@uobartsmatter.bsky.social @bristolunienglish.bsky.social @mappingthemarch.bsky.social
13.02.2026 15:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Want to impress someone special this Valentines Day? 'Medieval Love Letters' by Myra Stokes and our own Ad Putter has some helpful medieval love letter templates, including 'How to dissuade women from taking the veil' and 'Persuading someone to marry for money'! #medievalsky #skystorians
13.02.2026 15:08 — 👍 19 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 0
It was a pleasure to chat with @ecrpodcasters.bsky.social about visiting fellowships and how/why to apply for them. Hopefully folks will find it useful!
@bristolcms.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social @bristolcmspgr.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social
11.02.2026 10:40 — 👍 12 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
Research Seminar - 23 Feb, 4pm (Hybrid)
Dr Alastair Ayton
Beyond a Borderland: The March of Wales and its Lords in Thirteenth-Century English Politics
Open to all!
Email mapping-the-march@bristol.ac.uk to register (online or in person).
11.02.2026 09:55 — 👍 9 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 1
📻 Dr Laurence Publicover (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) joins BBC Radio 4 #InOurTime to discuss Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 with @oldfortunatus.bsky.social, @lucycmunro.bsky.social & Misha Glenny
Listen to the full programme 👉 brnw.ch/21wZOlR
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10.02.2026 11:27 — 👍 11 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
Image of Gutenberg and a Gutenberg-style press, next to the following text: Join us in our working historical print shop at the University of Bristol! Founded in 2021, and now with four historic presses, the Bristol Common Press is dedicated to exploring global print cultures through teaching and research.
A person holding a letterpress card reading "I made an impression in Bristol!"
An Albion press, and the hand of someone who is operating it.
We want to finish the week with some exciting news: following last year's success, the Bristol Common Press will be running a workshop at our 2026 conference too! 🎉 Can't wait!
23.01.2026 17:36 — 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
CMS members have lots of medieval goodness to look forward to this week! Check out our instagram post for more details on all events: www.instagram.com/p/DT0aN7PjL05/ 😊
#medievalsky #skystorians
22.01.2026 16:02 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
We're so excited to hear this keynote by the CMS' very own Dr Peter Dent! 😍 #medievalsky #skystorian
21.01.2026 16:58 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Be sure to get those abstracts in today for the Bristol CMS PGR conference!
CFP: medievalstudies.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/pgr-conferen...
#medievalsky #skystorians
16.01.2026 15:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
No time like the present! 😀 #medievalsky #skystorians
15.01.2026 15:12 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
We're really looking forward to this! 😀
#medievalsky #skystorians
15.01.2026 11:41 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A poster for the event, featuring a Renaissance painting of the poet Dante holding open a book.
📢 EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT 📢
The 2026 Aquinas lecture will be presented by Professor George Corbett from the University of St Andrews, titled "Whose Aquinas? The Thomism of Dante and of Étienne Gilson"
🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/thein...
⏰29/01, 6PM-7PM
📍Arts Complex, Lecture Theatre Three
15.01.2026 10:53 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 2
Our first CMS seminar of 2026! 🎆
#medievalsky #skystorians
14.01.2026 16:28 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Our PGRs are delighted to announce the second of their amazing keynote speakers... the CMS' very own (and absolutely brilliant!) Dr Cathy Hume (@cathyhume.bluesky.social)! 🎉🎉🎉 #medievalsky #skystorians
13.01.2026 15:04 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Flyer for "University of Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies PGR Conference ‘Power and Performance"
The University of Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies is delighted to announce its call for papers for our annual medieval PGR conference, which will be held in-person on 30th March - 1st April 2026. This year, we invite proposals for papers and posters which engage with the theme of ‘Power and Performance’. We are especially interested in how people in the Middle Ages perceived, interacted with, and responded to the ideas of power and/or performance. Consideration of how the two topics intersect with one another is also encouraged.
Possible fields and topics may include, but are not limited to: How power relations shaped different aspects of medieval life (socio-cultural, historic, legal, literary, economic, religious etc.). How power relations and other key ideas were performed (on stage, in visual arts, in literary texts or music, and in material culture at large). The substance and significance of performance throughout the medieval world. Power in history (State, Church, battlefield, etc.) and of history (reception studies, the classical world in medieval thought, medievalism etc.). Religious influence(s), church ritual, and forms of devotion. Medieval law and legal enforcement. Power relations in literary texts. Linguistic power and/or performance. Geographies of power. Gender and sexuality. Literal and symbolic power. Authority and vulnerability. Disability studies. Court ritual and behaviour. Perception and composition of power. Medievalism and media. Creation and material studies.Instruction and adaptation.
