IMEMS Durham

Society for Renaissance Studies

2 July

🎉The first year of our flagship programme of research at IMEMS, Inventing Futures, is drawing to a close, and to say it's been a whirlwind would be an understatement. Read more about Inventing Futures, generously funded by Joanna and Graham Barker, here: www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...

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BOOK TALK! Delighted to host @rentravailer.bsky.social & @laurenworking.bsky.social in conversation about their fab books which are reconfiguring our understanding of #earlymodern England in a global perspective! Mon 26 Oct, 5pm (UK) free registration: www.crowdcast.io/c/das-working #skystorians

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Durham MEMSA

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Our next speaker in the MEMSA Seminar Series is Malachi Gee, presenting on Monday 26th October from 6pm at 7 Owengate. As always, the seminar will be preceded by refreshments and followed by a trip to the local pub. Everyone welcome!

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Manchester University Press

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Thursday 29 October, 6-7.30pm King's College London or online Join Dr Niall Ó Súilleabháin to celebrate the launch of Social elites in medieval France: Status, wealth and power in the Loire valley, c. 850-1150. Free, reserve a space: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/book-...

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EMoDiR

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#CfP 📢 Conference: “Sieges, Sacks, and Surrenders in the Early Modern World”, Toronto Renaissance and Reformation Colloquium (TRRC) 📆 12–13 Nov 2027 | 🌍 Toronto (Canada) ⏰ 30 Nov 2026 🔗 www.trrc.ca?utm_source=c... #EarlyModernHistory #MilitaryHistory #HistoryofViolence

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U of T Centre for Medieval Studies

@uoftcms.bsky.social

Reminder! Apply for the Assistant Professor of Medieval Philosophy position by November 3. This will be a joint appointment between the Department of Philosophy (75%) and the Centre for Medieval Studies (25%). jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

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📣 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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Dr Ian McCormick

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British Association for Romantic Studies: Call for Applications: BARS Stephen Copley Research Awards PGRs and ECRs working in Romantic Studies are invited to apply for a Stephen Copley Research Award. www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...

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Voltaire Foundation

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📣Postdoctoral position📣 Arab Enlightenment Research Fellow We seek a Research Fellow for a 2-year role who will pursue their own two-year research project in the general area of the relationship between the European Enlightenment and the Arabic and Islamic worlds. More info: tinyurl.com/3f3vefty

voltaire.ox.ac.ukOpportunity: Arab Enlightenment Research FellowWe are delighted to invite applications for a 2-year role: Contract type: Fixed Term Contract (2 years) Hours: Full time (37.5 hours) About the role The Voltaire Foundation is a busy and friendly…

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Durham History

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Check out the ongoing work of DU History colleagues @tombhamilton.bsky.social & Lenny Hodges & Joost Oosterhuis on @imems.bsky.social Inventing Futures! Each strand addresses global challenges on the UN’s SDGs, using medieval & #earlymodern resources at Durham –& beyond– to yield new responses.

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How to celebrate #AppleDay? Make Early Modern apple pie, of course.🥧 IMEMS member Dr Amanda Herbert used 17th & 18th century recipes to do just that at Old Durham Gardens this weekend. 🍎

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Read about Amanda's work: tinyurl.com/mpcxnezj Learn about IMEMS food research: tinyurl.com/7brhxbp6 @durhamhistory.bsky.social

Today, the IMEMS spotlight is on Dr John Latham-Sprinkle, whose book, 'The North Caucasian Kingdom of Alania, 850-1240', has been shortlisted for the Central Eurasian Studies Society Book Prize! Find out more and order the book here: www-cambridge-org.ezphost.dur.ac.uk/core/books/n...

This week, IMEMS welcomed a new cohort of students from @durham.ac.uk's MEMS MA . They will study topics from across the arts & humanities, surrounded by 1000 years of history on Durham's @unesco.bsky.social World Heritage Site. 🎓 Interested in joining in 2027? Click here: tinyurl.com/3ju3vv8k

We're looking forward to welcoming a host of international scholars from across the arts & sciences as part of our lively programme of research events this term. 🌎 Click to see what's on at 7 Owengate, or grab a term card at our next coffee morning. 📅 www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...

