We are delighted to announce that on 6th February, Nelleke IJssennagger van der Pluijm gave her inaugural lecture as a professor at the University of Groningen. In 2010, Nelleke came to the CMS as a Visiting Student from the Netherlands. Read more: www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...
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Join us for our Masters Taster Day on Wednesday 18 March and find out more about the Centre for Medieval Studies.
🦆Explore our campus
🎓 Learn more about our medieval MAs
🗨️Speak to our staff and students
☕Get advice on accommodation and financing your Masters
www.york.ac.uk/study/postgr...
A Torksey Ware Jar from Coppergate, York (Image: York Archaeology, CC-BY-NC 4.0)
New research led by our own Steve Ashby has just been published in Antiquity! The study uses biomolecular analysis of artefacts to find important culinary differences between Viking-Age England and Denmark. www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...
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POSTPONED! Sadly, the York Medieval Lecture on Tuesday 17 Feb is postponed. We will post when it has been rescheduled.
Tuesday 17 Feb
The Darker Side of the Middle Ages
Speaker: Professor Kathy Lavezzo (University of Iowa)
We are delighted to say that the CMS’s professors Dawn Hadley and Julian Richards have had ‘Life in the Viking Great Army‘ shortlisted for the prestigious Archaeology Book of the Year award.
If you’ve read the book and enjoyed it, why not vote for it at archaeology.co.uk/vote. Deadline TODAY!
CMS Research Associate & graduate in the news!
York Minster's research co-ordinator Dr Jennie England has curated a new exhibition on parts of a 14th Century medieval shrine dedicated to York's patron saint.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A photo of the exterior frontage of the York Guildhall.
We are delighted to announce that on 19 September 2026, the Society for Medieval Archaeology annual symposium will take place in York, jointly hosted by the University of York’s Department of Archaeology and Centre for Medieval Studies. CFP details: medievalarchaeology.co.uk/sma-conferen...
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Find your next step at the Centre for Medieval Studies!
Join our Postgraduate Online Open Day on Tuesday 10 February, 10am to 2pm to:
🎓 Find out more about the MA in Medieval Studies, MA in Medieval History and MA in Medieval Literatures & Languages
Find out more at: tinyurl.com/446d93fx
A photo of the front of the brick facade of Heslington Hall, with springtime flowers in the foreground and students sitting on the lawn.
We are delighted to share an update on some recent exciting developments at the Centre for Medieval Studies: bit.ly/4bY647L
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An AI image of a apocalyptic medieval battlefield with dark clouds overhead.
We are delighted to announce the details of our Semester two York Medieval Lecture:
The Darker Side of the Middle Ages
Speaker: Professor Kathy Lavezzo (The University of Iowa)
📅 Tuesday 17 February
🕛 Lecture 6:30-8:00pm
📍 SLB/118, Spring Lane building
🌐 www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...
One of the highlights of our Semester One skills teaching are our Palaeography workshops. The Early Medieval group learned how to make ink, as well as working with a calligrapher, Sue Sparrow, to help them understand the skill and discipline required to write ancient and medieval scripts.
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Some of our MA cohort standing on the stairs of Heslington Hall.
A photo of a graduation ceremony in Central Hall.
Naoki receiving the highest dissertation prize from Kenneth Clarke (CMS director).
A congratulations banner outside one of the buildings on campus, with some graduates taking photos outside.
On 8th January, we had the pleasure of celebrating with our graduates and recognizing the recipients of our MA awards. For more information, please visit our website: www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...
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We are delighted to announce the details of the January ISMR seminar!
**26th January, 6pm (online via zoom) – Maya Maskarinec (USC Dornsife), 'Anician Saints and their Domestic Spaces in Medieval and Early Modern Rome'**
Please register here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/ideology-soc...
We were delighted to support 'Norse in the North', an annual event demonstrating the strength and originality of Old Norse research in the North of England, in the form of an interdisciplinary conference. You can read more on our website: www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...
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We enjoyed a jolly and productive CMS Staff Away Day at Jacob's Well yesterday.
#CMSAwayDay #JacobWell
Our Autumn 2025 York Medieval Lecture recording is now live with Dr Glaire Anderson speaking on Video Games & the Work of Medieval Art History. youtu.be/wIJhRG2-wQs?...
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The recording of our Annual York and the North Lecture is now LIVE on our Youtube Channel!
Coinage, silver and power in York and the Viking North with
Dr Andrew Woods (Head of Collections and Research at York Museums Trust)
youtu.be/d79-OgW6H9g?...
Thanks to all our MA Medieval Studies students, who closed our final week of teaching before the winter break with their wonderful poster presentations. A fantastic way to round off 2026. Well done all!
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A selection of our other wonderful bakes...
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We also had the pleasure of announcing the Mark Ormrod PhD prize for the 2024/5 academic year, which was awarded to Laura Atkinson for their thesis on: Registers and Registration under William Wickwane and John le Romeyn (1279-1296). Congratulations Laura!
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A special thanks goes to our wonderful judges, who ate their way through lots of bakes (from left): Dilnoza Duturaeva (History), Alicia Maddalena (English) and James Lewis (Student Services Administrator).
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The 'Medieval Showstopper' goes to Jessie Summerhayes & Theo Long (Eng & CMS PhDs) for their Dante's Inferno cake.
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'Best Medieval Recipe' goes to Ellen Gallimore (English PhD) for their Anglo-Saxon hearth cakes.
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And our bake-off winners are...
'Best Flavour Bake' goes to Emilie James (CMS MA student) for their custard tarts.
The CMS Bake-off is upon us once again! We're still in the early stages, but here's a sneak peek at some of the delightful creations that have just arrived.🍰
10.12.2025 16:32 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
We thoroughly enjoyed hearing about Professor David Berikashvili's research yesterday evening on the geography and history of Samshvilde.
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The Lords of Misrule are proud to present the Yuletide performance of ‘Gawain and the Green Knight’ 🌿 Come along to St Mary’s Church Bishophill Junior @ 7:30pm on the 11th, 12th and 13th of December for some festive foolery! Tickets are £10 (£7 concession) on the door, cash or card
07.12.2025 12:01 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Our next CMS research seminar is this Tuesday (9 Dec:
Samshvilde Through the Middle Ages: Geography, History, and Archaeology in the South Caucasus
Tuesday 9 December 2025, 5.30PM
Speaker(s): Professor David Berikashvili (University of Georgia, Tbilisi)
www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...
📣 2026/7 MA in Medieval Studies scholarships 📣
We are delighted to announce that we will be awarding two MA scholarships for the 2026/7 MA in Medieval Studies cohort. Full details can be found on the CMS website: www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...
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