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Emma Olson

@emmaolson5.bsky.social

History PhD candidate at Cambridge | Researching the soundscapes of medieval Europe, particularly in Iberian towns

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Divided by a Common Auditory Landscape: The Local Resonance of Sound and Rebellion in Fourteenth-Century St. Albans | Brepols Online Abstract Medieval revolts were noisy, disruptive events. Rebels’ noisiness, and the rhetorical usefulness to medieval chroniclers of describing them as such, has been extensively commented upon by sch...

My article, "Divided by a Common Auditory Landscape: The Local Resonance of Sound and Rebellion in Fourteenth-Century St. Albans" is published now in Viator @brepols.net! About a medieval town and its bells close to my heart

doi.org/10.1484/J.VI...

28.01.2026 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Announcing the Cambridge Medieval History Graduate Workshop Term Card for Lent Term 2026!

20.01.2026 10:41 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Less then two weeks left for this CFP!!

Come and join us in London for an exciting research exchange on movements in late medieval and early modern cities. We are looking forward to getting to know about your work! πŸ€—πŸ€—

#medievalsky #skystorians #callforpapers #medieval #earlymodern #history

19.01.2026 10:28 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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#cfp for the Cambridge Medieval History Graduate Workshop in Lent term 2026! Abstracts due the 13th of January and open to all current Master's and PhD students.

03.12.2025 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thrilled to be helping out with the fabulous and one of a kind III Colloquium on Late Medieval and Early Modern Cities with
@arodsan95.bsky.social and @ebenbow.bsky.social!
Please consider joining us in London in June!

21.10.2025 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Really excited to join this team and for this year's Colloquium theme... stay tuned!

19.08.2025 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Call for Papers from @thomashkaal.bsky.social and I for a Sound Studies panel @imc-leeds.bsky.social "Listening to Medieval Life: New Possibilities in Historical Sound Studies". Please consider joining us, we'd love to *hear* from you! Deadline 15 Sept. #cfp #imc2026

11.08.2025 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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In case you missed it, we had two fabulous posts go live on the blog this week!

On Monday, we had a new Historian Highlight featuring 2nd-year PhD Student @emmaolson5.bsky.social , who talked all things soundscapes, religious violence, and medieval history!
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28.02.2025 09:19 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

ahh i'm looking for just a simple one, sorry!!

15.01.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

what part of london and how heavily discounted! πŸ‘€

15.01.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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