Marcus Meer
@marcusmeer.bsky.social
Medieval historian teaching at @ucl.ac.uk – formerly @ghilondon.bsky.social, @hhu.de, @durhamhistory.bsky.social and @uni-muenster.de.
Many thanks to the amazing contributors to this volume! It is great to see it out in print. And see the post by my co-editor Len for a discount code. 😉
Len Scales.bsky.social@lenscales.bsky.social · 6d agoIt lives! Ed. by @marcusmeer.bsky.social and me, published by @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social, featuring an international all-start cast of contributors and soon to be stalking the land. Get 35% off all formats from Boydell by quoting the code BB135.
I wish I could make it (so close yet so far...) but maybe others can!
Gabriele Passabì@gabpassabi.bsky.social · 2w agoIf you are still figuring out your morning, join us today in person and online for this fantastic roundtable at the GHIL!
Come and hear a panel discussion with three of the editors talking about this enormous project & 'where next for crusading history?' Online & in-person @ihr.bsky.social, 22/10/26, 17.30 GMT. Registration essential, link 👇. #medieval, #crusades
Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East@latineast.bsky.social · 3w ago#NewRelease 📚 The Cambridge History of the Crusades. Volume 1: Sources and Crusading to the Holy Land, eds. M. Cecilia Gaposchkin, Andrew Jotischky, Thomas Madden, Jonathan Phillips (Cambridge University Press, September 2026) www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
It is with overwhelming sadness that colleagues across @unibirmingham.bsky.social learned of the death last Friday of Prof. Chris Wickham. Chris’s colleagues and friends from around the world are invited to contribute to this online Book of Condolence: www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2026/pr...
Professor Chris Wickham - University of Birmingham
It is with overwhelming sadness that colleagues across the College of Arts and Law learned of the death last Friday of Professor Chris Wickham.
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'Where next for #crusading history?' @ihr.bsky.social's 'European History 1150-1550 Seminar' 22/10/26, 17.30 GMT. Pollard room + online 17.30 GMT Registration essential 👇 With Jonathan Phillips, Andrew Jotischky, Cecilia Gaposchkin & Suleiman Mourad All welcome, drinks after. #crusades #medieval
European History 1150-1550
Seminar
history.ac.uk
Just a reminder that this talk is on at the IHR tonight, in case your evening plans are still undecided!
John Sabapathy@jwwsabapathy.bsky.social · last mo.@ihr.bsky.social's 'European History 1150-1550' seminar will get off to great start Thursday 8 Oct 17.30 GMT with Sama Mammadova (Harvard) on consumer credit, mendicants & the Monti di Pietà in late medieval Italy. All welcome, in person at the IHR & online, registration & link below.
@ihr.bsky.social's 'European History 1150-1550' seminar will get off to great start Thursday 8 Oct 17.30 GMT with Sama Mammadova (Harvard) on consumer credit, mendicants & the Monti di Pietà in late medieval Italy. All welcome, in person at the IHR & online, registration & link below.
European History 1150-1550
Seminar
history.ac.uk
Exciting times! Our edited volume on iconoclasm in the Middle Ages is almost here…
Len Scales.bsky.social@lenscales.bsky.social · last mo.Out next month from @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social, edited by @marcusmeer.bsky.social and me! Quoting the code BB135 gets you (or your library) 35% off all formats. Also applies to advance orders. boydellandbrewer.com/book/iconocl...
#CfA Doktorats- und Habilitationsstipendien @ghilondon.bsky.social 📍 #Stipendien für Forschungsarbeiten mit Aufenthalt in Großbritannien oder Irland 📅 Förderzeitraum 01.01.–20.06.2027 | Bewerbungsschluss: 30.09.2026 🔗 karriere.maxwebersti...
CfP: "Media of Memory and the Pre-Modern Economy" at the @ghilondon.bsky.social, 5-7 May 2027, www.ghil.ac.uk/events/confe... Interested in how pre-modern communities used the past to address present challenges and future aspirations in economic terms? Please do get in touch by 15/12/2026!
It's almost time for #IMC2026! 🏰 The GHIL, @dhi-paris.fr, @dhiroma.bsky.social and German History Society armly invite members of the wider medievalist community to join us for a friendly get-together on Wednesday 7 July at 7:45 pm in the Great Woodhouse Room at University House. 1/2
#Chance | PhD Prize of the German Historical Institute London. German & British history | London | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht... @ghilondon.bsky.social #jewishstudies #jewsky #GermanHistory Deadline: July 31, 2026
We are very excited to see this in print soon, and thank you to all the contributors!
