Join us for our 2nd annual York and the North Lecture with Dr Andrew Woods (Head of Collections and Research at York Museums Trust) on Tuesday 30 September. Andrew will be speaking on: Coinage, silver and power in York and the Viking North. Registration required: www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...

New PhD Funding for 2026! The AHRC funds outstanding original research across the arts and humanities. The University of York is pleased to be awarding six Doctoral Landscape awards to fund students beginning their doctoral research in 2026. www.york.ac.uk/study/postgr...

Congratulations to Robyn Stewart who passed her viva yesterday. Robyn’s thesis “Harmonising the Word: A Textual and Philological Study of Iohannes Scottus Eriugena’s Gospel Quotations in the Periphyseon” was supervised by Mary Garrison, Thomas McLeish and Thomas O'Loughlin (Nottingham).

Ella Gaskell (CMS MA student) is another recipient of an Elizabeth Salter bursary, which partially funded their recent trip to Istanbul to research the Virgin Mary in Byzantine Apocrypha #byzantineart #medievalstudies

📢 Congratulations to former York PhD student Josh Ravenhill and post-doc Bart Lambert on their new article on nationality-based insults against immigrants in later medieval London. Read it here: biblioscout.net/article/99.1... #History #Medieval #London #Immigration #Research

Diana Wallis, CMS MA student, recently presented a paper at the ‘Reading Visual Devices in Early Books' conference in Turku, Finland. The trip was partially funded by a bursary from the Elizabeth Salter Fund, which supports research and career development of postgraduate students.

Look what arrived from @yorkmedieval.bsky.social today ! I am so honored by this award and grateful for the continued support of the wonderful community at the CMS.

Huge congratulations to our CMS alumna, Becca Drake, on the publication of her debut poetry collection with Guillemot Press -- an award-winning publisher of eco-poetry 📚✨ www.guillemotpress.co.uk/poetry/becca...

Thank you to CMS PhD student, John Margham, who took us on a historical excursion around York yesterday. #yorkhistory #walkingtour #CliffordsTower #BoothamBar

For both international and UK applicants, there is still time to apply to study a medieval MA at York this September. To find out more, join us for our online open day on Tuesday 10 June. www.york.ac.uk/.../postg...... #StudyInUK / #studyineurope

Happy to say that Norse in the North 2025 is officially underway! Looking forward to a day of discussions of power and powerlessness in the Old Norse world #medievalsky #conference

Discover the fascinating history of British writers who journeyed to Iceland in search of the sites where their favourite Viking heroes had lived, fought and died! 👉 yorkfestivalofideas.com/2025/calenda... #York #History #Literature #Iceland #Sagas

This Monday, the Ideology, Society and Medieval Religion #seminar series is delighted to present Dr Micah Mackay, talking on ‘An Odour of Sanctity?’: The Late Medieval Carol in Dance and Devotion. 6pm, #online - register here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/ideology-soc... #medievalsky

Next Tuesday (29th April) is the Annual Riddy Lecture. Come along to hear Professor Marion Turner (Oxford) talk about "Medieval Fictionality: Poetics, Emotion, and Chaucer", in-person (K/133, King's Manor) and online. Register here: www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu... #medievalsky #Chaucer

Congratulations to Dr Richard McClary on the publication of his latest work: "Stucco in the Islamic World. Studies of Architectural Ornament from Spain to India." #newbook #medieval #islam #arthistory

If you haven't already, check out the Dante exhibition @uoyborthwick.bsky.social @uoylibrary.bsky.social This is the final week showcasing beautiful facsimiles connected to some of Dante’s famous works #York #medieval

Join the next Ideology, Society, and Medieval Religion Seminar to hear Dr Kimm Curran (St Andrews) talk on "Communities of Medieval Women Religious: Re-assessing definitions of gendered landscapes in Scotland" - 7 April, 6pm #online #webinar #medievalwomen

Next week we have the York Medieval Literature Seminar: ‘Oaths on the Edge in The Battle of Maldon and Völundarkviða’. Dr Harriet Soper (Bristol) will focus on representations of betrayal and its consequences in these two texts

Still time to register if you want to come along!

A reminder for the Ideology, Society, and Medieval Religion Seminar tomorrow (Monday 10th), where Gillian Jack (Open University) will talk on: "Sex Work, Lay Religion and the Cloister in Renaissance Florence". 6pm, register for the zoom link here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/ideology-soc...

Considering starting postgraduate study in Medieval Studies? You still have time to register for our MA Taster Day on Weds 12 March! 🤩 Come and see what all the fuss is about:

Our latest York Medieval Lecture is now ready to view on YouTube! 🤩 In case you missed it, you can catch up with Prof. Marcus Milwright talking on "New Cities and Palaces: Drivers of Change in the Crafts of Early Islam": buff.ly/TAzkf2E

✨ Viva Success ✨ Congratulations to @marisapmichaud.bsky.social for passing her viva last week! Completing the PhD is a huge achievement, and the massive efforts and dedication shown by the students that come through CMS are always inspiring.

