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MAMO Conference 2027 @themamoconf.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Just over a week left to submit abstracts for MAMO 2027!

MAMO Conference 2027 @themamoconf.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

MAMO-ists will recognise the Guild from their stall at the 2025 conference, and likely for their brilliant work bringing creative-critical people together!

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MAMO Conference 2027 @themamoconf.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

A MAMO reminder that we're accepting abstracts through to 30th September. Thanks to everyone who has submitted proposals so far!

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Dr Laura Varnam @drlauravarnam.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Everyone who was at #NCS2026 should consider putting in papers for MAMO 2027 in Oxford! Join us!

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MAMO Conference 2027 @themamoconf.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

*Cough* out just in time for the 30th September CFP deadline for MAMO: a 1381 Uprising film 👀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3YO...

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The Uprising | Official Trailer (Andrew Garfield, 2026)

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MAMO Conference 2027 @themamoconf.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

❗It's here! The Call For Papers for MAMO 2027❗ - Seeking a broad range of proposals for papers and events, focusing on aspects of medievalism in the modern world. - Featuring some very special events and keynotes... - You can find a plaintext version of this CFP at shorturl.at/0FJjY.

CFP for MAMO 2027. You can find a plaintext version of this CFP at <https://shorturl.at/0FJjY>

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Hannah Armstrong @hjparmstrong.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

This is my Glastonbury! And what a line-up!

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MAMO Conference 2027 @themamoconf.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

MAMO IS BACK FOR 2027! Join us at Lincoln College, Oxford (@lincoln.ox.ac.uk) on 22-24 June 2027 for the 6th international Middle Ages in the Modern World conference. We can't wait to share more details. Watch out for a Call For Papers this summer, and you'll find updates on Bsky and 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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Michael Eden @michaeledenart.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

For those who may be interested ☺️ my slides and painting from my talk 'Gawain is Not a Hero' from the @themamoconf.bsky.social are available to view on the UAL research depository (no transcript as yet since its in peer review but plenty of information) ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/24...

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Gawain is Not a Hero? Tensions Between the Heroic and the Complex Subject in Representations of Sir Gawain in Art - UAL Research Online

UAL Research Online is the online showcase of the research produced at University of the Arts London. We hold, manage, share and preserve the research material produced by the University's researchers...

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Michael Eden @michaeledenart.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Some more images from MAMO conference @themamoconf.bsky.social I’m with esteemed company here, Professor Sarah Salih (KCL), Dr Josh Davies (KCL), and the wonderful Dr Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social (Oxford). Such a rich experience for me and lots of new friends made 😊

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Dr Emma Nuding @eknuding.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

back frm @themamoconf.bsky.social & inspired by 🌟 LOCAL MEDIEDVALISMS with co-pannelists @maiablumberg.bsky.social & @linseyhunter.bsky.social 🌟public interp of MA w/ @emilyrobinson.bsky.social & @krmaude.bsky.social 🌟 practical resistance to far-right MA use @menysnoweballes.bsky.social

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Mirabelle Dominé-Walley @mirabelledomine.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Wow thank you Laura, it was a pleasure to meet you and hear your feminist reimaginings of Beowulf! Thank you to all the excellent speakers, listeners and questioners at @themamoconf.bsky.social and the talented team who put it together. A special few days back at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

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Bluesky

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Dr Laura Varnam @drlauravarnam.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Thank you all! It was a great few days and a pleasure to be a part of it! Here’s to the next one!

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MAMO Conference 2027 @themamoconf.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

That's a wrap on MAMO 2025! Heartfelt thanks to everyone who attended, presented, chatted, and made it such an enjoyable conference. We welcomed nearly 150 across three days, heard over 100 papers, experienced 2 fire alarms, and had countless inspiring conversations on medievalism. Until MAMO #6!

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Michael Eden @michaeledenart.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

1/3: Delivering the keynote @themamoconf.bsky.social 2025 has been a wonderful (if daunting) highlight of my research activity, the painting below was made as a response to the invitation, it and the plenary were attempts to understand the women of the poem as more temporally complex figures...

