Borders, Boundaries, Barriers Conference
@bordersboundaries.bsky.social
Borders, Boundaries, Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages (Rewley House, 20-21 April 2026)
Registration open early October: https://buytickets.at/bordersboundariesandbarriers/1842029
Registration open early October: https://buytickets.at/bordersboundariesandbarriers/1842029
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Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages (Provisional Programme) Registration link: https://buytickets.at/bordersboundariesandbarriers/1842029 Rewley House, 20-21 April ...
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3 months today, we'll be kicking off proceedings, with the Oxford Medieval Jewish Walking Tour (optional) - and possibly a little trip to the pub! Registration for the conference will 6 March (4pm).
Programme (including registration link): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Programme (including registration link): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
With 'Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages' (20-21 April) just around the corner Tash and @medievaljews.bsky.social are hard at work on the introduction. If you want to know about this 1515 map, do register by 6 March!
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TNA MPCC 1/9
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TNA MPCC 1/9
February 18, 2026 at 8:31 AM
With 'Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages' (20-21 April) just around the corner Tash and @medievaljews.bsky.social are hard at work on the introduction. If you want to know about this 1515 map, do register by 6 March!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
TNA MPCC 1/9
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TNA MPCC 1/9
Pleased to report that the last draft of the 'Oxford Medieval Jewish Walking Tour', being developed for Borders, divided the city into three main sub-groups. Jews, Christians, and Students... Emphasising the town/gown (/Crown) dimension. Excited to see if that is maintained as it's finalised!
Town and Gown
It’s 10 February, which can only mean one thing. YES, OF COURSE! It’s the 671st anniversary of the townsfolk and students of Oxford marking Saint Scholastica’s day by... er, hammering shit out of each other until over 90 people were dead 🧵
February 10, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Pleased to report that the last draft of the 'Oxford Medieval Jewish Walking Tour', being developed for Borders, divided the city into three main sub-groups. Jews, Christians, and Students... Emphasising the town/gown (/Crown) dimension. Excited to see if that is maintained as it's finalised!
Boundaries 😍😍😍!!!
𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀
𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝘆𝘇𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱
Galina Fingarova, Andreas Külzer (eds)
More Info: bit.ly/4aFDKWC
#Geography #Medievalsky #Archaeology #Architecture #Byzantium #History #Archaeologysky #Historysky
𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝘆𝘇𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱
Galina Fingarova, Andreas Külzer (eds)
More Info: bit.ly/4aFDKWC
#Geography #Medievalsky #Archaeology #Architecture #Byzantium #History #Archaeologysky #Historysky
February 10, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Boundaries 😍😍😍!!!
And you can catch @naominar.bsky.social giving the closing remarks with @arodsan95.bsky.social on 21 April!
This is the first conference which my daughter Naomi (who is doing a PhD in medieval history) has helped to organise. Good luck to her and fellow organisers!
Things are moving quickly now! Just one month to go to register for Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages (20-21 April). We're super excited to see everyone there!
Registration: buytickets.at/bordersbound...
Programme: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Registration: buytickets.at/bordersbound...
Programme: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
February 6, 2026 at 6:04 PM
And you can catch @naominar.bsky.social giving the closing remarks with @arodsan95.bsky.social on 21 April!
Things are moving quickly now! Just one month to go to register for Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages (20-21 April). We're super excited to see everyone there!
Registration: buytickets.at/bordersbound...
Programme: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Registration: buytickets.at/bordersbound...
Programme: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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February 6, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Things are moving quickly now! Just one month to go to register for Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages (20-21 April). We're super excited to see everyone there!
Registration: buytickets.at/bordersbound...
Programme: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Registration: buytickets.at/bordersbound...
Programme: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
How exciting! You can also catch a shorter version of Emma's paper at "Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages", when she'll be speaking in a panel on internal Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers!
Programme and registration: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Programme and registration: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
January 26, 2026 at 7:52 AM
How exciting! You can also catch a shorter version of Emma's paper at "Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages", when she'll be speaking in a panel on internal Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers!