Len Scales.bsky.social@lenscales.bsky.social · 4mo agoNew book coming from @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social , ed. by @marcusmeer.bsky.social and me: a starry international cast of contributors exploring image-breaking in medieval politics and society (as well as religion) - a big, neglected topic with much to tell us. boydellandbrewer.com/book/iconocl...
Delighted to see the @ghilondon.bsky.social published a blog post by @gabpassabi.bsky.social and me on our @dfg.de project 'Money, History, and Moral Economies: Communicative Functions of Monetary Information in the Institutional Historiography of the Later Middle Ages’! ghil.hypotheses.org/8934
Measures of Success and Failure: Remembering Money in Medieval History Writing
At the beginning of February, Marcus Meer’s project ‘Money, History, and Moral Economies: Communicative Functions of Monetary Information in the Institutional Historiography of the Later Middle Ages (...
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Carlo Ginzburg has just passed away. There is little I can add in memory of a scholar of his stature. I'll recall only what he said during a fortunate conversation at the Betty Behrens Seminar in Cambridge: “Read everything. Your research path will find its way". And I live by that advice.
It's not just #MedievalMonday – we've got a whole week of #MedievalHistory ahead of us! Tomorrow, Maximilian Schuh will continue our series on environmental history with a talk on 'Demesne Accounts, Court Rolls, and Prognostic Treatises: Weather and Its Perceptions in Fourteenth-Century England'.
It was a great pleasure to meet the speakers and commentators last Friday. Thanks again to the GHIL‘s team for making it happen. I am looking forward to the next Medieval Germany Workshop in 2028 already!
German Historical Institute London@ghilondon.bsky.social · 5mo ago#Throwback to last Friday! Thanks for a wonderful workshop on medieval Germany! 🏰 It was inspiring to get insights into so many different projects — from nuns' letters and Hildegard of Bingen to accounting records and the artistic world of Nuremberg. 1/5
We're looking for a Lecturer in Global Medieval History (ongoing) to join us in the vibrant School of History @universityofleeds.bsky.social ! Deadline 1 June. Full details jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... #jobfairy #medievalsky #history
Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Lecturer in Global Medieval History
Are you an academic with proven abilities to carry out research and teaching in global medieval history? Do you have an established background in interdisciplinary global medieval studies? Are you est...
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Fantastic to see what @torstenhiltmann.bsky.social and Laurent Hablot are up to: heraldica.hypotheses.org/9662
Introducing the Research Project ‘HERALDIC Identity in Context’
Since the mid-12th century, coats of arms have played a pivotal role in the visual construction and negotiation of identity across Europe. Traditionally understood as personal emblems used to distingu...
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Only 2 weeks left to submit your proposal for this year's Medieval Germany Workshop in cooperation with German History Society! 📯 📅 29 May 2026 📍German Historical Institute London ⏰ Deadline: 15 February 2026 1/3
In association with the @ghilondon.bsky.social - the GHS is pleased to invite papers for the 2026 'Medieval Germany Workshop' Workshop date: 29 May 2026 Submissions due: 15 February 2026 www.germanhistorysoc...
Call for applications! 📣 The German Historical Institute London is seeking a Research Associate with a particular research interest in medieval history (with a focus on late medieval English history) for a part-time project position to start on 1 February 2026. 🤝 1/3
A very relatable sentiment for anyone who's finished a long piece of writing by prioress Anna von Buchwald at the end of her chronicle for the Preetz convent from c.1508:
How did medieval societies connect morality and economy? Tomorrow in KWIs' Colloquium, @marcusmeer.bsky.social examines how chronicles from cities, courts & monasteries constructed political economies, blending monetary consciousness with moral & institutional strategies. 💰 🫰 tinyurl.com/bwd32vzz
The @ghilondon.bsky.social is hiring! Two positions 3+3 years: 1.) Medieval history with a focus on Britain. 2.) Colonial history of the British Empire/Commonwealth. For questions about the positions, please contact the GHI-Director. For detailed job descriptions: www.ghil.ac.uk/opportunitie...
Vacancies
ghil.ac.uk
At last, the cat is out of the bag: it's publication day of 'Heraldry in Urban Society: Visual Culture and Communication in Late Medieval England and Germany' (academic.oup.com/book/58666)! Coincidentally both cats and bags feature, among many other things...
