Cambridge Medieval
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Official account for the medieval history subject group at the University of Cambridge. Posting about all things medieval
The Cambridge Medieval History Graduate Workshop is back with an exciting Michaelmas Term Card! Please join us this Thursday at 4pm for our first session!
October 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The Cambridge Medieval History Graduate Workshop is back with an exciting Michaelmas Term Card! Please join us this Thursday at 4pm for our first session!
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Chris Wickham's 'Framing the early Middle Ages, Europe and the Mediterranean, 400-800' (2005) is widely seen as a milestone in early medieval studies.
New research published by Robert Portass, Peter Sarris and Caroline Goodson (@cjg70.bsky.social) now offers a critical response to Wickham’s ideas ⬇️
New research published by Robert Portass, Peter Sarris and Caroline Goodson (@cjg70.bsky.social) now offers a critical response to Wickham’s ideas ⬇️
Vol. 43 Núm. 2 (2025): El modo de producción campesino: un replanteamiento de la sociedad rural de la Europa altomedieval | Studia Historica. Historia Medieval
Con la colaboración de la Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología | Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades.
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October 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Chris Wickham's 'Framing the early Middle Ages, Europe and the Mediterranean, 400-800' (2005) is widely seen as a milestone in early medieval studies.
New research published by Robert Portass, Peter Sarris and Caroline Goodson (@cjg70.bsky.social) now offers a critical response to Wickham’s ideas ⬇️
New research published by Robert Portass, Peter Sarris and Caroline Goodson (@cjg70.bsky.social) now offers a critical response to Wickham’s ideas ⬇️
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📣Seminar Announcement!📣
Join us on 4 Nov at 4 PM in room K114 at UCD for a seminar on medieval gender
Papers will be delivered by Prof. Ruth Karras @rmkarras.bsky.social speaking about The Invention of Gomorrah, and Aisling Walsh on the expectations of women as crusaders
Hope to see you there!
Join us on 4 Nov at 4 PM in room K114 at UCD for a seminar on medieval gender
Papers will be delivered by Prof. Ruth Karras @rmkarras.bsky.social speaking about The Invention of Gomorrah, and Aisling Walsh on the expectations of women as crusaders
Hope to see you there!
October 21, 2025 at 9:02 AM
📣Seminar Announcement!📣
Join us on 4 Nov at 4 PM in room K114 at UCD for a seminar on medieval gender
Papers will be delivered by Prof. Ruth Karras @rmkarras.bsky.social speaking about The Invention of Gomorrah, and Aisling Walsh on the expectations of women as crusaders
Hope to see you there!
Join us on 4 Nov at 4 PM in room K114 at UCD for a seminar on medieval gender
Papers will be delivered by Prof. Ruth Karras @rmkarras.bsky.social speaking about The Invention of Gomorrah, and Aisling Walsh on the expectations of women as crusaders
Hope to see you there!
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⌛Time is running out for #CuriousCures!
Don't miss your chance to see these fascinating medieval medical books and manuscripts, which are rarely on display together.
📍Open 6 Dec 2025 at the UL
🔗Book your FREE ticket: https://loom.ly/kVqsPRY
Image: @caiuscollege.bsky.social, MS 336/725
Don't miss your chance to see these fascinating medieval medical books and manuscripts, which are rarely on display together.
📍Open 6 Dec 2025 at the UL
🔗Book your FREE ticket: https://loom.ly/kVqsPRY
Image: @caiuscollege.bsky.social, MS 336/725
October 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
⌛Time is running out for #CuriousCures!
Don't miss your chance to see these fascinating medieval medical books and manuscripts, which are rarely on display together.
📍Open 6 Dec 2025 at the UL
🔗Book your FREE ticket: https://loom.ly/kVqsPRY
Image: @caiuscollege.bsky.social, MS 336/725
Don't miss your chance to see these fascinating medieval medical books and manuscripts, which are rarely on display together.
📍Open 6 Dec 2025 at the UL
🔗Book your FREE ticket: https://loom.ly/kVqsPRY
Image: @caiuscollege.bsky.social, MS 336/725
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We're Hiring! 😄
The IMC Team is looking for a Conference and Events Administrator (Fixed term). If you wish to become a part of the IMC team, click here: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... to apply.
Email [email protected] if you have any questions, or want to know more about the role.
The IMC Team is looking for a Conference and Events Administrator (Fixed term). If you wish to become a part of the IMC team, click here: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... to apply.
