Centre for Medieval Studies
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Our next CMS research seminar is this Tuesday (9 Dec:
Samshvilde Through the Middle Ages: Geography, History, and Archaeology in the South Caucasus
Tuesday 9 December 2025, 5.30PM
Speaker(s): Professor David Berikashvili (University of Georgia, Tbilisi)
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Samshvilde Through the Middle Ages: Geography, History, and Archaeology in the South Caucasus
Tuesday 9 December 2025, 5.30PM
Speaker(s): Professor David Berikashvili (University of Georgia, Tbilisi)
www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...
December 4, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Our next CMS research seminar is this Tuesday (9 Dec:
Samshvilde Through the Middle Ages: Geography, History, and Archaeology in the South Caucasus
Tuesday 9 December 2025, 5.30PM
Speaker(s): Professor David Berikashvili (University of Georgia, Tbilisi)
www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...
Samshvilde Through the Middle Ages: Geography, History, and Archaeology in the South Caucasus
Tuesday 9 December 2025, 5.30PM
Speaker(s): Professor David Berikashvili (University of Georgia, Tbilisi)
www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...
📣 2026/7 MA in Medieval Studies scholarships 📣
We are delighted to announce that we will be awarding two MA scholarships for the 2026/7 MA in Medieval Studies cohort. Full details can be found on the CMS website: www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...
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We are delighted to announce that we will be awarding two MA scholarships for the 2026/7 MA in Medieval Studies cohort. Full details can be found on the CMS website: www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...
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December 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
📣 2026/7 MA in Medieval Studies scholarships 📣
We are delighted to announce that we will be awarding two MA scholarships for the 2026/7 MA in Medieval Studies cohort. Full details can be found on the CMS website: www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...
Spread the news!
We are delighted to announce that we will be awarding two MA scholarships for the 2026/7 MA in Medieval Studies cohort. Full details can be found on the CMS website: www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...
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Warm congratulations to three of our PhD students who recently passed their viva examinations!
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#PhDSuccess #VivaVictory #AcademicAchievement
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#PhDSuccess #VivaVictory #AcademicAchievement
November 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Warm congratulations to three of our PhD students who recently passed their viva examinations!
www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...
#PhDSuccess #VivaVictory #AcademicAchievement
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#PhDSuccess #VivaVictory #AcademicAchievement
Join us for our Autumn York Medieval Lecture with Dr Glaire Anderson (The University of Edinburgh) on Wednesday 12 Nov. Glaire will be speaking on: Video Games & the Work of Medieval Art History: Possibilities for Public Impact Through Industry Collaborations. Further details: buff.ly/4MAXOHZ
York Medieval Lecture - Glaire Anderson 12 Nov - Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York
York Medieval Lecture with Dr Glaire Anderson (The University of Edinburgh)
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October 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Join us for our Autumn York Medieval Lecture with Dr Glaire Anderson (The University of Edinburgh) on Wednesday 12 Nov. Glaire will be speaking on: Video Games & the Work of Medieval Art History: Possibilities for Public Impact Through Industry Collaborations. Further details: buff.ly/4MAXOHZ
Join us for our 2nd annual York and the North Lecture with Dr Andrew Woods (Head of Collections and Research at York Museums Trust) on Tuesday 30 September. Andrew will be speaking on: Coinage, silver and power in York and the Viking North. Registration required: www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...
September 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Join us for our 2nd annual York and the North Lecture with Dr Andrew Woods (Head of Collections and Research at York Museums Trust) on Tuesday 30 September. Andrew will be speaking on: Coinage, silver and power in York and the Viking North. Registration required: www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...
New PhD Funding for 2026!
The AHRC funds outstanding original research across the arts and humanities. The University of York is pleased to be awarding six Doctoral Landscape awards to fund students beginning their doctoral research in 2026. www.york.ac.uk/study/postgr...
The AHRC funds outstanding original research across the arts and humanities. The University of York is pleased to be awarding six Doctoral Landscape awards to fund students beginning their doctoral research in 2026. www.york.ac.uk/study/postgr...
June 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
New PhD Funding for 2026!
The AHRC funds outstanding original research across the arts and humanities. The University of York is pleased to be awarding six Doctoral Landscape awards to fund students beginning their doctoral research in 2026. www.york.ac.uk/study/postgr...
The AHRC funds outstanding original research across the arts and humanities. The University of York is pleased to be awarding six Doctoral Landscape awards to fund students beginning their doctoral research in 2026. www.york.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Congratulations to Robyn Stewart who passed her viva yesterday. Robyn’s thesis “Harmonising the Word: A Textual and Philological Study of Iohannes Scottus Eriugena’s Gospel Quotations in the Periphyseon” was supervised by Mary Garrison, Thomas McLeish and Thomas O'Loughlin (Nottingham).
