Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies
@bristolcms.bsky.social
The interdisciplinary Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Bristol concerned with all aspects of the history, culture, art and representation of medieval Europe.
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A short but sweet CMS seminar schedule for December! #medievalsky #skystorians
A short but sweet CMS seminar schedule for December! #medievalsky #skystorians
November 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
A short but sweet CMS seminar schedule for December! #medievalsky #skystorians
We were fascinated to hear George Rayson (University of Cork) speak at a CMS/Italian seminar on ‘“Così o così”: Choosing the Right Words in Dante’s Commedia’. Thank you for such an interesting talk George — we hope to welcome you back to Bristol soon! 😊 #medievalsky #skystorians
November 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
We were fascinated to hear George Rayson (University of Cork) speak at a CMS/Italian seminar on ‘“Così o così”: Choosing the Right Words in Dante’s Commedia’. Thank you for such an interesting talk George — we hope to welcome you back to Bristol soon! 😊 #medievalsky #skystorians
We can't wait for the next seminar in our CMS Research Series, taking place tomorrow at 4pm! This week Professor Sarah Hamilton (Uni of Exeter) will be giving a paper on 'The Liturgy of the Road: Masses for Travellers at St Gall, 900-1100'. We are very excited!
November 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
We can't wait for the next seminar in our CMS Research Series, taking place tomorrow at 4pm! This week Professor Sarah Hamilton (Uni of Exeter) will be giving a paper on 'The Liturgy of the Road: Masses for Travellers at St Gall, 900-1100'. We are very excited!
Please do pass this on to anyone who may be interested! ☺️ #medievalsky #skystorians
Exciting news! 📣🎉The Bristol Summer team are hosting a Q&A event for people to find out more about the Bristol Summer School in Medieval Studies. 🙋🙋♂️🙋♀️ The event will run Jan 2026 (date tbc), and you can register your interest via the QR code or the link in the comments!😊 #medievalsky #skystorians
November 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Please do pass this on to anyone who may be interested! ☺️ #medievalsky #skystorians
Exciting news! 📣🎉The Bristol Summer team are hosting a Q&A event for people to find out more about the Bristol Summer School in Medieval Studies. 🙋🙋♂️🙋♀️ The event will run Jan 2026 (date tbc), and you can register your interest via the QR code or the link in the comments!😊 #medievalsky #skystorians
November 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Exciting news! 📣🎉The Bristol Summer team are hosting a Q&A event for people to find out more about the Bristol Summer School in Medieval Studies. 🙋🙋♂️🙋♀️ The event will run Jan 2026 (date tbc), and you can register your interest via the QR code or the link in the comments!😊 #medievalsky #skystorians
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Join us for More-than-Human Sensory Worlds, the first in our hybrid 'More-than-Human/ities' seminar series, a new collaboration between UoB's CEH & EUC at York University, Toronto.
Come explore the shared sensory worlds of human and nonhuman animals! 🦅🐇🌃
Wed 19th Nov
17:45–19:00
Online & in-person
Come explore the shared sensory worlds of human and nonhuman animals! 🦅🐇🌃
Wed 19th Nov
17:45–19:00
Online & in-person
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Join us for More-than-Human Sensory Worlds, the first in our hybrid 'More-than-Human/ities' seminar series, a new collaboration between UoB's CEH & EUC at York University, Toronto.
Come explore the shared sensory worlds of human and nonhuman animals! 🦅🐇🌃
Wed 19th Nov
17:45–19:00
Online & in-person
Come explore the shared sensory worlds of human and nonhuman animals! 🦅🐇🌃
Wed 19th Nov
17:45–19:00
Online & in-person
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Very proud of my former PhD student, Dan Booker, whose important study on women and the law of the exchequer has just been published by @ihrlibrary.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/histres/adva...
Women and the law of the exchequer in the early thirteenth century*
Abstract. This article explores the status and treatment of women under the law of the exchequer in the early thirteenth century and more specifically duri
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November 12, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Very proud of my former PhD student, Dan Booker, whose important study on women and the law of the exchequer has just been published by @ihrlibrary.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/histres/adva...
