Ecclesiastical History Society
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Official BlueSky account of the Ecclesiastical History Society. Fostering interest in all things #churchhistory.
Join our Committee! 🎉 We're looking for a new conference secretary.
Applications, comprising a CV and cover letter outlining relevant experience should be made by 30 January 2026 to the EHS President, Professor Sara Parvis ([email protected]).
ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/vacancies/
Applications, comprising a CV and cover letter outlining relevant experience should be made by 30 January 2026 to the EHS President, Professor Sara Parvis ([email protected]).
ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/vacancies/
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Join our Committee! 🎉 We're looking for a new conference secretary.
Applications, comprising a CV and cover letter outlining relevant experience should be made by 30 January 2026 to the EHS President, Professor Sara Parvis ([email protected]).
ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/vacancies/
Applications, comprising a CV and cover letter outlining relevant experience should be made by 30 January 2026 to the EHS President, Professor Sara Parvis ([email protected]).
ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/vacancies/
UPCOMING CONFERENCE:
The United Reformed Church History Society Conference:
28-30 Sept at Sarum College, Salisbury
This is an open and welcoming conference, for those with a general interest through to professional historians/theologians.
TO BOOK: forms.gle/KxceRMcVXbqk...
The United Reformed Church History Society Conference:
28-30 Sept at Sarum College, Salisbury
This is an open and welcoming conference, for those with a general interest through to professional historians/theologians.
TO BOOK: forms.gle/KxceRMcVXbqk...
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 AM
UPCOMING CONFERENCE:
The United Reformed Church History Society Conference:
28-30 Sept at Sarum College, Salisbury
This is an open and welcoming conference, for those with a general interest through to professional historians/theologians.
TO BOOK: forms.gle/KxceRMcVXbqk...
The United Reformed Church History Society Conference:
28-30 Sept at Sarum College, Salisbury
This is an open and welcoming conference, for those with a general interest through to professional historians/theologians.
TO BOOK: forms.gle/KxceRMcVXbqk...
Have you published a book on the history of #Christianity in 2025? We're looking for new monographs on an aspect of church history for our 2026 Book Prize! #SkyStorians
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Have you published a book on the history of #Christianity in 2025? We're looking for new monographs on an aspect of church history for our 2026 Book Prize! #SkyStorians
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Registration is now open for our 2026 Winter Meeting!
Join us on online on Saturday 10 January to learn more about 'Creeds, Canons and Councils'.
Book your place before 20 December 2025: www.tickettailor.com/events/eccle... #SkyStorians #churchhistory
Join us on online on Saturday 10 January to learn more about 'Creeds, Canons and Councils'.
Book your place before 20 December 2025: www.tickettailor.com/events/eccle... #SkyStorians #churchhistory
November 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Registration is now open for our 2026 Winter Meeting!
Join us on online on Saturday 10 January to learn more about 'Creeds, Canons and Councils'.
Book your place before 20 December 2025: www.tickettailor.com/events/eccle... #SkyStorians #churchhistory
Join us on online on Saturday 10 January to learn more about 'Creeds, Canons and Councils'.
Book your place before 20 December 2025: www.tickettailor.com/events/eccle... #SkyStorians #churchhistory
New blog post! 📜✨
Dr Harriet Lyon (Cambridge) dives into the Dissolution of the Monasteries and why it might make you rethink what 'early modern' really means in England.
A must-read for our #Reformation lovers! 👀
eccleshistsoc.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/a... #SkyStorians #Tudorhistory
Dr Harriet Lyon (Cambridge) dives into the Dissolution of the Monasteries and why it might make you rethink what 'early modern' really means in England.
A must-read for our #Reformation lovers! 👀
eccleshistsoc.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/a... #SkyStorians #Tudorhistory
A Revolution in Time: The Dissolution of the Monasteries and English History
Dr Harriet Lyon is the J. H. Plumb College Lecturer in History at Christ’s College, University of Cambridge. Her first book examined how the Dissolution of the Monasteries in England and Wales (153…
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November 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
New blog post! 📜✨
Dr Harriet Lyon (Cambridge) dives into the Dissolution of the Monasteries and why it might make you rethink what 'early modern' really means in England.
