Earlier Middle Ages The seminar focuses upon European (including British and Irish) history in Late Antiquity and the earlier Middle Ages, broadly defined as the fourth to the twelfth century.

As usual, please register to attend here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Summer term 2026 schedule for the IHR Earlier Middle Ages Seminar in London.

The IHR Earlier Middle Ages seminar reconvenes in May, with another great line-up of papers for the term! #medievalsky

The Church of the East in Abbasid Iraq (750-950). A second established religion?

Our final seminar of the term takes place this Wednesday, 18 March, with Philip Wood, speaking on "The Church of the East in Abbasid Iraq (750-950). A second established religion?". 5.30pm, IHR Wolfson NB02. All welcome - please register in advance!👇

Archives of Servitude in Post-Carolingian Francia

Our next seminar will be this Wednesday 4 March with Niall Ó Súilleabháin (King's College London), speaking on 'Archives of Servitude in Post-Carolingian Francia'. All welcome - please register here! IHR Wolfson NB02, 5.30pm.

Hostages in Early Medieval Wales

Tomorrow we are delighted to welcome Rebecca Thomas (Cardiff) to the Earlier Middle Ages seminar to speak on 'Hostages in Early Medieval Wales'. Weds, 18 Feb, 5.30pm, IHR Wolfson NB02. All welcome! #medievalsky

The next History of Liturgy Seminar is in London @ihr.bsky.social on Monday 16 Feb 17.30.
The award-winning @drkrisztinailko.bsky.social on
The Augustinian Friars & their Liturgical Cult of Saint Augustine.
In-person (chat! drinks! people!) or online: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
#medievalsky

Corteolona and Santa Cristina: the lives and afterlives of a Lombard “palace” and a “Lombard” monastery

We're back this week, welcoming @rossbalzaretti.bsky.social to speak on 'Corteolona and Santa Cristina: the lives and afterlives of a Lombard “palace” and a “Lombard” monastery'. Weds 4 Feb, 5.30pm, IHR Wolfson NB.02. All welcome - please sign up in advance here!

Today, Wed 21 Jan, @earliermiddleages.bsky.social, 17.30pm.

We do appreciate that there are many who would like to attend virtually, as well as the greater accessibility hybrid offers. We will revisit this soon at our next convenors' meeting.

This is something we discuss regularly. The current majority view among the convenors is to hold seminars in-person to encourage attendance, for the benefit of our speakers who travel to London, and for the London & SE community of early medievalists for whom the seminar has long been a hub.

Christianity before Conversion: The women who led the way

Our first seminar of 2026 will be this Wednesday at 5.30pm (IHR, Wolfson Room NB02), when we welcome @helengittos.bsky.social to speak on "Christianity before Conversion: The women who led the way". All welcome, please register in advance: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #medievalsky

IHR Earlier Middle Ages seminar schedule for spring 2026

Happy new year! We're delighted to share our seminar schedule for Spring 2026. All events take place at the @ihr.bsky.social (Wolfson NB02) on Wednesdays at 5.30pm. All welcome - please sign up in advance here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

1 week to go until the final lecture in our autumn/winter series!

Join us next week for a lecture by Stefan Esders (@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social) on 'Ethnicity and Legal Pluralism in the Early Middle Ages':

www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectu...

#skystorians #medievalsky #medievalhistory

*POSTPONED* ‘Queens in the North’: Elite women and their social networks in the world of the Sagas

Unfortunately we have had to postpone this Wednesday's seminar with Markus Mindrebø, a joint event with the Bedford Centre for the History of Women and Gender. We will rearrange this for the new year. Stay tuned for our spring term programme, to be announced shortly!

Ipsissima verba? The limits of shorthand under the Roman empire Earlier Middle Ages Seminar- Session 4

We are back at @ihr.bsky.social this week on Wednesday, 26 Nov, 5.30pm, in Wolfson Room NB02, where we welcome Ella Kirsh (Cambridge) to speak on "Ipsissima verba? The limits of shorthand under the Roman empire". All welcome, but please register in advance here! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Local Priests in the Latin West, 900–1050 Cambridge Core - European History 450-1000 - Local Priests in the Latin West, 900–1050

Local Priests in the Latin West is out now and available to download Open Access 👀👇

Advanced registration at the above link is required in order to be let into the Strand building at King's! Please sign up by the end of the day on Monday 17 November. For any last-minute sign-ups, please contact @ecroberts.bsky.social.

Book Launch: Local Priests in the Latin West, 900-1050 Earlier Middle Ages Seminar- Session 3

📣 Next week we are delighted to host a book launch for Local Priests in the Latin West, 900-1050, by Alice Hicklin, Steffen Patzold, @jbwaagmeester.bsky.social & @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social, who will be joined by John Arnold, Julia Barrow & Conrad Leyser. Weds 19 Nov, 5.30pm, King's. All welcome!

Beyond Punishment: Speech Difference, Sin and Disability in Byzantine Thought, c. 1000-1200 Earlier Middle Ages Seminar- Session 2

This week we're back at the IHR on Weds 15 October, where we welcome Maroula Perisanidi (Leeds), speaking on "Beyond Punishment: Speech Difference, Sin and Disability in Byzantine Thought, c. 1000-1200". All welcome, please sign up here! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Book Launch: Local Priests in the Latin West, 900-1050 Earlier Middle Ages Seminar- Session 3

Should anyone find themselves in central London on Weds 19 November, consider yourself invited to a book launch! @earliermiddleages.bsky.social www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

The Sir David Wilson Lecture in Medieval Studies 2025 The Sir David Wilson Lecture, the first event in the 2025-26 UCL Institute of Archaeology/British Museum Medieval Seminar Series, will be given by Rory Naismith (University of Cambridge) on 8 October.

THIS WEEK: Please join us and @uclioabmmedieval.bsky.social for the Sir David Wilson lecture, with @rorynaismith.bsky.social on 'From Mesoamerica to Early Medieval England: Money, Materiality and Society'. Weds 8 Oct, 6.15pm, Archaeology Lecture Theatre G6. All welcome! www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

Autumn 2025 schedule for the Institute of Historical Research's Earlier Middle Ages seminar. Full information available at https://www.history.ac.uk/news-events/seminars/earlier-middle-ages

📣 The Earlier Middle Ages seminar @ihr.bsky.social is now on Bluesky! Here's our autumn term schedule. First up is @rorynaismith.bsky.social on 8 October, giving the annual David Wilson Lecture (with @uclarchaeology.bsky.social). All welcome! Please sign up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...