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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 4h

A speaker at last year's Winter Conference, we're delighted to welcome Anna back this year to teach three common letter closing techniques, while discussing how this unique craft has been preserved or destroyed in library and archive collections 📚️

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 4h

This workshop will focus on the practice of ornate letter sealing, the primary method used to protect mail correspondence before the invention of the self-adhesive envelope in the 19th century ✉️

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 4h

🚨 SCHEDULE REVEAL KLAXON 🚨 We're thrilled to share with you another of our Sunday wellbeing workshops for this year's Winter Conference! 🥳 This November we'll be collaborating with Anna Mowery (@warburginstitute.bsky.social), who'll be delivering a hands-on crash course in letter-locking .

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Attention applicants to the MEMRN Winter Conference 2026! Outcome emails should be hitting your inboxes! We're so looking forward to having you all join us in Norwich for this year's event ⚔️

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Join us at 6pm GMT via Microsoft Teams on October 27th 2026. Members of our mailing list will receive the meeting link in advance of the meeting, but if you would like to attend, please contact us via email or DM. Alternatively, sign up to our mailing list via our website. See you there!

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Dear MEMRN community & friends - the month of Samhain is upon us we have another two wonderful speakers presenting their research at our monthly online research seminar! 🎃 This month we have Sabrina Se Nie Ho and & Brittany Lugo. We are delighted to have the two of them join us for this seminar!

MEMRN meeting on 27th October 2026, 6pm GMT. Sabrina Se Nie Ho, an independent scholar, is presenting ‘Amuletic Charms & Charming Amulets: Textual Magic in York Minster Library MS XVI.E.32’. Join us on Microsoft Teams. Email us or DM for the meeting link.

MEMRN meeting on 27th October 2026, 6pm GMT. Brittany Lugo, from Fordham University is presenting ‘The Moral Grammar of Colour: Late Antique Foundations of Racial Frameworks’. Join us on Microsoft Teams. Email us or DM for the meeting link.

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Brigitte Webster @tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Absolutely loved Rebeca’s paper on Fitzherbert’s Book of Husbandry as a devotional guidance book for the gentry. I have grown very found of it myself throughout my own research into DIY literature in Tudor England. Looking forward to next month’s talk @memrn.bsky.social

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Thank you so much for joining us Brigitte! See you next time!

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Don’t miss our monthly online research seminar, tonight at 6:30pm BST! Unfortunately due to unexpected scheduling problems, Tamar van Riessen will be unable to join, but we look forward to welcoming her in 2027! In the meantime, join us to hear all about Rebeca Gouveia’s work! Email us to attend!

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Conference registration will be launching soon, so if you want to have a go, clear your schedules and come and join us in Norwich from the 12th-15th November! 🎉

Tabletop exhibit showing medieval illuminated manuscript reproductions mounted on a wooden board with labeled paint swatches, raw pigment samples and small glass vials demonstrating historical pigments used for manuscript illumination.

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A blend of experimental scholarship and a mindful wellbeing workshop, we think it's just the right way to end another busy conference weekend! 🎨 🖌️

Three of our 2025 delegates work hard on painting their bestiary pages from last year's workshop

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In this year's 'Marginal Mischief' workshop, Ross will guide our delegates in making work inspired by the cheeky characters of the margins of a medieval manuscript! Enjoy the opportunity to mix and paint with your own authentic medieval pigments under the watchful eye of our 14th century scribe!

One of last year's delegates proudly shows their white pigment, mixed into medieval paint.

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

🚨 SCHEDULE REVEAL 🚨 Sunday 15th November | Marginal Mischief! You know how we like to take some time on the last day of conference to do something creative! This November, we are thrilled to welcome back Ross Chettleburgh of NANMA Reenactment to run our very own scriptorium!

Ross, in the historical costume of a 14th century scribe, demonstrates medieval illumination painting to students around a table, using shells, small pots of pigment, brushes and worksheets titled "Making a Bestiary."

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It’s DEADLINE DAY for the MEMRN Winter Conference 2026! 🚨 If you haven’t yet submitted an abstract to join us in Norwich from the 12th-15th November, today is your last chance! Find all the details here: memrnchase.wordpress.com/memrn-winter...

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MEMRN Winter Conference 2026: Otherworlds The MEMRN Committee are delighted to announce that our popular Winter Conference event is returning for a third year! Generously supported by the CHASE doc…

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Dr Nazlin Bhimani @nazlinbhimani.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Some good news – a new library! Shakespeare’s Globe has opened a new public library and archive holding more than 6,000 books, original texts, recordings of productions and other treasures from the theatre’s history. www.thebookseller.com/news/shakesp... #Shakespeare #TheatreHistory #Renaissance

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Shakespeare library and archive containing 6,000 books opens under the Globe theatre

The theatre has opened its newly renovated research and collection centre, which features London’s only publicly accessible dedicated Shakespeare library and archive

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

So, this is your final call to finally submit that abstract! We can’t wait to welcome you to the University of East Anglia and the historic cathedral city of Norwich 🏰 Avoid the FOMO and come and join us! #medieval #earlymodern #earlycareerresearchers #academia

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We invite abstracts of up to 300 words for individual research papers of twenty minutes in length (or 700 words for a panel of three people presenting on a particular subject or sub-theme).

