ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Please 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... 000
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Papers 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. 100
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Safety 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. 100
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 01/06/2026What 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. 100
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 01/06/2026CFP: 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. 153
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Papers 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.mq.edu.auMacquarie University | Top 1% in the world | Multiply your potentialMacquarie University is a place of pioneering minds, breaking free of conventions. Discover our story as one of the global leaders in tertiary education. 100
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Safety 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. 100
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 01/06/2026What 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. 110
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 01/06/2026CFP: 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. 174
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Proposals 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 000
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Proposers 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 100
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Proposals 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. 100
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Parergon 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. 111
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 16/05/2026CFP: 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... 053
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 21/04/2026CFP: An extraordinary substance, a history of blood and demons across time #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/cfp-an-... 032
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 21/04/2026ANZAMEMS Seminar Proposals for 2026 and 2027 #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/anzamem... 055
Reposted by ANZAMEMSSarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 20/04/2026What 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-...arkeonews.net6th-Century Fire in Phanagoria Reveals Lost Wallets Filled with Ancient Coins—Including Counterfeits - Arkeonews6th-century fire in Phanagoria reveals lost wallets filled with ancient Bosporan coins, including rare counterfeits, offering new insight 05719
Reposted by ANZAMEMSDr Matt Firth @mattfirth.bsky.social · 21/04/2026The 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... 02312
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Funded Joint CNRS (France) – University of Melbourne PhD Opportunities #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/funded-... 023
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 14/04/2026ANZAMEMS Seminar Report #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/anzamem... 021
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 13/04/20262026 Joseph Burke Lecture in Art History #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/2026-jo... 042
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 31/03/2026European Arthurs, Medieval to Modern, Marie Sklodowska Curie Doctoral Training Network #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/europea... 022
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Health and the Environment in the Preindustrial World: Multidisciplinary Approaches #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/health-... 011
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 31/03/2026National Library of Australia Scholarships #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/nationa... 011
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 23/03/2026ANZAMEMS Postgraduate Peer Support Group #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/anzamem... 021
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Registration Open: 5th Triennial Early Modern British and Irish Catholicism Conference #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/registr... 000
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 23/03/2026EOI: Co-editor, Journal of Religious History #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/eoi-co-... 010
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 12/03/2026ANZAMEMS Reading Group #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/anzamem... 021
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Lecturer in Medieval and Early Modern History, ANU #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/lecture... 079
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Online Summer Latin Program, University of Toronto #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/online-... 011
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Seminar: The Ongoing Presence of the Apocalypse in the Middle Ages #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/seminar... 020
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 26/02/2026National Library of Australia Fellowships #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/nationa... 021
Reposted by ANZAMEMSSarah Bendall @sarahabendall.bsky.social · 24/02/2026As 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... 313871
Reposted by ANZAMEMSDr Matt Firth @mattfirth.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Another 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... 0123
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Funded PhD Opportunity #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/funded-... 011
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 16/02/2026CFP: Growing Up in the Early Modern World #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/cfp-gro... 076
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Parergon 2026 Early Career Committee Call for Nominations #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/parergo... 011
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Book Launch: The Monuments of Westminster Abbey #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/book-la... 021
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 17/01/2026CFP: Tyranny, Resistance, and the Performance of Early Modern Drama #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/cfp-tyr... 075
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 17/01/2026CFP: Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/cfp-spa... 030
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Issue 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.... 24618
ANZAMEMS @anzamems.bsky.social · 12/01/2026To be fair, we didn't exist until 1996, so we can claim plausible deniability... 100
Reposted by ANZAMEMSNat Cutter @natcutter.bsky.social · 11/12/2025So 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... 1214336
Reposted by ANZAMEMSErin Sebo @erinsebo.bsky.social · 08/12/2025So 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! 0305
Reposted by ANZAMEMSPremodern Healthscaping @prosanitate.bsky.social · 09/12/2025We 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. 022
Reposted by ANZAMEMSMonash Medieval & Renaissance Studies @monashcmrs.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Please 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 Denisroutledge.comA New Material Interpretation of Twelfth-Century Architecture: Reconstructing the Abbey of Saint-DenisToday, 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... 172
Reposted by ANZAMEMSErin Sebo @erinsebo.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Guess who's hosting the next @anzamems.bsky.social conference?! Can't wait to see you all @flindersuniversity.bsky.social in 2027! 16411
Reposted by ANZAMEMSDr 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" 062