Dr Michele Seah

Fate or Fortune? #Cfp extended! Themed submissions for our 2026 online Conference: Fame and Fortune have been extended until 16 March.

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The 49th Latin and Palaeography Summer School, 27-31 July 2026 The School, formerly the Keele Latin and Palaeography Summer School, returns for its 49th year. In 2025 The Ranulf Higden Society took over the organisation of the Latin and Palaeography Summer Sch…

Many medievalists and early modernists have fond memories of the Keele Palaeography Summer School - it lives on! Now in the convenient location of central Birmingham, organised with help from @ies-sas.bsky.social and @ihr.bsky.social Booking open now!

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New podcast episode out!

Join @susannah-lw.bsky.social and Dr. Miranda Johnson for their discussion of female sovereignty and chiefly women in Aotearoa New Zealand via the story of Meri Te Tai Mangakahia and Queen Victoria.

listen here: www.buzzsprout.com/1934722/epis...

Conference 2026 Conference Dates & Venue The Ceræ Conference will be held on 25–26 April 2026. We conduct the annual Ceræ conference according to a unique format of sessions spaced out over a continuous 24-30 …

Thanks to everyone who has submitted so far for our conference and Vol 13 on Fame and Fortune! Keep them coming! Deadline for conference abstracts 6 March. Conference detail here: ceraejournal.com/conference-i... See you there! #medievalsky

A ‘temporary’ but seven-year post in Medieval English literature.

2026 Ceræ Call For Papers We are pleased to announce that the theme for Volume 13 of Ceræ, as well as for our 3rd annual online Conference, is Fame and Fortune. We invite submissions to both the conference and the journal o…

Happy Monday! In case you didn't know, CERÆ is accepting both article submissions and conference paper proposals on the theme of FAME AND FORTUNE. All aspects of medieval studies welcome, postgraduate students urged to apply! #medievalsky #earlymodernsky ceraejournal.com/2026/01/28/2...

2026 Ceræ Call For Papers We are pleased to announce that the theme for Volume 13 of Ceræ, as well as for our 3rd annual online Conference, is Fame and Fortune. We invite submissions to both the conference and the journal o…

CFP: Two weeks to get your submission in for Ceræ’s 3rd annual online conference ‘Fame & Fortune’, to be held 25-26 April 2026 (deadline 6 March). We’re also inviting submissions for Vol. 13 of the journal with the same theme. #medievalsky ceraejournal.com/2026/01/28/2...

Research-Creation in the early Middle Ages: the example of Hibernicus Exul : Find an Expert : The University of Melbourne <p> The pivotal role played by Irish scholars in preserving and transmitting ancient learning during the early Middle Ages is well known even beyond the academy, thanks to popularising works such as ‘How the Irish Saved Civilization’. Yet a great deal of work remains to be done on individual Irish figures working in continental Europe during the eighth to tenth centuries in order to establish more rigorously the Irish contribution. The shadowy figure known as ‘Hibernicus Exul’ (‘the Irish exile’) provides an ideal test-case for this work: the author of thirty-eight Latin poems, on scholarly, political, and comic topics, his works appear in a single manuscript, Vatican Reg. Lat. 2078. This is an important and influential poetic anthology from the heart of the Carolingian Renaissance, a period of intense cultural and intellectual activity in eight- and ninth-century Europe during which the literature and learning of the ancient Graeco-Roman world was rediscovered and concerted efforts were made to standardise and widen access to educational systems, with significant consequences for the intellectual history of western Europe. The PhD student recruited will write the first monograph-length study of Hibernicus Exul, setting his work in the context of the manuscript, addressing the controversial question of his possible identification with the better- known Carolingian scholar Dúngal, and demonstrate how the poet exemplifies the nature of medieval Irish literature, which simultaneously aims to educate and to entertain, and can in many ways be seen as a predecessor of today’s Research-Creation. </p> <p> <strong>Please note below additional requirements when submitting your Expressions of Interest:</strong> </p> <ul> <li>Additional requirements: <ul> <li> <strong>Statement of research interest [max. 1000 words]</strong> </li> <li> <strong>MA in a related field, or equivalent, to be completed by the programme start date.</strong> </li> <li> <strong>Evidence of at least six semesters of Latin, or equivalent, with grades of B+ or higher, or equivalent</strong> </li> </ul> </li> </ul>

#PhD Melbourne/Toronto "Research-Creation in the early Middle Ages: the example of Hibernicus Exul" - with Dr Sarah Corrigan (Melbourne) & A/Prof Cillian O'Hogan (Toronto) - see findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/opportunity/...

2026 Ceræ Call For Papers We are pleased to announce that the theme for Volume 13 of Ceræ, as well as for our 3rd annual online Conference, is Fame and Fortune. We invite submissions to both the conference and the journal on this theme. Fame and fortune are slippery things. They can be welcome or ironic, tangible or out of reach. Fame could be the due of the martyred saint; fortune could be a punishment, as when the hapless cleric in the Marian 

2026 Ceræ Call For Papers

We are pleased to announce that the theme for Volume 13 of Ceræ, as well as for our 3rd annual online Conference, is Fame and Fortune. We invite submissions to both the conference and the journal on this theme. Fame and fortune are slippery things. They can be welcome or…

Just a week to go to get those abstracts in. We are really looking forward to putting the programme together for our conference in Limerick - happening 29 & 30 May 2026.

New wooden Tudor friend

Excerpt from John Speed's map of Cork city in 1610 showing the line of rivers, walls, houses, bridges, churches etc from a birds eye view on a green background

Hello and welcome to the Irish Historic Towns Atlas BlueSky page! The IHTA is a long-term research programme housed by @ria.ie with the aim to record the topographical development and history of towns across the island of Ireland. To date, 32 atlases have been produced with many more in the works.

