The countdown is on! Only 2 months until our Summer Conference in London on The Church and Race. Make sure to register your attendance to see our plenary speakers: Prof Miri Rubin, Prof Herman Bennett, Prof David Horrell and the Right Revd Rowan Williams 😎 ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26summer/

Harlaxton Medieval Symposium, 17-20 August 2026 The 2026 Symposium will take place at Madingley Hall, Cambridge, with the theme The Rural Parish in Late Medieval England. The Pamela Tudor Craig Lecture will be given by Ian Forrest. For more: harlaxtonmedievalsymposium.org/harlaxton-me...

New week, new post on the EHS blog! This week doctoral student Matthew John Lumley (@durham.ac.uk) explores a century of ecumenical connection between the Latin and Greek Medieval Churches and the effects of the #Crusades on those fragile efforts: wp.me/p7o0HV-sz

Upcoming #History lecture at St Olave's Church, Hart Street, London: 'William Turner, Father of English Botany', by Professor Brycchan Carey 26 May 2026 @ 5.30-7.30pm Talk tickets are £5: shorturl.at/meUle

Join us for the EHS Summer Conference! Whether you’re a long-time member of our Society or joining us for the first time, this is a great opportunity to connect with other #historians who share a love of #churchhistory. 📅 13-17 July 2026 📍 Royal Holloway, University of London shorturl.at/5Gi0i

Join us this summer in London at Royal Holloway , University of London (@royalholloway.bsky.social) for our Summer Conference on 'The Church and Race', 13-15 July! Register now to secure your spot: www.tickettailor.com/events/eccle... #HistoryConference

We're pleased to introduce one off the co-editors of our journal Studies in Church History: David Ceri Jones! David has been one of our editors since 2023. You can learn more about his research and background in our latest blogpost: eccleshistsoc.wordpress.com/2026/05/01/i... #Historians

Write for us! Call for blogposts now open to 15 May 😎

Upcoming #HistoryConference Registration for the 20th MEMSA Conference in Durham University is open now. The conference theme this year will be 'Connection, Conversation, and Contention: Encounters in the Medieval and Early Modern World'. Register by 20 June: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

This month's blogpost is about a medieval Swedish woman who left her mark on English religious texts. How? 🤔 Arielle Jasiewicz-Gill explores: wp.me/p7o0HV-sT #History #ChurchHistory #SkyStorians

'Protecting what matters': a new government policy paper identifies history as central to social cohesion. At the same time, history teaching and research, in our schools and universities, is at risk as never before. To ensure cohesion, we must protect what matters: bit.ly/3QyZQCO #skystorians

The Edinburgh New Town Church (formerly St Andrew's and St George's West) is gearing up for its massive annual book sale in aid of Christian Aid Scotland, a beloved Edinburgh institutional fixture since 1972 The church is taking book donations this week and next and the sale begins on 9th May (1/2)

Breaking news!! Registration for our Summer Conference 2026 'The Church and Race' is now open! Please register by Friday 19 June 2026. www.tickettailor.com/events/eccle...

This chapel at Exeter Cathedral commemorates Bishop Hugo Oldham. He died over 500 years ago & his name was pronounced Owl-dom & he used an owl as his symbol. #OwlishMonday

#OnThisDay in #ChurchHistory: Pope Innocent II convoked the Second Lateran Council in Rome, 20 April 1139. The Council was held to resolve the division in the Church that occurred after the death of Pope Honorius II in 1130. The Council decided that Innocent II was his rightful successor.

Blog for us! #SkyStorians

Historians are everywhere, working on more than most people realize. Historians, what are you researching, teaching, or exploring right now? Share a sentence and help illustrate the range of the discipline. #TalkAboutHumanities 🗃️

Why was a medieval Swedish woman so popular in English prayerbooks? 💭 Read this month's blogpost by Arielle Jasiewicz-Gill (Durham)! #GlobalHistory

Upcoming #History event: Friday, 22 May, at 7.30 p.m. Dr Tom Pickles will deliver the 2026 Jarrow Lecture: 'Bede, Providence, and Early Medieval Kingship' 📍 St Paul's Church, Church Bank, Jarrow, Tyne & Wear, NE32 3DZ Admission is free, and all are welcome.

Today is the last day to send in your submissions for papers for our Summer Conference 2026 👇 Don't miss out!

Make sure to send in your paper proposals for our Summer Conference by tomorrow, 15 April! #CFP ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26summer/

Keen to gain a better understanding of handwriting from the Early Medieval through to the Early Modern period? Our Summer School course could help! Book your place now 👉️ buff.ly/GEkudq3 Bookings close 22nd May 2026. #palaeography #paleography #LIPS26

Only 2 more days to submit your paper proposals for our 'The Church and Race' Summer Conference at Royal Holloway, University of London (13–15 July 2026). Don’t miss the deadline! ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26summer/ #HistoryConference #CFP #SkyStorians

Although our chapel is medieval, much of what you see is later (mostly 17th century). However there are some exceptions like this beautifully carved oak screen which dates to when the chapel was built in 1411. Just think of all the people who have peeked through here!

Today's artist without a known birthday, Gillis Coignet of Antwerp. Painter of history scenes and the occasional portrait. Here, Annunciation from 1584.

PhD student Arielle Jasiewicz-Gill (Durham) has written our blogpost this month on her years-long search after St Bridget of Sweden in English prayerbooks. How do you get close to a past that seems so far away? 🤔 wp.me/p7o0HV-sT #SkyStorians #History

#CFP The Grotiana Foundation & the University of Zürich are organising a conference on Hugo Grotius for June 2027. Those interested to present a paper, please send in an abstract and CV to the conveners Silke-Petra Bergjan ([email protected]) and Marc de Wilde ([email protected]) by 1 June 2026

Did you know that YDS Summer Study allows anyone to take one of our courses? These courses are small, online seminars that focus on the Bible or a specialized topic in religion or theology. The program is open to the public and all learners are welcome! buff.ly/bVXVLQI

There is mirth and job where there is health and liberty...the air is wholesome and the sky comfortable, the flowers odiferous and the fruit pleasant: I conclude it is a day of much delightfulness: the sun’s dancing day and the Earth’s holiday. -Nicholas Breton, on #Easter in Fantastickes (1626)

Watch our Vice President Professor Miri Rubin talk about the field of church history in a recent plenary lecture from our third annual PG Symposium ⬇️ #Skystorians #HistoryTalk

On Monday, we held our third annual online Postgraduate Symposium, where we were honoured to hear a plenary lecture from Prof Miri Rubin (QMUL & VP of the EHS) on 'Church History and the History of Religious Cultures: What and How?' youtu.be/SDLVOfgrmQM?... #ChurchHistory #Skystorians

Need a new podcast episode? 🎧 One of our former EHS Presidents, Peter Marshall, is on That Shakespeare Life podcast to talk about how Shakespeare would have celebrated #Easter ⬇️

We've got an amazing lineup of keynote speakers for our Summer Conference this year! We're currently calling for 20-minute papers on the topic of 'The Church and Race', so make sure to submit your proposal by 15 April to join our fabulous speakers. ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26summer/

📜 New on the blog: Bryce O'Connor explores the Synodikon Vetus, a fascinating source for the history of councils, orthodoxy and memory in the early Church. Find out what it reveals about imperial legitimacy in the 800s. 🔗 Read more: wp.me/p7o0HV-sk #ChurchHistory

📣 Call for Papers – Summer Conference The Ecclesiastical History Society invites 20-minute paper proposals on the theme 'The Church and Race'. We welcome contributions from scholars at all career stages. 🗓 Submission deadline: 15 April 2026 #CFP #ChurchHistory #Skystorians

Next Monday 30 March we are holding our online Postgraduate Symposium. Check out the schedule below, and register to join us for great discussions on church history and a chance to connect with fellow postgraduates. 📅 30 March, 3-7pm BST 🔗 Secure your place and register now! shorturl.at/ppwQ2

✨ Call for Papers ✨ Are you a postgrad, ECR, independent scholar, or heritage professional researching any aspect of Midlands history? We'd love to hear about your work at our New Voices in Midland History Conference on Saturday 6 June at Newark Museum. CfP details below 👇 deadline 31 March.

