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Home of the North West Medieval Studies Postgraduate Network and Reading Group Enquiries: nwmsreading@gmail.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/north-west-medieval-studies-postgrad-network Instagram: @northwestmedieval

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Ed Moore@edjfm.bsky.social · 2w ago

Sneak peek at my slides for the NWMS Symposium! A rabbit hole from the start of my PhD that I happily descended back down to prepare for this... even the solar calculators and azimuth calculations... honest... #medievalsky

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North West Medieval Studies Postgrad Network@northwestmedieval.bsky.social · 2w ago

The annual North West Medieval Studies Symposium is back: for our fifth anniversary we have not one but two colour schemes. Join us down the rabbit hole on the 4th of August in @chethamslibrary.bsky.social in Manchester. Register below and pick your side: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

NWMS NETWORK PRESENTS NWMS SYMPOSIUM OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THIS PAPER This year’s annual NWMS PGR symposium marks its fifth anniversary by taking inspiration from a familiar academic experience: getting lost down a research rabbit hole. Showcasing the research of postgraduates and ECRs both from the North West and from those interested in supporting Medieval Studies in the North West. The symposium draws together scholars working on history, archaeology, art history, literature, and musicology. As well as ranging geographically from the sagas of Iceland to Polish saint’s lives; and chronologically from dark age British stone sculptures to the life records of a 15th century chronicler, as well as taking us into the present day to reflect on the afterlives of the Middle Ages through the work of Tolkien. The symposium will take place in Chetham’s Library in Manchester and will feature an encounter with some of the library’s archival collections as well as lunch and snacks. 10am - 4pm 4th August 2026 Chetham’s Library Long Millgate, Manchester M3 1SB
Josh Coulthard@joshcoulthard.bsky.social · 2w ago

Featuring papers by @morbidmae.bsky.social, Anna Pririe @celinaberill.bsky.social, Poppy Philligreen, George Fowles, Jomar de Vrind, @emma-nelson.bsky.social, James Davison, @dr-r0bert.bsky.social, @edjfm.bsky.social, me, and Anna Probert!

North West Medieval Studies Postgrad Network@northwestmedieval.bsky.social · 2w ago

The annual North West Medieval Studies Symposium is back: for our fifth anniversary we have not one but two colour schemes. Join us down the rabbit hole on the 4th of August in @chethamslibrary.bsky.social in Manchester. Register below and pick your side: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

NWMS NETWORK PRESENTS NWMS SYMPOSIUM OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THIS PAPER This year’s annual NWMS PGR symposium marks its fifth anniversary by taking inspiration from a familiar academic experience: getting lost down a research rabbit hole. Showcasing the research of postgraduates and ECRs both from the North West and from those interested in supporting Medieval Studies in the North West. The symposium draws together scholars working on history, archaeology, art history, literature, and musicology. As well as ranging geographically from the sagas of Iceland to Polish saint’s lives; and chronologically from dark age British stone sculptures to the life records of a 15th century chronicler, as well as taking us into the present day to reflect on the afterlives of the Middle Ages through the work of Tolkien. The symposium will take place in Chetham’s Library in Manchester and will feature an encounter with some of the library’s archival collections as well as lunch and snacks. 10am - 4pm 4th August 2026 Chetham’s Library Long Millgate, Manchester M3 1SB
North West Medieval Studies Postgrad Network@northwestmedieval.bsky.social · 3w ago

Last chance to submit is this Friday!

North West Medieval Studies Postgrad Network@northwestmedieval.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🎉 CFP for the annual NWMS Postgrad Symposium. To be held at Chetham’s Library Tuesday 4th August 2026. Open to any PG or ECR. This year we are particularly interested in research rabbit holes that you had to cut! Email title, ~150 abstract and short bio to nwmsreading@gmail.com by 17th July 🎉

This year's North West Medieval Studies PGR Symposium is all about the rabbit holes. Bring the weird tangents, abandoned footnotes, and fascinating distractions that were outside the scope of your paper, the stuff your supervisor told you to cut but you couldn't stop thinking about. We are open to any postgraduate student or ECR working on any topic whether that be medieval or medievalism and papers may come from any disciplinary background, whether that be history. literature, archaeology or any other. Tuesday 4th August 2026 Chetham's Library, Manchester Register Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQUjQi17jv6Wa6Kk07uKKv6b0fr-rJqvirjJVMK4wAUhVE9g/viewform Email abstracts of 150 words with a title and bio to nwmsreading@gmail.com by 17th July
North West Medieval Studies Postgrad Network@northwestmedieval.bsky.social · 3w ago

Last chance to submit is this Friday!

North West Medieval Studies Postgrad Network@northwestmedieval.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🎉 CFP for the annual NWMS Postgrad Symposium. To be held at Chetham’s Library Tuesday 4th August 2026. Open to any PG or ECR. This year we are particularly interested in research rabbit holes that you had to cut! Email title, ~150 abstract and short bio to nwmsreading@gmail.com by 17th July 🎉

This year's North West Medieval Studies PGR Symposium is all about the rabbit holes. Bring the weird tangents, abandoned footnotes, and fascinating distractions that were outside the scope of your paper, the stuff your supervisor told you to cut but you couldn't stop thinking about. We are open to any postgraduate student or ECR working on any topic whether that be medieval or medievalism and papers may come from any disciplinary background, whether that be history. literature, archaeology or any other. Tuesday 4th August 2026 Chetham's Library, Manchester Register Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQUjQi17jv6Wa6Kk07uKKv6b0fr-rJqvirjJVMK4wAUhVE9g/viewform Email abstracts of 150 words with a title and bio to nwmsreading@gmail.com by 17th July
Eddie Meehan@eddiemeehan99.bsky.social · last mo.

