Events

The CMS hosts a lively schedule of events which runs throughout the year, bringing together medieval researchers from across the country and the world.

These include national and international conferences and workshops, as well as a busy programme of lectures and seminars, listed in our regular bulletin (term-time only).

Upcoming events

Wed

Apr

Fit for the Gods: Chinese Porcelain and Collecting Practices at the Court of Ferrera

This talk will consider instead how Bellini may have been referencing the large porcelain collection held by the Este, housed in spaces such as the previously unknown Stanza delle Porcellane.

Tue

Apr

The Englishman Abroad: the Medieval Origins of an Identity

The 2024 Annual Riddy Lecture will be given by Anthony Bale, Professor of Medieval Studies, Birkbeck, University of London

Wed

May

Chivalry and Genocide. The French Conquest of the Canary Islands 1402-1405

Department of History research seminar

Thu

May

Memory, Syntax and Metre in Dante: Verse Composition and Digital Tools

How do poets write by thinking generatively within their formal constraints?

Sat

Jun

Texture in the Medieval World

A interdisciplinary, two-day conference focuses on the visual, conceptual and haptic qualities of textual and visual material and their importance and use in the medieval world.

Past events

You can also view some previous Centre for Medieval Studies lectures on our Youtube Channel.

The Centre for Medieval Literature Media Archive has additional lecture recordings.