June 19, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Congratulations to Robyn Stewart who passed her viva yesterday. Robyn’s thesis “Harmonising the Word: A Textual and Philological Study of Iohannes Scottus Eriugena’s Gospel Quotations in the Periphyseon” was supervised by Mary Garrison, Thomas McLeish and Thomas O'Loughlin (Nottingham).
Ella Gaskell (CMS MA student) is another recipient of an Elizabeth Salter bursary, which partially funded their recent trip to Istanbul to research the Virgin Mary in Byzantine Apocrypha #byzantineart #medievalstudies
June 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Ella Gaskell (CMS MA student) is another recipient of an Elizabeth Salter bursary, which partially funded their recent trip to Istanbul to research the Virgin Mary in Byzantine Apocrypha #byzantineart #medievalstudies
📢 Congratulations to former York PhD student Josh Ravenhill and post-doc Bart Lambert on their new article on nationality-based insults against immigrants in later medieval London. Read it here: biblioscout.net/article/99.1...
#History #Medieval #London #Immigration #Research
#History #Medieval #London #Immigration #Research
‘Bawd, Traitor, Fleming, Thief and Other Horrible Names’: Immigration and Nationality-Based Insults in Late Medieval and Early Tudor London
Many people born outside England, defined as aliens, lived in late medieval London. Despite a growing literature on immigration in late medieval Engla...
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June 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
📢 Congratulations to former York PhD student Josh Ravenhill and post-doc Bart Lambert on their new article on nationality-based insults against immigrants in later medieval London. Read it here: biblioscout.net/article/99.1...
#History #Medieval #London #Immigration #Research
#History #Medieval #London #Immigration #Research
Diana Wallis, CMS MA student, recently presented a paper at the ‘Reading Visual Devices in Early Books' conference in Turku, Finland. The trip was partially funded by a bursary from the Elizabeth Salter Fund, which supports research and career development of postgraduate students.
June 10, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Diana Wallis, CMS MA student, recently presented a paper at the ‘Reading Visual Devices in Early Books' conference in Turku, Finland. The trip was partially funded by a bursary from the Elizabeth Salter Fund, which supports research and career development of postgraduate students.
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Look what arrived from @yorkmedieval.bsky.social today ! I am so honored by this award and grateful for the continued support of the wonderful community at the CMS.
June 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Look what arrived from @yorkmedieval.bsky.social today ! I am so honored by this award and grateful for the continued support of the wonderful community at the CMS.
Huge congratulations to our CMS alumna, Becca Drake, on the publication of her debut poetry collection with Guillemot Press -- an award-winning publisher of eco-poetry 📚✨ www.guillemotpress.co.uk/poetry/becca...
Becca Drake - Unstill Landscapes — Guillemot Press
Becca Drake (she/they) is a poet and researcher based in York. They completed a PhD on the sea in late-medieval English and Icelandic literature at the University of York (2023). Their work focuses…
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June 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Huge congratulations to our CMS alumna, Becca Drake, on the publication of her debut poetry collection with Guillemot Press -- an award-winning publisher of eco-poetry 📚✨ www.guillemotpress.co.uk/poetry/becca...
Thank you to CMS PhD student, John Margham, who took us on a historical excursion around York yesterday. #yorkhistory #walkingtour #CliffordsTower #BoothamBar
June 5, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Thank you to CMS PhD student, John Margham, who took us on a historical excursion around York yesterday. #yorkhistory #walkingtour #CliffordsTower #BoothamBar
For both international and UK applicants, there is still time to apply to study a medieval MA at York this September. To find out more, join us for our online open day on Tuesday 10 June. www.york.ac.uk/.../postg...... #StudyInUK / #studyineurope
June 3, 2025 at 10:21 AM
For both international and UK applicants, there is still time to apply to study a medieval MA at York this September. To find out more, join us for our online open day on Tuesday 10 June. www.york.ac.uk/.../postg...... #StudyInUK / #studyineurope
Happy to say that Norse in the North 2025 is officially underway! Looking forward to a day of discussions of power and powerlessness in the Old Norse world #medievalsky #conference
May 31, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Happy to say that Norse in the North 2025 is officially underway! Looking forward to a day of discussions of power and powerlessness in the Old Norse world #medievalsky #conference
Discover the fascinating history of British writers who journeyed to Iceland in search of the sites where their favourite Viking heroes had lived, fought and died! 👉 yorkfestivalofideas.com/2025/calenda... #York #History #Literature #Iceland #Sagas
Sagaland: A history of British writers in Iceland
Postgraduate researcher Hannah Armstrong of the University of York examines a 19th-century form of literary tourism which saw readers of medieval sagas sail to Iceland to see where their Viking…
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May 21, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Discover the fascinating history of British writers who journeyed to Iceland in search of the sites where their favourite Viking heroes had lived, fought and died! 👉 yorkfestivalofideas.com/2025/calenda... #York #History #Literature #Iceland #Sagas
