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Poster for a talk called Twisted Ribbons of Song: The Saga of the Earls of Orkney and poetry from or inspired by northern Scotland. Date: Tuesday 9 December, 5.30 pm, Baines Wing G36 (and online) Speakers Judith Jesch and Charlotte Eichler. Text: The medieval Icelandic Saga of the Earls of Orkney contains 82 stanzas composed from the tenth to the twelfth century by residents of and visitors to Orkney and Shetland. At this event, Judith Jesch, Professor of Viking Studies at Nottingham, will introduce the saga and its poetry and read selected examples in both Old Norse and her English versions. Award-winning Leeds-based poet Charlotte Eichler will read some of her published and unpublished poems inspired by the Saga and by visits to Orkney and Shetland as part of Judith’s Ragna’s Islands project. Photos of book cover of Judith's translation of the saga (which includes four Lewis chessmen) and picture of Charlotte on Fair Isle writing amidst stones and grass

If you are into sagas and poetry our next seminar is for you. Sign up to attend online: forms.office.com/e/ngg1zukWH3 More details at ahc.leeds.ac.uk/medieval/eve... #medievalsky #poetry #sagas #orkney #shetland #icelandic #northernisles #vikings @judithjesch.bsky.social @ragnasislands.bsky.social

Thank you to everyone who attended our last monthly meeting of 2025 last night! It's been another brilliant year.

The MEMRN team will now take a festive break before returning with a fresh new programme of events for you in February 2026!

Our November meeting, with guest speaker Kristen Vitale Engel, is tonight at 6pm GMT. Make sure you have your meeting link handy so you don’t miss out!

MEMRN’s monthly meetings are free and open to everyone so if you would like to attend just drop us an email or social media DM!

MEMRN meeting on November 24th 2025, 6pm GMT. Kristen Vitale Engel from Fitchburg State University is presenting ‘Henrician Spectacle, History and Historiography’. Join us on Microsoft Teams. Email us or DM for the meeting link.

We’ve had a conference, now it’s time for our monthly meeting! Join us on Monday 24th November at 6pm GMT to welcome an exciting guest speaker for our November meeting.

Mailing list members have already received the meeting link but if you’d like to attend, drop us an email or social media DM.

Find yourself someone who looks at you the same way I look at my paper on Servetus. Thank you, UEA and @memrn.bsky.social for having me again this year!
#phd #conference #servetus

We're so excited and honoured to have @clairejowitt.bsky.social give a keynote lecture at this weekend's MEMRN Winter Conference.

If you'd like to join in online, there's still time to sign up via www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1559240072...

You’re almost out of time to sign up for virtual attendance at our Winter Conference… because it’s almost here!

Get yourself over to our website to check out the full schedule, or sign up using the Eventbrite registration link found below. You won’t want to miss these three days of exciting panels!

We're so looking forward to having you!

Final preparations are now underway in the MEMRN team for our second Winter Conference in a few weeks time. If you’d like to beam in to any of our exceptional panels, please register via Eventbrite. All are welcome!

MEMRN 24th November 2025 6pm GMT Henrician Spectacle, History and Historiography Kirsten Vitale Engel Join us on Microsoft Teams Email us or DM for the meeting link

It's a busy month with our winter conference in a few weeks 🌨️ but we'll still be meeting as normal for our monthly online get-together on Monday 24th November. Join us to hear Kristen Vitale Engel (Southern New Hampshire University) on 'Henrician Spectacle, History and Historiography' 👯👯👯

There is still time to join us online for our 2025 Winter Conference. Our panel sessions will be available to view on Microsoft Teams for free - for everybody!

The full schedule is available via our website and you can register to join in via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1559240072...

For those attending our Winter Conference in person, you should have received your conference delegate information packs this week via email.

Any questions? Just slide into our DMs or drop us an email at chasememrn@gmail.com

Our October meeting is tonight! You won’t want to miss these two fantastic speakers so make sure you’ve got your meeting link handy to join us at 6pm GMT via Teams.

