Our next seminar will be on 23rd April with talks by Mary Catherine O'Connor (Oxford) and J.D. Moore (St Andrews). Our co-convenor, @nrhopwood.bsky.social , is especially excited for Old Norse week! Sign up to attend here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... #medievalsky #thelongmiddleages #oldnorse

Read our new blog post to learn about our lovely speakers presenting this THURSDAY! thelongmiddleages.com/2026/04/21/s... #medievalsky #thelongmiddleages

They encounter ... "Al-Khwarizmi, considered the “father of algebra”, Ibn al-Haytham, a pioneer who explored the camera obscura, and Mansa Musa, ruler of the Malian empire ... & Maryam al-Astrulabi, a 10th-century Syrian woman who developed the astrolabe astronomical instrument." #MedievalSky

Muslims in the Medieval European Imagination with Saaleha Iqbal 📚 A free talk on how Europeans perceived and depicted Muslims in texts from the 12th century. 📆 12 June, 6pm🔗 Book here: library.chethams.com/whats-on/muslims-in-the-medieval-european-imagination-with-saaleha-iqbal/

Get ready for another term of amazing seminars! As always, free! Just remember to sign up here: bit.ly/londonmedieval #medievalsky #skystorians

Our next seminar will be Thursday 9th April at 17:15 GMT, with talks from Mehdy Shaddel (University of Cambridge) and Majideh Qazizadeh (University of Exeter). Please follow the link to register: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... #medievalsky #thelongmiddleages

New blog post up for our next seminar happening TOMORROW! We hope to see many of you there! thelongmiddleages.com/2026/04/08/s... #medievalsky #thelongmiddleages

Congratulations @saalehaiqbal.bsky.social for receiving such great recognition from the Society for French Studies. Saaleha is part of the IMS postgraduate community in Leeds, one of the organizers of @thelongmiddleages.bsky.social #medievalsky #medievalfrench @lcsleeds.bsky.social. Very well done!

The Jury adjudged ‘From Dragons to Divinators: Re-Imagining Muslim Women in the Old French Crusade Cycle’, by Saaleha Iqbal (University of Leeds), to be the runner up.

Very pleased to be the runner-up in this year’s Postgraduate Essay Prize competition by the Society for French Studies! My essay was on Muslim women in the Old French Crusade Cycle. And many congrats to the winner, Isabel! 🎉 @frenchstudies.bsky.social

Hope to see many of you there! #medievalsky #oldnorse #vikingstudies #studentconference #norseinthenorth

Super excited to hear more about this project!

The medieval world was brutal. Fortunately, it had chess. An award-winning study by @queens.cam.ac.uk Dr Krisztina Ilko reveals that chess promoted racial harmony in remarkable ways, celebrating intellectual prowess, irrespective of skin colour. Explore the full story 👇 https://bit.ly/4bPYU4X

Our next seminar will be Thursday 26th March at 17:15 GMT, with talks from Emma Nelson (University of Manchester/Chetham's Library) and Amber Peut (Leiden University)! Please follow the link to register: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... #medievalsky #thelongmiddleages