Only two weeks left to the LMS Colloquium on Medievalisms!
Please do join and don't hesitate to spread the word 🤩🎉
#medievalsky #skystorians #medieval #earlymodern #academic #historians
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".
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Delighted to announce the upcoming Colloquium on Medievalisms, co-organised with CREMS in person at Queen Mary University of London!
Please join us on Saturday, 2nd May, for some medievalists' fun! 😊
Registration via link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/medievalis...
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Many congratulations to Sam Halvorsen from Geography (GES), Liesbeth Corens from History & Karl Pike from SPIR, who have all received funding awards from the Leverhulme Trust. In a double win, Sam has also received a grant from the British Academy. Read more:
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Happening tomorrow!
Join us for a special panel discussion and conversation with Professor David Nirenberg at the Art Workers' Guild in Bloomsbury.
Please sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-convers...
#medievalmonday #skystorians #medievalhistory
A craft fair exhibitor using a wood burning pen to personalisea piece of wood.
It's such a pleasure to have FiftyEleven back at the #IMC2026 Craft Fair 🎊 😃
The talent and creativity which goes into these medieval crafts is not to be missed!😃
www.fiftyeleven.co.uk
www.facebook.com/FiftyelevenArtisanCabinetry
www.instagram.com/fiftyelevencabinetry/
#MedievalSky
On Monday, we held our third annual online Postgraduate Symposium, where we were honoured to hear a plenary lecture from Prof Miri Rubin (QMUL & VP of the EHS) on 'Church History and the History of Religious Cultures: What and How?'
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#ChurchHistory #Skystorians
We have a PhD studentship available in History or Archaeology at CCCU www.canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/f... - deadline 22 May. #skystorians 1/
Image showing illustration for the first verse from the Song of Songs: a minstrel playing before Solomon (15th century Rothschild Mahzor). With text: Black/Beautiful: Meanings of Blackness in a Biblical Verse. RHS Lecture with Professor Miri Rubin (QMUL) Royal Historical Society Lecture 6pm, Wednesday 13 May 2026
On 13 May, we will be in Aberystwyth to meet with historians at the university & wider region.
The visit ends with a public guest lecture by Prof Miri Rubin (QMUL) on 'Black/Beautiful: Meanings of Blackness in a Biblical Verse' bit.ly/4b6cfpz
In-person booking now open / all welcome #Skystorians
Delighted to share the news of an upcoming public event organised by Queen Mary University and German Historical Institute of London. This event celebrates the 30th anniversary of the publication of ‘Communities of Violence’, by Prof David Nirenberg. This was a ground-breaking book that changed scholarly perspectives on religious violence and attitudes towards religious minorities in the late medieval and early modern periods. We are incredibly grateful to say that we will have Prof Nirenberg himself joining us and engaging in conversation with other scholars. They will discuss Prof Nirenberg’s work, its ongoing impact on the field, and the history of religious confrontations and religious persecution more broadly. We would like to warmly invite you all to join us for this event. It will take place on 14th April 2026, 5:30-7:30pm at the Art Workers’ Guild London. If you wish to attend, please register via the link provided. We look forward to welcoming as many of you as possible!
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
Join us on Thursday (12th March) at 4pm for the next seminar in our CMS seminar series! We are delighted to host Prof Miri Rubin (Queen Mary University of London) who will be giving a paper titled 'Nigra sum (Song 1-5): the long history of race in a biblical verse'. Not to be missed! All welcome!
🚨UPDATE - we've filled in the slot. Thanks so much for spreading the word! 😊
It definitely would! But we've just received and accepted another paper - I hope you can present yours elsewhere! Would be great to listen to it in Leeds :))
🚨 LATE SUBMISSION WINDOW OPEN 🚨
We've had a withdrawal from one of these sessions and would be very keen to include another paper - please do not hesitate to reach out if you're interested, and to help us spread the word. Many thanks!!
#skystorians #medieval #medievalsky #premodernrace #imc2026
As Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra and Adrian Masters show, these social orders broke down thanks to the challenges mounted by countless individuals across the Spanish Americas—including non-elite Spanish and Indigenous people, women, and the enslaved. To achieve their goals, they turned not only to outright violence but also to massive amounts of paperwork: petitions, complaints, lawsuits, and secret testimonies. Through this grassroots “lawfare,” vassals undercut the emerging seigneurial dynasties of the conquistadors, stripped the friars of theocratic authority, and curtailed the might of native lords. Collectively, they spearheaded movements against tyranny and slavery, proposed and challenged laws, produced new types of knowledge, created archives and historical accounts, and questioned the nature of truth itself. In the process, however, these actors also gradually co-created a lasting new society of orders—one that would solidify in the 1570s with viceroys, bishops, and inquisitors at its apex.
Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra and Adrian Masters's "The Radical Spanish Empire: How Paperwork Politics Remade the New World" is nearly there @harvardpress.bsky.social! And I cannot wait.
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#EarlyModern #SkyStorians #YayArchives
So much looking forward to it! :))
Two days to go until the next LMS Colloquium on non-conformities! Don't miss it 🤗
I edited a thing! Because everything is better if it links back to the medieval Lincoln Jewry, I edited an entire volume on the topic. Coming from Arc Humanities Press in May!
Ill Colloquium on Late Medieval and Early Modern Cities in Europe: Moving and Being Moved Call for Papers London, 11-12 June 2026 We are delighted to launch the Call for Papers for the III Colloquium on Late Medieval and Early Modern Cities in Europe, which will take place in London on 11-12 June 2026. After two successful editions, this year's Colloquium will focus on movements) within and accross late medieval and early modern cities (ca. 1300-1800). Topics to be addressed may include but are not limited to: • Mobile people in urban centres, e.g. migrants, merchants, vagrants, enslaved people, minstrels, mendicants, and pilgrims. • The exchange of goods and knowledge. • Transitory urban events and performances that moved bodies and minds, including social uprisings, civic performances, dances and urban processions. • Lack of 'movement: considerations of what it means to stay put and belong in a city or to be forced to remain in a city. This is an interdisciplinary and international Colloquium which offers an opportunity for PhD students and early career scholars to share their research through 20-minute long presentations, and to receive feedback through constructive discussion. Established scholars will also be invited to present their research and methods and to contribute to discussion. There will also be opportunities for all participants to continue the conversation over coffee and lunch. Interested applicants are encouraged to send an abstract of 200 words along with a short bio to Ana Roda Sánchez (Queen Mary University of London), Eliot Benbow (Institute of Historical Research) and Emma Olson (University of Cambridge) in colloquiumcities@gmail.com by 31 January 2026. If you have any questions, please get in touch with us. We look forward to receiving your proposals and learning about your research!
*Reposted CFP with alt text*
III Colloquium on Late Medieval and Early Modern Cities: Moving and Being Moved
London, 11-12 June 2026
Deadline abstract submissions: 31 January 2026
Looking forward to meeting everyone! 🤗🤗
#medievalsky #skystorians #medieval #earlymodern #callforpapers #history
Sure! CfP has been reposted now. Thanks for pointing this out, Liesbeth! 😊🙏🏻
Less then two weeks left for this CFP!!
Come and join us in London for an exciting research exchange on movements in late medieval and early modern cities. We are looking forward to getting to know about your work! 🤗🤗
#medievalsky #skystorians #callforpapers #medieval #earlymodern #history
Our friends at the Early English Text Society are holding a workshop on editing texts from medieval Britain for graduate students and early career scholars.
📖Texts in Transition
📍St Hilda's College, Oxford
📆18/04/2026
🕐11am-5pm
For registration email eets[at]ell.ox.ac.uk
Six books for understanding #polarisation.
Drawn from a series at LSE, Universities in the age of polarisation, Kevin Wilson @lselibrary.bsky.social picks six books that explore these divides – from to the impacts of social media – and offer ideas for dialogue @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social
So glad that our sessions on premodern race got accepted!
@medievalgeorgie.bsky.social
@imc-leeds.bsky.social
Can't wait for #IMC2026! 🤗
Becoming Arab: The Formation of Arab Identity in the Medieval Middle East by Yossef Rapoport
How late medieval Middle Eastern peasants adopted Arab cultural identities and formed village clans.
Becoming Arab by Yossef Rapoport is now available (13 Jan UK pub).
Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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The programme for the London Medieval Society Colloquium on Women & Knowledge scheduled for Saturday 22nd November from 10:20 to 15:00 UK time. The poster features an illumination from a medieval manuscript depicting a group of women seated and standing reading a number of books. Image credit: British Library, Harlety 4431, f. 107
We are looking forward to welcoming everyone to the upcoming London Medieval Society @londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social Colloquium on Women and Knowledge which will be Saturday 22nd November from 10:20-15:00 UK time. 🙂
You can find the zoom registration link here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Congratulations to @rachelschine.bsky.social for winning the Best Book Award from the Middle East Medievalists association for her book, Black Knights: Arabic Epic and the Making of Medieval Race! Brava!!! 🍾🍾🍾
Here's the link, if you haven't already read it: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Isabella Lewis (@leedsims.bsky.social) writes our latest blog post about St Andrew the Fool. Looking at Andrew's hagiography from the 10c., Isabella explores the intersection of sexual violence and race in the Christian East #churchhistory #skystorians
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Please join us on 22 November to discuss Women and Knowledge. We cannot wait to listen to and engage with all presentations 😁
This event is free to attend, but prior registration is required through this link: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Thank you! We look forward to seeing you there!
This poster provides the details for the London Medieval Society Colloquium on Women & Knowledge. Saturday 22nd November 10:00-15:00 (UK time) via Zoom In the centre of the poster is an image from a Medieval manuscript of a group of standing and seated women reading a number of books Image credit: British Library, Harley 4431, f. 107
@londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social London Medieval Society will be hosting its first colloquium of the academic year on the 22nd November 2025 on the subject of Women and Knowledge in the Middle Ages. 😊
You can find the Zoom link here: us02web.zoom.us/j/81823681150