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Lottie Thompson
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Medievalist | PhD on Lawrence of Durham | classical reception, intellectual history, Anglo-Latin literature | plant eater, coffee drinker🌱
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🎺 HEAR YE, HEAR YE! 🎺
We are proud to announce the official MEMSA seminar series term card for this autumn!

Make sure to put the dates in your calendar so you don't miss our amazing speakers! We can't wait to see you there!
Mondays 6pm at 7 Owengate Monday 13 October Isaiah Silvers (Durham University) Auxilios: "Reform" and "Aid" in the Hospital Institutions of New Spain, c. 1730-1770 Monday 27 October Lottie Thompson (Durham University) Medieval Durham and the Ancient World: Lawrence of Durham’s Dialogi and Virgil’s Eclogues and Georgics. Monday 24 November Alastair Forbes (Independent Scholar) The Vision of Boso and Moral Soundscapes in Simeon of Durham's Libellus de exordio Monday 10 November Ido Kons (University of Cambridge) Manuscript Transmission and the Spread of Learning in Late Anglo-Saxon England, c.950-1066 Monday 8 December Eugenia Vorobeva (University of Oxford) Devil in the Detail: Language and Laughter in the Passio Domini Homily
October 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Our next talk of term will be from our other co-chair from last year, the amazing Lottie Thompson! She will be presenting on "Medieval Durham and the Ancient World: Lawrence of Durham’s Dialogi and Virgil’s Eclogues and Georgics."

See her talk on Monday, 27 October at 6p, 7 Owengate! See you there!
Medieval Durham and the Ancient World: Lawrence of Durham’s Dialogi and Virgil’s Eclogues and Georgics. ‘If it is the rocks, if it is the beasts, if it is the other things of this vast grove that you wish to know, what Virgil could sing of so much?’ Lawrence of Durham (d. 1154) was an Anglo-Latin poet and monk living in Durham in the first half of the twelfth century. In his day Lawrence’s writing was widely circulated, but unfortunately this popularity did not stand the test of time and today he is very little known. This paper will introduce you to the works and world of this major regional author more generally, before focusing on one of Lawrence’s poems, the Dialogi – a verse dialogue written around 1143. This paper will explore how Lawrence’s knowledge of both Virgil’s Eclogues and Georgics expressly shaped his writing on medieval Durham in this poem, particularly concerning his exploration of the topography of the city and the ongoing socio-political conflicts of the day. 6p Monday 27 October 7 Owengate on Palace Green Everyone Welcome!
October 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Some highlights from a brilliant access-all-areas tour of Durham Castle, courtesy of @durhammemsa.bsky.social Chair @charrathompson.bsky.social.

Wish me luck with my keynote this morning!
Durham's motte & bailey castle, much embellished up to the 19th century Column capital from the Norman chapel, including a man in an attitude of praising the heavens Misericord from the Tunstall Chapel, featuring pigs playing the bagpipes Best toilet interior: a part of a Norman (12th-century) archway with chevron design
July 21, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Last week, members of MEMSA were taken on a tour of the hidden histories of the Castle. Thank you to Eric Cambridge and Lottie Thompson for the thrilling exploration.

Thank you also for University College for allowing us to delve into Castle's history and to IMEMS for providing the funding.
January 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM