Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CMRS)
The CMRS brings together staff and students from across the University of Edinburgh studying the medieval and Renaissance periods.
Find out more at hca.ed.ac.uk/centre-medieval-ren…
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- Next week we will be running a roundtable on 'Emotions in Medieval and Early Modern Scotland', co-organised by with the Scottish History Seminar. The event will take place on Tue 10 Feb, 5:15pm, LG.11, 40 George Square. All welcome!
- 📆Join us on Tuesday 3 Feb for the next CMRS seminar where @medievaljay.bsky.social will be giving a talk about 'Raiders of the Lost Patriarchs: Hebron and Crusader Jerusalem'. 5:15pm, LG.11, 40 George Square. Everyone welcome!
- 📆 Join us tomorrow for the CMRS seminar where Joanna Martin (University of Nottingham) will be giving a talk about 'Spaces and Places in Hary’s 'Wallace''. 5:15pm, LG.11, 40 George Square. Everyone welcome!
- 📢 ✌️ We're kicking off our event programme for this semester off with two CMRS sessions! 🎨 📜 First join us tomorrow as our own @hdohertyharrison.bsky.social discusses depictions of Judas in medieval art and literature. 📅 ➡️ Then later this week ...
- ⛪ 💬 ... you can join us on Friday for our first Renaissance Discussion Group, considering religious aspects of material culture in post-Reformation Scotland. ⬇️ Click below for more info on what we have planned across the semester! We look forward to seeing you in the next months. bit.ly/CMRS2026
- Why starting 2026 with an #homicide? ⬇️ Have a read at our latest blog @artandinequality.bsky.social to find out about a mysterious #murder, an #inventory and forthcoming #projects and #publications for #ArtandInequality @glasgow.ac.uk #medievalsky ➡️ link: www.artandinequality.com/homicide-wit...
- ⏰The final @lamps-edinburgh.bsky.social seminar of the semester is tomorrow! Thijs Kersten will discuss their research on singing as a form of protest in late antiquity. 📌Join the group at 17:10 in the Teviot Lecture Theatre, Doorway 5, Old Medical Building, followed by a social in Potterrow Dome.
- 🪡 ⚔️ Tomorrow our final Renaissance Discussion Group of the year will review work from our own Jess Bailey, on what medieval quilt designs reveal about popular narratives of the time and wider considerations of gender. 📌⏰ Join us at 1pm in Room 3.32 of the Edinburgh Futures Institute to take part!
- 🔘 📖 The last of this semester's reading groups will be held tomorrow. ⬇️ 💬 Read the below article and join us at 5pm (in Room 1.26, Old Medical School, Doorway 4) to take part!
- So very grateful to @iashedinburgh.bsky.social, Prof Carol Richardson, @kateai.bsky.social & everyone who came to talk about my new book with me yesterday evening 💖 and a wonderful flowery surprise from @starcrossed2018.bsky.social and @liederfollower.bsky.social ! 💐
- 🎨 In our final seminar of the semester, Neil McClelland joins us from @uofglasgow.bsky.social to discuss his ongoing doctoral research into the the history of art commissions from across the social strata from late medieval and early modern Naples.
- 🏙️ ⚖️ Today Andrew Simpson of @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social will join us to discuss one of Scotland’s oldest surviving legal texts, some elements of which are still echoed in modern Scots law.
- There was moment I thought perhaps we had movement here, but the @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social strike is on. You can read more about why here: www.ucu.org.uk/article/1423... Please write and call your MSPs on Monday: www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/lobby-your-msp
- 🤝 ⛪ Tomorrow’s seminar will welcome Alejandro Pombo Rial from @usaloficial.bsky.social . Join us as he discusses his ongoing research into social contributions made by churches and monasteries to their local communities.
- ⚔️ 📜 The 'Venetias' is an epic poem describing a period of conflict between Venice and the Holy Roman Empire. @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social 's own Luke Houghton will join tomorrow's group, drawing on his knowledge of Neo-Latin literature to discuss some of the distinct features of this work.
