Medievalism Seminar

A black-and-white photograph of William Morris with an old-fashioned relief map superimposed and the paper title in Icelandic.

This Wednesday (5/11/25) 17.30 UTC, we're delighted to welcome Dr Peter Jones (Plymouth), who will be speaking on William Morris's travel in Iceland. Free to attend in person in the IHR or online, but please register in advance. Details, abstract and registration:
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

On Weds 8/10, 17.30 BST online and in person and at Senate House, U of London. To attend, please register at: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/....

Keep a look out for our full schedule for the year, appearing here soon!

A highly ornate title page from the Kelmscott edition of The Earthly Paradise by William Morris, with the initial lines of the prologue in a text box surrounded by intricate vine scroll decoration.

We are back and in our first seminar of the new year bringing you not one but two excellent papers! Lucinda Menaul (KCL), "The Knight-In-Shining-Armour and the Ghost of Pegasus in William Morris’s The Earthly Paradise" and Yasmin Ibrahim (KCL) "Eleanor Hammond (1866-1933): Scholar, and scribe".

And a last reminder! Victorian cremation and Norse medievalism tonight, 17.30 GMT with @maggiepavleszek.bsky.social! Sign up at: www.history.ac.uk/events/resol...

Not too late to sign up for this excellent seminar on Wednesday! And we are very happy to welcome our wonderful speaker, @maggiepavleszek.bsky.social, to Bluesky. Come and hear all about her work!

A nineteenth-century black-and-white book illustration. A number of Viking warriors, some of them with winged or horned helmets, are carrying a shrouded corpse on a bier. In the distance a man is carrying a torch, presumably to set light to the dead warrior.

For our next seminar, Maggie Pavleszek (York)
will be speaking on '"Resolved into ashes": Norse Medievalism and Cremation in C19th Britain'. Weds 30/04, 17.30 GMT (online only). Free but please register to attend. Further details, abstract and registration at: www.history.ac.uk/events/resol...

The Middle Ages in the Modern World A multidisciplinary conference on medievalism in the post-Middle Ages

Wonderful to be able to welcome @themamoconf.bsky.social to Bluesky! MAMO London is coming up 24-26 June 2025 and the programme and details of how to register are at: themamo.org

How Real is Too Real? Public History and the Interpretation of Medieval Martial Arts

For our next seminar, @craighambling.bsky.social will be speaking on 'How Real is Too Real? Public History and the Interpretation of Medieval Martial Arts'. Weds 12/03, 17.30 GMT in person at @ihr.bsky.social and online. Further details and registration at: www.history.ac.uk/events/how-r...

A photograph of a sculpture comprising an empty stylised suit of armour posed as if arising from a prone position with its left arm raised.

We are in for a treat at our next seminar when Dr Michael Eden (University of the Arts) will speak on 'Failed Seriousness and a Subject Worth Fighting For: Representing Sir Gawain'. Wed 12/2/25 17.30 at @ihr.bsky.social or online. Info, abstract and registration at:
www.history.ac.uk/events/faile...

Still time to book your place for @mareganlefay.bsky.social's Arthurian delight on Thursday!

The front cover of Dr Mary Bateman's 2024 book Local Place and the Arthurian Tradition in England and Wales, 1400-1700. Three bearded kings are depicted in colourful stained glass beneath three shields with heraldic imagery.

For our next seminar @mareganlefay.bsky.social (Bristol) will speak on 'Experiencing Arthur on site in medieval and early modern England'. Free in-person at
@ihr.bsky.social
and online, 17.30 UTC, Thurs 16/01/25. All welcome, but please register in advance. Info: www.history.ac.uk/events/exper...

The elaborately decorated opening pages of the 1895 Kelmscott Press edition of Beowulf created by William Morris and A.J. White, replete with vine-scrolls and black-letter font.

Hwæt! For our next seminar Ian Felce (independent researcher) will speak on 'What? Beowulf and William Morris’s New Old English'. In-person at @ihr.bsky.social and online, 17.30 UTC, Weds 11/12/24. Free to attend and all welcome, but please register in advance at: www.history.ac.uk/events/what-...

Abstract and further information at: www.history.ac.uk/events/what-...

The elaborately decorated opening pages of the 1895 Kelmscott Press edition of Beowulf created by William Morris and A.J. White, replete with vine-scrolls and black-letter font.

Hwæt! For our next seminar Ian Felce (independent researcher) will speak on 'What? Beowulf and William Morris’s New Old English'. In-person at @ihr.bsky.social and online, 17.30 UTC, Weds 11/12/24. Free to attend and all welcome, but please register in advance at: www.history.ac.uk/events/what-...