Call for applications: LECTIO Visiting Fellowships 2026–2027

Interested to work on our collections? The Call for applications of the LECTIO – KU Leuven Visiting Fellowships 2026–2027 is now open. As in previous years, Special Collections offers a joint fellowship. We will be happy to welcome you!

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Donate to Help Volunteer Firefighters who lost their homes in Harcourt, organized by Taradale CFA Four volunteers from the Harcourt CFA lost their homes and a … Taradale CFA needs your support for Help Volunteer Firefighters who lost their homes in Harcourt

Among various ways you can help #VicFires if you have a few $$ to spare is by contributing to this GFM set up by Taradale CFA Brigade to help firefighters who lost their own homes at Harcourt while out helping others. gofund.me/2b637fddc

This is the last week to submit abstracts for Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis! #Fissures2026 #medievalsky

It's the cover of my book! Showing a wax portrait half-length sculpture of Prince George in Roman costume and a fluffy blonde wig, encased in a painted gilded vitrine. The cover is black and bears the title in grey: The Grand Tour of Prince George of Denmark in England, 1669.

Hello new followers! Can I take this opportunity to flaunt the upcoming publication of my new book (on Feb 3rd), a critical edition of the Grand Tour diaries of George of Denmark, detailing his adventures in Restoration England in the summer of 1669? And here is a discount code! BB135

Doctoral Research Fellowship (SKO 1017) at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History (293057) | University of Oslo Job title: Doctoral Research Fellowship (SKO 1017) at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History (293057), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, March 22, 2026

An interesting PhD opportunity (i.e. job!) at Oslo on the project POLYCHROME: "Candidates should propose a research project that examines, in one form or another, historical sources that shed light on changing attitudes to medieval objects after the Reformations in the Scandinavian countries."

Medievalist friends! Applications are open until end of Feb for a fully-funded PhD in Arthurian Literature with the brilliant Louise D'Arcens @medievalafterlives.bsky.social and myself, based between Sydney (Australia) and Groningen (The Netherlands).

Please share widely!

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Royal Studies Journal 12.2 is now published, featuring the RSJ Article Prize Winner 2025, a global diplomacy cluster, five research articles and seven book reviews.

📖 Read the issue here: rsj.winchester.ac.uk/31/volume/12...
🎧Listen to the prize winner podcast here: bit.ly/4s5g7xI

Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉, Matt!

Maimonides Scholarship Flyer

Applications Open: The Maimonides Scholarship #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/applica...

Our publishing manager Guy Carney is currently attending the @anzamems.bsky.social 15th Biennial Conference in Melbourne, Australia!
Be sure to stop by the Brepols booth to say hi and learn more about publishing with us.

More info: brepols.net/Authors

#Medieval #EarlyModern #Renaissance #History

New issue of @parergon.bsky.social edited by @mattfirth.bsky.social, Dr Cassandra Schilling and me!

Royal Historical Society Book and Article Prizes, 2026: submissions now invited - RHS The Royal Historical Society invites applications for its First Book Prize, 2026 and Early Career Article Prize, 2026. The call for submissions opens on Monday 29 September 2025 and runs to Monday 15 ...

Monday 15 December is the closing date for the Royal Historical Society's First Book and Early Career Article Prizes, for 2026.

Eligible titles, published in 2025, may be submitted by the author. Further details and how to apply: bit.ly/3KnR47v

#Skystorians

Poster for a talk called Twisted Ribbons of Song: The Saga of the Earls of Orkney and poetry from or inspired by northern Scotland. Date: Tuesday 9 December, 5.30 pm, Baines Wing G36 (and online) Speakers Judith Jesch and Charlotte Eichler. Text: The medieval Icelandic Saga of the Earls of Orkney contains 82 stanzas composed from the tenth to the twelfth century by residents of and visitors to Orkney and Shetland. At this event, Judith Jesch, Professor of Viking Studies at Nottingham, will introduce the saga and its poetry and read selected examples in both Old Norse and her English versions. Award-winning Leeds-based poet Charlotte Eichler will read some of her published and unpublished poems inspired by the Saga and by visits to Orkney and Shetland as part of Judith’s Ragna’s Islands project. Photos of book cover of Judith's translation of the saga (which includes four Lewis chessmen) and picture of Charlotte on Fair Isle writing amidst stones and grass

If you are into sagas and poetry our next seminar is for you. Sign up to attend online: forms.office.com/e/ngg1zukWH3 More details at ahc.leeds.ac.uk/medieval/eve... #medievalsky #poetry #sagas #orkney #shetland #icelandic #northernisles #vikings @judithjesch.bsky.social @ragnasislands.bsky.social

We're now welcoming abstracts for our 2026 conference, on the theme of 'Violence in the Medieval and Early Modern North'! The deadline is 15 January.

Conference cfp: Beyond Exceptionalism III (17-19 June 2026), Spain

Send your proposals by 31st Jan 2026 to beyondexceptionalism@gmail.com

Magnusson Prize - Scottish Society for Northern Studies

We now welcome submissions for the 2026 Magnus Magnusson Essay Prize, awarded to PG/EC/returning scholars for the best essay on a topic within the Society's remit.

As well as being awarded £500, winners will have their essay published in our journal, Northern Studies.

Deadline: 1 April 2026

Submissions Author Guidelines Ceræ: An Australasian Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies invites submissions for original and engaging articles of approximately 5000–8000 words, varia of up to 3000 wor…

The semesters are rattling to a close, the winter is bearing down, and we at Ceræ are still accepting non-themed articles by postgraduate students and early career researchers! #medievalsky #earlymodernsky ceraejournal.com/submissions/