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Dr Laura Varnam @drlauravarnam.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

The plenary talk by @michaeledenart.bsky.social at @themamoconf.bsky.social on Gawain & the Green Knight was ✨MAGNIFICENT✨ Michael’s artwork- incl his painting here, Gawain between Two Deaths- is fantastic 👏 Also, a total pleasure to chat to Michael at the conf too! 😘

Gawain Between Two Deaths painting by Michael Eden

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Dr Laura Varnam @drlauravarnam.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Such a pleasure to present at @themamoconf.bsky.social with the brilliant @daisyeblack.bsky.social and Sheila Passey. I’m in full flow here discussing my new poem in the voice of Princess Freawaru from Beowulf, inspired by Judith beheading Holofernes (while resisting girlboss feminism!!).

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Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Thank you @themamoconf.bsky.social for a great conference! Really well curated programme. Sorry to leave early but I have @medievalgender.bsky.social next week and much to do in between!

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Kirsty Bolton @lusignanmermaid.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

I just made my very first edit to @wikipedia.org in Fran and Lucy’s #MedievalWiki workshop @themamoconf.bsky.social #DigitalSkillz

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MAMO Conference 2027 @themamoconf.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Happening now! A Wiki-thon for MAMO 2025.

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Dr Lucy R. Hinnie @yclepit.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

On my way to London right this very minute for an exciting session at MAMO 👀🔥✅ #MAMOmonth

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MAMO Conference 2027 @themamoconf.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

It's the final day of MAMO! Expect it all: a Wikipedia workshop, mystics, Crusades, landscapes, Christianity, theory, pedagogy, scholarship... with a final plenary by @michaeledenart.bsky.social and a closing reception on the Terrace. See you there!

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MAMO Conference 2027 @themamoconf.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Three fantastic keynote roundtablers, who spoke beautifully on Public Chaucer. The historical Chaucer, literary Chaucer, creative Chaucer all overlapped in interesting ways. Caroline's book with ARC and Mary's with Manchester UP are for sale in the Council Room, along with many other MAMO speakers!

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MAMO Conference 2027 @themamoconf.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Some wonderful MAMO snaps from @drlauravarnam.bsky.social! MAMO Day 2 was stellar!

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James Worth @worthjrw.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

It was a pleasure chairing and speaking today at @themamoconf.bsky.social as part of the panel at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Strand Campus. Thanks to all the organisers for making this happen!

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Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Nearly 40 people at my @themamoconf.bsky.social workshop 😍

A classroom with people sat at tables and a PowerPoint slide saying what ways have we seen the medieval evoked by the far/extreme right?

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Boydell & Brewer @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Fresh from their plenary yesterday at #MAMO2025, Angela Weisl and Robert Squillace stopped by our stand this morning! Learn more about their collection "Medievalisms in a Global Age": buff.ly/oBs96Fl @themamoconf.bsky.social‬ #Medievalism

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Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Fascinating @themamoconf.bsky.social so far and so nice to connect with both old friends and new contacts!

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Justine Breton @bretonjustine.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

So sad to miss this year's @themamoconf.bsky.social, the program seems wonderful. If you're lucky enough to be there, feel free to share the various papers with us, and enjoy the conference! #médiévalisme #medievalism

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Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Excited for our session!! @themamoconf.bsky.social

Wednesday 25th June
10:00-10:30
Arrival [with refreshments in the Council Room]
10:30-12:00 Parallel Sessions 1
Session 1A: Online Use and Misuse [Room K016]
Chair: Gwen Seabourne
• Kenna L. Olsen (Mount Royal University):
Beyond Medieval Mimicry to Chaucer's Wicker House: Evoking Medieval English Experientialiality via Immersive Performances of Medieval English Texts
• Andrew B.R. Elliott (Independent Researcher):
Amusing, Awful, and Artificial: Al & Medievalism
• Rachel Moss (University of Northampton):
Medieval chivalry, social media and the emotional drivers of radicalisation into extreme right online cultures
Session 1B: The Middle Ages in Modern Games

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MAMO Conference 2027 @themamoconf.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

It's day two of MAMO! Looking forward to some fabulous papers today, including panels on medievalism and the epic, various uses and misuses of the medieval, Norse-Gothic medievalisms, a workshop on radicalisation with @menysnoweballes.bsky.social, and a game showcase with Slitherine!

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Dr Kate Cook @katexe.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Doing two different conferences/workshops this week, and so today I'm off to @themamoconf.bsky.social day two for more exciting games papers, with a suitcase and train ticket to Durham ready for this evening. Exciting stuff all round.

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Dr Laura Varnam @drlauravarnam.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Looking forward to the second day of @themamoconf.bsky.social getting underway today! Esp for the performance this evening of @daisyeblack.bsky.social’s YDE & OLIVE in the amazing space of the KCL chapel!