Email [email protected] if you have any questions, or want to know more about the role.
October 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
We're Hiring! 😄
The IMC Team is looking for a Conference and Events Administrator (Fixed term). If you wish to become a part of the IMC team, click here: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... to apply.
Email [email protected] if you have any questions, or want to know more about the role.
The IMC Team is looking for a Conference and Events Administrator (Fixed term). If you wish to become a part of the IMC team, click here: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... to apply.
Email [email protected] if you have any questions, or want to know more about the role.
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So pleased to launch the CfP for the III Colloquium on Late Medieval and Early Modern Cities!!
Looking forward to your paper proposals 🤗🥳
Deadline 31 Jan 2026
@ebenbow.bsky.social @emmaolson5.bsky.social
#medievalsky #skystorians #medieval #cfp #earlymodern #history #urbanstudies #callforpapers
Looking forward to your paper proposals 🤗🥳
Deadline 31 Jan 2026
@ebenbow.bsky.social @emmaolson5.bsky.social
#medievalsky #skystorians #medieval #cfp #earlymodern #history #urbanstudies #callforpapers
October 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
So pleased to launch the CfP for the III Colloquium on Late Medieval and Early Modern Cities!!
Looking forward to your paper proposals 🤗🥳
Deadline 31 Jan 2026
@ebenbow.bsky.social @emmaolson5.bsky.social
#medievalsky #skystorians #medieval #cfp #earlymodern #history #urbanstudies #callforpapers
Looking forward to your paper proposals 🤗🥳
Deadline 31 Jan 2026
@ebenbow.bsky.social @emmaolson5.bsky.social
#medievalsky #skystorians #medieval #cfp #earlymodern #history #urbanstudies #callforpapers
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Last week we welcomed 18 students to the Faculty for our Sutton Trust Summer School. Thank you to @chuarchives.bsky.social, @theul.bsky.social, the Fitzwilliam Museum, our PhD students, and our student ambassadors for all their help and hard work throughout the week!
August 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Last week we welcomed 18 students to the Faculty for our Sutton Trust Summer School. Thank you to @chuarchives.bsky.social, @theul.bsky.social, the Fitzwilliam Museum, our PhD students, and our student ambassadors for all their help and hard work throughout the week!
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FYA medievalists: jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at Royal Holloway University of London: Postdoctoral Research Associate (13th-14th century focus) - Inclusive Histories
Full-time, Fixed Term (12 months)Applications are invited for the post of Postdoctoral Research Associate in the School of Humanities.Inclusive Histories is a collaborative research and schools engage...
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July 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
FYA medievalists: jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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Call for Papers from @thomashkaal.bsky.social and I for a Sound Studies panel @imc-leeds.bsky.social "Listening to Medieval Life: New Possibilities in Historical Sound Studies". Please consider joining us, we'd love to *hear* from you! Deadline 15 Sept. #cfp #imc2026
August 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Call for Papers from @thomashkaal.bsky.social and I for a Sound Studies panel @imc-leeds.bsky.social "Listening to Medieval Life: New Possibilities in Historical Sound Studies". Please consider joining us, we'd love to *hear* from you! Deadline 15 Sept. #cfp #imc2026
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📣Call for Papers 📣
I am delighted to announce that 'Speech/less in the Early Modern World' will be held 23 April 2026 at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge.
Please share far and wide and do consider submitting a proposal! 🙊
Link to PDF version: bit.ly/4lZz80R
I am delighted to announce that 'Speech/less in the Early Modern World' will be held 23 April 2026 at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge.
Please share far and wide and do consider submitting a proposal! 🙊
Link to PDF version: bit.ly/4lZz80R
August 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
📣Call for Papers 📣
I am delighted to announce that 'Speech/less in the Early Modern World' will be held 23 April 2026 at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge.
Please share far and wide and do consider submitting a proposal! 🙊
Link to PDF version: bit.ly/4lZz80R
I am delighted to announce that 'Speech/less in the Early Modern World' will be held 23 April 2026 at Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge.
Please share far and wide and do consider submitting a proposal! 🙊
Link to PDF version: bit.ly/4lZz80R
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Offre d’emploi – PhD Studentship: (ECOMEDS: Economic and cultural connections within Mediterranean ecosystems, c.1250-1550)
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Offre d’emploi – PhD Studentship: (ECOMEDS: Economic and cultural connections within Mediterranean ecosystems, c.1250-1550)
Closes: 5th August 2025 The Department of History at King’s College London invites applications for a PhD studentship on the project ‘ECOMEDS: Economic and cultural connections within Mediterranean…
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July 28, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Offre d’emploi – PhD Studentship: (ECOMEDS: Economic and cultural connections within Mediterranean ecosystems, c.1250-1550)
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🚨 Fellowship Opportunities at UCL History 🚨
Are you an early career researcher ready to take the next step?