We welcome papers from postgraduate researchers, Master’s students, early career researchers and independent scholars. Papers will be 20 minutes long, and we warmly welcome poster presentations. Poster proposals and paper abstracts should not exceed 300 words. Deadline for abstracts is Friday 16 January at 17:00.
⚠️ Important news! The deadline for the submission of abstracts is now Friday 16th of January at 17:00 GMT!
We know that the winter break is barely behind us, and want to give everyone a bit more time to write. Send all proposals and enquiries to cms-conference-enquiries@bristol.ac.uk
#MedievalSky
08.01.2026 16:47 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Poster showing the details of the book launch event with a gradient green background, with each book cover featured in the centre of the page
Double book launch 📚
Celebrating new books by @latemedievalist.bsky.social and @mattlampitt.bsky.social, with introductions by Professor Christian Liddy & Professor Miranda Griffin.
Food and drinks provided.
🗓 26 Jan 2026, 5–7pm
📍 The Mount Without, The Crypt, Bristol
All welcome to attend!
07.01.2026 09:43 — 👍 20 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 3
Janega's triumphant return to Bristol! UK postgrads, watch for this conference in the spring!
06.01.2026 14:04 — 👍 9 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
@bristolunienglish.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social @uobrisceh.bsky.social @bristolantharch.bsky.social @frenchatbristol.bsky.social @germanatbristol.bsky.social @uobartsmatter.bsky.social
05.01.2026 15:12 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Some very exciting news about the CMS PGR Conference 2026! #medievalsky #skystorians
05.01.2026 15:10 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
We're delighted to announce the first of our amazing keynote speakers: medieval historian, author, co-host of 'Gone Medieval' and 'We're Not So Different' podcasts, and co-creator and host of several HistoryHit TV series... Dr Eleanor Janega 🎉🎉🎉(@goingmedieval.bsky.social)! #medievalsky #skystorian
05.01.2026 15:07 — 👍 14 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 2
A fascinating article by CMS Co-Director Prof Ben Pohl (@benpohl.bsky.social) to whet the appetite ahead of the Bayeux Tapestry's visit to the UK in 2026! #medievalsky #skystorians
15.12.2025 19:52 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Our final CMS Seminar of this semester! Join us tomorrow for a paper on 'Witchcraft in the Fourteenth Century: Texts, Contexts and Challenges' by Professor Anthony Bale (Cambridge). Hope to see you there!
03.12.2025 17:05 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Don't miss the CMS' own Prof Ad Putter giving a lecture on reading medieval handwriting! ✍️ #medievalsky #skystorians
01.12.2025 16:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We loved hearing all about our own Steve De Hailes' Medieval Mountain project! 🏔️ #medievalsky #skystorians
01.12.2025 16:30 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
@uobartsmatter.bsky.social @bristolunienglish.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social @uobrisceh.bsky.social @mappingthemarch.bsky.social @igrct.bsky.social @bristolantharch.bsky.social @germanatbristol.bsky.social @frenchatbristol.bsky.social @bristolunilib.bsky.social
28.11.2025 11:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hear ye, hear ye! Very exciting news! 🎉Our PGRs have now released the call for papers for their annual CMS PGR conference (the longest-running PGR medieval conference in the UK!)
We'd be so grateful if you could share this with anyone who may be interested!
#medievalsky #skystorians
28.11.2025 11:35 — 👍 6 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
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PhD student at the University of Glasgow, researching the early medieval Moray Firthlands in Scotland. Live in Penryn, Cornwall. FSAScot. Posts about early medieval Scottish history and archaeology. Blog: https://fortrenn.ghost.io
Swedish archaeologist (PhD, Arch Sci).
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The Scottish Society for Northern Studies (SSNS) was founded in 1968 to explore the inter-relationships between the Scandinavian, Celtic, and Scottish cultures.
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Early Medievalist, Pictus obsessus and bronze vessel nerd. 46/282 Munros. With some added Crofting and Common Grazings.
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