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Dr Laura Varnam @drlauravarnam.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

I’ve had a great first day at @themamoconf.bsky.social conference, repping @guildmedmak.bsky.social at our stall in the Council Room and hearing some great papers! Excited for tomorrow! #mamo2025

Me beside the stall for the Guild of Medievalist Makers

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Dr Emma Nuding @eknuding.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

A packed & satisfying day of giving historical walking tours to secondary school students around #Lancaster 👣 but finally on the train heading to @themamoconf.bsky.social - looking forward to attending the oldest conference fully dedicated to medieval reception! 😃

A train window somewhere in the midlands

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MAMO Conference 2027 @themamoconf.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

We draw to the end of a whirlwind day at MAMO - including a brief fire alarm! - with our plenary by Angela Weisl and Robert Squillace, & a reception at the Terrace. All the papers have been fantastic, and we're grateful to @degruyterbrill.bsky.social and @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social for joining us!

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Boydell & Brewer @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

We're at the Middle Ages in the Modern World conference this week. Author Robert Houghton stopped by or stand to say hello! Find out more about his book "The Middle Ages in Computer Games" buff.ly/B81ugFy #Medievalism @themamoconf.bsky.social‬ #MAMO25

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Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Teasers for my @themamoconf.bsky.social paper and the workshop I'm delivering tomorrow! See you soon, friends!

Image of Hitler in armour (The Standard Bearer by Hubert Lanzinger, c.1934-6) and title "Medieval Chivalry, Social Media and the Emotional Drivers of Radicalisation into Extreme Right Online Cultures"

Multicoloured powerpoint slide with workshop title, Online Radicalisation: Medievalism and the Extreme Right

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De Gruyter Brill Medieval & Early Modern Studies @dgb-mem.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

First day at @themamoconf.bsky.social; really looking forward to the panels! Come check out all our books on #Medievalism (plus one picture book that accidentally got shipped to London).

A cardboard box on a wooden floor contains a selection of books, including academic titles and a colorful children's book in German. The visible titles include “Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians, and Women in Tenth-Century England” and a children’s book by Janosch titled "Mutter sag, wer macht die Kinder?" (translated: "Mother, tell me, who makes the children?"). Other books are stacked nearby, with visible academic titles from De Gruyter and Brill, such as "Medieval Futurity".

A De Gruyter Brill book display is set up on a table covered with a branded dark blue cloth in a formal room with blue curtains and a portrait on the wall. The table showcases a range of academic books across various topics, with promotional signs and red tote bags hanging from the side. Sunlight streams through large windows in the background.

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MAMO Conference 2027 @themamoconf.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Today's the day - MAMO 2025 kicks off at King's College London, Strand Campus! Look out for our student helpers or conference organisers: Josh Davies, Rebecca Menmuir, and Sarah Salih. Ask us anything; or our inbox will be monitored: <themamoconference@gmail.com>.

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The Guild of Medievalist Makers @guildmedmak.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Our very own @drlauravarnam.bsky.social is representing us at the impressively expansive @themamoconf.bsky.social Do drop by to say hello, chat critical creativity and, if you are so inclined, join us!

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Philomena Wolf @philouw.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Can’t wait for MAMO to start tomorrow - so many fascinating papers! Also looking forward to talking about contemporary retellings of medieval material and a few of their retelling strategies on Thursday 🤗

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Daniel Sawyer @danielsawyer.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Looking forward to @themamoconf.bsky.social tomorrow.

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MAMO Conference 2027 @themamoconf.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

#MAMO attendees: check out this webpage for details on how to access King's Strand Campus. Scroll down for an especially handy campus map. When in doubt, head for St Mary le Strand church - the entrance is opposite! www.kcl.ac.uk/visit/strand...

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Strand Campus

Located on the north bank of the River Thames, the Strand Campus houses King's College London's arts and sciences faculties.

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MAMO Conference 2027 @themamoconf.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Taking Margery to Lynn! Find out more about @mirabelledomine.bsky.social and @lukeewalker.bsky.social's film project on Thursday's 'Modern Mysticism' panel at MAMO.

Hanseatic festival in King’s Lynn. Image: Mirabelle Dominé-Walley.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

All star cast !

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Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Have put together my workshop for @themamoconf.bsky.social today so I'm all set for tomorrow and Wednesday. Excited to see many friends old and new there!

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