- Medieval Matters: Week 4
This week marks All Hallows’ Eve! As if this wasn’t scary enough, we are now half way through term – what a frightening thought! If you are feeling terrified by all of the things you told yourself you would have achieved by this stage of the year, here is a snippet of eleventh-century solidarity from … Read more - Oxford’s Medieval Meadow
by Jocelyn Wogan-Browne Hinksey Meadow is first on record in a grant by Henry I to Abingdon Abbey 1102 x 1110, and it’s still there, in West Oxford in walking distance of Oxford Railway Station, one of the rarest, most species-rich meadows in Britain. But it’s threatened with destruction – by the Environment Agency. The … Read more - Tolkien 50th Anniversary Seminar Series
The last three talks will be of special interest to medieval graduates working in Old English (or Old Norse): Grace Khuri (Nov. 8) will look at compound personal names starting with Ælf- (‘Elf’) that Tolkien encountered in his set texts as an undergraduate (c. 1913-1915) and how these contributed to building (what Tolkien himself later called) his … Read more - CfP: Transgression in Late Antiquity and Byzantium
26th International Graduate Conference of the Oxford University Byzantine Society:Transgression in Late Antiquity and Byzantium 24th-25th February 2024, Oxford We are pleased to announce the call for papers for the 26th Annual Oxford University Byzantine Society International Graduate Conference on the 24th – 25th February, 2024. Papers are invited to approach the theme of ‘Transgression’ within the … Read more - Medieval Matters: Week 3
Term is now well and truly underway! We have already enjoyed so many excellent seminar papers, social opportunities, and special exhibitions and events. Such a lot of work goes into organising and taking part in these things, and so here is a quote from the Epistolae project that sums up our gratitude for your contributions to our medievalist … Read more - Early Medieval Britain and Ireland Network Fieldtrip
Saturday 28 October 2023 40th Brixworth Lecture Helen Gittos Christianity before Conversion Brixworth Church, Northamptonshire 1pm Meet outside Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street 2.30/ 3pm Meet Brixworth church with Jo Storey, Rory Naismith and students from the universities of Leicester and Cambridge 3.30pm Tea in the Village Hall 5pm Lecture 7pm Dinner in Coach & Horses, Brixworth … Read more