Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CMRS)
@cmrsedinburgh.bsky.social
The CMRS brings together staff and students from across the University of Edinburgh studying the medieval and Renaissance periods.
Find out more at https://hca.ed.ac.uk/centre-medieval-renaissance/seminars-and-events/seminars
Find out more at https://hca.ed.ac.uk/centre-medieval-renaissance/seminars-and-events/seminars
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💬 🤝 We'll be hosting a range of seminars this semester, run in collaboration with students and staff from across our university and beyond.
💻 ⬆️ You can follow the link in our bio to find out more about these events, as well as the reading and discussion groups we have planned over the next months!
💻 ⬆️ You can follow the link in our bio to find out more about these events, as well as the reading and discussion groups we have planned over the next months!
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There was moment I thought perhaps we had movement here, but the @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social strike is on. You can read more about why here:
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1423...
Please write and call your MSPs on Monday: www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/lobby-your-msp
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1423...
Please write and call your MSPs on Monday: www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/lobby-your-msp
Edinburgh university staff back industrial action again in longstanding dispute over cuts and redundancies
Staff at the University of Edinburgh have today (Tuesday) backed industrial action for a second time in a longstanding dispute over £140million cuts, job losses and compulsory redundancies.
www.ucu.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
There was moment I thought perhaps we had movement here, but the @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social strike is on. You can read more about why here:
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1423...
Please write and call your MSPs on Monday: www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/lobby-your-msp
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1423...
Please write and call your MSPs on Monday: www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/lobby-your-msp
🤝 ⛪ Tomorrow’s seminar will welcome Alejandro Pombo Rial from @usaloficial.bsky.social . Join us as he discusses his ongoing research into social contributions made by churches and monasteries to their local communities.
November 10, 2025 at 9:26 AM
🤝 ⛪ Tomorrow’s seminar will welcome Alejandro Pombo Rial from @usaloficial.bsky.social . Join us as he discusses his ongoing research into social contributions made by churches and monasteries to their local communities.
⚔️ 📜 The 'Venetias' is an epic poem describing a period of conflict between Venice and the Holy Roman Empire. @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social 's own Luke Houghton will join tomorrow's group, drawing on his knowledge of Neo-Latin literature to discuss some of the distinct features of this work.
November 6, 2025 at 11:52 AM
⚔️ 📜 The 'Venetias' is an epic poem describing a period of conflict between Venice and the Holy Roman Empire. @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social 's own Luke Houghton will join tomorrow's group, drawing on his knowledge of Neo-Latin literature to discuss some of the distinct features of this work.
🐏 👨👨 @nicolemaceira.bsky.social will join us this week to discuss contrasting depictions of animals and humans in post-Reformation thought, and their importance in the development of the Reformed faith in Scotland.
November 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🐏 👨👨 @nicolemaceira.bsky.social will join us this week to discuss contrasting depictions of animals and humans in post-Reformation thought, and their importance in the development of the Reformed faith in Scotland.
⚔️ 💬 Join us tomorrow for a discussion of Lyndal Roper's recent article, which explores the relationship between emotional cycles and and the development of revolutions, set against the backdrop of Western Europe' largest popular uprising before the French Revolution.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM
⚔️ 💬 Join us tomorrow for a discussion of Lyndal Roper's recent article, which explores the relationship between emotional cycles and and the development of revolutions, set against the backdrop of Western Europe' largest popular uprising before the French Revolution.
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/hwj/...
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/hwj/...
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One week to go! Professor Lucy Grig - Professor of the History of Late Antiquity - gives her inaugural lecture on 'A slow history of Late Antiquity'. Tickets (free): edin.ac/4p2Ot2R
#History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh
#History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh
October 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
One week to go! Professor Lucy Grig - Professor of the History of Late Antiquity - gives her inaugural lecture on 'A slow history of Late Antiquity'. Tickets (free): edin.ac/4p2Ot2R
#History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh
#History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh
👑 Join us this Thursday as we welcome Alex Woolf from @standrewshist.bsky.social, who’ll be discussing with us the development of Scotland’s early history.
October 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
👑 Join us this Thursday as we welcome Alex Woolf from @standrewshist.bsky.social, who’ll be discussing with us the development of Scotland’s early history.