Last Thursday, the CMS were delighted to hear from Bristol's own Dr Kathleen Thompson on the topic of 'Leperhouses and Lordships: Some Ideas from Medieval Bristol'. What an absolutely fascinating paper Kathleen, thank you so much! 😊 #medievalsky #skystorians
November 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Last Thursday, the CMS were delighted to hear from Bristol's own Dr Kathleen Thompson on the topic of 'Leperhouses and Lordships: Some Ideas from Medieval Bristol'. What an absolutely fascinating paper Kathleen, thank you so much! 😊 #medievalsky #skystorians
Not sure what to do on a particularly rainy Friday in Bristol? ☔️ We’ve got you covered! Old English Reading Group runs at 3pm in Hattie’s office, no experience or prep required! Email [email protected] for more info! ☺️
*Old Norse isn't running today but will be back next week!*
*Old Norse isn't running today but will be back next week!*
November 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Not sure what to do on a particularly rainy Friday in Bristol? ☔️ We’ve got you covered! Old English Reading Group runs at 3pm in Hattie’s office, no experience or prep required! Email [email protected] for more info! ☺️
*Old Norse isn't running today but will be back next week!*
*Old Norse isn't running today but will be back next week!*
We are very excited to hear more about this tomorrow!
today's #ModWrite is appropriately aqueous, as I write a paper about the waves crashing on the shore and over the self in Ann Quin's novel Berg, ready for the @bristolcms.bsky.social Brat Symposium 🎶 Quin's my favourite reference baby 🎶
November 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
We are very excited to hear more about this tomorrow!
Tomorrow (Thursday 13th) is also brat symposium: the remix! Last year's inaugural brat symposium was created by CMS PGRs (pictured), and it was a huge success! Tomorrow's event promises to be just as exciting, with 14 papers on topics from environmental humanities to medieval studies! #medievalsky
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Tomorrow (Thursday 13th) is also brat symposium: the remix! Last year's inaugural brat symposium was created by CMS PGRs (pictured), and it was a huge success! Tomorrow's event promises to be just as exciting, with 14 papers on topics from environmental humanities to medieval studies! #medievalsky
For this week's CMS seminar, we are lucky enough to be joined by Bristol's own Dr Kathleen Thompson for a paper on 'Leperhouses and Lordship: Some Ideas from Medieval Bristol'. We can't wait to find out more! #medievalsky #skystorians
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
For this week's CMS seminar, we are lucky enough to be joined by Bristol's own Dr Kathleen Thompson for a paper on 'Leperhouses and Lordship: Some Ideas from Medieval Bristol'. We can't wait to find out more! #medievalsky #skystorians
We can't wait for this!
Putting together the slides for next week’s brat symposium @bristolcms.bsky.social (dun, dun) #medievalsky
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
We can't wait for this!
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📢 EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT 📢
We are thrilled to announce that our 2025/26 Donors’ Celebration will be a lecture delivered by Jonathan Stamp, former consultant for the HBO series ROME.
🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/thein...
⏰18/11, 5-6:30 PM.
📍Old Council Chamber, Wills Memorial Building, BS8 1RJ
We are thrilled to announce that our 2025/26 Donors’ Celebration will be a lecture delivered by Jonathan Stamp, former consultant for the HBO series ROME.
🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/thein...
⏰18/11, 5-6:30 PM.
📍Old Council Chamber, Wills Memorial Building, BS8 1RJ
October 30, 2025 at 10:40 AM
📢 EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT 📢
We are thrilled to announce that our 2025/26 Donors’ Celebration will be a lecture delivered by Jonathan Stamp, former consultant for the HBO series ROME.
🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/thein...
⏰18/11, 5-6:30 PM.
📍Old Council Chamber, Wills Memorial Building, BS8 1RJ
We are thrilled to announce that our 2025/26 Donors’ Celebration will be a lecture delivered by Jonathan Stamp, former consultant for the HBO series ROME.
🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/thein...
⏰18/11, 5-6:30 PM.
📍Old Council Chamber, Wills Memorial Building, BS8 1RJ
We are very excited to be joined on Thursday by Professor Máire Ní Mhaonaigh (University of Cambridge) for our next CMS Research Seminar: 'The Place of History in the History of Place: Constructing the Literary Landscapes of Medieval Ireland'. We can't wait! #medievalsky #skystorians
November 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
We are very excited to be joined on Thursday by Professor Máire Ní Mhaonaigh (University of Cambridge) for our next CMS Research Seminar: 'The Place of History in the History of Place: Constructing the Literary Landscapes of Medieval Ireland'. We can't wait! #medievalsky #skystorians
Friday afternoons = Old English and Old Norse reading groups! In honour of spooky season, here are a few highlights from today’s sessions! (And yes, we can confirm that pic 3 includes a genuine quote from one of our texts!) #medievalsky #skystorians
October 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Friday afternoons = Old English and Old Norse reading groups! In honour of spooky season, here are a few highlights from today’s sessions! (And yes, we can confirm that pic 3 includes a genuine quote from one of our texts!) #medievalsky #skystorians
What might our PGRs be plotting? Could it be the first meeting for this year’s CMS PGR conference?! 🧐🕵️♀️ Naturally, we can neither confirm nor deny…But do watch this space for some exciting news coming soon! 😁 #medievalsky #skystorians
October 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
What might our PGRs be plotting? Could it be the first meeting for this year’s CMS PGR conference?! 🧐🕵️♀️ Naturally, we can neither confirm nor deny…But do watch this space for some exciting news coming soon! 😁 #medievalsky #skystorians
We hope that everyone is having a wonderful reading week! Here's a sneak peek at some of the CMS Research Seminars we can look forward to in the second half of the semester!