⭐ Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships (2025–26)
Deadline: 4pm, Mon 6 Oct 2025
⭐British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships
Deadline: Mon 8 Sept 2025
👉 Apply here: shorturl.at/r1f9Q
Are you an early career researcher ready to take the next step?
⭐ Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships (2025–26)
Deadline: 4pm, Mon 6 Oct 2025
⭐British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships
Deadline: Mon 8 Sept 2025
👉 Apply here: shorturl.at/r1f9Q
July 28, 2025 at 11:29 AM
🚨 Fellowship Opportunities at UCL History 🚨
Are you an early career researcher ready to take the next step?
⭐ Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships (2025–26)
Deadline: 4pm, Mon 6 Oct 2025
⭐British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships
Deadline: Mon 8 Sept 2025
👉 Apply here: shorturl.at/r1f9Q
Are you an early career researcher ready to take the next step?
⭐ Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships (2025–26)
Deadline: 4pm, Mon 6 Oct 2025
⭐British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships
Deadline: Mon 8 Sept 2025
👉 Apply here: shorturl.at/r1f9Q
The Cambridge Medieval History Graduate Workshop is seeking abstracts for presentations by graduate students from any discipline or university on any aspect of the period c.500-1500! #cfp #medievalsky
July 25, 2025 at 10:44 AM
The Cambridge Medieval History Graduate Workshop is seeking abstracts for presentations by graduate students from any discipline or university on any aspect of the period c.500-1500! #cfp #medievalsky
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Offre d’emploi – Lecturer in Medieval Literature and Culture (Birkbeck, University of London)
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Offre d’emploi – Lecturer in Medieval Literature and Culture (Birkbeck, University of London)
Closes: 21st July 2025 The School of Creative Arts, Culture & Communication at Birkbeck, University of London, is looking to appoint a Lecturer for this coming academic year 2025 – 2026. …
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July 8, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Offre d’emploi – Lecturer in Medieval Literature and Culture (Birkbeck, University of London)
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🎤 On 12 August, join us for a FREE online discussion inspired by our #CuriousCures exhibition. Our panel of experts will 'dissect’ the medieval body, revealing how our ancestors thought their bodies functioned.
⏰12 August, 7-8pm
📍Online
🔗Register: https://loom.ly/ck4iTmI
⏰12 August, 7-8pm
📍Online
🔗Register: https://loom.ly/ck4iTmI
July 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
🎤 On 12 August, join us for a FREE online discussion inspired by our #CuriousCures exhibition. Our panel of experts will 'dissect’ the medieval body, revealing how our ancestors thought their bodies functioned.
⏰12 August, 7-8pm
📍Online
🔗Register: https://loom.ly/ck4iTmI
⏰12 August, 7-8pm
📍Online
🔗Register: https://loom.ly/ck4iTmI
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📚 Join the Bodleian Conservation Team as a Book Repair Technician! 📚
We’re seeking a Book Repair Technician to help preserve our collections. Working under the guidance of the Book Conservator, you’ll master the skills and techniques of modern book repair. Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
We’re seeking a Book Repair Technician to help preserve our collections. Working under the guidance of the Book Conservator, you’ll master the skills and techniques of modern book repair. Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
June 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
📚 Join the Bodleian Conservation Team as a Book Repair Technician! 📚
We’re seeking a Book Repair Technician to help preserve our collections. Working under the guidance of the Book Conservator, you’ll master the skills and techniques of modern book repair. Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
We’re seeking a Book Repair Technician to help preserve our collections. Working under the guidance of the Book Conservator, you’ll master the skills and techniques of modern book repair. Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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👏 Congratulations Professor Nora Berend, elected as a member of the prestigious Academia Europaea, in recognition of her outstanding achievements as a researcher.
🔎 Read more: www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/nora-berend-elected-member-prestigious-academia-europaea
@acad-euro.bsky.social
🔎 Read more: www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/nora-berend-elected-member-prestigious-academia-europaea
@acad-euro.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 10:45 AM
👏 Congratulations Professor Nora Berend, elected as a member of the prestigious Academia Europaea, in recognition of her outstanding achievements as a researcher.
