Hwæt is this wonderful scene of creative chaos? Could it be the very successful first week of Old English AND Old Norse Reading Group?! #medievalsky #skystorians

It’s what we do best at @bristolcms.bsky.social: celebrating community and world-class research!

Don't worry, we'll be sharing the details of these new books so you wont miss out! #medievalsky #skystorians

What an amazing CMS event! We were so excited to celebrate not only Kathleen and Melek’s wonderful new book, but a bumper crop of new books from CMS members Matt Lampitt, Leah Tether, Rachael Harkes, Marianne Ailes, Adrian Ailes, Ad Putter, and Ben Pohl! 🎉🥳 Congratulations once again to all!

One happy @bristolcms.bsky.social family!

Start of term = time for a new CMS photo! We love getting the CMS family back together! #medievalsky #skystorians

Hwæt?! The amazing Old English Reading Group is BACK and with a new friend?!? Join Hattie and Co for Old English Reading Group at 3pm Friday in Hattie’s office, followed by the brand new Old Norse Reading Group at 4pm! No prior knowledge or experience needed, and everybody welcome!

We are so delighted to welcome Kathleen (@themedievaldrk.bsky.social) back to Bristol, even if it is online! We can't wait to celebrate all of Kathleen and Melek's hard work! #medievalsky #skystorians

We're so excited for the first Centre for Medieval Studies Research Seminar of the year! Join us on Thursday at 4pm, with our CMS Welcome Party to follow straight after! All welcome! We hope to see you there! #medievalsky #skystorians

Congratulations Shauna! 🎉

The future of our profession 👇

Anyone know the collective noun for a reunion of medieval PGRs?! One of the things we’re proudest of at the CMS is our amazing PGR community! We have such an active, supportive, and accomplished group of PGRs. We can’t wait to see what they get up to this academic year! #medievalsky

🤩 Check out the shiny new website of Bristol's world-class Centre for Medieval Studies (@bristolcms.bsky.social), home to over 35 full-time medievalists and over 160 research students and research associates: medievalstudies.blogs.bristol.ac.uk 🤩 @uobartsmatter.bsky.social #medievalsky #skystorians

📣 ANOTHER EVENT! 📣 We are holding a book launch for the volume "Time, Tense, and Genre in Ancient Greek Literature", edited by Connie Bloomfield-Gadêlha and @edithmayhall.bsky.social. 🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/thein... ⏰4PM-6PM, 8/10. 📍Peel Lecture Theatre, University of Bristol. BS8 1SS.

🏳️‍🌈 EVENT REMINDER 🏳️‍🌈 Don't forget to get your tickets for this year's Symonds lecture! The event will also be livestreamed, and you can register here: bristol-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-on-th... ⏰4PM-6PM, 4/10. 📍Peel Lecture Theatre, University of Bristol. BS8 1SS.

📣 TODAY 🔰 Thursday 23rd September 7pm (Doors open 6:45pm) 🔰 Renaissance Skin 🔰 A talk by Professor Evelyn Welch, Vice-Chancellor of Bristol University 🔰 Redland Library #Bristol 🔰 Admission £3 (Pay at the door - Cash only) #History @evelynwelch.bsky.social

A wonderful resource created by my wonderful @bristolcms.bsky.social and @uobrishistory.bsky.social colleague, Evan!

Fascinating stuff from the CMS' own Dr Evan Jones!

We can't wait to hear all about this! 😀

A new semester means a new exciting round of CMS seminars! Here's a sneak peek of what we have to look forward to over the next few weeks!

'There is much more to be found beneath the waves' PhD @bristolantharch.bsky.social candidate Claire Isabella Gilmour comments on the discovery of artefacts from the ancient, submerged city of Canopus in a new piece for @uk.theconversation.com theconversation.com/new-finds-sh...

🏳️‍🌈 EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT 🏳️‍🌈 For this year's Symonds lecture, Nicky Taylor and Alexander Sugar present “No man can see himself as others see" Bringing the personal papers of John Addington Symonds to new audiences. #queerhistory 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/talk-on-th... ⏰4PM, 4/10 📍Peel Lecture Theatre

Excited to be welcoming a new cohort of keen 2nd-year @uobrishistory.bsky.social students to the extended, year-long (24 weeks!) version of my tried-and-tested special ‘Vikings, Normans, and the Making of Europe’, now with 50% more vikings!

As we start a new academic year, we are absolutely delighted to welcome Professor Benjamin Pohl (@benpohl.bsky.social) as our new Co-Director of the CMS! 🎉

PhD student Sarah Scaife has recently published a new open-access 🔓 article in the Journal of Medical Humanities: ‘Medicines of Uncertainty and Objects of Care: Creative Engagement with an Ancient ‘Folding Almanac”. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

'These letters are a fascinating window into Anne’s world.' Prof @matthewsteggle.bsky.social (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) examination of a letter fragment which may reveal new details about the marriage of Anne & William Shakespeare is considered in NY Books www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

🏛️ NEW EVENT SERIES 🏛️ The IGRCT is pleased to announce our new Director's Annual Reception Series, exploring emergent research at the intersections of antiquity and modernity. The first series,"Oblique Classicisms/Hidden Histories" begins on October 16th. www.tickettailor.com/events/thein...

