Medieval Week 2021 provided much food for thought: lectures, podcasts, plays, and even a virtual exhibit. In ‘A Medieval Scribe in the Modern Day’, we explored contemporary manuscript illumination and its links to the medieval past through the art of Toni Watts, an illuminator based in Lincolnshire.
Do keep an eye out for Medieval Week 2022! In the meantime, we hope you will continue to enjoy the exhibit.
Dear All,
Please, we are pleased to inform you that a complete programme for the School of History and Heritage Research Seminar Series with external speakers for term 2 is now available!
Among them, as you can see, there are some exciting Medieval papers we would encourage you not to miss!
10th Feb 2016: Professor Carl Levy (Goldsmith, University of London) – ‘Errico Malatesta and the First World War: From Red Week to the Russian Revolutions’. Please, note that only for this week the seminar will be at 5-6.30pm, MB3201
2nd March 2016: Dr Richard Hornsey (University of Nottingham) ‘“The Penguins are Coming”: Brand Mascots and Utopia in an Age of Mass Production’ 4.30-6pm, MB3203
16th March 2016: Jonathan Foyle, Visiting Professor at the University of Lincoln, ‘Flower Power: What Overlooked Floral Symbolism Reveals About The Late Medieval English Monarchy, c.1450-1550’, 4.30-6pm, MB1009
6th April 2016: Dr Julia Hillner (University of Sheffield) ‘Women, Crime and Confinement in Late Antiquity’ 4.30-6pm, MB3201
20th April 2016: Dr Iona McCleery (University of Leeds) ‘’Diet, ‘dis-ease’ and discord: daily life in late medieval miracle collections’ 4.30-6 MB3203
Special event:
28 April 2016, Anna Agnarsdottir (University of Iceland) ‘Sir Joseph Banks in Iceland and the North Atlantic’, 3-5pm Wren Library, Lincoln Cathedral (please register with library@lincolncathedral.com)
Please, feel free to share this programme (which will also circulate with a poster soon) with colleagues and students who might be interested.
Best wishes,
Dr Antonella Liuzzo Scorpo
Senior Lecturer in Medieval History
The programme for the research seminars of the School of History and Heritage at the University of Lincoln has just been published. Full details below:
SCHOOL OF HISTORY AND HERITAGE RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES (SEMESTER 1) (EXTERNAL SPEAKERS)
4.30PM – 6PM
7 October 2015, Dr Colin Veach (University of Hull) MB 1008
‘How Civilisation Saved the Irish? The English Invasion of Ireland in Context’
Society for the Medieval Mediterranean Conference 2015: Law, Custom and Ritual in the Medieval Mediterranean – Day Three
The final morning of the conference is underway after a wonderful evening spent at the Old Palace last night. Everyone was in high spirits and had a great time relaxing with friends, old and new.
This morning the sessions focused on justice and legal and material culture. Speakers included Lincoln’s own Rob Portass, Fernando Luis Corral, Inaki Martin Viso, Miriam Wissa, James Powers, Kati Ihnat, Leonard Chiarelli, Ada Kuskowski and a special Skype conference call from Anna Adashinskaya who delivered her paper from Russia! Topics were diverse; ranging from tenth century justice systems to law, custom and colonialism in the crusader states. The discussions that followed were very animated and thought-provoking.
Antonella and Jamie rounded up the conference with the news that the fifth Medieval Mediterranean conference will be held in Ghent, 2017.
We hope all delegates enjoyed the conference and had a great time exploring the beautiful and historical city of Lincoln (despite the weather!). We would like to thank Jamie and Antonella, Simon Barton, delegates who delivered keynote speeches and papers and all those who contributed to making the fourth Medieval Mediterranean Conference such a success. Until next time!
Society for the Medieval Mediterranean Conference 2015: Law, Custom and Ritual in the Medieval Mediterranean – Day Two
A warm welcome back to all delegates here at the University of Lincoln for the 4th International Conference of the Society for the Medieval Mediterranean. Hope you have all enjoyed another fascinating day of panels. Thank you to all those who delivered papers and to today’s keynote speaker, Dr. Andrew Marsham of Edinburgh University.
This morning, the papers included topics on professional legal identities, the selection of an emir, the Lombard Laws and the steps involved in maintaining the eastern Mediterranean slave trade. The afternoon’s sessions were equally as informative, with papers concerning rituals, customs and laws of fiefs in Medieval Italy; scribal practice and record keeping; and the traditions, variety and originality in the formulas of charters. Each paper provoked a wide range of questions which made for interesting discussion.
Doctor Marsham’s keynote speech on ‘Rituals of accession in early Islam: a comparative perspective’ was extremely informative and offered interesting comparative insights between the Medieval East and Latin West. Thank you!
We are very much looking forward to a lovely evening at the Old Bishops Palace for the conference dinner! The programme for tomorrow promises an equally fascinating day ahead.
