Amy Hopkins
@amyhopkins.bsky.social
Permanently tired PhD candidate and PGR President at St Andrews / Medievalist and Art Historian / Cathedrals, patronage, archiepiscopacy, liturgy / she/they
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Amy Hopkins
@amyhopkins.bsky.social
· Nov 21
👋🏻 I'm Amy, a second-year PhD candidate at the University of St Andrews. I work in the School of Art History on 13th-15th century archiepiscopal patronage of York Minster, episcopal residences, and some suffragan churches. Currently working on a chapter, and paper for a research forum!
It's been a whirlwind of a fortnight - we held the first Postgraduate Symposium for the School of Art History and Museum & Heritage Studies, my wonderful sister came to see Scotland for the first time (and loved it!), and I've assumed my elected post as Postgraduate Research President!
October 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
It's been a whirlwind of a fortnight - we held the first Postgraduate Symposium for the School of Art History and Museum & Heritage Studies, my wonderful sister came to see Scotland for the first time (and loved it!), and I've assumed my elected post as Postgraduate Research President!
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Last month, the Trust had the privilege of offering scholarships to five PGRs and ECRs to attend the Harlaxton #Medieval Symposium. Each YHT Scholar has shared their thoughts on the experience on our #blog, which you can read here: yorkisthistorytrust.org/2025/09/18/y... #MedievalSky #Skystorians
YHT Scholars at the 2025 Harlaxton Medieval Symposium
The Trust On…YHT Scholars at the 2025 Harlaxton Medieval Symposium PGR/ECR presenters at the 2025 Harlaxton Medieval Symposium, including the five YHT scholars (courtesy of Ana Roda Sanchez) …
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September 18, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Last month, the Trust had the privilege of offering scholarships to five PGRs and ECRs to attend the Harlaxton #Medieval Symposium. Each YHT Scholar has shared their thoughts on the experience on our #blog, which you can read here: yorkisthistorytrust.org/2025/09/18/y... #MedievalSky #Skystorians
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Melvyn Bragg has been one of the last standard-bearers for a really important, and unfashionable, idea: that good conversation, between people who really know their stuff, on complex or difficult subjects, can be fantastic radio - and that the national broadcaster should do this.
I hope it endures.
I hope it endures.
Melvyn Bragg has decided to stand down as host of In Our Time, the BBC says.
September 3, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Melvyn Bragg has been one of the last standard-bearers for a really important, and unfashionable, idea: that good conversation, between people who really know their stuff, on complex or difficult subjects, can be fantastic radio - and that the national broadcaster should do this.
I hope it endures.
I hope it endures.
The 2025 Harlaxton Medieval Symposium is over, but not an experience I’ll forget. Thank you again to the convenors, and to @yorkisthistory.bsky.social for a scholarship which allowed me to be part of this exceptional occasion.
August 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The 2025 Harlaxton Medieval Symposium is over, but not an experience I’ll forget. Thank you again to the convenors, and to @yorkisthistory.bsky.social for a scholarship which allowed me to be part of this exceptional occasion.
Popping my head above the research parapet, I am thrilled to share that I have been elected a Postgraduate Member of @royalhistsoc.org, what a privilege! Now, back to the thesis...
Society elects 233 new Fellows, Associate Fellows, Members and Postgraduate Members - RHS
At its latest meeting on 2 July 2025, the RHS Council elected 78 Fellows, 48 Associate Fellows, 45 Members and 62 Postgraduate Members, a total of 233 people newly associated with the Society, from to...
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July 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Popping my head above the research parapet, I am thrilled to share that I have been elected a Postgraduate Member of @royalhistsoc.org, what a privilege! Now, back to the thesis...
It’s a big year for geeks who love both Jane Austen and JMW Turner and I am thriving
Researchers at the University of York are working with Harewood House to shed new light on the social and cultural life of the country house in celebration of 250 years of novelist, Jane Austen, and painter, JMW Turner.
Researchers mark 250 years of Jane Austen and JMW Turner with major new exhibition
Researchers at the University of York are working with Harewood House to shed new light on the social and cultural life of the country house in celebration of 250 years of novelist, Jane Austen, and…
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April 8, 2025 at 8:03 AM
It’s a big year for geeks who love both Jane Austen and JMW Turner and I am thriving
It seems like my usual peaceful instrumental music isn't working today, so it's Eurodance. The noise-cancelling is working overtime today...
March 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
It seems like my usual peaceful instrumental music isn't working today, so it's Eurodance. The noise-cancelling is working overtime today...
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Our first free online training session on #place based histories of #religion beyond the parish church is happening tomorrow afternoon. All the details about topics, speakers & how to sign up below 👇
2-4pm 25th March 2025 join us free online for our training session on how to research place based histories of non-conformity, Judaism & global majority evangelical churches. Including talks from @johnmaiden.bsky.social #DrWilliamsLibrary #TonyKushner #KarenRobson www.history.ac.uk/events/resea...
