Matt Lampitt

Save our pioneering widening participation undergraduate degree in English Literature and Community Engagement at the University of Bristol 19 August 2025 Dear Evelyn Welch (Vice-Chancellor) cc Judith Squires (Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost), Tansy Jessop (Pro Vice-Chancellor for Education and Students) The School of Humanities has ...

Please help. Our department runs a groundbreaking part-time degree programme in English Literature and Community Engagement, known as ELCE, designed for mature students who didn't or couldn't do a degree at 18. The University of Bristol has decided to close it.
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Online Seminar - Mortimer History Society The Online Seminar Group: Medieval Wales and the Marches The Mortimer History Society has worked in partnership with staff from Chester, Swansea and Bristol Universities to create an Online Semin...

Next week (11 June, 7.30pm), our PDRA @mattlampitt.bsky.social will be talking to the Mortimer History Society Online Seminar about his new book - join us there!(mortimerhistorysociety.org.uk/society/onli...)
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Literary Culture in the Medieval Welsh Marches: Networks, Places, Politics Abstract. The Welsh Marches, a name that today refers to the borderland regions between England and Wales, are often coupled with images of idealized rusti

Thrilled to see that this is now available online (for free)!

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Incredibly happy to have welcomed delegates, online and in person, to @bristoluni.bsky.social for The French of the Celtic Worlds Conference. Fantastic papers, brilliant plenaries, and wonderful conversations. Read the post by
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Just a reminder that registration is open for The French of the Celtic Worlds Conference (9-11th April)!

This promises to be a really brilliant conference, with a fantastic range of speakers and activities. Definitely not to be missed!

Find out more at: blog.mowlit.ac.uk/french-of-th...

Medieval French on the Move When Keith Busby published his field-shaping Codex and Context in 2002, the work was referred to as ‘groundbreaking’ and ‘monumental’. It prompted scholars of medieval literature to return to manuscri...

OUT NOW: 'Medieval French on the Move', a festschrift feat. over 20 contributions from all over the world in honour of the great Keith Busby: doi.org/10.1515/9783... #medievalsky #skystorians

Our IT lead Mike Jones (@mikej1971.bsky.social) has been hard at work developing a bespoke data-entry system which is now at final testing stage. We'll be using this to capture all our data moving forwards.

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We’ve received some wonderful proposals for our ‘French of the Celtic Worlds’ conference, but we have room for more!

⚠️The CFP is now extended until 1 November. We’d love to read your abstract!⚠️

#celtic #medieval #conference #callforpapers #mapping #linguistics #french

An exciting opportunity to join the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿'Mapping the March'🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 team with a UKRI-funded PhD studentship at @BristolUni has just been made live!

To apply, or for more information, please follow the link: www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/study/p...

Closing date for applications: 7th May 2024 at 5pm BST

The image reads 'Meet the Mapping the March team, Principal Investigator Professor Helen Fulton'. The image includes a headshot of Helen against a blue background.

Introducing Professor Helen Fulton

Helen has long been intrigued by borders, who defines them, and how they operate in contexts of power. She aims to broaden her understanding of the March of Wales as a significant cultural & political border through texts & manuscripts from each side of the border

Image says 'Meet the Mapping the March team. Project Administrator, Abi Freeman.' The image also shows Abi Freeman stood in front of the Gwili Steam Train in Carmarthen.

In the coming weeks, we will be introducing our team. This week, we would like to begin with our Administrator.

Abi has a background in History of Art and loves anything related to design. In this project, she hopes to expand her artistic horizons to include the medieval period.

The medieval Welsh Marches: identity on the frontier Listen to this episode from History Extra podcast on Spotify. The medieval Welsh Marches are often seen as a hotly contested border territory between Wales and England that frequently boiled over into...

A great conversation with Helen Fulton and Emily Briffett about Mapping the March on BBC History Extra (historyextra.com/podcast). @profhelenfulton.bsky.social

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📍MapMonday! Over the past few weeks I have been mapping the historic parish boundaries in Denbighshire, as recorded on the OS 1st edition 6" mapping. Almost there - only a few more to go! This is the first step in mapping medieval lordships of the Welsh Marches - going backwards in time from here 🗃️

Our project is now on BlueSky! Literature folks, historians (🗃️), geographers, cartographers, and those interested in Wales - follow us! @mappingthemarch.bsky.social
There may not be any posts yet but I promise interesting anecdotes and some cool maps are coming! And manuscript pics too, of course!