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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

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

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

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

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

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

The inaugural ADAM (Addressing Difficult Aspects of the Medieval) workshop took place from the 23rd–24th September 2024 at St. John’s College, University of Oxford.  The programme on Monday 23rd began with a 90-minute discussion of the ‘Möndull-Ingibjörg’ episode from Göngu-Hrólfs saga. The committee selected this episode as it contains references to sexual assault, physical disability, and race.  We… Read more: The inaugural ADAM workshop (Addressing Difficult Aspects of the Medieval) 

The Oxford Medieval Graduate Conference Committee is delighted to announce this year’s Call for Papers. We look forward to receiving submissions for 20 minute papers from graduate students on ‘Rituals and Ceremonies’.  The conference will be held in person on the 24th and 25th of April, 2025. Submissions are welcome from all disciplinary and interdisciplinary… Read more: Oxford Medieval Graduate Conference 2025 CfP

Time flies when you’re trapped inside a poorly-lit library basement: Week 3 is upon us! Please find included a list of this week’s events and opportunities. As always, a PDF version copy of the booklet can be found here. Read on. EVENTS THIS WEEK Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES T.K.A Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS.… Read more: Medieval Matters MT24, Week 3

The Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literatures invites graduate students from across the globe to submit to the annual Medium Ævum Essay Prize. The Prize is open to post-graduates and those recently graduated with a higher degree. The value of the prize is £500 , while entry declared proxime accessit will be… Read more: Medium Aevum Essay Prize Prize 2025

We are pleased to announce the call for papers for the 27th Annual Oxford University Byzantine Society International Graduate Conference on the 1st-2nd March 2025. Papers are invited to tackle the ‘environment’ of the Late Antique and Byzantine world (very broadly defined). For the call for papers, and for details on how to submit an… Read more: Byzantium and its Environment – 27th International Graduate Conference of the Oxford University Byzantine Society

This workshop was made possible through the generous support of the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research (OCBR) and The Oxford Centre for Research in the Humanities (Torch). For close to two and a half centuries, the state of Epiros represented a crucial node for an alternative socio-political network of the Balkans. Founded by the illegitimate… Read more: ‘Epiros: The Other Western Rome’ Virtual Workshop, Friday 8th – Saturday 9th November 2024. Registration and Programme.

Week 2 begins! Please find included a list of this week’s events and opportunities. As always, a PDF version copy of the booklet can be found here. Read on. EVENTS THIS WEEK Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES T.K.A Bayeux Tapestry, Panel 43 (Available online Discover the Bayeux Tapestry online/). The little divider chap above is… Read more: Medieval Matters: MT 24, Week 2

The Department of Historical Studies at Central European University (Vienna, Austria) is pleased to announce its call for applications for the 2025/2026 academic year. The deadline is February 1, 2025.  Central European University is a graduate-level, English-language university with a multi-disciplinary Department of Historical Studies that offers the following programs: • PhD in Late Antique,… Read more: Funded MA and PhD opportunities at Central European University, Vienna

First week is upon us! Welcome back, and a particular welcome to those joining us for the first time. I hope you’ve all had a chance to flick through the booklet of medieval events this term – if not, a PDF version can be found here. I’d like to draw your attention to the OMS… Read more: Medieval Matters: MT 24, week 1

Medieval Studies at Oxford is a venerable and traditional sort of enterprise. We’re used to working with the Bodleian’s centuries-old manuscripts and its worthy, weighty tomes. But how to communicate our expertise in our areas of interest to a wider audience – and, indeed, to each other?  We on the OMS steering group would like to encourage all… Read more: Writing for Oxford Medieval Studies

Hello my friends, and welcome (back) to Oxford. The beginning of another term means a new set of exciting events to put in your calendars. The first version of the new Medieval Booklet of events can be found here. If you are organising an event or series this term, please have a quick check through:… Read more: Medieval Matters: MT 24, week 0

The College of Arts and Humanities, University College Dublin, Ireland, is pleased to announce a generously funded Ph.D. studentship specialising in Early medieval political and/or intellectual culture (c.500-c.1000 CE) which will be supervised by Dr Megan Welton, Assistant Professor in Medieval History and recently appointed Ad Astra Fellow at the School of History (https://people.ucd.ie/megan.welton). Deadline: 4… Read more: University College Dublin PhD opportunity

Introducing a new member of the OMS Steering Group who is taking responsibility for commissions for this website.

By Mathilde Mioche The Oxford Medieval Manuscripts Group (OMMG) is a collective of eight postgraduate students and early-career researchers who bonded in Oxford over their passion for medieval manuscripts. We host a seminar series through which we hope to gather a community of emerging scholars, from the University of Oxford and beyond, around the study… Read more: The Oxford Medieval Manuscripts Group

There are a number of palaeography offers available for anybody interested in Oxford happening in Michaelmas 2024, coordinated by Dr Laure Miolo, Lyell Career Development Fellow in Latin Palaeography and Dilts Fellow at Lincoln College, historian of late medieval Europe, specialising in manuscript studies and history of early libraries with a special focus on scientific… Read more: Palaeography Offers in Michaelmas 24

Date: Friday, 22 November 2024 ‘Crafting the Book’ is a one-day workshop aimed at current Oxford University students with an academic interest in the history of the book and material culture of medieval manuscripts and early printed texts, including their production, decoration, and provenance through signs of ownership. They will engage with historic materials and… Read more: Crafting the Book: A One-Day Workshop

The Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast Series (see the website here // Twitter: @Podcast_MMA_MAA) welcomes proposals for single episodes to be featured in its fourth season. After three successful seasons, The Multicultural Middle Ages (MMA) will return for its fourth in 2025. Sponsored by the Medieval Academy of America, MMA is an anthology-style podcast that welcomes the global… Read more: Call for Podcast Proposals

From Domesday Book to the Leveson Enquiry, our historical records offer students a myriad of untapped research opportunities across a wide range of time periods and disciplines. With so many options, however, getting started in the archives can be a daunting prospect. Many students have questions which they are too afraid to ask. How will… Read more: Introduction to Archival Research

St Catherine’s College, Oxford, Arumugam Building 1.2Thursdays 5 pm. All welcome Thursday, November 7, 5-6:30 pmElena Lichmanova, DPhil student, University of Oxford “Religious Storytelling and the Rise of Marginalia” Thursday, November 21, 5-6:30 pmAlixe Bovey, Professor and Dean, Deputy Director, & Head of Research, The Courtauld Institute of Art “Visual Storytelling in 14th-century London: Subtexts,… Read more: Medieval Visual Culture Seminar

Greetings friends, old and new. My name is Tristan Alphey, and I am the new OMS comms officer for the coming year. I’ll be popping up in your inboxes throughout the year with all sorts of opportunities and events, and so I want to take this quick chance to briefly introduce myself and my research.… Read more: Introducing the new OMS Comms officer

Tuesday, 24 Sept, 11am  in the MBI El Jaber Auditorium, Corpus Christi College, Merton Street, Oxford You are cordially invited to the 2nd Reza Hosseini Memorial Lecture Series delivered, in hybrid format, by William Dalrymple. Please register here to receive the Zoom link for those joining online: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-barmakids-a-bridge-between-islamic-and-indic-worlds-tickets-1012691907757. The opening statements will be offered by Profs Matthew Weait, Director… Read more: The Barmakids – The Bridge between Islamic and Indic Worlds