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Medievalism Seminar
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We are a seminar group on medievalism based at the Institute for Historical Research, Univ of London. Our sessions address the imaginings, re-imaginings and evocation of the Middle Ages in all reaches of post-medieval culture.
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This Wednesday (5/11/25) 17.30 UTC, we're delighted to welcome Dr Peter Jones (Plymouth), who will be speaking on William Morris's travel in Iceland. Free to attend in person in the IHR or online, but please register in advance. Details, abstract and registration:
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
A black-and-white photograph of William Morris with an old-fashioned relief map superimposed and the paper title in Icelandic.
November 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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We are back and in our first seminar of the new year bringing you not one but two excellent papers! Lucinda Menaul (KCL), "The Knight-In-Shining-Armour and the Ghost of Pegasus in William Morris’s The Earthly Paradise" and Yasmin Ibrahim (KCL) "Eleanor Hammond (1866-1933): Scholar, and scribe".
A highly ornate title page from the Kelmscott edition of The Earthly Paradise by William Morris, with the initial lines of the prologue in a text box surrounded by intricate vine scroll decoration.
October 3, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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And a last reminder! Victorian cremation and Norse medievalism tonight, 17.30 GMT with @maggiepavleszek.bsky.social! Sign up at: www.history.ac.uk/events/resol...
ihrmedievalism.bsky.social Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · Apr 23
For our next seminar, Maggie Pavleszek (York)
will be speaking on '"Resolved into ashes": Norse Medievalism and Cremation in C19th Britain'. Weds 30/04, 17.30 GMT (online only). Free but please register to attend. Further details, abstract and registration at: www.history.ac.uk/events/resol...
A nineteenth-century black-and-white book illustration. A number of Viking warriors, some of them with winged or horned helmets, are carrying a shrouded corpse on a bier. In the distance a man is carrying a torch, presumably to set light to the dead warrior.
April 30, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Not too late to sign up for this excellent seminar on Wednesday! And we are very happy to welcome our wonderful speaker, @maggiepavleszek.bsky.social, to Bluesky. Come and hear all about her work!
ihrmedievalism.bsky.social Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · Apr 23
For our next seminar, Maggie Pavleszek (York)
will be speaking on '"Resolved into ashes": Norse Medievalism and Cremation in C19th Britain'. Weds 30/04, 17.30 GMT (online only). Free but please register to attend. Further details, abstract and registration at: www.history.ac.uk/events/resol...
A nineteenth-century black-and-white book illustration. A number of Viking warriors, some of them with winged or horned helmets, are carrying a shrouded corpse on a bier. In the distance a man is carrying a torch, presumably to set light to the dead warrior.
April 28, 2025 at 8:13 AM
ihrmedievalism.bsky.social
For our next seminar, Maggie Pavleszek (York)
will be speaking on '"Resolved into ashes": Norse Medievalism and Cremation in C19th Britain'. Weds 30/04, 17.30 GMT (online only). Free but please register to attend. Further details, abstract and registration at: www.history.ac.uk/events/resol...
A nineteenth-century black-and-white book illustration. A number of Viking warriors, some of them with winged or horned helmets, are carrying a shrouded corpse on a bier. In the distance a man is carrying a torch, presumably to set light to the dead warrior.
April 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Wonderful to be able to welcome @themamoconf.bsky.social to Bluesky! MAMO London is coming up 24-26 June 2025 and the programme and details of how to register are at: themamo.org
The Middle Ages in the Modern World
A multidisciplinary conference on medievalism in the post-Middle Ages
themamo.org
March 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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For our next seminar, @craighambling.bsky.social will be speaking on 'How Real is Too Real? Public History and the Interpretation of Medieval Martial Arts'. Weds 12/03, 17.30 GMT in person at @ihr.bsky.social and online. Further details and registration at: www.history.ac.uk/events/how-r...
How Real is Too Real? Public History and the Interpretation of Medieval Martial Arts
www.history.ac.uk
March 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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We are in for a treat at our next seminar when Dr Michael Eden (University of the Arts) will speak on 'Failed Seriousness and a Subject Worth Fighting For: Representing Sir Gawain'. Wed 12/2/25 17.30 at @ihr.bsky.social or online. Info, abstract and registration at:
www.history.ac.uk/events/faile...
A photograph of a sculpture comprising an empty stylised suit of armour posed as if arising from a prone position with its left arm raised.
February 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Still time to book your place for @mareganlefay.bsky.social's Arthurian delight on Thursday!
ihrmedievalism.bsky.social Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · Jan 7
For our next seminar @mareganlefay.bsky.social (Bristol) will speak on 'Experiencing Arthur on site in medieval and early modern England'. Free in-person at
@ihr.bsky.social
and online, 17.30 UTC, Thurs 16/01/25. All welcome, but please register in advance. Info: www.history.ac.uk/events/exper...
The front cover of Dr Mary Bateman's 2024 book Local Place and the Arthurian Tradition in England and Wales, 1400-1700. Three bearded kings are depicted in colourful stained glass beneath three shields with heraldic imagery.
January 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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For our next seminar @mareganlefay.bsky.social (Bristol) will speak on 'Experiencing Arthur on site in medieval and early modern England'. Free in-person at
@ihr.bsky.social
and online, 17.30 UTC, Thurs 16/01/25. All welcome, but please register in advance. Info: www.history.ac.uk/events/exper...
The front cover of Dr Mary Bateman's 2024 book Local Place and the Arthurian Tradition in England and Wales, 1400-1700. Three bearded kings are depicted in colourful stained glass beneath three shields with heraldic imagery.
January 7, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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Hwæt! For our next seminar Ian Felce (independent researcher) will speak on 'What? Beowulf and William Morris’s New Old English'. In-person at @ihr.bsky.social and online, 17.30 UTC, Weds 11/12/24. Free to attend and all welcome, but please register in advance at: www.history.ac.uk/events/what-...
The elaborately decorated opening pages of the 1895 Kelmscott Press edition of Beowulf created by William Morris and A.J. White, replete with vine-scrolls and black-letter font.
December 5, 2024 at 12:36 PM
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Hwæt! For our next seminar Ian Felce (independent researcher) will speak on 'What? Beowulf and William Morris’s New Old English'. In-person at @ihr.bsky.social and online, 17.30 UTC, Weds 11/12/24. Free to attend and all welcome, but please register in advance at: www.history.ac.uk/events/what-...
The elaborately decorated opening pages of the 1895 Kelmscott Press edition of Beowulf created by William Morris and A.J. White, replete with vine-scrolls and black-letter font.
December 5, 2024 at 12:36 PM
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Hello and welcome to all our new followers! We are a seminar group dedicated to discussion of the construction, use and appropriation of the Middle Ages in the post-medieval period. We meet on an approximately monthly basis during term times in-person at the University of London and online.
December 5, 2024 at 11:37 AM
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We're extremely pleased to bring you our next seminar: @lawrencewarner.bsky.social will be presenting on 'Popular Gawain, 1955-70, from Maureen Duffy to Pentangle' at 17.30 GMT Weds 13/11/24 in-person at @ihr.bsky.social and online. Details and sign-up at: www.history.ac.uk/events/popul...
An image depicting two older hardback book covers: The Green Knight - A Play by H.W.D. Manson on the left and The Paradox Players by Maureen Duffy on the right.
November 7, 2024 at 9:59 AM
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We're extremely pleased to bring you our next seminar: @lawrencewarner.bsky.social will be presenting on 'Popular Gawain, 1955-70, from Maureen Duffy to Pentangle' at 17.30 GMT Weds 13/11/24 in-person at @ihr.bsky.social and online. Details and sign-up at: www.history.ac.uk/events/popul...
An image depicting two older hardback book covers: The Green Knight - A Play by H.W.D. Manson on the left and The Paradox Players by Maureen Duffy on the right.
November 7, 2024 at 9:59 AM
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Tomorrow, Wednesday 16/10/24, 17.30 BST, Dr Tonicha Upham on the first English translation of Ibn Fadlan, in-person at @ihr.bsky.social and online. Free to attend: please register at: www.history.ac.uk/events/awful...
ihrmedievalism.bsky.social Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · Oct 7
For our first seminar of 24-5, Dr Tonicha Upham (SAS, U of London) will speak on '"This awful and distressing circumstance": A Sudden Death, The Danish Literati, and the First English Translation of Ibn Fadlan', exploring the C19th fame of Ibn Fadlan's account of a Rus funeral. Weds 16/10, 17.30 BST
The title page from Rasmussen's 1814 Danish edition of Ibn Fadlan's Arabic account of a Rus funeral.
