Emma Olson
@emmaolson5.bsky.social
History PhD candidate at Cambridge | Researching the soundscapes of medieval Europe, particularly in Iberian towns
My article, "Divided by a Common Auditory Landscape: The Local Resonance of Sound and Rebellion in Fourteenth-Century St. Albans" is published now in Viator @brepols.net! About a medieval town and its bells close to my heart
doi.org/10.1484/J.VI...
doi.org/10.1484/J.VI...
Divided by a Common Auditory Landscape: The Local Resonance of Sound and Rebellion in Fourteenth-Century St. Albans | Brepols Online
Abstract
Medieval revolts were noisy, disruptive events. Rebels’ noisiness, and the rhetorical usefulness to medieval chroniclers of describing them as such, has been extensively commented upon by sch...
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January 28, 2026 at 1:47 PM
My article, "Divided by a Common Auditory Landscape: The Local Resonance of Sound and Rebellion in Fourteenth-Century St. Albans" is published now in Viator @brepols.net! About a medieval town and its bells close to my heart
doi.org/10.1484/J.VI...
doi.org/10.1484/J.VI...
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Announcing the Cambridge Medieval History Graduate Workshop Term Card for Lent Term 2026!
January 20, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Announcing the Cambridge Medieval History Graduate Workshop Term Card for Lent Term 2026!
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Less then two weeks left for this CFP!!
Come and join us in London for an exciting research exchange on movements in late medieval and early modern cities. We are looking forward to getting to know about your work! 🤗🤗
#medievalsky #skystorians #callforpapers #medieval #earlymodern #history
Come and join us in London for an exciting research exchange on movements in late medieval and early modern cities. We are looking forward to getting to know about your work! 🤗🤗
#medievalsky #skystorians #callforpapers #medieval #earlymodern #history
January 19, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Less then two weeks left for this CFP!!
Come and join us in London for an exciting research exchange on movements in late medieval and early modern cities. We are looking forward to getting to know about your work! 🤗🤗
#medievalsky #skystorians #callforpapers #medieval #earlymodern #history
Come and join us in London for an exciting research exchange on movements in late medieval and early modern cities. We are looking forward to getting to know about your work! 🤗🤗
#medievalsky #skystorians #callforpapers #medieval #earlymodern #history
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#cfp for the Cambridge Medieval History Graduate Workshop in Lent term 2026! Abstracts due the 13th of January and open to all current Master's and PhD students.
December 3, 2025 at 12:18 PM
#cfp for the Cambridge Medieval History Graduate Workshop in Lent term 2026! Abstracts due the 13th of January and open to all current Master's and PhD students.
Thrilled to be helping out with the fabulous and one of a kind III Colloquium on Late Medieval and Early Modern Cities with
@arodsan95.bsky.social and @ebenbow.bsky.social!
Please consider joining us in London in June!
@arodsan95.bsky.social and @ebenbow.bsky.social!
Please consider joining us in London in June!
So pleased to launch the CfP for the III Colloquium on Late Medieval and Early Modern Cities!!
Looking forward to your paper proposals 🤗🥳
Deadline 31 Jan 2026
@ebenbow.bsky.social @emmaolson5.bsky.social
#medievalsky #skystorians #medieval #cfp #earlymodern #history #urbanstudies #callforpapers
Looking forward to your paper proposals 🤗🥳
Deadline 31 Jan 2026
@ebenbow.bsky.social @emmaolson5.bsky.social
#medievalsky #skystorians #medieval #cfp #earlymodern #history #urbanstudies #callforpapers
October 21, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Thrilled to be helping out with the fabulous and one of a kind III Colloquium on Late Medieval and Early Modern Cities with
@arodsan95.bsky.social and @ebenbow.bsky.social!
Please consider joining us in London in June!
@arodsan95.bsky.social and @ebenbow.bsky.social!
Please consider joining us in London in June!
Really excited to join this team and for this year's Colloquium theme... stay tuned!
Welcoming @emmaolson5.bsky.social into the organising team of the III Colloquium on Late Medieval and Early Modern Cities. Preparations for 2026 have begun!
Really grateful that this initiative keeps growing - CfP coming soon 🎉
#skystorians #medieval #urbanstudies #earlymodern #historians #cities
Really grateful that this initiative keeps growing - CfP coming soon 🎉
#skystorians #medieval #urbanstudies #earlymodern #historians #cities
August 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Really excited to join this team and for this year's Colloquium theme... stay tuned!
Call for Papers from @thomashkaal.bsky.social and I for a Sound Studies panel @imc-leeds.bsky.social "Listening to Medieval Life: New Possibilities in Historical Sound Studies". Please consider joining us, we'd love to *hear* from you! Deadline 15 Sept. #cfp #imc2026
August 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Call for Papers from @thomashkaal.bsky.social and I for a Sound Studies panel @imc-leeds.bsky.social "Listening to Medieval Life: New Possibilities in Historical Sound Studies". Please consider joining us, we'd love to *hear* from you! Deadline 15 Sept. #cfp #imc2026
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In case you missed it, we had two fabulous posts go live on the blog this week!
On Monday, we had a new Historian Highlight featuring 2nd-year PhD Student @emmaolson5.bsky.social , who talked all things soundscapes, religious violence, and medieval history!
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On Monday, we had a new Historian Highlight featuring 2nd-year PhD Student @emmaolson5.bsky.social , who talked all things soundscapes, religious violence, and medieval history!
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February 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
In case you missed it, we had two fabulous posts go live on the blog this week!
On Monday, we had a new Historian Highlight featuring 2nd-year PhD Student @emmaolson5.bsky.social , who talked all things soundscapes, religious violence, and medieval history!
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On Monday, we had a new Historian Highlight featuring 2nd-year PhD Student @emmaolson5.bsky.social , who talked all things soundscapes, religious violence, and medieval history!
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