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2019
Thu, 5 Sep Constructing the Public Intellectual in the Premodern World, Chancellors’ Hotel, University of Manchester
Tue, 10 Sep

Dark Archives: A Conference on the Medieval Unread and Unreadable

, Full Programme, Faculty of English, St Cross Building, Manor Road, Oxford, OX1 3UL
Wed, 9 Oct

Large Conference Grant Application Deadline (three rounds annually; apply all year for smaller grants)
Thu, 24 Oct Teaching the Codex III: Decentring the Codex, Merton College, Oxford
Fri, 1 Nov Decoding the Past: Critical Editions and Their Editors, The Trinity Long Room Hub
Sun, 1 Dec

Medium Ævum Essay Prize
Posted: November 29, 2030
News
From the Society and its Members
Posted: November 28, 2030
MÆ On Twitter (@medium_aevum)

Thursday 22 August, 2019

11:29am    RT @InfernoTweeted: In the middle of the journey of our life, I found myself inside a forest dark, For the direct way had been resigned. #…
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Posted: February 23, 2021

Dark Archives: Registration closes 31 August!

Posted: August 20, 2019
Out Now: Medium Ævum Vol. 88, No. 1 (2019)

The latest issue (MÆ 88.1) includes the following articles:

Angus J. Kennedy

Christine de Pizan, Orléans, and Burgundy
Cosima Gillhammer

The Holy Cross legend: a unique version in Oxford, Trinity College, MS 29
Giulia Boitani

A note on liturgical and mystical quotations in Flamenca
Jennifer Neville

A modest proposal: titles for the Exeter Book Riddles
Leonard Neidorf

Caesar’s wine and the dating of Widsith
Lieke Smits

Wounding, sealing, and kissing: bridal imagery and the image of Christ
Margherita Lecco

Rinaldo e la coppa incantata: Il motivo del Testing Cup da Robert Biket all’Orlando Furioso
Michael J. Warren

A new Latin analogue to the cuckoo-motif in The Seafarer and The Husband’s Message
Roger Ellis

The Northern Homily Cycle: a work in progress

along with dozens of reviews and notices of the latest medieval publications.
The Table of Contents for 88.1, and online access to articles for Society members, is available here.

Posted: July 24, 2019
On Sat. 27th April, David d'Avray delivers the 2019 MÆ Lecture - How to explain the Medieval Papacy
Arts Bldg, Birmingham Uni, at 4.45pm. Free & Open to All. Followed by Drinks.
Posted: April 16, 2019
*Registration Open*
Posted: September 14, 2018
Dame Jinty Nelson, 'Writing the Life of Charlemagne' - The 2018 MÆ Annual Lecture
Delivered as Part of Medieval Lifewriting, a Special Society Colloquium.
Dame Jinty Nelson, 'Writing the Life of Charlemagne' - 2018 MÆ Annual Lecture
Posted: July 4, 2018
Posted: March 29, 2018
AHRC CHASE Collaborative Doctoral Award
BEAUTIFUL FRAGMENTS: GLASS, CERAMICS, LEATHER, AND METALWORK IN MEDIEVAL LONDON

Is a broken artwork useless? What can only a fragment of something tell us about the past?

Application Deadline: 7 May 2018

Posted: March 29, 2018
LASS 2018
Posted: January 31, 2018
Posted: November 16, 2017
Animals
CfP now open
Posted: November 15, 2017

Conference Programme now published for Ovid Across Europe

Posted: August 31, 2017
The Animal in Medieval Romance, Kalamazoo 2018
Posted: August 1, 2017

All details at https://neighboursstrangers.wordpress.com

Posted: May 5, 2017
Prof. David d'Avray's Plenary Lecture at Time, the 2017 Oxford Medieval Grad. Conf.
Posted: April 27, 2017
Posted: March 22, 2017
Prof. Helen Cooper: Plenary Address to Wonder, The 2016 Oxford Medieval Grad. Conf.
Posted: April 29, 2016
Prof. Paul Binski's Plenary Address to Colour, the 2015 Oxford Medieval Grad. Conf.
Posted: April 23, 2015
MÆ On Twitter (@medium_aevum)

Saturday 17 August, 2019

9:39pm    RT @andykingsoton: For all who missed my edition of the Scalacronica first time round, it's being re-printed later this year in paperback b…

Thursday 15 August, 2019

2:56pm    RT @GreenesResearch: We are delighted to open up the call for papers for our first Greene's Institute conference in a series entitled "Foun…

Friday 26 July, 2019

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Posted: November 10, 1971