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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 9h

Congratulations to Shannon McSheffrey and Walid A. Saleh, who have been elected Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada. www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/shannon...

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candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social @candlemarkandgleam.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Breath & Bone is another of @kvjohansen.bsky.social 's elegant, complicated fantasies featuring characters living with the consequences of their own actions. (Link to us but available at all the usual suspects.) www.candlemarkandgleam.com/shop/breath-...

Book cover: in a blue-toned forest, a dark-haired woman is just drawing a sword while at her side a shorter woman carrying a harp looks intently out of the image. Breath and Bone, K.V. Johansen. A long-retired swordswoman, savior of godlings and killer of emperors, takes to the road again with her shapeshifting companion and the ghost of her brother. A desperate girl needs their help to rescue her own lost brother — and the witch who holds him in thrall is their old enemy. “A wonderful tale of rescue and redemption.” — Tom Lloyd. “This fairytale-like stry has both teeth and heart.” — KD Edwards

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K.V. Johansen @kvjohansen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

For the morning people:

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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Another shocking loss of a medievalist from my Toronto cohort. I had many seminars with Cathy, most memorably Early Middle English Philology with George Rigg. What is it with everybody dying suddenly and young? www.yorku.ca/yfile/2026/0...

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Passings: Mary Catherine Davidson - YFile

An associate professor at Glendon, Mary Catherine Davidson was a passionate teacher of English whose enthusiasm was passed on to her students.

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It is with sadness that we announce the passing of CMS Alumna, Mary Catherine Davidson, a revered historian of the English language. www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/memoria...

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The Medieval Academy of America @medievalacademy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Celebration of New Scholarship at 2027 MAA Meeting - Call for Participation If you have recently seen a major research project to completion, please let us know! The 2027 Medieval Acad www.themedievalacademyblog.org/cele…

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Listen to "The Plague and Medieval Medicine" with Dr. Winston Black on Michelle Franklin's 'Legends and Lectures'. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgu8...

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The Plague and Medieval Medicine with Dr Winston Black

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This afternoon, beginning at 3:30 pm, please join us for the 2026 edition of the University of Toronto Colloquium in Medieval Philosophy, a Celebration of Deborah Black. The Colloquium continues tomorrow, September 19, at 9:30 am. uoft.me/2026TCMP

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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My Doktorvater!

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Friday, September 25, Michael Herren presents "Hisperica Famina III: Incipit, Finit, Amen?" at the Convivium. RSVP to attend in person or virtually via Zoom! www.medieval.utoronto.ca/events/micha...

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Curated by Ruba Kana'an, "Lines, Pattern, Action" with artists Faisal Anwar, Tazeen Qayyum, Amin Rehman, Emaan Shaikh, and Sumaira Tazeen, runs from September 14-December 5 at UTM's Blackwood Gallery. www.blackwoodgallery.ca/program/line...

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Congratulations to Graham Johnson, who successfully defended his dissertation, "'Inaudita in id genus versuum dulcedine': Educated Women in Early Medieval Germany, c.850–c.1050" on September 11, 2026! 👏 www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/graham-...

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Watch / Listen: Domenico Pietropaolo on “The Colours of Harlequin: Costumes, Cultural Adaptability, and Popular Culture” at Senior College, U of T. (September 9, 2026) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILHT...

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2026.09.09 Domenico Pietropaolo on Harlequin

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

👏 Congratulations to CMS Alumna Helen Marshall has won the 2026 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic for her novel "The Lady, the Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death" (Titan Books). www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/helen-m...

Helen Marshall, The Lady, The Tiger, and the Girl Who Loved Death

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Kirsty Campbell, CMS PhD 2006, has published “Knowing the raven will come” with Savage Realms, a magazine of fantasy, adventure, and sword and sorcery stories. us.amazon.com/Savage-Realm...

cover page reading Savage Realms Monthly. Tales of Swords and Sorcery, with an image of a warrior.

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Thursday, September 10, 10:30 am, @stratfest.bsky.social Meighen Forum: "Who was King James?" with CMS' Brent Miles www.stratfordfestival.ca/WhatsOn/Play...