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🚨 ONLY ONE DAY TO GO 🚨 The Call for Papers for our Winter Conference ends tomorrow on Friday, the 25th of September, at midnight. If you haven't already submitted an abstract, what are you waiting for? Take the leap!

Final Call Poster for "Otherworlds": a massive purple dragon breathes fire over a burning landscape.

The text reads "Final Call! The Deadline for Submissions Ends Tomorrow at Midnight!" with CHASE and University of East Anglia logos along the bottom.

How to Apply for the MEMRN Winter Conference! It is open to all UK and overseas postgraduates. Email your submission to chasememrn@gmail.com with your name and 'Conference Paper Submission' in the subject line. Indicate whether you plan to present in person or remotely, and your funding status.

Deadline for submissions is midnight on Friday 25th September

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

September’s online research seminar is only a week away and you won’t want to miss it! We can’t wait to welcome our two exciting speakers! If you aren’t already subscribed to our mailing list to receive the meeting invite, you can do so on our website. Or, if you’d like to attend, drop us an email

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Just a few days left to submit for our Winter Conference! Share the news widely with your networks & come and join us in Norwich for this lovely, relaxed & supportive event

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We invite abstracts of up to 300 words for individual research papers of twenty minutes in length (or 700 words for a panel of three people presenting on a particular subject or sub-theme). You can find the full call for papers and submission information on our website! What are you waiting for?

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🚨 Deadline approaching! 🚨 Our Winter Conference call for papers deadline is midnight, Friday 25th September, which means there's only one week to go! If you haven't already submitted an abstract, why not? Surely no one wants to be finishing their abstract minutes before the deadline... do they? 👀

A dragon peers down at text reading: Otherworlds, One week to go! Call for Papers deadline, midnight Friday 25th September.

The MEMRN conference, kindly sponsored by CHASE (AHRC), is open to all UK and overseas postgraduates, professionals & practitioners. This includes independent researchers who are unaffiliated at this time. To submit your abstract: email your submission to chasememrn@gmail.com, with your name & ‘Conference Paper Submission’ in the subject line. When submitting your abstract, please indicate whether you plan to present in-person or remotely; include your institution (if applicable) and, if from a CHASE-affiliated university institution, whether or not you are directly funded by CHASE. Deadline for submissions: Friday 25th September

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Less than two weeks until our monthly online research seminar? 😱 We can’t wait to welcome Tamar van Riessen and Rebeca Gouveia to present their work, with time for questions from our friendly community audience. If you’d like to come along and aren’t on our mailing list, drop us an email!

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Our Thursday activities give delegates heading to Norwich a day early informal opportunities to mingle with their fellow participants, meet the MEMRN Committee, and break the ice a little ahead of this year's main event. We can't wait to meet you all! 🙌 #medieval #earlymodern #academia #memrn

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Finally, the evening sees the return of a beloved MEMRN tradition: the Norwich Historic Pub Crawl! 🍻 We'll be kicking off the evening, as ever, with drinks at the glorious Adam & Eve. Norwich's oldest boozer, this picturesque pub has been keeping locals well-watered since 1249!

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

In the afternoon, we'll visit to the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts. Located on the UEA main Campus, this award-winning global art museum is known for its pioneering 'Living Art' ethos and its accessible 'pay-what-you-can' approach.

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Join us in the morning (10am - 1pm) for Research Remixed, a relaxed, drop-in crafts session 🎨 Indulge your creativity and reimagine your research as a mixed media masterpiece using recycled materials.

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

🚨 SCHEDULE REVEAL 🚨 Arrival Day | Thursday 12th November | Arriving in Norwich the day before conference and don't know what to do with yourself? You're in luck! 🎉 It's time to reveal our Thursday programme!

Two pictures of the Research Remixed workshop taking place. The top image shows people gathered together choosing the craft materials they'd like to use. A vast range of recycled fabrics and paper are strewn across the table. The bottom image shows participants hard at work creating their collage masterpieces based on their own research.

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

MEMRN's monthly online research seminars are free and open to all, whatever your relationship to MEMs studies. Join us at 6:30pm BST via Microsoft Teams on September 29th 2026. If you would like to attend and are not part of our mailing list, please contact us via email or DM. See you there!

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Hwæt! MEMRN community & friends - we have two fantastic speakers lined up for our monthly online research seminar! We are delighted to welcome Tamar van Riessen and Rebeca Gouveia to present to our friendly community, followed by a short Q&A. Come along and join us for two very exciting talks!

MEMRN meeting on 29th September 2026, 6:30pm BST. Tamar van Riessen from University of Exeter is presenting ‘ 'Global Encounters in the Early Modern English Country House: Pieter van Roestraten (1630-1700) and Burghley House'’. Join us on Microsoft Teams. Email us or DM for the meeting link.