Programme and registration: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Programme and registration: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
With Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers fast approaching, we've set up a starter pack to help you follow those on the programme who have a Bsky account go.bsky.app/3ww68kK
Shout if we've missed you, and don't miss your chance to hear all the scholarship on 20-21 April
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Shout if we've missed you, and don't miss your chance to hear all the scholarship on 20-21 April
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
January 24, 2026 at 4:29 PM
With Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers fast approaching, we've set up a starter pack to help you follow those on the programme who have a Bsky account go.bsky.app/3ww68kK
Shout if we've missed you, and don't miss your chance to hear all the scholarship on 20-21 April
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Shout if we've missed you, and don't miss your chance to hear all the scholarship on 20-21 April
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Early Medieval Ireland, AD 400-1100. The evidence from Archaeological excavations
Only €9.99 as an ebook from @ria.ie
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Only €9.99 as an ebook from @ria.ie
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Early Medieval Ireland, AD 400-1100
How did people create and live in their own worlds in early medieval Ireland? What did they actually do? And to what end did they do it? This book investigates and reconstructs from archaeological evi...
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January 23, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Early Medieval Ireland, AD 400-1100. The evidence from Archaeological excavations
Only €9.99 as an ebook from @ria.ie
shop.ria.ie/products/ear...
Only €9.99 as an ebook from @ria.ie
shop.ria.ie/products/ear...
3 months today, we'll be kicking off proceedings, with the Oxford Medieval Jewish Walking Tour (optional) - and possibly a little trip to the pub! Registration for the conference will 6 March (4pm).
Programme (including registration link): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Programme (including registration link): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Borders Provisional Programme - For Publication.docx
Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages (Provisional Programme) Registration link: https://buytickets.at/bordersboundariesandbarriers/1842029 Rewley House, 20-21 April ...
docs.google.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:37 AM
3 months today, we'll be kicking off proceedings, with the Oxford Medieval Jewish Walking Tour (optional) - and possibly a little trip to the pub! Registration for the conference will 6 March (4pm).
Programme (including registration link): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Programme (including registration link): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Very exciting to see @medievalgeorgie.bsky.social in the programme. She'll be giving a condensed version of the paper at Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers in April.
It'll be brilliant, so go to both!
It'll be brilliant, so go to both!
@memsunikent.bsky.social term card until March, featuring yours truly on Wednesday 14 January.
For more details links to online access for each paper, see here:
research.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear...
For more details links to online access for each paper, see here:
research.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear...
January 14, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Very exciting to see @medievalgeorgie.bsky.social in the programme. She'll be giving a condensed version of the paper at Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers in April.
It'll be brilliant, so go to both!
It'll be brilliant, so go to both!
And we are absolutely delighted to confirm that "Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers" will be opened by Professor Alice Rio (Chichele Professor of Medieval History, University of Oxford)! That completes the line up of speakers for our *little* conference...
January 1, 2026 at 2:23 PM
And we are absolutely delighted to confirm that "Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers" will be opened by Professor Alice Rio (Chichele Professor of Medieval History, University of Oxford)! That completes the line up of speakers for our *little* conference...
With 2026 upon us, the countdown is on for "Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages". In just 109 days (20-21 April), we'll gather in Oxford for two packed days!
Programme: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Registration: buytickets.at/bordersbound...
Programme: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Registration: buytickets.at/bordersbound...
Borders Provisional Programme - For Publication.docx
Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages (Provisional Programme) Registration link: https://buytickets.at/bordersboundariesandbarriers/1842029 Rewley House, 20-21 April ...
docs.google.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:54 PM
With 2026 upon us, the countdown is on for "Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages". In just 109 days (20-21 April), we'll gather in Oxford for two packed days!
Programme: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Registration: buytickets.at/bordersbound...
Programme: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Registration: buytickets.at/bordersbound...
