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Monash Medieval & Renaissance Studies
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Community of Medieval & Renaissance Studies at Monash University, Australia. The past is not as distant as you imagine.
(Banner: Lincoln County Archives, BNLW 1/1/55/1; Profile pic: Monash, Bischoff frag. 002, MS 1821) Skeets by KN.
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New paid doctoral position with the Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus project in Munich, for students researching Arabic or Latin texts related to Ptolemy's astronomical or astrological material; dissertation can be in English or German, apply by March 31st. ptolemaeus.badw.de/start #HistSTM #MedievalSky
Page 1 text of the call for applications (.pdf format). Page 2 text of the call for applications (.pdf format).
January 15, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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oops! should have tagged @melichloron.bsky.social! 👏
December 11, 2025 at 5:30 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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We're back with big congratulations to @eaburrell.bsky.social, awarded the @austhistassoc.bsky.social Philippa Hetherington Prize for best postgraduate dissertation on a non-Australian topic: “Words for Wellbeing: Charms, Caregiving and Health in England, 1300—1550” 👏👏👏
July 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Friday 3 May @ 6pm AEST / 5pm JST / 9am BST. A/Prof. Asami Kobayashi (Shujitsu University) “Integrative Violence Through Examples Of Heresy Combat” on zoom. All welcome. Email us for the link!
Abstract: The use of violence aims to attack individuals or groups, causing physical, emotional or psychological harm. This violence serves diverse purposes: annihilating, expelling or integrating opponents. Integrative violence was significant in systematically designed heresy combat during the 12th & 13th centuries. It initially sought to persuade heretics to abandon renegade beliefs & adopt the “rightful” faith, however, this evolved over time, from the “violence” of early episcopal sermons, portraying heretical beliefs as detrimental, to violence with fire & sword, leading to bloodshed, as seen in the Albigensian Crusade. Following this bloody step, the Church turned to mendicant orders like the Dominicans and Franciscans. Dominicans became synonymous with inquisitors, known for causing bloodshed. My presentation aims to elucidate this transformation in applying violent integration measures. Fri 3 May @ 6pm AEST. Email cmrs-postgraduatecommittee@monash.edu for zoom link
April 30, 2024 at 1:03 PM
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This week's seminar features another ep. in our continuing collaboration with TUCEMEMS! Unpick book technologies with Prof. Matti Peikola on "Articulating the operation of tables and figures for early modern English readers"! Fri 26 Apr on zoom @ 6pm AEST / 11am EEST / 9am BST. Email us for the link
April 23, 2024 at 9:22 AM
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Exciting news! We will share the official CFP & details as soon as they're available, but followers may like to know that (like IMC, ICMS, RSA &c) this conference traditionally accepts general paper submissions, as well as those on the specific theme.
kbneal.bsky.social Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · Apr 17
Psst #medievalsky #earlymodern! The next @anzamems.bsky.social conference is going to be in Melbourne, sometime in December 2025. Why not start planning your trip!? It would be a blast to see you there!
April 17, 2024 at 5:47 PM
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For our next seminar we join the team at TUCEMEMS, feat. Dr Anna-Stina Hägglund on 'Female Religious Houses and Remembrance in the Late Medieval Swedish Kingdom (1350-1520)'. Friday 19 Apr @ 17:15 AEST / 10:15 EEST / 8:15 BST. #nuntastic #medievalsky
This project focuses on the connections between female religious and laity in the late medieval Swedish kingdom (which included the area encompassing modern Finland). Remembrance and donations have received significant attention in recent years, and my aim is to explore the culture of donations and remembrance in a region where such studies have been lacking. I wish to delve into the study of female communities and their role in preserving the memory of benefactors and their families, highlighting the crucial link women maintained in caring for the remembrance of their deceased relatives. Anna-Stina Hägglund's research interests centre around Birgittine monasteries in the Baltic Sea region and their interactions with surrounding societies. Currently, she is a member of the research project “Lived Religion in Medieval Finland” at the University of Tampere (2021–2024). Friday 19 April 17:15 AEST (10:15 EEST). For the zoom link email: cmrs-postgraduatecommittee@monash.edu
April 16, 2024 at 11:52 AM
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This Friday; 12 April! Dr Romney Smith (ANU) on "Diplomacy in the Shadows. A lost Christian-Muslim Alliance in the 12th c Mediterranean?" 10am AEST on Zoom. Email us for the link (details in image/alt) #medievalsky
Sometimes historians have to make guesses. This talk uses speculation and circumstantial evidence alongside a close reading of primary sources to explore the possibility of an undocumented military alliance between Pisa in Italy, Denia in Spain, and possibly the Banu Hammad of Algeria. Building on earlier scholarship, it posits that connections formed during the Sardinian War of 1015-16 led to ongoing diplomatic or military links between the principals, aimed at countering the power of the Zirid dynasty of Tunisia and Grenada. This military alliance (if it existed) fell out of Pisan historical consciousness in the twelfth century due to disputes between Pisa and Genoa over the historical justifications for their hegemony in Sardinia. Online via Zoom. Friday 12 April @ 10am AEST. Email: cmrs-postgraduatecommittee@monash.edu to register
April 9, 2024 at 7:07 AM
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This Friday 10am AEDT Joe Biggerstaff on "Orphans in an infant society: Crisis and dependency in early Barbados"
Join us in person at Monash or on zoom from anywhere! For details email cmrs-postgraduatecommittee [at] monash [dot] edu.
March 12, 2024 at 9:18 AM
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Coming up on 1 March at 10am AEDT, our first seminar of the semester!
Dr Paige Donaghy (U Queensland) on '"When her ship was laden with wares, then she could take in passengers": pregnant women's sexuality in England, c. 1600-1750.' Email Zoom link: cmrs-postgraduatecommittee [at] monash [dot] edu
February 21, 2024 at 3:46 AM
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OK, let's try that again... without the crucial email typo!
Coming soon: Exciting new series of Public Seminars (online and/or hybrid) for 2024. Contact our team at cmrs-postgraduatecommittee [at] monash [dot] edu for zoom details.
Flyer for a series of online & hybrid seminars on medieval & renaissance studies running from 1 March to 17 May 2024, Melbourne time. The flyer includes dates, times, titles etc. Interested parties are encouraged to contact cmrs-postgraduatecommittee@monash.edu for a screen-readable pdf version, and zoom link details.
January 23, 2024 at 6:18 AM
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Free download until 25 Jan! Elite Women and the Italian Wars, 1494-1559, by Susan Broomhall and Carolyn James: www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Elite Women and the Italian Wars, 1494–1559
Cambridge Core - European History 1000-1450 - Elite Women and the Italian Wars, 1494–1559
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January 17, 2024 at 11:21 PM
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5-year job (Lecturer/Snr Lecturer level) available for an Italian Renaissance historian contributing to our Medieval & Renaissance Studies Community! careers.pageuppeople.com/mob/513/cw/e...
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer - Italian History
Contribute expertise in Italian Renaissance history and broader European/transnational contexts to our dynamic academic environment!
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January 17, 2024 at 7:12 AM
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The Early Modern Graphic Literacies project, funded by the Reseach Council of Finland, 2021-25, is now on Bluesky! We study English printed books 1500-1800 to find out how graphic devices e.g. tables and diagrams were used in the #EarlyModern period. #BookHistory
January 9, 2024 at 3:22 PM
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Some good news just slipping in as the door closes on 2023 - MMRS members have just secured seed funding with collaborators in Padua for a new project: "Feeling the Middle Ages: Interdisciplinary approaches to medieval devotional culture". Watch this space for its findings! #medievalsky
December 20, 2023 at 5:32 AM
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oh dear...
bho.bsky.social British History Online @bho.bsky.social · Dec 12
Latest from the British Library:
"disruption to certain services is expected to persist for several months."