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Congratulations to CMS PhD Student, Samuel MacPhee, who has been awarded the John E. Murdoch Prize from the History of Science Society for his paper, “Medical Averroism in the 'Defensor pacis'”. 👏 www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/samuel-...

centaur wearing an orange shirt and blue pointed cap is blowing a horn.

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Tear in to the latest Chronica! uoft.me/ChronicaXII We share stories about all of our exciting research, accomplishments, and memories!

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Alicia Smith @timekeptcity.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

And second, but with an earlier deadline of *15 Sept*, please propose a paper on the same theme of 'Saints Outside Hagiography' for @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2027 - a chance for more developed research to be put forward, in person at next year's Congress! Submit here: forms.cloud.microsoft/r/Qqv6AA7q4K

The Saints Outside Hagiography online workshop has been an illuminating and generative space to explore the many ways people encounter and create holy figures and their lives.
To continue these discussions, we plan to host a panel series at the 2027
International Medieval Congress (5–8 July 2027) co-sponsored by the Hagiography Society. We hope these conversations will go deeper into some of our initial source explorations and make new connections between scholars interested in saints, hagiography, and their contexts.
We invite proposals for 15-20 minute conference papers on 'Saints Outside Hagiography', especially those that align with the IMC 2027 theme of 'Communities'.
Please follow the link in the post to submit a proposal.

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Alicia Smith @timekeptcity.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Calling anyone & everyone interested in saints: Saints Outside Hagiography has *two* calls open for you to consider! First, for our next series of monthly online workshops: get in touch to propose a source from your research about saints and sanctity to discuss in an informal setting, by 25 Sept.

We invite expressions of interest to participate in the Saints Outside Hagiography workshop series 2026–2027. Our group examines how saints and holy people are represented outside the classic form of the single-text hagiography.
Sessions so far have examined texts including: visual art, poetry, mortuary rolls, chronicles, liturgical texts, didactic literature, and objects. We offer an informal, work-in-progress format focused on discussion of primary sources and key methodological questions in the study of saints.
Meetings consist of 1-2 brief presentations, discussing a text or object
precirculated along with a short description and the speaker’s guiding questions.
If you have a source related to sanctity that you would like to discuss, please get in touch with Laura Moncion (laura.moncion@philosophie.uni-tuebingen.de) and Alicia Smith (alicia.smith@uib.no) by 25 September 2026 with a brief description of the source, career stage, and institutional affiliation if any.
Guidelines:
• Chronological and geographical scope are open.
• Participants are free to contest whether a text is ‘outside hagiography’ – we aim to study saints and the construction of saint/sanctity beyond canonical textual forms, including troubling our understanding of those forms.
• If your source is not in English, we will need an English translation.

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Terri Sanderson, who successfully defended her dissertation, "The Evolution of the English Outlaw from c. 800 to c. 1200"! 🎉 www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/terri-s...

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Read "Materiality, Sensory Experience, and the Sacraments in Late Medieval Toursnais Wills" by Ariana Sider Mésenge in "The Role of the Senses in Medieval Liturgies, Rituals, and Devotional Practices", edited by Z. Murat, V. Baradel, and S. Carreño (Brepols). brepols.net/products/IS-9782503623412-1

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Brepols - The Role of the Senses in Medieval Liturgies, Rituals, and Devotional Practices

Brepols is an international academic publisher of works in the humanities, with a particular focus in history, archaeology, history of the arts, language and literature, and critical editions of histo...

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Marcie Sundaram @alliterative.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

We’re jumping into the Odyssey movie discourse, finally! We discuss our reactions to the Nolan movie and then chat with some podcasters who’ve just released relevant books. Oh, and I have a song about Odysseus. www.alliterative.net/podcast/2026...

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Episode 127: The Odyssey, the movie -- and more! — The Endless Knot

We’re jumping into the Odyssey movie discourse, finally! We discuss our reactions to the Nolan movie and what we found interesting about it, and then chat with some podcasters who’ve just released r...

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International Medieval Congress Leeds @imc-leeds.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Did you know that the #IMC2027 Bursary applications are still open?! ⏰️ 👀 The deadline for bursary applications for IMC 2027 is Thursday, 15 October 2026 23:59 BST (GMT+1). Click here to apply for a bursary: www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/about/bursary/ Email imc@leeds.ac.uk with any queries. #IMC2027

An IMC Ambassador with a red sash helping a delegate who is looking at the IMC Programme Book.

