Chappell Roan Brings Medieval Fashion Moment to 2024 MTV VMAs with a Cape, Sword and Her Very Own Knight people.com/2024-mtv-vmas-…

Of the manuscripts from outside Bengal details of script are lacking. Reference to Nauka-Khanda (or Tari-Khanda) incident of Shree Krishna's life, popular in Vaishnava works of medieval Bengal, might not quite unlikely be due to its composition in Bengal. #tantra #SanatanDharma

Can you help us preserve history? Today, we’re launching an appeal to raise £25,000 for vital conservation work. Your support will ensure our collection continues to inspire researchers, students and visitors for generations to come. Donate today: bit.ly/BLConservation…

Historic England Reading Abbey Quarter Don't miss your chance to get an insider's tour of the Abbey Quarter! Our last tours are tomorrow and next Saturday, the 14 and 21st September. readingmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/readi…

Don't forget to join Dr James O'Donoghue and colleagues from Reading Meteorology for a global live stream to celebrate International #ObeserveTheMoon Night from our Whiteknights campus, TONIGHT from 19.30 BST on the Royal Astronomical Society youtube channel. Tune in: rdg.ac/47qXoCE

Call for Applications: Assistant Professor, Medieval or Early Modern History of Science, Technology, and/or Medicine Rice University ow.ly/s6aU50To919 #RenTwitter #earlymodern

GCMS Director: A reminder of the Reading HA Branch programme of seminars for this coming year: history.org.uk/branches/resou…

⏰ FINAL CALL: Our 2025 Research Fellowships competition closes TODAY, September 17 at 11:59 p.m. EDT. We are awarding fellowships of $2,000–$3,750 to scholars working in the field of Renaissance studies (1300–1700). ow.ly/lIIu50SN694 #Fellowships #RenTwitter #earlymodern

🤔 Did you know that the team at Reading Museum provide many virtual learning experiences? There will be some free virtual sessions for schools this term, so make sure you have signed up to the teacher email ➡ rdguk.info/MZpEb Find out more ➡ rdguk.info/ToGT9

The deadline has been extended to this Friday, 20th September!

Exciting news! We're advertising for a fully funded doctoral studentship at the University of Oxford and The National Archives to work on Chaucer's thameside life and poetry. Supervised by me and Prof Marion Turner. Details below, please share widely! oocdtp.web.ox.ac.uk/ox-cda-turner-…

King Charles III reciting Gerard Manley Hopkins' poem 'God's Grandeur.' The world is charged with the grandeur of God.

This must be an incredible job! Just imagine being the one to open the doors of the Sistine Chapel and take in all its breathtaking beauty before anyone else, first thing in the morning!

Thank you to everyone who came along yesterday to hear my talk. I really appreciate the support and very kind comments. GCMS, Reading Uni Paul Dryburgh Euan Roger

On National Poetry Day, giving a shout out to the poetry of Meir of Norwich which are available in English in this volume from about a decade ago. Medieval Anglo-Jewry: a source for every occasion!

Our postgraduate seminar series is back up and running for this academic year, with the first talk on the 17th October. We are so glad to see the growth of this event to include the School of Humanities within our PGR community!

The installation of our Medieval Women exhibition continues apace. Can you guess what this is? blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…

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2 Days until the IMC 2025 Bursary application deadline closes! 😱 Click here to get your application in for the IMC team: imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2025/propo… Good Luck 😊