📢 Happy #medievalmonday, #medievalsky!
📜 Here is our #OldEnglish Resource of the Week
💻 Junicode: The Font for Medievalists
🗒️ Information about Junicode (version 2): github.com/psb1558/Juni...
📲 Get the latest release here: github.com/psb1558/Juni...
©️ Open Font License and free for all to use
Bonjour, fellow medievalists! I'm very pleased to announce a conference on Beowulf next March at the @cema-su.bsky.social Sorbonne. I have the honour of joining Francis Leneghan in giving one of the keynotes. Link below has the CFP and registration info, please spread the word!
cemasorbonne.org
⏳ Don't miss the deadline! You can send your proposal for the 'Beowulf & Circulations' conference held in Paris until January 10!
![Illustration = the Old English Hexateuch, w. an image of the creation of Eve.
Text = Everything you always wanted to know about medieval manuscripts — but were too afraid to ask
Attend the 2025-2026 CÉMA/AMAES Saturday morning sessions and learn to read medieval English manuscripts from scratch!
When — Saturday 10 am-12 noon — October 11, November 15, December 13, January 24, February 21, March 21, April 11, May 30, June 13
Where — Sorbonne & Zoom
To join at any point in the year, just e-mail us: florence.bourgne [at] sorbonne-universite.fr](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:r55clalroymggnwcbda7rj6k/bafkreidcp4qdch723map5sjg4quxgqjohnccv3eokqtm7j4qzyly3boznu)
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Learn to read Old English from scratch! Join our online and in person monthly manuscript reading sessions at any time in the year.
Next session this Saturday, 10-12 CET, at the Sorbonne and on Zoom.
Ping us if you want to partake 🎉🎉🎉
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@cema-su.bsky.social is organizing a 'Beowulf & circulations' conference in Paris on March 13-14, 2026.
Come enjoy a public reading of the poem, and two great keynotes!
CFP & free (but compulsory) registration via the CEMA's new website:
cemasorbonne.org
For more information on the programme, check out moodle-lettres-25.sorbonne-universite.fr/course/view....
The Centre d'Etudes Médiévales Anglaises @sorbonne-universite.fr is convening the 2nd instalment of the André Crépin sessions on Saturday October 18.
@irinadumitrescu.bsky.social will give a plenary on the Chaucer's women and perfection, and we will read folios from a mystery manuscript together!
#VendrediLecture 📚 De la tuberculose à la grippe, en passant par la variole, la peste ou le choléra, les maladies contagieuses ont eu un impact déterminant sur l'histoire humaine !
👉 Retour sur ces liens historiques avec "Sapiens et les microbes" de l'épidémiologiste Renaud Piarroux : swll.to/0qJQ3
💎 Nuit des Musées : visitez gratuitement notre Collection de Minéraux ce samedi 17 mai !
👉 RDV sur le campus Pierre et Marie Curie de 13h à 18h : swll.to/s9ZLHMI
✍️ Heureuse d'avoir signé une convention-cadre avec @caroledelga.bsky.social afin de renforcer les collaborations entre la Région Occitanie et @sorbonne-universite.fr !
Première convention que nous signons avec une Région, elle met notamment en lumière le rôle régional majeur de l' @obs-banyuls.fr
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Our last two sessions before the summer break will be devoted to v. late medieval commonplace books: Bodleian Library MS lat. misc. c. 66, Balliol College MS 354, TCC MS R.3.21...
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Our last two sessions before the summer break will be devoted to v. late medieval commonplace books: Bodleian Library MS lat. misc. c. 66, Balliol College MS 354, TCC MS R.3.21...
#ESR Les UFR études anglophones et histoire de @sorbonne-universite.fr recrutent un·e collègue MCF RQTH à la rentrée 2025. Enseignement partagé (études anglophones + anglais pour historien si profil angliciste, histoire + civi si profil historien).
Décharge de 64h sans réduction de salaire possible
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The next International Conference on Middle English (ICOME-14) will take place in Zurich 3-6 June 2026, theme: 'Travel and travelling'.
