Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies

We can't wait for the next seminar in our CMS Research Series, taking place tomorrow at 4pm! This week Professor Sarah Hamilton (Uni of Exeter) will be giving a paper on 'The Liturgy of the Road: Masses for Travellers at St Gall, 900-1100'. We are very excited!

Please do pass this on to anyone who may be interested! ☺️ #medievalsky #skystorians

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Register your interest here 😀:

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Exciting news! 📣🎉The Bristol Summer team are hosting a Q&A event for people to find out more about the Bristol Summer School in Medieval Studies. 🙋🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️ The event will run Jan 2026 (date tbc), and you can register your interest via the QR code or the link in the comments!😊 #medievalsky #skystorians

Join us for More-than-Human Sensory Worlds, the first in our hybrid 'More-than-Human/ities' seminar series, a new collaboration between UoB's CEH & EUC at York University, Toronto.
Come explore the shared sensory worlds of human and nonhuman animals! 🦅🐇🌃
Wed 19th Nov
17:45–19:00
Online & in-person

Women and the law of the exchequer in the early thirteenth century* Abstract. This article explores the status and treatment of women under the law of the exchequer in the early thirteenth century and more specifically duri

Very proud of my former PhD student, Dan Booker, whose important study on women and the law of the exchequer has just been published by @ihrlibrary.bsky.social: academic.oup.com/histres/adva...

Last Thursday, the CMS were delighted to hear from Bristol's own Dr Kathleen Thompson on the topic of 'Leperhouses and Lordships: Some Ideas from Medieval Bristol'. What an absolutely fascinating paper Kathleen, thank you so much! 😊 #medievalsky #skystorians

Not sure what to do on a particularly rainy Friday in Bristol? ☔️ We’ve got you covered! Old English Reading Group runs at 3pm in Hattie’s office, no experience or prep required! Email harriet.soper@bristol.ac.uk for more info! ☺️

*Old Norse isn't running today but will be back next week!*

We are very excited to hear more about this tomorrow!

Tomorrow (Thursday 13th) is also brat symposium: the remix! Last year's inaugural brat symposium was created by CMS PGRs (pictured), and it was a huge success! Tomorrow's event promises to be just as exciting, with 14 papers on topics from environmental humanities to medieval studies! #medievalsky

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For this week's CMS seminar, we are lucky enough to be joined by Bristol's own Dr Kathleen Thompson for a paper on 'Leperhouses and Lordship: Some Ideas from Medieval Bristol'. We can't wait to find out more! #medievalsky #skystorians

We can't wait for this!

The poster for the event, featuring a picture of the HBO Rome set of the Roman Forum, in a monochrome blue.

📢 EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT 📢

We are thrilled to announce that our 2025/26 Donors’ Celebration will be a lecture delivered by Jonathan Stamp, former consultant for the HBO series ROME.

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⏰18/11, 5-6:30 PM.
📍Old Council Chamber, Wills Memorial Building, BS8 1RJ

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We are very excited to be joined on Thursday by Professor Máire Ní Mhaonaigh (University of Cambridge) for our next CMS Research Seminar: 'The Place of History in the History of Place: Constructing the Literary Landscapes of Medieval Ireland'. We can't wait! #medievalsky #skystorians

Friday afternoons = Old English and Old Norse reading groups! In honour of spooky season, here are a few highlights from today’s sessions! (And yes, we can confirm that pic 3 includes a genuine quote from one of our texts!) #medievalsky #skystorians

What might our PGRs be plotting? Could it be the first meeting for this year’s CMS PGR conference?! 🧐🕵️‍♀️ Naturally, we can neither confirm nor deny…But do watch this space for some exciting news coming soon! 😁 #medievalsky #skystorians

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We hope that everyone is having a wonderful reading week! Here's a sneak peek at some of the CMS Research Seminars we can look forward to in the second half of the semester!

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We can't wait to watch this!

Get your proposals in by the end of the month! A title and rough outline is more than enough - and remember to sign up if you just want to be a spectator. We want to make sure there’s enough coffee/pizza/wine for all 💚💚💚

This is amazing! 🥰

Now equivalent to 3 US credit-hours, so go fill an elective with some intense medieval studies in this 3-week short-course!

Hi! You can find out more about the summer school, including who it's aimed at, here: www.bristol.ac.uk/centre-for-s...

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📣 UPCOMING EVENT! 📣

The Hellenic society is launching a new South West and Wales regional network!

🎟️ Sign up: forms.office.com/e/tbYuWrWwNP
⏰October 30th, 2-6PM
📍Humanities Research Space, University of Bristol 1st floor, 7 Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1TB

Delighted to run this summer school again! Please, take a look at our new site and share this with colleagues and students who may be interested.
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Objectively the best Medieval Summer School out there 😉 Please consider sharing and, even better, applying! 🙂

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