We are delighted to announce that on 19 September 2026, the Society for Medieval Archaeology annual symposium will take place in York, jointly hosted by the University of York’s Department of Archaeology and Centre for Medieval Studies. CFP details: medievalarchaeology.co.uk/sma-conferen...

Find your next step at the Centre for Medieval Studies! Join our Postgraduate Online Open Day on Tuesday 10 February, 10am to 2pm to: 🎓 Find out more about the MA in Medieval Studies, MA in Medieval History and MA in Medieval Literatures & Languages Find out more at: tinyurl.com/446d93fx

We are delighted to share an update on some recent exciting developments at the Centre for Medieval Studies: bit.ly/4bY647L

We are delighted to announce the details of our Semester two York Medieval Lecture: The Darker Side of the Middle Ages Speaker: Professor Kathy Lavezzo (The University of Iowa) 📅 Tuesday 17 February 🕛 Lecture 6:30-8:00pm 📍 SLB/118, Spring Lane building 🌐 www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...

One of the highlights of our Semester One skills teaching are our Palaeography workshops. The Early Medieval group learned how to make ink, as well as working with a calligrapher, Sue Sparrow, to help them understand the skill and discipline required to write ancient and medieval scripts.

On 8th January, we had the pleasure of celebrating with our graduates and recognizing the recipients of our MA awards. For more information, please visit our website: www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...

We are delighted to announce the details of the January ISMR seminar! **26th January, 6pm (online via zoom) – Maya Maskarinec (USC Dornsife), 'Anician Saints and their Domestic Spaces in Medieval and Early Modern Rome'** Please register here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/ideology-soc...

We were delighted to support 'Norse in the North', an annual event demonstrating the strength and originality of Old Norse research in the North of England, in the form of an interdisciplinary conference. You can read more on our website: www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...

We enjoyed a jolly and productive CMS Staff Away Day at Jacob's Well yesterday. #CMSAwayDay #JacobWell

Our Autumn 2025 York Medieval Lecture recording is now live with Dr Glaire Anderson speaking on Video Games & the Work of Medieval Art History. youtu.be/wIJhRG2-wQs?...

The recording of our Annual York and the North Lecture is now LIVE on our Youtube Channel! Coinage, silver and power in York and the Viking North with Dr Andrew Woods (Head of Collections and Research at York Museums Trust) youtu.be/d79-OgW6H9g?...

Thanks to all our MA Medieval Studies students, who closed our final week of teaching before the winter break with their wonderful poster presentations. A fantastic way to round off 2026. Well done all!

A selection of our other wonderful bakes...

We also had the pleasure of announcing the Mark Ormrod PhD prize for the 2024/5 academic year, which was awarded to Laura Atkinson for their thesis on: Registers and Registration under William Wickwane and John le Romeyn (1279-1296). Congratulations Laura!

A special thanks goes to our wonderful judges, who ate their way through lots of bakes (from left): Dilnoza Duturaeva (History), Alicia Maddalena (English) and James Lewis (Student Services Administrator).

The 'Medieval Showstopper' goes to Jessie Summerhayes & Theo Long (Eng & CMS PhDs) for their Dante's Inferno cake.

'Best Medieval Recipe' goes to Ellen Gallimore (English PhD) for their Anglo-Saxon hearth cakes.

And our bake-off winners are... 'Best Flavour Bake' goes to Emilie James (CMS MA student) for their custard tarts.

The CMS Bake-off is upon us once again! We're still in the early stages, but here's a sneak peek at some of the delightful creations that have just arrived.🍰

We thoroughly enjoyed hearing about Professor David Berikashvili's research yesterday evening on the geography and history of Samshvilde.

The Lords of Misrule are proud to present the Yuletide performance of ‘Gawain and the Green Knight’ 🌿 Come along to St Mary’s Church Bishophill Junior @ 7:30pm on the 11th, 12th and 13th of December for some festive foolery! Tickets are £10 (£7 concession) on the door, cash or card

Our next CMS research seminar is this Tuesday (9 Dec: Samshvilde Through the Middle Ages: Geography, History, and Archaeology in the South Caucasus Tuesday 9 December 2025, 5.30PM Speaker(s): Professor David Berikashvili (University of Georgia, Tbilisi) www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...

📣 2026/7 MA in Medieval Studies scholarships 📣 We are delighted to announce that we will be awarding two MA scholarships for the 2026/7 MA in Medieval Studies cohort. Full details can be found on the CMS website: www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu... Spread the news!

Warm congratulations to three of our PhD students who recently passed their viva examinations! www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu... #PhDSuccess #VivaVictory #AcademicAchievement

Join us for our Autumn York Medieval Lecture with Dr Glaire Anderson (The University of Edinburgh) on Wednesday 12 Nov. Glaire will be speaking on: Video Games & the Work of Medieval Art History: Possibilities for Public Impact Through Industry Collaborations. Further details: buff.ly/4MAXOHZ

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