A devotional book from Queen Catherine of Braganza’s personal library held at @UshawLibrary Today is both her nameday & birthday as she was born #otd 25 Nov 1638, the feast of Catherine of Alexandria.

CCS and @durhamtheology.bsky.social PhD researcher @maddyphillipps.bsky.social recently spoke on early modern English Catholic women and the use of missionary texts at the 'Women and the Household in the Early Modern Book Trade' conference in Antwerp #skystorians #bookhistory #catholicism

James Kelly of @durhamtheology.bsky.social recently appeared on the Gospel Simplicity YouTube channel to talk about his new book, The Catholic Reformation: A Very Short Introduction. You can watch it here: youtu.be/5Y0QQKBYMqc?... #skystorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism

🎺 HEAR YE, HEAR YE! 🎺 We are proud to announce the official MEMSA seminar series term card for this autumn! Make sure to put the dates in your calendar so you don't miss our amazing speakers! We can't wait to see you there!

Dr James Kelly @durhamtheology.bsky.social @ccshistorycatholic.bsky.social has been appointed as the inaugural holder of the Clare and Hawley Chair in the History of Catholicism - the first in the UK dedicated specifically to Catholic history 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

Our next talk of term will be from our other co-chair from last year, the amazing Lottie Thompson! She will be presenting on "Medieval Durham and the Ancient World: Lawrence of Durham’s Dialogi and Virgil’s Eclogues and Georgics." See her talk on Monday, 27 October at 6p, 7 Owengate! See you there!

Do YOU want to be on the MEMSA exec? ✨ We're looking for two community course convenors this year! If you're interested in getting involved, send an email to [email protected] by Friday, 24th October! We look forward to having you join us! 💕

Do you want to stay up to date on all things medieval and early modern at Durham? Join the weekly MEMSA email list! ✨ The manual URL is forms.office.com/e/KPARhd0Cmf (Also I'm an AI anti but the ✨ emoji was mine first, sue me—)

Our first talk of this year's Michaelmas term will be delivered by one of the MEMSA chairs from last year, Isaiah Silvers! He will be discussing 'Auxilios: "Reform" and "Aid" in the Hospital Institutions of New Spain, c. 1730-1770'. Hope to see you all on Monday 13th October at 6pm!

We will be holding our first social of the year at the oldest pub in Durham on Tuesday 7th October at 7pm. Everyone is welcome, whether you are studying the medieval or early modern period or just interested in it! Come along to meet some fellow postgrads and celebrate the new academic year!

🍂Autumn Offer! 50% off 1-week Online Courses! To celebrate the success of our short courses and introduce a host of new students to learning with IMEMS, our 1-week short courses are just £100 each for a limited time! Follow the link or scan the QR codes: imemsdurhamlearn.com/ourcourses/

Delighted to have hosted a @britishacademy.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk funded two-day workshop on Catholic archives last week at Durham, with colleagues from across the UK joined by those from the USA, Ireland, Belgium, Austria, Italy and Switzerland to discuss the future of the field (1/2)

Newly published: "Grace, Piety and Memory: The Material Culture of British Catholics 1534-1850", a guide by the British Catholic Material Culture Research Group. More info and free download link here: britishartnetwork.org.uk/research/bri... #skystorians #catholicism #skyhistory #materialculture

Radical Poverty: The Capuchins and Catholicism in Britain, 1850-2022' by the CCS' @liamtemple.bsky.social is now available to pre-order through @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social! Details here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/radical-p... #skystorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism

With the correct link this time... www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

At the beginning of this week we hosted the 19th Annual MEMSA Conference. We would like to thank our supporters: @sshmedicine.bsky.social, Durham's Faculty of Arts and Humanities, @durhamhistory.bsky.social, Durham Castle and of course @imems.bsky.social

CCS Assistant Prof @liamtemple.bsky.social attended the Provincial Assembly of the Australian Capuchins in Sydney last week. He presented his research on the friars' work amongst migrant communities and led a workshop on Franciscan understandings of history #skystorians #skyhistory #catholicism

Last week, I had the opportunity to do some research in the historic library of the English Convent in Bruges. Thank you so much to @catholicrs.bsky.social for making it possible! #nuntastic

Speaking about the involvement of early modern English Catholic women in the illicit transnational distribution of Catholic books at the ‘Tudor England and the Antwerp Book Trade’ conference in Antwerp last week! #CathHist #bookhistory

Eilish Gregory, member of the @ccshistorycatholic.bsky.social team, has recently been in Italy visiting various archives for her research about the Little Company of Mary, including those of Propaganda Fide #skystorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism #nuntastic

Delighted that my @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social monograph is live on their website for pre-order, & the stunning front cover has also been revealed, featuring two of my fave images from the archives! URL: bloomsbury.com/uk/radical-p... #skystorians #history #catholicism #capuchin #skyhistory

Incoming CCS PhD researcher Aurelia Eburne has delivered a paper about Richard Lassels and the Catholic contribution to early Grand Tour travel literature at the @catholicrs.bsky.social annual conference #skystorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism

Helen Knight, PhD researcher at the CCS, gave a paper at the @catholicrs.bsky.social annual conference about her research on women religious and girls’ education at the start of the 20th century #skystorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism #nuntastic

PhD researcher @jonchant.bsky.social of @durhamtheology.bsky.social gave a paper at @catholicrs.bsky.social’s annual conference about his work on the library of the exile English college at Lisbon and the transnational movement of books #skystorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism

A great way to end the second day of the @catholicrs.bsky.social with a fascinating panel with Ben Halligan (Wolverhampton), Scholastica Jacob (St Antony’s Priory) & @jonchant.bsky.social on institutions & custodianship

Lucia Luck, CCS-supported PhD researcher at @durhamtheology.bsky.social has given a paper at the @catholicrs.bsky.social annual conference on John Lingard, Unitarians and radical politics in Liverpool in the 19th century #skystorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism

Some great papers by @maddyphillipps.bsky.social, Esther Rollinson (Manchester) and Alejandro Sell Maestro (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) in the first panel of the day at the @catholicrs.bsky.social exploring different aspects of new and exciting work on Catholic women’s networks.

PhD researcher @maddyphillipps.bsky.social of @durhamtheology.bsky.social has been talking at the @catholicrs.bsky.social annual conference about early modern English Catholic women and their use of missionary texts #skystorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism #nuntastic

Work with medieval manuscripts or early printed books? Our flexible 1-week online courses are designed with you in mind. Develop your skills in the archives, wherever you are in the world. 🌏💻 Learn more: imemsdurhamlearn.com/ourcourses/

#CFP the fifth early modern British and Irish Catholicism conference. The conference will be held in London 29 June-1 July 2026. Proposal deadline: 21 Jan 2026 www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins... #skystorians #history #Catholicism #CathHist #nuntastic @imems.bsky.social

Maddy Keightley-Phillipps, PhD researcher at @durhamtheology.bsky.social, is currently visiting the 17th-century English convent in Bruges to investigate their library thanks to support from @catholicrs.bsky.social #skystorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism #nuntastic @durhammemsa.bsky.social

8 July 1536: Thomas Cromwell made Baron Cromwell of #Wimbledon (Frick)

Libraries are a pretty cool place to be right now. (We have air con).