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

What’s the collective noun for a group of environmental historians/ environmental humanists?

Coming up on day two of Extractive Natures/ Natures of Extraction we have bodies, we have places, and we have power!

Day one of the Extractive Natures/Natures of Extraction workshop, organised by @melinabuns.bsky.social as part of her @britishacademy.bsky.social fellowship here at Bristol @uobrisceh.bsky.social . Great papers that spanned resource extraction from medieval Europe to modern day Australia

We’re SO excited about this!

Here’s @dudleymarianna.bsky.social introducing her new book to the world, in conversation with CEH co-director Paul Merchant. Everyone go read: ‘Electric Wind: An Energy History of Modern Britain’! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526182968/

Was great to celebrate Electric Wind with friends and colleagues @uobrisceh.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social . I was most excited about the book-cake. Cake-book. A book made of cake!!!!

And tomorrow kicks off the ‘Extractive Natures/ Natures of Extraction’ workshop led by our fabulous visiting scholar @melinabuns.bsky.social. Phew! Stay tuned for more!

In 5 minutes it’s our very own @dudleymarianna.bsky.social book launch for the beautifully titled Electric Wind! More photos to come! …

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

'Shamanism is enjoying a double boom in the modern world.' Prof Ronald Hutton (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) reviews two new books on the subject - Shamanism: The Timeless Religion by @manvir.bsky.social & Shamans by Max Carocci - in a new piece for The TLS Read 👇 www.the-tls.com/religion/rel...

🤩 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

The stop-motion animation 'Reynard the Fox' -- directed by Maddy Pull, and executive-produced by Dr Kristian Moen and our own Prof Ad Putter -- has made it to the semi-finals of the Animalis Fabula Film Festival, and will be shown in San Antonio in late Nov. 🎉 Huge congrats to all! #medievalsky

'When sympathy with Chaucer's Christian beliefs can no longer be taken for granted, alternative philosophies are needed to make sense of Chaucer's ethics.' Prof Ad Putter (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) reviews Laura Ashe's Chaucer's Ethical Philosophy in The TLS www.the-tls.com/literature/l...

📣 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

🦋 Bridging Histories is a social enterprise which supports everyday people & communities to achieve they changes they want to see. Led by Dr Joanna Burch-Brown (Philosophy), Bridging Histories hyper-local focus has had global impact, from Bristol to Bosnia & beyond Watch the video 👉 bit.ly/4oCFh4c

Don’t mind if we do! 🐈‍⬛

'Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change.' Join Prof Justin Williams at @wshed.bsky.social on Thursday 6-9pm for a new documentary on Hip-Hop in Tanzania The event is free, open to all & includes a Q&A, food & music! 🎟️ bit.ly/42oG7Ja

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

📺 Prof Ronald Hutton (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) joins Rylan Clark & @profaliceroberts.bsky.social on #WitchesOfEssex to investigate the truth behind the British witch trials of the 16th & 17th centuries Watch the full three-part series on Sky History & Now 👉 bit.ly/47l3e8X

You should read Electric Wind. Don't take my word for it -

We are SO excited to announce that applications are now open for this year's Medieval Studies Summer School! 🎉 Please do pass this information on to anyone you think might be interested! We'll be sharing some highlights of last year's programme over the next few weeks! #medievalsky #skystorians

‘Low-Carbon Histories for Zero-Carbon Futures’ is out today @jofhistgeog.bsky.social - a collective case for thinking historically about energy. doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...

Dr @noreenmasud.bsky.social, Associate Professor in Creative and Critical Writing from the Department of English, has been awarded a prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize, awarded by the @leverhulme.ac.uk - one of only 30 recipients from across the UK who will receive £100,000.

Yesterday, the CMS were lucky enough to see a snapshot 🧑‍🔬📷 of Dr Alexander Zawacki's (@achillghost.bsky.social) work in his seminar on ‘Analysing Manuscripts with MSI’. Thank you for such a fascinating talk Alexander, and thanks also to @benpohl.bsky.social for chairing! #medievalsky #skystorians

Exciting news! 📣 The CMS' own Dr Sig Sønnesyn (@sigsonnesyn.bsky.social) is giving a lecture tomorrow (Tuesday) on 'Meaning, Intelligibility, and Fusing Horizons: Medieval Thought as a Case Study' at 3:30pm in G.HO1, Arts Complex. All welcome. We can't wait! 😀 #medievalsky #skystorians