📣 EVENTS PROGRAMME 📣 The IGRCT is thrilled to release our programme of events for the 2025/26 academic year. Be sure to put these dates in your diaries, and keep an eye out for announcements about venues and bookings! #classicssky #ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky

Bristol historians all dressed up for graduation. It’s an absolute highlight of the year getting to celebrate the many achievements of our history students!

Love the new shopfront of our ‘Bristol Studies in Medieval Cultures’ series @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social! 📚 Check it out: boydellandbrewer.com/bristol-stud..., and browse the titles on our back catalogue here: boydellandbrewer.com/books/series... 📚 #medievalsky #skystorians @bristolcms.bsky.social

What a fascinating insight from Helen into the work of Special Collections!

From everyone here at the CMS, a huge 🎉CONGRATULATIONS🎉 to our newest Doctors: Dr Max Fincher (French Loanwords in Early Middle English), Dr Teal St Nicklaus (Marginal Annotations in MSS of Aelfric), and Dr Sebrina Varley (Education in TH White's Once and Future King)! We're so thrilled for you! 🥳🎉

How did rulers in the Middle Ages control who entered and who exited their territories? In 🎧Migration Unboxed🎧 @bristoldublin.bsky.social joins colleagues across the disciplines to think through new ways of understanding migration through the ages. Listen to the full episode here 👉👉 bit.ly/4kvmp4H

We are excited to be taking part in this year’s Being Human Festival, 6–15 November. @beinghumanfest.bsky.social is the UK’s national festival of the humanities, led by School of Advanced Study with AHRC and ‪@britishacademy.bsky.social #BeingHuman2025. Find out more: beinghumanfestival.org

Lucy Donkin discusses the mobility of people and the portability of place in the latest episode of Migration Unboxed, drawing on her chapter in MMB's edited volume 'Rethinking Migration'. Download the book for free here 👉 bit.ly/3TtigmE and listen to the full podcast episode here 👉 bit.ly/4kvmp4H

Huge congratulations to Kathleen (@themedievaldrk.bsky.social) and Melek on the culmination of an incredibly valuable and fascinating project! #medievalsky

A HUGE well done to the CMS' own Dr Hattie Soper for being awarded the University English Book Prize 2024! 🎉🎉🎉 What an amazing and well-deserved award; we're so thrilled for you Hattie! 🥰 You can read the announcement here: universityenglish.ac.uk/announced-un... #medievalsky #skystorians

We know what we'll be reading this weekend! 😄

We are SO excited to read this! 😍 #medievalsky #skystorians

And it's out! Open access and free to download. Thank you @wellcometrust.bsky.social and @manchesterup.bsky.social. Excited to see it out in the world (and sure that despite all the proof reading, I will find typos) @hsmurphy.bsky.social @historyelaine.bsky.social @medievalbadger.bsky.social

Next week (11 June, 7.30pm), our PDRA @mattlampitt.bsky.social will be talking to the Mortimer History Society Online Seminar about his new book - join us there!(mortimerhistorysociety.org.uk/society/onli...) #medievalbluesky #medieval #medievalhistory #medievalseminar #mappingthemarch #Skystorians

Delighted to share this article in PRj vol 23, 'Creating a Database for the Medieval March of Wales', @mappingthemarch.bsky.social edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader...

We know what book we'll be reading this weekend! 🙂 #medievalsky #skystorians

We are so lucky to have @elizabethbiggs.bsky.social joining us at Bristol to talk about medieval borderlands later this month. Mark your calendars! Join online or in person (can confirm refreshments are ace). @uobartsmatter.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social

Don't miss this special event in honour of Professor Marianne Ailes ahead of her retirement! The CMS is hosting a conference for CMS members to try out papers for upcoming conferences, whilst paying tribute to Marianne's long-standing support of PGRs. CMS drinks reception to follow! #medievalsky

Come down to Winterbourne for an evening of feasting, entertainment, and fancy mead. The mead alone is worth the visit!

Don't miss this fascinating lecture by Dr Elizabeth Biggs taking place next week! Email [email protected] to register!

A modern premiere of the 'Life of Job' is definitely not to be missed! 😀 Don't forget to get your tickets today!

We're really looking forward to the SWARP Anarchy Conference, taking place this Friday! Don't forget to register: RSVP to [email protected]. 😊

It was so lovely to welcome members of the REBPAF doctoral training network to Bristol! We only wish they could have stayed longer! Come back and see us again soon! 😊