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Sign up for what will be an excellent conference with lots of papers on Medieval Jewish life with a keynote by Miri Rubin! Organised by @medievaljews.bsky.social Natasha Jenman and Naomi Reiter @qmul.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social
We are thrilled to launch the provisional programme for "Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages". If the programme excites you as much as us, why not register and join us in Oxford on 20-21 April?! buytickets.at/bordersbound...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Borders Provisional Programme - For Publication.docx
Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages (Provisional Programme) Rewley House, 20-21 April 2026 Day 0 (Optional) 16:00 onwards: Oxford Medieval Jewish Walking Tour (led ...
docs.google.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Sign up for what will be an excellent conference with lots of papers on Medieval Jewish life with a keynote by Miri Rubin! Organised by @medievaljews.bsky.social Natasha Jenman and Naomi Reiter @qmul.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social
ICYMI just 133 days until Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages. The committee are so excited for April and hearing all of the amazing papers.
What better gift to get the medievalist in your life this Holiday Season than registration for our *little* conference?!
What better gift to get the medievalist in your life this Holiday Season than registration for our *little* conference?!
We are thrilled to launch the provisional programme for "Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages". If the programme excites you as much as us, why not register and join us in Oxford on 20-21 April?! buytickets.at/bordersbound...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Borders Provisional Programme - For Publication.docx
Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages (Provisional Programme) Rewley House, 20-21 April 2026 Day 0 (Optional) 16:00 onwards: Oxford Medieval Jewish Walking Tour (led ...
docs.google.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
ICYMI just 133 days until Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages. The committee are so excited for April and hearing all of the amazing papers.
What better gift to get the medievalist in your life this Holiday Season than registration for our *little* conference?!
What better gift to get the medievalist in your life this Holiday Season than registration for our *little* conference?!
We are absolutely delighted that 'Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages' will be sponsored by @lincolnmedieval.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social
Register here: buytickets.at/bordersbound...
Programme: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Register here: buytickets.at/bordersbound...
Programme: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We are absolutely delighted that 'Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages' will be sponsored by @lincolnmedieval.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social
Register here: buytickets.at/bordersbound...
Programme: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Register here: buytickets.at/bordersbound...
Programme: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
We are thrilled to launch the provisional programme for "Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages". If the programme excites you as much as us, why not register and join us in Oxford on 20-21 April?! buytickets.at/bordersbound...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Borders Provisional Programme - For Publication.docx
Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages (Provisional Programme) Rewley House, 20-21 April 2026 Day 0 (Optional) 16:00 onwards: Oxford Medieval Jewish Walking Tour (led ...
docs.google.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:51 AM
We are thrilled to launch the provisional programme for "Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages". If the programme excites you as much as us, why not register and join us in Oxford on 20-21 April?! buytickets.at/bordersbound...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
We are thrilled to launch the provisional programme for "Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages". If the programme excites you as much as us, why not register and join us in Oxford on 20-21 April?! buytickets.at/bordersbound...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Borders Provisional Programme - For Publication.docx
Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages (Provisional Programme) Rewley House, 20-21 April 2026 Day 0 (Optional) 16:00 onwards: Oxford Medieval Jewish Walking Tour (led ...
docs.google.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:51 AM
We are thrilled to launch the provisional programme for "Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages". If the programme excites you as much as us, why not register and join us in Oxford on 20-21 April?! buytickets.at/bordersbound...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Baffling why borders are suddenly getting so much scholarly attention... By my count, there'll be four conferences this academic year exploring some aspect of the topic. Perhaps we should brainstorm it at Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: 'Why borders? Why now?' Inexplicable!
We’re off in Trinity College for the National Monuments Service/Archaeology Ireland conference on Within/Without - archaeology of borders
October 18, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Baffling why borders are suddenly getting so much scholarly attention... By my count, there'll be four conferences this academic year exploring some aspect of the topic. Perhaps we should brainstorm it at Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: 'Why borders? Why now?' Inexplicable!