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Hurrah! My new book, Europe in the Eleventh Century: Beyond Revolution and Reform is officially published today by Oxford University Press. 1/5 global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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October 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Hurrah! My new book, Europe in the Eleventh Century: Beyond Revolution and Reform is officially published today by Oxford University Press. 1/5 global.oup.com/academic/pro...
⛪ 👨👨 Next week we’ll be proud to welcome John Arnold from @camhistory.bsky.social , who’ll discuss his recent research into the changing expressions of lay piety found in medieval southern France.
October 9, 2025 at 9:51 AM
⛪ 👨👨 Next week we’ll be proud to welcome John Arnold from @camhistory.bsky.social , who’ll discuss his recent research into the changing expressions of lay piety found in medieval southern France.
🕍📜 Join us at tomorrow's seminar as PhD student Jacob Morley shares findings from his research on the medieval papacy.
📚 💬 Then on Friday the first session of our new Renaissance Discussion Group will look at work from our own Elise Watson, exploring the role of women in publishing.
📚 💬 Then on Friday the first session of our new Renaissance Discussion Group will look at work from our own Elise Watson, exploring the role of women in publishing.
October 6, 2025 at 11:34 AM
🕍📜 Join us at tomorrow's seminar as PhD student Jacob Morley shares findings from his research on the medieval papacy.
📚 💬 Then on Friday the first session of our new Renaissance Discussion Group will look at work from our own Elise Watson, exploring the role of women in publishing.
📚 💬 Then on Friday the first session of our new Renaissance Discussion Group will look at work from our own Elise Watson, exploring the role of women in publishing.
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We ❤️ books! Join us for some upcoming book launches:
Tue 7 Oct, 17:30 -"Love and Anti-Judaism in Medieval English Romance: Typologies of violence and desire" by @hdohertyharrison.bsky.social from @manchesterup.bsky.social
Free tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc... (in person and online)
Tue 7 Oct, 17:30 -"Love and Anti-Judaism in Medieval English Romance: Typologies of violence and desire" by @hdohertyharrison.bsky.social from @manchesterup.bsky.social
Free tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc... (in person and online)
Book Launch: "Love and Anti-Judaism in Medieval English Romance"
New book: "Love and anti-Judaism in medieval English romance: Typologies of violence and desire" by Hope Doherty-Harrison
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 9:24 AM
We ❤️ books! Join us for some upcoming book launches:
Tue 7 Oct, 17:30 -"Love and Anti-Judaism in Medieval English Romance: Typologies of violence and desire" by @hdohertyharrison.bsky.social from @manchesterup.bsky.social
Free tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc... (in person and online)
Tue 7 Oct, 17:30 -"Love and Anti-Judaism in Medieval English Romance: Typologies of violence and desire" by @hdohertyharrison.bsky.social from @manchesterup.bsky.social
Free tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc... (in person and online)
💬 🤝 We'll be hosting a range of seminars this semester, run in collaboration with students and staff from across our university and beyond.
💻 ⬆️ You can follow the link in our bio to find out more about these events, as well as the reading and discussion groups we have planned over the next months!
💻 ⬆️ You can follow the link in our bio to find out more about these events, as well as the reading and discussion groups we have planned over the next months!
September 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
💬 🤝 We'll be hosting a range of seminars this semester, run in collaboration with students and staff from across our university and beyond.
💻 ⬆️ You can follow the link in our bio to find out more about these events, as well as the reading and discussion groups we have planned over the next months!
💻 ⬆️ You can follow the link in our bio to find out more about these events, as well as the reading and discussion groups we have planned over the next months!
🙏 Thank you to all those who helped kick off this semester by attending last week's Denys Hay Lecture, and thanks again to @philippebuc.bsky.social for giving such an insightful talk!
📅 Watch this space for an update soon on our seminar schedule for this semester!
📅 Watch this space for an update soon on our seminar schedule for this semester!
September 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🙏 Thank you to all those who helped kick off this semester by attending last week's Denys Hay Lecture, and thanks again to @philippebuc.bsky.social for giving such an insightful talk!
📅 Watch this space for an update soon on our seminar schedule for this semester!
