MAMO Conference 2025
The 5th Middle Ages in the Modern World conference (MAMO). King's College London, 24-26 June 2025.
themamo.org
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025That’s the location of the next MAMO sorted, then 😍 @themamoconf.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025For those who may be interested ☺️ my slides and painting from my talk 'Gawain is Not a Hero' from the @themamoconf.bsky.social are available to view on the UAL research depository (no transcript as yet since its in peer review but plenty of information) ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/24...
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025Some more images from MAMO conference @themamoconf.bsky.social I’m with esteemed company here, Professor Sarah Salih (KCL), Dr Josh Davies (KCL), and the wonderful Dr Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social (Oxford). Such a rich experience for me and lots of new friends made 😊
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025back frm @themamoconf.bsky.social & inspired by 🌟 LOCAL MEDIEDVALISMS with co-pannelists @maiablumberg.bsky.social & @linseyhunter.bsky.social 🌟public interp of MA w/ @emilyrobinson.bsky.social & @krmaude.bsky.social 🌟 practical resistance to far-right MA use @menysnoweballes.bsky.social
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025Wow thank you Laura, it was a pleasure to meet you and hear your feminist reimaginings of Beowulf! Thank you to all the excellent speakers, listeners and questioners at @themamoconf.bsky.social and the talented team who put it together. A special few days back at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025Thank you all! It was a great few days and a pleasure to be a part of it! Here’s to the next one!
- That's a wrap on MAMO 2025! Heartfelt thanks to everyone who attended, presented, chatted, and made it such an enjoyable conference. We welcomed nearly 150 across three days, heard over 100 papers, experienced 2 fire alarms, and had countless inspiring conversations on medievalism. Until MAMO #6!
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 20251/3: Delivering the keynote @themamoconf.bsky.social 2025 has been a wonderful (if daunting) highlight of my research activity, the painting below was made as a response to the invitation, it and the plenary were attempts to understand the women of the poem as more temporally complex figures...
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025Seconded!! Fantastic conference ✨ @themamoconf.bsky.social and it was lovely to see everyone!
- @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social and the team put on an absolutely excellent conference @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social - congratulations and thanks to all! 🔥 #MAMOmonth
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025The plenary talk by @michaeledenart.bsky.social at @themamoconf.bsky.social on Gawain & the Green Knight was ✨MAGNIFICENT✨ Michael’s artwork- incl his painting here, Gawain between Two Deaths- is fantastic 👏 Also, a total pleasure to chat to Michael at the conf too! 😘
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025Such a pleasure to present at @themamoconf.bsky.social with the brilliant @daisyeblack.bsky.social and Sheila Passey. I’m in full flow here discussing my new poem in the voice of Princess Freawaru from Beowulf, inspired by Judith beheading Holofernes (while resisting girlboss feminism!!).
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025Thank you @themamoconf.bsky.social for a great conference! Really well curated programme. Sorry to leave early but I have @medievalgender.bsky.social next week and much to do in between!
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025I just made my very first edit to @wikipedia.org in Fran and Lucy’s #MedievalWiki workshop @themamoconf.bsky.social #DigitalSkillz
- Happening now! A Wiki-thon for MAMO 2025.
- Medieval #skystorians - spotted sth on a Wikipedia article that's ood but weren't sure how to fix it? Now's your chance to learn!
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025On my way to London right this very minute for an exciting session at MAMO 👀🔥✅ #MAMOmonth
- Thursday 26th at MAMO kicks off with MedievalWiki – A Wikipedia citation-a-thon for MAMO 2025! Led by Fran Allfrey (York), Lucy Hinnie (@yclepit.bsky.social, Leeds and Wikimedia), Lucy Moore (York), and Richard Nevell (@richardnevell.bsky.social, Exeter and Wikimedia). #MAMOmonth
- It's the final day of MAMO! Expect it all: a Wikipedia workshop, mystics, Crusades, landscapes, Christianity, theory, pedagogy, scholarship... with a final plenary by @michaeledenart.bsky.social and a closing reception on the Terrace. See you there!
- Three fantastic keynote roundtablers, who spoke beautifully on Public Chaucer. The historical Chaucer, literary Chaucer, creative Chaucer all overlapped in interesting ways. Caroline's book with ARC and Mary's with Manchester UP are for sale in the Council Room, along with many other MAMO speakers!
- We also had a fantastic Public Chaucers plenary with @euanroger.bsky.social @15thcgossipgirl.bsky.social & Caroline Bergvall at @themamoconf.bsky.social yesterday! (Thanks for the shoutout for @guildmedmak.bsky.social 😘)
- Some wonderful MAMO snaps from @drlauravarnam.bsky.social! MAMO Day 2 was stellar!
