Introducing the Research Project ‘HERALDIC Identity in Context’ Since the mid-12th century, coats of arms have played a pivotal role in the visual construction and negotiation of identity across Europe. Traditionally understood as personal emblems used to distingu...

Fantastic to see what @torstenhiltmann.bsky.social and Laurent Hablot are up to: heraldica.hypotheses.org/9662

Only 2 weeks left to submit your proposal for this year's Medieval Germany Workshop in cooperation with German History Society! 📯

📅 29 May 2026
📍German Historical Institute London
⏰ Deadline: 15 February 2026
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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...

Call for applications! 📣

The German Historical Institute London is seeking a Research Associate with a particular research interest in medieval history (with a focus on late medieval English history) for a part-time project position to start on 1 February 2026. 🤝
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Urkundensammlung der Schleswig-Holstein-Lauenburgische Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Geschichte, 1 - Google Play

'How much labour and what diligence I rendered in collecting, searching, and compiling, no person easily believes but only God, who for my labour shall be my reward and whom I offer this book for the use and necessity of the convent and the whole community.' play.google.com/books/reader...

A very relatable sentiment for anyone who's finished a long piece of writing by prioress Anna von Buchwald at the end of her chronicle for the Preetz convent from c.1508:

How did medieval societies connect morality and economy? Tomorrow in KWIs' Colloquium, @marcusmeer.bsky.social examines how chronicles from cities, courts & monasteries constructed political economies, blending monetary consciousness with moral & institutional strategies.
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The @ghilondon.bsky.social is hiring! Two positions 3+3 years:

1.) Medieval history with a focus on Britain.

2.) Colonial history of the British Empire/Commonwealth.

For questions about the positions, please contact the GHI-Director. For detailed job descriptions: www.ghil.ac.uk/opportunitie...

In another coincidence, the cat-out-of-the-bag idiom works in English and German, just like heraldry did in English and German cities of the later Middle Ages. ;)

At last, the cat is out of the bag: it's publication day of 'Heraldry in Urban Society: Visual Culture and Communication in Late Medieval England and Germany' (academic.oup.com/book/58666)! Coincidentally both cats and bags feature, among many other things...