This Monday, the Ideology, Society and Medieval Religion #seminar series is delighted to present Dr Micah Mackay, talking on ‘An Odour of Sanctity?’: The Late Medieval Carol in Dance and Devotion. 6pm, #online - register here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/ideology-soc... #medievalsky
May 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
This Monday, the Ideology, Society and Medieval Religion #seminar series is delighted to present Dr Micah Mackay, talking on ‘An Odour of Sanctity?’: The Late Medieval Carol in Dance and Devotion. 6pm, #online - register here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/ideology-soc... #medievalsky
Next Tuesday (29th April) is the Annual Riddy Lecture. Come along to hear Professor Marion Turner (Oxford) talk about "Medieval Fictionality: Poetics, Emotion, and Chaucer", in-person (K/133, King's Manor) and online. Register here: www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu... #medievalsky #Chaucer
Riddy lecture 29 Apr 2025 - Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York
Annual Riddy Lecture with Professor Marion Turner (Oxford)
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April 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Next Tuesday (29th April) is the Annual Riddy Lecture. Come along to hear Professor Marion Turner (Oxford) talk about "Medieval Fictionality: Poetics, Emotion, and Chaucer", in-person (K/133, King's Manor) and online. Register here: www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu... #medievalsky #Chaucer
Congratulations to Dr Richard McClary on the publication of his latest work: "Stucco in the Islamic World. Studies of Architectural Ornament from Spain to India." #newbook #medieval #islam #arthistory
April 22, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Congratulations to Dr Richard McClary on the publication of his latest work: "Stucco in the Islamic World. Studies of Architectural Ornament from Spain to India." #newbook #medieval #islam #arthistory
If you haven't already, check out the Dante exhibition @uoyborthwick.bsky.social @uoylibrary.bsky.social This is the final week showcasing beautiful facsimiles connected to some of Dante’s famous works #York #medieval
April 22, 2025 at 8:14 AM
If you haven't already, check out the Dante exhibition @uoyborthwick.bsky.social @uoylibrary.bsky.social This is the final week showcasing beautiful facsimiles connected to some of Dante’s famous works #York #medieval
Join the next Ideology, Society, and Medieval Religion Seminar to hear Dr Kimm Curran (St Andrews) talk on "Communities of Medieval Women Religious: Re-assessing definitions of gendered landscapes in Scotland" - 7 April, 6pm #online #webinar #medievalwomen
ISMR Kimm Curran
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March 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Join the next Ideology, Society, and Medieval Religion Seminar to hear Dr Kimm Curran (St Andrews) talk on "Communities of Medieval Women Religious: Re-assessing definitions of gendered landscapes in Scotland" - 7 April, 6pm #online #webinar #medievalwomen
Next week we have the York Medieval Literature Seminar: ‘Oaths on the Edge in The Battle of Maldon and Völundarkviða’. Dr Harriet Soper (Bristol) will focus on representations of betrayal and its consequences in these two texts
MedLits seminar 25 March - Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York
York Medieval Literature Seminar with Dr Harriet Soper (University of Bristol)
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March 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Next week we have the York Medieval Literature Seminar: ‘Oaths on the Edge in The Battle of Maldon and Völundarkviða’. Dr Harriet Soper (Bristol) will focus on representations of betrayal and its consequences in these two texts
Still time to register if you want to come along!
Interested in MA study at the University of York Centre for Medieval Studies? Come along to our MA Taster Day on 12 March: https://buff.ly/3EPEc7g
Masters Taster Day - Postgraduate, University of York
Join us on campus to get a taste of why so many people love living and learning at the University of York.
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March 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Still time to register if you want to come along!
A reminder for the Ideology, Society, and Medieval Religion Seminar tomorrow (Monday 10th), where Gillian Jack (Open University) will talk on: "Sex Work, Lay Religion and the Cloister in Renaissance Florence". 6pm, register for the zoom link here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/ideology-soc...
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March 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A reminder for the Ideology, Society, and Medieval Religion Seminar tomorrow (Monday 10th), where Gillian Jack (Open University) will talk on: "Sex Work, Lay Religion and the Cloister in Renaissance Florence". 6pm, register for the zoom link here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/ideology-soc...
Considering starting postgraduate study in Medieval Studies? You still have time to register for our MA Taster Day on Weds 12 March! 🤩 Come and see what all the fuss is about:
Masters Taster Day - Postgraduate, University of York
Join us on campus to get a taste of why so many people love living and learning at the University of York.
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March 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Considering starting postgraduate study in Medieval Studies? You still have time to register for our MA Taster Day on Weds 12 March! 🤩 Come and see what all the fuss is about: