Save the date! KCL's CLAMS ECR Forum is happy to host its summer conference, 'Caught in the Moment: Flashpoints of Passion and Piety in a Changing Christian World', with Dr Sarah Bowden delivering the keynote. Monday Aug 21st, KCL Strand River Room. Email [email protected] to attend.

Cfp **ECR bursaries** for Leeds IMC 2024 on topic Landscapes of Sanctity with King Oswald's Raven project. DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 31 JULY. Details here: oswaldusrex.co.uk/2023/04/27/lan…

We're participating in the CofE's #stainedglasssummer and want your photos of Peterborough's stunning stained glass. The winning photo will become Peterborough's feature photo on Aug 3rd. Send photos to [email protected] by Aug 1st to be considered.

🚨Last few days to get your abstracts in!🚨 We have 4 bursaries worth £450 each for ECRs taking part in our sessions. #MedievalTwitter

A nice review of our researcher Johanna Dale’s edited collection on the C7th chapel at Bradwell on Sea in Essex, which was recently published by UCL Press thenewenglishlandscape.wordpress.com #HistoricEssex #MedievalTwitter

CFP Leeds 2024 Anglo-German connections and comparisons in the long twelfth century royalhistsoc.org/calendar/anglo…

Aug 5: Feast of Oswald (†642), king of Bernicia and Deira. Enthroned after a childhood spent in exile in Dál Riata. Slew British king Catguollaun in battle at Hefenfelth (Heavenfield, Northumberland). Slain himself by Penda, pagan king of the Mercians. Heavenfield ©David Dixon

Wonderful views from the Heavenfield site which you don’t really appreciate until you visit.

A wonderful paper by Sarah Bowden on Animals in Munic Oswald. Follow the raven here King Oswald's Raven #ags23 AGS #mediavistik

An exciting initiative for school students from our friends German History Society. We'd love to see some creative responses to the culture and history of German-speaking lands in the Middle Ages!

Some inspiration: oswaldusrex.co.uk/animation/

IAS Book Launch of 'St Peter-On-The-Wall: Landscape and heritage on the Essex coast' edited by Johanna Dale📗 UCL Press 🗓️26 February 2024, 17:30-19:30 🏠IAS Common Ground Free event! Open to all UCL staff and students Book a spot here: shorturl.at/lyJXY

Please join Johanna Dale gillian darley James Bettley Charles Holland Barbara Yorke Ken Worpole & Andrew Pearson to celebrate the publication of "St Peter-on-the-Wall: Landscape & heritage on the Essex Coast" UCL IAS @ucl-ias.bsky.social on 26th Feb at 5:30pm 👉ias-stpeter.eventbrite.co.uk UCL Press

Happening next Monday so do sign up and come along

Start next week by joining our panellists to find out how people have responded to the landscape of the Essex coast through time, from the Romans, through the Saxons, Victorian churchmen, C20th communitarians, to Grayson Perry. UCL History UCL Press UCL IAS @ucl-ias.bsky.social

There’s just under 2 months until the deadline for the Gordon Forster Essay Prize. This prize is open to postgraduate students and ECRs. The winner will receive £200 and their essay will be considered for publication. Deadline: 1 March 2025 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Save the date: Our project conference will be held at UCL on 2-3 July!