A look at the lovely St Magnus Cathedral in Orkney. #uvicmedi #medievalsky #cathedrals

It is a gloomy and rainy day today. Lets brighten up with some Medieval comics by Gary Larson - Far Side! #medievalsky #uvicmedi

Imagine an 1973 cartoon where the humans are played by animals being more historically accurate than your 2025 big budget humans only tv series...

The semester is underway, and we hope everyone is feeling supported! #uvicmedi #medievalsky

Many thanks to The Historical Combat Collective for coming to campus and sharing their knowledge with us! We had a fantastic afternoon #medievalsky #uvicmedi #medievalweapons

The first day of classes has come to a close, we hope everyone is settled in! #uvic #course #start #medievalsky

We hope everyone is enjoying the pizza! #uvic #welcome

Where is our campus tower? Otherwise know as the general office? Difficult, but not impossible to find. Just don't believe the building wayfinder signs! We are excited to welcome new and returning students! #Medieval #findus

Join Dr. TC Lin to learn about Medieval Chinese literati and the writing that shapes their lives. This fall, 2025 at UVic #medievalsky #courses

Some of our courses still have space! If you are looking for an interesting and engaging elective, check out these classes. #medievalsky #uvic #courses

Congratulations to our 2025 graduates! #medievalsky #uvic #graduation

Registration has started! Need an upper level MEDI elective? MEDI 430: "Writing, Friendship, and Life in the Medieval Chinese Capital" is a special topics course and is only available this fall 2025! #medievalsky #uvic #courses #specialtopic

MEDI 328: Gothic Art and Architecture An introductory survey of the art and architecture of western Europe from the reconstruction of St. Denis c. 1140 to the beginnings of Renaissance art in Florence c. 1400. *Batman not included, sorry! #medievalsky #uvic #courses

What do we know about children in the medieval period? How were children expected to behave and how is it different than today? Fall 2025, MEDI 348: Medieval Children's Literature and Culture #medievalsky #uvic #courses

New to the Medieval period or looking to broaden your lower level course electives? Check out our first year intro classes #medievalsky #uvic #courses

Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales This tale is naughty and bawdy, but also full of wit, social satire and flamboyant characters! Join this class in Fall 2025 #medievalsky #courses

Looking for searing political critique in the form of a dream vision for class next year? Sign up for Dante's Divine Comedy, Spring 2026 Also available through both the English and Italian departments #medievalsky #courses #uvic

The Medieval period is more than just Europe. Add MEDI 430: Writing, Friendship and Life in the Medieval Chinese Capital with Dr. TC Lin, this Fall 2025 to your list of classes!

Congratulations Carol, Shelby, Alex and Ben for their research, presentation and poster at the 2025 conference - Currents in Anthropology at UVic #medievalsky #medievalism #hands-on #experimentation #creativity

The Restoration of Notre-Dame De Paris Lead Chief Architect Philippe Villeneuve will be in Victoria to talk about the restoration of Notre-Dame. We hope many people will be able to join us at this free event on April 8th.

Spring is here and with it cherry blossoms

Congratulations to our JCURA project student, Campbell Dowler for his research and poster presentation "Ekphrasis and Chivalry in Middle English Literature"

Stained glass by Tom Mercer from Orillia Glass

Stained glass workshop

An interesting article about three women samurai and their fierce fighting spirit from National Geographic. Although I had heard about women samurai, I had not read anything about their experiences before. #medievalsky #japan

We had a great time with everyone this weekend. Thank you to everyone who attended and our fantastic speakers: Dr. Kathryn Kirby-Fulton Hala Qasqas Qichen Zhongshan Leila K. Norako Campbell Dowler Sarah Evans We look forward to it again next year! #medieval #conference #thankyou

Thank you to all of our artisans for joining us today at the Annual Victoria Medieval Conference: Fairbank Calligraphy Gaukler Medieval Wares Early Music Society of the Islands PARMA Alessandra Azouri

The Victoria Annual Medieval Conference is this Saturday, Feb 1st Find out more: www.uvic.ca/humanities/m...

Join us for a free lecture by the members of Sequentia. The ensemble will discuss and demonstrate how music served the appetite for long stories about beautiful, wealthy and tragic fictional characters in medieval Germany. January 20, 4:00pm|Bob Wright Centre, Room A104 | Everyone welcome!

The Early Music Society of the Islands is brining the Sequentia Ensemble to Victoria to perform Gegorius the Holy Sinner with Benjamin Bagby, Jasmina Črnčič and leiken. Sung in old German (projected translations) with voices and Romanesque harps on January 18th. earlymusicsocietyoftheislands.ca

New Article! Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social on 'Sutton Hoo and Syria: The Anglo-Saxons Who Served in the Byzantine Army?' academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...

The office and the university is now closed until January. We shall see everyone in the new year!

Congratulations to Campbell Dowler for the research, writing and oral defense of your honours essay: Ekphrasis and Chivalry in Middle English Literature!

The British Library has an exhibition open until March 2, 2025 on Medieval Women. "Discover the rich and complex lives of women in the Middle Ages, with over 140 extraordinary items that reveal their artistry, resourcefulness, courage and struggles" Perhaps a winter trip is in order! #medievalsky

Archaeology work on Notre Dame Cathedral during the restoration process (16 inches beneath the 900 year old floor) have lead to some amazing discoveries. 13th-century rood screen, fragments of limestone statues, iron clamps, pillars connected by long beams to distribute weight, and more.

If only we lived closer! #castles #medievalsky

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