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December 13, 2023 at 12:17 AM
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Congratulations and good luck to Lucy Moloney (@lucyelm.bsky.social) on submission of her MA thesis, "Appeals to the Past in Sovereignty Disputes in Wales, Scotland, and England during Edward I’s Reign (1272–1307)"!
December 3, 2023 at 10:50 PM
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This week for our #MEMSSeminar, our special guest is Dr Gabriele Bonomelli, postdoctoral researcher at the University of Kent. We are absolutely delighted to welcome Dr Bonomelli to MEMS!

📜 Dissent in Late Medieval & Early Modern England
📅 Thur 30 Nov, 5pm GMT
📍 Darwin LT1 & Zoom

Abstract below ⬇️
November 27, 2023 at 12:31 PM
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Our seminars are now in summer recess. Looking forward to seeing you again on zoom or in person for our 2024 series. If you're interested to present, get in touch now! #medievalsky #earlymodernsky Meanwhile, have some red poppies, snapped at our recent annual "Med-Ren Feast"!
A close up of four red poppies backlit by evening sun. The rims of each petal gleam gold in the light.
November 27, 2023 at 5:59 AM
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We are saddened to learn of the death of the inimitable Natalie Zemon Davis

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Natalie Zemon Davis in her home office. Photo by Michael Graydon. Source: https://www.universityaffairs.ca/features/feature-article/becoming-natalie-davis/
October 23, 2023 at 6:46 PM
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Our online series "Euro-Mediterranean Entanglements in Medieval History" continues - have a look at the programme and join us: dhi-roma.it/fileadmin/us...

#medievalsky #medievalmediterranean @DHIParis @MWS
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October 19, 2023 at 5:38 PM
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ah nuts... we're hearing reports that the registration link is demanding institutional credentials. Bear with us...

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monashcmrs.bsky.social Monash Medieval & Renaissance Studies @monashcmrs.bsky.social · Oct 17
Join us from 6pm on 13 November in Melbourne for the annual Bill Kent Memorial Lecture, to be delivered by A/Prof. Nick Eckstein on "Time and Space in Renaissance Florence (and the Mouse in Matteo Cavalcanti's Underpants)". Are you not intrigued?!
www.monash.edu/prato/alumni...
Bill Kent Memorial Lecture
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October 17, 2023 at 4:30 AM
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Join us from 6pm on 13 November in Melbourne for the annual Bill Kent Memorial Lecture, to be delivered by A/Prof. Nick Eckstein on "Time and Space in Renaissance Florence (and the Mouse in Matteo Cavalcanti's Underpants)". Are you not intrigued?!
www.monash.edu/prato/alumni...
Bill Kent Memorial Lecture
www.monash.edu
October 17, 2023 at 2:52 AM
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Friday 20 October 10am AEDT (Thurs 19 in USA): Anurag Advani (UC Berkeley) on "The Madness of the Majzūbs: Marginal Sufi Saints in Sixteenth-Century Mughal India". Join us!
(email cmrs-postgraduatecommittee [at] monash [dot] edu for the zoom link or come in person!)
October 15, 2023 at 9:49 PM