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
Thomas H Kaal
@thomashkaal.bsky.social
Research Fellow in Medieval History at GHIL @ghilondon.bsky.social I Passionate about History, Music and Teaching I German, Londoner & Hispanist https://www.ghil.ac.uk/team/our-team/thomas-kaal
Medieval history can get you to... Singapore? For the last month, I had the pleasure of being a Visiting Research Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, National University of Singapore, thanks to a Mobility Fellowship from the Global Indo-Pacific programme.
A reminder that our next meeting is this Wednesday, 10 June, at 5.30pm, a lecture held in collaboration with @ghilondon.bsky.social: Gerda Heydemann (FU Berlin) joins us to speak on 'The Social Life of Carolingian Exegesis'. This will take place in the GHIL Building (17 Bloomsbury Square, WC1A 2NJ).
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!
#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
🚨‼️ NOW WELCOMING SUBMISSIONS ‼️🚨 We've had a withdrawal & have a spot left for another paper! Please do not hesitate to reach out if you're interested, and to help us spread the word. Many thanks!! 🤗 @imc-leeds.bsky.social #skystorians #medieval #medievalsky #premodernrace #imc2026
Only a week left for this #cfp!! 🤗 Come and join us in Leeds! @medievalgeorgie.bsky.social @imc-leeds.bsky.social #skystorians #medieval #premoderncriticalracestudies #medievalsky #imc2026 #imc #historians #medievalhistory #premodernrace #racialisation #imc2025
CFP: Working on #Mediterranean #entanglements? Want to present your research and gain international visibility? Apply for one of our sessions in 2026-2027! Deadline: June 8, 2026 👉 t1p.de/cfp-entangle... #medievalsky #medievalmediterranean @ghilondon.bsky.social @dhi-paris.fr @maxweberstiftung.de
On Tuesday, we had the pleasure of welcoming David Nirenberg (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton) for an evening of reflection and discussion marking 30 years since the publication of his seminal study "Communities of Violence: Persecution of Minorities in the Middle Ages". 1/3
Join us for a an Online Seminar Series on Euro-Mediterranean Entanglements in Medieval History / #CfP June 8, 2026 @maxweberstiftung.de
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of 'Communities of Violence' by Prof David Nirenberg! He will be engaging in conversation with other scholars about his work and the history of religious persecution. Join us on 14 April at @ghilondon.bsky.social 😊 #skystorians #medievalsky #earlymodern #medieval
Das Programm für unser diesjähriges Forum zum britisch-irischen Mittelalter (19.–20.3.2026, Innsbruck) ist da: fobim.hypotheses.org/forum-2026. Eine Online-Teilnahme ist möglich, alle Infos auf der verlinkten Seite. #medievalsky #skystorians
🔔 Wie verbanden Menschen im spätmittelalterlichen England Klang mit Glauben? @thomashkaal.bsky.social erforscht in „Sound and Belief in Late Medieval England“ am @ghilondon.bsky.social, wie akustische Eindrücke religiöse Praktiken prägten. 📖Jetzt in #WeltweitVorOrt: publish.flyeralarm.d...
We had a great time introducing scholarship holders to the work of the German Historical Institute at the Studienstiftung's Networking Fair on Friday! It was wonderful to meet so many engaged and curious young people. Many thanks for the opportunity! 1/2
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...
Last week, we had the pleasure of welcoming 14 PhD students from Germany, the UK, the USA, and Canada to the 14th Medieval History Seminar in London! 🏰 Over three inspiring days, participants discussed their research on medieval history with their peers and our distinguished conveners. 1/2
The @ghilondon.bsky.social is looking for a Research Associate in the Project: "Money, History, and Moral Economies: Communicative Functions of Monetary Information in the Institutional Historiography of the Later Middle Ages (1250–1530)". Details here: www.ghil.ac.uk/opportunitie...
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Join us on 28 October at 5:30pm (GMT) for a lecture by Henrike Lähnemann (@hlaehnemann.bsky.social) entitled '1525 and All That: How Nuns’ Letters and Reformation Pamphlets Shaped German History'! 📅 1/6
Vom 10.09. bis 11.09. fand der II. AIM QualifikantInnen - Workshop in Wien statt. Ein besonderes Dankeschön an Patrick Marschner, Alexander Marx, die ÖAW und die Stadt Wien! Hier ein paar Eindrücke:
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