📅 Watch this space for an update soon on our seminar schedule for this semester!
⬇️ Students, staff and members of the public will all be welcome at tomorrow's lecture!
This Friday! The 2025 Denys Hays Lecture will be given by Professor Philippe Buc
on 'Buddhadharma, rajahdarma, regnum, sacerdotium: Some Comparisons between Medieval Japan and Western Medieval Europe'. Find out more, edin.ac/3ImcpO5
#History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #Japan
on 'Buddhadharma, rajahdarma, regnum, sacerdotium: Some Comparisons between Medieval Japan and Western Medieval Europe'. Find out more, edin.ac/3ImcpO5
#History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Edinburgh #Japan
September 25, 2025 at 11:03 AM
⬇️ Students, staff and members of the public will all be welcome at tomorrow's lecture!
⬇️ A fantastic-looking programme for the term ahead!
We're proud to present our seminar series for the new semester; alongside our regular postgraduate seminars, we will be hosting two manuscript workshops! We look forward to seeing postgraduate students new and old at our first seminar on Tuesday 30th September, which will be followed by drinks!
September 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
⬇️ A fantastic-looking programme for the term ahead!
👨🏫 🧭 We’ll be kicking off the new academic year with the return of the Denys Hay lecture to @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, as we welcome @philippebuc.bsky.social from @unileiden.bsky.social to deliver a talk on his recent comparative historical research looking at both medieval Europe and Japan.
September 15, 2025 at 8:26 AM
👨🏫 🧭 We’ll be kicking off the new academic year with the return of the Denys Hay lecture to @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, as we welcome @philippebuc.bsky.social from @unileiden.bsky.social to deliver a talk on his recent comparative historical research looking at both medieval Europe and Japan.
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Free conference - 'Roman History in Carolingian Europe', 22-24 Sept in Edinburgh. Find out more and register: edin.ac/4noqMQB
#History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Romanhistory #Edinburgh
#History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Romanhistory #Edinburgh
Conference: Roman History in Carolingian Europe | School of History, Classics & Archaeology | History Classics and Archaeology
This conference will explore the ways in which these historians were read and copied in the Carolingian period and the role of Roman historical texts and scholarship in Carolingian intellectual life, ...
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September 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Free conference - 'Roman History in Carolingian Europe', 22-24 Sept in Edinburgh. Find out more and register: edin.ac/4noqMQB
#History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Romanhistory #Edinburgh
#History #Classics #Archaeology #HCA #Romanhistory #Edinburgh
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It is publication day for Love & anti-Judaism in medieval English romance @manchesterup.bsky.social! Thank you so much @siobhanmup.bsky.social for believing in this project.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526183170/
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526183170/
September 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It is publication day for Love & anti-Judaism in medieval English romance @manchesterup.bsky.social! Thank you so much @siobhanmup.bsky.social for believing in this project.
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526183170/
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526183170/
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Learn about Renaissance women scholars, painters, sculptors & architects in this series of 25 min lectures by Professor Jill Burke.
Made for Renaissance Visual and Material Cultures at the @edincollegeofart.bsky.social.
#OER @cmrsedinburgh.bsky.social
open.ed.ac.uk/renaissance-...
Made for Renaissance Visual and Material Cultures at the @edincollegeofart.bsky.social.
#OER @cmrsedinburgh.bsky.social
open.ed.ac.uk/renaissance-...
Renaissance Feminism
These video lectures on Renaissance Feminism are part of a series by Jill Burke, Professor of Renaissance Visual and Material Cultures at Edinburgh College of Art. All three videos are licensed Creat...
open.ed.ac.uk
August 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Learn about Renaissance women scholars, painters, sculptors & architects in this series of 25 min lectures by Professor Jill Burke.
Made for Renaissance Visual and Material Cultures at the @edincollegeofart.bsky.social.
#OER @cmrsedinburgh.bsky.social
open.ed.ac.uk/renaissance-...
Made for Renaissance Visual and Material Cultures at the @edincollegeofart.bsky.social.
#OER @cmrsedinburgh.bsky.social
open.ed.ac.uk/renaissance-...
📕This work takes a fascinating look at themes of accessibility and inclusion in relation to medieval studies — including a chapter from our own @hdohertyharrison.bsky.social, who also co-edited the book!
