Logo for Out of the Archive Box, which is an orange circle with a boar and capital B inside the circle.
Diana Wallis (CMS graduate and research associate) features on the latest episode of Out of the Archive Box, speaking on York’s Merchant Adventurers and the Petition of 1478: open.spotify.com/episode/6yAK...
The back of Heslington Hall (a red brick building) taken from the 18th century gardens.
The view of the gardens of Heslington Hall with blossoms on the trees.
Ducks by the lakes on campus.
What a glorious day on campus!
Registration for the annual Norse in the North Conference on 15 May is now open! This year the conference is hosted by the University of Leeds: norseinthenorth.wordpress.com/programme/
Detail of the Annunciation to the Shepherds, from the Gospels of Otto III, produced in Reichenau, c. 1000 (Munich Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 4453, fol. 28r)
Our own Hanna Vorholt will deliver an online lecture as part of the SIMS Online Lecture Series, University of Pennsylvania: "Grid as Ground: Ruled Lines and Manuscript Images."
Friday April 17 2026, 12:00 - 1:30 pm EDT
www.library.upenn.edu/events/schoe...
A photo of Mary Beard next to a visual of her book cover "Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old"
Not medieval, but everyone loves when Mary Beard visits York (14 April): www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/york/...
A group of students and staff are in the York Minster looking at a small reconstruction of the Chapter House roof, constructed in wood.
📣 The deadline for our MA in Medieval Studies full UK fee waiver scholarship is fast approaching (31 March 2026). www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...
There is still time to apply: www.york.ac.uk/study/postgr...
The scholarship is open to both home and overseas students.
Find out more about what it’s like to study at Heslington Hall here: www.york.ac.uk/about/depart...
View of the front driveway of Heslington Hall.
View of the ornamental gardens with fountain behind Heslington Hall.
Interior view of the 1st floor landing in Heslington Hall with a decorative ceiling and Centre for Medieval Studies banner.
View of the back of Heslington Hall with students sitting on the front lawn in the sunshine.
Spring has officially arrived on our Master Taster Day🌞. Thank you to everyone who joined us to discover more about medieval MAs at York. @uniofyork @englishlityork @uoyhistory
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BBC Sounds logo of swirling tiles.
Two CMS graduates, Joanna Laynesmith and Katherine Lewis, have appeared on the BBC Sounds In Our Time podcast on Margaret Beaufort: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
A headshot of Becca Drake with a grassy backdrop.
More alumni news🎓️!
Becca Drake (MA in Medieval Literatures & Languages & English PhD graduate) has just started working with Senate House as their Printer in Residence.
www.london.ac.uk/senate-house...
The cover art is based on the 1930s Guthlac window in the Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University. Photography courtesy of the inestimable @brianlastnamekiss As many of you will know, it's a version of the famous image from the 12th/13th c. Guthlac Roll, depicting Guthlac travelling to Crowland on the Fens' winding waterways. We choose the dark green in honour of those peaty channels and reedy banks
Publication News 🎉!
Congratulation to Emma Nuding, who’s new book 'Writing St Guthlac: From the Medieval to the Modern' is now out! Emma is a PhD in Medieval Studies graduate, current CMS research associate and teaching fellow at the University of Birmingham.
boydellandbrewer.com/book/writing...
Louise Hampson and a colleague looking at archive material in front of a stained glass window in the guildhall.
Ancient documents discovered in the archives reveal a new history for York's Guildhall.
John Jenkins (CMS Research Associate) and Louise Hampson (Christianity and Culture) have an article published in the Journal of Medieval History about York's Guildhall. www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and...
We are delighted to announce that on 6th February, Nelleke IJssennagger van der Pluijm gave her inaugural lecture as a professor at the University of Groningen. In 2010, Nelleke came to the CMS as a Visiting Student from the Netherlands. Read more: www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...
Join us for our Masters Taster Day on Wednesday 18 March and find out more about the Centre for Medieval Studies.
🦆Explore our campus
🎓 Learn more about our medieval MAs
🗨️Speak to our staff and students
☕Get advice on accommodation and financing your Masters
www.york.ac.uk/study/postgr...
A Torksey Ware Jar from Coppergate, York (Image: York Archaeology, CC-BY-NC 4.0)
New research led by our own Steve Ashby has just been published in Antiquity! The study uses biomolecular analysis of artefacts to find important culinary differences between Viking-Age England and Denmark. www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...
POSTPONED! Sadly, the York Medieval Lecture on Tuesday 17 Feb is postponed. We will post when it has been rescheduled.
Tuesday 17 Feb
The Darker Side of the Middle Ages
Speaker: Professor Kathy Lavezzo (University of Iowa)
We are delighted to say that the CMS’s professors Dawn Hadley and Julian Richards have had ‘Life in the Viking Great Army‘ shortlisted for the prestigious Archaeology Book of the Year award.
If you’ve read the book and enjoyed it, why not vote for it at archaeology.co.uk/vote. Deadline TODAY!
CMS Research Associate & graduate in the news!
York Minster's research co-ordinator Dr Jennie England has curated a new exhibition on parts of a 14th Century medieval shrine dedicated to York's patron saint.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A photo of the exterior frontage of the York Guildhall.
We are delighted to announce that on 19 September 2026, the Society for Medieval Archaeology annual symposium will take place in York, jointly hosted by the University of York’s Department of Archaeology and Centre for Medieval Studies. CFP details: medievalarchaeology.co.uk/sma-conferen...
Find your next step at the Centre for Medieval Studies!
Join our Postgraduate Online Open Day on Tuesday 10 February, 10am to 2pm to:
🎓 Find out more about the MA in Medieval Studies, MA in Medieval History and MA in Medieval Literatures & Languages
Find out more at: tinyurl.com/446d93fx
A photo of the front of the brick facade of Heslington Hall, with springtime flowers in the foreground and students sitting on the lawn.
We are delighted to share an update on some recent exciting developments at the Centre for Medieval Studies: bit.ly/4bY647L
An AI image of a apocalyptic medieval battlefield with dark clouds overhead.
We are delighted to announce the details of our Semester two York Medieval Lecture:
The Darker Side of the Middle Ages
Speaker: Professor Kathy Lavezzo (The University of Iowa)
📅 Tuesday 17 February
🕛 Lecture 6:30-8:00pm
📍 SLB/118, Spring Lane building
🌐 www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...
One of the highlights of our Semester One skills teaching are our Palaeography workshops. The Early Medieval group learned how to make ink, as well as working with a calligrapher, Sue Sparrow, to help them understand the skill and discipline required to write ancient and medieval scripts.
Some of our MA cohort standing on the stairs of Heslington Hall.
A photo of a graduation ceremony in Central Hall.
Naoki receiving the highest dissertation prize from Kenneth Clarke (CMS director).
A congratulations banner outside one of the buildings on campus, with some graduates taking photos outside.
On 8th January, we had the pleasure of celebrating with our graduates and recognizing the recipients of our MA awards. For more information, please visit our website: www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...
We are delighted to announce the details of the January ISMR seminar!
**26th January, 6pm (online via zoom) – Maya Maskarinec (USC Dornsife), 'Anician Saints and their Domestic Spaces in Medieval and Early Modern Rome'**
Please register here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/ideology-soc...
We were delighted to support 'Norse in the North', an annual event demonstrating the strength and originality of Old Norse research in the North of England, in the form of an interdisciplinary conference. You can read more on our website: www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...
We enjoyed a jolly and productive CMS Staff Away Day at Jacob's Well yesterday.
#CMSAwayDay #JacobWell
Our Autumn 2025 York Medieval Lecture recording is now live with Dr Glaire Anderson speaking on Video Games & the Work of Medieval Art History. youtu.be/wIJhRG2-wQs?...
The recording of our Annual York and the North Lecture is now LIVE on our Youtube Channel!
Coinage, silver and power in York and the Viking North with
Dr Andrew Woods (Head of Collections and Research at York Museums Trust)
youtu.be/d79-OgW6H9g?...
