At a ceremony at Keimyung University in Daegu, Korea on 13-14 November, Dr Duturaeva (History/CMS) was presented with the 2023 Silk Road Academic Award.

The Spring Lane Lecture Theatre at the University of York's Heslington campus was name in honour of Prof. Mark Ormrod (1957-2022) on Friday 27th November.

CMS Alumna, Dr Hollie Morgan, collaborates with electronic musician Scanner in a project entitled "If Books Could Talk". Follow this story to find a link to a recording of their recent performance in Lincoln.

CMS is much saddened by the news that founding member of the Department of History, Emeritus Fellow Peter Rycraft, passed away last week. Peter was a key figure in the founding and development of Medieval Studies at York and is fondly remembered by the CMS.

Congratulations to Professor Sarah Brown, who has been named as the recipient of the 2023 Plowden Medal for Conservation, awarded annually to an individual who has made a significant contribution to the advancement of the conservation profession.

Professor Elizabeth Tyler (Department of English and Related Literature/Centre for Medieval Studies) and Dr Pragya Vohra (Department of History/Centre for Medieval Studies) recently took part in the BBC podcast 'In Our Time' talking about Cnut.

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of our distinguished colleague and generous friend Tom McLeish (Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Department of Physics and the Centre for Medieval Studies at York). Tom passed away on Monday 27 February.

Laura Yeoman, Access and Digital Engagement Archivist at the Borthwick Institute for Archives, was recently interviewed for BBC 2’s Digging for Britain.

We regret to announce the death of Prof. Derek Pearsall, on 14 October 2021, at the age of 90.