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Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (anzamems.org). Posts by Matt Firth, BlueSky novice extraordinaire.
CFP: Tyranny, Resistance, and the Performance of Early Modern Drama #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/cfp-tyr...
January 17, 2026 at 10:28 AM
CFP: Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/cfp-spa...
January 17, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Issue 42.2 of Parergon was released just before Christmas. A special issue focused on medieval English attitudes to the outside world, Alison Hudson's article 'Elephants in English Literature, Art, and Material Culture before the Reign of Henry III' is currently open access!

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January 17, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Deadline for abstracts today!
CFP: Cross-Disciplinary Approaches in Early Modern and Medieval Studies #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/cfp-cro...
December 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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So delighted to see my first book up online with @oxfordunipress.bsky.social! Huge thanks to @anzamems.bsky.social @memorients.bsky.social @earlymoderncircle.bsky.social. DM or email me for a review copy request form, and ask your uni librarian to buy the book!! global.oup.com/academic/pro...
December 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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So proud of my @flindersuniversity.bsky.social PhD researchers, Kate Lawrence and @danclaggett.bsky.social who gave their first ever @anzamems.bsky.social papers last week. Fantastic work!
December 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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We had a wonderful time at @anzamems.bsky.social and a great two panels on Public Health - too busy having excellent talks to remember to get a group photo!

A particular congratulations to our Rose Byfleet (@medicifangirl.bsky.social) for winning the George Yule prize for best postgraduate paper.
December 9, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Please join us in celebrating the success of Monash MRS members at the recent @anzamems.bsky.social prizes!

Dr Jason Crow - Chris Jones Book Prize 2025 for A new Material Interpretation of Twelfth-Century Architecture: Reconstructing the Abbey of St Denis
A New Material Interpretation of Twelfth-Century Architecture: Reconstructing the Abbey of Saint-Denis
Today, we perceive Gothic cathedrals as light-filled forms representing the sacred. The colored light projected from brightly-colored stained glass windows onto the walls and floors of these buildings...
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December 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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Guess who's hosting the next @anzamems.bsky.social conference?! Can't wait to see you all @flindersuniversity.bsky.social in 2027!
December 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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#anza25 keynote, A/Prof Kate Franklin, Tufts University: "Time Travels and the Possibility of Redemption in a Fragmented Armenian Manuscript"
December 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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December 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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#anza25 keynote, Prof Emma Dillon, King’s College London: "Belonging with Songs: Towards an Historical Anthropology of Medieval French Song"
December 5, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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On the sidelines of #anza25 in Melbourne, it was wonderful for past, present, and incoming members of the Ceræ committee to meet in person and talk about our own research. L-R:
@ohwowbee.bsky.social
@mattfirth.bsky.social
@mlcseah.bsky.social
@ericasteiner.bsky.social
Natasha Bailey
Andrea Wait
December 5, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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Hamza Surbaland @monashuniversity.bsky.social on public health in Mughal India 1707-1719 @anzamems.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Prof. Helen Young on the horror of the extreme Right. But also on the horror of their poetry @anzamems.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Conference doggo Olive says welcome to day 3 of #anza25 @anzamems.bsky.social !! 🐶♥️
December 4, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Melclaire Sy Define @deakinuniversity.bsky.social on the impact of colonialism on Indigenous Tagalog Poetry at @anzamems.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Prof. @medievalafterlives.bsky.social on the role of literature - and especially medievalist tropes - in extremism at @anzamems.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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New issue of @parergon.bsky.social edited by @mattfirth.bsky.social, Dr Cassandra Schilling and me!
December 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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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
December 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Applications Open: The Maimonides Scholarship #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/applica...
December 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
CFP Reminder: George Rudé Seminar in French History and Culture #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/cfp-rem...
December 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
CFP: Cross-Disciplinary Approaches in Early Modern and Medieval Studies #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/cfp-cro...
December 4, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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Day 2 of #anza25 has begun! @anzamems.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Ouch! @ericasteiner.bsky.social discussing tattooing in the ancient/early medieval world, why people got tattoos, what they looked like and the (painful looking) implements they may have used @anzamems.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 11:58 PM