🔎 Read more: www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/nora-berend-elected-member-prestigious-academia-europaea
@acad-euro.bsky.social
🔎 Read more: www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/nora-berend-elected-member-prestigious-academia-europaea
@acad-euro.bsky.social
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With Leeds IMC 2025 less than a month away, this rough guide I wrote a couple of years ago may be of use to some of the new faces #IMC2025 #medievalsky
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A Rough Guide to Leeds International Medieval Congress
Normally on the blog we try to pitch our posts to a reasonably broad audience. We want what we write to be interesting and useful to people inside and outside the academy. Whether we always succeed…
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June 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
With Leeds IMC 2025 less than a month away, this rough guide I wrote a couple of years ago may be of use to some of the new faces #IMC2025 #medievalsky
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Offre d’emploi – Postdoctoral Fellowship linked to the Thematic Project « A Connected History of the Middle Ages Communication and Circulation from the Mediterranean »
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Offre d’emploi – Postdoctoral Fellowship linked to the Thematic Project « A Connected History of the Middle Ages Communication and Circulation from the Mediterranean »
Offre complète : ici Applications are open from June 15 2025 to October 15 2025 for one postdoctoral fellowship associated with the FAPESP Thematic Project 2021/02912-3 A Connected History of the M…
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June 1, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Offre d’emploi – Postdoctoral Fellowship linked to the Thematic Project « A Connected History of the Middle Ages Communication and Circulation from the Mediterranean »
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Registration is open for 'Moving Music: The Transmission of Music and Sound in the Medieval and Early Modern World', happening 24-25 June in Cambridge
www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/46073/
www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/46073/
‘Moving Music: The transmission of music and sound in the medieval and early modern world’ - CRASSH
Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
www.crassh.cam.ac.uk
May 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Registration is open for 'Moving Music: The Transmission of Music and Sound in the Medieval and Early Modern World', happening 24-25 June in Cambridge
www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/46073/
www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/46073/
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Excellent opportunity! Scholarships for MA in Medieval Studies @leedsims.bsky.social Highly recommended…
Come and do an MA in Medieval Studies at @leedsims.bsky.social! This year we have *two scholarships* specifically for UK students from underrepresented groups. Apps due 9 June: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/dir-record/s.... Get in touch with us if you have any questions! #MedievalStudies #Scholarships #Leeds #MA
Leeds Masters Scholarships (Thomson fund for Medieval Studies)
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May 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Excellent opportunity! Scholarships for MA in Medieval Studies @leedsims.bsky.social Highly recommended…
Check out a recent piece on our graduate student blog from Denis Sukhino-Khomenko!
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When Cnut and Emma took to reign, who was then the “good thegn”?
By Denis Sukhino-Khomenko If asked, a thegn (or “thane”) likely brings to mind the “title” in MacBeth (1606) or an antiquated “Saxon” “rank” in Ivanhoe (1819). Two centuries later, the idea still l…
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May 28, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Check out a recent piece on our graduate student blog from Denis Sukhino-Khomenko!
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I once created this folder with links (some may be dead now) to sites with digital images of medieval manuscripts. Might be useful to someone #medievalsky
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Latin and Greek Manuscripts
Digital Images and Catalogs of Manuscripts
www.livebinders.com
May 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I once created this folder with links (some may be dead now) to sites with digital images of medieval manuscripts. Might be useful to someone #medievalsky
www.livebinders.com/play/play?id...
www.livebinders.com/play/play?id...
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Do you work with medieval manuscripts? Then please consider completing this questionnaire on the impact of cataloguing on the discoverability and usage of medieval manuscripts:
www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...
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The impact of cataloguing on the discoverability and usage of medieval manuscripts
Master’s in Library and Archive Studies at the University of Manchester Dissertation Survey Designed by Maisie Proctor
I am inviting you to share your insights into the impact of cataloguing on the d...
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May 27, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Do you work with medieval manuscripts? Then please consider completing this questionnaire on the impact of cataloguing on the discoverability and usage of medieval manuscripts:
www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...
www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...
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There are still a few tickets left for this fascinating talk! Book now: www.lib.cam.ac.uk/research-ins...
Munby Fellow, Dr Joshua Fitzgerald, is uncovering the secrets of a rare 16th century manuscript in the indigenous Aztec language, Nahuatl. 🧵
May 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
There are still a few tickets left for this fascinating talk! Book now: www.lib.cam.ac.uk/research-ins...