MEMRN meeting on 29th September 2026, 6:30pm BST. Rebeca Gouveia from University of Brasilia is presenting ‘’Everyman is captain of his own soul:’’ Catholic Devotion in Henry VIII’s England'. Join us on Microsoft Teams. Email us or DM for the meeting link.

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Conference speakers can reserve priority spaces for their chosen activities, so submit an abstract now to get your weapon of choice! ⚔️ You have until midnight on Friday September 25th and you can find all the info on how to submit on our previous posts, or our website. Check out the link in our bio!

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

🚨 SCHEDULE REVEAL 🚨 The first rule of Knight Club is that we ALWAYS talk about Knight Club! 😏 We are thrilled for our first schedule reveal for this year’s Winter Conference - Knight Club! We are once again partnering with our friends at Norwich Medieval Armoured Combat 📸: @fullcontactframes

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

If you have questions or require some support to submit an abstract, please get in touch with our friendly team via chasememrn@gmail.com. We want YOU to be involved and we’re here to help! So, what are you waiting for?! Get your abstracts together and submit to the coolest conference in town 🙌

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Submit your abstract for a 20-minute individual research paper, or propose a panel of three presentations centred around a specific sub-theme. All the details on how to submit your abstract are available on our website (linked in our bio) or on our previous social media posts.

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🚨 22 DAYS TO GO 🚨 Can you believe it’s September already!? That means it’s time to remind you all that submissions are open for the MEMRN Winter Conference in Norwich at the @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social until midnight on Friday, September 25th ⏰

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Chloe Fairbanks @fairbanc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

📢 Excited to announce this Call for Papers for 'Imagining Diﬀerence in Early Modern London', a conference exploring how EM Londoners experienced and negotiated forms of diﬀerence.

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Today's the day! Our August research seminar is happening tonight at 6pm BST where the wonderful Dr Julia Martins will present her research! Come and join us for an interesting talk and a lively Q&A after! If you'd like to join, just drop us an email or a DM! Our meetings are free and open to all!

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

You still have time until Friday, the 25th of September, to submit an abstract for our Winter Conference taking place from the 12th-15th of November! The theme is 'Otherworlds' and we cannot wait to see your interpretations! We're excited to welcome you all in Norwich and learn about your research!

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Don't forget about our monthly online research seminar on Tuesday, August 25th at 6pm BST. The wonderful Dr Julia Martins will give a talk which will be followed by a short Q&A! You can email us for the Teams link and we'll send it to you. Anyone is welcome at our seminars, we can't wait to see you!

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Have you checked out our call for papers yet? Have you submitted an abstract? If not, why not? MEMRN’s Winter Conference is a friendly and welcoming space that is here to support you no matter how many times you have (or haven’t) presented So check out the details below and get writing!

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Join us at 6pm BST via Microsoft Teams on August 25th 2026. Members of our mailing list will receive the meeting link in advance of the meeting, but if you would like to attend and are not part of our mailing list, please contact us via email or DM.

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

We are delighted to announce that our August online research seminar will have public historian Dr Julia Martins presenting! Join us for this exciting talk, followed by a short Q&A. MEMRN's monthly online research seminars are free and open to all, whatever your relationship to MEMs studies.

MEMRN meeting on 25th August 2026, at 6pm BST. Public historian Dr Julia Martins is presenting ‘Witches or Healers? Afro-Brazilian Women Face the Portuguese Inquisition in the 18th Century’. Join us on Microsoft Teams. Email us or DM for the meeting link.

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Have you taken a look at our Call for Papers for the Winter Conference 2026 yet? Open to all postgraduates, ECRs, heritage professionals & creative practitioners, you can find all the details you need right here: memrnchase.wordpress.com/memrn-winter...

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The Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN) @memrn.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

This looks so good! Please feel free to email this over to chasememrn@gmail.com. We'd love to share it through our mailing list ☺️

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Society for Renaissance Studies @srsrensoc.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

#CfP: "Shakespeare's 'The Winter's Tale': From Page to Stage", 7-9 June 2027, University of Padua. Abstracts by 28 February 2027. rensoc.org.uk/announcement... #Skystorians #EarlyModernEvents

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Shakespeare's 'The Winter's Tale': From Page to Stage | Society for Renaissance Studies

Promoting the study of the Renaissance since 1967

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 11/08/2026

'History and Archives in Practice' 2027: call for participation now open for our annual gathering of historians and archivists, co-hosted with @ihr.bsky.social and TNA. HAP27's theme is connecting past and future with sessions on advocacy, value and applied history bit.ly/3RGHbWy #Skystorians

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'History and Archives in Practice' (HAP), 2027. Call for participation now open - RHS

History and Archives in Practice (HAP) is an annual partnership event, co-hosted by the Royal Historical Society, The National Archives, and the Institute of Historical Research. Now in its fifth year...

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Harry Spillane @harryspillane.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Happening on Monday - a chance to reflect on what Tyndale's achievement of producing the first English New Testament out of the original Greek means 500 years on. A free event at the Cambridge Round Church, with wine & cheese too. 'Eat, drink and be merry' is appropriately a phrase Tyndale coined!

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