Call for panels/sessions/workshops deadline 31 May 2025
Organizers contact email: icome2026@es.uzh.ch
Conference website: www.icome2026.uzh.ch/en.html
This is a wonderfully articulate letter from the English Association, University English and IES. I hope it gets the press coverage it deserves. @theguardian.com @timeshighered.bsky.social @wonkhe.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social @ies-sas.bsky.social @univeng.bsky.social
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🎉🎉🎉 13 March 2025, 6.30pm CET,
@lettres-sorbonne.bsky.social
Salle des Actes 17 rue de la Sorbonne & online!
'The Medieval Roots of Celebrity'
by @irinadumitrescu.bsky.social (University of Bonn)
Preregister for in person and online attendance by 11 March via: tinyurl.com/2hu7saka
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🎉🎉🎉 13 March 2025, 6.30pm CET, @lettres-sorbonne.bsky.social Salle des Actes & online!
'The Medieval Roots of Celebrity'
by Irina Dumitrescu (University of Bonn)
Preregister for in person and online attendance by 11 March via tinyurl.com/2hu7saka
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🎉🎉🎉 13 March 2025, 6.30pm CET, @lettres-sorbonne.bsky.social Salle des Actes & online!
'The Medieval Roots of Celebrity'
by Irina Dumitrescu (University of Bonn)
Preregister for in person and online attendance by 11 March via tinyurl.com/2hu7saka
30 English Sayings We Got From The Middle Ages https://www.medievalists.net/2024/11/english-sayings-middle-ages/ #History
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#oldenglish
Next session Saturday 25 January 10am-12 noon Paris time. We are currently reading from Andreas in the Vercelli ms.
If you want to attend in person or via zoom, just fill in the form forms.gle/XhT6nWV1UoNw... or send us a DM.
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Laura Saetveit Miles on Bridget of Sweden's influence on Middle English writings
Next Tuesday 4.30pm CET at the @sorbonne-universite.fr and online.
Pre-register here for in person & online access: tinyurl.com/5bv535hj
lettres.sorbonne-universite.fr/evenements/c...
🎉🎉🎉 17 Dec. 2024, 4.30pm CET, Sorbonne, staircase G, 2nd floor, Bibliothèque UFR études anglophones & online!
'Birgitta of Sweden and Devotional Literature in Late Medieval England'
by Laura Saetveit Miles
Preregister for in person and online attendance by 14th December at tinyurl.com/5bv535hj
🎉🎉🎉 17 Dec. 2024, 4.30pm CET, Sorbonne, staircase G, 2nd floor, Bibliothèque UFR études anglophones & online!
'Birgitta of Sweden and Devotional Literature in Late Medieval England'
by Laura Saetveit Miles
Preregister for in person and online attendance by 14th December at tinyurl.com/5bv535hj
Next session Saturday 14 December!
Job Alert! Mellon Postdocs at PIMS at the University of Toronto, due February 1! For more information and how to apply see pims.ca/article/post....
Don’t forget to grab your online tickets to Medieval Fest!
In-person tickets have sold out, but you can still join us online on Sat 7 Dec for a day of exciting talks, with Michael Wood, Janina Ramirez, Raksha Dave, Helen Castor, Nathen Amin & more!
Book now (£15)! histfest.org/medievalfest/
French of Britain fans — amazing announcement that the wonderful Jocelyn Wogan-Browne is coming to Oxford!
Please enjoy this 14th century depiction of the Virgin Mary wrestling a ferocious demon while an angel babysits (because why not? 🤷🏻♀️). #MedievalManuscripts #Manuscripts #RareBooks #Women 📜 📚
We organize monthly manuscript reading sessions at the Sorbonne one Saturday a month 10am-12noon (Old and Middle English). If you are in Paris and want to drop in, give us a shout! You can also attend via Zoom. Fill this form with your info to get in touch
forms.gle/XhT6nWV1UoNw...