Researching Place-Based Religious Histories Beyond the Parish Church (1)
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March 24, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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📢 Coming Soon, the Art History and Museum & Heritage Studies Postgraduate Symposium.
More information to follow!
More information to follow!
March 24, 2025 at 9:31 AM
📢 Coming Soon, the Art History and Museum & Heritage Studies Postgraduate Symposium.
More information to follow!
More information to follow!
I presented on my PhD research for the first time today 🥳
March 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I presented on my PhD research for the first time today 🥳
St Andrews cathedral
March 10, 2025 at 8:05 AM
St Andrews cathedral
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How did Tolkien write so much?
The answer is he didn't have two-factor authentication for every aspect of his life
The answer is he didn't have two-factor authentication for every aspect of his life
December 19, 2024 at 8:09 PM
How did Tolkien write so much?
The answer is he didn't have two-factor authentication for every aspect of his life
The answer is he didn't have two-factor authentication for every aspect of his life
There is something inexplicable about my love for maps
This strip map by John Ogilby shows 'The Road From Exeter to Barnstable & Thence to Ilfracomb', and dates back to c 1675.
Can you spot Exeter on the map? 🔍
📷 Townsend Maps T4; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social
#MapMonday #MondayMaps #Maps #MappingOurExeter #Exeter #Devon
Can you spot Exeter on the map? 🔍
📷 Townsend Maps T4; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social
#MapMonday #MondayMaps #Maps #MappingOurExeter #Exeter #Devon
December 2, 2024 at 10:19 AM
There is something inexplicable about my love for maps
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It’s 2nd December and time for the next festive treat on our #adventcalendar.
The chapel screen is one of only a few original features left from the 15th century chapel.
Here it is in all its sunlit glory.
The chapel screen is one of only a few original features left from the 15th century chapel.
Here it is in all its sunlit glory.
December 2, 2024 at 8:41 AM
It’s 2nd December and time for the next festive treat on our #adventcalendar.
The chapel screen is one of only a few original features left from the 15th century chapel.
Here it is in all its sunlit glory.
The chapel screen is one of only a few original features left from the 15th century chapel.
Here it is in all its sunlit glory.
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For the final London Palaeography Seminar of 2024, we host the irrepressible @ccurran.bsky.social, who will talk to us about her new project: ‘Early Medieval Breton Manuscripts: an introduction to BretPal’. Tuesday, 3rd December, 5:30pm GMT, in person and online: ies.sas.ac.uk/events/early...
November 26, 2024 at 7:53 AM
For the final London Palaeography Seminar of 2024, we host the irrepressible @ccurran.bsky.social, who will talk to us about her new project: ‘Early Medieval Breton Manuscripts: an introduction to BretPal’. Tuesday, 3rd December, 5:30pm GMT, in person and online: ies.sas.ac.uk/events/early...
Show me your pet and what they were named after
November 24, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Show me your pet and what they were named after
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Mon 25 Nov, 5:15: @mikecarrhistory.bsky.social (Edinburgh) - "Papal Graces as a Source for Christian-Muslim Contacts in the Late Medieval Mediterranean." Join us if you can - there's even a Teams link we can let you have if you get in touch.
#medievalsky
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Events from November 25 – November 25 › Research Seminars › – St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies
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November 22, 2024 at 10:05 AM
Mon 25 Nov, 5:15: @mikecarrhistory.bsky.social (Edinburgh) - "Papal Graces as a Source for Christian-Muslim Contacts in the Late Medieval Mediterranean." Join us if you can - there's even a Teams link we can let you have if you get in touch.
#medievalsky
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#medievalsky
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#medievalsky
Brilliant initiative by @medievalfrench.bsky.social : A Starter Pack of Centres for Medieval Studies in the UK and beyond.
Brilliant initiative by @medievalfrench.bsky.social : A Starter Pack of Centres for Medieval Studies in the UK and beyond.
We made a Starter Pack of Centres (sorry, US followers) for Medieval Studies in the UK and beyond. Do let us know if you’d like to be added … go.bsky.app/PAQh2go
November 21, 2024 at 1:40 AM
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Brilliant initiative by @medievalfrench.bsky.social : A Starter Pack of Centres for Medieval Studies in the UK and beyond.
Brilliant initiative by @medievalfrench.bsky.social : A Starter Pack of Centres for Medieval Studies in the UK and beyond.
👋🏻 I'm Amy, a second-year PhD candidate at the University of St Andrews. I work in the School of Art History on 13th-15th century archiepiscopal patronage of York Minster, episcopal residences, and some suffragan churches. Currently working on a chapter, and paper for a research forum!
November 21, 2024 at 10:37 AM
👋🏻 I'm Amy, a second-year PhD candidate at the University of St Andrews. I work in the School of Art History on 13th-15th century archiepiscopal patronage of York Minster, episcopal residences, and some suffragan churches. Currently working on a chapter, and paper for a research forum!
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Important set of well-organised and freely available resources for medievalists and early modernists docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
November 16, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Important set of well-organised and freely available resources for medievalists and early modernists docs.google.com/spreadsheets...