Today, the #IMEMSSpotlight is on Dr Stuart James! Read more about Stuart's work here: www.durham.ac.uk/staff/stuart...

creativityworks.ukSTORMIN’ DURHAM’S CASTLES Launch eventDurham is home to a remarkable collection of castles, historic buildings and stories that connect us to the Norman past. Stormin’ Durham’s Castles is a new National Lottery Heritage Fund-supported pro...

Congratulations to all our colleagues involved in "Stormin’ Durham’s Castles", a new project helping local communities discover, explore and celebrate Durham’s Norman heritage which has been awarded £98,000 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund! 🏰 Click below to register for the launch lecture:

18 Sept

This week, members of our #InventingFutures team, including Professor Richard Scholar, Dr Rob Twiss and Joost Oosterhuis, visited Sorbonne Université to participate in a workshop entitled 'Traduction, Adaptation, Invention en Europe à l’époque de la première modernité'.

18 Sept

The event also featured papers from fellow IMEMS members Professor Kathryn Banks, Professor Fiona Robertson, and Dr Lizzie Swann. @languagesdurham.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk

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18 Sept

Read more about the projects Richard, Rob and Joost work on at IMEMS here: www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins... @durham.ac.uk

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lrb.co.ukErin Maglaque · Green into Gold: A Renaissance DiaryOne morning in October 1552, Felix Platter left his hometown of Basel for Montpellier, where he was to study medicine...

17 Aug

Did you know we publish books through our own academic press, an imprint of @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social? 📚 The Durham University IMEMS Press publishes volumes across a wealth of different subjects, by scholars at every career stage. Find out more here: www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...

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London Review of Books

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17 Aug

‘In his introduction, Stephen Greenblatt writes that “keeping diaries and writing autobiographies did not become a widespread practice until the mid-17th century.” Felix Platter’s diary was precocious, just like him.’ @erinmaglaque.bsky.social on a Renaissance diary. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

14 Aug

Today, the #IMEMSSpotlight is on Ava Siena Cohen, IMEMS Barker Doctoral Student on the #InventingFutures project ‘Daphne and her Sisters'! Read more about the project team here: www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...

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13 Aug

The feeling when you get your hands on an IMEMS tote bag! ☀ Read more about our innovative medieval and early modern research here: www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...

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Boydell & Brewer

13 Aug

Through the story of Jacob Buyck, a 16th century exiled Catholic priest, @ewatson.bsky.social explores how book collections were used to build and define identity, and can endure as records of their owners' lives. Read the blog 👉 buff.ly/GEKwrgt @imems.bsky.social @catholicismsem.bsky.social

6 Aug

'For medieval people, reputation was paramount. To be considered reliable, reputable and respectable was important at all levels of society, from the king to the peasantry...' 👀 Another fascinating article by IMEMS member Dr Alex Brown!

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Reputation mattered deeply in medieval England. Dr Alex Brown @durhamhistory.bsky.social examines how people turned to the courts to defend themselves against rumours, slander and damaging accusations. Discover more 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/research/cur...

30 July

Congratulations to our student association, MEMSA, and particularly to conference co-convenors Ava Cohen and Joost Oosterhuis, on organising such a wonderful meeting of minds! 👏 📲 Follow @durhammemsa.bsky.social. to keep up with news and events from our postgraduate community.

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Earlier this month, Durham MEMSA was proud to host its 20th Annual Conference, ‘Connection, Conversation, Contention: Encounters in the Medieval and Early Modern World’ at St. John's College, Durham, chaired by Ava Siena Cohen and Joost Oosterhuis! (🧵1/8)

30 July

Today, the #IMEMSSpotlight is on Professor Rik Van Nieuwenhove! 📖🏷️Throughout August, you can order Rik's latest book, 'Providence, Evil and Salvation: A Thomist Perspective' with a 20% discount: tinyurl.com/529xukt6 @universitypress.cambridge.org @ccshistorycatholic.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk

tcnv.linkDrought, water shortages and crop failures: how does the medieval warm period compare with today?Monks wrote chronicles about the devastating heat of the 13th century, and detail what happened.

27 July

Fascinating article from our member Dr Alex Brown!

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Monks wrote chronicles about the devastating heat of the 13th century, and detail what happened.

6 July

👏 Huge congratulations to IMEMS member Dr Jacob Lollar, who has just had three publications appear, all in the same weekend! They include his third book, on the Syriac reception of the 'Acts of Thekla' and the cult of St Thekla, published by Mohr Siebeck.