- A fantastic 2nd day at @themamoconf.bsky.social 🎉 Gorgeous performance of Yde & Olive by @daisyeblack.bsky.social. I really enjoyed @danielsawyer.bsky.social paper- buy his excellent book! Fantastic energising workshop wi @menysnoweballes.bsky.social & I enjoyed repping @guildmedmak.bsky.social
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025It was a pleasure chairing and speaking today at @themamoconf.bsky.social as part of the panel at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Strand Campus. Thanks to all the organisers for making this happen!
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025Nearly 40 people at my @themamoconf.bsky.social workshop 😍
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025Fresh from their plenary yesterday at #MAMO2025, Angela Weisl and Robert Squillace stopped by our stand this morning! Learn more about their collection "Medievalisms in a Global Age": buff.ly/oBs96Fl @themamoconf.bsky.social #Medievalism
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025Fascinating @themamoconf.bsky.social so far and so nice to connect with both old friends and new contacts!
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025So sad to miss this year's @themamoconf.bsky.social, the program seems wonderful. If you're lucky enough to be there, feel free to share the various papers with us, and enjoy the conference! #médiévalisme #medievalism
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025Excited for our session!! @themamoconf.bsky.social
- It's day two of MAMO! Looking forward to some fabulous papers today, including panels on medievalism and the epic, various uses and misuses of the medieval, Norse-Gothic medievalisms, a workshop on radicalisation with @menysnoweballes.bsky.social, and a game showcase with Slitherine!
- Check out our programme for today: themamo.org/provisional-...
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025Doing two different conferences/workshops this week, and so today I'm off to @themamoconf.bsky.social day two for more exciting games papers, with a suitcase and train ticket to Durham ready for this evening. Exciting stuff all round.
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025Looking forward to the second day of @themamoconf.bsky.social getting underway today! Esp for the performance this evening of @daisyeblack.bsky.social’s YDE & OLIVE in the amazing space of the KCL chapel!
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025I’ve had a great first day at @themamoconf.bsky.social conference, repping @guildmedmak.bsky.social at our stall in the Council Room and hearing some great papers! Excited for tomorrow! #mamo2025
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025A packed & satisfying day of giving historical walking tours to secondary school students around #Lancaster 👣 but finally on the train heading to @themamoconf.bsky.social - looking forward to attending the oldest conference fully dedicated to medieval reception! 😃
- There will be two panels at MAMO dedicated to Landscapes and Medievalisms! Our first panel (Thursday, 1-2:30pm) includes papers by Emma Nuding (@eknuding.bsky.social, York), Maia Blumberg (@maiablumberg.bsky.social, Queen Mary), and Linsey Hunter (@linseyhunter.bsky.social, UHI). #MAMOmonth
- We draw to the end of a whirlwind day at MAMO - including a brief fire alarm! - with our plenary by Angela Weisl and Robert Squillace, & a reception at the Terrace. All the papers have been fantastic, and we're grateful to @degruyterbrill.bsky.social and @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social for joining us!
- Join us tomorrow for more, including the Middle Ages in Modern Games thread continued, a Chaucer thread and plenary roundtable, an evening performance in the glorious King's Chapel, and much more.
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025We're at the Middle Ages in the Modern World conference this week. Author Robert Houghton stopped by or stand to say hello! Find out more about his book "The Middle Ages in Computer Games" buff.ly/B81ugFy #Medievalism @themamoconf.bsky.social #MAMO25
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025Teasers for my @themamoconf.bsky.social paper and the workshop I'm delivering tomorrow! See you soon, friends!
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025First day at @themamoconf.bsky.social; really looking forward to the panels! Come check out all our books on #Medievalism (plus one picture book that accidentally got shipped to London).
- Today's the day - MAMO 2025 kicks off at King's College London, Strand Campus! Look out for our student helpers or conference organisers: Josh Davies, Rebecca Menmuir, and Sarah Salih. Ask us anything; or our inbox will be monitored: <themamoconference@gmail.com>.
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025Our very own @drlauravarnam.bsky.social is representing us at the impressively expansive @themamoconf.bsky.social Do drop by to say hello, chat critical creativity and, if you are so inclined, join us!
- You'll be able to catch @drlauravarnam.bsky.social with another hat on at the Guild of Medievalist Makers (@guildmedmak.bsky.social) stall in the Council Room; and @daisyeblack.bsky.social will be performing Yde and Olive on Wednesday evening!
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025Can’t wait for MAMO to start tomorrow - so many fascinating papers! Also looking forward to talking about contemporary retellings of medieval material and a few of their retelling strategies on Thursday 🤗
- 'New Theoretical Approaches' at MAMO will explore just that - new ways of approaching medievalism! A panel with Usha Vishnuvajjala (SUNY-New Paltz), Sophia Philomena Wolf (@philouw.bsky.social, Freiburg), and Caroline Banerjee (City London). #MAMOmonth
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025Looking forward to @themamoconf.bsky.social tomorrow.
