If you haven’t registered for our conference yet,l on 14-16 November, you can still do so by following the link below Online attendance is back: available for just $20 (Zoom links and access codes to be sent prior to the conference) thehaskinssociety.wildapricot.org/event-6239326

Very excited to help with this in January. It’ll be history manuscript-tastic 🤓 Please share!

📣Seminar Announcement!📣 Join us on 4 Nov at 4 PM in room K114 at UCD for a seminar on medieval gender Papers will be delivered by Prof. Ruth Karras @rmkarras.bsky.social speaking about The Invention of Gomorrah, and Aisling Walsh on the expectations of women as crusaders Hope to see you there!

@rozierhistorian.bsky.social and @rosiebonte.bsky.social chatted to Jo last week, about copy editing. Authors take note! Episode 34: a guide to copy editing for academic authors open.spotify.com/show/7vbaa4n...

Here's a video of the Bayeux Tapestry being carefully removed from its case and packed away. I had my heart in my mouth while watching. And yes, I do have nightmares about it crossing the channel! I had my heart in my mouth just watching this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7ys...

An exciting find! www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

Enjoyed hearing all about the amazing events and PG degree courses at @memsunikent.bsky.social yesterday. Please share, and feel free to enquire with questions! #medieval

15,000+ searchable charters from the early Middle Ages...

Great news! JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month www.jstor.org/action/showL...

More manuscripts are coming to the British Library's online site www.bl.uk/collection/d... And, erm, how can I say this nicely? If you have a cheeky script that downloads images from the site, please build in some delays so that you don't kill the servers. Play nice, innit!

A fabulous new survey of the so-called Hedeby coinage of the early 9th century by an expert on the subject, free to download: tidsskrift.dk/BMG/issue/vi...

Call for Papers @imc-leeds.bsky.social Following my recent fieldwork sailing down the Seine in a reconstructed tenth-century ship, @stevedehailes.bsky.social and I are organising a panel on practice-based/experiential research in medieval studies. We welcome abstracts from any field. #Medievalsky

An opportunity to participate in the Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast:

Reminder: Abstracts are due by Sept. 15!

Reminder: Abstracts are due by Sept. 15!

Reminder: Abstracts are due by Sept. 15!

The Haskins Society is pleased to be co-sponsoring a sesson on "Things Transcending Time" at the 2026 IMC in Leeds. Abstract deadine: 15 September 2025 @kateweikert.bsky.social

Delighted to announce that Krisztina Ilko and I are organising a set of panels for next year's IMC as a continuation of the some of the themes of the Bonn workshop back in January, this time focusing on chronological shifts in high medieval political culture. Details below and do feel free to share!

10 days to go to submit an abstract for this @haskinssociety.bsky.social/Battle session @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2026! #medievalsky

1/20 A thread about the appearance of the ‘Papal Banner’ in episode seven of #KingandConqueror. In an article that was published in 2021 in the @haskinssociety.bsky.social Journal, I expressed some scepticism about the veracity of William of Poitiers’ claim that the papacy sponsored the Norman...

Reminder: Abstracts are due by Sept. 15!

Reminder: Abstracts are due by Sept. 15!

Reminder: Abstracts are due by Sept. 15!

BIG NEWS! We are delighted to share the dates for our second annual in-person Winter Conference. Join us from the 14th - 16th of November at the @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social and online. The Call for Papers is available via the MEMRN website and our social media. We look forward to seeing you!

#cfp #imc2026 @imc-leeds.bsky.social! Please consider an abstract for 'Things Transcending Time,' sponsored by @haskinssociety.bsky.social and the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Research, @uniwinchester.bsky.social, and organized by myself. Abstract below with full text in the alt.

“A Noble Theme”: Orderic Vitalis as a Historian of Crusade, by @rozierhistorian.bsky.social www.medievalists.net/2025/07/a-no... #crusades #historysky

Really happy to see my article here on Orderic Vitalis It was very fun to write! #medieval

Today, we proudly opened our exhibition, Sing Joyfully: Exploring Music in Lambeth Palace Library, to the public! 🎉 👉 Learn more on our Sing Joyfully homepage: www.lambethpalacelibrary.info/sing-joyfully/ #SingJoyfully #LambethPalaceLibrary

Please sign and share. chng.it/8ZfKKQSNDW

The final day of #Battle2025 saw us thinking about clerical ambition and planning for @haskinssociety.bsky.social and @imc-leeds.bsky.social in 2026…

If you caught me & James Wade (no relation) in the newspapers or on the radio & were wondering where's the real academic article, wonder no longer! Here it is, complete with the full transcription & translation so you can decide for yourself what it's all about academic.oup.com/res/advance-...

CFP: “Women, Lordship, and the Culture of War” A Haskins-sponsored session at the 2026 ICMS in Kalamazoo, MI (14–16 May) Apply by 15 Sept. 2025 at icms.confex.com/icms/2026/pr... @kzooicms.bsky.social #MedievalSky

CFP: “Women, Objects, and Space” A Haskins-sponsored session at the 2026 ICMS in Kalamazoo, MI (14–16 May) Apply by 15 Sept. 2025 at icms.confex.com/icms/2026/pr... #MedievalSky

CFP "Historical Aspects of Engla Land: Beyond Beowulf" Session(s) celebrating the historical study of Early Medieval England at @kzooicms.bsky.social 2026. We welcome papers focusing on any historical aspect between 500 and 1070. Co-Sponsored by @haskinssociety.bsky.social!

The Haskins Society welcomes submissions for the hybrid session “New Voices In Medieval History” at the 2026 International Congress on Medieval Studies. Panelists who present in person are eligible for a bursary up to $750. Apply by 15 September at icms.confex.com/icms/2026/prelim.cgi/Session/7427

We had such an amazing time at @imc-leeds.bsky.social A reminder: all non-tenured speakers in our sponsored sessions are eligible for the Bethell Prize (winner will be published in our journal and receives a cash prize). Details on our website: thehaskinssociety.wildapricot.org/bethellprize...)

Please get in touch via the information on our website, if you would like to discuss sponsorship for sessions at Leeds IMC 2026!

Thank you to all who attended and took part in @imc-leeds.bsky.social sessions 1616 and 1716: Visualising History in Medieval Manuscripts

We’ve been busy at the @imc-leeds.bsky.social this week! @rozierhistorian.bsky.social recorded a new episode on ‘attending large conferences’ with some medievalist colleagues: look out for the episode going live on Monday morning (links in bio)

Sitting room only in our @imc-leeds.bsky.social session 1244: Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Anglo-Normans in Britain and Ireland

#IMC2025: stop by our stand to learn more about the new Haskins Society series Connections and Communities in the Middle Ages buff.ly/wUED5bA #MedievalSky @haskinssociety.bsky.social

Today!

Today!!

Haskins at @imc-leeds.bsky.social #1 Our sponsorship kicks off today with session 447 at 7pm with the latest installment of the loyalty network, in a roundtable discussion:

A very big thanks to those who have followed us so far on our new account here! Tune in over the next couple of days, for posts advertising our sponsored sessions at @imc-leeds.bsky.social and CFPs for our sessions at Kalamazoo 2026

Thanks to @rozierhistorian.bsky.social for getting us off the ground here! Stay tuned for details of our Kzoo 2026 CFP, coming soon!

The Haskins Society is now on BlueSky! Look out for posts over the next few days which advertise our involvement in the @imc-leeds.bsky.social Head over and give us a follow @haskinssociety.bsky.social