6 July

📖Thekla in Syriac: The Acts of Thekla and Its Reception in Syriac Traditions, is available to order here: mohrsiebeck.com/en/book/thek...

6 July

📃 A second paper, 'Tragic Riddles in the Margins: A Syriac Invocation of the Story of Oedipus' can be accessed here: grbs.library.duke.edu/index.php/gr... Read more about Jacob and his research: durham.ac.uk/staff/jacob-...

This year has seen: 🌟3 project teams created 🌟5 research fellowships hosted 🌟2 international conferences organised 🌟3 book-length works submitted to publishers 🌟9 journal articles accepted for publication

2 July

Behind the scenes, IMEMS has been a hive of activity, from grant capture, filming and podcasting, to events planning and partnership building. We can't wait to share more of our plans for 2026-27 - watch this space!

30 June

🌏💭 Last week, we hosted ‘Durham East Asia Postgraduate Research Conversations’. Organized by IMEMS member Sare Aricanli & theThinking East Asia (TEA) Research Cluster (@durhamhistory.bsky.social), the event also marked rthe inaugural meeting of the ‘East Asia in the North’ (EATN) network.

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30 June

The event featured a keynote by Prof. David Howell (@harvard.edu) and presentations by interdisciplinary PG & postdoctoral students from @durham.ac.uk, @sheffielduni.bsky.social, @newcastleuni.bsky.social & @edinburghuni.bsky.social. Read about the research we support: durham.ac.uk/research/ins...

25 June

📍 This week, our Co-Director, Graeme Small, is at @uppsala for Things that Matter summer school. The summer school is a collaboration between @durham.ac.uk, University of Bern, University of Groningen, Tübingen University and @suhealthsci.bsky.social Read more: www.rug.nl/education/su...

22 June

It was a pleasure to welcome Anna Nsubuga, the UK Ambassador and Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, to IMEMS this morning. @unesco.bsky.social Later, Anna will deliver the inaugural annual lecture for @durham.ac.uk's new Centre for Heritage (CHeri).

19 June

🎉 A new publication from the IMEMS Press with @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social is on the way! Elise Watson's 'Print and Catholic Persistence in the Dutch Golden Age' is released on June 30 and is available for pre-order here: boydellandbrewer.com/book/print-a...

16 June

📸 Last week's @britishacademy.bsky.social and @wellcometrust.bsky.social -funded conference brought together a global community of scholars to explore the enduring power and complexity of early modern representations of gendered violence. Read more: www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...

11 June

Today, the #IMEMSSpotlight is on Dr Erin Maglaque! 📖 Find out more about 'Presence: A Hidden History of the Female Body' here: www.penguin.co.uk/books/465296...

Session 3, 'Framing gendered violence in literature and art' is chaired by Corinne Saunders. Jessica Goethals (University of Alabama) is presenting 'The Gendered Sack of Rome'; (1/2)

and Péter Bokody (University of Plymouth) will present 'Reading and Viewing Giovanni Boccaccio's "The Nymph of Fiesole in Renaissance Florence'. (2/2)

Session 2,'Gendered violence in the historical record', is chaired by @tombhamilton.bsky.social (@durham.ac.uk) and includes a paper by Monica Calabritto (@huntercollege.bsky.social and @cuny.edu), 'Violence and Death in 16th-century Bologna: Issues of Gender'; (1/2)

and a paper by Marc Schachter ( @durham.ac.uk), 'Tyrannicide and Sexual Violence in Benedetto Varchi's Storia Fiorentina'. (2/2)

Session 1, 'Gendered violence across literary genres', is chaired by Ioannis Ziogas (@durham.ac.uk), with a panel including Annalisa Perrotta ( Università della Sapienza), presenting 'Resisting Violence: Women, Weapons and Armour in Chivalric Poems from Pulei to Ariosto'; (1/3)

Virginia Cox (University of Cambridge), whose paper is entitled 'Del tuo sangue innocente, ahi, carte vergo: the scandal of uxoricide in late-Renaissance Italian lyric'; (2/3)

and Jennifer Ingleheart (@durham_uni), presenting 'Golding's Translation of Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.424-674 (the episode of Tereus, Procne and Philomela' (3/3)