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

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: [1/7]

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: [email protected]. 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!

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

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.

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 ([email protected]) by 30 November.

Submissions are now open for the Medium Ævum Essay Prize 2026! 📅Deadline: 12:00 midday (GMT) 1st December 2025 📝6,500-8,000 word essay 👩‍🎓Open to graduate students and those who have graduated from a higher degree in the last 3 years 🏆£500 Read more on our website: mediumaevum.org.uk/essayprize

Our friends at @mmapod.bsky.social are looking for submissions for Season 5 of The Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast! You can read more about the MMA podcast on their website: www.multiculturalmiddleages.com

The Society was kindly gifted a replica model of 'The Monk Astride a Wyvern' from The Met Museum by Prof. Mary Carruthers. The original dates from the mid c.12th, and was made in Magdeburg, Germany. We need your help naming our new wyvern-riding wordsmith mascot! Comment your suggestions below 👇

Jinty Nelson was a trustee of SSMLL 2010-2016, and we are delighted to see this special essay in in the @royalhistsoc.org Transactions celebrating her work.

I had a great time in St Andrews this weekend - what a convivial, beautiful, charming place with fantastic medievalists. Presenting completely fresh work was energising and terrifying! 📸 credit: Alastair Minnis

🌍Global Glossing: Transnational Commentary in the Later Middles Ages🌏was packed with exciting research, from Dante to digital reconstruction, and the self-commentary of John Walton to that of producing a new anthology edition. Thank you to our speakers, graduate chairs, and audience for joining us.

I've never been certain of the value of winning prizes, but I know that Medium Ævum Essay Prize is the only prize I have won (in 2009), & it meant a lot to me when one of my PhD students won it in 2022, & it means a lot now to see 1st winner since I was invited to become a trustee of the society. ❤️

The sun has risen on beautiful St Andrews, and our 🌍Global Glossing: Transnational Commentary in the Later Middle Ages🌏 speakers are ready to share their exciting research. This account will be live-posting tantalising insights into their presentations throughout today.

Speakers, SSMLL members, and friends are currently on their way to our much-anticipated 🌍Global Glossing: Transnational Commentary in the Later Middle Ages🌍conference at the University of St Andrews! We'll be keeping you updated on our speakers' cutting-edge research tomorrow here on Bluesky.

I'm on my way to St Andrews 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 today - attending a workshop, a meeting, and very much looking forward to this conference on later medieval glossing & commentary on Saturday! 👇🏻

We have kept registrations open for in-person and online registration to attend our upcoming 🌍Global Glossing: Transnational Commentaries in the Later Middle Ages🌍 conference. You now have until July 14th to sign up and join us! Register today here:

This year's Medium Aevum Annual Lecture, '(Re)anthologizing Literary Theory from Medieval Commentary Tradition: New Parameters' will be given by SSMLL President, Professor Alastair Minnis, at 🌍Global Glossing: Transnational Commentary in the Later Middle Ages🌍 [1/2]

Session III (2:00pm-3:30pm) of 🌍Global Glossing: Transnational Commentary in the Later Middle Ages🌍 will feature the papers of: 📖Cosima Gillhammer (Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford) 📖Raphaela Rohrhofer (St Andrews) 📖Ian Johnson (St Andrews) [1/2]

I am very excited to speak at the upcoming 'Global Glossing' conference at St Andrews! I'll be focusing on an odd aspect of the pseudo-Ovidian De vetula and its paratexts: a poem which tries to convince itself that the text is authentic.

Session II (11:45am-12:45pm) of 🌍Global Glossing: Transnational Commentary in the Later Middle Ages🌍 will feature the papers of Lucie Doležalová and @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social [1/2]

Session 1 (10:15-11:15am) of 🌍Global Glossing: Transnational Commentary in the Later Middle Ages🌍 will feature Andrew Kraebel's paper 'Theories of Voice in Medieval Commentary', and Paola Nasti's paper 'Dante the exegete'. [1/2]

Registration for 🌍Global Glossing: Transnational Commentary in the Later Middle Ages🌍 closes in 10 days on June 30th. In the lead up to the deadline, we will be featuring our fantastic speakers. Our first speaker is Bess Rhodes, who will be sharing a 'Virtual Walkthrough of Medieval St Andrews'.

An initiative true to Nigel Palmer's legacy - donate for a travel fund to support graduate students doing archival work mediumaevum.org.uk/donate/palme... @mediumaevum.bsky.social @oxmedstud.bsky.social @bkhistoxford.bsky.social @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social

NOW LAUNCHED: The Nigel F. Palmer Travel Fund Appeal The Nigel F. Palmer Travel Fund was established by the Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature in 2025, and honours the contribution made to the Society by Nigel F. Palmer, executive editor of Medium Ævum 1990-2022. (1/3)

A final reminder that accommodation booking at Agnes Blackadder Hall, St Andrews University is available at the discounted rate for those attending the 🌍Global Glossing: Transnational Commentary in the Later Middle Ages🌍 conference! (1/2)

Since 1965, the NEH has awarded over $6 billion to support museums, historic sites, universities, teachers, libraries, documentary filmmakers, public TV and radio stations, research institutions, scholars, and local humanities programming. Now its funding is under threat. (1/5)

👉Extended deadline for discounted accommodation – book by 31st of May We are delighted to have secured an extension for discounted accommodation booking at St Andrews University for the SSMLL Annual Day Conference: ‘Global Glossing: Transnational Commentary in the Later Middle Ages’. (1/2)

Our forthcoming SSMLL Day Conference 2025, 'Global Glossing: Transnational Commentary in the Later Middle Ages', features expert speakers: 🌍BESS RHODES 🌍ANDREW KRAEBEL 🌍PAOLA NASTI 🌍LUCIE DOLEŽALOVÁ 🌍REBECCA MENMUIR 🌍COSIMA GILLHAMMER 🌍RAPHAELA ROHRHOFER 🌍IAN JOHNSON 🌍ALASTAIR MINNIS (1/2)

🌍Registration for the 2025 SSMLL Day Conference, 'Global Glossing: Transnational Commentary in the Later Middle Ages' is now open!🌍 Our 2025 SSMLL Day Conference will take place at St Andrews University on Saturday 19th July, 2025, both in-person and online. 1/3

We are pleased to be able to share the winner of the Medium Ævum Essay Prize 2025: Chenyun Zhu (Nanjing University, China; currently on a visiting studentship in Oxford), 'The Curse and the Seal: Fertility Myth in the Nine Herbs Charm' Our warmest congratulations to Chenyun!

The portal for the 2025 SSMLL Day Conference 🌍Global Glossing: Transnational Commentary in the Later Middle Ages 🌍 is nearly up and running, and we have secured discounted accommodation for delegates. See the images below for our conference pricing, and our exciting programme of speakers.

I wrote about the late 14th century as a defining period for English as a scientific language in The Light Ages ⤵️ And – if you want more – in this article in @mediumaevum.bsky.social: www.jstor.org/stable/26889...

Our final 'abstract spotlight' from Medium Ævum’s 93.1 issue is on @sjlahey.bsky.social and @aboyarin.bsky.social's '‘Et dixit anglice’: unpublished vernacular verses in British Library, Harley MS 912'. Members can log into medium.aevum/space to read the full article.

Looking forward to speaking at the @mediumaevum.bsky.social 'Global Glossing' conference at St Andrews in July - the programme looks fab!

We are delighted to announce the programme for the annual SSMLL day conference: 🌍'Global Glossing: Transnational Commentary in the Later Middle Ages' 🌍Saturday 19th July, 2025 🌍University of St Andrews (and online) Registration and discounted accommodation booking will open soon.

Today's 'abstract spotlight' is on Catherine Gunn's article ‘Þis worde of þa apostil longiþ to ȝow men & wymen of cristis Relygyon: who were the readers of the Mirror of St Edmund?’, which can be read in Medium Ævum, 93.1. Swipe across to read the article abstract in English and French.

May we take this opportunity to wish all of our Society members and followers a restful festive break. We look forward to keeping you updated with our exciting 2025 plans in the new year.