- #MAMO attendees: check out this webpage for details on how to access King's Strand Campus. Scroll down for an especially handy campus map. When in doubt, head for St Mary le Strand church - the entrance is opposite! www.kcl.ac.uk/visit/strand...
- Taking Margery to Lynn! Find out more about @mirabelledomine.bsky.social and @lukeewalker.bsky.social's film project on Thursday's 'Modern Mysticism' panel at MAMO.
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025All star cast !
- Next up for #MAMOmonth: 'Crusade Imagery in the 21st Century: Symbol, Image, and Action'. With papers from Eleanor Janega (@goingmedieval.bsky.social), Matthew Gabriele (@profgabriele.com, Virginia Tech), Mike Horswell (@mjhorswell.bsky.social), and a response by Brett Whalen (UNC-Chapel Hill).
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025Have put together my workshop for @themamoconf.bsky.social today so I'm all set for tomorrow and Wednesday. Excited to see many friends old and new there!
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025MAMO is this week! I’m so excited for so many amazing papers and workshops reflecting on how medieval research interacts with the modern world.
- Continuing with our MAMO thread of reflecting on practices of medievalism, we look forward to our Thursday panel on 'Pedagogy and Practice'! With Kirsty Bolton (@lusignanmermaid.bsky.social, Oxford), Karen A. Winstead (Ohio), and Brendan O'Connell (Trinity Dublin). #MAMOmonth
- Continuing with our MAMO thread of reflecting on practices of medievalism, we look forward to our Thursday panel on 'Pedagogy and Practice'! With Kirsty Bolton (@lusignanmermaid.bsky.social, Oxford), Karen A. Winstead (Ohio), and Brendan O'Connell (Trinity Dublin). #MAMOmonth
- 'New Theoretical Approaches' at MAMO will explore just that - new ways of approaching medievalism! A panel with Usha Vishnuvajjala (SUNY-New Paltz), Sophia Philomena Wolf (@philouw.bsky.social, Freiburg), and Caroline Banerjee (City London). #MAMOmonth
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025Some great Chaucerian sessions at MAMO this week!
- #MAMOmonth becomes #MAMOweek, as the conference starts TOMORROW! We are so excited to welcome everyone to King's tomorrow: please email <themamoconference@gmail.com> with any final questions, and safe travels, all! themamo.org
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025That’s right! Come along and find out more about @guildmedmak.bsky.social in the Council Room!
- You'll be able to catch @drlauravarnam.bsky.social with another hat on at the Guild of Medievalist Makers (@guildmedmak.bsky.social) stall in the Council Room; and @daisyeblack.bsky.social will be performing Yde and Olive on Wednesday evening!
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025Can’t wait! It’s been such a pleasure to work on this panel with Daisy and Sheila!
- Next up for #MAMOmonth is our Thursday panel, 'Visibility, Connectivity, Creativity: Honouring Medieval Women’s Stories in the Modern World'! With Laura Varnam (@drlauravarnam.bsky.social, Oxford), Sheila Passey (Wolverhampton), and Daisy Black (@daisyeblack.bsky.social, Wolverhampton).
- Next up for #MAMOmonth is our Thursday panel, 'Visibility, Connectivity, Creativity: Honouring Medieval Women’s Stories in the Modern World'! With Laura Varnam (@drlauravarnam.bsky.social, Oxford), Sheila Passey (Wolverhampton), and Daisy Black (@daisyeblack.bsky.social, Wolverhampton).
- You'll be able to catch @drlauravarnam.bsky.social with another hat on at the Guild of Medievalist Makers (@guildmedmak.bsky.social) stall in the Council Room; and @daisyeblack.bsky.social will be performing Yde and Olive on Wednesday evening!
- MAMO's second 'Christianity and Medievalism' panel is on Thursday 26th, 3-4:30pm, and ranges across Ireland, Japan, England and France! With Emmet Taylor (@emmettaylor.bsky.social, Cork), Allie Richardson (Tennessee Knoxville), and Lucie Herbreteau! #MAMOmonth
- Two panels at MAMO will focus on Christianity and Medievalism! First on Thursday 26th, 1-2:30pm: Helen Young (@heyouonline.bsky.social, Deakin) and Sarah Schnödewind (Hamburg). 👇 #MAMOmonth
- The second of our MAMO Landscapes and Medievalisms panel features papers by Fran Allfrey (York), Kathryn Maude (@krmaude.bsky.social, The National Archives) and Emily Robinson (@emilyrobinson.bsky.social, Sussex), and Bathsheba Lockwood Brook (UCL). 👇 #MAMOmonth
- There will be two panels at MAMO dedicated to Landscapes and Medievalisms! Our first panel (Thursday, 1-2:30pm) includes papers by Emma Nuding (@eknuding.bsky.social, York), Maia Blumberg (@maiablumberg.bsky.social, Queen Mary), and Linsey Hunter (@linseyhunter.bsky.social, UHI). #MAMOmonth
- MAMO will feature a panel on ‘Medievalism and Scholarship Today’, part of a broader thread throughout the conference about the history and current state of medievalism studies. With Camille Campos Fragoso (EHESS, Paris) and Peter Jones (Plymouth). Thursday 26th, 10:30-12:00. #MAMOmonth
- Next up for #MAMOmonth is our Thursday panel on 'Modern Mysticism', with a strong focus on films! With papers by Michelle M. Sauer (North Dakota), Mirabelle Dominé-Walley and Luke Walker, and Eduardo De Oliveira Correia (KCL). 👇
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025Looking forward to this...
