MAMO Conference 2025
@themamoconf.bsky.social
The 5th Middle Ages in the Modern World conference (MAMO). King's College London, 24-26 June 2025.
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That's a wrap on MAMO 2025! Heartfelt thanks to everyone who attended, presented, chatted, and made it such an enjoyable conference.
We welcomed nearly 150 across three days, heard over 100 papers, experienced 2 fire alarms, and had countless inspiring conversations on medievalism.
Until MAMO #6!
We welcomed nearly 150 across three days, heard over 100 papers, experienced 2 fire alarms, and had countless inspiring conversations on medievalism.
Until MAMO #6!
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That’s the location of the next MAMO sorted, then 😍 @themamoconf.bsky.social
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‘It’s back to the future’: the 13th-century castle built by hand in France
A quarter of a century after our first visit, the Guardian returns to Guédelon to find old-fashioned toil has built “thoroughly modern” architectural laboratory
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August 23, 2025 at 9:31 AM
That’s the location of the next MAMO sorted, then 😍 @themamoconf.bsky.social
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For those who may be interested ☺️ my slides and painting from my talk 'Gawain is Not a Hero' from the @themamoconf.bsky.social are available to view on the UAL research depository (no transcript as yet since its in peer review but plenty of information) ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/24...
Gawain is Not a Hero? Tensions Between the Heroic and the Complex Subject in Representations of Sir Gawain in Art - UAL Research Online
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July 6, 2025 at 9:11 AM
For those who may be interested ☺️ my slides and painting from my talk 'Gawain is Not a Hero' from the @themamoconf.bsky.social are available to view on the UAL research depository (no transcript as yet since its in peer review but plenty of information) ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/24...
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Some more images from MAMO conference @themamoconf.bsky.social I’m with esteemed company here, Professor Sarah Salih (KCL), Dr Josh Davies (KCL), and the wonderful Dr Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social (Oxford). Such a rich experience for me and lots of new friends made 😊
June 29, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Some more images from MAMO conference @themamoconf.bsky.social I’m with esteemed company here, Professor Sarah Salih (KCL), Dr Josh Davies (KCL), and the wonderful Dr Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social (Oxford). Such a rich experience for me and lots of new friends made 😊
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back frm @themamoconf.bsky.social & inspired by
🌟 LOCAL MEDIEDVALISMS with co-pannelists @maiablumberg.bsky.social & @linseyhunter.bsky.social
🌟public interp of MA w/ @emilyrobinson.bsky.social & @krmaude.bsky.social
🌟 practical resistance to far-right MA use @menysnoweballes.bsky.social
🌟 LOCAL MEDIEDVALISMS with co-pannelists @maiablumberg.bsky.social & @linseyhunter.bsky.social
🌟public interp of MA w/ @emilyrobinson.bsky.social & @krmaude.bsky.social
🌟 practical resistance to far-right MA use @menysnoweballes.bsky.social
June 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
back frm @themamoconf.bsky.social & inspired by
🌟 LOCAL MEDIEDVALISMS with co-pannelists @maiablumberg.bsky.social & @linseyhunter.bsky.social
🌟public interp of MA w/ @emilyrobinson.bsky.social & @krmaude.bsky.social
🌟 practical resistance to far-right MA use @menysnoweballes.bsky.social
🌟 LOCAL MEDIEDVALISMS with co-pannelists @maiablumberg.bsky.social & @linseyhunter.bsky.social
🌟public interp of MA w/ @emilyrobinson.bsky.social & @krmaude.bsky.social
🌟 practical resistance to far-right MA use @menysnoweballes.bsky.social
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Wow thank you Laura, it was a pleasure to meet you and hear your feminist reimaginings of Beowulf!
Thank you to all the excellent speakers, listeners and questioners at @themamoconf.bsky.social and the talented team who put it together. A special few days back at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
Thank you to all the excellent speakers, listeners and questioners at @themamoconf.bsky.social and the talented team who put it together. A special few days back at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Wow thank you Laura, it was a pleasure to meet you and hear your feminist reimaginings of Beowulf!
Thank you to all the excellent speakers, listeners and questioners at @themamoconf.bsky.social and the talented team who put it together. A special few days back at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
Thank you to all the excellent speakers, listeners and questioners at @themamoconf.bsky.social and the talented team who put it together. A special few days back at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
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Thank you all! It was a great few days and a pleasure to be a part of it! Here’s to the next one!
Thanks so much for everything you brought to MAMO, Laura! We were lucky to have you there via GuMM and as a presenter. Love your slides here!
June 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Thank you all! It was a great few days and a pleasure to be a part of it! Here’s to the next one!
That's a wrap on MAMO 2025! Heartfelt thanks to everyone who attended, presented, chatted, and made it such an enjoyable conference.
We welcomed nearly 150 across three days, heard over 100 papers, experienced 2 fire alarms, and had countless inspiring conversations on medievalism.
Until MAMO #6!
We welcomed nearly 150 across three days, heard over 100 papers, experienced 2 fire alarms, and had countless inspiring conversations on medievalism.
Until MAMO #6!
June 27, 2025 at 10:06 AM
That's a wrap on MAMO 2025! Heartfelt thanks to everyone who attended, presented, chatted, and made it such an enjoyable conference.
We welcomed nearly 150 across three days, heard over 100 papers, experienced 2 fire alarms, and had countless inspiring conversations on medievalism.
Until MAMO #6!
We welcomed nearly 150 across three days, heard over 100 papers, experienced 2 fire alarms, and had countless inspiring conversations on medievalism.
Until MAMO #6!
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1/3: Delivering the keynote @themamoconf.bsky.social 2025 has been a wonderful (if daunting) highlight of my research activity, the painting below was made as a response to the invitation, it and the plenary were attempts to understand the women of the poem as more temporally complex figures...
June 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
1/3: Delivering the keynote @themamoconf.bsky.social 2025 has been a wonderful (if daunting) highlight of my research activity, the painting below was made as a response to the invitation, it and the plenary were attempts to understand the women of the poem as more temporally complex figures...
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Seconded!! Fantastic conference ✨ @themamoconf.bsky.social and it was lovely to see everyone!
@rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social and the team put on an absolutely excellent conference @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social - congratulations and thanks to all! 🔥 #MAMOmonth
June 27, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Seconded!! Fantastic conference ✨ @themamoconf.bsky.social and it was lovely to see everyone!
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The plenary talk by @michaeledenart.bsky.social at @themamoconf.bsky.social on Gawain & the Green Knight was ✨MAGNIFICENT✨ Michael’s artwork- incl his painting here, Gawain between Two Deaths- is fantastic 👏 Also, a total pleasure to chat to Michael at the conf too! 😘
June 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The plenary talk by @michaeledenart.bsky.social at @themamoconf.bsky.social on Gawain & the Green Knight was ✨MAGNIFICENT✨ Michael’s artwork- incl his painting here, Gawain between Two Deaths- is fantastic 👏 Also, a total pleasure to chat to Michael at the conf too! 😘
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Such a pleasure to present at @themamoconf.bsky.social with the brilliant @daisyeblack.bsky.social and Sheila Passey. I’m in full flow here discussing my new poem in the voice of Princess Freawaru from Beowulf, inspired by Judith beheading Holofernes (while resisting girlboss feminism!!).
June 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Such a pleasure to present at @themamoconf.bsky.social with the brilliant @daisyeblack.bsky.social and Sheila Passey. I’m in full flow here discussing my new poem in the voice of Princess Freawaru from Beowulf, inspired by Judith beheading Holofernes (while resisting girlboss feminism!!).
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Thank you @themamoconf.bsky.social for a great conference! Really well curated programme. Sorry to leave early but I have @medievalgender.bsky.social next week and much to do in between!
June 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Thank you @themamoconf.bsky.social for a great conference! Really well curated programme. Sorry to leave early but I have @medievalgender.bsky.social next week and much to do in between!
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I just made my very first edit to @wikipedia.org in Fran and Lucy’s #MedievalWiki workshop @themamoconf.bsky.social #DigitalSkillz
June 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I just made my very first edit to @wikipedia.org in Fran and Lucy’s #MedievalWiki workshop @themamoconf.bsky.social #DigitalSkillz
Happening now! A Wiki-thon for MAMO 2025.
Medieval #skystorians - spotted sth on a Wikipedia article that's ood but weren't sure how to fix it? Now's your chance to learn!
Thursday 26th at MAMO kicks off with MedievalWiki – A Wikipedia citation-a-thon for MAMO 2025!
Led by Fran Allfrey (York), Lucy Hinnie (@yclepit.bsky.social, Leeds and Wikimedia), Lucy Moore (York), and Richard Nevell (@richardnevell.bsky.social, Exeter and Wikimedia). #MAMOmonth
Led by Fran Allfrey (York), Lucy Hinnie (@yclepit.bsky.social, Leeds and Wikimedia), Lucy Moore (York), and Richard Nevell (@richardnevell.bsky.social, Exeter and Wikimedia). #MAMOmonth
June 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Happening now! A Wiki-thon for MAMO 2025.
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On my way to London right this very minute for an exciting session at MAMO 👀🔥✅ #MAMOmonth
Thursday 26th at MAMO kicks off with MedievalWiki – A Wikipedia citation-a-thon for MAMO 2025!
Led by Fran Allfrey (York), Lucy Hinnie (@yclepit.bsky.social, Leeds and Wikimedia), Lucy Moore (York), and Richard Nevell (@richardnevell.bsky.social, Exeter and Wikimedia). #MAMOmonth
Led by Fran Allfrey (York), Lucy Hinnie (@yclepit.bsky.social, Leeds and Wikimedia), Lucy Moore (York), and Richard Nevell (@richardnevell.bsky.social, Exeter and Wikimedia). #MAMOmonth
![Session 1A: Workshop [Room K016]
MedievalWiki – A Wikipedia citation-a-thon for MAMO 2025
Organised by Fran Allfrey (University of York), Lucy Hinnie (University of Leeds and Wikimedia UK), Lucy Moore (University of York), and Richard Nevell (University of Exeter and Wikimedia UK).
With billions of page-views every month, and its content scraped to power artificial intelligence, digital assistants, and search engines, there’s a case to be made that Wikipedia is one of the most effective ways to get the Middle Ages out into the modern world.
However, Wikipedia tends to reproduce biases and exclusions that exist in the real world. Work by women, BIPOC, and queer scholars is under-represented on medieval historical topic pages, which often rely on a limited number of cited sources.
In this hands-on workshop, we will introduce participants to key concepts and practical tools for Wikipedia editing. Participants will be split into folks who have edited before and first-time editors. Experienced editors will be invited to select existing Wikipedia pages to audit and improve, and to gather research to cite. First time editors will learn the basics of editing before moving to live editing to improve articles together.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3xv3r2tyxi54yayomcjzybtt/bafkreih4jgfgyvz3kngefexw45cr2kljxltxhlatoijbpt75zfiqxro7um@jpeg)
June 26, 2025 at 8:03 AM
On my way to London right this very minute for an exciting session at MAMO 👀🔥✅ #MAMOmonth
It's the final day of MAMO! Expect it all: a Wikipedia workshop, mystics, Crusades, landscapes, Christianity, theory, pedagogy, scholarship... with a final plenary by @michaeledenart.bsky.social and a closing reception on the Terrace. See you there!
June 26, 2025 at 7:18 AM
It's the final day of MAMO! Expect it all: a Wikipedia workshop, mystics, Crusades, landscapes, Christianity, theory, pedagogy, scholarship... with a final plenary by @michaeledenart.bsky.social and a closing reception on the Terrace. See you there!
Three fantastic keynote roundtablers, who spoke beautifully on Public Chaucer. The historical Chaucer, literary Chaucer, creative Chaucer all overlapped in interesting ways. Caroline's book with ARC and Mary's with Manchester UP are for sale in the Council Room, along with many other MAMO speakers!
We also had a fantastic Public Chaucers plenary with @euanroger.bsky.social @15thcgossipgirl.bsky.social & Caroline Bergvall at @themamoconf.bsky.social yesterday! (Thanks for the shoutout for @guildmedmak.bsky.social 😘)
June 26, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Three fantastic keynote roundtablers, who spoke beautifully on Public Chaucer. The historical Chaucer, literary Chaucer, creative Chaucer all overlapped in interesting ways. Caroline's book with ARC and Mary's with Manchester UP are for sale in the Council Room, along with many other MAMO speakers!
