Join us for our first talk of term! Welcoming back last year's MEMSA Chair, Amy Doyle, to discuss "From Sickness to Song: The Affective Body in Early Troubadour Lyric". See you at 6pm at 7 Owengate (IMEMS). Everyone welcome!

interested in helping shape MEMSA this year? consider joining the committee! apply here: tinyurl.com/2brp4aps

introducing your MEMSA executive committee! we can't wait to meet you at our talks and socials starting next week :D

HEAR YE HEAR YE 🎺 MEMSA's first social of the new academic year will be on Monday 5th October from 6:30pm at the Shakespeare. See you there!

Durham MEMSA's bi-weekly seminar series is back!! We welcome submissions of 20-30 minute papers on any topic in any discipline involved in the study of the medieval and early modern periods. Please send your 250-word abstracts to the MEMSA team at memsa.committee@durham.ac.uk by 9th October 2026.

Did you know we publish books through our own academic press, an imprint of @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social? 📚 The Durham University IMEMS Press publishes volumes across a wealth of different subjects, by scholars at every career stage. Find out more here: www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...

Earlier this month, Durham MEMSA was proud to host its 20th Annual Conference, ‘Connection, Conversation, Contention: Encounters in the Medieval and Early Modern World’ at St. John's College, Durham, chaired by Ava Siena Cohen and Joost Oosterhuis! (🧵1/8)

It's almost time for our 🎺 LAST TALK OF THE ACADEMIC YEAR!!!! 🎺 Come join us on Monday, 29 June to hear our own Harriet Strahl give her paper, "A Man of Many Talents: A Holistic Approach to Henry of Huntingdon"! As always, come at 6pm for tea and biscuits before the talk ✨ See you all there!!!

This is your official reminder that registration is currently 🎺OPEN🎺 for the 20th Annual MEMSA Conference! Registration will be open UNTIL 21 JUNE! We hope to see you all at St. John's College, Durham, on the 13-14 July! ✨ Link: tinyurl.com/2sane49r

🎺 It's almost time for our next talk! 🎺 Join us on Monday, 8 June, to hear Natalie Hopwood from the University of Leeds give her presentation, ‘Hafði engi heyrt hann tala’: Silence, Communication, and the Unlikely Hero of Sigurðar saga þögla! As usual, join us at 6pm, 7 Owengate! See you there! ✨

Annual CEMS Colloquium - 11th June! This year's theme is 'Periodizing the Early/Modern'. Featuring three panels and a roundtable. Join us on 11th June. Full details below. kingsearlymodern.co.uk/events/cfp-p...

Periodizing the Early/Modern - Annual CEMS Colloquium — CEMS KCL Blog

The annual CEMS colloquium. This year’s theme is on Periodizing the Early/Modern. The colloquium will feature several panels and a roundtable. The Colloquium will take place on 11th June.

kingsearlymodern.co.uk

📢 Job Opportunity at @durham.ac.uk Bridging Fellow in Early Modern Italian Studies: durham.taleo.net/careersectio... IMEMS seeks to appoint a Bridging Fellow with research interests in the field of early modern Italian studies to the Inventing Futures research programme @languagesdurham.bsky.social

🎺Join us this bank holiday for our NEXT TALK OF TERM!🎺 We're proud to welcome Chiara Rosso from the University of Chieti-Pescara, who will be giving her talk, "Traces on the Walls: Insights from Medieval and Early Modern Graffiti in Northern Italy"! As always, see you Monday at 7 Owengate, 6pm✨

We're excited to announce registration is officially 🎺OPEN🎺for the 20th Annual MEMSA Conference! Registration will be open UNTIL 21 JUNE! We hope to see you all at St. John's College, Durham, on the 13-14 July! ✨ Link: tinyurl.com/2sane49r

🎺 It's almost first talk of term time!! 🎺 We look forward to welcoming our guest speaker Lewis Turner next Monday, 11 May, as he presents his paper, Medieval Islamic Travellers: Engagement with the Unknown! As always, see you for tea and to hear his talk at 7 Owengate, next Monday at 6pm!✨