Ending the week on a high with an Old English/Old Norse reading group mash up! Thanks as ever to Hattie Soper for coordinating! Remember that Old English reading group runs on Fridays at 3pm, followed by Old Norse at 4pm. All welcome, no prior knowledge necessary! #medievalsky #skystorians

Yesterday, we were lucky enough to hear about Dr Elena Rossi’s (@elenarossi.bsky.social) work on female employment in medieval universities. A HUGE thank you to Elena for sharing such a fascinating paper with us all: we really hope to welcome you back to Bristol soon! 🥰 #medievalsky #skystorians

Another post on 'The Experience of Work in Early Modern England' - a reminder that work in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries was very much a family affair... manyheadedmonster.com/2025/10/09/t...

As you dig out your chunky knitwear from the back of the draw, I know you are wondering: 'How did people prepare for winter 400 years ago?' Read today's post to find out (and whet your appetite for our new book The Experience of Work in Early Modern England) manyheadedmonster.com/2025/10/07/t...

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!

The night is dark and full of terrors! As the days grow shorter+ the darkness creeps in, grab yourself some pilfered firewood, slaughter a sheep, and read more about seasonal work patterns from @markhailwood.bsky.social +others’ new book on experiences of work 🗃️ manyheadedmonster.com/2025/10/07/t...

Our new short course 'The French Revolution - Not just a Revolution in France' starts this evening. There is still time to sign up and all sessions are recorded. Historian William Doyle emeritus professor of @uobrishistory.bsky.social is the opening speaker www.history.org.uk/historian/ca...

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!

‘This kind of exposure to other scholars’ real, living work was an essential reminder that the bounds of academic curiosity and innovation do not end with a coursework deadline or at the library or seminar room door.' Over the summer, recent History graduate Owen Chennetier attended the…

Dr Sijie Ren, who was supervised by @robertbickers and Adrian Howkins, was awarded the British Association for Chinese Studies 'Best Doctoral Thesis Prize' for their PhD “Science and Politics in Maoist China: The Synthetic Insulin Project and its Legacy."

New on advance access: "Bodies, Tides, Timber, and the Global History of London’s Docks, 1860–1928" by Simeon Koole (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) and @benmechen.bsky.social (@uclhistory.bsky.social) #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1093/past...

Please join us for this guest lecture with the brilliant Dr Eugenia Anderson (KNUST/Oxford) titled: 'We do not fear intimidation, we will express our opposing views.' Thursday 23rd October, 4-5.30pm. All welcome! @uobartsmatter.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social @brisblackhums.bsky.social

Lovely to connect with @uobrishistory.bsky.social, and to hear more about Victoria and Sarah's powerful books - on hospital colours and chronologies as overlapping and layered, and on mothers radicalised by and of the women's liberation movement. I've read both these books and really loved them 💖

✈️ Our PGR internship series returns, as PhD @uobrishistory.bsky.social candidate Jenny Hutton tells us about working with Dr @smawdsley.bsky.social to examine the history of aircraft cabin air contamination Read more about this important research with global reach 👉 bit.ly/3IHyV47

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

'They [maps] are a great research tool and are also equally accessible to people without skills or training.' 🗺️ Dr Evan Jones (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) comments on the addition of historic street names to Bristol's Know Your Place interactive city map for BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Fascinating stuff from the CMS' own Dr Evan Jones!

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!

🚨new article on mixed identities in Morocco🚨 how did mixed families construct their identity and navigate discrimination in the 20th and 21st century? 🇲🇦 find out here, baby… www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

In this new blog post, Bristol History student Hannah Clark reflects on her summer internship working with Professor Sumita Mukherjee on a public digital resource called ‘South Asian Britain: Connections and Networks.’ Read more here: historiansatbristol.blogs.bristol.ac.uk

✍️ Dr @ellencssmith.bsky.social (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) introduces us to her Imperial Letters project which explores how the correspondence of British families in India shaped public opinion of empire in the 19th & 20th centuries Find out more this South Asian Heritage Month 👉 bit.ly/45chAIX

📻 Dr Sam Hitchmough (@uobrishistory.bsky.social) joins #BBCRadio3 The Sunday Feature to discuss Buffalo Bill and the potential influences on Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's The Song of Hiawatha Listen to the full programme 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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!

I’m very pleased to working on this new project seeking to embed silenced voices in the new Natural History GCSE curriculum. This is a fabulous collaboration with Rising Arts Agency, colleagues in the School of Education and Bristol Museum. Thanks to @hellobrigstow.bsky.social.