Events
The Centre for Medieval Studies conducts a lively programme of lectures, seminars and research groups throughout term-time. See table below (Current Term Events) for full details of this term's events programme.
The Centre regularly organises local, national and international conferences on aspects of Medieval Studies. A student conference is organized each year in partnership with the University of East Anglia, and there is a regular student-organized symposium on Current Perspectives in Chaucer Research. In addition, staff and students organize regular one-day and residential meetings on an ad hoc basis that draw participants from across the world and help reinforce the status of the Centre as a meeting place of international scholarship.
SummerTerm Events
CMS Research Groups are open to interested York Students, staff and associates. Please feel free to join. The Medieval Seminars are open to the public.
Conferences
The Centre regularly organises local, national and international conferences on aspects of Medieval Studies. A student conference is organized each year in partnership with the University of East Anglia, and there is a regular student-organized symposium on Current Perspectives in Chaucer Research. In addition, staff and students organize regular one-day and residential meetings on an ad hoc basis that draw participants from across the world and help reinforce the status of the Centre as a meeting place of international scholarship.
The table below details recent and forthcoming conferences:
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| 25 October 2008 | Monumental Industry: carved tomb production in fourteenth-century England A one-day conference to be held at the King's Manor, York, organised jointly by the Church Monuments Society and the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York Contact: Dr Jon Finch, Archaeology Dept, jf13@york.ac.uk |
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| 15-16 July 2008 | Dante in the 19th Century Contact: Prof. Nick Havely (nrh2@york.ac.uk) |
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| 6-8 June 2008 | York-Norwich Medieval Studies Graduate Conference | View Website |
| April 2008 | The Social Church : a workshop for early career scholars Contact: Dr Sethina Watson (sw555@york.ac.uk) |
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| 2-3 November 2007 | 'Books on the Battlefield: the reception, appropriation, and use, of texts in warfare, 1450 to the present | View Website |
| 15 September 2007 | Medieval Merchants and their Guilds | View Website |
| 17-20 July 2007 | 11th York Manuscripts Conference: French in English | View Website |
| 16-18 July 2007 | Visual Representations of Medieval Spirituality | View Website |
| 13-16 July 2007 | The French of England: Linguistic Accommodation and Cultural Hybridity, c.1100-c.1500 | View Website |
| 1-3 June 2007 | York-Norwich Medieval Studies Graduate Conference Contact: At York: Helen Birkett (hb139@york.ac.uk) At Norwich: Janka Rodziewicz (J.Rodziewicz@uea.ac.uk |
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| 9-10 November 2006 | Quadrivium Symposium 2006: Medieval English Textual Cultures Contact: Kate McLean (kmkm100@york.ac.uk |
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| 4-5 November 2006 | Approaching Interdisciplinarity: Using History and Archaeology Together for the Study of Medieval Britain c.400 - c.1100. Contacts: Zoë Devlin (zld100@york.ac.uk) Caroline Smith (crlnsmith@ntlworld.com |
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| 6-12 August 2006 | Thirteenth International Saga Conference | View Website |
| 17-20 July 2006 | Constantine and the Late Roman World International Conference, Yorkshire Museum, York |
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| 14-16 July 2006 | Conceptualizing Multilingualism in England, 800 - 1250 A Worldwide Universities Network Multilingualism in Medieval Societies Conference & The Third York Alcuin Conference. Contact: Elizabeth Tyler (emt1@york.ac.uk |
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Seminars and research groups
The CMS hosts a termly lecture and seminar given by a leading scholar of international reputation in medieval studies. All students and staff are warmly invited to attend these and all research seminars within the CMS, full details of which are provided in the above events list.
The CMS at York hosts many research projects and groups - see our Research page for further details. The Household Research Group at York exists to promote interdisciplinary and collaborative research into medieval domesticity. Staff and postgraduate students within the group work with a diverse range of literary, material and documentary sources. Click for more information.
Student drama, music and social activities
The Lords of Misrule is a medieval drama group based in the Centre. Some continuity is provided by higher degree students at the Centre, and others resident in York, but the core of the group has always been made up of students doing the MA in Medieval Studies. The Lords rehearse and perform several plays each year. For more information about the group and its productions, please view the website.
