The Michael Nightingale Memorial Lecture took place on Tuesday evening and it was great to welcome an excited audience of Kent MEMS staff, postgraduates and friends, as well as CAMEMS trustees, truste...

Brook Rural Museum’s annual Michael Nightingale Memorial Lecture, in conjunction with Kent MEMS will take place on Tuesday 22 September at 7pm. It will be preceded by a wine reception from 6.30pm spon...

In August MEMS Lecturer Dr. Ed Roberts is leaving the University of Kent to take on a new position at Kings College London. He has kindly taken the time to write a blogpost for us reflecting on his ei...

In this weeks post hear about the experience of Eleanor Hex, one of our MEMS Lib editors, who recently took a placement at Lambeth Palace Library. If you have an event, placement, or conference you'd...

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The Maison Dieu is hosting a major academic conference on Fri 26 and Sat 27 June 2026, exploring the history of the Cinque Ports and maritime Kent.

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This week's blog is a sit-down interview about the Sandwich Medieval Centre and an event called 'Le Weekend' held each year. The trustee member interviewed is the centre's event organiser named Dave B...

This week's blog is a sit-down interview about the Sandwich Medieval Centre and an event called 'Le Weekend' held each year. The trustee member that was interviewed is the event organiser named Dave B...

MEMSfest is an annual conference organised by research students to promote the presentation of postgraduate research.

The the first-ever attempt to quantify and map the full destruction of religious houses during the German Peasants' War (1525-26).

Manuscripts collection

19 likes, 0 comments - mems_ukc on February 5, 2024: "Our first #MEMSNews of 2024! Already lots of exciting things have happened at the Centre for Medi..."

The worst days of COVID19 may be a bad memory now but a lockdown library still has its uses. The dangers to out way of living come not just from a deadly virus, as has been shown by the cyber-attack o...

MEMSlib is an initiative of the Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) at the University of Kent. This is a space where students and researchers can share their research interests and loo...