A must-read for our #Reformation lovers! 👀
eccleshistsoc.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/a... #SkyStorians #Tudorhistory
Dr Harriet Lyon (Cambridge) dives into the Dissolution of the Monasteries and why it might make you rethink what 'early modern' really means in England.
A must-read for our #Reformation lovers! 👀
eccleshistsoc.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/a... #SkyStorians #Tudorhistory
Registration is now open for our 2026 Winter Meeting!
Join us on online on Saturday 10 January to learn more about 'Creeds, Canons and Councils'.
Book your place before 20 December 2025: www.tickettailor.com/events/eccle... #SkyStorians #churchhistory
Join us on online on Saturday 10 January to learn more about 'Creeds, Canons and Councils'.
Book your place before 20 December 2025: www.tickettailor.com/events/eccle... #SkyStorians #churchhistory
November 18, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Registration is now open for our 2026 Winter Meeting!
Join us on online on Saturday 10 January to learn more about 'Creeds, Canons and Councils'.
Book your place before 20 December 2025: www.tickettailor.com/events/eccle... #SkyStorians #churchhistory
Join us on online on Saturday 10 January to learn more about 'Creeds, Canons and Councils'.
Book your place before 20 December 2025: www.tickettailor.com/events/eccle... #SkyStorians #churchhistory
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A blog post by my excellent PhD supervisee @irvlewis.bsky.social!
Isabella Lewis (@leedsims.bsky.social) writes our latest blog post about St Andrew the Fool. Looking at Andrew's hagiography from the 10c., Isabella explores the intersection of sexual violence and race in the Christian East #churchhistory #skystorians
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Sexual Violence and Race in the Life of Saint Andrew the Fool (10th Century)
Isabella Lewis is a PhD candidate at the University of Leeds. In October 2024, she began her PhD at the Institute for Medieval Studies specialising in Byzantine Studies which is funded by the AHRC …
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November 17, 2025 at 10:18 AM
A blog post by my excellent PhD supervisee @irvlewis.bsky.social!
Calling all early career scholars!
Our 2026 #BookPrize recognises the best first book on #ChristianHistory published in 2025.
Nominate your work or a colleague’s and help spotlight emerging voices in the field.
Deadline: 28 Feb 2026
ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/prizes/
#Skystorians
Our 2026 #BookPrize recognises the best first book on #ChristianHistory published in 2025.
Nominate your work or a colleague’s and help spotlight emerging voices in the field.
Deadline: 28 Feb 2026
ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/prizes/
#Skystorians
November 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Calling all early career scholars!
Our 2026 #BookPrize recognises the best first book on #ChristianHistory published in 2025.
Nominate your work or a colleague’s and help spotlight emerging voices in the field.
Deadline: 28 Feb 2026
ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/prizes/
#Skystorians
Our 2026 #BookPrize recognises the best first book on #ChristianHistory published in 2025.
Nominate your work or a colleague’s and help spotlight emerging voices in the field.
Deadline: 28 Feb 2026
ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/prizes/
#Skystorians
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The CFP for the Society of Reformation Studies' Annual Conference has been released! The theme is 'Lay Relgion in the Reformation' but topics outside this are very welcome.
Please share!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lay-religi...
#churchhistory #skystorians #nuntastic #earlymodern #history #theology
Please share!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lay-religi...
#churchhistory #skystorians #nuntastic #earlymodern #history #theology
Lay Religion in the Reformation
SOCIETY FOR REFORMATION STUDIES
32nd Annual Conference
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November 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The CFP for the Society of Reformation Studies' Annual Conference has been released! The theme is 'Lay Relgion in the Reformation' but topics outside this are very welcome.
Please share!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lay-religi...
#churchhistory #skystorians #nuntastic #earlymodern #history #theology
Please share!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lay-religi...
