Conference in Lisbon with us next summer!
Call for papers below for #SMM2026
'Big Worlds, Small Worlds: Medieval Mediterranean Perspectives'
More info coming soon on our website: www.societymedievalmediterranean.com/2026-lisbon

There was moment I thought perhaps we had movement here, but the @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social strike is on. You can read more about why here:

www.ucu.org.uk/article/1423...

Please write and call your MSPs on Monday: www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/lobby-your-msp

The latest video of @crusadinghistory is now available on YouTube. We’re joined by Dr Mike Carr (University of Edinburgh) to discuss the Crusade against the Catalan Company of Athens (1331-1332):
youtu.be/Ht2j8XOW4-Y

Our next SMM conference will be at the beautiful Colégio Almada Negreiros at NOVA University of Lisbon, 22-26 June 2026 🇵🇹
Theme: ‘Small Worlds, Big Worlds: Medieval Mediterranean Perspectives’
CfP out in September.
We look forward to seeing many new and familiar faces next summer in Portugal 🌴

Join us for the next SMM webinar on 25 March at 5pm UTC. Register here to receive the Zoom link: tinyurl.com/2zm9wdez
All welcome

⚔️ Join us next week as we welcome Francesca Petrizzo of @uofglasgow.bsky.social to discuss her recent research, and her approaches to complex questions raised by dealing with primary sources relating to the crusades.

#History #Edinburgh #HCA #Seminars

⚓️ Join us next week for our first seminar of this semester! Dr Philipp Höhn will share some of his research into how the handling of maritime violence intersected with political and economic development in the late medieval period!

📅 Join us over the next three months for seminars on a range of different topics!

⏲️ Each one will be held at 5:15pm within the Old Medical School building. Find out more on our website and follow this feed for the latest updates!

#History #HCA #Edinburgh #EdinburghUniversity #Seminars #medievalsky

⚽ Thank you to all those who attended this Tuesday’s talk, co-badged with the Scottish History seminar, where @aucointaylor.bsky.social shared some findings from his ongoing research into football’s social and cultural history in Britain.

#History #Edinburgh #HCA #Seminars

Looking forward to giving a talk about football in medieval Scotland tomorrow for @cmrsedinburgh.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social

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Please do come along if you're around Edinburgh and interested!

5:15pm, Teviot Lecture Theatre, Old Medical School Doorway 5: hca.ed.ac.uk/centre-medie...

Looking forward to this!

Thanks for organising @cmrsedinburgh.bsky.social! It was a great discussion

🚨ALL-NEW ALL-DIFFERENT LAMPS🚨
LAMPS is BACK (soon)! We are holding a meeting on Thursday 21st November in Room 2.26, Doorway 4, William Robertson Wing from 11-12PM to discuss the future of LAMPS. If you're a postgraduate at Edinburgh interested in helping out, please come along!

📣Join us next Monday to celebrate and discuss the launch of an edited volume worked on by three members of the @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social faculty. Co-editors Mike Carr and Gianluca Raccagni, alongside contributor Kirsty Day, will be joined by Jochen Schenk and co-editor Nikolaos Chrissis.

📆We have an exciting range of seminars this semester!

⬇️You can find an overview below, plus visit our website to find out more and keep track of the latest updates.

hca.ed.ac.uk/centre-medie...

Permanent job in nineteenth-century US history at the University of Edinburgh. Closing date for applications: Nov. 29!

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