⬇️ Find out more below about a hybrid book launch being held for it next month:
bit.ly/3HRAM5W
⬇️ Find out more below about a hybrid book launch being held for it next month:
bit.ly/3HRAM5W
August 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM
📕This work takes a fascinating look at themes of accessibility and inclusion in relation to medieval studies — including a chapter from our own @hdohertyharrison.bsky.social, who also co-edited the book!
⬇️ Find out more below about a hybrid book launch being held for it next month:
bit.ly/3HRAM5W
⬇️ Find out more below about a hybrid book launch being held for it next month:
bit.ly/3HRAM5W
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Tariffs are in the news - but what about their history? Pleased to announce a new VSI that draws on Early Medieval Europe's back catalogue in this area.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
Tariffs and Tolls in Early Medieval Europe: Early Medieval Europe
Early Medieval Europe is an interdisciplinary medieval studies journal covering European history from the fall of the Roman Empire up until the 11th century.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 26, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Tariffs are in the news - but what about their history? Pleased to announce a new VSI that draws on Early Medieval Europe's back catalogue in this area.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
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CALL FOR PAPERS!!! The MEMRN Committee are delighted to share the call for papers for our second annual Winter Conference: Fragmented Worlds, Shared Histories.
Please share widely! Sponsored by @chase-dtp.bsky.social
Please share widely! Sponsored by @chase-dtp.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
CALL FOR PAPERS!!! The MEMRN Committee are delighted to share the call for papers for our second annual Winter Conference: Fragmented Worlds, Shared Histories.
Please share widely! Sponsored by @chase-dtp.bsky.social
Please share widely! Sponsored by @chase-dtp.bsky.social
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New episode of BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME: Renaissance Beauty — makeup, hair, skincare in 16th century Italy
With me, comedian Tatty Macleod, and expert historian Professor @jillburke.bsky.social
Available now on BBC SOUNDS, and coming to other podcast apps in 28 days www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
With me, comedian Tatty Macleod, and expert historian Professor @jillburke.bsky.social
Available now on BBC SOUNDS, and coming to other podcast apps in 28 days www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
August 8, 2025 at 8:25 AM
New episode of BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME: Renaissance Beauty — makeup, hair, skincare in 16th century Italy
With me, comedian Tatty Macleod, and expert historian Professor @jillburke.bsky.social
Available now on BBC SOUNDS, and coming to other podcast apps in 28 days www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
With me, comedian Tatty Macleod, and expert historian Professor @jillburke.bsky.social
Available now on BBC SOUNDS, and coming to other podcast apps in 28 days www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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🥳 @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social PhD student Jess Nutt won Best Speaker for her paper 'Sagas and Swords: Early #Medieval #Wales and Evidence of #Viking Conflict' @ Society for Medieval Archaeology Student Colloquium @exeter.ac.uk last week! 🏆 📷 C. Mason #EdinArch #archaeology @cmrsedinburgh.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 9:02 AM
🥳 @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social PhD student Jess Nutt won Best Speaker for her paper 'Sagas and Swords: Early #Medieval #Wales and Evidence of #Viking Conflict' @ Society for Medieval Archaeology Student Colloquium @exeter.ac.uk last week! 🏆 📷 C. Mason #EdinArch #archaeology @cmrsedinburgh.bsky.social
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And team! Suzanne Trill, @sharonhoward.bsky.social and @hagenilda.bsky.social.
Great coverage yesterday of how a reunited set of memoirs are helping us learn about life for women in the 17th Century.
Belonging to Alice Thornton, described as the "northern female counterpart to Samuel Pepys", they have been studied extensively by historian @cordeliabeattie.bsky.social.
#ahrc
Belonging to Alice Thornton, described as the "northern female counterpart to Samuel Pepys", they have been studied extensively by historian @cordeliabeattie.bsky.social.
#ahrc
Woman’s memoirs give fascinating insight into life in 17th-century northern England
Newly reunited manuscripts by Alice Thornton show how she navigated personal crises during tumultuous events such as the civil war
www.theguardian.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
And team! Suzanne Trill, @sharonhoward.bsky.social and @hagenilda.bsky.social.