Due to a couple of withdrawals, I am accepting paper proposals for my Constructing Masculinities and Ideas of Manhood in the Premodern World sessions at the upcoming @imc-leeds.bsky.social. Please see the attached poster for details! Thanks in advance 😊 #imc #medieval #history #conference

Only two weeks left to the LMS Colloquium on Medievalisms! Please do join and don't hesitate to spread the word 🤩🎉 #medievalsky #skystorians #medieval #earlymodern #academic #historians

On Tuesday, we had the pleasure of welcoming David Nirenberg (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton) for an evening of reflection and discussion marking 30 years since the publication of his seminal study "Communities of Violence: Persecution of Minorities in the Middle Ages". 1/3

Delighted to announce the upcoming Colloquium on Medievalisms, co-organised with CREMS in person at Queen Mary University of London! Please join us on Saturday, 2nd May, for some medievalists' fun! 😊 Registration via link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/medievalis... Looking forward to seeing you there!

Many congratulations to Sam Halvorsen from Geography (GES), Liesbeth Corens from History & Karl Pike from SPIR, who have all received funding awards from the Leverhulme Trust. In a double win, Sam has also received a grant from the British Academy. Read more: www.qmul.ac.uk/society-and-...

Happening tomorrow! Join us for a special panel discussion and conversation with Professor David Nirenberg at the Art Workers' Guild in Bloomsbury. Please sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-convers... #medievalmonday #skystorians #medievalhistory

It's such a pleasure to have FiftyEleven back at the #IMC2026 Craft Fair 🎊 😃 The talent and creativity which goes into these medieval crafts is not to be missed!😃 www.fiftyeleven.co.uk www.facebook.com/FiftyelevenArtisanCabinetry www.instagram.com/fiftyelevencabinetry/ #MedievalSky

On Monday, we held our third annual online Postgraduate Symposium, where we were honoured to hear a plenary lecture from Prof Miri Rubin (QMUL & VP of the EHS) on 'Church History and the History of Religious Cultures: What and How?' youtu.be/SDLVOfgrmQM?... #ChurchHistory #Skystorians

We have a PhD studentship available in History or Archaeology at CCCU www.canterbury.ac.uk/study-here/f... - deadline 22 May. #skystorians 1/

On 13 May, we will be in Aberystwyth to meet with historians at the university & wider region. The visit ends with a public guest lecture by Prof Miri Rubin (QMUL) on 'Black/Beautiful: Meanings of Blackness in a Biblical Verse' bit.ly/4b6cfpz In-person booking now open / all welcome #Skystorians

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of 'Communities of Violence' by Prof David Nirenberg! He will be engaging in conversation with other scholars about his work and the history of religious persecution. Join us on 14 April at @ghilondon.bsky.social 😊 #skystorians #medievalsky #earlymodern #medieval

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!

🚨UPDATE - we've filled in the slot. Thanks so much for spreading the word! 😊

🚨 LATE SUBMISSION WINDOW OPEN 🚨 We've had a withdrawal from one of these sessions and would be very keen to include another paper - please do not hesitate to reach out if you're interested, and to help us spread the word. Many thanks!! #skystorians #medieval #medievalsky #premodernrace #imc2026

Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra and Adrian Masters's "The Radical Spanish Empire: How Paperwork Politics Remade the New World" is nearly there @harvardpress.bsky.social! And I cannot wait. www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians #YayArchives

Two days to go until the next LMS Colloquium on non-conformities! Don't miss it 🤗

I edited a thing! Because everything is better if it links back to the medieval Lincoln Jewry, I edited an entire volume on the topic. Coming from Arc Humanities Press in May!

*Reposted CFP with alt text* III Colloquium on Late Medieval and Early Modern Cities: Moving and Being Moved London, 11-12 June 2026 Deadline abstract submissions: 31 January 2026 Looking forward to meeting everyone! 🤗🤗 #medievalsky #skystorians #medieval #earlymodern #callforpapers #history

Less then two weeks left for this CFP!! Come and join us in London for an exciting research exchange on movements in late medieval and early modern cities. We are looking forward to getting to know about your work! 🤗🤗 #medievalsky #skystorians #callforpapers #medieval #earlymodern #history

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

Six books for understanding #polarisation. Drawn from a series at LSE, Universities in the age of polarisation, Kevin Wilson @lselibrary.bsky.social picks six books that explore these divides – from to the impacts of social media – and offer ideas for dialogue @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social

So glad that our sessions on premodern race got accepted! @medievalgeorgie.bsky.social @imc-leeds.bsky.social Can't wait for #IMC2026! 🤗

How late medieval Middle Eastern peasants adopted Arab cultural identities and formed village clans. Becoming Arab by Yossef Rapoport is now available (13 Jan UK pub). Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #History

We are looking forward to welcoming everyone to the upcoming London Medieval Society @londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social Colloquium on Women and Knowledge which will be Saturday 22nd November from 10:20-15:00 UK time. 🙂 You can find the zoom registration link here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Congratulations to @rachelschine.bsky.social for winning the Best Book Award from the Middle East Medievalists association for her book, Black Knights: Arabic Epic and the Making of Medieval Race! Brava!!! 🍾🍾🍾 Here's the link, if you haven't already read it: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Isabella Lewis (@leedsims.bsky.social) writes our latest blog post about St Andrew the Fool. Looking at Andrew's hagiography from the 10c., Isabella explores the intersection of sexual violence and race in the Christian East #churchhistory #skystorians eccleshistsoc.wordpress.com/2025/11/03/s...

