Tomorrow (Weds)! English research seminar with Akshi Singh, ‘Henry James and Haunted Tulips: The Spoils of Poynton Revisited’. 5 Nov, Room G.H01, Arts Complex, 3-5 Woodland Road, 4-5pm

Welcome! We're a digital project @bristolunienglish.bsky.social bringing together and promoting the correspondence of the celebrated playwright, poet, abolitionist, philanthropist, moralist and educationalist Hannah More (1745-1833). Please follow and repost for updates!

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

We love (haha) this review from the CMS' Prof Ad Putter!

@iancushing.bsky.social @callanjd.bsky.social @noreenmasud.bsky.social @manmetuni.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social @bristolunienglish.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social @artshumsucl.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @manchester.ac.uk

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.

We're very excited to be able to share this seminar online! Be sure to email Hattie to register! #medievalsky #skystorians

This Thursday we have a very special CMS Seminar, which will be a crossover with the GW4 collaborative project 'Medieval Studies: Mobilising Digitial Humanities'. Very excitingly, it will also be online! Contact [email protected] to register for online attendance!

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

Michael Kalisch on Andrew O’Hagan’s On Friendship - Book of the Day & lead review in the @newstatesman.bsky.social 📖 www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...

Joyous to give my 1st keynote @ the postgrad forum of @gapsnet.bsky.social, sharing research on #SouthAfrican & #British women writers Despite the terrors of British HE, this event proved how doctoral research (inc at @bristolunienglish.bsky.social) can illuminate new paths for postcolonial studies

Hwæt is this wonderful scene of creative chaos? Could it be the very successful first week of Old English AND Old Norse Reading Group?! #medievalsky #skystorians

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!

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

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....