Welcome back, everyone! It's been a while, but we're excited to announce our official 🎺TERMLY SEMINAR SERIES PROGRAMME!🎺 Note that we have a bit of a delayed start this term, but as always, we'll see you all on alternating Mondays, 6pm, at 7 Owengate! We can't wait to see you again soon!!! ✨

While we take a little pause from our biweekly seminar series, we are very excited to announce that, this term break, we’ll be doing ✨WEEKLY PUB NIGHTS!✨ Taking place every Monday of break at the Swan at 7PM, come join us for a casual chat and just to say hello! We can't wait to see you there!!! 💕

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✨AND, one more BIG announcement... GET READY TO WELCOME BACK THE MEMSA PODCAST! ✨ We, your two temporarily-mysterious hosts (shh let us have this🤭), invite you to join us for casual chats discussing the wildest and most fun parts of the Medieval and Early Modern world—maybe with some guests, too! ✨

🎺 Our FINAL TALK of term is coming NEXT WEEK! 🎺 We're excited to have Elisabeth Lee from the University of St. Andrews for her paper, "Reviving the Medieval in the German Democratic Republic (GDR): Werner Tübke's Panorama"! Join us 6pm on Monday, 16 March, 7 Owengate! 💕

🎺 IT'S THE FINAL WEEK! 🎺 If you want to be a part of the 20th annual MEMSA conference, Connection, Conversation, Contention: Encounters in the Medieval and Early Modern World, this is your last chance! Submit your application of 300 words no later than Monday the 9th! We hope to hear from you soon!

An exciting release from the IMEMS Press with @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social! Many congratulation to its author, Dr Sara Ayres.

Boydell & Brewer@boydellandbrewer.bsky.social · 8mo ago

New from @imems.bsky.social The Grand Tour of Prince George of Denmark in England, 1669 is an annotated diary describing the politics, cultural richness and practicalities of elite educational travel in England during the early reign of Charles II. Read more > buff.ly/jAXnZqB @saraayres.bsky.social

Today sees the beginning of a two-day conference hosted by @thehuntington.bsky.social, organised by Dr Vanessa Wilkie and IMEMS member Dr Amanda Herbert, 'United Queendom: Legacies of Gendered Power in the Early Modern British World'. 👑

#CfP 'Connection, Conversation, Contention: Encounters in the Medieval and Early Modern World' 13-14 July 2026, St John’s College, @durham.ac.uk With Keynotes by Dr Natalie Goodison (Durham), Dr Lisa Kattenberg (Amsterdam) and Professor Stuart Carroll (York) @durhammemsa.bsky.social

🎺 What's this? A wild change has appeared! 🎺 Due to unforeseen circumstances, Elisabeth Lee's talk has been moved to 16 March, and Ellen Duggan's talk has been cancelled. Instead, we're excited to announce our own Keerthi Vasishta will be taking a swing at something a bit different!

🎺 A brief reminder! 🎺 Our 20th annual conference is accepting proposals for papers! We invite abstracts of up to 300 words for papers from postgrads and early career researchers covering any time and many topics in the medieval and early modern periods. Applications close on 9 March!

We invite 20-minute papers for our 2026 Summer Conference 'The Church and Race' #CfP #history Keynote speakers: ▪️Prof Miri Rubin, EHS President @qmul.bsky.social ▪️Prof Herman Bennett, @cuny.edu ▪️The Right Reverend Rowan Williams Deadline: 15 April ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26summer/

🎺 We're opening applications for the last term of our biweekly seminar series!!! 🎺 Submit your abstract/proposal of no more than 250 words to our email, memsa.committee@durham.ac.uk, by Sunday 15th March. Check the post for further details! We can't wait to have you join us next term!

🎺 The next term talk is almost here!!! 🎺 Join us next Monday, 16 February, 6pm at 7 Owengate, to hear our own Mara Watling present her paper, "From Pastoral Counsel to Comedy: John of Wales' Communiloquium as a Hidden Source for Chaucer's Merchant's Tale"! We can't wait to see you all there 😉

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