Hoe dachten de anglosaksen over de ervaring van het ouder worden? Was het echt een gouden tijd voor de ouderen zoals werd gesuggereerd?

This research project studies the distribution and impact of medieval malaria in the Netherlands.

In this course, we will focus on the fascinating history of the Arabic Medieval World. We will take you on a journey through the Middle Ages. All along, we will present you with historiographical debates and dilemmas and travel back and forth in time explaining to you how events of the past affected…

Door geavanceerde kwantitatieve benaderingen te combineren met meer traditionele boekhistorische benaderingen, biedt dit nieuwe boek de eerste geschiedenis van de vernietiging van middeleeuwse manuscripten in Engeland van de middeleeuwen tot heden.

In vroegmiddeleeuws Engeland was er belangstelling voor de geschiedenis van het Romeinse Rijk en koningen namen imperiale titels als 'imperator' en 'basileus' over. Hoe kunnen we deze interesse verklaren en welke functies hadden imperiale ideeën en de ontvangst van de klassieke wereld in vroegmiddeleeuws…

Submit your paper, session or business proposal for the International Medieval Meeting in Lleida until 31 March 2023.

The Digital Medievalist has recently created a curated Zenodo community, called the Digital Medieval Webinar Repository (DMWR) to house recorded presentations on medieval topics.

De KB heeft een meme generator gelanceerd met afbeeldingen uit de middeleeuwen. Met de meme generator kan iedereen een nieuwe betekenis geven aan deze afbeeldingen, en ervaren hoe in de middeleeuwen afbeeldingen werden gebruikt om een boodschap te verspreiden.

On 2-3 June 2023, the University of Bucharest organizes the conference 'Medieval accountability: normativity, numeracy, and rhetoric from the institutional to the domestic sphere'. Proposals of circa 300 words outlining the source material, methodology, and anticipated findings should be emailed to…

The Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens announces the summer session focused on the study of Medieval Greek, from June 26 to July 27, 2023. The Library invites applications for a month-long Summer Session for Medieval Greek at the Intermediate to Advanced Level. The…

The course "Presenting Medieval Research at International Conferences" is open for registration. The deadline for registration is 10 September 2020.

In the summer school 'Medieval Religion' students will be challenged by specialists in the field of medieval religion to position and develop their own research in relevant scholarly and cultural contexts. The instructors will give masterclasses from their own specialties. Deadline for registrations:…

As part of the NWO-funded research project ‘The Multilingual Dynamics of the Literary Culture of Medieval Flanders, c. 1200- c. 1500’, we invite proposals for 20 minute papers addressing any aspect of medieval literature and literary culture. We welcome proposals from scholars at all career stages—and…

On 19 January (15:30-16:30), the Nicholas Brunmayr (Bruxelles) will give a talk on medieval butter trade at the Amsterdam Centre for Urban History.

The programme for the Medieval Studies' Day (4 November, Amsterdam) is now available online!

Medieval Memoria Research has published its final newsletter. This special MeMO-themed issue contains several articles about the MeMO project and its influence on the work of various scholars.

Aan de Universiteit Leiden zijn ruim honderd specialisten werkzaam op het terrein van de Middeleeuwen en de Vroegmoderne Tijd. Met ingang van 2017-2018 bundelen zij hun krachten binnen twee keuzetrajecten – Medieval Studies en Early Modern Studies – beide te volgen vanuit bestaande masteropleidingen…

On 21-23 September 2022 Utrecht University will host an international conference titled 'Multilingual Dynamics of Medieval Literature in Western Europe'.

The University of Reading will host an online workshop on 27 April 2021. It is aimed at early career and postgraduate research historians focusing on the area of medieval finance. The deadline for submissions is: 19 February 2021.

The University of Groningen is looking for an Assistant Professor in Medieval History. The deadline for applications is: 14 February 2021.

Utrecht University is hiring an assistant professor Medieval English Literature. Candidates are invited to apply before April 6, 2024.

The Department of Art & Culture, History, and Antiquity of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is seeking to appoint an Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Medieval History. Deadline: 3 November 2021.

Radboud Ancient and Medieval Studies organiseert ook dit jaar een lezingenreeks. Het programma voor het eerste semester is hieronder te vinden.

Jessica Barr and Barbara Zimbalist invite essays that examine any aspect of race and religion in medieval culture and society for a special issue on race and religion in the Middle Ages. Deadline for submission: 1 February 2021.

Radboud University is looking for a PhD researcher who will investigate the afterlife of medieval thought in early modern Europe through the study of concrete instances of intellectual transfer, for instance the appropriation of specific medieval authors or early modern revaluations of specific themes…

In close collaboration with the Center for Medieval Studies (Fordham), Centre for Medieval literature (Odense and York) and Centre for Medieval Studies (York), the University of Ghent organizes an Autumn School for PhD- and MA-students in Medieval Studies (18-22 October 2021). It will be organized in…

The School of Celtic Studies (DIAS) is organizing a conference on medieval multilingual manuscripts. The aim of this conference is to bring together scholars working on medieval bilingual or multilingual sources from a variety of linguistic backgrounds, geographical areas, and literary genres. It will…

The International Medieval Meeting Lleida invites you to participate in this new edition. Deadline paper proposal: before 30th March 2025

Ivo Wolsing (Leiden), Jacqueline Burek (George Mason University) and Lottie Thompson (Durham) are organizing a panel on Classical Learning in Medieval Europe at Leeds International Medieval Congress 2025. You are invited to submit an abstract by September 15.

