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- Reading Through Patterns: How a Database Supports Literary Analysis
Blogpost by Julia Lorenz, DPhil student in Medieval & Modern Languages at the University of Oxford. Her research examines the interplay of relationships of love and friendship in Middle High German literature, using a statistical approach and a database to complement her literary analysis. What happens when we stop reading a narrative text the traditional… Read more: Reading Through Patterns: How a Database Supports Literary Analysis - Harrowing of Hell.26
Report by Méryl Vourch: Staging a medieval mystery play in 2026 In Trinity Term 2026, we staged The Harrowing of Hell.26 in two radically differentspaces: the Burton Taylor Studio, a black box venue, and the crypt of St Peter-in-the-East,Oxford’s oldest place of worship. The project grew out of a single question: what can a medieval dramatic text offer… Read more: Harrowing of Hell.26 - An Ottonian Manuscript in Oxford
Thursday 9 July 2026, 6:00 p.m. Lecture Hall of the Museum of Decorative Arts Kulturforum, Potsdamer Platz, Matthäikirchplatz 4/6, 10785 Berlin In a lecture for the Kunstgeschichtliche Gesellschaft zu Berlin (Founded in 1887), Martin Kauffmann (Head of Early and Rare Collections, Bodleian Library, Oxford) will speak on an Ottonian illuminated manuscript in Oxford, and how… Read more: An Ottonian Manuscript in Oxford - Medieval Matter TT26, Wk 8
At last, week 8! We’d like to put together a survey of all the medieval opportunities and events that have taken place this year. If you’ve run a seminar series, reading group, or workshop, at any point this year, I would be very grateful if you’d send me a short report for inclusion by the… Read more: Medieval Matter TT26, Wk 8 - Ars Inquirendi 2026
Querying Pre-Modern Cultures with LLMs St Edmund Hall Oxford / Online ; 20-22 November 2026 Call for Papers & Workshops Following the first Ars Inquirendi conference in December 2025, we invite proposals for a second hybrid exploration of the impact of Large Language Models (LLMs) on the study of cultures before the dominance of movable-type… Read more: Ars Inquirendi 2026 - Peter Payne: A Forgotten Great European
Peter Payne: A Forgotten Great European is an international workshop that will take place at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, 30 September – 1 October 2026. It is co-organised by Elizabeth Solopova, Henrike Lähnemann, Hannah Schühle-Lewis and James Howarth. The workshop is generously funded by a grant from the John Fell Fund awarded to Elizabeth Solopova… Read more: Peter Payne: A Forgotten Great European