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Two funded PhDs here as part of the Inventing Futures programme at IMEMS! One on the project Utopia in the World and the other on the project Framing Gendered Violence, lead supervisors Richard Scholar and Ita Mac Carthy in Modern Languages and Cultures, details via the link...

A perfect pumpkin 🎃 from a collection of drawings of Chinese flowers, plants and fruits held at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social Add MS 5292

📢Fully Funded PhD Opportunities @thetimes University of the Year @durham_uni's Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies 🎓

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To mark the annual @16csociety.bsky.social conference, there is 50% off and free shipping on all the books so far published in the series. Enter the code BB151 here: boydellandbrewer.com/books/series... #skystorians #Jesuits #nuntastic #Inquisition @imems.bsky.social @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social

Attending the #SixteenthCenturyConference in Portland later this week?

Our honorary fellow, Professor Anne Thayer, is presenting "From Personal to  Communal?: Direct Address in the Marginalia of Thomas Swalwell" at 8.30am (Pacific Time) on Saturday 1 November. #ThomasSwalwell #Marginalia

Today, we're shining the #IMEMSSpotlight on Professor Emily Williams and her work on African American tombstones for #BlackHistoryMonth.

Read more about Emily's research here: www.durham.ac.uk/staff/emily-...

Bloody Work: Circumcision in the English Protestant Imaginary Circumcision occupied a paradoxical position in early modern Protestant thought. As one of the ceremonies of the Jewish law which had been abolished with the coming of Christ, it was no longer bind...

Congratulations to IMEMS member and short course tutor Dr Arnold Hunt, whose article on circumcision in the English Protestant Imaginary has been published in the latest issue of Reformation! Read online: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Icons in Time: Ariosto’s Orlando furioso and Chivalric Literature through the Ages AbstractFor five centuries, Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando furioso has enjoyed the status of literary icon. Traversing space and time, it has traveled within a

🎉Another exciting publication!

IMEMS Director Ita Mac Carthy's essay 'Icons in Time: Ariosto’s Orlando furioso and Chivalric Literature through the Ages' appears in The Oxford Handbook of Italian Literature, now available to read online: academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

We're excited to be collaborating with
@durhamhistory.bsky.social
for a thought-provoking discussion with Dr Nicole Phillip-Dowe of the University of the West Indies this afternoon at IMEMS! #BeUWI 💭🌎

📢 Fully Funded PhD Opportunities The Times University of the Year Durham University's Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies📢

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🎨Daphne and Her Sisters www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...

🌎Imagining Alternatives www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...

Happy Diwali to all our members who celebrate! 🎇

This week, our IMEMS bulletin featured the gorgeous late 18th-century painting 'Radha and Krishna watching fireworks in the night sky' by the Kishangarh painter Sitaram.

💻Read more here: artsandculture.google.com/asset/radha-...

The Black Italian Renaissance - Screening & Discussion Screening of the film The Black Italian Renaissance and discussion with Angelica Pesarini (Toronto), Kate Lowe (Warburg) and Francesca Priori (Milan)

The Black Italian Renaissance is a critically acclaimed documentary that examines the presence of Black people in the Italian Renaissance and their contribution to its development and significance.

Join us for a screening & discussion: warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

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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Renaissance Skin Book Launch — CEMS KCL Blog Book launch for Prof. Evelyn Welch's Renaissance Skin, hosted by King's Centre for Early Modern Studies.

Book launch October 23rd!

Join CEMS for the launch of Prof. @evelynwelch.bsky.social's Renaissance Skin. We'll be gathering in King's History department. Comments from Dr. @historyelaine.bsky.social and Dr. Paolo Savoia. Chaired by Dr. @hsmurphy.bsky.social.

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🚨 Don’t forget! It’s not too late to register for Professor Bruce D. Malamud’s seminar today!

🌋 IHRR Seminar Series 2025/26 – Hazard Interrelationships and Dynamic Risk Scenarios 🌋

This week, Prof. Raphael Lyne (Cambridge University) presented on 'Remembering and Doubting Dreams in Shakespeare' to colleagues from across the disciplines.

The first Research Showcase in a packed term of IMEMS events! 📅

Read about our upcoming events:
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I'll be in #Durham this Saturday, 18 October 11am @durham.ac.uk talking about some of my current research for the Friends of the World of Bede & @durhamcathedral.bsky.social World Heritage Site @imems.bsky.social @imem
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📚Mary Carruthers' 'Meditation, Invention, and Designing Thought in the Augustinian Middle Ages' is the newest publication from the IMEMS Press with Boydell & Brewer. Find out more and order here: boydellandbrewer.com/book/meditat...

For those looking forward to Thomas' talk on historical environmental medicine in a a couple of weeks, you can now sign up using the eventbrite link below. Looking forward to seeing you online at 1500 GMT on the 28th of October.
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Today we met with students from the 2025/26 Medieval and Early Modern Studies MA cohort - the largest to date! 🎉

🎓 Read more about Durham's Medieval and Early Modern Studies MA course here: www.durham.ac.uk/study/course...

Looking for a podcast for the commute home? Click the link to listen to IMEMS member and PhD student Ava Siena Cohen talking about Artemisia Gentileschi on the HERstory Project Podcast! 🎙️
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A fantastic opportunity for researchers from the UK and overseas last week. 👏

Today, the #IMEMSSpotlight is on Dr Sare Aricanli!

Read more about Sare and her research here: www.durham.ac.uk/staff/sare-a...

🍂Autumn Offer! 50% off 1-week Online Courses!

To celebrate the success of our short courses and introduce a host of new students to learning with IMEMS, our 1-week short courses are just £100 each for a limited time! Follow the link or scan the QR codes:
imemsdurhamlearn.com/ourcourses/

New from @imems.bsky.social, Criminal Justice and Peace-making in Early Modern Italy by Paolo Broggio is a study of private peace pacts in early modern Italy that challenges earlier notions of the place of these agreements in the development of the courts and state. Learn more 👉 buff.ly/njILu7r

We were delighted to support this fascinating, interdisciplinary workshop last week. We look forward to seeing what the future holds!

Our courses At IMEMS Learning Centre we aim to provide a range of high quality online courses that equip learners with skills and in-depth deep dives into aspects of the Medieval and Early Modern periods. Cour…

⏰The clock is ticking - there's not long left to apply for our 6-week online palaeography courses, running from 29 September - 6 November with weekly live sessions! ✍️

Apply here: imemsdurhamlearn.com/ourcourses/

Registration is now OPEN!
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CSMBR Winter School, Pisa, 26–28 Nov 2025

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A great image from the St Augustine Gospels (Corpus Christi College MS 286, 129v). Take our IMEMS Latin Medieval palaeography course to find out what he's writing...✍️

Our 6-wk online courses run from 29 Sept - 6 Nov, with weekly live sessions: imemsdurhamlearn.com/ourcourses/

Our session proposal deadline is fast approaching on 30th September!

Sessions consist of 3 or 4 papers on a common topic or theme - plus a moderator who will introduce speakers and handle questions. These sessions can be standalone, or form linked series of up to 4 sessions and 1 Round Table.