We are delighted to announce that we will be awarding two MA scholarships for the 2025/6 MA in Medieval Studies cohort. Full details (including important deadlines) can be found on the CMS Website: buff.ly/437FvJ1 #funded #masters #medievalstudies

Interested in MA study at the University of York Centre for Medieval Studies? Come along to our MA Taster Day on 12 March: https://buff.ly/3EPEc7g

It was an absolute pleasure to host Prof. Milwright last week for the York Medieval Lecture.

Congratulations to @basilaprice.bsky.social (PhD in Medieval Studies), who has been awarded our annual Mark Ormrod PhD prize for his thesis on "The Shadow Archive: Place, Politics, and Failure in the Postclassical Sagas".

Coming up next week! Don't forget to register to get your link 🔗

📢 Online Seminar 📢 Hastings, 1066: Contesting the Site of the Battle. The next ISMR seminar is on 17th Feb, 6pm: buff.ly/4guSTK9 Let Prof. Tom Licence (University of East Anglia) takes you on a journey through a great debate in English history. Image: British Library, Cotton Vitellius A XIII f.3v

Very excited to be speaking at the @ihr.bsky.social Late Medieval seminar later this week (Friday 14th), presenting some of the findings of my PhD thesis! Link to sign up here (online or in-person): www.history.ac.uk/events/loyal...

Join us for the next York Medieval Lecture: "New Cities and Palaces: Drivers of Change in the Crafts of early Islam" with Prof. Marcus Milwright! Tues, 18th Feb, 5.30-7pm. Register now to attend in-person (www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-cities...) or online (york-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi...)!

At graduation last week we were delighted to award various prizes to our new alumni 🎓 The Garmonsway Prize for highest coursework average in the cohort was given to Rosa McCann 🥳

This week we had our Annual Medieval Christmas Bake-Off! This year's Showstopper was this Vale of York Hoard cake, but we were lucky enough to have students bring a range of fabulous bakes.

Fancy some (medieval) drama? This week sees the first of The Lords of Misrule performances of "Amis and Amiloun" at St. Mary's Bishophill Junior, #York. Shows are on Saturday 7th, Monday 9th, and Tuesday 10th December, 7--8.30pm. Tickets on the door: £10, £7 for Concessions.

The Great Viking Survey - if you are interested in the #Vikings take this survey to help out the Museum of the Viking Age. It will take about 10 minutes

Coming up this week: the 2nd Annual #Islamic #Art History Research Network #Conference, Dec 5--6, #online and at King's Manor. View the full programme with abstracts & Zoom links: buff.ly/3Zj6HlM All are welcome — don’t miss this unique exploration of Islamic Art! #ArtHistory

🎄✨ Join us for the ISMR Christmas #Hybrid #Lecture! ✨🎄 Wed, 4 Dec, 6:30pm -- Huntingdon Room, King’s Manor & Online Marisa Michaud (CMS PhD): "Gendering Hell & Demonology in Margaret of York’s Illuminated Manuscript of the Vie de Colette" buff.ly/4fF2cHH

Coming up this week! Tune in to hear Matt talk about all things Vikings in England and Dialect.

Congratulations to Prof. Matt Townend on the publication of 'J. R. R. Tolkien: A Very Short Introduction' with @OUPAcademic buff.ly/3NwqBmA

Join us for the hybrid York Medieval Lecture, where Matt Townend will talk on "Our peculiar northern antiquity of speech": Mary Powley of Langwathby (1811-1882), the Vikings in England, and Local Dialect. Tues 12 Nov, 17:30, K/133 at the University of York, and online! buff.ly/4eGreWs

On Tuesday 8th October, Prof. Sarah Rees Jones will deliver a hybrid lecture on "York and the North: The Black Death, 1349-1373" - you can register to join online here: york-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Full details of the talk here: www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu... #medieval #talks

The weather might be turning chilly, but we wish a very warm welcome to all our new students joining us this week - and all returning staff and students too! A new Semester commences...

‘Remarkable’ Early Medieval Pictish Ring Unearthed in Scotland www.medievalists.net/2024/09/rema... #archaeology #Scotland #Picts

Join the next ISMR seminar THIS MONDAY (Sept 9, 6pm) to hear Lane Baker (Stanford) on "The Case of the Baptized Heathen: Religion and Romani Identity in the Holy Roman Empire, 1417-1497." #medieval #religion #onlineseminar www.ticketsource.co.uk/ideology-soc...

The Lords of Misrule will be performing "The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle" at the Woodland Story Circle in Rowntree park #York this Friday, Saturday and Sunday (9th, 10th, and 11th of August) at 7pm. #Medieval #Drama #Theatre

Are you at the Leeds International Medieval Congress today? Come say hello! We're looking forward to seeing friends old and new 🥂 #IMC2024

We are excited to share details of Norse in the North 2024: "Truth and Illusion" 19 Jun 2024 at Durham Uni. Programme: buff.ly/3XbrGpY Register via [email protected] £5 on the door. NitN is an annual postgraduate conference held between the Universities of York, Durham & Leeds