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Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies: a home for innovative interdisciplinary research from the medieval to the early modern in a World Heritage Site.

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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Congratulations to all our colleagues involved in "Stormin’ Durham’s Castles", a new project helping local communities discover, explore and celebrate Durham’s Norman heritage which has been awarded £98,000 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund! 🏰 Click below to register for the launch lecture:
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STORMIN’ DURHAM’S CASTLES Launch event
Durham is home to a remarkable collection of castles, historic buildings and stories that connect us to the Norman past. Stormin’ Durham’s Castles is a new National Lottery Heritage Fund-supported pro...
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Read more about the projects Richard, Rob and Joost work on at IMEMS here: www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins... @durham.ac.uk
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The event also featured papers from fellow IMEMS members Professor Kathryn Banks, Professor Fiona Robertson, and Dr Lizzie Swann. @languagesdurham.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This week, members of our #InventingFutures team, including Professor Richard Scholar, Dr Rob Twiss and Joost Oosterhuis, visited Sorbonne Université to participate in a workshop entitled 'Traduction, Adaptation, Invention en Europe à l’époque de la première modernité'.
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Did you know we publish books through our own academic press, an imprint of @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social? 📚 The Durham University IMEMS Press publishes volumes across a wealth of different subjects, by scholars at every career stage. Find out more here: www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 17/08/2026
‘In his introduction, Stephen Greenblatt writes that “keeping diaries and writing autobiographies did not become a widespread practice until the mid-17th century.” Felix Platter’s diary was precocious, just like him.’ @erinmaglaque.bsky.social on a Renaissance diary. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Erin Maglaque · Green into Gold: A Renaissance Diary
One​ morning in October 1552, Felix Platter left his hometown of Basel for Montpellier, where he was to study medicine...
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Today, the #IMEMSSpotlight is on Ava Siena Cohen, IMEMS Barker Doctoral Student on the #InventingFutures project ‘Daphne and her Sisters'! Read more about the project team here: www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The feeling when you get your hands on an IMEMS tote bag! ☀ Read more about our innovative medieval and early modern research here: www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
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Boydell & Brewer @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Through the story of Jacob Buyck, a 16th century exiled Catholic priest, @ewatson.bsky.social explores how book collections were used to build and define identity, and can endure as records of their owners' lives. Read the blog 👉 buff.ly/GEKwrgt @imems.bsky.social @catholicismsem.bsky.social
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
'For medieval people, reputation was paramount. To be considered reliable, reputable and respectable was important at all levels of society, from the king to the peasantry...' 👀 Another fascinating article by IMEMS member Dr Alex Brown!
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Congratulations to our student association, MEMSA, and particularly to conference co-convenors Ava Cohen and Joost Oosterhuis, on organising such a wonderful meeting of minds! 👏 📲 Follow @durhammemsa.bsky.social. to keep up with news and events from our postgraduate community.
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Today, the #IMEMSSpotlight is on Professor Rik Van Nieuwenhove! 📖🏷️Throughout August, you can order Rik's latest book, 'Providence, Evil and Salvation: A Thomist Perspective' with a 20% discount: tinyurl.com/529xukt6 @universitypress.cambridge.org @ccshistorycatholic.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Fascinating article from our member Dr Alex Brown!
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
📃 A second paper, 'Tragic Riddles in the Margins: A Syriac Invocation of the Story of Oedipus' can be accessed here: grbs.library.duke.edu/index.php/gr... Read more about Jacob and his research: durham.ac.uk/staff/jacob-...
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
📖Thekla in Syriac: The Acts of Thekla and Its Reception in Syriac Traditions, is available to order here: mohrsiebeck.com/en/book/thek...
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
👏 Huge congratulations to IMEMS member Dr Jacob Lollar, who has just had three publications appear, all in the same weekend! They include his third book, on the Syriac reception of the 'Acts of Thekla' and the cult of St Thekla, published by Mohr Siebeck.
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Behind the scenes, IMEMS has been a hive of activity, from grant capture, filming and podcasting, to events planning and partnership building. We can't wait to share more of our plans for 2026-27 - watch this space!
