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Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (anzamems.org). Posts by Matt Firth, BlueSky novice extraordinaire.

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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Please send title, 200-word abstract and two-sentence bio for each speaker to katie.barclay_mq.edu.au by 30th JUNE. More info at societyhistoryemotio...
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Papers should be 20 minutes. Proposals for panels + roundtables welcome. If you would like to propose something less conventional, please reach out. Hybrid options also a possibility.
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Safety and security can be defined in multiple ways: economic, social, political, physical, psychological, cultural and emotional. Parents imagined futures for their children; children hoped for themselves; families aspired to long lineages and survival over generations.
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
What did it mean to feel safe or secure for early modern populations? How did people persist and build futures for themselves and their families in challenging conditions? We welcome papers for the period 1400-1800 and for any geographical context.
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
CFP: Feelings of Safety and Security in the Early Modern World - Friday 27 November, Macquarie University, Sydney This workshop aims to fill a key gap in our knowledge of how people created conditions to feel safe during times of existential danger or crisis in Early Modern Europe.
English Fortune Telling pack of c.1800 by an unknown artist / engraver.
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
More info at societyhistoryemotio...
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Papers should be 20 minutes. Proposals for panels + roundtables welcome. If you would like to propose something less conventional, please reach out. Hybrid options also a possibility. Please send title, 200-word abstract and two-sentence bio for each speaker to katie.barclay@mq.edu.au by 30th JUNE.
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Safety and security can be defined in multiple ways: economic, social, political, physical, psychological, cultural and emotional. Parents imagined futures for their children; children hoped for themselves; families aspired to long lineages and survival over generations.
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
What did it mean to feel safe or secure for early modern populations? How did people persist and build futures for themselves and their families in challenging conditions? We welcome papers for the period 1400-1800 and for any geographical context.
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
CFP: Feelings of Safety and Security in the Early Modern World - Friday 27 November, Macquarie University, Sydney This workshop aims to fill a key gap in our knowledge of how people created conditions to feel safe during times of existential danger or crisis in EM Europe.
English Fortune Telling pack of c.1800 by an unknown artist / engraver
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Proposals will be considered by a selection panel according to the following criteria: Suitability for the journal Originality of contribution to the chosen field Significance/importance of the proposed theme Potential for advancing scholarship in a new and exciting way Range and quality of authors
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Proposers are advised to review the full submission guidelines for essays at: parergon.org Proposals for the 2028 issue (45.2) should be submitted to the Editors by Monday, 28 September 2026 at editor@parergon.org
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Proposals should contain the following: A draft title for the issue. A statement outlining the rationale for the issue. Titles and abstracts of all the essays. A short biographical paragraph for the guest editor(s) and for each contributor.
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Parergon is now calling for proposals for the themed issue for 2028 (45.2) Themed issues contain up to ten essays, plus the usual reviews section. The guest editor is responsible for setting the theme and drawing up the criteria for the essays.
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
CFP: 102nd Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America, April 15-17, 2027, at the University of Toronto campus. #medieval #earlymodern #cfp #conference anzamems.org/102nd-a...
Close-up of the Bayeux Tapestry showing Bishop Odo
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
CFP: An extraordinary substance, a history of blood and demons across time #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/cfp-an-...
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
ANZAMEMS Seminar Proposals for 2026 and 2027 #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/anzamem...
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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
What can coinage tell us about crisis? 🪙 The spatial pattern of finds from late antique Phanagoria (Black Sea, now Russia: pleiades.stoa.org/places/854724) indicate citizens dropping coin purses, likely during a fire while the city was besieged (Justinianic, 545-554 CE) arkeonews.net/6th-century-...
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6th-Century Fire in Phanagoria Reveals Lost Wallets Filled with Ancient Coins—Including Counterfeits - Arkeonews
6th-century fire in Phanagoria reveals lost wallets filled with ancient Bosporan coins, including rare counterfeits, offering new insight
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Dr Matt Firth @mattfirth.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
The hardcover of my edited collection, Pre-Conquest History and its Medieval Reception, is 60% off on the @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social website. So, if you wanted to read some fascinating studies of how the early English past was reinvented in a Norman world... boydellandbrewer.com/book/pre-con...
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Funded Joint CNRS (France) – University of Melbourne PhD Opportunities #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/funded-...
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
ANZAMEMS Seminar Report #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/anzamem...