#medievalsky #skystorians
#medievalsky #skystorians
October 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
We hope that everyone is having a wonderful reading week! Here's a sneak peek at some of the CMS Research Seminars we can look forward to in the second half of the semester!
#medievalsky #skystorians
#medievalsky #skystorians
We can't wait to watch this!
📺 Prof Ronald Hutton (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) joins Rylan Clark & @profaliceroberts.bsky.social on #WitchesOfEssex to investigate the truth behind the British witch trials of the 16th & 17th centuries
Watch the full three-part series on Sky History & Now 👉 bit.ly/47l3e8X
Watch the full three-part series on Sky History & Now 👉 bit.ly/47l3e8X
October 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We can't wait to watch this!
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Get your proposals in by the end of the month! A title and rough outline is more than enough - and remember to sign up if you just want to be a spectator. We want to make sure there’s enough coffee/pizza/wine for all 💚💚💚
Our brilliant PGRs are at it again! After last year's inaugural and highly-successful brat symposium (organised by CMS PGRs Shauna Roach, Sarah Collinson, Harry Lewis, and Isla Dawson), this year's committee is once again inviting Bristol PGRs to consider how 'brat' connects with their own research.
October 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Get your proposals in by the end of the month! A title and rough outline is more than enough - and remember to sign up if you just want to be a spectator. We want to make sure there’s enough coffee/pizza/wine for all 💚💚💚
This is amazing! 🥰
@bristolcms.bsky.social here you go: on a trip to the Ridgeway with John Burrow and Basil Cottle!
October 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This is amazing! 🥰
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Now equivalent to 3 US credit-hours, so go fill an elective with some intense medieval studies in this 3-week short-course!
We are SO excited to announce that applications are now open for this year's Medieval Studies Summer School! 🎉 Please do pass this information on to anyone you think might be interested!
We'll be sharing some highlights of last year's programme over the next few weeks!
#medievalsky #skystorians
We'll be sharing some highlights of last year's programme over the next few weeks!
#medievalsky #skystorians
October 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Now equivalent to 3 US credit-hours, so go fill an elective with some intense medieval studies in this 3-week short-course!
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📣 UPCOMING EVENT! 📣
The Hellenic society is launching a new South West and Wales regional network!
🎟️ Sign up: forms.office.com/e/tbYuWrWwNP
⏰October 30th, 2-6PM
📍Humanities Research Space, University of Bristol 1st floor, 7 Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1TB
The Hellenic society is launching a new South West and Wales regional network!
🎟️ Sign up: forms.office.com/e/tbYuWrWwNP
⏰October 30th, 2-6PM
📍Humanities Research Space, University of Bristol 1st floor, 7 Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1TB
October 21, 2025 at 8:57 AM
📣 UPCOMING EVENT! 📣
The Hellenic society is launching a new South West and Wales regional network!
🎟️ Sign up: forms.office.com/e/tbYuWrWwNP
⏰October 30th, 2-6PM
📍Humanities Research Space, University of Bristol 1st floor, 7 Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1TB
The Hellenic society is launching a new South West and Wales regional network!
🎟️ Sign up: forms.office.com/e/tbYuWrWwNP
⏰October 30th, 2-6PM
📍Humanities Research Space, University of Bristol 1st floor, 7 Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1TB
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Delighted to run this summer school again! Please, take a look at our new site and share this with colleagues and students who may be interested.
www.bristol.ac.uk/centre-for-s...
www.bristol.ac.uk/centre-for-s...
October 23, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Delighted to run this summer school again! Please, take a look at our new site and share this with colleagues and students who may be interested.
www.bristol.ac.uk/centre-for-s...
www.bristol.ac.uk/centre-for-s...
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Objectively the best Medieval Summer School out there 😉 Please consider sharing and, even better, applying! 🙂
We are SO excited to announce that applications are now open for this year's Medieval Studies Summer School! 🎉 Please do pass this information on to anyone you think might be interested!
We'll be sharing some highlights of last year's programme over the next few weeks!
#medievalsky #skystorians
We'll be sharing some highlights of last year's programme over the next few weeks!
#medievalsky #skystorians
October 23, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Objectively the best Medieval Summer School out there 😉 Please consider sharing and, even better, applying! 🙂