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- Medieval Matters MT24, Week 6
Monday morning can mean but one thing: Medieval Matters is here to grace your inboxes once again. As always, a PDF version of the booklet can be found here. Rumbling in the distance, early work begins on the Medieval Mystery Cycle 2025. At 5pm on Friday 29 November 2024, at St Edmund Hall, there will be… Read more: Medieval Matters MT24, Week 6 - Medieval Mystery Cycle 2025 Update
We are advertising for a Head of Performance and announcing a speed dating / workshop meeting! 1. Medieval Mystery Plays Meeting of the Minds Workshop Friday 29 November 2024 (Week 7), 5–6.30pm, at St Edmund Hall, Doctorow Hall Join this speed dating workshop for matching up actors, directors, musicians, texts, and props for the upcoming Medieval… Read more: Medieval Mystery Cycle 2025 Update - Medieval Matters MT24, Week 5
Four weeks have passed: four weeks remain. In the words of Elton John: ‘I guess that’s why they call it the blues’. To cheer our ailing souls, this week’s Medieval Matters is brimming with upcoming events and a particular concentration of new opportunities. As always, a PDF version of the booklet can be found here. EVENTS THIS… Read more: Medieval Matters MT24, Week 5 - Book at Lunchtime: The Life of Nuns
Wednesday 13 November, 12.30pm lunch. 1pm-2pm discussion. Book your place here. Join Henrike Lähnemann, Lyndal Roper, and Nancy Thebaut to discuss The Life of Nuns: Love, Politics, and Religion in Medieval German Convents by Henrike Lähnemann and Eva Schlotheuber, open access available via Cambridge: Open Book Publishers as html, pdf, and audiobook: https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0397For a 20% discout… Read more: Book at Lunchtime: The Life of Nuns - The OMS Beowulf Study Day
On the 18th October, a Beowulf Study Day was organised by Francis Leneghan in honour of the publication of Heather O’Donoghue’s book entitled Beowulf: Poem, Poet and Hero, which was released earlier this year. Heather’s book is an ode to the mastery of Beowulf, ‘imperfect and fraying around the edges as it is’. A roundtrip tour of the poem’s narrative,… Read more: The OMS Beowulf Study Day - Medieval Matters MT24, Week 4
The days are getting colder and the nights are drawing in: fear not, for the medieval events roll ever on and on. As always, a PDF version of the booklet can be found here, and do check the Oxford Medieval Studies blog for reports of recent medieval events; also worthwhile checking out is the History of… Read more: Medieval Matters MT24, Week 4