This sounds fascinating! Gutted that I'm not able to attend.

Medieval Women: In Their Own Words opens today. Join us to discover the rich and complex lives of women in the Middle Ages, both famous and forgotten, as you uncover their artistry, resourcefulness, courage and struggles. Meet the women: bit.ly/BLMedievalWomen Members go free

Oct 26: Feast of Cedd (†664), bishop of the East Saxons. Brother of St Chad and educated at Lindisfarne, he evangelised in Mercia and Essex. He founded monasteries including Lestingeham (Lastingham, Yorkshire), where he died of plague. 📸Helge Klaus Rieder

Alfred the Great died on 26 October 899. This famous text presents his thoughts on wisdom, the benefits of education, and his programme to 'translate certain books - those which are most necessary for all to know - into the language we can all understand': aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2013/10/alfred…

Alfred the Great, unsuccessful Bake-Off contestant, died #OnThisDay 899.

It's October, which means all the history podcasts are doing Halloween episodes, which inevitably have 2 options: "it's based on pagan celebrations" or "there is insufficient evidence that it's based on pagan celebrations".

The Oxford Medieval Graduate Conference committee is delighted to announce this year's Call for Papers! We look forward to receiving submissions for 20 minute papers from graduate students on ‘Rituals and Ceremonies’. Details below: #OMGC2025 #cfp #medieval #medhist

Thoroughly impressed with the York Minster light display "Phoenix"!

Here's a host of 'All Saints' for All Saints' Day. 1. The remarkably complete C10th Anglo-Saxon tower at All Saints’ church, Earls Barton, Northamptonshire. #thread

Are you a #historian with an interest in #churchhistory? Consider writing a guest blog post for the EHS! Please send your name, institutional affiliation (if any), and 100-word abstract for a blog post to [email protected] to be featured on our blog. #twitterstorians

News Post: The School of Critical Studies at the University of Glasgow seeks to appoint a fixed-term 12-month Lecturer in Medieval English Language and Literature. memorients.com/news/lecturer-…

Trying to get anything done today like

Here is our Call for Chapters! Please share. Deadline for proposals is 15th January 2025.

The Year's Work in English Studies is seeking contributors - info below ⤵️ bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=5622

Vacancy - the Bibliography of British and Irish History (#BBIH) is seeking a new section editor with expertise in post-1800 Irish history buff.ly/4dzSNzv Closing date: 13 December 2024 Brepols Royal Historical Society

Like many others, I have also set myself up elsewhere

The UCalgary HGSU is happy to announce our call for papers for the Bow River Graduate Conference (March 29-30, 2025)! It is open to papers from all time periods on the theme “Borders and Margins.” Abstract submissions are due January 6, 2025! I can’t wait to read them! 😄

We are so pleased to announce our first call for papers! We look forward to reading your submissions. Deadline: Jan 10th 2025 If you have any questions, please email us at [email protected] 💌 #cfp #callforpapers

🎄✨ Join us for the ISMR Christmas #Hybrid #Lecture! ✨🎄 Wed, 4 Dec, 6:30pm -- Huntingdon Room, King’s Manor & Online Marisa Michaud (CMS PhD): "Gendering Hell & Demonology in Margaret of York’s Illuminated Manuscript of the Vie de Colette" buff.ly/4fF2cHH

We are delighted to announce the opening of our #CfP for our Summer 2025 Conference in Edinburgh! The theme is 'Creeds, Councils and Canons'. Submission deadlines: 10 January (for those who need visas), 15 April (for everyone else) ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/25-26-summer-c…