Please join us on 22 November to discuss Women and Knowledge. We cannot wait to listen to and engage with all presentations 😁 This event is free to attend, but prior registration is required through this link: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Thank you! We look forward to seeing you there!

@londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social London Medieval Society will be hosting its first colloquium of the academic year on the 22nd November 2025 on the subject of Women and Knowledge in the Middle Ages. 😊 You can find the Zoom link here: us02web.zoom.us/j/81823681150

Early Medieval Settlement Unearthed in Northern England www.medievalists.net/2025/08/earl... #archaeology

So pleased to launch the CfP for the III Colloquium on Late Medieval and Early Modern Cities!! Looking forward to your paper proposals 🤗🥳 Deadline 31 Jan 2026 @ebenbow.bsky.social @emmaolson5.bsky.social #medievalsky #skystorians #medieval #cfp #earlymodern #history #urbanstudies #callforpapers

Happening tomorrow! @londonmedievalsoc.bsky.social

The Black Italian Renaissance is a critically acclaimed documentary that examines the presence of Black people in the Italian Renaissance and their contribution to its development and significance. Join us for a screening & discussion: warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

In our latest blog, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow Hannah Lee discusses her research on race and representation in early modern art, her work with the Image of the Black archive, and her upcoming conference and short course. Read:

📜 Pre-Modern Race Roundtable 🗓 Thurs 16 Oct | 17:15–18:30 📍 Darwin LT1 & Online (Teams) 🎙 Dr Sarah Dustagheer, Natalie Tolentino, Georgie Anderson, & Eleanor Hex discuss race in the medieval and early modern worlds, from the ‘Other’ and fabulation to Digital Humanities and Premodern Race Studies.

Happening online on Saturday! 🥳

Please do take a look, and let me know what you think! A privilege to have the time and space to consider how displaced people exercise agency – and how to find them – in the records we do have.

Call for Papers: Anglican Missions and Missionaries, 1701–1965 The Canadian Church Historical Society invites proposals for historical papers and panels on any area relating to Anglican mission work for a conference at Huron University College, Ontario, May 28–30, 2026. cchso.ca/call-for-art...

CFP: Gender, Violence and the Early Moderns 🗓️ 22 May 2026 📍 European University Institute, Florence 👩‍🏫 Organiser: Dr Giada Pizzoni 🎤 Keynote: Dr Jonathan Davies (Warwick) Submit abstracts (≤300 words) by 20 Dec 2025 👉 socialhistory.org.uk/shs_event/ge...

@ktgerbs.bsky.social provides an essential link in understanding the creation of racialized slavery. She demonstrates how Christians—intentionally & not—tied bondage to status as a Christian and, ultimately, how this tied assumptions about the heathen to enslaved Black people. 2/

Heading to one of my fave cities and unis to talk about one of my fave topics: women employed in university colleges! It will feature some new material from Cambridge and King’s College’s cute account books 👀

Last month, the Trust had the privilege of offering scholarships to five PGRs and ECRs to attend the Harlaxton #Medieval Symposium. Each YHT Scholar has shared their thoughts on the experience on our #blog, which you can read here: yorkisthistorytrust.org/2025/09/18/y... #MedievalSky #Skystorians

We're absolutely delighted to invite you to this upcoming symposium on Nineteenth-Century Medievalisms, co-organised by the New York Medieval Society and the LMS! It will take place on 18 Oct 2025. Please join through this link: us02web.zoom.us/j/8729115924... We look forward to seeing you all! 🙂

Grateful to participate and speak in the international workshop 'The Other Part of The Town: Poor and Marginalised Population Groups in Medieval Cities' at @rwth.bsky.social I go back home with lots of notes and interesting points to reflect further! 😊

Colloquium on Black and Indigenous Women's History 👇🏾

Only a week left for this #cfp!! 🤗 Come and join us in Leeds! @medievalgeorgie.bsky.social @imc-leeds.bsky.social #skystorians #medieval #premoderncriticalracestudies #medievalsky #imc2026 #imc #historians #medievalhistory #premodernrace #racialisation #imc2025

Race Isn’t Biological — So Why Do So Many Still Think It Is? @kevinlala.bsky.social and @kztwyman.bsky.social blog about their recent paper in the journal Evolutionary Human Sciences www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...

The radical right in Britain increasingly claims to represent "Christian values" & "Christian civilisation" - though its leaders rarely go to church or pretend to believe anything. It's especially important that Christian leaders speak out against this, as it's their tradition that's being claimed.

Join the Migration Museum team for a walking tour exploring the incredible stories of the generations of migrants who’ve lived, worked, and shaped the City of London. 🗓️ Sat 13 Sept 2025 🕜 1.30–3pm 📍 Starts behind the Royal Exchange, London EC3V 3LL 🔗 Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/migration-...

Publication Day! How was race taught to students during the Enlightenment? Our book traces how Edinburgh-trained students carried their education into colonial contexts and forged race as a central category of Enlightenment thought. #History #Enlightenment #Colonialism #YaleUniversityPress

Two weeks left to get your abstracts in for #imc2026!!! We look forward to hearing from you 🤗 @medievalgeorgie.bsky.social @imc-leeds.bsky.social #skystorians #medieval #premoderncriticalracestudies #medievalsky #imc #premodernrace #cfp