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Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (anzamems.org). Posts by Matt Firth, BlueSky novice extraordinaire.

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Seminar: The Ongoing Presence of the Apocalypse in the Middle Ages #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/seminar...

26.02.2026 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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National Library of Australia Fellowships #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/nationa...

26.02.2026 08:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

As someone who has published books with 100+ images, here are my tips for finding free #earlymodern images (and tips for discounts when you have to pay for them!) πŸ—ƒοΈ

sarahabendall.com/2020/03/11/e...

24.02.2026 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 137    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 5
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Another review of my edited volume Pre-Conquest History and its Medieval Reception has just appeared. Menendez runs a thorough eye over each chapter:

scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/ind...

The ebook is downright affordable from @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social.

boydellandbrewer.com/book/pre-con...

26.02.2026 06:17 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Funded PhD Opportunity #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/funded-...

16.02.2026 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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CFP: Growing Up in the Early Modern World #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/cfp-gro...

16.02.2026 08:45 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Parergon 2026 Early Career Committee Call for Nominations #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/parergo...

16.02.2026 06:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Book Launch: The Monuments of Westminster Abbey #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/book-la...

30.01.2026 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Thomas Middleton, depicted in the frontispiece of Two New Plays, a 1657 edition of Women Beware Women and More Dissemblers Besides Women

Thomas Middleton, depicted in the frontispiece of Two New Plays, a 1657 edition of Women Beware Women and More Dissemblers Besides Women

CFP: Tyranny, Resistance, and the Performance of Early Modern Drama #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/cfp-tyr...

17.01.2026 10:28 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Logo of the Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature (SELIM)

Logo of the Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature (SELIM)

CFP: Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/cfp-spa...

17.01.2026 08:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Detail depicting an elephant from the British Library Collection: Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1, fol. 81r.

Detail depicting an elephant from the British Library Collection: Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1, fol. 81r.

Issue 42.2 of Parergon was released just before Christmas. A special issue focused on medieval English attitudes to the outside world, Alison Hudson's article 'Elephants in English Literature, Art, and Material Culture before the Reign of Henry III' is currently open access!

doi.org/10.1353/pgn....

17.01.2026 05:59 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

To be fair, we didn't exist until 1996, so we can claim plausible deniability...

12.01.2026 04:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Deadline for abstracts today!

18.12.2025 01:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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So delighted to see my first book up online with @oxfordunipress.bsky.social! Huge thanks to @anzamems.bsky.social @memorients.bsky.social @earlymoderncircle.bsky.social. DM or email me for a review copy request form, and ask your uni librarian to buy the book!! global.oup.com/academic/pro...

11.12.2025 22:52 β€” πŸ‘ 139    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 9
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So proud of my @flindersuniversity.bsky.social PhD researchers, Kate Lawrence and @danclaggett.bsky.social who gave their first ever @anzamems.bsky.social papers last week. Fantastic work!

08.12.2025 10:19 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We had a wonderful time at @anzamems.bsky.social and a great two panels on Public Health - too busy having excellent talks to remember to get a group photo!

A particular congratulations to our Rose Byfleet (@medicifangirl.bsky.social) for winning the George Yule prize for best postgraduate paper.

09.12.2025 05:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A New Material Interpretation of Twelfth-Century Architecture: Reconstructing the Abbey of Saint-Denis Today, we perceive Gothic cathedrals as light-filled forms representing the sacred. The colored light projected from brightly-colored stained glass windows onto the walls and floors of these buildings...

Please join us in celebrating the success of Monash MRS members at the recent @anzamems.bsky.social prizes!

Dr Jason Crow - Chris Jones Book Prize 2025 for A new Material Interpretation of Twelfth-Century Architecture: Reconstructing the Abbey of St Denis

11.12.2025 01:47 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Guess who's hosting the next @anzamems.bsky.social conference?! Can't wait to see you all @flindersuniversity.bsky.social in 2027!

07.12.2025 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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#anza25 keynote, A/Prof Kate Franklin, Tufts University: "Time Travels and the Possibility of Redemption in a Fragmented Armenian Manuscript"

04.12.2025 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of Prof Ros Smith introducing the plenary panel

Photo of Prof Ros Smith introducing the plenary panel

Photo of Dr Ruby Lowe

Photo of Dr Ruby Lowe

Photo of Dr Jennifer McFarland

Photo of Dr Jennifer McFarland

Photo of Dr Samuel Cardwell

Photo of Dr Samuel Cardwell

#anza25 @parergon.bsky.social Next gen plenary panel conference.anzamems.org/parergon-nex...

04.12.2025 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of Prof Emma Dillon speaking

Photo of Prof Emma Dillon speaking

#anza25 keynote, Prof Emma Dillon, King’s College London: "Belonging with Songs: Towards an Historical Anthropology of Medieval French Song"

05.12.2025 05:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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On the sidelines of #anza25 in Melbourne, it was wonderful for past, present, and incoming members of the Ceræ committee to meet in person and talk about our own research. L-R:
@ohwowbee.bsky.social
@mattfirth.bsky.social
@mlcseah.bsky.social
@ericasteiner.bsky.social
Natasha Bailey
Andrea Wait

05.12.2025 05:30 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hamza Surbaland @monashuniversity.bsky.social on public health in Mughal India 1707-1719 @anzamems.bsky.social

05.12.2025 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Prof. Helen Young on the horror of the extreme Right. But also on the horror of their poetry @anzamems.bsky.social

05.12.2025 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Olive the bestest conference doggo β™₯️

Olive the bestest conference doggo β™₯️

Olive the conference doggo attending a keynote panel

Olive the conference doggo attending a keynote panel

Conference doggo Olive says welcome to day 3 of #anza25 @anzamems.bsky.social !! 🐢β™₯️

04.12.2025 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Melclaire Sy Define @deakinuniversity.bsky.social on the impact of colonialism on Indigenous Tagalog Poetry at @anzamems.bsky.social

04.12.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Prof. @medievalafterlives.bsky.social on the role of literature - and especially medievalist tropes - in extremism at @anzamems.bsky.social

04.12.2025 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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New issue of @parergon.bsky.social edited by @mattfirth.bsky.social, Dr Cassandra Schilling and me!

04.12.2025 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our publishing manager Guy Carney is currently attending the @anzamems.bsky.social 15th Biennial Conference in Melbourne, Australia!
Be sure to stop by the Brepols booth to say hi and learn more about publishing with us.

More info: brepols.net/Authors

#Medieval #EarlyModern #Renaissance #History

04.12.2025 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Maimonides Scholarship Flyer

Maimonides Scholarship Flyer

Applications Open: The Maimonides Scholarship #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/applica...

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