- 🐏 👨👨 @nicolemaceira.bsky.social will join us this week to discuss contrasting depictions of animals and humans in post-Reformation thought, and their importance in the development of the Reformed faith in Scotland.
- ⚔️ 💬 Join us tomorrow for a discussion of Lyndal Roper's recent article, which explores the relationship between emotional cycles and and the development of revolutions, set against the backdrop of Western Europe' largest popular uprising before the French Revolution. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/hwj/...
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- 👑 Join us this Thursday as we welcome Alex Woolf from @standrewshist.bsky.social, who’ll be discussing with us the development of Scotland’s early history.
- Hurrah! My new book, Europe in the Eleventh Century: Beyond Revolution and Reform is officially published today by Oxford University Press. 1/5 global.oup.com/academic/pro...
- ⛪ 👨👨 Next week we’ll be proud to welcome John Arnold from @camhistory.bsky.social , who’ll discuss his recent research into the changing expressions of lay piety found in medieval southern France.
- 🕍📜 Join us at tomorrow's seminar as PhD student Jacob Morley shares findings from his research on the medieval papacy. 📚 💬 Then on Friday the first session of our new Renaissance Discussion Group will look at work from our own Elise Watson, exploring the role of women in publishing.
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- 💬 🤝 We'll be hosting a range of seminars this semester, run in collaboration with students and staff from across our university and beyond. 💻 ⬆️ You can follow the link in our bio to find out more about these events, as well as the reading and discussion groups we have planned over the next months!
- 🙏 Thank you to all those who helped kick off this semester by attending last week's Denys Hay Lecture, and thanks again to @philippebuc.bsky.social for giving such an insightful talk! 📅 Watch this space for an update soon on our seminar schedule for this semester!
- ⬇️ Students, staff and members of the public will all be welcome at tomorrow's lecture!
- ⬇️ A fantastic-looking programme for the term ahead!
- 👨🏫 🧭 We’ll be kicking off the new academic year with the return of the Denys Hay lecture to @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, as we welcome @philippebuc.bsky.social from @unileiden.bsky.social to deliver a talk on his recent comparative historical research looking at both medieval Europe and Japan.
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- Learn about Renaissance women scholars, painters, sculptors & architects in this series of 25 min lectures by Professor Jill Burke. Made for Renaissance Visual and Material Cultures at the @edincollegeofart.bsky.social. #OER @cmrsedinburgh.bsky.social open.ed.ac.uk/renaissance-...
- 📕This work takes a fascinating look at themes of accessibility and inclusion in relation to medieval studies — including a chapter from our own @hdohertyharrison.bsky.social, who also co-edited the book! ⬇️ Find out more below about a hybrid book launch being held for it next month: bit.ly/3HRAM5W
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- 📖 We can't wait to read this new, cross-cutting look at such an important part of the Middle Ages! ⬇️ You can click below to find out more about the book: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
- 🧪 📜 It's great to see @uoe-llc.bsky.social PhD student @seerauberaine.bsky.social in action at this week's @durhammemsa.bsky.social conference, speaking in the first picture about representations of female healers in twelfth-century French narrative literature.
- 🙏 It's fantastic to see @cvspragg.bsky.social flying the flag for @edincollegeofart.bsky.social, both in giving her paper and in being part of the organising committee that delivered such a successful conference! ⬇️ Look below to see some of what went on at @kingjamesconf.bsky.social last week!
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- 🙌 As we look back at a great #IMC2025, we’d like to thank @imc-leeds.bsky.social and all those who attended for making it a great event! ⬇️ We’ve included some photos from talks given on Tuesday and Wednesday — all thanks to @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social PhD student Felix Chang for snapping them!
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- 📌 📅 Though #IMC2025 may be drawing to a close, our students will be busy organising and moderating three sessions across the day! ⬇️ Find out more about them by clicking the link below! bit.ly/UoE-IMC-Thu
- 🌟 💬 Today our staff and students are involved in sessions throughout the day at #IMC2025 — click below for a full list of what they're up to! ➡️ bit.ly/IMC-IMC-Wed @imc-leeds.bsky.social @edincollegeofart.bsky.social @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social #SkyStorians #MedievalSky
