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Seeräuber Áine @seerauberaine.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Are you a medievalist interested in 🐈‍⬛✨witchcraft✨🐈‍⬛? We're looking for papers for our @imc-leeds.bsky.social session 'Witches: Imaginary Enemies of the Community'. Submissions are open until 20 September. We'd love to hear from you!

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North West Medieval Studies Postgrad Network @northwestmedieval.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Special thanks to @emma-nelson.bsky.social for all her help, and to Chetham’s Library for hosting us in its beautiful historic spaces and giving us the opportunity to enjoy a close viewing of some amazing 15th-century manuscripts as part of the "Out of the Scope of this Paper" NWMS 2026 Symposium.

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North West Medieval Studies Postgrad Network @northwestmedieval.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

A huge thank you from the organisers, @joshcoulthard.bsky.social & @celinaberill.bsky.social, to all who joined for the Outside the Scope of this Paper, NWMS 2026 Symposium! We couldn't be happier with how the day unfolded. We're grateful for the fantastic presentations and inspiring discussions!

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Josh Coulthard @joshcoulthard.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Excited to open the call for papers for this strand and roundtable on the history of emotions for next year’s International Medieval Congress in Leeds @imc-leeds.bsky.social sponsored by @northwestmedieval.bsky.social #medievalsky #skystorians #imc2027

2027 marks the 25th anniversary of Barbara Rosenwein’s seminal article, ‘Worrying about Emotions in History’ (2002), in which she first put forward the concept of ‘emotional communities’. This framework has revolutionised our understanding of medieval emotions and, crucially, redefined the methodological possibilities available to researchers looking at past societies and structures. As we celebrate this milestone, this strand invites contributions from scholars at any career stage to address the question: What comes next?

In particular, we seek to explore the role of ‘non-productive’ emotions in historical research. Emotions and affects such as anxiety, discomfort, nostalgia, paranoia, melancholy, apathy, shame, and guilt have often been overlooked in medieval historiography because they frequently lack the dramatic traces left by more expressive emotions like anger, love, and joy. Yet, these states remain some of the most profound aspects of the human emotional experience, frequently underpinning the internal dynamics of governance, negotiation, and community cohesion.

Papers may address themes such as:
The methodological challenges of mapping ‘quiet’ or elusive affective states within medieval archives.
Case studies focusing on the role of apathy, anxiety, or paranoia during periods of transition, conflict, or institutional change.
How non-productive emotions shape relationships of power, diplomacy, authority, and dissent.
The interactions of materiality and material culture with non-productive emotions.
Temporalities and shifting landscapes of non-productive emotional histories.

Call for Roundtable Participants
In addition to research papers, we are organising a roundtable on this theme. To be considered for the roundtable, please send a short response (maximum 200 words) to the organisers addressing the question: ‘What can the study of non-productive emotions add to our histories?’

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Celina Berill Félix @celinaberill.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

A wonderful experience I should've shared sooner: This spring, I presented my paper at the PGR conference of the Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies on the visualisation of power in images of Saint Elisabeth of Hungary. It was inspiring to be among such amazing researchers!! @bristolcms.bsky.social

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Celina Berill Félix @celinaberill.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I had a fantastic time at the International Medieval Congress in Leeds this month, where I had the chance to share a glimpse of doctoral research through my paper: Visualising Female Asceticism: The Flagellation of St Elisabeth and St Hedwig in Late Medieval Imagery. #imc2026 @imc-leeds.bsky.social

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Josh Coulthard @joshcoulthard.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Featuring papers by @morbidmae.bsky.social, Anna Pririe @celinaberill.bsky.social, Poppy Philligreen, George Fowles, Jomar de Vrind, @emma-nelson.bsky.social, James Davison, @dr-r0bert.bsky.social, @edjfm.bsky.social, me, and Anna Probert!

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North West Medieval Studies Postgrad Network @northwestmedieval.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

🎉 CFP for the annual NWMS Postgrad Symposium. To be held at Chetham’s Library Tuesday 4th August 2026. Open to any PG or ECR. This year we are particularly interested in research rabbit holes that you had to cut! Email title, ~150 abstract and short bio to nwmsreading@gmail.com by 17th July 🎉

This year's North West Medieval Studies PGR
Symposium is all about the rabbit holes. Bring the weird tangents, abandoned footnotes, and fascinating distractions that were outside the scope of your paper, the stuff your supervisor told you to cut but you couldn't stop thinking about.
We are open to any postgraduate student or ECR working on any topic whether that be medieval or medievalism and papers may come from any disciplinary background, whether that be history. literature, archaeology or any other.
Tuesday 4th August 2026 Chetham's Library, Manchester
Register Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQUjQi17jv6Wa6Kk07uKKv6b0fr-rJqvirjJVMK4wAUhVE9g/viewform
Email abstracts of 150 words with a title and bio to nwmsreading@gmail.com by 17th July

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Josh Coulthard @joshcoulthard.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

We look forward to hearing your rabbit holes!

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Celina Berill Félix @celinaberill.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Just found this post 😊 - the photos were made last year, when I had the luck of giving a paper on the CHASE MEMRN Winter conference and meeting many wonderful people (some included in these photos). ✨️

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