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
This year has seen: 🌟3 project teams created 🌟5 research fellowships hosted 🌟2 international conferences organised 🌟3 book-length works submitted to publishers 🌟9 journal articles accepted for publication
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
🎉The first year of our flagship programme of research at IMEMS, Inventing Futures, is drawing to a close, and to say it's been a whirlwind would be an understatement. Read more about Inventing Futures, generously funded by Joanna and Graham Barker, here: www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The event featured a keynote by Prof. David Howell (@harvard.edu) and presentations by interdisciplinary PG & postdoctoral students from @durham.ac.uk, @sheffielduni.bsky.social, @newcastleuni.bsky.social & @edinburghuni.bsky.social. Read about the research we support: durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
🌏💭 Last week, we hosted ‘Durham East Asia Postgraduate Research Conversations’. Organized by IMEMS member Sare Aricanli & theThinking East Asia (TEA) Research Cluster (@durhamhistory.bsky.social), the event also marked rthe inaugural meeting of the ‘East Asia in the North’ (EATN) network.
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
📍 This week, our Co-Director, Graeme Small, is at @uppsala for Things that Matter summer school. The summer school is a collaboration between @durham.ac.uk, University of Bern, University of Groningen, Tübingen University and @suhealthsci.bsky.social Read more: www.rug.nl/education/su...
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
It was a pleasure to welcome Anna Nsubuga, the UK Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, to IMEMS this morning. @unesco.bsky.social Later, Anna will deliver the inaugural annual lecture for @durham.ac.uk's new Centre for Heritage (CHeri).
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
🎉 A new publication from the IMEMS Press with @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social is on the way! Elise Watson's 'Print and Catholic Persistence in the Dutch Golden Age' is released on June 30 and is available for pre-order here: boydellandbrewer.com/book/print-a...
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
📸 Last week's @britishacademy.bsky.social and @wellcometrust.bsky.social -funded conference brought together a global community of scholars to explore the enduring power and complexity of early modern representations of gendered violence. Read more: www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Today, the #IMEMSSpotlight is on Dr Erin Maglaque! 📖 Find out more about 'Presence: A Hidden History of the Female Body' here: www.penguin.co.uk/books/465296...
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
and Péter Bokody (University of Plymouth) will present 'Reading and Viewing Giovanni Boccaccio's "The Nymph of Fiesole in Renaissance Florence'. (2/2)
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Session 3, 'Framing gendered violence in literature and art' is chaired by Corinne Saunders. Jessica Goethals (University of Alabama) is presenting 'The Gendered Sack of Rome'; (1/2)
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
and a paper by Marc Schachter ( @durham.ac.uk), 'Tyrannicide and Sexual Violence in Benedetto Varchi's Storia Fiorentina'. (2/2)
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Session 2,'Gendered violence in the historical record', is chaired by @tombhamilton.bsky.social (@durham.ac.uk) and includes a paper by Monica Calabritto (@huntercollege.bsky.social and @cuny.edu), 'Violence and Death in 16th-century Bologna: Issues of Gender'; (1/2)
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
and Jennifer Ingleheart (@durham_uni), presenting 'Golding's Translation of Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.424-674 (the episode of Tereus, Procne and Philomela' (3/3)
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Virginia Cox (University of Cambridge), whose paper is entitled 'Del tuo sangue innocente, ahi, carte vergo: the scandal of uxoricide in late-Renaissance Italian lyric'; (2/3)
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Session 1, 'Gendered violence across literary genres', is chaired by Ioannis Ziogas (@durham.ac.uk), with a panel including Annalisa Perrotta ( Università della Sapienza), presenting 'Resisting Violence: Women, Weapons and Armour in Chivalric Poems from Pulei to Ariosto'; (1/3)
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
It's the first day of our @britishacademy.bsky.social-funded conference 'Daphne and her Sisters: Framing Gendered Violence in Early Modern Literature and Art', part of the IMEMS Inventing Futures project of the same name! Read more about the project here: www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
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Dr Lily Chadwick @lilyrchadwick.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Fabulous to be back in Durham this week for Places and Spaces of Devotion. Im very grateful for the opportunity to give my paper on the interpretations of silence in early Quaker spiritual practices and to hear so many other fantastic papers on EM religious worship @imems.bsky.social @univ-amu.fr
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Tom Hamilton @tombhamilton.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Career Development Fellow in French & Francophone Studies (2 years) at Durham University 'we are especially interested to receive applications from those with specialisms in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries' Deadline 21 June, start Sept 2026 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRS327/c... @imems.bsky.social
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Boydell & Brewer @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Publishing this month ➡️ Print and Catholic Persistence in the Dutch Golden Age by Elise Watson reveals the hidden world of ephemeral Catholic print in the so-called Dutch Golden Age. Pre-order: buff.ly/Q25qoNR @ewatson.bsky.social @imems.bsky.social @catholicismsem.bsky.social
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Exciting news: IMEMS' John O’Brien & Marc Schachter have been awarded an Amy Wygant Bursary by @semfsuk.bsky.social to support the publication, by @durham.ac.uk IMEMS Press, of 'The Right to Resist: La Boétie’s "Of Voluntary Servitude" and Three Monarchomach Treatises'! @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Warmest congratulations to IMEMS member Dr Lorenzo Dell'Oso (@languagesdurham.bsky.social ) on being awarded the Pontremoli “Pier delle Vigne” Prize for Medieval Studies for 'Il poeta alle "scuole delli religiosi": Dante, Pietro delle Travi e il convento di Santa Croce (1294–1296)' (Carocci, 2026)!
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Boydell & Brewer @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Paolo Broggio discusses his new book, Criminal Justice and Peace-making in Early Modern Italy, with Tom Hamilton, Stuart Carroll, Amanda G. Madden and moderated by Krista Kesselring in this online book event. Watch here 👉 buff.ly/K6hULBz @imems.bsky.social @kjkesselring.bsky.social
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Criminal Justice and Peace-Making in Early Modern Italy - Book Discussion
Author Paolo Broggio in conversation with Tom Hamilton, Stuart Carroll, Amanda G. Madden, moderated by Krista Kesselring. His work explores private peace pacts in early modern Italy, challenging…
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
📢 Job Opportunity at @durham.ac.uk Bridging Fellow in Early Modern Italian Studies: durham.taleo.net/careersectio... IMEMS seeks to appoint a Bridging Fellow with research interests in the field of early modern Italian studies to the Inventing Futures research programme @languagesdurham.bsky.social
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Bridging Fellow in Early Modern Italian Studies
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
New publication alert for #ChristopherMarlowe scholars in the IMEMS community! 👇
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Tuesday saw our 'Imagining Alternatives' team participate in a workshop entitled 'Technologies of Wonder: Imagination and the History of Knowledge' at @qmul.bsky.social, where they were joined in a panel discussion by Professor David Colclough. Read more: www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
On Monday, Prof Richard Scholar, Dr Robert Twiss & Dr Laura Mattioli attended a conference at @mfoxford.bsky.social, Utopianism & Early Modern Scientific Collaboration. Read about their project, 'Imagining Alternatives', supported by Joanna and Graham Barker: www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
📅Next week the Inventing Futures team working on 'Imagining Alternatives: Utopia in the World' will present at @ox.ac.uk & @qmul.bsky.social 🧫Utopianism & Early Modern Scientific Collaboration| @mfoxford.bsky.social| 11 May 🧠Imagination & the History of Knowledge| @qmul.bsky.social| 12 May
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IMEMS Durham @imems.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
UPCOMING CONFERENCE: 'Daphne and Her Sisters: Framing Gendered Violence in Early Modern Literature and Art' | Durham University| 10-11 June 2026 📅 📲 Register now: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/briti...
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Daphne and her Sisters: framing gendered violence in Early Modern literature and art
Daphne and her Sisters explores representations of gendered violence in 15th- and 16th-century European literature and art, and the enduring cultural power of works often shaped by male perspectives. ...
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Durham History @durhamhistory.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Congratulations to Catherine-Rose Hailstone, whose book is now available to pre-order from Edinburgh University Press! *God, Demons, and Fear: Emotion, The Self, and Self-control in Gregory of Tours* edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-god-dem... @caterose.bsky.social @imems.bsky.social
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God, Demons, and Fear
God, Demons, and Fear
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Boydell & Brewer @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
🎉 Book launch! Learn more about Criminal Justice and Peace-Making in Early Modern Italy by Paolo Broggio at an online book event on Tuesday May 19th! 📅 Tuesday, May 19, 4pm (GMT) 5pm (CET) 11am (EST) 🖥️ Online Teams Call - buff.ly/4pRQHSc @imems.bsky.social
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Jessica Goethals @jessgoethals.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Looking forward to joining this great event!
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