#medievalsky Learn to read Old English from scratch! Join our online and in person monthly manuscript reading sessions at any time in the year. Next session this Saturday, 10-12 CET, at the Sorbonne and on Zoom. Ping us if you want to partake 🎉🎉🎉

Bonjour, fellow medievalists! I'm very pleased to announce a conference on Beowulf next March at the @cema-su.bsky.social Sorbonne. I have the honour of joining Francis Leneghan in giving one of the keynotes. Link below has the CFP and registration info, please spread the word! cemasorbonne.org

#medievalsky @cema-su.bsky.social is organizing a 'Beowulf & circulations' conference in Paris on March 13-14, 2026. Come enjoy a public reading of the poem, and two great keynotes! CFP & free (but compulsory) registration via the CEMA's new website: cemasorbonne.org

The Centre d'Etudes Médiévales Anglaises @sorbonne-universite.fr is convening the 2nd instalment of the André Crépin sessions on Saturday October 18. @irinadumitrescu.bsky.social will give a plenary on the Chaucer's women and perfection, and we will read folios from a mystery manuscript together!

#VendrediLecture 📚 De la tuberculose à la grippe, en passant par la variole, la peste ou le choléra, les maladies contagieuses ont eu un impact déterminant sur l'histoire humaine ! 👉 Retour sur ces liens historiques avec "Sapiens et les microbes" de l'épidémiologiste Renaud Piarroux : swll.to/0qJQ3

💎 Nuit des Musées : visitez gratuitement notre Collection de Minéraux ce samedi 17 mai ! 👉 RDV sur le campus Pierre et Marie Curie de 13h à 18h : swll.to/s9ZLHMI

✍️ Heureuse d'avoir signé une convention-cadre avec @caroledelga.bsky.social afin de renforcer les collaborations entre la Région Occitanie et @sorbonne-universite.fr ! Première convention que nous signons avec une Région, elle met notamment en lumière le rôle régional majeur de l' @obs-banyuls.fr

#medievalsky Our last two sessions before the summer break will be devoted to v. late medieval commonplace books: Bodleian Library MS lat. misc. c. 66, Balliol College MS 354, TCC MS R.3.21...

#ESR Les UFR études anglophones et histoire de @sorbonne-universite.fr recrutent un·e collègue MCF RQTH à la rentrée 2025. Enseignement partagé (études anglophones + anglais pour historien si profil angliciste, histoire + civi si profil historien). Décharge de 64h sans réduction de salaire possible

#medievalsky The next International Conference on Middle English (ICOME-14) will take place in Zurich 3-6 June 2026, theme: 'Travel and travelling'. Call for panels/sessions/workshops deadline 31 May 2025 Organizers contact email: [email protected] Conference website: www.icome2026.uzh.ch/en.html

This is a wonderfully articulate letter from the English Association, University English and IES. I hope it gets the press coverage it deserves. @theguardian.com @timeshighered.bsky.social @wonkhe.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social @ies-sas.bsky.social @univeng.bsky.social

#medievalsky 🎉🎉🎉 13 March 2025, 6.30pm CET, @lettres-sorbonne.bsky.social Salle des Actes 17 rue de la Sorbonne & online! 'The Medieval Roots of Celebrity' by @irinadumitrescu.bsky.social (University of Bonn) Preregister for in person and online attendance by 11 March via: tinyurl.com/2hu7saka

#medievalsky 🎉🎉🎉 13 March 2025, 6.30pm CET, @lettres-sorbonne.bsky.social Salle des Actes & online! 'The Medieval Roots of Celebrity' by Irina Dumitrescu (University of Bonn) Preregister for in person and online attendance by 11 March via tinyurl.com/2hu7saka

#medievalsky 🎉🎉🎉 13 March 2025, 6.30pm CET, @lettres-sorbonne.bsky.social Salle des Actes & online! 'The Medieval Roots of Celebrity' by Irina Dumitrescu (University of Bonn) Preregister for in person and online attendance by 11 March via tinyurl.com/2hu7saka

30 English Sayings We Got From The Middle Ages https://www.medievalists.net/2024/11/english-sayings-middle-ages/ #History

#medievalsky #oldenglish Next session Saturday 25 January 10am-12 noon Paris time. We are currently reading from Andreas in the Vercelli ms. If you want to attend in person or via zoom, just fill in the form forms.gle/XhT6nWV1UoNw... or send us a DM.

#medievalsky Laura Saetveit Miles on Bridget of Sweden's influence on Middle English writings Next Tuesday 4.30pm CET at the @sorbonne-universite.fr and online. Pre-register here for in person & online access: tinyurl.com/5bv535hj lettres.sorbonne-universite.fr/evenements/c...

🎉🎉🎉 17 Dec. 2024, 4.30pm CET, Sorbonne, staircase G, 2nd floor, Bibliothèque UFR études anglophones & online! 'Birgitta of Sweden and Devotional Literature in Late Medieval England' by Laura Saetveit Miles Preregister for in person and online attendance by 14th December at tinyurl.com/5bv535hj

🎉🎉🎉 17 Dec. 2024, 4.30pm CET, Sorbonne, staircase G, 2nd floor, Bibliothèque UFR études anglophones & online! 'Birgitta of Sweden and Devotional Literature in Late Medieval England' by Laura Saetveit Miles Preregister for in person and online attendance by 14th December at tinyurl.com/5bv535hj

Next session Saturday 14 December!

Job Alert! Mellon Postdocs at PIMS at the University of Toronto, due February 1! For more information and how to apply see pims.ca/article/post....

Don’t forget to grab your online tickets to Medieval Fest! In-person tickets have sold out, but you can still join us online on Sat 7 Dec for a day of exciting talks, with Michael Wood, Janina Ramirez, Raksha Dave, Helen Castor, Nathen Amin & more! Book now (£15)! histfest.org/medievalfest/

French of Britain fans — amazing announcement that the wonderful Jocelyn Wogan-Browne is coming to Oxford!

Please enjoy this 14th century depiction of the Virgin Mary wrestling a ferocious demon while an angel babysits (because why not? 🤷🏻‍♀️). #MedievalManuscripts #Manuscripts #RareBooks #Women 📜 📚

We organize monthly manuscript reading sessions at the Sorbonne one Saturday a month 10am-12noon (Old and Middle English). If you are in Paris and want to drop in, give us a shout! You can also attend via Zoom. Fill this form with your info to get in touch forms.gle/XhT6nWV1UoNw...

#medievalsky Brilliant initiative by @medievalfrench.bsky.social : A Starter Pack of Centres for Medieval Studies in the UK and beyond.

We made a Starter Pack of Centres (sorry, US followers) for Medieval Studies in the UK and beyond. Do let us know if you’d like to be added … go.bsky.app/PAQh2go

We organize monthly manuscript reading sessions at the Sorbonne one Saturday a month 10am-12noon (Old and Middle English). If you are in Paris and want to drop in, give us a shout! You can also attend via Zoom. Fill this form with your info to get in touch forms.gle/XhT6nWV1UoNw...