The Guild of Medievalist Makers
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The Guild of Medievalist Makers
@guildmedmak.bsky.social
A society for medievalist academic and academic-adjacent practitioners of creative-critical work.

Want to join the Guild? Take a look at our website: https://www.guildmedmak.com/
In a slight change to advertised programming, our next Making Space (online co-working session) is taking place on Tuesday 2nd December, 5:30pm-7:00pm! Join us to work convivially on your own project, or get inspired and respond to our optional theme: 🎪festivities🍻
October 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Hello everyone! Sharing a cfp for the International Medieval Congress at Leeds next summer, organised by Gummies Marie Besson and Brooklyn Arnot. Check it out!
September 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Here at the Guild we are starting to feel the pull of October's chilly tidings...🕯️🍂

Join us 5:30pm-7:00pm (BST) on October 23rd for our next Making Space Session! The optional theme of this session will be 'hauntings' 👻

Read more on our website here: www.guildmedmak.com/events-1-1
September 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
We had another excellent Making Space Session yesterday evening, and our biggest ever - we were joined by 15 creative-critical medievalists! Among our Guild we had album artists, website designers, novelists, poets, zine makers, flax spinners, knitters, embroiderers, cartoonists and illustrators 🎨
September 5, 2025 at 9:01 AM
A reminder that our next Making Space Session (a friendly online co-working event) is taking place this Thursday 4th September, 5:30pm-7:00pm BST, hosted by @eleanormaybaker.bsky.social!

You're welcome to work on your own creative-critical project, or respond to our optional theme: harvest 🍂🪓🍏🍄
September 2, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Our next Making Space Session will take place 5:30pm-7:00pm (BST) on Thursday 4th September! While our Medievalist Makers are always welcome to work on their own projects, we'll also be offering an 'optional theme' to encourage ideas and experimentation.

4th Sept optional theme: harvest 🍂🐗🌰🌕🪓
August 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Are you speaking at @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2025 on a creative-critical project, or on a subject adjacent to the interests of the Guild? Tag us and we'll re-post your session information to help other critical creatives find you!
#medievalsky #LeedsIMC2025 #IMC2025
July 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
One of our founders, @hellomizk.bsky.social, has co-organised the 'Cartooning the Medieval' symposium at the Newberry Library, Chicago! Professional cartoonists will explore the potential for comics to engage diverse audiences with medieval culture.

Read all about the event here: shorturl.at/YOHiy
May 8, 2025 at 9:11 AM
🎨Our first Making Space Session is taking place 17:30-19:00 (GMT) Thursday 17th April on Zoom!🖋️

Our Making Space Sessions are relaxed online co-working sessions designed to help you schedule time for your creative projects. We will open with brief introductions and some discussion...

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April 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This society has been founded by three medievalists (Kristen Haas Curtis, Laura Varnam, and Eleanor Baker) whose creative-critical work engages with their research. GuMM will provide an online space for other academic and academic-adjacent practitioners to connect and share their practice, too.
April 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM