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Rachel A. Fletcher @rafletcher.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Interested in the history of #OldEnglish scholarship? @emgallimore.bsky.social, Thijs Porck and I will be editing a volume on OE in the long 19th century; if you'd like to contribute a chapter, the deadline for abstracts is 1 Sept 2026, first full drafts due Sept 2027. Spread the word! #medievalsky

Call for Contributions
Dynamics of Old English Scholarship in the Long Nineteenth Century: Discoveries, Disputes and the Development of a Discipline
ed. Rachel A. Fletcher, Ellen Gallimore & Thijs Porck
The long nineteenth century (1786–1914) was a dynamic and transformative period for the scholarly study of Old English.
The legacies of nineteenth-century scholarship remain deeply embedded in the study of Old English today. As a result, contemporary scholars must engage not only with early medieval language and literature itself, but also with the intellectual and ideological lenses through which nineteenth-century scholars recovered, edited and interpreted this material.
We hope to bring together a peer-reviewed edited volume with papers on various aspects of the scholarly study of Old English in the long nineteenth century, with an additional focus on European continental
contributions in line with the ERC-project EMERGENCE (‘Early Medieval English in NineteenthCentury Europe’). Proposals for chapter contributions of c. 8000 words are welcome from scholars from all academic backgrounds. First drafts full drafts are due at the end of September 2027.
Possible topics/themes include but are not limited to:
- Discoveries of Old English texts
- Disputes about linguistic or literary interpretations of Old English
- Developments in the discipline of Old English studies
- Personal, religious, political and ideological motivations for the study of Old English
- Biographical contributions about scholars of Old English
- Scholarly correspondence on Old English matters
- Editing and printing of Old English texts
- Teaching of Old English
Please send an abstract (500 words) and short bio (150 words) to Rachel A. Fletcher
(r.a.fletcher@hum.leidenuniv.nl), Ellen Gallimore (ellen.gallimore@york.ac.uk) and Thijs Porck (m.h.porck@hum.leidenuniv.nl) before 1 September 2026.

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Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

For our final seminar of the year, one of our convenors, @maiablumberg.bsky.social (QMUL), will speak on "'Unsightly specimens': medieval art in the public picture gallery". Online and in-person at @ihr.bsky.social, W 01/07, 17.30 BST. Details and registration: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

An photo of an altarpiece by Margaritone d'Arezzo of c.1263-4 from the National Gallery, London. The Madonna (wearing a black gown and red dress) and Child are depicted on a richly decorated gold background, flanked by biblical scenes.

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Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Fancy learning about post-medieval use (and abuse) of runes? There's still time to register for our seminar this Wednesday, 10 June (online and in-person), 17.30-19.00.

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Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

We have a great treat coming up in our next seminar, when Verena Höfig (Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich) and Kerstin Majewski (Ruhr University, Bochum) will speak on 'Runic Medievalisms: From Viking Aesthetics to Guido von List'. In-person at @ihr.bsky.social and online, 10/06/26 17.30, BST.

A circular silver pendant with a hole in the middle hangs from a chain against a black background. The pendant is adorned in a band around the edge with the runes of the elder futhark.

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Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

At our next seminar, @hjparmstrong.bsky.social (York) will speak on 'Rediscovering the Viking Road: 20th-Century British Writers in the Faroe Islands'. Online and in person at @ihr.bsky.social, 13/05/26, 17.30 BST. Abstract, details and registration: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

An attractive photograph of a rugged Faeroese coastline with high dark rocky cliffs covered with lush grass. A small settlement is in the centre with a mist-shrouded mountain in the background and a waterfall tumbling into the sea in the foreground.

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Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

A little bump for our event PLAYING WITH HISTORY - "This event brings together scholars, educators, and practitioners interested in examining how play—across its many forms—shapes, reflects, and reimagines the past." www.northampton.ac.uk/research/res... 🗃️

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Current and Future Events at the Centre for Historical Studies | UON

We have a calendar of exciting and enlightening events planned at the Centre for Historical Studies. See our upcoming events here

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Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

This Wednesday! @laurajcleaver.bsky.social on medieval manuscripts in the age of Modernism! Online and in-person at @ihr.bsky.social 17.30 GMT. There's still time to register for what will be a fantastic treat!

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Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

For our next seminar we're thrilled to have @laurajcleaver.bsky.social speaking on 'The market for medieval manuscripts in the age of Modernism, 1914-45'. 17.30 GMT Wed 25/03/26 at @ihr.bsky.social or online. Further details/registration at: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

An advertisement from a newspaper dated 1 December 1914 for 'The Caxton Head Catalogue', selling manuscripts and manuscript fragments from 'various countries from the tenth to the sixteenth centuries'. The advertisement has a header in a mock-illuminated style with a picture of Caxton on a shield, foliate decoration and the wording in an elaborate serifed typeface.

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Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Not too late to sign up for this terrific seminar with @saracharles.bsky.social speaking about her fascinating experiments in crafting medieval-style manuscripts. Free online and in-person at the IHR, W 25/02/26 at 17.30 GMT. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

For our next seminar we're thrilled to have @saracharles.bsky.social speaking on 'The challenges and constraints of making medieval manuscripts in the twenty-first century'. 17.30 GMT Wed 25/02/26 at @ihr.bsky.social or online. Further details/registration at: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Side-by-side images of a new medieval-style manuscript in production showing it before and after the application of an elaborate illuminated capital letter.

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Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Tomorrow, Weds 28/01 (NOT Fri as stated in the original post!). Come along in-person or join online to learn about the extraordinary and intriguing C20th interest in Kincardineshire/the Mearns in the somewhat obscure C10th figure of Finella, Lady of the Mearns. Medievalism in locality & landscape!

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Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Our first seminar of 2026 is coming soon! On Fri 28/01 @linseyhunter.bsky.social will be speaking on 'Landscapes and Location in the Retellings of the Legend of Finella, Lady of the Mearns, c.1900-c.1960' 17.30 UTC in person at the IHR or online. Abstract & details: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

A rural scene with a road heading into the distance. A sign points to 'Castleton of Kincardine', with a small group of trees covering earthworks - the remains of a castle - next to the road.

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Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

This Wednesday (5/11/25) 17.30 UTC, we're delighted to welcome Dr Peter Jones (Plymouth), who will be speaking on William Morris's travel in Iceland. Free to attend in person in the IHR or online, but please register in advance. Details, abstract and registration: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

A black-and-white photograph of William Morris with an old-fashioned relief map superimposed and the paper title in Icelandic.

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Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

We are back and in our first seminar of the new year bringing you not one but two excellent papers! Lucinda Menaul (KCL), "The Knight-In-Shining-Armour and the Ghost of Pegasus in William Morris’s The Earthly Paradise" and Yasmin Ibrahim (KCL) "Eleanor Hammond (1866-1933): Scholar, and scribe".

A highly ornate title page from the Kelmscott edition of The Earthly Paradise by William Morris, with the initial lines of the prologue in a text box surrounded by intricate vine scroll decoration.

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Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

And a last reminder! Victorian cremation and Norse medievalism tonight, 17.30 GMT with @maggiepavleszek.bsky.social! Sign up at: www.history.ac.uk/events/resol...

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Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Not too late to sign up for this excellent seminar on Wednesday! And we are very happy to welcome our wonderful speaker, @maggiepavleszek.bsky.social, to Bluesky. Come and hear all about her work!

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Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

For our next seminar, Maggie Pavleszek (York) will be speaking on '"Resolved into ashes": Norse Medievalism and Cremation in C19th Britain'. Weds 30/04, 17.30 GMT (online only). Free but please register to attend. Further details, abstract and registration at: www.history.ac.uk/events/resol...

A nineteenth-century black-and-white book illustration. A number of Viking warriors, some of them with winged or horned helmets, are carrying a shrouded corpse on a bier. In the distance a man is carrying a torch, presumably to set light to the dead warrior.

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Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Wonderful to be able to welcome @themamoconf.bsky.social to Bluesky! MAMO London is coming up 24-26 June 2025 and the programme and details of how to register are at: themamo.org

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The Middle Ages in the Modern World

A multidisciplinary conference on medievalism in the post-Middle Ages

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Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

For our next seminar, @craighambling.bsky.social will be speaking on 'How Real is Too Real? Public History and the Interpretation of Medieval Martial Arts'. Weds 12/03, 17.30 GMT in person at @ihr.bsky.social and online. Further details and registration at: www.history.ac.uk/events/how-r...

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How Real is Too Real? Public History and the Interpretation of Medieval Martial Arts

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Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

We are in for a treat at our next seminar when Dr Michael Eden (University of the Arts) will speak on 'Failed Seriousness and a Subject Worth Fighting For: Representing Sir Gawain'. Wed 12/2/25 17.30 at @ihr.bsky.social or online. Info, abstract and registration at: www.history.ac.uk/events/faile...

A photograph of a sculpture comprising an empty stylised suit of armour posed as if arising from a prone position with its left arm raised.

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Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Still time to book your place for @mareganlefay.bsky.social's Arthurian delight on Thursday!

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Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

For our next seminar @mareganlefay.bsky.social (Bristol) will speak on 'Experiencing Arthur on site in medieval and early modern England'. Free in-person at @ihr.bsky.social and online, 17.30 UTC, Thurs 16/01/25. All welcome, but please register in advance. Info: www.history.ac.uk/events/exper...

The front cover of Dr Mary Bateman's 2024 book Local Place and the Arthurian Tradition in England and Wales, 1400-1700. Three bearded kings are depicted in colourful stained glass beneath three shields with heraldic imagery.

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Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Hwæt! For our next seminar Ian Felce (independent researcher) will speak on 'What? Beowulf and William Morris’s New Old English'. In-person at @ihr.bsky.social and online, 17.30 UTC, Weds 11/12/24. Free to attend and all welcome, but please register in advance at: www.history.ac.uk/events/what-...

The elaborately decorated opening pages of the 1895 Kelmscott Press edition of Beowulf created by William Morris and A.J. White, replete with vine-scrolls and black-letter font.

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Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Hello and welcome to all our new followers! We are a seminar group dedicated to discussion of the construction, use and appropriation of the Middle Ages in the post-medieval period. We meet on an approximately monthly basis during term times in-person at the University of London and online.

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Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

We're extremely pleased to bring you our next seminar: @lawrencewarner.bsky.social will be presenting on 'Popular Gawain, 1955-70, from Maureen Duffy to Pentangle' at 17.30 GMT Weds 13/11/24 in-person at @ihr.bsky.social and online. Details and sign-up at: www.history.ac.uk/events/popul...

An image depicting two older hardback book covers: The Green Knight - A Play by H.W.D. Manson on the left and The Paradox Players by Maureen Duffy on the right.

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Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 15/10/2024

Tomorrow, Wednesday 16/10/24, 17.30 BST, Dr Tonicha Upham on the first English translation of Ibn Fadlan, in-person at @ihr.bsky.social and online. Free to attend: please register at: www.history.ac.uk/events/awful...

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Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 07/10/2024

For our first seminar of 24-5, Dr Tonicha Upham (SAS, U of London) will speak on '"This awful and distressing circumstance": A Sudden Death, The Danish Literati, and the First English Translation of Ibn Fadlan', exploring the C19th fame of Ibn Fadlan's account of a Rus funeral. Weds 16/10, 17.30 BST

The title page from Rasmussen's 1814 Danish edition of Ibn Fadlan's Arabic account of a Rus funeral.

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Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 02/10/2024

Back for the 24-25 academic year, we're very pleased to unveil our schedule of seminars on post-medieval usage and appropriation of the Middle Ages! All seminars are either hybrid or fully online and free of charge. Registration in advance required at: www.history.ac.uk/seminars/int...

The events schedule for the IHR medievalism seminar for 2024-2025. Details of each seminar will be posted on Bluesky in advance.

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Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 07/06/2024

For our next seminar, we are delighted to welcome Mirabelle Dominé-Walley and Luke Walker, who will be speaking on 'Filming The Book of Margery Kempe', in person at KCL Bush House (S)2.03, 17.30, Weds 12/06/24. Info and registration: www.history.ac.uk/events/filmi...

A picture by Chloé Lecesne of the garden scene set for the Book of Margery Kempe film (based on some drawings in Sylvia Landsberg’s Medieval Garden).

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Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 14/05/2024

For our next seminar, we are delighted to welcome Dr Charlotte Rudman, who will be speaking on 'Capturing medieval London: framing and perspective', in person at KCL King's Building, 17.30, Thurs 16/05/24 Free to attend: full details and abstract at: www.history.ac.uk/events/captu...

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Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 20/03/2024

Still time to sign up for this talk tonight, but hurry! Details and registration in the link.

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Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 06/03/2024

For our next seminar, we are delighted to welcome Prof Patrick J Murphy (Miami) who will be speaking on 'Drawing Medievalism: Dialogue with the Past through Comics'. ONLINE ONLY, 17.30-19.00 GMT 20 March. Free but please register in advance. Abstract and link at: www.history.ac.uk/events/drawi...

An image of a character holding up a Bayeux Tapestry-style comic of eleventh-century English history.

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Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 28/02/2024

Tonight (28/02/24)! Dr Laura Varnam (Oxford) will be giving our next seminar, on '"Paramodern" Margery: Poetic Medievalisms and The Book of Margery Kempe' in-person at @ihr.bsky.social, 17.30. Abstract and further details at: www.history.ac.uk/events/param...

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Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 30/01/2024

For our next seminar we're delighted to welcome Dr Lillian Céspedes González who will be speaking on 'The Women of Beowulf in Popular Culture'. In-person at @ihr.bsky.social, 17.30 TOMORROW Weds 31 Jan. Full details at: www.history.ac.uk/events/women...

An image from a comic of Queen Wealhtheow.

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Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 12/12/2023

For our next seminar we're delighted to welcome Dr Matt Clancy (SAS, U. of London), who will be speaking on 'The Sword out of the Stone: Echoes of Arthurian Material Culture in the 21st Century'. 17.30-18.45, 13/12/23 in person at Senate House. Details: www.history.ac.uk/events/sword...

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Medievalism Seminar @ihrmedievalism.bsky.social · 23/11/2023

The 2023-4 seminar programme. The seminar is free to attend and open to all, but please register in advance for any individual session at: www.history.ac.uk/seminars/int....

A listing of seminars organised by the Interdisciplinary Seminar on Medievalism at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London. Details can be found at: https://www.history.ac.uk/seminars/interdisciplinary-seminar-medievalism

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