🗣️ The London Society for Medieval Studies seeks new committee members. If you are a PGR or ECR interested in joining the committee, fill in the form 👇 One of the longest running @ihr.bsky.social seminars, the LSMS is a peer-organised series showcasing latest research in the of medieval studies 1/4

London Society for Medieval Studies@londonmedieval.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The LSMS is recruiting new committee members for the 2026/2027 term! Apply now here: forms.gle/xnU6dtn6fSky...

The LSMS is recruiting new committee members for the 2026/2027 term! Apply now here: forms.gle/xnU6dtn6fSky...

❗It's here! The Call For Papers for MAMO 2027❗ - Seeking a broad range of proposals for papers and events, focusing on aspects of medievalism in the modern world. - Featuring some very special events and keynotes... - You can find a plaintext version of this CFP at shorturl.at/0FJjY.

📣 Call for Applications 📣 History Workshop is seeking to appoint one Editorial Fellow in 2026, with specialism in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe. This is a part-time, paid role. Application deadline: 7 August 2026. Please share widely!

Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowship at History Workshop, 2026

History Workshop is seeking to appoint one Editorial Fellow in 2026, with specialism in pre-1800 CE history from any part of the globe.

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Looking forward to presenting some of my research next week @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social—>

Medievalism Seminar@ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 2mo ago

For our final seminar of the year, one of our convenors, @maiablumberg.bsky.social (QMUL), will speak on "'Unsightly specimens': medieval art in the public picture gallery". Online and in-person at @ihr.bsky.social, W 01/07, 17.30 BST. Details and registration: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Call for papers for an online conference on medievalism, 9-10 October: medievalisms.org/conferences/ #medievalsky

The last @londonmedieval.bsky.social seminar of the year and the last I‘ll attend as a convenor ! It has been SO good working with this committed, creative, smart group of postgrad & early career medievalists. Its also been an important space of learning, collaboration, & shared purpose 🤝

London Society for Medieval Studies@londonmedieval.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Last seminar of the year! Join us for a grand finale! 🦁🎻 Kate McCaffrey of @memsunikent.bsky.social will be presenting on printed Books of Hours produced by prolific Parisian printer Germain Hardouyn! 🗓️ 30 June ⏰ 17:30 GMT 🏛️In person @ihr.bsky.social & 💻Online Sign up now: bit.ly/londonmedieval

Get ready for another term of amazing seminars! As always, free! Just remember to sign up here: bit.ly/londonmedieval #medievalsky #skystorians

It’s (already) the FINAL paper of what has been an expansive & exciting term of seminars @londonmedieval.bsky.social

London Society for Medieval Studies@londonmedieval.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Well, well, well... 💧 On 31 March, Camila Marcone from @yale.edu will present: ‘Harvesting water: traditional ecological knowledge from Medieval Spain in practice and in research'! 🗓️ 31 March ⏰ 17:30 GMT 💻 ONLINE Sign up now: bit.ly/londonmedieval

Medieval medicine just got visionary 🌿✨ On 17 March, Lauren Cole @medievallauren.bsky.social will present: ‘Transforming Medical Knowledge in Medieval Europe: Hildegard of Bingen’s Physica'! 🗓️ 17 March ⏰ 17:30 GMT 🏛️ IN PERSON @ihr.bsky.social & 💻 ONLINE Sign up now: bit.ly/londonmedieval

Make Ready! 🏰 On 3 March, Isobel Barnard from @kingshistory.bsky.social will present: ‘The Castle in 14th Century Scotland: A Sociological Study of Masculine Identity'. 🗓️ 03 March ⏰ 17:30 GMT 🏛️ IN PERSON @ihr.bsky.social & 💻 ONLINE Sign up now: bit.ly/londonmedieval

Talking baby snm!!! #medievalsky

London Society for Medieval Studies@londonmedieval.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Mark your calendars ✨ On 17 Feb, Lucy Beall Lott of @arthistorysta.bsky.social will present: ‘Out of the Mouths of Babes': Reassessing the Lost Miracle Statue of Saint Rumwald at Boxley Abbey 🗓️ 17 Feb ⏰ 17:30 GMT 🏛️ IN PERSON @ihr.bsky.social & 💻 ONLINE Sign up now: bit.ly/londonmedieval

Louise Bourgeois, The Hour is Devoted to Revenge, 1999

Next week join us online for a double bill ✨ with curators Helena Lahoz Kopiske & Anushka Hosain discussing representing medieval Islamicate art at the National Archaeological Museum in Madrid and @mfahouston.bsky.social 🏺🏛️☪️ www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #arthistory #medievalsky #museumsky

LSMS winter programme 2025/26 ft. researchers across the 🌎 speaking on medieval art/environment/medicine/architecture Tuesdays, 17:30 (GMT) at the @ihr.bsky.social in Bloomsbury or on Zoom. All welcome, register here 👉 bit.ly/londonmedieval #medievalsky #skystorians

Bump for my CFP for Nostalgia and Radical Politics, Past and Present www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blo... Deadline 14 February! Have had a few abstracts already and it's shaping up to be great. 🗃️

😮‍💨 check out this term’s programme at the LSMS - material ! textual! visual! culture - big range of temporalities, scales, environments, disciplines. Lets go! Hybrid sessions, Tuesdays, 5.30pm Register here 👉 bit.ly/londonmedieval #medievalsky #skystorians

London Society for Medieval Studies@londonmedieval.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Just in ✨ LSMS is delighted to announce our Winter 2026 seminar programme! Join us for a brilliant series of talks ranging from medieval Islamic art to themes such as gender, medicine, and ecological knowledge. All welcome. Tuesdays, 17:30 (online & at the IHR). 👉 Sign up here: bit.ly/londonmedieval

Looking forward to welcoming Dr Tim Pestell from @norwichcastle.bsky.social for this term's last seminar! Tim will be speaking about the redesign of Norwich Castle's Royal Keep! 🗓️ Tues 9 December ⏰ 17.30 GMT 💻 ONLINE Remember to sign up here 👉 bit.ly/londonmedieval

London Society for Medieval Studies

Founded in 1970/1, the London Society for Medieval Studies seeks to foster knowledge of, and dialogue about, the Middle Ages (c.500–c.1500 CE).

