We're so excited to welcome this year's Medieval Studies Summer School cohort to Bristol this Sunday! 😎 #medievalsky #skystorians

Exciting news! 📣 The call for papers is now OUT for the 'Dante Futures 2026: New Voices in the UK and Ireland' conference! 🎉 Submit your abstract to [email protected] by the 5th July 2026! Please share with anyone who may be interested! 😊 #medievalsky #skystorians

OK #MedievalSky and #Skystorians: early career job klaxon! A post on my new project 'Strange Geographies: Spatial Imaginaries of Medieval Britain', 30 months (with poss. of extension). Details at jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... @royalhistsoc.org @memorients.bsky.social @imc-leeds.bsky.social

Please spread the word and forward to anyone I might be missing off this list! @antiquaries.bsky.social @bristolcms.bsky.social @memsunikent.bsky.social

We can't wait to listen to this!

The semester may be over, but we were absolutely spoiled by this term's CMS seminar series! We're looking back first to Miri Rubin's wonderful talk 'Nigra sum (Song 1-5): the Long History of Race in a Biblical Verse'. We hope to welcome you back to Bristol (and to the Highbury Vaults) soon Miri!

Fascinating work from the CMS' very own Rebecca Tyson (@tyguson.bsky.social)! ⛵

suggesting that those living beyond city perimeters benefited from their geographic ability to isolate. Matthew conducted the study as part of his BA in History during research that he began amid the COVID-19 pandemic.’

The IGRCT is hiring for a new intern! All PGRs in the UoB Arts, Law, and Social Sciences faculty are eligible to apply, so long as they have completed their first year of study and have some interest in classics or classical reception. More information here: igrct.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2026/05/14/j...

What did last year's students gain from the 2025 Bristol Medieval Studies Summer School? Find out here! Don't forget that applications for this year's summer school close 17th May! Find out more and apply today at: www.bristol.ac.uk/centre-for-s...

Student's from last year's Bristol Medieval Studies Summer School tell us about their favourite memory of the programme! Remember: applications for this year's summer school close 17th May! Find out more and apply at: www.bristol.ac.uk/centre-for-s...

There isn’t a spare seat in the house for @benpohl.bsky.social’s public lecture ‘Food for Thought- The Bayeux Tapestry Revisited’ #MedievalSky @uobrishistory.bsky.social @bristolcms.bsky.social

Gesticulating, talking about Chaucer, wearing a suit that makes me feel like David Byrne Thank you @bristolcms.bsky.social for organising another fabulous PGR conference earlier this month

Attention Bristol students! 🚨 The deadline for the Bristol Medieval Studies Summer School is fast approaching! Don't forget that Bristol students get a 10% discount! Make sure you don't miss out: get those applications in today! 😊

Loving looking back at the pictures from last year's Medieval Studies Summer School! Remember that applications for this year's Medieval Studies Summer School close on the 3rd May! Find out more here: www.bristol.ac.uk/centre-for-s...

📣NEW EVENT📣 For our 10th Annual Sir Jeremy Morse Lecture, we welcome Professor Josephine Quinn to speak on "The Provincialisation of Ancient History, or an Enlightenment Tragedy." 🎟️ www.tickettailor.com/events/thein... ⏰April 23rd 5-6:30PM 📍Peele Lecture Theatre, School of Geographical Sciences

Not long before applications close for this year's Medieval Studies Summer School!

Behind the scenes at conference set up! Our Bristol CMS PGRs were hard at work getting ready to welcome delegates to the PGR conference! @bristolcmspgr.bsky.social #medievalsky #skystorians

Immense thanks from the committee to everyone who attended this year's conference! We are delighted with how everything turned out, and look forward to keeping in touch! 🐉

I had a lovely time presenting at the Bristol CMS PGR Conference this week @bristolcmspgr.bsky.social ! It was wonderful to talk about supernatural mothers once again ( this time, stepmothers!) and I even got to use a historical printing press! Thank you Bristol CMS!

It was an absolute pleasure to speak at @bristolcmspgr.bsky.social on Monday on the socio-linguistic aspects of charter names as performances of power in Langobard Italy, chaired by Dr. Anna Havinga. Admittedly, I hadn't been intending on imitating Hozier's fabulous hair quite so closely...

Spent the past few days presenting at @bristolcms.bsky.social's PGR Conference 2026! 'Imperfect Prefects: Leet Officer Accountability in Late Medieval England' Managed to meet some great people, both medieval and environmentally inclined!

The second day of the conference has flown by! We are absolutely delighted with the quality of the papers and the lovely group of delegates we got this year. @bristolcms.bsky.social @uobartsmatter.bsky.social

In the latest Trust #blog, read how a YHT research grant awarded to Rachael Harkes (@latemedievalist.bsky.social) helped produce detailed maps of recruitment to a #medieval guild and shape her fascinating research questions: tinyurl.com/cs5unwtm 🌍 @bristolcms.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social

The next History of Liturgy Seminar is in London @ihr.bsky.social on Monday 16 March 17.30. Come hear Melanie Shaffer @bristolcms.bsky.social & @carrielarocco.bsky.social. In-person (chat! drinks! people!) or online. #medievalsky www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Join us on Thursday (12th March) at 4pm for the next seminar in our CMS seminar series! We are delighted to host Prof Miri Rubin (Queen Mary University of London) who will be giving a paper titled 'Nigra sum (Song 1-5): the long history of race in a biblical verse'. Not to be missed! All welcome!

Interested in the Bristol Medieval Studies Summer School? Don't forget to apply by 1st March to be eligible for the early bird discount! Find out more at: www.bristol.ac.uk/centre-for-s... #medievalsky #skystorians

Save the Date medievalists! 📆 #medievalsky #skystorians

We can't wait! #medievalsky #skystorians

Don't forget that applications are currently open for the Bristol Medieval Studies Summer School! Apply by 1st March to be eligible for a 10% discount! Find out more at: www.bristol.ac.uk/centre-for-s... #medievalsky #skystorians

Don't miss our next CMS seminar, taking place tomorrow (Feb 19th)! #medievalsky #skystorians

Want to impress someone special this Valentines Day? 'Medieval Love Letters' by Myra Stokes and our own Ad Putter has some helpful medieval love letter templates, including 'How to dissuade women from taking the veil' and 'Persuading someone to marry for money'! #medievalsky #skystorians

It was a pleasure to chat with @ecrpodcasters.bsky.social about visiting fellowships and how/why to apply for them. Hopefully folks will find it useful! @bristolcms.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social @bristolcmspgr.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social

Research Seminar - 23 Feb, 4pm (Hybrid) Dr Alastair Ayton Beyond a Borderland: The March of Wales and its Lords in Thirteenth-Century English Politics Open to all! Email [email protected] to register (online or in person).

📻 Dr Laurence Publicover (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) joins BBC Radio 4 #InOurTime to discuss Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 with @oldfortunatus.bsky.social, @lucycmunro.bsky.social & Misha Glenny Listen to the full programme 👉 brnw.ch/21wZOlR @bristolcms.bsky.social

We want to finish the week with some exciting news: following last year's success, the Bristol Common Press will be running a workshop at our 2026 conference too! 🎉 Can't wait!

CMS members have lots of medieval goodness to look forward to this week! Check out our instagram post for more details on all events: www.instagram.com/p/DT0aN7PjL05/ 😊 #medievalsky #skystorians

We're so excited to hear this keynote by the CMS' very own Dr Peter Dent! 😍 #medievalsky #skystorian

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