#churchhistory #skystorians #nuntastic #earlymodern #history #theology
#Historians, mark your calendars!
Our 2026 Summer Conference will be held on 13-15 July at @royalholloway.bsky.social. The Call for Papers will open in January 2026.
#churchhistory #Skystorians #cfp
Our 2026 Summer Conference will be held on 13-15 July at @royalholloway.bsky.social. The Call for Papers will open in January 2026.
#churchhistory #Skystorians #cfp
November 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
#Historians, mark your calendars!
Our 2026 Summer Conference will be held on 13-15 July at @royalholloway.bsky.social. The Call for Papers will open in January 2026.
#churchhistory #Skystorians #cfp
Our 2026 Summer Conference will be held on 13-15 July at @royalholloway.bsky.social. The Call for Papers will open in January 2026.
#churchhistory #Skystorians #cfp
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The Kintyre peninsular is home to our #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek, Southend Parish. The church was built in 1774 and is the third building on the site. Designed by mason James Stirling, it is a simple harled kirk.
Read more on our website 👇
www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/church/south...
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Read more on our website 👇
www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/church/south...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
The Kintyre peninsular is home to our #ScottishChurchOfTheWeek, Southend Parish. The church was built in 1774 and is the third building on the site. Designed by mason James Stirling, it is a simple harled kirk.
Read more on our website 👇
www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/church/south...
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Read more on our website 👇
www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/church/south...
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📢 Invitation to tender: we are inviting tenders for a consultancy to advise on the replacement of our current collections management system for archives and manuscripts.
Deadline for applications:
Closing date: 23:00, Thursday 27th November 2025
www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/about-lambet...
Deadline for applications:
Closing date: 23:00, Thursday 27th November 2025
www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/about-lambet...
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
📢 Invitation to tender: we are inviting tenders for a consultancy to advise on the replacement of our current collections management system for archives and manuscripts.
Deadline for applications:
Closing date: 23:00, Thursday 27th November 2025
www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/about-lambet...
Deadline for applications:
Closing date: 23:00, Thursday 27th November 2025
www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/about-lambet...
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Isabella Lewis (@leedsims.bsky.social) writes our latest blog post about St Andrew the Fool. Looking at Andrew's hagiography from the 10c., Isabella explores the intersection of sexual violence and race in the Christian East #churchhistory #skystorians
eccleshistsoc.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/s...
eccleshistsoc.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/s...
Sexual Violence and Race in the Life of Saint Andrew the Fool (10th Century)
Isabella Lewis is a PhD candidate at the University of Leeds. In October 2024, she began her PhD at the Institute for Medieval Studies specialising in Byzantine Studies which is funded by the AHRC …
eccleshistsoc.wordpress.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Isabella Lewis (@leedsims.bsky.social) writes our latest blog post about St Andrew the Fool. Looking at Andrew's hagiography from the 10c., Isabella explores the intersection of sexual violence and race in the Christian East #churchhistory #skystorians
eccleshistsoc.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/s...
eccleshistsoc.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/s...
Call for papers: PG Symposium 2026 on 'Theories, Frameworks and Concepts'
Submit any applications to organisers via email: [email protected] and [email protected]
Plenary lecture by Professor Miri Rubin (QMUL)
Abstract deadline: 19 December 2025
#History #CFP #ChurchHistory
Submit any applications to organisers via email: [email protected] and [email protected]
Plenary lecture by Professor Miri Rubin (QMUL)
Abstract deadline: 19 December 2025
#History #CFP #ChurchHistory
November 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Call for papers: PG Symposium 2026 on 'Theories, Frameworks and Concepts'
Submit any applications to organisers via email: [email protected] and [email protected]
Plenary lecture by Professor Miri Rubin (QMUL)
Abstract deadline: 19 December 2025
#History #CFP #ChurchHistory
Submit any applications to organisers via email: [email protected] and [email protected]
Plenary lecture by Professor Miri Rubin (QMUL)
Abstract deadline: 19 December 2025
#History #CFP #ChurchHistory
Isabella Lewis (@leedsims.bsky.social) writes our latest blog post about St Andrew the Fool. Looking at Andrew's hagiography from the 10c., Isabella explores the intersection of sexual violence and race in the Christian East #churchhistory #skystorians
eccleshistsoc.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/s...
eccleshistsoc.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/s...
