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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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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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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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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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...

rounded stone pyramid structure, the Gallarus Oratory

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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

👏 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!

brown grey tabby cat sniffing a yellow magazine with purple and black images

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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 · 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...

medieval illumination of a rabbit blowing a trumpet

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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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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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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

📣 We're hiring! Assistant Professor of Medieval Philosophy University of Toronto's Department of Philosophy and Centre for Medieval Studies invite applications for a full-time tenure-stream position in Medieval Philosophy. Deadline: November 3, 2026. www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/were-hi...

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

With sadness, we must share the news of the passing of Alumnus, Christopher Lakey, who remains fondly remembered by his fellow graduate students, faculty, and staff during his time at CMS. www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/memoria...

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

CMS' Riccardo Macchioro has received the Connaught New Researcher Award for “The Intercultural Middle Ages. Re-discovering medieval exchanges with the diverse”. www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/riccard...

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Records of Early English Drama has published the tenth digital edition in the REED series. The dramatic records for the Swan Playhouse, edited by Sally-Beth MacLean, are now available on REED Online. medieval.utoronto.ca/news/reed-publishes-swan-playhouse-dramatic-records-edited-sally-beth-maclean

Johannes de Witt's Letter to Aernout van Buchell, Utrecht University Library: Ms. 842 (7 E 3), f 132.

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Congratulations to CMS PhD Candidate, Graham Johnson, whose article won Early Medieval Europe's First Publication Prize! medieval.utoronto.ca/news/graham-johnson-wins-eme-first-publication-prize

sketch of Hrotsvit reading to a group. Text on top reading Congratulations Graham Johnson. Early Medieval Europe First Publication Prize. Per dynamin, per energian. Hrotsvit of Gandersheim's knowledge of Greek.

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Read "The Deeds of King Arthur of Britain According to the Latin World Chronicle of Guillaume de Nangis" translated by CMS Alumni, Christopher Berard and Morris Tichenor. digitalcommons.providence.edu/humanities_f...

medieval illumination. young Arthur pulling Excalibur sword

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Congratulations to three of our CMS PhD Students, Adam Lalonde, Jack McCart, and Kristin Simpson, who have been awarded Ontario Graduate Scholarships! www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/cms-stu...

four medieval figures in robes, touching hands

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Read "'Whych in Aragon was doon': Re-evaluating the Setting of the 'Croxton Play of the Sacrament'" by recent CMS graduate, Alexandra Atiya in Early Theatre, Volume 29, Number 1. muse.jhu.edu/pub/286/arti...

Early Theatre cover. Red with grey, and images of dancing figures

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Congratulations to CMS Alum, Jason Aaron Brown, who's publication with Roisin Cossar, "Telling Tales. Clerics, Concubines, and an Inquisitor in Late Medieval Ferrara: A Primary Source Study" has won the 2026 Margaret Wade Labarge Prize. 👏 www.canadianmedievalists.org/Margaret-Wad...

Telling Tales book jacket with image of a stone carving

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

"Why Dante still matters: Professor Elisa Brilli joins the leadership of the Dante Society of America" www.italianstudies.utoronto.ca/news/why-dan...

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

New Publication: "On the Minting of Money Nicolaus Copernicus" translated from the original Latin by CMS Alum, Gerald Malsbary www.amazon.com/Minting-Mone...

book jacket showing painting of Copernicus in a long coat, looking towards the sky

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Congratulations to PhD Student, Samuel MacPhee, who was awarded the Graduate Student Scholarship for Studies in the History of Ideas from the Robert and Moira Sansom Ideas Foundation! 🎉🎉 medieval.utoronto.ca/news/samuel-macphee-awarded-scholarship-studies-history-ideas

medieval half-beast, half-man figure blowing a trumpet

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Fantastic news: Lisa Cruikshank successfully defended her dissertation, “'…coronas regni susceperunt': Image-Making and Co-Rule in Late Medieval Queenship, c.1250–c.1370" in May 2026. Congratulations, Dr. Cruikshank! 🎉 www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/lisa-cr...

medieval illustration of figures on either side of Jeanne de Bourbon, placing a crown on her head.

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Congratulations to CMS PhD Candidate, Ariana Sider Mésenge, who was awarded this year's Lilly Offenbach Strauss Graduate Fellowship from the Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies - CRRS. Read more about the award, and Ariana's research: uoft.me/LOS-2026

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Congratulations to Professor James Ginther, who has officially been appointed Director of the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, effective July 1. We are thrilled to have Professor Ginther at the helm of CMS, guiding us into our next term and beyond! uoft.me/JG-2026

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Congratulations to Professor Steven Bednarski (St. Jerome's University / CMS Faculty), who has been elected as Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London! uwaterloo.ca/st-jeromes/n...

