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

Amazing time at the Harlaxton Medieval Symposium 2025! 😊 Many thanks to the organisers, the committee and the Yorkist History Trust for their support and generous funding! @yorkisthistory.bsky.social

Welcoming @emmaolson5.bsky.social into the organising team of the III Colloquium on Late Medieval and Early Modern Cities. Preparations for 2026 have begun! Really grateful that this initiative keeps growing - CfP coming soon 🎉 #skystorians #medieval #urbanstudies #earlymodern #historians #cities

Call for Papers from @thomashkaal.bsky.social and I for a Sound Studies panel @imc-leeds.bsky.social "Listening to Medieval Life: New Possibilities in Historical Sound Studies". Please consider joining us, we'd love to *hear* from you! Deadline 15 Sept. #cfp #imc2026

New Walking Tour Date The next Medieval Jewish Lincoln Walking Tour will be on Sun 7 Sept at 2:30pm. We've had amazing reviews of the tour so far, and we're excited to share this important chapter in Lincoln's history! For details and how to reserve, see: medievaljewishlincoln.co.uk

CfP for Leeds IMC 2026 on Premodern Masculinities. Do join 😊 #skystorians #medieval #masculinities #genderstudies #imc2026 @imc-leeds.bsky.social

New Call for Papers for more sessions on premodern race & racialisation at #IMC2026!! @medievalgeorgie.bsky.social and I are looking forward to receiving your proposals 🙂 If you have any questions, please do reach out! @imc-leeds.bsky.social #premoderncriticalracestudies #medievalsky #skystorians

Tomorrow is the deadline for registering for this year’s Harlaxton, on the theme of ‘The Medieval City’. Join us!!! Register here: harlaxtonmedievalsymposium.org 📚 #medievalsky #skystorians

Found this magnet of a love scene from the Codex Manesse in Heidelberg. Happy medievalist! #medievalsky #manuscript #medievalgermanpoetry #love

This is tomorrow! Come and hear about #PostDoc applications in the School of History @qmul.bsky.social! #SkyStorians

Travel read. An interesting view on the myth of 'Western exceptionalism' from the perspective of political science. Helps me think further about racialised global structures and how they were rooted in medieval Europe #premodernrace #medievalsky

The Colloquium on Late Medieval and Early Modern Cities that I began to organise last academic year ran its 2nd edition this June at @qmul.bsky.social Thanks so much to our brilliant speakers, attendees and wonderful co-organiser @ebenbow.bsky.social CfP for 3rd edition coming soon - stay tuned! 🙃

Historian Uncovers Unusual Rewards for Victory in Late Medieval Spain www.medievalists.net/2025/04/hist... #MedievalSpain

Amazing experience at the #imc2025. Great papers, colleagiality & book fair. Hope to continue discussions on #premodernrace in #imc2026!

Organising two sessions on premodern race in the late medieval Mediterranean at the #imc2025 Looking forward to the papers & following discussion. Everyone welcome! 🙂

My dear colleague and friend Jiby was awarded his PhD from KU Leuven today. His thesis on environmental ethics challenges contemporary ideas of sustainability, offering new views on structural inequalities and responsibility towards the future generations. Well done, Dr George!

The LMS celebrated its 80th anniversary today! Thank you very much to all our speakers, attendees and everyone who has contributed to the society over the years. To many more years to come! 🍾🥂

International Symposium on Religious Minorities and Labour organised by the UNED in Ávila. 12-14 March 2025. A fantastic experience, thanks to all the organisers!