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General Strike 100 National museums, libraries, archives, community groups, and individuals across the UK are marking the centenary of the 1926 General Strike. All the details here: generalstrike100.com #GeneralStrike100

TOMORROW!! Come & hear the excellent Olivia Baskerville (@ies-sas.bsky.social) about the book trade in London & the national & local claims to #medieval material culture TUES 25 NOV 17:30, @ihr.bsky.social & on zoom (register for link): bit.ly/londonmedieval #MedievalSky #Manuscripts #Skystorians

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London Society for Medieval Studies@londonmedieval.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Looking forward to Olivia Baskerville‘s @ies-sas.bsky.social seminar on the early 20C #manuscript trade and local a national claims made on Bede‘s Life of St Cuthbert & Carrow Psalter! Be sure to book here 👉 bit.ly/londonmedieval

Our next seminar on 11 Nov (5.30pm) Joanna Tucker @uofglasgow.bsky.social presents on multi-scribe cartularies and chronicles from medieval Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✍️📖 Hybrid session - join us online or at the Senate House @ihr.bsky.social Book here ➡️ bit.ly/londonmedieval #medievalsky #skystorians

@londonmedieval.bsky.social have the excellent Olivia Baskerville @ies-sas.bsky.social, medievalist by training, presenting her research on the 20C trade in &nationalist discourse around medieval manuscripts📖 25 Nov! AS EVER free & open to all, book here ➡️ bit.ly/londonmedieval

London Society for Medieval Studies

Founded in 1970/1, the London Society for Medieval Studies seeks to foster knowledge of, and dialogue about, the Middle Ages (c.500–c.1500 CE).

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London Society for Medieval Studies@londonmedieval.bsky.social · 10mo ago

RESCHEDULED! Excited for Olivia Baskerville‘s @ies-sas.bsky.social seminar on the early 20C #manuscript trade and local&national claims made on Bede‘s Life of St Cuthbert & Carrow Psalter 🗓️ 25 Nov ⏰ 17.30 GMT 🏢 @ihr.bsky.social &online Sign up 👉 bit.ly/londonmedieval #medievalsky#skystorians

London local history and heritage organisations starter pack, now updated to welcome @londontopsoc.bsky.social to Bluesky! go.bsky.app/6ZX5gxf

***tomorrow‘s @londonmedieval.bsky.social seminar postponed***

London Society for Medieval Studies@londonmedieval.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Tomorrow’s seminar has been postponed due to the speaker’s illness. We apologise for the change and will share a new date as soon as possible. We send our best wishes to the speaker for a swift recovery!

70,000 HE academic staff. Almost half of teaching only staff. Two-thirds of research-only academic staff. ALL on fixed term contracts. This isn’t flexibility, it’s exploitation. Live tomorrow at 7 PM we expose the hypocrisy at the top of HE: youtube.com/live/rZRbCP0YJ…

*Call for Contributors* The Medieval in Museums @archumanities.bsky.social Check out the full CfP via link ➡️ bit.ly/CfPMiM Welcoming chapters/dialogues/critical-creative texts from scholars, museum professionals, creative practitioners deadline: Mon 3 Nov (5pm GMT) #MedievalSky #MuseumSky #CfP

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The Medieval in Museums: call for contributions We invite short abstracts (100-200 words) in response to our call for chapters for an edited volume, ‘The Medieval in Museums’. Please send abstracts b...

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Maia Blumberg@maiablumberg.bsky.social · 11mo ago

📣 Call for Contributors: Edited Volume - The Medieval in Museums @archumanities.bsky.social 🖼️📜 🗓️ Abstract deadline: 3 Nov 2025 (17:00 GMT) ⏰ Full #CfP: bit.ly/CfPMiM

📣 Call for Contributors: Edited Volume - The Medieval in Museums @archumanities.bsky.social 🖼️📜 🗓️ Abstract deadline: 3 Nov 2025 (17:00 GMT) ⏰ Full #CfP: bit.ly/CfPMiM

We warmly invite you to another term of exciting seminars - our programme this term explores manuscripts, identity, & heritage from Central Europe to the States, Scotland to the South East 📖 bit.ly/londonmedieval

Next week join us for the first LSMS seminar of the term with @annamolnar.bsky.social speaking on late medieval women’s financial literacy! 🗣️Online & in-person @ihr.bsky.social 🗓️ Tues 30 September ⏰ 17.30 GMT ✍️ www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Loving the responses and how much people enjoy beautiful historical writing! Do have a look through the replies for excellent reading commendations and add your own, #SkyStorians 🗃️

Liesbeth Corens@onslies.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I’m having intro chats with dissertation students this fortnight, and one of them asked which historians I’d recommend for beautiful writing they could absorb to further develop their own writing style. So, gang, which are your favourite *writers* among historians, any time, any topic, any place. 🗃️