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Borders, Boundaries, Barriers Conference @bordersboundaries.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

A week on, the Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers team are still recovering and looking for some much needed time off! We’ll be signing off for a bit of rest but thanks to everybody who supported, attended, and contributed to the conference!

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Borders, Boundaries, Barriers Conference @bordersboundaries.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Phwoar! David Thornton treating us to some great records and charters as part of his paper in suffragen bishops!

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Borders, Boundaries, Barriers Conference @bordersboundaries.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers well under way! Session. 1A is testing us to Susanne Marten-Finnis on middlemen in medieval Poland!

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Borders, Boundaries, Barriers Conference @bordersboundaries.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Day 1 of the conference is upon us! Professor Rio will be delivering a nice gentle welcome address, and then it's an action packed programme for the day, culminating in a poster presentation and wine reception this evening. Let's do it!

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Borders, Boundaries, Barriers Conference @bordersboundaries.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Important day for the Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers team! Main job, spotting our own name badges as they go off to the printers...

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Borders, Boundaries, Barriers Conference @bordersboundaries.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

One week! Just one week left to register for in-person attendance at Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages (20-21 April)! To mark the occasion, we have swanky new advertising posters (courtesy of Callie Jenman). Registration buytickets.at/bordersbound...

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Borders, Boundaries, Barriers Conference @bordersboundaries.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

In addition to the two days of ‘Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages’, (20-21 April) those who register also have the option to join us on the Oxford Medieval Jewish Walking tour on 19 April. Just two weeks left to register! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Borders, Boundaries, Barriers Conference @bordersboundaries.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

With 'Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages' (20-21 April) just around the corner Tash and @medievaljews.bsky.social are hard at work on the introduction. If you want to know about this 1515 map, do register by 6 March! docs.google.com/document/d/1... TNA MPCC 1/9

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Borders, Boundaries, Barriers Conference @bordersboundaries.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

And we are absolutely delighted to confirm that "Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers" will be opened by Professor Alice Rio (Chichele Professor of Medieval History, University of Oxford)! That completes the line up of speakers for our *little* conference...

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Borders, Boundaries, Barriers Conference @bordersboundaries.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

We are absolutely delighted that 'Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages' will be sponsored by @lincolnmedieval.bsky.social @ochjs.bsky.social Register here: buytickets.at/bordersbound... Programme: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Borders, Boundaries, Barriers Conference @bordersboundaries.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Sneak preview of the programme which will launch in the next week or two! Speakers and poster presenters have this already, but it's going to be... BIG! As things stand: - 37 presentations - 12 Poster presentations - 2 keynote lectures - 1 palaeography workshop - 1 saxophonist

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Borders, Boundaries, Barriers Conference @bordersboundaries.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

We are pleased to announce that the second keynote at the Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers conference will be given by the inimitable Professor Miri Rubin! Details to follow with the programme. Registration: buytickets.at/bordersbound...

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Borders, Boundaries, Barriers Conference @bordersboundaries.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

I don't mean to alarm anybody but we are very nearly there! For those who submitted proposals, keep an eye on your inbox next week. And if anybody wants to chair a session, get in touch!

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Borders, Boundaries, Barriers Conference @bordersboundaries.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

With the CFP now closed, and registration soon to open, we are delighted to announce our first Keynote Speaker. Prof. Pinchas Roth will explore how medieval English Jews were connected to, and influenced by, their continental co-religionists, and the implications of England being an Island.

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Borders, Boundaries, Barriers Conference @bordersboundaries.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

And that's a wrap! The deadline has now passed for submitting proposal for 'Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers' has now passed. Over the past 3 months, we've received 156 proposals from 38 countries (mapped here). It may take us some time to shortlist these... Talk amongst yourselves...

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Borders, Boundaries, Barriers Conference @bordersboundaries.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Just 11 (ELEVEN!!!) days to get your abstracts in for "Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages". In honour of the occasion, we feel it only appropriate to deploy the Count: 11... ah... ah... ah!

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Borders, Boundaries, Barriers Conference @bordersboundaries.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

CFP for Borders, Boundaries, Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages (20-21 April 2026). Deadline 15 September 2025.

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