Professor Bednarski and Dr. Steven Sherlock

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

"Learning from the Middle Ages. A roundtable with Suzanne Conklin Akbari, Lloyd De Beer, Beate Fricke, and Clovis Maillet, Moderated by Eva Schlotheuber" appears in "Mittelalter", Issue 142 of "Texte zur Kunst". www.textezurkunst.de/en/142/round...

Text Zur Kunst cover - medieval figures between buildings

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Professor Elisa Brilli (ISPLAS / CMS) was recently elected as a Councilor to the Dante Society of America. To celebrate this nomination, Professor Brilli spoke to ISPLAS about the honour: www.medieval.utoronto.ca/people/honou...

Elisa Brilli, at the end of a table of books

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Congratulations to CMS Alum Helen Marshall (@manuscriptgal.bsky.social), whose "The Lady, the Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death" (Titan Books) has been longlisted for Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic! www.sunburstaward.org/node/147

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Congratulations to Mairi Cowan, who has been awarded the President's Teaching Award! www.utm.utoronto.ca/historical-s...

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

🏅 UC Principal, Markus Stock, Professor at the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures and the Centre for Medieval Studies, has been awarded the Hermann Boeschenstein Medal by German Studies Canada. www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/markus-...

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Kristina Sessa has been appointed Professor of Late Antiquity at U of T's Classics / CMS, with the additional appointment of Jackman Chair. We look forward to welcoming Tina in January 2027! www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/kristin...

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Congratulations to Professor Sebastian Sobecki (CMS / Department of English, University of Toronto), who has been appointed a Fellow of Victoria College in the University of Toronto! www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/sebasti...

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Postdoc opportunity! The Dictionary of Old English invites applications for two grant-funded postdoctoral fellowships. 1. Postdoctoral Fellow, Editorial, DOE - deadline June 12. 2. Postdoctoral Fellow, DEfOE / Ansund project - deadline June 19. www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/postdoc...

medieval illumination of a figure blowing a buisine

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Congratulations to CMS PhD Candidate, Claire Davis, who has been awarded the American Association of University Women's American Doctoral Fellowship! The prize allows Claire to continue her research on Old English poetry and material culture. uoft.me/AAUW2026

medieval illumination of a rabbit blowing a buisine

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

The countdown to the deadline begins! Submit your papers and proposals by JUNE 1 for the 102nd Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America @medievalacademy.bsky.social, held at the University of Toronto, April 15-17, 2027. uoft.me/MAA2027

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Congratulations to ISPLAS / CMS Professor Yolanda Iglesias, who has been awarded the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic by the Government of Spain for her contributions to Hispanic Studies and promoting Spanish language and culture, particularly in Canada. 👏 uoft.me/cmF

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

TODAY is the last day to register for online Summer Latin programming at CMS! Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to study virtually from Latin-loving experts! uoft.me/CMS-Latin

Last page of the April Chronica, featuring Summer Latin dates, instructor photos, and quotes.

Summer Latin program dates. May 11 until July 3, Beginning Latin. July 7 to 23, Beginning Review. May 5 to 15, Level 1 Review. May 18 to June 26, Level 1 Latin. July 2 until August 7, Level II Latin. All online, all from 10:30 am until 12:30 pm Eastern. Registration deadline today. uoft.me/CMS-Latin.

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Congratulations to ISPLAS / CMS Professor, Elisa Brilli, who has been elected to the Dante Society of America! 🎉 www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/elisa-b...

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Congratulations to CMS PhD Candidate, Jamie Collings, who was awarded this year's Centre for the Study of France and the Francophone World Doctoral Research Grant from the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy! 🎉 www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/jamie-c...

Jamie Collings, wearing a blue jacket, standing in front of the cliffs and the sea

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Be sure to read about our Summer Latin programming in the newest Chronica! uoft.me/ChronicaXI

Chronica page - found at uoft.me/ChronicaXI

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Summer Latin registration ends this Friday, May 1! Learn Latin virtually with our expert instructors this summer. uoft.me/CMS-Latin

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies @uoftcms.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

The April 2026 Chronica is now available online! uoft.me/ChronicaXI Read about our Summer Latin programming ( uoft.me/CMS-Latin ), the upcoming Transmission conference ( uoft.me/transmission ), and how our students come together to help each other on their academic journeys!

zodiac calendar, constellations, and medieval illumination of stars and Taurus the bull

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