Today we're launching Friends of Ceræ, a new initiative for our wonderful supporters and readers around the world! Check out all the benefits. We're also announcing a newly expanded essay prize! We'd love for you to be a friend of Ceræ!❤️ ceraejournal.com/2026/07/14/s... #medievalsky #earlymodernsky

Support our journal and become a Friend of Ceræ

We’re pleased to introduce our Friends of Ceræ supporter program, a new initiative designed especially for our wonderful supporters and readers all over the world! Established in 2014, Ceræ is comm…

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It's that time of year! @imc-leeds.bsky.social has just begun but I'm thinking about #IMC2027! Please consider submitting an abstract for papers on Community in Romance to kirsty.bolton@ell.ox.ac.uk by 31st August.

Delighted to share that registration is now open for Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis! We're really looking forward to two days of discussion on gender, power, and political instability across medieval Europe #medievalsky

Alice Raw@aliceraw.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#medievalsky 'Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis' is now open for registration. 17-18 September 2026, Pembroke College, Cambridge. Spaces are limited, so we request a short statement of interest. Sign up here: forms.gle/Lk5KcHovpTE8...

We have one spot left on one of our three hybrid panels at the Leeds International Medieval Conference 2026 (July 6-9)! Theme of Premodern Timeliness and Timelessness. 🕰️ Late submissions received by 3 June will be considered. ✏️ #medievalsky #earlymodernsky www.facebook.com/CeraeJournal...

Less than a week to go until our virtual conference! Full programme here ceraejournal.com/programme/ #medievalsky #earlymodernsky #ancientsky

Programme 2026

All of the session times have been provided below in UTC time. Please consult the pdf version of the programme for a detailed breakdown of each paper presentation time according to the timezones of…

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Ceræ@ceraejournal.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We’re delighted to let you know that attendees to our 2026 virtual conference Fame and Fortune (25-26 April) will receive a 40% discount on ARC Humanities Press print titles! Full program available and registrations open. ceraejournal.com/conference-i... Thanks @archumanities.bsky.social!

Presenter abstracts for our upcoming online conference Fame and Fortune 25-26 April are now live! Thanks to everyone for their submissions! Register now to attend—full agenda to follow shortly. Please share widely #ancientsky #medievalsky #earlymodernsky ceraejournal.com/presenter-ab...

Presenter Abstracts 2026

Destiny in a Language: How the Fortuna of Female Pilgrims Became Literary FamaAlessandra Adornato – University of Barcelona, Portugal Abstract: This study investigates the dialectic between F…

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Three wonderful keynotes announced for our online conference, 25-26 April 2026! Full programme to follow shortly. Register now to attend! #ancientsky #medievalsky #earlymodernsky

2026 Ceræ conference – Keynotes Announced – Registrations Open!

We are pleased to announce three keynotes for our annual online conference Fame and Fortune to be held 25 – 26 April 2026. Registrations to attend are now open! The conference will feature the following keynotes:   Associate Professor Lisa Bailey, University of Auckland (New Zealand), on ‘The Fama and Fortuna of Balthild, Slave Queen’  Professor Jane Hwang…

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"I’m very worried about what is being destroyed. We’re all extremely worried, because what we’re seeing is the ad hoc closure and drastic cutting of many, many departments across the country." Historian Lyndal Roper in today's THE: bit.ly/4sqsfJ2 #Skystorians 1/2

Lyndal Roper: ‘Drastic’ cuts to UK humanities risk brain drain

Newly crowned winner of Holberg Prize raises alarm over job losses and shuttering of courses across UK

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#Cfp extended!!! Please share widely with anyone who might be interested! #medievalsky #earlymodern #medievalstudies

Ceræ@ceraejournal.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Seeking Vol 13 Book Reviewers & Conference Deadline EXTENDED! We are pleased to announce that we have extended the deadline for themed submissions for our 2026 online Conference: Fame and Fortune to Monday 16 March 2026. Please email your submission for a 20-minute (+ 10 minutes Q&A) presentation…

I’m honoured and delighted to have been invited to chair the upcoming online launch of @lukaempf.bsky.social’s book on Thurs 19 March 4.30-5.30pm CET. Info is in the attached flyer—please share widely, and join us!

Thanks to everyone who has submitted so far for our conference and Vol 13 on Fame and Fortune! Keep them coming! Deadline for conference abstracts 6 March. Conference detail here: ceraejournal.com/conference-i... See you there! #medievalsky

Conference 2026

Conference Dates & Venue The Ceræ Conference will be held on 25–26 April 2026. We conduct the annual Ceræ conference according to a unique format of sessions spaced out over a continuous 24-30 …

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CFP: Two weeks to get your submission in for Ceræ’s 3rd annual online conference ‘Fame & Fortune’, to be held 25-26 April 2026 (deadline 6 March). We’re also inviting submissions for Vol. 13 of the journal with the same theme. #medievalsky ceraejournal.com/2026/01/28/2...