October 15, 2024 at 11:02 AM
ihrmedievalism.bsky.social
For our first seminar of 24-5, Dr Tonicha Upham (SAS, U of London) will speak on '"This awful and distressing circumstance": A Sudden Death, The Danish Literati, and the First English Translation of Ibn Fadlan', exploring the C19th fame of Ibn Fadlan's account of a Rus funeral. Weds 16/10, 17.30 BST
The title page from Rasmussen's 1814 Danish edition of Ibn Fadlan's Arabic account of a Rus funeral.
October 7, 2024 at 3:44 PM
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Back for the 24-25 academic year, we're very pleased to unveil our schedule of seminars on post-medieval usage and appropriation of the Middle Ages! All seminars are either hybrid or fully online and free of charge. Registration in advance required at: www.history.ac.uk/seminars/int...
The events schedule for the IHR medievalism seminar for 2024-2025. Details of each seminar will be posted on Bluesky in advance.
October 2, 2024 at 4:51 PM
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For our next seminar, we are delighted to welcome Mirabelle Dominé-Walley and Luke Walker, who will be speaking on 'Filming The Book of Margery Kempe', in person at KCL Bush House (S)2.03, 17.30, Weds 12/06/24. Info and registration: www.history.ac.uk/events/filmi...
A picture by Chloé Lecesne of the garden scene set for the Book of Margery Kempe film (based on some drawings in Sylvia Landsberg’s Medieval Garden).
June 7, 2024 at 11:43 AM
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For our next seminar, we are delighted to welcome Dr Charlotte Rudman, who will be speaking on 'Capturing medieval London: framing and perspective', in person at KCL King's Building, 17.30, Thurs 16/05/24 Free to attend: full details and abstract at: www.history.ac.uk/events/captu...
May 14, 2024 at 3:59 PM
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Still time to sign up for this talk tonight, but hurry! Details and registration in the link.
ihrmedievalism.bsky.social Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · Mar 6
For our next seminar, we are delighted to welcome Prof Patrick J Murphy (Miami) who will be speaking on 'Drawing Medievalism: Dialogue with the Past through Comics'. ONLINE ONLY, 17.30-19.00 GMT 20 March. Free but please register in advance. Abstract and link at: www.history.ac.uk/events/drawi...
An image of a character holding up a Bayeux Tapestry-style comic of eleventh-century English history.
March 20, 2024 at 11:05 AM
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ihrmedievalism.bsky.social
For our next seminar, we are delighted to welcome Prof Patrick J Murphy (Miami) who will be speaking on 'Drawing Medievalism: Dialogue with the Past through Comics'. ONLINE ONLY, 17.30-19.00 GMT 20 March. Free but please register in advance. Abstract and link at: www.history.ac.uk/events/drawi...
An image of a character holding up a Bayeux Tapestry-style comic of eleventh-century English history.
March 6, 2024 at 10:30 AM
ihrmedievalism.bsky.social
For our next seminar, we are delighted to welcome Prof Patrick J Murphy (Miami) who will be speaking on 'Drawing Medievalism: Dialogue with the Past through Comics'. ONLINE ONLY, 17.30-19.00 GMT 20 March. Free but please register in advance. Abstract and link at: www.history.ac.uk/events/drawi...
An image of a character holding up a Bayeux Tapestry-style comic of eleventh-century English history.
March 6, 2024 at 10:30 AM
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Tonight (28/02/24)! Dr Laura Varnam (Oxford) will be giving our next seminar, on '"Paramodern" Margery: Poetic Medievalisms and The Book of Margery Kempe' in-person at @ihr.bsky.social, 17.30. Abstract and further details at: www.history.ac.uk/events/param...
February 28, 2024 at 9:32 AM
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For our next seminar we're delighted to welcome Dr Lillian Céspedes González who will be speaking on 'The Women of Beowulf in Popular Culture'. In-person at @ihr.bsky.social, 17.30 TOMORROW Weds 31 Jan. Full details at: www.history.ac.uk/events/women...
An image from a comic of Queen Wealhtheow.
January 30, 2024 at 10:21 AM