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Victoria Goddard @victoriagoddard.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

New Nine Worlds novella is available! THE RIVER THAT RAN AWAY TO PARADISE stands alone, though if you've read *The Redoubtable Pali Avramapul*, it comes shortly after that and is also set on Voonra. Available from my website and also the usual other vendors! www.victoriagoddard.ca/products/the...

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The River That Ran Away to Paradise (EBOOK)

Kisanra should probably have cancelled that morning’s rowing practice—but then they wouldn't have had an adventure ...

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Suzanne Conklin Akbari @sakbari.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

A new episode of @thespouterinn.bsky.social - this one with me on Dorothy Sayers’ Gaudy Night and @erlking.bsky.social on Jen Silverman’s Witch: megaphonic.fm/spouter/94

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94. Gaudy Night / Witch. | The Spouter-Inn

Dorothy L. Sayers’s novel Gaudy Night and Jen Silverman’s play Witch.

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A.V. Marraccini @saintsoftness.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Read an interview with me in Finnish for Poesia featuring everyone’s favorite kitten! Lukekaa suomenkielinen haastatteluni Poesian sivuilta — mukana on myös kaikkien suosikkikissa! poesia.fi/2026/08/hybrid…

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Hybrideistä, baletista ja hengityksestä – haastattelussa A.V. Marraccini • Poesia

A.V. Marraccini on amerikkalainen kriitikko, kirjoittaja ja taidehistorijoitsija, jonka essee Mutta on toisia geometrioita julkaistiin viime vuoden lopussa Poesiavihkoissa.

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Read "Parchment damage assessment: a review of methods, multimodal workflows, and a transparent reporting framework" by Christina D. Nguyen, Stephanie J. Lahey, Alexandra Gillespie, Seamus Ross & Laurent Bozec in npj Heritage Science. rdcu.be/fBhSV

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Parchment damage assessment: a review of methods, multimodal workflows, and a transparent reporting framework

npj Heritage Science - Parchment damage assessment: a review of methods, multimodal workflows, and a transparent reporting framework

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Jackman Humanities Institute @jhievents.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Applications are open for the Jackman Humanities Institute’s 2027–28 Distinguished Visiting Fellowships for scholars and artists outside the University of Toronto. Deadline: October 27, 2026 Learn more and apply: uoft.me/calls #Humanities #AcademicSky

Split-color University of Toronto Jackman Humanities Institute poster with a gold left panel and dark right panel. Large text says Join Canada’s leading institute for advanced research in the humanities; the right panel invites fellowship proposals and lists Distinguished Visiting Fellowships, International Faculty Fellowship, Canadian Faculty Fellowship, Indigenous Faculty Fellowship, and Artist in Residence, with deadline October 27

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Join us on Zoom or at CMS for the first lecture of our Convivium series with University of Notre Dame's CJ Jones presenting, "Liturgical Books, Religious Bodies: Designing Manuscripts for Monastic Ritual in the Late Middle Ages"! Friday, September 11, 2:30 pm (EDT) uoft.me/CJ-Jones

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Congratulations to Reza Hadisi (Philosophy / CMS), who was awarded the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Faculty Scholar Award! 👏 philosophy.utoronto.ca/news/reza-ha...

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Congratulations to Bard Swallow, who, this fall will begin a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of British Columbia with Siân Echard. 👏 www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/bard-sw...

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Congratulations to CMS Alumna, Deanna Brook's, who was recently appointed Assistant Professor at Brandon University. 👏 www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/deanna-...

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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

How did King Arthur pull the sword from the stone and become king? Christopher Berard and Morris Tichenor translate a medieval Latin account of Arthur’s rise, conquests and final battle. www.medievalists.net/2026/07/king... #KingArthur

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King Arthur and the Sword in the Stone: A Medieval Latin Account - Medievalists.net

Read a translation of a medieval Latin account of King Arthur, including the Sword in the Stone, his conquests and his final battle.

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

👏 The Dictionary of Old English was recently awarded two major SSHRC awards, allowing for two postdoctoral fellows to assist in the Dictionary's ongoing work of drafting entries and data engineering. www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/new-ssh...

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