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Christine... @cbmedieval.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

📣 TOMORROW! Join Prof Mark Bailey to explore how the Black Death and recurring plague outbreaks transformed farming in medieval England. 🗓️ 22 Sept, 7pm 📍Templeman Library, University of Kent 🍷 Drinks reception at 6.30pm | FREE | Everyone welcome!

Advertising poster for Prof Mark Bailey's free talk on 'English Agriculture in the Age of the Black Death, 1300-1500'

Mark Bailey is Professor of Late Medieval History at the University of East Anglia, in 2019 he was the James Ford Lecturer at the University of Oxford, and his Ford Lectures have been published as 'After the Black Death' by OUP.

Parking is free in University of Kent car park after 5pm.

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Christine... @cbmedieval.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Trying to get some work done in a room with no aircon.

Saint Anthony, looking wearily into the distance, trying to read a book, surrounded by flames. Fifteenth-century manuscript illumination
Book of Hours
France, Lyon, ca. 1485
MS M.83 fol. 185v
Morgan Library, New York

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Christine... @cbmedieval.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Want to hear me talk about a 14th century punch-up at a funeral? 🫯⚰️💀 Then register for the 2026 MEMSFest @kent.ac.uk! 👉 memsfestival.wordpress.com

MEMSFest Programme held at the University of Kent on 19th and 20th June 2026.

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Christine... @cbmedieval.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

🚨 Join us tonight for the Renaissance Lecture 2026! Prof Catherine Richardson explores the 'Middling Sort' and their material practices in Early Modern England - so expect plenty of textiles, dress and cushions. 🗓️ 21 May ⏰ 6 pm 📍 Templeman LT, University of Kent ✨ Public lecture - All welcome!

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Christine... @cbmedieval.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

SAVE THE DATE ! 🏰 Canterbury Medieval Weekend 2026 🏰 Join leading historians for a weekend of discovery, debate & medieval insight! 📅 Fri 1 - Sun 3 May 2026 📍 University of Kent Speakers include: Imogen Corrigan, Helen Castor, Marc Morris & more! Tickets 👉 history-weekends.org #medievalsky

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Christine... @cbmedieval.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

📜 Assassins and Templars: A Battle in Myth and Blood Hear from Dr Steve Tibble about two extraordinary medieval organisations at the Anselm Lecture 2025. 📅 Thu 30 Oct 25, 6pm 📍 Templeman Library, University of Kent 🍷 Post-lecture drinks ✨ Free | ALL WELCOME! #CAMEMS #MEMS

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Christine... @cbmedieval.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

🗓️ Sat 18th October 2025 to Sun 29th March 2026 🏛️ The Beaney, Canterbury 'What Remains? Canterbury's Ancestors: Ethics, History & Science' An exhibition exploring the science, history, and ethics related to displaying human remains in museums. #CAT #CCCU

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Christine... @cbmedieval.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

#CAMEMS Nightingale Lecture coming up next week - 'Conserving Intangibility: significance of change in heritage collection' Victoria Stevens, West Dean College 📍Templeman Lecture Theatre 🗓️ Tues 23rd Sept, 7pm Drinks reception at 6.30pm FREE, and open to all!

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Christine... @cbmedieval.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Two great lectures coming up this month. Open to the public - all welcome! #CHAS #CAMEMS

Poster advertising a talk by Steve O'Hanlon on 'Monks behaving badly: The extraordinary story of Peter de Dene and St Augustine's Abbey' at St Paul's Church, Canterbury, CT1 1NH. 10th September 2025, 7pm.

A poster advertising a lecture by Victoria Stevens titled 'Conserving Intangibility: significance of change in heritage collection', held at the Templeman Lecture Theatre, University of Kent. 23rd September 2025 at 7pm. Wine reception 6.30pm.

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Christine... @cbmedieval.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Spent the afternoon at St Mildred's Church as part of the Canterbury Medieval Pageant 2025 — pilgrim songs, pilgrim shells, and beautiful surroundings. #CKHH #HistoryMatters

A large medieval church window. Most of the glass is plain, interlaced with lead calmes. In the centre of the window is a kneeling stained glass figure of a female saint dressed in blue. The name below the figure is 'st mildred'.

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Christine... @cbmedieval.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Another fascinating day at #GMS2025 comes to an end by celebrating book launches on medieval animals and reconsidering consent and coercion in medieval literature.

In a large lecture theatre, five women are gathered around a small coffee table engaged in discussion in front of an audience. Behind them is a large screen displaying the cover of a book. The book's title is: 'Reconsidering Consent and Coercion - Power, Vulnerability, and Sexual Violence in Medieval Literature'.

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Christine... @cbmedieval.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Great first day of the Gender & Medieval Studies 2025 Conference. Thanks to Dr Diane Heath @medievalcanter.bsky.social and #CKHH Dr Sheila Sweetinburgh for organising! Looking forward to tomorrow! #GMS2025

Front cover of the lecture/workshop programme for the 2025 Gender and Medieval Studies Conference on Gender: Charity and Care held from 2-5 July in Canterbury

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Christine... @cbmedieval.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Nice to go and visit a different campus for a change! #DrillHallLibrary #Medway

Sunny morning with blue skies. Looking up at an imposing red-brick Edwardian building with large neo-gothic windows.

