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

Tue

Dec

Samshvilde Through the Middle Ages: Geography, History, and Archaeology in the South Caucasus

CMS Research Seminar with Professor David Berikashvili (University of Georgia, Tbilisi)

Wed

Dec

Saint-Making in the Later Middle Ages: Sanctity, Value, and Social Creativity

Ideology, Society and Medieval Religion seminar series with Ed van der Molen (University of Nottingham)

Mon

Jan

Anician Saints and their Domestic Spaces in Medieval and Early Modern Rome

Ideology, Society and Medieval Religion seminar series with Maya Maskarinec (USC Dornsife)

Tue

Feb

York Medieval Lecture

York Medieval Lecture with Professor Kathy Lavezzo (The University of Iowa)

Tue

Feb

Towards a Literary History of Old English Prose

Medieval Literatures seminar with Prof Francis Leneghan (University of Oxford)

Thu

Apr

A Medievalist at the Natural History Museum

Medieval Literatures Research Seminar with Dr Isabel Davis (Natural History Museum, London)

Tue

Apr

A Borderline Romance: Rethinking Medieval(ist) Boundaries Through a Persian Love-Story

Annual Riddy Lecture with Professor Cameron Cross (University of Michigan)

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.

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