Some wonderful MAMO snaps from @drlauravarnam.bsky.social! MAMO Day 2 was stellar!
A fantastic 2nd day at @themamoconf.bsky.social 🎉 Gorgeous performance of Yde & Olive by @daisyeblack.bsky.social. I really enjoyed @danielsawyer.bsky.social paper- buy his excellent book! Fantastic energising workshop wi @menysnoweballes.bsky.social & I enjoyed repping @guildmedmak.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Some wonderful MAMO snaps from @drlauravarnam.bsky.social! MAMO Day 2 was stellar!
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It was a pleasure chairing and speaking today at @themamoconf.bsky.social as part of the panel at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Strand Campus.
Thanks to all the organisers for making this happen!
Thanks to all the organisers for making this happen!
June 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It was a pleasure chairing and speaking today at @themamoconf.bsky.social as part of the panel at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Strand Campus.
Thanks to all the organisers for making this happen!
Thanks to all the organisers for making this happen!
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Nearly 40 people at my @themamoconf.bsky.social workshop 😍
June 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Nearly 40 people at my @themamoconf.bsky.social workshop 😍
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Fresh from their plenary yesterday at #MAMO2025, Angela Weisl and Robert Squillace stopped by our stand this morning! Learn more about their collection "Medievalisms in a Global Age": buff.ly/oBs96Fl @themamoconf.bsky.social #Medievalism
June 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Fresh from their plenary yesterday at #MAMO2025, Angela Weisl and Robert Squillace stopped by our stand this morning! Learn more about their collection "Medievalisms in a Global Age": buff.ly/oBs96Fl @themamoconf.bsky.social #Medievalism
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Fascinating @themamoconf.bsky.social so far and so nice to connect with both old friends and new contacts!
June 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Fascinating @themamoconf.bsky.social so far and so nice to connect with both old friends and new contacts!
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So sad to miss this year's @themamoconf.bsky.social, the program seems wonderful. If you're lucky enough to be there, feel free to share the various papers with us, and enjoy the conference!
#médiévalisme #medievalism
#médiévalisme #medievalism
June 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
So sad to miss this year's @themamoconf.bsky.social, the program seems wonderful. If you're lucky enough to be there, feel free to share the various papers with us, and enjoy the conference!
#médiévalisme #medievalism
#médiévalisme #medievalism
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Excited for our session!! @themamoconf.bsky.social
![Wednesday 25th June
10:00-10:30
Arrival [with refreshments in the Council Room]
10:30-12:00 Parallel Sessions 1
Session 1A: Online Use and Misuse [Room K016]
Chair: Gwen Seabourne
• Kenna L. Olsen (Mount Royal University):
Beyond Medieval Mimicry to Chaucer's Wicker House: Evoking Medieval English Experientialiality via Immersive Performances of Medieval English Texts
• Andrew B.R. Elliott (Independent Researcher):
Amusing, Awful, and Artificial: Al & Medievalism
• Rachel Moss (University of Northampton):
Medieval chivalry, social media and the emotional drivers of radicalisation into extreme right online cultures
Session 1B: The Middle Ages in Modern Games](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5j3mhmbjjici3rdkyxuy2n7q/bafkreicddy6mj6vf4xw6sjbyob4r674pharypac7blfgrzb7grxv22qdzm@jpeg)
June 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Excited for our session!! @themamoconf.bsky.social
It's day two of MAMO! Looking forward to some fabulous papers today, including panels on medievalism and the epic, various uses and misuses of the medieval, Norse-Gothic medievalisms, a workshop on radicalisation with @menysnoweballes.bsky.social, and a game showcase with Slitherine!
June 25, 2025 at 6:59 AM
It's day two of MAMO! Looking forward to some fabulous papers today, including panels on medievalism and the epic, various uses and misuses of the medieval, Norse-Gothic medievalisms, a workshop on radicalisation with @menysnoweballes.bsky.social, and a game showcase with Slitherine!