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- Medieval Matters MT26, Wk5
Welcome to 5th week – please find attached the booklet of events for this term. We have a bumper crop of events this week, and a number of opportunities to call your attention to: Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Opportunities (see booklet for more info) - St Brice’s Day Commemorations 2026
13 November 2026 – 10.00 a.m. – 4.30 p.m. St John’s College On 13 November 1002, King Æthelred II of England ordered the massacre of Danes living in England, fearing that they meant to kill him and his advisers and take over the kingdom. In Oxford, Danes sought sanctuary in St Frideswide’s Church, which was… Read more: St Brice’s Day Commemorations 2026 - Oxford Medieval Graduate Conference 2027
Call for Papers The Oxford Medieval Graduate Conference Committee is delighted to announce this year’s Call for Papers. for ‘Craft and Creativity’: Oxford Medieval Graduate Conference 2027. Abstracts are invited from graduate students at any university on subjects related to the medieval period, closing Friday 4 December. More conference information is available on our Instagram (@oxfordmgc). The… Read more: Oxford Medieval Graduate Conference 2027 - Franciscus Junius and his Books
Conference: Oxford, 7-10 July 2027 Franciscus Junius and his Books will be an international symposium focusing on the literary heritage of Franciscus Junius (1591–1677). This philologist was one of the Bodleian Library’s most prominent early modern benefactors. His studies on Old English, Old Frisian, Old High German, Gothic, ‘Runic’, Middle English, Older Scots, Old Norse,… Read more: Franciscus Junius and his Books - Old Frisian Summer School
Old Frisian: a gem within the Old Germanic languages 12-17 July 2027, University of Oxford, St Edmund Hall What is the OFSS about? Link to the page on the site of the Faculty of Linguistics here. For anybody interested, watch a lecture by the organiser Dr Johanneke Sytsema: Students will learn about Old Frisian language, text… Read more: Old Frisian Summer School - GLAMorous work: Pathways in Libraries, Book Trade, and Heritage Sector
Where? St Edmund Hall LibraryWhen? Wednesday, 11 November 2026, 5-6pm What? Careers talk with Dr Natascha Domeisen, Illuminated Manuscripts Specialist at Sotheby’s; Jake Banyard, Early Career Graduate Trainee Library Assistant at St Edmund Hall; Dr Marlene Schilling, Heritage Trainee (UK), Heritage Network. Report on the GLAMorous talk 2023 by Heather Barr and Alison Ray The… Read more: GLAMorous work: Pathways in Libraries, Book Trade, and Heritage Sector