Sneak preview of the programme which will launch in the next week or two! Speakers and poster presenters have this already, but it's going to be... BIG! As things stand:
- 37 presentations
- 12 Poster presentations
- 2 keynote lectures
- 1 palaeography workshop
- 1 saxophonist
- 37 presentations
- 12 Poster presentations
- 2 keynote lectures
- 1 palaeography workshop
- 1 saxophonist
October 18, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Sneak preview of the programme which will launch in the next week or two! Speakers and poster presenters have this already, but it's going to be... BIG! As things stand:
- 37 presentations
- 12 Poster presentations
- 2 keynote lectures
- 1 palaeography workshop
- 1 saxophonist
- 37 presentations
- 12 Poster presentations
- 2 keynote lectures
- 1 palaeography workshop
- 1 saxophonist
We are pleased to announce that the second keynote at the Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers conference will be given by the inimitable Professor Miri Rubin! Details to follow with the programme.
Registration: buytickets.at/bordersbound...
Registration: buytickets.at/bordersbound...
October 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
We are pleased to announce that the second keynote at the Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers conference will be given by the inimitable Professor Miri Rubin! Details to follow with the programme.
Registration: buytickets.at/bordersbound...
Registration: buytickets.at/bordersbound...
And we're there! We have notified almost everybody who submitted a proposal already (there will be a short delay for the remainder until @medievaljews.bsky.social finishes work).
Registration is now open with a limited number of virtual tickets available: buytickets.at/bordersbound...
Registration is now open with a limited number of virtual tickets available: buytickets.at/bordersbound...
October 6, 2025 at 7:01 AM
And we're there! We have notified almost everybody who submitted a proposal already (there will be a short delay for the remainder until @medievaljews.bsky.social finishes work).
Registration is now open with a limited number of virtual tickets available: buytickets.at/bordersbound...
Registration is now open with a limited number of virtual tickets available: buytickets.at/bordersbound...
I don't mean to alarm anybody but we are very nearly there! For those who submitted proposals, keep an eye on your inbox next week. And if anybody wants to chair a session, get in touch!
October 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I don't mean to alarm anybody but we are very nearly there! For those who submitted proposals, keep an eye on your inbox next week. And if anybody wants to chair a session, get in touch!
This is the kind of Border/Boundary/Barrier that we are delighted to leave to the good people @vch-home.bsky.social...
This is - trust me - the sort of thing that I have to worry about as @vch-home.bsky.social editor. I have bookmarked this (absolutely brilliant, thank you to all concerned), Wikipedia page.
Please don’t ask *how* these exclaves existed, or *why*, I’ll get a headach.
Please don’t ask *how* these exclaves existed, or *why*, I’ll get a headach.
This is a delightful diversion - it turns out that one of my regular walks used to be an enclave. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countie...
September 28, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This is the kind of Border/Boundary/Barrier that we are delighted to leave to the good people @vch-home.bsky.social...
With the CFP now closed, and registration soon to open, we are delighted to announce our first Keynote Speaker. Prof. Pinchas Roth will explore how medieval English Jews were connected to, and influenced by, their continental co-religionists, and the implications of England being an Island.
September 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
With the CFP now closed, and registration soon to open, we are delighted to announce our first Keynote Speaker. Prof. Pinchas Roth will explore how medieval English Jews were connected to, and influenced by, their continental co-religionists, and the implications of England being an Island.
And that's a wrap! The deadline has now passed for submitting proposal for 'Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers' has now passed. Over the past 3 months, we've received 156 proposals from 38 countries (mapped here). It may take us some time to shortlist these...
Talk amongst yourselves...
Talk amongst yourselves...
September 16, 2025 at 6:48 AM
And that's a wrap! The deadline has now passed for submitting proposal for 'Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers' has now passed. Over the past 3 months, we've received 156 proposals from 38 countries (mapped here). It may take us some time to shortlist these...
Talk amongst yourselves...
Talk amongst yourselves...