2026 Ceræ Call For Papers

We are pleased to announce that the theme for Volume 13 of Ceræ, as well as for our 3rd annual online Conference, is Fame and Fortune. We invite submissions to both the conference and the journal o…

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Casually attended a conference in the most beautiful lecture hall I’ve ever seen (University of Wrocław)😍

I've had a number of exciting abstracts for the Nostalgia and Radical Politics, Past and Present conference but I've decided to EXTEND the deadline to 22 Feb, as I'm away the prior week so won't be reviewing apps then! www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blo... Please share. Ask Qs below! 🗃️

Need some help accessing medieval documents? I am available for freelance work in archives! I have extensive experience transcribing medieval documents in Latin, Middle French, Middle English and Italian from 1200 to 1500.

a little known fact about activism is that it’s not a competition

This sounds great! #histchild #skystorians royalhistsoc.org/calendar/gen...

Gender & History Special Issue Call for Papers - Childhood, Gender and Crises: Living at the End of the World - CALL FOR PAPERS - RHS

'Childhood, Gender and Crises: Living at the End of the World' Gender & History: Special Issue Edited by Katie Barclay and Emily Ward Call for Papers deadline - 31 May 2026. What is the future of our ...

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The journal and conference #CFP for Volume 13 of Ceræ is now open! Please share widely and spread the word to anyone who might be interested. #medievalsky #earlymodernsky

Ceræ@ceraejournal.bsky.social · 6mo ago

2026 Ceræ Call For Papers We are pleased to announce that the theme for Volume 13 of Ceræ, as well as for our 3rd annual online Conference, is Fame and Fortune. We invite submissions to both the conference and the journal on this theme. Fame and fortune are slippery things. They can be welcome or…

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Mary Flannery@15thcgossipgirl.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Just 7 places left in Wednesday’s FREE workshop on ‘How to Start Learning Grant Writing’ (4-5pm CET / 3-4pm GMT): www.eventbrite.com/e/1980620828...

Next Wed 28 Jan I’ll be running a *free* 60-minute webinar on ‘How to Start Learning Grant Writing’ (4-5pm CET). It’s intended for grad students and ECRs in the arts/humanities planning to apply for their first big grants. Please share widely! www.eventbrite.com/e/pbp-how-to...

Ceræ’s Volume 12 is out, featuring an excellent set of articles well worth your time! Check it out here: #medievalsky #earlymodernsky

Ceræ@ceraejournal.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Ceræ Volume 12: Published! 2025 has been a year in which the contemporary world has seen immense geopolitical shifts and generational changes. Cultural fault lines globally have deepened and been exploited cynically by a wide variety of different individuals, organisations, and companies.…

This miniature shows the medieval author Christine de Pizan presenting her Book of Peace to Louis de Guyenne. The manuscript dates to 1470, and the illustration was painted by the Flemish artist Jean Hennecart. #ChristinedePizan #medievalmanuscripts

An interesting PhD opportunity (i.e. job!) at Oslo on the project POLYCHROME: "Candidates should propose a research project that examines, in one form or another, historical sources that shed light on changing attitudes to medieval objects after the Reformations in the Scandinavian countries."

Doctoral Research Fellowship (SKO 1017) at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History (293057) | University of Oslo

Job title: Doctoral Research Fellowship (SKO 1017) at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History (293057), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, March 22, 2026

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This is the last week to submit abstracts for Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis! #Fissures2026 #medievalsky

Alice Raw@aliceraw.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Call for Papers! Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis #medievalsky #Fissures2026

We hope everyone had a lovely holiday season and will continue having a comfortable beginning-of-semester. CERÆ is preparing the Call for Papers for our thirteenth volume, to be published soon: watch this space! #medievalsky #earlymodernsky

My 2 workshops on academic grant writing start NEXT WEEK—and there are still spaces available! (Pls share!) You get: - access to 2 dozen successful applications for major grants (e.g. ERC, NEH, NSF) - guidance to help you write stronger grant proposals - 1-year subscription to Page by Page 1/5

Medievalist friends! Applications are open until end of Feb for a fully-funded PhD in Arthurian Literature with the brilliant Louise D'Arcens @medievalafterlives.bsky.social and myself, based between Sydney (Australia) and Groningen (The Netherlands). Please share widely! tinyurl.com/f7su6urv

I’ll say to you, my blessed spouse, ‘Welcome to me with all kinds of joy and happiness, to live here with me and never to leave, to always stay with me in joy and bliss, which no eye has seen, no ear has heard, no tongue can tell, and no heart can imagine.’ Margery Kempe, born c. 1373

Call for Papers. Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis. Host and dates: Pembroke College, Cambridge. 17-18 September 2026. Deadline for submissions: 16 January 2026. #essecfp. 👉 essenglish.org/cfp-conferen...

One month left to submit your abstracts for Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis, @pembroke1347.bsky.social (17–18 Sept 2026). See the full #CFP below. #Fissures2026 #medievalsky #skystorians #medieval #GenderHistory #PoliticalHistory