Be sure to get those abstracts in today for the Bristol CMS PGR conference! CFP: medievalstudies.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/pgr-conferen... #medievalsky #skystorians

No time like the present! 😀 #medievalsky #skystorians

We're really looking forward to this! 😀 #medievalsky #skystorians

📢 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

Our first CMS seminar of 2026! 🎆 #medievalsky #skystorians

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

⚠️ 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 [email protected] #MedievalSky

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!

Janega's triumphant return to Bristol! UK postgrads, watch for this conference in the spring!

Some very exciting news about the CMS PGR Conference 2026! #medievalsky #skystorians

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

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

A press release from the University of Bristol about an exciting new article by @benpohl.bsky.social and published by Historical Research: www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/de...

The final CMS seminar of 2025 was definitely worth the wait. We were fascinated by Prof Anthony Bale's (@realmandeville.bsky.social) seminar on ‘Witchcraft in the Fourteenth Century: Texts, Contexts and Challenges’. Thank you so much Anthony — we hope to see you back in Bristol soon! 😊 #medievalsky

#LegalHistory #BristolHistory This, from Evan Jones @bristolcms.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social is interesting on humour, Bristol, maps, gallows(es) ... bristolrecordsociety.org/stories-from...

Nice work by my @uobrishistory.bsky.social / @bristolcms.bsky.social colleague and fellow Bristol Record Society councillor, Evan Jones! bristolrecordsociety.org/stories-from...

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!

Don't miss the CMS' own Prof Ad Putter giving a lecture on reading medieval handwriting! ✍️ #medievalsky #skystorians

We loved hearing all about our own Steve De Hailes' Medieval Mountain project! 🏔️ #medievalsky #skystorians

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

Last week, we were privileged to host Professor Sarah Hamilton (Exeter) for a CMS seminar on ‘The Liturgy of the Road: Masses for Travellers at St Gall, 900-1100’. We certainly learned a lot! Thank you so much Sarah — we hope that you’ll come back and visit us soon! ☺️ #medievalsky #skystorians

Curious about what a Bristol Medieval Studies Summer School might look like? Check out this wonderful video made by one of this year's summer school students! #medievalsky #skystorians

🚨 Hwæt, medievalists: following its successful inauguration last year, the Bristol Medieval Studies Summer School will be running again in 2026! 🚨 Please share the good news or—even better—sign up yourself: www.bristol.ac.uk/centre-for-s... We're so proud of this course, and we'd love to see you! 🚨

Great to spot some of our PGRs in attendance! #medievalsky #skystorians

4th edition of #DanteFutures - this time at University of Warwick. Big CDSI presence. 👏👏👏to all involved

Our fabulous Environmental Humanities Summer School is open for applications for 2026! Together, we examine human relationships with nature on a Global scale, and with the city of Bristol. According to 2025 cohort student Choon Woi “Bristol itself became part of the classroom…

Applications are open! Environmental history is a key part of this Environmental Humanities summer school + thinking about how our relationships with the natural world changes over time. Along the way we might well visit Iranian oil fields, Antarctica and the deep sea!

A short but sweet CMS seminar schedule for December! #medievalsky #skystorians

We were fascinated to hear George Rayson (University of Cork) speak at a CMS/Italian seminar on ‘“Così o così”: Choosing the Right Words in Dante’s Commedia’. Thank you for such an interesting talk George — we hope to welcome you back to Bristol soon! 😊 #medievalsky #skystorians

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

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

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 [email protected] 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

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!

📢 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. 🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/thein... ⏰18/11, 5-6:30 PM. 📍Old Council Chamber, Wills Memorial Building, BS8 1RJ

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

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! #medievalsky #skystorians

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!

📣 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