We're so pleased that you're enjoying it and sorry that you can't be here in person with us!

Phwoar! David Thornton treating us to some great records and charters as part of his paper in suffragen bishops!

Fun start to day one of @bordersboundaries.bsky.social

Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers well under way! Session. 1A is testing us to Susanne Marten-Finnis on middlemen in medieval Poland!

We at Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers would be prepared to sample any cakes brought to ensure that they’re up to muster… #Selfless

Day 1 of the conference is upon us! Professor Rio will be delivering a nice gentle welcome address, and then it's an action packed programme for the day, culminating in a poster presentation and wine reception this evening. Let's do it!

You’ll be much missed! Sorry that you have to be a responsible grown up instead!

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After nearly a year of planning, today’s the day! Kicking off “Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages” with a walking tour of Oxford and the Jewry, designed by Natasha Jenman and Naomi Reiter.

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“Medieval Rural Settlement and Infrastructure Archaeology Across Europe” (edited by Carenza Lewis, Neil Christie, Gareth Davies, Aidan O’Sullivan: April 2026, published by Archaeopress, Bicester, Medieval Settlement Research Group (MRSRG)

available to pre-order
www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...

Important day for the Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers team! Main job, spotting our own name badges as they go off to the printers...

All of the organisers of Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers will be logged off for the Bank Holiday weekend in the UK. Any e-mails will be responded to on Tuesday.

See you all on the other side!

Register here – Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages – Rewley House Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages – Rewley House, Mon 20 Apr 2026 - Tue 21 Apr 2026 - ** Please note: Registration for in person attendance formally closes at 5pm...

In 3 weeks time, we’ll be getting ready to hear the inimitable Prof Miri Rubin hear about Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers in the Medieval European City!

Over 70 have registered to attend in person, with 13 joining virtually. Still time to register for the latter: buytickets.at/bordersbound...

Register here – Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages – Rewley House Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages – Rewley House, Mon 20 Apr 2026 - Tue 21 Apr 2026 - ** Please note: Registration for in person attendance formally closes at 5pm...

The conference is possible thanks to the generosity of our sponsors:

@lincolnmedieval.bsky.social, @ochjs.bsky.social, @oxmedstud.bsky.social, and @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social.

In person registration is now closed, there's still time to register for online: buytickets.at/bordersbound... 2/2

With less than a month to go until 'Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers' we are delighted to be in a position to support 7 (SEVEN!!) students to attend the conference. This is made possible by a generous grant by @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social (covering 5). @medievaljews.bsky.social will cover 2 more. 1/

Nobody: how long do we have left to register to come to Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages (20-21 April)?

Us:

One week! Just one week left to register for in-person attendance at Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages (20-21 April)! To mark the occasion, we have swanky new advertising posters (courtesy of Callie Jenman).

Registration buytickets.at/bordersbound...

Borders Provisional Programme - For Publication.docx Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages (Provisional Programme) Registration link: https://buytickets.at/bordersboundariesandbarriers/1842029 (deadline 6 March) Rewley ...

We are delighted that "Border, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages" (20-21 April) will run in association with Oxford Medieval Studies (@oxmedstud.bsky.social), sponsored by The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH)!

Details: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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In addition to the two days of ‘Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages’, (20-21 April) those who register also have the option to join us on the Oxford Medieval Jewish Walking tour on 19 April.

Just two weeks left to register! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

With 'Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages' (20-21 April) just around the corner Tash and @medievaljews.bsky.social are hard at work on the introduction. If you want to know about this 1515 map, do register by 6 March!

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Pleased to report that the last draft of the 'Oxford Medieval Jewish Walking Tour', being developed for Borders, divided the city into three main sub-groups. Jews, Christians, and Students... Emphasising the town/gown (/Crown) dimension. Excited to see if that is maintained as it's finalised!

Boundaries 😍😍😍!!!

And you can catch @naominar.bsky.social giving the closing remarks with @arodsan95.bsky.social on 21 April!

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Things are moving quickly now! Just one month to go to register for Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages (20-21 April). We're super excited to see everyone there!

Registration: buytickets.at/bordersbound...

Programme: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

How exciting! You can also catch a shorter version of Emma's paper at "Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages", when she'll be speaking in a panel on internal Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers!

Programme and registration: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

With Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers fast approaching, we've set up a starter pack to help you follow those on the programme who have a Bsky account go.bsky.app/3ww68kK

Shout if we've missed you, and don't miss your chance to hear all the scholarship on 20-21 April
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Borders Provisional Programme - For Publication.docx Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages (Provisional Programme) Registration link: https://buytickets.at/bordersboundariesandbarriers/1842029 Rewley House, 20-21 April ...

3 months today, we'll be kicking off proceedings, with the Oxford Medieval Jewish Walking Tour (optional) - and possibly a little trip to the pub! Registration for the conference will 6 March (4pm).

Programme (including registration link): docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Very exciting to see @medievalgeorgie.bsky.social in the programme. She'll be giving a condensed version of the paper at Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers in April.

It'll be brilliant, so go to both!