Emma Olson
@emmaolson5.bsky.social
History PhD candidate at Cambridge | Researching the soundscapes of medieval Europe, particularly in Iberian towns
#CfP 📢 Edited Volume: "Music, Sound, and Domestic Spaces", eds. Emily Eubanks & Sarah Koval Seeking contributions on music, sound, and domestic spaces across regions and historical periods. ⏰ 1 August 2026 🔗 rensoc.org.uk/announcement... #MusicHistory #SoundStudies #EarlyModern
Call for Contributions: “Music, Sound, and Domestic Spaces” | Society for Renaissance Studies
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Very excited for our Sound Studies panel tomorrow!
Alastair Forbes@areforbes.bsky.social · last mo.Anyone interested in #soundstudies may be interested in panel 342 on Historical Sound Studies at #IMC2026, Monday 4:30pm. The session examines the place and meaning of sound to medieval societies, with my own paper examining the role of sound in Orderic Vitalis' account of Hellequin's Hunt.
#cfp for the Cambridge Medieval History Graduate Workshop! Abstracts due 25th September for 15-20 min. papers from postgraduates at any university working on the period c.500-1500. This is a great opportunity to get feedback in a supportive environment and meet other postgraduate #medievalists!
Such a lovely two days at the Colloquium on Late Medieval and Early Modern Cities in Europe: Moving & Being Moved this week. Thank you to everyone who participated and to @arodsan95.bsky.social and @ebenbow.bsky.social for letting me help out as an organiser this year!
My article, "Divided by a Common Auditory Landscape: The Local Resonance of Sound and Rebellion in Fourteenth-Century St. Albans" is published now in Viator @brepols.net! About a medieval town and its bells close to my heart doi.org/10.1484/J.VI...
Divided by a Common Auditory Landscape: The Local Resonance of Sound and Rebellion in Fourteenth-Century St. Albans | Brepols Online
Abstract Medieval revolts were noisy, disruptive events. Rebels’ noisiness, and the rhetorical usefulness to medieval chroniclers of describing them as such, has been extensively commented upon by sch...
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Announcing the Cambridge Medieval History Graduate Workshop Term Card for Lent Term 2026!
Less then two weeks left for this CFP!! Come and join us in London for an exciting research exchange on movements in late medieval and early modern cities. We are looking forward to getting to know about your work! 🤗🤗 #medievalsky #skystorians #callforpapers #medieval #earlymodern #history
#cfp for the Cambridge Medieval History Graduate Workshop in Lent term 2026! Abstracts due the 13th of January and open to all current Master's and PhD students.
Thrilled to be helping out with the fabulous and one of a kind III Colloquium on Late Medieval and Early Modern Cities with @arodsan95.bsky.social and @ebenbow.bsky.social! Please consider joining us in London in June!
Ana Roda Sánchez@arodsan95.bsky.social · 10mo agoSo pleased to launch the CfP for the III Colloquium on Late Medieval and Early Modern Cities!! Looking forward to your paper proposals 🤗🥳 Deadline 31 Jan 2026 @ebenbow.bsky.social @emmaolson5.bsky.social #medievalsky #skystorians #medieval #cfp #earlymodern #history #urbanstudies #callforpapers
Really excited to join this team and for this year's Colloquium theme... stay tuned!
Ana Roda Sánchez@arodsan95.bsky.social · 12mo agoWelcoming @emmaolson5.bsky.social into the organising team of the III Colloquium on Late Medieval and Early Modern Cities. Preparations for 2026 have begun! Really grateful that this initiative keeps growing - CfP coming soon 🎉 #skystorians #medieval #urbanstudies #earlymodern #historians #cities
Call for Papers from @thomashkaal.bsky.social and I for a Sound Studies panel @imc-leeds.bsky.social "Listening to Medieval Life: New Possibilities in Historical Sound Studies". Please consider joining us, we'd love to *hear* from you! Deadline 15 Sept. #cfp #imc2026
In case you missed it, we had two fabulous posts go live on the blog this week! On Monday, we had a new Historian Highlight featuring 2nd-year PhD Student @emmaolson5.bsky.social , who talked all things soundscapes, religious violence, and medieval history! Image