Sexual Violence and Race in the Life of Saint Andrew the Fool (10th Century)
Isabella Lewis is a PhD candidate at the University of Leeds. In October 2024, she began her PhD at the Institute for Medieval Studies specialising in Byzantine Studies which is funded by the AHRC …
eccleshistsoc.wordpress.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Isabella Lewis (@leedsims.bsky.social) writes our latest blog post about St Andrew the Fool. Looking at Andrew's hagiography from the 10c., Isabella explores the intersection of sexual violence and race in the Christian East #churchhistory #skystorians
eccleshistsoc.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/s...
eccleshistsoc.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/s...
Make sure to get your paper submissions in for our Winter Meeting by this Friday 31 October!
ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26-winter-me...
#churchhistory #skystorians
ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26-winter-me...
#churchhistory #skystorians
October 28, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Make sure to get your paper submissions in for our Winter Meeting by this Friday 31 October!
ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26-winter-me...
#churchhistory #skystorians
ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26-winter-me...
#churchhistory #skystorians
New essay prize for #medieval #churchhistory 🚨
The Iuris Canonici Medii Aevi Consociatio has a new
prize dedicated to the memory of Christopher and Mary Cheney.
The prize of £500 will be awarded once every 4 years, beginning in 2028 for the best essay on medieval church history published 2024-28.
The Iuris Canonici Medii Aevi Consociatio has a new
prize dedicated to the memory of Christopher and Mary Cheney.
The prize of £500 will be awarded once every 4 years, beginning in 2028 for the best essay on medieval church history published 2024-28.
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ALT: a cartoon drawing of a person using a laptop with the words write written around them
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October 24, 2025 at 12:06 PM
New essay prize for #medieval #churchhistory 🚨
The Iuris Canonici Medii Aevi Consociatio has a new
prize dedicated to the memory of Christopher and Mary Cheney.
The prize of £500 will be awarded once every 4 years, beginning in 2028 for the best essay on medieval church history published 2024-28.
The Iuris Canonici Medii Aevi Consociatio has a new
prize dedicated to the memory of Christopher and Mary Cheney.
The prize of £500 will be awarded once every 4 years, beginning in 2028 for the best essay on medieval church history published 2024-28.
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✨Deerhurst, Gloucestershire. A kitchen in the nave and a bedroom in the chancel hid within plain sight an Anglo-Saxon chapel built by Earl Odda (a relation to Edward the Confessor). Re-discovered in 1865, it is the most complete surviving Saxon church in England. #thread
October 23, 2025 at 6:15 AM
✨Deerhurst, Gloucestershire. A kitchen in the nave and a bedroom in the chancel hid within plain sight an Anglo-Saxon chapel built by Earl Odda (a relation to Edward the Confessor). Re-discovered in 1865, it is the most complete surviving Saxon church in England. #thread
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For #31DaysofGraves: Crosses - crosses on tomb carvings post-Reformation in England and Wales were technically disapproved of but we have any number in south-east Wales, from simple to highly intricate. A bit more at pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/publicati...
October 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
For #31DaysofGraves: Crosses - crosses on tomb carvings post-Reformation in England and Wales were technically disapproved of but we have any number in south-east Wales, from simple to highly intricate. A bit more at pure.southwales.ac.uk/en/publicati...
