Screen grab of a call for papers at Leeds IMC. The text reads: TIME FOR CHANGE: TEMPORALITIES & CASTLES Call for Papers - Leeds IMC 6-9 July 2026 - 'Temporalities' What is a castle in time? Is there a time of castles, for castles? Can castles be atemporal? What does a castle studies engaging with questions of temporality look like? Whose castle temporalities matter? Can we call time on the castle studies of yesterday, yesteryear? Can the lens of temporality challenge castle knowledges and interpretations? This panel welcomes proposals which examine temporalities and temporalities in castle studies as a field of inquiry at the intersection of (among others) medieval studies, architecture, archaeology, history, heritage and medievalism. Papers of between 15-20 minutes, by researchers at all career stages, discussing any aspects of castle studies research including but not limited to the following, are welcome: • Temporality in castle studies; • Remembering and memorializing in castle Obscured history, identities and heritages in spaces, communities, themes: past and castles past and present present; • Medieval temporalities and the heritage • Temporally situated antiquity, novelty and innovation in castles; • Planning, timing, scheduling, recording in • castle communities, lives, societies; • Ruined, lost and fictional castles in time Parallel and contradictory times; • Time and temporality in the reception of castles; Please send proposals (a title and abstract of no more than 200 words; short biography of 50 words or less), or any questions, to Dr William Wyeth (william.wyeth@english-heritage.org.uk) by 15 September 2025. This session is organised by Emma Fearon (Nottingham Trent University) and William Wyeth (English Heritage)

Please share: due to withdrawal I have a space on my castles panel for #LeedsIMC.

If you’ve an idea needs airing on time and temporalities in castles, give me a shout/submit via link! imc-leeds.confex.com/imc/2026/pre... @imc-leeds.bsky.social @castlestudies.bsky.social

Original CfP below ⬇️

Absolutely thrilled that the panel I’ve organised for #LeedsIMC2026 has been accepted! Our panel focuses on agents of memory & memory as agent between #LateAntiquity and #Byzantium. Myself & my colleagues are so ready to meet everyone & listen to some incredible papers. #LeedsIMC #historian

They are:
105: Sessions in Honour of Edward James, I: Franks and Burgundians in the 5th and 6th Centuries
205: Sessions in Honour of Edward James, II: Britain and Ireland
305: Sessions in Honour of Edward James, III: Fantasy, Science Fiction, and the Medieval

11.15-18.00 Mon 6 July 2026
#LeedsIMC

Good luck to @manuelmunoz.bsky.social, our IMEMS Lecturer in Latin Palaeography of the European Middle Ages, who is presenting in sessions at #LeedsIMC throughout the day!

Screen grab of the page advertising two conference papers. The session abstract reads: “How do we know about castles? How do we build arguments about castles? 'Arguing about Castles' presents new work which examine the structure and development of ideas in castle studies as a field of enquiry at the intersection of (among others) medieval studies, architecture, archaeology, history and medievalism. It seeks to lay bare the worlds of learning - theoretical, methodological, epistemic - which underpin contemporary castle studies, in order to challenge received wisdoms and open new collaborations and areas of research. This session explores what it means to own, adhere to, construct and learn about castles and their knowledges. Papers discuss the place of castles in communities and across time, and how knowledge is negotiated in diverse circumstances.” The two presentations are: 134-a - Two Mulgrave Castles in Lythe Parish, North Yorkshire: A Hypothesis for their Setting in the Landscape By Christiane Kroebel, Independent Scholar 134-b - Digital Interludes: Methods of Teaching Castles By Leonie V. Hicks, Canterbury Christ Church University

Toot toot, it’s castles o’oclock!

Come to the first of two castles sessions this fine Monday @imc-leeds.bsky.social at Newlyn GR.07. #LeedsIMC #IMC2025 #LeedsIMC2025 #s134 #s234 #castles

People of 1381: stories from the Peasants’ Revolt Podcast Episode · The English Heritage Podcast · 29/05/2025 · 44m

If you’re on your way to #LeedsIMC #IMC2025 @imc-leeds.bsky.social why not limber up with a few podcast episodes on medieval topics courtesy of English Heritage?

First up: the Peasants’ Revolt

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Tex reads: ARGUING ABOUT CASTLES: LEARNING, THINKING AND RESEARCH IN CASTLE STUDIES Call for Papers - Leeds IMC 2025 7-10 July 2025 - 'Worlds of Learning' How do we know about castles? How do we build arguments about castles? This panel welcomes proposals which examine the structure and development of ideas in castle studies as a field of inquiry at the intersection of (among others) medieval studies, architecture, archacology, history and medievalism. It seeks to lay bare the worlds of learning - theoretical, methodological, epistemic - which underpin contemporary castle studies, in order to challenge received wisdoms and open new collaborations and areas of research. 1/2

Papers of between 15-20 minutes, by researchers at all career stages, discussing any aspects of castle studies research including but not limited to the following, are welcome: • Historiographies of castle studies; • Knowledge construction in castle studies; • Learning and unlearning castle legacies; • Methodological case studies; • Sharing learning in castle studies; • Castle studies research directions; • Uses and abuses of theory in castle studies; • Learning together: community castles; • Regional and national traditions; • Professionalised castle studies; • Classic texts of castle studies revisited; • Representing knowledge in castle studies. Please send proposals (a title and abstract of no more than 200 words; short biography of 50 words or less), or any questions, to Dr William Wyeth (william.wyeth@english-heritage.org.uk) by 16September.2024.

Here’s my #LeedsIMC #CallForPapers #CfP on castles! Send me your best, weirdest and most intriguing ideas on these wondrous monuments by 16th Sept. Please share!

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Great discussion at end of #s636 at #LeedsIMC about which minorities are blamed for natural disasters in Rijeka and Gradec (Zagreb) 🇭🇷. Turns out the Ottomans get blamed for a lot!

Photograph of a puz quiz question. It reads: Question 4 In which century did bishop Árni borláksson of Skalholt get a new set of ecclesiastical laws passed at the Alpingi? Bonus question: In which year?

Me: sure; I’ll try the #LeedsIMC quiz, what’s the worst that could happen?
#LeedsIMC: medieval Iceland church councils.

Photograph of a manuscript image of a large castle and a town attached to it. In the castle are several flags bearing heraldry. They indicate the position of castle guard in the late 12th/early 13th century.

Making the final touches to my 3-hour (!) tour of a certain Yorkshire castle for #LeedsIMC on Monday. Here’s a later copy of a famous depiction of castle guard at the site in question.