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
2026 Joseph Burke Lecture in Art History #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/2026-jo...
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
European Arthurs, Medieval to Modern, Marie Sklodowska Curie Doctoral Training Network #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/europea...
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Health and the Environment in the Preindustrial World: Multidisciplinary Approaches #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/health-...
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
National Library of Australia Scholarships #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/nationa...
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
ANZAMEMS Postgraduate Peer Support Group #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/anzamem...
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Registration Open: 5th Triennial Early Modern British and Irish Catholicism Conference #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/registr...
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
EOI: Co-editor, Journal of Religious History #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/eoi-co-...
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
ANZAMEMS Reading Group #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/anzamem...
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Lecturer in Medieval and Early Modern History, ANU #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/lecture...
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Online Summer Latin Program, University of Toronto #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/online-...
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Seminar: The Ongoing Presence of the Apocalypse in the Middle Ages #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/seminar...
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
National Library of Australia Fellowships #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/nationa...
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Sarah Bendall @sarahabendall.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
As someone who has published books with 100+ images, here are my tips for finding free #earlymodern images (and tips for discounts when you have to pay for them!) 🗃️ sarahabendall.com/2020/03/11/e...
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Dr Matt Firth @mattfirth.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Another review of my edited volume Pre-Conquest History and its Medieval Reception has just appeared. Menendez runs a thorough eye over each chapter: scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/ind... The ebook is downright affordable from @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social. boydellandbrewer.com/book/pre-con...
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Funded PhD Opportunity #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/funded-...
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
CFP: Growing Up in the Early Modern World #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/cfp-gro...
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Parergon 2026 Early Career Committee Call for Nominations #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/parergo...
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Book Launch: The Monuments of Westminster Abbey #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/book-la...
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
CFP: Tyranny, Resistance, and the Performance of Early Modern Drama #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/cfp-tyr...
Thomas Middleton, depicted in the frontispiece of Two New Plays, a 1657 edition of Women Beware Women and More Dissemblers Besides Women
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
CFP: Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/cfp-spa...
Logo of the Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature (SELIM)
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Issue 42.2 of Parergon was released just before Christmas. A special issue focused on medieval English attitudes to the outside world, Alison Hudson's article 'Elephants in English Literature, Art, and Material Culture before the Reign of Henry III' is currently open access! doi.org/10.1353/pgn....
Detail depicting an elephant from the British Library Collection: Cotton MS Tiberius B V/1, fol. 81r.
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
To be fair, we didn't exist until 1996, so we can claim plausible deniability...
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ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Deadline for abstracts today!
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Nat Cutter @natcutter.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
So delighted to see my first book up online with @oxfordunipress.bsky.social! Huge thanks to @anzamems.bsky.social @memorients.bsky.social @earlymoderncircle.bsky.social. DM or email me for a review copy request form, and ask your uni librarian to buy the book!! global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Erin Sebo @erinsebo.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
So proud of my @flindersuniversity.bsky.social PhD researchers, Kate Lawrence and @danclaggett.bsky.social who gave their first ever @anzamems.bsky.social papers last week. Fantastic work!
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Premodern Healthscaping @prosanitate.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
We had a wonderful time at @anzamems.bsky.social and a great two panels on Public Health - too busy having excellent talks to remember to get a group photo! A particular congratulations to our Rose Byfleet (@medicifangirl.bsky.social) for winning the George Yule prize for best postgraduate paper.
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Monash Medieval & Renaissance Studies @monashcmrs.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Please join us in celebrating the success of Monash MRS members at the recent @anzamems.bsky.social prizes! Dr Jason Crow - Chris Jones Book Prize 2025 for A new Material Interpretation of Twelfth-Century Architecture: Reconstructing the Abbey of St Denis
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A New Material Interpretation of Twelfth-Century Architecture: Reconstructing the Abbey of Saint-Denis
Today, we perceive Gothic cathedrals as light-filled forms representing the sacred. The colored light projected from brightly-colored stained glass windows onto the walls and floors of these buildings...
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Erin Sebo @erinsebo.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Guess who's hosting the next @anzamems.bsky.social conference?! Can't wait to see you all @flindersuniversity.bsky.social in 2027!
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Dr Marina Gerzić @mazzyg.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
#anza25 keynote, A/Prof Kate Franklin, Tufts University: "Time Travels and the Possibility of Redemption in a Fragmented Armenian Manuscript"
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