Today we launch a call for the Society's next round of 'Public History Grants' and 'Conference Panel Grants', 2026-27: bit.ly/4lNt8ck Public History Grants support collaborative projects by historians working in / outside HE; Panel Grants enable conference attendance on a shared theme #Skystorians

📅 Join us tomorrow for the CMRS seminar where we welcome @williampurkis.bsky.social (University of Birmingham): Portals to Holy Places: Relics, Round Churches, and the Reshaping of the Crusading Ideal 5:15pm, LG.11, 40 George Square All welcome!

Wow! Behold St. Mary of the Lake in Uptown, designed by the great Chicagoland church architect Henry Schlacks. A thread with some pics if you have a moment to scroll.

Keen to gain a better understanding of handwriting from the Early Medieval to the Early Modern periods? This course provides an intro to manuscript-production in Britain and Ireland over the course of a millennium. Book your spot here 👉️https://buff.ly/36zXyHL #palaeography #paleography #LIPS26

Call for papers: @eccleshistsoc.bsky.social 🗃️ conference on The Church and Race @royalholloway.bsky.social, 13-15 July 2026. #CFP deadline 15 April. Keynotes from incoming EHS president @mirierubin.bsky.social, Herman Bennett, and Rowan Williams ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26summer/

Save the dates: advance notice of our next All Hallows lecture series on 31 Oct and 7 Nov. Preliminary information at churchmonumentssociety.org/events/all-h...

Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona duit!🇮🇪 According tradition, St Patrick used the shamrock to explain the concept of the Holy Trinity. The symbol became linked with his teaching and remains central to modern celebrations. ☘️ Shelfmarks: MS. Tanner 17, fol. 031r MS. Douce 80, fol. 196r MS. Douce 256, fol. 013r

Happy St Patrick's Day! 🍀 Here he is in statue form, peering down from his niche on the grand façade of St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church in Edinburgh's Cowgate, an area of the city known from the latter half of 19th century as "Little Ireland." www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/church/st-pa...

🚨FIXED TERM ARCHIVE JOB KLAXON🚨 We are looking for an experienced archivist to develop and implement a scoping project to re-catalogue and make available the York Archdiocesan Archive (6 months full time, or 12 months part time). Full details at the link: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/proj...

For #MementoMoriMonday the cadaver effigy of Paul Bush, first bishop of Bristol (d. 1558). An interesting character - Augustinian prior, theologically conservative but married. His wife d. in 1553, he was nevertheless deprived of his bishopric - but his effigy has a mitre under the head and crosier

Our new blogpost is by PhD candidate Bryce O'Connor (Cambridge) on the Synodikon Vetus, a medieval account of every church council from the apostles to the 800s. Was it a history intended as propaganda in a contemporary Church schism? Bryce investigates: wp.me/p7o0HV-sk #ChurchHistory

The countdown is on! 🎉 We’re excited for our Postgraduate Symposium on 30 March — and the schedule is now finalised. Expect inspiring research, great discussions, and a chance to connect with fellow postgraduates. 📅 Monday 30 March, 3-7pm BST 🔗 Secure your place and register now! shorturl.at/ppwQ2

The countdown is on! 🎉 We’re excited for our Postgraduate Symposium on 30 March — and the schedule is now finalised. Expect inspiring research, great discussions, and a chance to connect with fellow postgraduates. 📅 Monday 30 March, 3-7pm BST 🔗 Secure your place and register now! shorturl.at/ppwQ2