- Next up for #MAMOmonth: 'Crusade Imagery in the 21st Century: Symbol, Image, and Action'. With papers from Eleanor Janega (@goingmedieval.bsky.social), Matthew Gabriele (@profgabriele.com, Virginia Tech), Mike Horswell (@mjhorswell.bsky.social), and a response by Brett Whalen (UNC-Chapel Hill).
- Next up for #MAMOmonth: 'Crusade Imagery in the 21st Century: Symbol, Image, and Action'. With papers from Eleanor Janega (@goingmedieval.bsky.social), Matthew Gabriele (@profgabriele.com, Virginia Tech), Mike Horswell (@mjhorswell.bsky.social), and a response by Brett Whalen (UNC-Chapel Hill).
- Thursday 26th at MAMO kicks off with MedievalWiki – A Wikipedia citation-a-thon for MAMO 2025! Led by Fran Allfrey (York), Lucy Hinnie (@yclepit.bsky.social, Leeds and Wikimedia), Lucy Moore (York), and Richard Nevell (@richardnevell.bsky.social, Exeter and Wikimedia). #MAMOmonth
- This hands-on workshop will introduce participants to key concepts and practical tools for Wikipedia editing. Do get in touch at <themamoconference@gmail.com> if you are interested in attending, as there are some helpful pre-workshop activities!
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025Medieval lyrics on the Tube! Some medievalism just in time for @themamoconf.bsky.social next week 🥳
- That concludes our #MAMOmonth overview of Tuesday and Wednesday at MAMO (with less than a week to go to the conference)! Don't forget our two plenary events on Wednesday 25th: a roundtable on 'Public Chaucer', and a performance of Yde and Olive. See the details below 👇
- Yde and Olive: everyone is welcome to attend! MAMO attendees need not register; if you would like to attend this performance but are not attending the conference then please sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/daisy-blac... bsky.app/profile/them...
- And rounding up our #MAMOmonth plenaries and performances, on Wednesday we are delighted to host Daisy Black (@daisyeblack.bsky.social), in her performance of 'Yde and Olive'! Dr Black is a medievalist, theatre director and storyteller. Wednesday 25th, 6:15-8pm, King's College London Chapel.
- Rounding off our Chaucerian thread at MAMO is the hybrid session 'Chaucer: Scholars and Theories'! With Yasmin Ibrahim (KCL) and Wan-Chuan Kao (@wanchuankao.bsky.social, Washington and Lee University). #MAMOmonth
- And here's a reminder of our other Chaucer panels. This year MAMO incorporated the biannual London Chaucer Conference, and we are delighted to represent so many Chaucerian themes at the conference! bsky.app/profile/them...
- Reposted by MAMO Conference 2025In advance of this: any @themamoconf.bsky.social participants want to share what they might find particularly useful at this workshop? I’m keen to integrate your needs.
- At MAMO, Rachel Moss (@menysnoweballes.bsky.social) will run the workshop 'Radicalisation: Medievalism and the Extreme Right'. What role does medievalism play in radicalising people into extreme right spaces? What role can we play in the vital work of combatting rising extremism? #MAMOmonth Details👇
- A reminder of our Slitherine gaming showcase for #MAMOmonth! We are excited to be joined by Neil McKenna (@neilmckenna.bsky.social, Lead External Producer at Slitherine) and Richard Yorke (Twitch streamer). Wednesday 25th, 3-4:30pm.
- A MAMO update! The video game developer Slitherine will join us for a gaming showcase of Field of Glory: Kingdoms - Rajas and Tribes. This exciting showcase is part of our Middle Ages in Modern Games thread, organised by @robehoughton.bsky.social and @vinicius-marino.bsky.social
- At MAMO, Rachel Moss (@menysnoweballes.bsky.social) will run the workshop 'Radicalisation: Medievalism and the Extreme Right'. What role does medievalism play in radicalising people into extreme right spaces? What role can we play in the vital work of combatting rising extremism? #MAMOmonth Details👇
