol. 22v.

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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · Aug 26

Supernatural women in medieval literature seem to inhabit opposite ends of a moral spectrum: saints good, sorceresses bad. Kathryn Walton’s article in @parergon.bsky.social 42.1, though, shows that medieval images of female power were much more kaleidoscopic than we assume.

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Opening page to the Life of St Margaret in the The Auchinleck Manuscript - text in two columns with a gap in the bottom right where an illumination (from the reverse page) has been cut out.

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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · Aug 25

CFP: Conference of the North American Chapter on the History of Emotions #medieval #earlymodern www.anzamems.org/?p=...

Call for papers for the conference named in the post; text is available through the provided link.