Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literatures

We very much enjoy their title. Please do send our congratulations to your undergraduate on their published piece.

Our friends at the Early English Text Society are holding a workshop on editing texts from medieval Britain for graduate students and early career scholars.

📖Texts in Transition
📍St Hilda's College, Oxford
📆18/04/2026
🕐11am-5pm

For registration email eets[at]ell.ox.ac.uk

...alongside notes and review articles, and reviews of exhibitions, monographs, and edited collections.

Become a member of SSMLL today to receive your digital and hard copies of forthcoming Medium Ævum issues by visiting mediumaevum.org.uk

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🖊️Emma-Catherine Wilson, ‘The Henrician tournament letters of London, College of Arms, MS. L6, and the role of heralds in the preservation of an older English tournament tradition’

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🖊️Yun Ni, ‘Constance on trial: allegorizing legal personhood in John Gower’s ‘The Tale of Constance’ and Geoffrey Chaucer’s ‘The Man of Law’s Tale’’

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🖊️Marijane Osborn, ‘Redeeming Chaucer of mistakes about time on the way to Canterbury’

🖊️Philip Knox, ‘‘Thomas Skreveyn’: some autograph documents by Thomas Usk'

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🖊️Geneviève Young, ‘Dead man walking: repetition and catastrophe in the Chanson de Roland’

🖊️R. F. Yeager, ‘Appropriated forms in John Gower’s Mirour de l’omme and some implications’

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🖊️Leonard Neidorf, ‘Hrothgar’s empire: Old English Ingwine and Scandinavian Paganism’

🖊️ @edolmans.bsky.social, ‘‘Natale solum dulcedine cunctos ducit’: looking homeward in medieval literature’

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An image of the bright green cover of Medium Aevum which details the names of its editors: David Rundle, Corinne Saunders, Sylvia Huot, and Stephen Mossman.

An image of the article contents list of the 94.1 issue of Medium Aevum, which is also given in the following posts.

We are delighted to announce the release of issue 94.1 of Medium Ævum, the journal of the Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature.

Medium Ævum (94.1) contains:

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🖊️Emma-Catherine Wilson, ‘The Henrician tournament letters of London, College of Arms, MS. L6, and the role of heralds in the preservation of an older English tournament tradition’

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🖊️Philip Knox, ‘‘Thomas Skreveyn’: some autograph documents by Thomas Usk'

🖊️Yun Ni, ‘Constance on trial: allegorizing legal personhood in John Gower’s ‘The Tale of Constance’ and Geoffrey Chaucer’s ‘The Man of Law’s Tale’’

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Our Society email address will have an Out-of-Office response in place from Monday 23rd December to Sunday 4th (inclusive). We will answer any queries that are received during this time as soon as possible after these dates.

We at the Society of Medieval Languages and Literature (and our seasonally dressed mascot, the scribe astride a wyvern) wish all of our members and followers a peaceful and merry festive season.

📢 Deadline extended! To give prospective speakers additional time to submit their abstracts, the OMGC committee has extended our Call for Papers deadline to 15 December 2025.

Please send submissions to: oxgradconf@gmail.com.

We look forward to reading your abstracts!

#Medievalsky Want to present your work in Reykjavík where the sagas take place? There is still time to submit! #CFP
@mediumaevum.bsky.social @jaema.bsky.social We hope to read tour submissions soon! Deadline is December 8th!

Thank you, Jo, we're very glad you think so.

Nigel was a great scholar and a lovely man and this is a very fitting tribute.

The back cover of the new issue of @mediumaevum.bsky.social features my predecessor, the late great Nigel Palmer, with an appeal for the travel fund being established in his name. For more on that, visit mediumaevum.org.uk/donate/palme... .

The latest issue of @mediumaevum.bsky.social in my editorial hands and soon to be in yours. It ranges from Beowulf to Henry VIII, from Sicily to Scandinavia, and includes articles by the likes of @edolmans.bsky.social, plus a review of recent Silk Roads exhibitions by @peterfrankopan.bsky.social.

SSMLL is proud to support the Oxford Medieval Graduate Conference's provision of travel bursaries for participants.

The 22nd annual Oxford Medieval Graduate Conference on 'Sounds and Silence' taking place 23rd–24th April 2026. See below for more details on how to respond to their CFP.

Hello #Medievalsky ! The deadline is fast approaching! #CFP Submit by December 8th!
@mediumaevum.bsky.social

@leedsims.bsky.social

@anzamems.bsky.social
Please pass this along to anyone who may be interested. We hope to hear from you soon! #Medieval

Thank you for sharing, Keith!

Five days remain to submit your presentation proposal for the Medieval Wales conference taking place at Prifysgol Caerdydd/ Cardiff University, 25th-26th April 2026.

Read the full CFP in both Welsh and English at mediumaevum.org.uk/events/medie...

Polish your prose, signpost your paragraphs, and check your references, because just one week remains for graduate students and those who have recently graduated with a higher degree to submit their work to the Medium Ævum Essay Prize 2026🖋️

Find out more by visiting mediumaevum.org.uk/essayprize

Our past Medium Ævum Essay Prize winners have written on subjects ranging from acrostics to affectivity, and fertility myths to finger counting!

There's still time to review your work for submission to the Medium Ævum Essay Prize 2026. For more information, visit mediumaevum.org.uk/essayprize

Hey #Medievalsky ! There is still time to submit your articles for our #CFP ! @mediumaevum.bsky.social @leedsims.bsky.social @anzamems.bsky.social Please pass this along to anyone who may be interested. We hope to hear from you soon! #Medieval

The SSMLL Annual Day Conference 2026: Medieval Wales wants to showcase your ground-breaking research into the language and literature of medieval Wales.

Read the full CFP in both Welsh and English at mediumaevum.org.uk/events/medie...

🎺Calling graduate students and those who have completed a higher degree in the last three years🎺

We want to read your new ideas and fresh perspectives! Consider submitting your work to the Medium Ævum Essay Prize 2026.

The Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature is looking ahead to its centenary and the next stage in the life of its prestigious journal, Medium Ævum. We are investigating the possibility of partnering with a press and encourage interested publishers to read our Tender Advert.

Cardiff University and the Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature are pleased to announce a multi-disciplinary conference on medieval Wales, to be held at Cardiff University on the 25th and 26th of April 2026. The conference will provide a space for discussion and collaboration between scholars of all disciplinary backgrounds interested in medieval Wales. The conference programme will include the Medium Ævum annual lecture, which will be delivered by Professor Helen Fulton (University of Bristol). The Henry Loyn Memorial Lecture will be held on the evening of the 24th of April, and will be delivered by Professor John Hines (Cardiff University). We invite proposals for 20-minute presentations representing any specialization that sheds light on medieval Wales. We shall particularly welcome papers that discuss encounters between different languages and traditions and their consequences. Proposals are welcome from speakers at all career stages and papers can be delivered in English or Welsh. Proposals should include a title and an abstract (100–200 words) and should be submitted to Dr David Callander (callanderd@cardiff.ac.uk) by 30 November.

SSMLL are delighted to announce the opening of our Call for Papers for the 2026 Day Conference, Medieval Wales, which will be held at Cardiff University 25-26 April, 2026.

Proposals should be submitted to Dr David Callander (callanderd@cardiff.ac.uk) by 30 November.