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!

PhD student Sarah Scaife has recently published a new open-access 🔓 article in the Journal of Medical Humanities: ‘Medicines of Uncertainty and Objects of Care: Creative Engagement with an Ancient ‘Folding Almanac”. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Emma Parker’s Life Writing and the End of Empire: Homecoming in Autobiographical Narratives (Bloomsbury, 2024) has been shortlisted for the 2025 Literary Encyclopedia Book Prize! www.litencyc.com/book-prizes/...

Grief affects us all, and yet people often struggle to talk about death & dying. 🦋 @goodgrieffest.bsky.social is a social venture spinout at @bristoluni.bsky.social that brings people together to talk about death & grief, providing information, support & a sense of community More 👉 brnw.ch/21wVqxR

💥 COMING UP: Join Suzannah V Evans (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) for the launch of her debut poetry collection, Under the Blue Told through a series of prose poems & postcards, Under the Blue is a meditation on humanity & empathy 📅 Fri 5 September, 7-9pm 📍 @bookhaus.bsky.social 🎟️ bit.ly/3V9L7Nv

Bristol Balloon Fiesta took over the skies this weekend! 📸 by Dr Ronald Musto, including of the balloons rising up early on Saturday morning…

'A perceptive critical study that recognizes the power of images and the need to explain them.' Dr Laurence Publicover's (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) book, Fathoming the Deep in English Renaissance Tragedy, is reviewed in this week's @thetls.bsky.social www.the-tls.com/literature/l...

'These letters are a fascinating window into Anne’s world.' Prof @matthewsteggle.bsky.social (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) examination of a letter fragment which may reveal new details about the marriage of Anne & William Shakespeare is considered in NY Books www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

Had a great time @bavs-uk.bsky.social last week. Not been for a long time and was really impressed by the quality of the papers and the great chats I had with so many. Thanks also to my PhD sister @jendeavour.bsky.social for getting this pic of me in action, probably laughing at one of my own jokes.

And southasianbritain.org is live - 33 months in the making - partnership by @uobrishistory.bsky.social @bristolunienglish.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social & @britishlibrary.bsky.social, funded by @ukri.org/ahrc - 750+ entries, 30+oral histories, newly digitised archival docs & more; spread the word

Come join us for our first @remakingbritain.bsky.social project event to launch the South Asian Britain: Connecting Histories digital resource, a partnership of @uobartsmatter.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social @bristolunienglish.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social

'Together, the pair make what they can out of the world they're left with.' Dr Noreen Masud (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) reviews Caleb Carr's new memoir, My Beloved Monster, in a new piece for @thetls.bsky.social @noreenmasud.bsky.social www.the-tls.com/lives/biogra...

A HUGE well done to the CMS' own Dr Hattie Soper for being awarded the University English Book Prize 2024! 🎉🎉🎉 What an amazing and well-deserved award; we're so thrilled for you Hattie! 🥰 You can read the announcement here: universityenglish.ac.uk/announced-un... #medievalsky #skystorians

We're excited to work with you @bristolunienglish.bsky.social!

We are excited to be taking part in this year’s Being Human Festival, 6–15 November. @beinghumanfest.bsky.social is the UK’s national festival of the humanities, led by School of Advanced Study with AHRC and ‪@britishacademy.bsky.social #BeingHuman2025. Find out more: beinghumanfestival.org

We're in Bristol 24/7! www.bristol247.com/culture/thea...

Lovely to see this new video of my colleagues & students @bristolunienglish.bsky.social advocating for our programme and for the subject more broadly. Studying English Literature can help our students think & read more critically - essential at the moment! www.youtube.com/watch?v=avkW...

We're delighted to announce that a special version of our Think While You Drink talks series will be part of the @beinghumanfest.bsky.social. More details to follow but it will involve beer tasting @goodchembrew.bsky.social @bristolunienglish.bsky.social www.beinghumanfestival.org/news/2025-be...

Free Tickets for Students! @maxminervas.bsky.social have five free student tickets available to their event with Yael Van Der Wouden on 10th July! DM us for details: maxminervas.co.uk/products/eve...

Huge congratulations to Dr Erin Forbes @eeforbes.bsky.social, whose monograph, Criminal Genius in African American and US Literature (Johns Hopkins, 2024), has been awarded 'Honourable Mention' for the British Association for American Studies' Arthur Miller Prize! baas.ac.uk/awards/previ...

#ThinkingForwards We’re undertaking a national conversation about the future of English Thurs 26 June 4.45 -5.30 Join us! #WorkingTogether in #FurtherEducation Angie Lenton & Bianca Fanciullacci discuss how they collaborate/facilitate collaboration in FE settings www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-to...

Congrats to @themedievaldrk.bsky.social and Melek Karataş on the publication of Medieval Manuscripts in Bristol Collections, the latest title on our Bristol Studies in Medieval Cultures (BSMC) series with @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social. If you’d like to be next, get in touch! @bristolcms.bsky.social

Our next 'Think While You Drink' (24 June, 6.30pm, Greenbank, Easton) features Bristol-based writers, @boakandbailey.bsky.social on 20th C pubs in 21st C Bristol & Dafydd Wiliam, Principal Curator, St Fagans on re-building The Vulcan Hotel. goodchemistrybrewing.co.uk/pages/think-while-you-drink

'Karim Kattan's carefully crafted narrative unfolds through circles and repetitions, telling a story of personal haunting and lost happiness.' Prof Tom Sperlinger (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) reviews The Palace on the Higher Hill in this week's The TLS www.the-tls.co.uk/literature/f...

Don't miss this special event in honour of Professor Marianne Ailes ahead of her retirement! The CMS is hosting a conference for CMS members to try out papers for upcoming conferences, whilst paying tribute to Marianne's long-standing support of PGRs. CMS drinks reception to follow! #medievalsky

Don't miss this fascinating lecture by Dr Elizabeth Biggs taking place next week! Email [email protected] to register!

Oroosa Anwar, a PhD student from the Department of English, has taken first place in the University’s Three Minute Thesis competition! #universityofbristol #threeminutethesis #3MT www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...

@joannanadin.bsky.social organised a brilliant #uobwritersday @bristolunienglish.bsky.social !!!

Congratulations to Oroosa Anwar, PhD @bristolunienglish.bsky.social candidate, who received first prize at the 3 Minute Thesis final 🥳 Oroosa presented her research on Urdu women's magazines, tracing the recurring themes that reflect & shape identity. Read more 👇 www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/ju...

@victoriabates.bsky.social kindly interviewed @kellygcb.bsky.social & I for her new podcast on impact activities at Uni of Bristol. We talk about the ongoing collaboration with Professor Sam Goodman & re-launched series of talks: Think While You Drink humsimpact.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/05/29/t...

A new article by our own Dr Abs S. Ashley has been published in a special issue of Transgender Studies Quarterly ('Toward a Trans[]Crip Theory'): 'Neurotrans Affect: Choreography, Cocreation, and Coalitional Resistance'! @ainokash.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/tsq/article-...

3D-print your own medieval toy! Thanks to my amazing collaborators Beth Kimber and @noreenmasud.bsky.social www.instructables.com/Buzz-Bones-t...

Tickets now on sale for a medieval feast performance of ‘The Life of Job’ at the Winterbourne Medieval Barn! This is part of a fascinating project by the CMS' own Dr Cathy Hume! Tickets are £25 (plus booking fee) and include a meal and a drink. Book today at: www.ticketsource.co.uk/winterbourne...

24 hours later, ANOTHER new article by Alice Hill-Woods has been published, this time a very powerful set of reflections on her grandmother Barbara’s feminist memoir. Congratulations, Alice! 🔓 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

A new article by Bristol PhD student Alice Hill-Woods, who is supervised by Dr Maria Vaccarella (Bristol) and Dr Arthur Rose (Exeter)! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

No fewer than three members of Bristol’s English Department have found their monographs shortlisted for the University English Book Prize for Outstanding First Manuscript, across the 2023 and 2024 competitions! universityenglish.ac.uk/book-prize/

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! A message from Annie and Lucy to the whole third-year English (and joint-honours) cohort: 'Having finished our assessments, a few of us are organising a publication called Endnotes which would showcase work from this degree!'...

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! A message from Annie and Lucy to the whole third-year English (and joint-honours) cohort: 'Having finished our assessments, a few of us are organising a publication called Endnotes which would showcase work from this degree!'...

Find 'Of Light and Colours', a new poem by Dr William Wootten, in today's @thespectator1828.bsky.social. This poem is from Dr Wootten's forthcoming full collection Landline, to be published by Worple Press in the autumn. Have a read here 👉 www.spectator.co.uk/poem/of-ligh....

Congratulations to Prof Helen Fulton, Prof Ad Putter & Dr Anna Havinga who have received a GW4 Generator grant! 🥳 Their project, Medieval Studies Mobilising Digital Humanities, will develop new methodologies for research in medieval studies using emerging technologies Read more 👉 bit.ly/44DUICr

📣 The draft programme for our Environmental Humanities Summer School has landed and we're so excited to share it with you: bit.ly/4miqI5k ✨ There's still time to apply but you'll need to get your skates on as the deadline is the 25th of May. More details here: bit.ly/4j3sAfi ✨

Today is the centenary of the publication of Mrs Dalloway! Dr Elizabeth Gourd writes on the novel’s relevance to post-pandemic life in @thelondonmagazine.bsky.social: thelondonmagazine.org/essay-it-was...

We are pleased to share the details for the Annual Gender & History Lecture, which will be given by Dr Onni Gust. Their talk is titled 'Kin: transgender history with and beyond the human'. May 15, 2025, 15:00 - 16:30 (In person and Online) Register here 👇 ticketpass.org/event/ELMPHJ...

Just a few weeks now until our @bristolunienglish.bsky.social Writers Day. Sign up now for a full day of headline talks and workshops and a chance to network and meet fellow book fiends. Concessions available. bristol.ac.uk/english/stud...

Watch @noreenmasud.bsky.social – Life Writing judge for the Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize – talk about her own unconventional journey to becoming a memoirist, and what she's hoping to find in entries this year. Prize deadline is 30 June. buff.ly/QYxxQTa

Congratulations, Rebecca!

Before you head home for the summer, pick up a good book to enjoy in the sun from our Bristol Reads sections in ASSL, Wills, and Chemistry to get your fiction fix over the vacation! 🏝️

Thanks for the follow, @bristolunienglish.bsky.social!

Really enjoyed this discussion of the Shakspaire story, not least for its headline: www.shakespearenews.com/p/shakespear...