Princeton University has announced that planning for its annual Medieval Studies Graduate Conference is underway. The conference will be held on March 6, 2021 (via Zoom) with the following theme: “Reclaiming Losses: Recovery, Reconquest, and Restoration in the Middle Ages.”

The University of Groningen is looking for an assistant professor in Medieval history for 1,0 FTE. Deadline for applications: 23 March 2025.

Radboud University Nijmegen is advertising a position for a Postdoctoral Researcher in Medieval Manuscript Studies (0.8 FTE) to be part of the research team of the ERC-funded project "Patristic Sermons in the Middle Ages. The Dissemination, Manipulation, and Interpretation of Late-Antique Sermons in…

The University of Groningen is organizing a summer school on the topic of Medieval “Lived Religion” this summer. In this interdisciplinary summer school Masters and PhD students will be challenged by leading specialists dealing with textual and material sources of medieval religious cultures. They will…

The Department of History at Amherst College invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor in medieval and early modern European history, beginning July 1, 2024. The area of specialization is open, but we particularly seek candidates who will offer a…

Hybrid Symposium: Medieval miniatures from Byvanck to the RKD. 18 March 2025, Den Haag.

The Háskóli Íslands Student Conference on the Medieval North is an interdisciplinary forum for postgraduate students (masters and doctoral level) and early career researchers working in the broad field of medieval northern studies, held every April in Reykjavík, Iceland. Students who have not given…

On 28 September, the Medieval Murder Maps website will be shared publicly for the first time. The makers have used fourteenth-century coroners' rolls to map the homicides in three medieval towns: London, York, and Oxford. These digital maps are interactive and come with podcasts of interesting cases,…

The Radboud Institute for Culture and History is looking for a researcher/PhD candidate in the project 'The Social Life of Early Medieval Normative Texts'. Deadline for applications: July 6.

The 7th European Congress of Medieval Studies of the Fédération Internationale des Instituts d’Études Médiévales (FIDEM) will be organized by the Department of Arts, Media, and Philosophy of the University of Basel, Switzerland on 6-9 September 2023. Deadline for registration: 15 July.

How does the medieval body of texts known as 'canon law' reflect social and moral ideas? With a combination of AI and an advanced dataset, can we reveal patterns in the transmission and alteration of these ideas over time? Join the SOLEMNE project as a research assistant to explore these questions and…

On January 19, a masterclass on the theme of religious imagination will take place in the Lorentz Center in Leiden. This masterclass for MA and PhD students will focus on the religious imagination as a spiritual skill in the late medieval Low Countries, and the role of religious texts, images, and objects…

This afternoon workshop on 26 November (15.00-17.00) hosted by Radboud University aims to explore the role of charitable institutions in the social history of the late antique and early medieval Mediterranean. Programme: 15:00-15:30 Joost Snaterse (Radboud University) Welcome and introduction; 15:30-16:15…

De opkomst, verbreiding en neergang van de beerput in stedelijke context

Jonathan Powell kwam vanuit Engeland naar Leiden om onderzoek te doen naar de rol van vrouwen in vroegmoderne rechtszaken. Naast allerlei spannende documenten ontdekte hij ook de koekjes van bakkerij Water & Bloem en de wilde bloemen op begraafplaats Groenesteeg.

New PhD opportunities in Medieval and Neo-Latin Studies, a collaboration between the Institute of Greek and Latin Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, and the Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences. Deadline for application: 31 March 2025.

De leerstoelgroep Oude en Middeleeuwse Geschiedenis aan de Radboud Universiteit organiseert een lezingenreeks tussen februari en juni 2024. De exacte data en tijden staan in het onderstaande programma.

On Wednesday, 22 September, at 17.00, this interdisciplinary research group kicks off a series of online seminars.

In het online radioprogramma 'Outlook' van BBC World Service vertelt Erik Kwakkel over het onderzoeken van middeleeuwse manuscripten - een feest voor de zintuigen.

Op 22 mei was er een aanslag tijdens een concert van Ariana Grande in Manchester. Afgelopen zaterdagavond was er nog een aanslag: ondertussen alweer de derde aanslag op Britse bodem in korte tijd. Leidse wetenschappers waren veelvuldig in het nieuws om deze gebeurtenissen toe te lichten.

Kinderen die in het vroegmoderne Engeland hun vader verloren, liepen het risico verkocht te worden aan de hoogste bieder. Hoewel Shakespeare erover schreef in zijn toneelstukken, verdween de praktijk lange tijd uit het collectieve geheugen. Universitair docent Lotte Fikkers haalt hem in een nieuw Vidi-onderzoek…