I’m very sorry to be missing this really cool conference idea - papers due 17th July!

North West Medieval Studies Postgrad Network@northwestmedieval.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🎉 CFP for the annual NWMS Postgrad Symposium. To be held at Chetham’s Library Tuesday 4th August 2026. Open to any PG or ECR. This year we are particularly interested in research rabbit holes that you had to cut! Email title, ~150 abstract and short bio to nwmsreading@gmail.com by 17th July 🎉

This year's North West Medieval Studies PGR Symposium is all about the rabbit holes. Bring the weird tangents, abandoned footnotes, and fascinating distractions that were outside the scope of your paper, the stuff your supervisor told you to cut but you couldn't stop thinking about. We are open to any postgraduate student or ECR working on any topic whether that be medieval or medievalism and papers may come from any disciplinary background, whether that be history. literature, archaeology or any other. Tuesday 4th August 2026 Chetham's Library, Manchester Register Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQUjQi17jv6Wa6Kk07uKKv6b0fr-rJqvirjJVMK4wAUhVE9g/viewform Email abstracts of 150 words with a title and bio to nwmsreading@gmail.com by 17th July
Dr Andrew McInnes@drbeard79.bsky.social · last mo.

This is SUCH a cool idea! (I would also like a trumpeting rabbit plushie)

North West Medieval Studies Postgrad Network@northwestmedieval.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🎉 CFP for the annual NWMS Postgrad Symposium. To be held at Chetham’s Library Tuesday 4th August 2026. Open to any PG or ECR. This year we are particularly interested in research rabbit holes that you had to cut! Email title, ~150 abstract and short bio to nwmsreading@gmail.com by 17th July 🎉

This year's North West Medieval Studies PGR Symposium is all about the rabbit holes. Bring the weird tangents, abandoned footnotes, and fascinating distractions that were outside the scope of your paper, the stuff your supervisor told you to cut but you couldn't stop thinking about. We are open to any postgraduate student or ECR working on any topic whether that be medieval or medievalism and papers may come from any disciplinary background, whether that be history. literature, archaeology or any other. Tuesday 4th August 2026 Chetham's Library, Manchester Register Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQUjQi17jv6Wa6Kk07uKKv6b0fr-rJqvirjJVMK4wAUhVE9g/viewform Email abstracts of 150 words with a title and bio to nwmsreading@gmail.com by 17th July
Josh Coulthard@joshcoulthard.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I really enjoyed interviewing Linda about everything from the site, to the ethics of bio-archaeology, and the practicalities of co-authoring articles!

EPOCH History Magazine@epoch-history.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We're beginning our roundup of Issue 24 with an interview! Have you ever wondered how archaeologists analyse their findings? We sat down with Linda Fibiger of the University of Edinburgh to discuss an Iron Age mass grave site at Gomolava, Serbia. Read on! 👇 www.epoch-magazine.com/post/beyond-...

Josh Coulthard@joshcoulthard.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Don’t forget to check out @rhnnnwrrn.bsky.social’s tutorial on the medieval art of computus in issue 24 of @epoch-history.bsky.social, it was a pleasure to work with her! www.epoch-magazine.com/post/its-all...

It’s All Computus To Me!

The Venerable Bede (c.627/3– 735) depicts the moment in 710 CE when Nechtan III, king of Pictland (what is now northern and eastern Scotland) accepted Abbot Ceolfrith’s lengthy arguments in favour of ...

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Josh Coulthard@joshcoulthard.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Frederick II is well known as perhaps the greatest classicist monarch of the medieval world, but did you know Frederick Barbarossa also couldn’t stop thinking about Rome? Check out Toby Bendle’s article in the latest issue of @epoch-history.bsky.social www.epoch-magazine.com/post/the-leg...

The Legacy of Rome and Charlemagne: The Translatio Imperii of Frederick Barbarossa

From the empire-wide messaging in his minting, to the private dialogue, both penned and subliminal through his iconography, Frederick Barbarossa stood as both one of the greatest Hellenophiles followi...

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Josh Coulthard@joshcoulthard.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Ever wanted to know more about medieval textiles? Then check out Mary Chavez’s article in the latest issue of @epoch-history.bsky.social, it was a real joy to work with her on this one! www.epoch-magazine.com/post/a-begin...

A Beginner’s Guide to Medieval Textiles

Elisabeth Crowfoot (1914-2005) was the author of Textiles and Clothing: c.1150-c.1450, a book compiling and analysing medieval textiles and clothing from archaeological digs in London.

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Jenny McHugh@jmmchugh.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Please consider submitting to this lovely community. They were always supportive during my PhD and Chetham’s is a BEAUTIFUL venue 🤩

North West Medieval Studies Postgrad Network@northwestmedieval.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🎉 CFP for the annual NWMS Postgrad Symposium. To be held at Chetham’s Library Tuesday 4th August 2026. Open to any PG or ECR. This year we are particularly interested in research rabbit holes that you had to cut! Email title, ~150 abstract and short bio to nwmsreading@gmail.com by 17th July 🎉

This year's North West Medieval Studies PGR Symposium is all about the rabbit holes. Bring the weird tangents, abandoned footnotes, and fascinating distractions that were outside the scope of your paper, the stuff your supervisor told you to cut but you couldn't stop thinking about. We are open to any postgraduate student or ECR working on any topic whether that be medieval or medievalism and papers may come from any disciplinary background, whether that be history. literature, archaeology or any other. Tuesday 4th August 2026 Chetham's Library, Manchester Register Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQUjQi17jv6Wa6Kk07uKKv6b0fr-rJqvirjJVMK4wAUhVE9g/viewform Email abstracts of 150 words with a title and bio to nwmsreading@gmail.com by 17th July