Upcoming #London event:
The Friends of Mount Athos (www.athosfriends.org ) are delighted to announce their November Meeting which will be on the ‘Romanian Presence on Mount Athos’, with particular reference to the two newly canonised Romanian Athonite saints. #churchhistory
The Friends of Mount Athos (www.athosfriends.org ) are delighted to announce their November Meeting which will be on the ‘Romanian Presence on Mount Athos’, with particular reference to the two newly canonised Romanian Athonite saints. #churchhistory
October 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Upcoming #London event:
The Friends of Mount Athos (www.athosfriends.org ) are delighted to announce their November Meeting which will be on the ‘Romanian Presence on Mount Athos’, with particular reference to the two newly canonised Romanian Athonite saints. #churchhistory
The Friends of Mount Athos (www.athosfriends.org ) are delighted to announce their November Meeting which will be on the ‘Romanian Presence on Mount Athos’, with particular reference to the two newly canonised Romanian Athonite saints. #churchhistory
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Call for papers for @eccleshistsoc.bsky.social's upcoming Winter meeting!
October 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Call for papers for @eccleshistsoc.bsky.social's upcoming Winter meeting!
Upcoming conference: English Catholic History Association
⏰ Saturday 1st November 2025, 11:00-16:00
📍Challoner Hall, Our Lady and St Gregory,
Warwick St, Soho W1B 5LZ
💲Members £8 Non-members £12
Please email: [email protected] indicating if you are attending and how many are coming
⏰ Saturday 1st November 2025, 11:00-16:00
📍Challoner Hall, Our Lady and St Gregory,
Warwick St, Soho W1B 5LZ
💲Members £8 Non-members £12
Please email: [email protected] indicating if you are attending and how many are coming
October 22, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Upcoming conference: English Catholic History Association
⏰ Saturday 1st November 2025, 11:00-16:00
📍Challoner Hall, Our Lady and St Gregory,
Warwick St, Soho W1B 5LZ
💲Members £8 Non-members £12
Please email: [email protected] indicating if you are attending and how many are coming
⏰ Saturday 1st November 2025, 11:00-16:00
📍Challoner Hall, Our Lady and St Gregory,
Warwick St, Soho W1B 5LZ
💲Members £8 Non-members £12
Please email: [email protected] indicating if you are attending and how many are coming
We are looking forward to our online Winter Meeting on 'Creeds, Councils and Canons' on 10 January 2026.
If you would like to present a paper, please make sure to send in your submission application by 31 October: ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26-winter-me...
If you would like to present a paper, please make sure to send in your submission application by 31 October: ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26-winter-me...
October 20, 2025 at 9:55 AM
We are looking forward to our online Winter Meeting on 'Creeds, Councils and Canons' on 10 January 2026.
If you would like to present a paper, please make sure to send in your submission application by 31 October: ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26-winter-me...
If you would like to present a paper, please make sure to send in your submission application by 31 October: ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26-winter-me...
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Exciting news about the restoration of monuments at Tong - has anyone got more details?https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9861md97rgo
Tong restoration bringing medieval church tombs back to life
Conservationists are removing dirt and restoring the original paintwork on six tombs in Tong.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Exciting news about the restoration of monuments at Tong - has anyone got more details?https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9861md97rgo
🎧 Don’t miss our classic podcast episode featuring Prof Catherine Rider (@exeter.ac.uk)
She talked with us on her work on the history of magic, medicine & fertility as well as tips on historical outreach.
open.spotify.com/episode/6Zvw... #HistoryPodcast #MedievalHistory #Skystorians
She talked with us on her work on the history of magic, medicine & fertility as well as tips on historical outreach.
open.spotify.com/episode/6Zvw... #HistoryPodcast #MedievalHistory #Skystorians
October 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
🎧 Don’t miss our classic podcast episode featuring Prof Catherine Rider (@exeter.ac.uk)
She talked with us on her work on the history of magic, medicine & fertility as well as tips on historical outreach.
open.spotify.com/episode/6Zvw... #HistoryPodcast #MedievalHistory #Skystorians
She talked with us on her work on the history of magic, medicine & fertility as well as tips on historical outreach.
open.spotify.com/episode/6Zvw... #HistoryPodcast #MedievalHistory #Skystorians