Having left Twitter, this Bluesky account is our principal social media outlet for news of forthcoming events, but we also maintain a mailing list which we shall soon be renewing, so please stand by for further news on signing up for that.

Seminars are free to attend and all are welcome, but those joining us online must register in advance for each seminar to receive a link. Our schedule for this year is at: www.history.ac.uk/seminars/int..., with abstracts and full information on all seminars.

Hello and welcome to all our new followers! We are a seminar group dedicated to discussion of the construction, use and appropriation of the Middle Ages in the post-medieval period. We meet on an approximately monthly basis during term times in-person at the University of London and online.

An image depicting two older hardback book covers: The Green Knight - A Play by H.W.D. Manson on the left and The Paradox Players by Maureen Duffy on the right.

We're extremely pleased to bring you our next seminar: @lawrencewarner.bsky.social will be presenting on 'Popular Gawain, 1955-70, from Maureen Duffy to Pentangle' at 17.30 GMT Weds 13/11/24 in-person at @ihr.bsky.social and online. Details and sign-up at: www.history.ac.uk/events/popul...

An image depicting two older hardback book covers: The Green Knight - A Play by H.W.D. Manson on the left and The Paradox Players by Maureen Duffy on the right.

We're extremely pleased to bring you our next seminar: @lawrencewarner.bsky.social will be presenting on 'Popular Gawain, 1955-70, from Maureen Duffy to Pentangle' at 17.30 GMT Weds 13/11/24 in-person at @ihr.bsky.social and online. Details and sign-up at: www.history.ac.uk/events/popul...

Tomorrow, Wednesday 16/10/24, 17.30 BST, Dr Tonicha Upham on the first English translation of Ibn Fadlan, in-person at @ihr.bsky.social and online. Free to attend: please register at: www.history.ac.uk/events/awful...

Free to attend, but please register in advance if you would like to attend online. Further info, abstract and link at: www.history.ac.uk/events/awful...

The title page from Rasmussen's 1814 Danish edition of Ibn Fadlan's Arabic account of a Rus funeral.

For our first seminar of 24-5, Dr Tonicha Upham (SAS, U of London) will speak on '"This awful and distressing circumstance": A Sudden Death, The Danish Literati, and the First English Translation of Ibn Fadlan', exploring the C19th fame of Ibn Fadlan's account of a Rus funeral. Weds 16/10, 17.30 BST

In-person at
@ihr_history
& online. Free to attend, but please book in advance if attending online. Further info, abstract and booking link at: www.history.ac.uk/events/awful...

The events schedule for the IHR medievalism seminar for 2024-2025. Details of each seminar will be posted on Bluesky in advance.

Back for the 24-25 academic year, we're very pleased to unveil our schedule of seminars on post-medieval usage and appropriation of the Middle Ages! All seminars are either hybrid or fully online and free of charge. Registration in advance required at: www.history.ac.uk/seminars/int...

A picture by Chloé Lecesne of the garden scene set for the Book of Margery Kempe film (based on some drawings in Sylvia Landsberg’s Medieval Garden).

For our next seminar, we are delighted to welcome Mirabelle Dominé-Walley and Luke Walker, who will be speaking on 'Filming The Book of Margery Kempe', in person at KCL Bush House (S)2.03, 17.30, Weds 12/06/24. Info and registration: www.history.ac.uk/events/filmi...

For our next seminar, we are delighted to welcome Dr Charlotte Rudman, who will be speaking on 'Capturing medieval London: framing and perspective', in person at KCL King's Building, 17.30, Thurs 16/05/24 Free to attend: full details and abstract at: www.history.ac.uk/events/captu...

Still time to sign up for this talk tonight, but hurry! Details and registration in the link.

An image of a character holding up a Bayeux Tapestry-style comic of eleventh-century English history.

For our next seminar, we are delighted to welcome Prof Patrick J Murphy (Miami) who will be speaking on 'Drawing Medievalism: Dialogue with the Past through Comics'. ONLINE ONLY, 17.30-19.00 GMT 20 March. Free but please register in advance. Abstract and link at: www.history.ac.uk/events/drawi...

An image of a character holding up a Bayeux Tapestry-style comic of eleventh-century English history.

For our next seminar, we are delighted to welcome Prof Patrick J Murphy (Miami) who will be speaking on 'Drawing Medievalism: Dialogue with the Past through Comics'. ONLINE ONLY, 17.30-19.00 GMT 20 March. Free but please register in advance. Abstract and link at: www.history.ac.uk/events/drawi...

Tonight (28/02/24)! Dr Laura Varnam (Oxford) will be giving our next seminar, on '"Paramodern" Margery: Poetic Medievalisms and The Book of Margery Kempe' in-person at @ihr.bsky.social, 17.30. Abstract and further details at: www.history.ac.uk/events/param...