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Christine... @cbmedieval.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

@memsfestival.bsky.social MEMS Festival 2025 this weekend - will be great to hear from #CKHH PhDs about their current research on Saturday!

Our programme is live! Join us for two amazing days of presentations and workshops at this year’s MEMS Festival! Register your interest at the link in our bio (Twitter/X) and check out our full program on our instagram @mems_festival.

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Christine... @cbmedieval.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Had a great time at Prof Rachel Koopmans' workshop today @cburycathedral.bsky.social with fellow #CKHH and @memsunikent.bsky.social peeps, reading miracles of Thomas Becket. Great opportunity to explore the use of space, and getting a chance to look at the stained glass in detail!

Professor Rachel Koopmans is standing behind a lectern in the medieval Chapter House of Canterbury Cathedral

Large, early Gothic, stained glass window (n.II) in the Trinity Chapel of Canterbury Cathedral, depicting, among other miracles, a series of panes about a plague at the house of Jordan Fitzeisulf

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Christine... @cbmedieval.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Great 2025 Becket Lecture (and book launch) this evening by Prof Rachel Koopmans, discussing Benedict of Peterborough and Thomas Becket's Passion and Miracles #CKHH @cccubookshop.bsky.social

Professor Rachel Koopmans standing in front of a large projector screen entitled Murder, Miracles, Liturgy, and Stained Glass: Thomas Becket and Benedict of Peterborough

Book cover of The Passions and Miracles of St. Thomas Becket by Benedict of Peterborough, translated by Rachel Koopmans

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Christine... @cbmedieval.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

#MaritimeKent website and database are now live! #MaritimeBritain #CKHH maritimebritain.org/maritime_kent/

Section of the Bodleian Library's Gough Map depicting the area of Kent with Dover at the top of the map facing out into the English Channel

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Christine... @cbmedieval.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

This afternoon, bringing a great #TudorsStuarts History Weekend to a close, is @jackieeales.bsky.social discussing women's roles in the English Civil Wars #CKHH #Canterbury

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Christine... @cbmedieval.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

And for our next talk at #TudorsStuarts we have @chloeireton.bsky.social speaking on slavery and freedom in black thought, in Early Modern Spain #CKHH #Canterbury

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Christine... @cbmedieval.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

And we're off! First lecture of the day is @davehitchcock.bsky.social discussing views of poverty in the Early Modern period #TudorsStuarts #CKHH #Canterbury

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Christine... @cbmedieval.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Setting up for the final day of #TudorsStuarts History Weekend 2025! With lectures on poverty in writing, slavery, freedom, and women in the Civil Wars #CKHH #Canterbury

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Christine... @cbmedieval.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

For the final lecture of today's #TudorsStuarts, Prof Anthony Musson speaks on Henry VIII's progresses and their impact on local communities #CKHH

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Christine... @cbmedieval.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Next session for this afternoon at #TudorsStuarts is @cjfaraday.bsky.social speaking on the sadly neglected art of the Tudors! #CKHH

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Christine... @cbmedieval.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

And now a talk by Prof Jessica Malay on Anne Clifford and the gentlemen in her household #TudorStuarts #CKHH

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Christine... @cbmedieval.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Up and running again after lunch with @glennrichardson.bsky.social discussing The Battle of Pavia on its 500th anniversary #TudorsStuarts #CKHH

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Christine... @cbmedieval.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Next session, we have Dr Rory Loughnane speaking on young Shakespeare, his early career and wider connections within English Drama in the 1580s #TudorsStuarts #CKHH

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Christine... @cbmedieval.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Kicking off #CKHH #TudorsStuarts this morning with a talk by Dr Astrid Stilma tracing ideas of tyranny in Stuart drama and popular responses to kingship.

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Christine... @cbmedieval.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Looking forward to the first full day of #TudorsStuarts History Weekend 2025! With lectures on Stuart Drama, Shakespeare, The Italian Wars, Anne Clifford, Tudor art, and finishing off with Henry VIII #CKHH ckhh.org.uk/tudors-stuar...

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Christine... @cbmedieval.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Great start to the Tudors & Stuarts weekend at #CKHH this evening: #AlisonWeir speaking on the life and reign of Mary I. Tickets still available for tomorrow and Sunday! ckhh.org.uk/tudors-stuar...

A dimly lit lecture theatre with a jumbo display screen on one wall. The screen is displaying a contemporary artist's interpretation of a Tudor painting, portraying a young Queen Mary I in vivid colours on a purple background

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Christine... @cbmedieval.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Morning of thoughtful conversations and engaging talks at @canterburyccuni.bsky.social online symposium on World Heritage Sites and Sustainability. Thank you to Dr Jane Lovell and all the speakers! @unesco.org @englishheritage.bsky.social #HistoricEngland @nationaltrust.org.uk

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Christine... @cbmedieval.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Great talk by @brodiewaddell.bsky.social tonight on writing precarity in the Early Modern period, and how petitioning gave 17th C 'workers' opportunities to be heard by those in power. #PowerOfPetitioning project here: petitioning.history.ac.uk

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