If you’d like to attend and haven’t already got the meeting link, drop us an email or social media DM and we’ll get the link to you

Only a couple of days until our October meeting! We’re so excited to hear about the work of these two brilliant speakers - if you haven’t already got your meeting link, get in touch! Our meetings are free for everyone to attend, so why are you waiting?

The MEMRN’s Winter Conference 2025 is still available for online attendance! 14-16th Nov - guaranteed to be great 🤍

Something for the early modernists!

Don’t forget to register for virtual attendance to our Winter Conference! We’ve got three days of panels, which you can listen to from the comfort of your own home (or wherever you may be).

Check out the full schedule and sign up to attend via our website:
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Lecturer in Early Modern History, Liverpool Hope University | MEMOs Lecturer in Early Modern History

Lecturer in Early Modern History, Liverpool Hope University:

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MEMRN meeting on October 27th 2025, 6pm GMT. Emily Baines is presenting ‘Enochian Magic and the Elizabethan Influence on the Modern Occult’. Join us on Microsoft Teams. Email us or DM for the meeting link.

MEMRN meeting on October 27th 2025, 6pm GMT. Marlee Merson is presenting ‘Death Becomes Her: Female Personifications of Death in Late Medieval French Manuscripts’. Join us on Microsoft Teams. Email us or DM for the meeting link.

It’s monthly meeting announcement time! We are so excited to welcome these two fantastic speakers to present their work for our community of listeners.

As always, MEMRN’s monthly meetings are free and open to all, so if you’d like to come along then simply drop us an email or social media DM!

📜 Pre-Modern Race Roundtable
🗓 Thurs 16 Oct | 17:15–18:30
📍 Darwin LT1 & Online (Teams)
🎙 Dr Sarah Dustagheer, Natalie Tolentino, Georgie Anderson, & Eleanor Hex discuss race in the medieval and early modern worlds, from the ‘Other’ and fabulation to Digital Humanities and Premodern Race Studies.

History Lab Seminar: Historians and the Archive. Online (via Zoom) Thursday 16th October 5.30pm - 7pm. This seminar brings together four papers from Postgraduate Researchers in History, Creative Writing and Medieval Studies, focusing on work in archives and case studies arising from archival work. By exploring a range of case studies and topics of focus, this seminar aims to explore archival methodologies and their use by historians. Audience members are encouraged to bring examples of their own archival practice for discussion.

Our next online seminar will be on Thursday 16th October! Join us for this interdisciplinary panel to discuss working in archives and methodologies!

To book your place, please use this link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

We can't wait to see you there!

Enjoyed hearing all about the amazing events and PG degree courses at @memsunikent.bsky.social yesterday.

Please share, and feel free to enquire with questions! #medieval

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We are delighted to announce the full schedule for the MEMRN Winter Conference is here! Head over to our website to check out all the amazing speakers and exciting events we’ve got lined up! While you’re there, use the link to sign up for virtual attendance!
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#throwback to the delightful evening of presenting and reconnecting with
@harrygilbert.bsky.social & @clarabchamberlain.bsky.social at @memrn.bsky.social!

ICYMI the full schedule for the CHASE MEMRN Winter Conference is now available to view on our website!

You'll also be able to sign up to attend the conference virtually via the Eventbrite link on our page

We are delighted to share the Call for Papers for our Spring Seminar Series 2026:

MEMRN Winter Conference 2025 MEMRN Winter Conference 2025 The MEMRN Committee are delighted to announce the return of the Winter Conference after the huge success of last year’s inaugural in-person event in Norwich. The …

Our full conference schedule is now available to view on our website! Check it out here: memrnchase.wordpress.com/memrn-winter...

And if you'd like to register to join us virtually, registrations for virtual attendance are now open via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1559240072...

Tonight is our September meeting and we have guest speaker and Tolkien legend @willsherwood.bsky.social presenting!

MEMRN meetings are free and open to everyone, so come along if you’re interested! If you haven’t already got the meeting link, get in touch via email or social media DM to attend.

We can’t wait to hear it!

All prepped for this evening's free talk (6pm) with @memrn.bsky.social on 'Tolkien's Romantic Medievalism'! There's still time to get the link - contact MEMRN.