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Very cool! This reminds me that Siân Echard has a book coming out NEXT WEEK on 18-19c facsimiles of medieval manuscripts: www.pennpress.org/978151282705...

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RBS is now accepting applications for:

𝗥𝗕𝗦-𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 (𝟮 𝗡𝗼𝘃.)

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆 (𝗦𝗼𝗙𝗖𝗕) 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 (𝟭𝟵 𝗡𝗼𝘃.)

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠. 𝗖. 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 (𝟳 𝗗𝗲𝗰.)

rarebookschool.org

Deadline TODAY!

YouTube video by U of T CMS Lisa Fagin Davis: "The Materiality of the Voynich Manuscript"

Ok, people, here's my @utoronto.ca Medieval Studies #Voynich lecture! I've got BIG NEWS to report about the potential original structure of the manuscript. Check it out! (new material starts around minute 14) www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH28...

A renaissance at CRRS: Interview with Prof. Ethan Matt Kavaler

"A renaissance at CRRS: Interview with Prof. Ethan Matt Kavaler"
arthistory.utoronto.ca/news/renaiss...

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👏 Congratulations to Lisa Cruikshank, PhD Candidate at CMS, who was awarded the Historical Studies Teaching Assistant Award from the Department of Historical Studies, UTM.
www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/lisa-cr...

YouTube video by Alliterative Climate/Lid #Etymology

The surprisingly connected origins of "climate" and "lid". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #climate #climatechange #lid
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YouTube video by Brian Crombie Jacqueline Murray | Masculinity

📺 Watch @jacquelinemurray.bsky.social on The Brian Crombie Hour's "Masculinity" episode.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq2u...

🎉 Congratulations to Bard Swallow, who has successfully defended their thesis entitled "Formal Functions of Latin Poetry in Fourteenth-Century England," which studies the choices made by poets in the multilingual environment of late medieval England. 👏
www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/bard-sw...

Dark Imaginings - Brisbane Powerhouse Fairytales and historical myths are often readers’ first encounter with the darkness of human nature. Explore more at Brisbane Writers Festival.

Catch me Thursday at the Brisbane Writers Festival for “Dark Imaginings”!

Fairytales and historical myths are often readers’ first encounter with the darkness of human nature. In these stunning novels, fable and archetype are reworked in dazzling ways.

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#BWF

Laura Moncion – Boyle Prize Presentation / Colloque du prix Boyle - REGISTRATION / INSCRIPTION On 5 Nov. 2025 at 11h00 (EST), the Canadian Society of Medievalists will hold its second annual Boyle Prize Online Presentation, when Laura Moncion, the winner of the Society's Leonard E. Boyle Prize ...

The CSM Online: Tune in Wednesday 5 Nov. 2025, at 11am EST to hear 2025 Boyle Prize Winner Laura Moncion talk about her dissertation, "Being a Recluse is No Small Thing: Late Medieval Women’s Reclusion in Theory and Practice."

Register for the Zoom link: forms.gle/n6LJh7JYKvRD...

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✨ Join the Jackman Humanities Institute’s Circle of Fellows in 2026-27!

Apply for our Visiting Public Humanities Faculty Fellowship

🧩 Annual Theme: Doubles, Doppelgangers
📅 Deadline: Nov 25, 2025 | 4pm EST
🔗 Details & FAQs: uoft.me/vph26-27

Today! Graduate English Speaker Series talk by Marion Turner, J.R.R. Tolkien Professor of English Literature and Language at University of Oxford, "Premodern Fictionality: Aristotle, Ibn Rushd, Chaucer”.
www.english.utoronto.ca/events/gradu...

Medieval East Central and Eastern Europe - University of Toronto Press An excellent teaching resource and a first-of-its-kind textbook in English, Medieval East Central and Eastern Europe by Florin Curta and Sébastien Rossignol focuses on medieval history in East Central, Southeastern, and Eastern Europe.

"Medieval East Central and Eastern Europe" is a new book by Florin Curta and Sébastien Rossignol - who recently visited CMS to open our Convivium series with a lecture on Medieval Silesia.
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This weekend at the Oxford Renaissance Festival!
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And another book sale!

@trinitycollegeuoft.bsky.social

Dante's Musical Journey in the Divine Comedy: SMC Annual Dante Lecture Professor Ciabattoni will speak about Dante's Musical Journey In The Divine Comedy.

www.eventbrite.ca/e/dantes-mus...

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Read the Hidden Stories Summer 2025 Newsletter!
hiddenstories.library.utoronto.ca/files/origin...

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Magnificent news: Brianna Daigneault has successfully defended her thesis entitled, "De homine et portentis: Humanising the Monster in the Early Medieval British Isles". Congratulations, Dr. Daigneault! 🎉
www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/brianna...

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📖 Our 2024-25 Year in Review has arrived! Browse this overview of activities that took place during our theme year "Undergrounds/Underworlds", including our Art Exhibition, Fellows, Research Communities, Working Groups, Program for the Arts, and so much more!

👉 https://uoft.me/YiR

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Next Friday, September 26, Lisa Fagin Davis - @medievalacademy.bsky.social - presents "The Materiality of the Voynich Manuscript" at the CMS Convivium. Register to attend online or in person! www.medieval.utoronto.ca/events/lisa-...

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RBS is happy to announce that we are now accepting applications for:

𝗥𝗕𝗦-𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 (apply by 𝟮 𝗡𝗼𝘃.)

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠. 𝗖. 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆, 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 (apply by 𝟳 𝗗𝗲𝗰.)

Details: rarebookschool.org/2025-scholarships-fellowships/

YouTube video by Bologermanica The Dictionary of Old English. Interview with Stephen Pelle.

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Book Science: New Methods for Investigating Old Books by Dr Stephanie Lahey

September 27: Annual Library Talk by Dr Stephanie Lahey (Mark Andrews Postdoctoral Fellow in Book Science at the University of Toronto’s Old Books New Science Lab) @ Girton College
www.girton.cam.ac.uk/events/annua...

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premodernity.net/strong PLS, JHI, and the CRRS present
in a new translation from the 15th / 16th-century Welsh by Morgan Moore: THE STRONG MAN (and SOUL AND BODY)!
September 27 / 28 - Oxford Renaissance Faire; September 30-October 4 - Toronto (visit premodernity.net/strong for more details!)

The Second Established Religion of the Caliphate: The Church of the East in Ninth Century Baghdad - University of St. Michael's College The Church of the East (sometimes known as ‘Nestorians’) was the largest Christian confession in Iraq, which, in the ninth century, lay at the heart of the Abbasid caliphate. Their […]

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Read "The Case against English Elements in 'Hebban olla uogala'" by CMS Alum, Paul S. Langeslag in 'Amsterdamer Beiträge zur älteren Germanistik' Volume 85: Issue 2.
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2025 Toronto Colloquium in Medieval Philosophy - Department of Philosophy Join us for a two-day colloquium comprising talks and workshops in ancient and medieval philosophy.

Please join us for the 2025 edition of the Toronto Colloquium in Medieval Philosophy this Friday / Saturday, September 19-20!

philosophy.utoronto.ca/event/toront...

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The September issue of the Chronica is now available! Read it online at uoft.me/bPG, or visit CMS to pick up a printed copy. Thank you to our wonderful contributors who have made Chronica IX an amazing publication!