Following a year of planning, dozens of organisational meetings, and possibly hundreds of emails, the Cistercian Worlds conference finally took place on 1st and 2nd July 2021. Sponsored by the Centre for Medieval Studies – but held online for Covid-related reasons – Cistercian Worlds was a new Cistercian studies conference that aimed to bring together … Continue reading Cistercian Worlds – 1st -2nd July 2021
Research Spotlight: Becca Drake
Studying: English and Related Literature (full-time).Supervisors: Dr Nicola McDonald and Professor Matthew Townend.Thesis Title: An eco-literary comparison of the maritime in Middle English romance and the Old Norse-Icelandic fornaldarsögur.Research Interests: The Blue Humanities; Old Norse-Icelandic literature; late-medieval English literature; archipelagic studies; coastal literature; clif-fi; contemporary nature writing and ecopoetry Thesis Overview My thesis considers two … Continue reading Research Spotlight: Becca Drake
York Medieval Lecture, 5 November 2020
On Thursday 5 November, Dr Stephennie Mulder (UoT) will deliver the autumn York Medieval Lecture on 'How the Vikings "got Allah": Toward an Integrated Medieval Studies in an Age of White Nationalism'. The lecture will be delivered via Zoom, and free tickets are available here. Stephennie Mulder is Associate Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture … Continue reading York Medieval Lecture, 5 November 2020
Two New Professors
Congratulations to newly-appointed Professors Craig Taylor (History) and Sarah Brown (History of Art), both key members of the CMS and its teaching and research profiles. Prof. Craig Taylor Professor Taylor has previously served as the Director of CMS on two occasions, from 2010-2011 and 2014-17. He has recently returned from Research Leave, and will be … Continue reading Two New Professors
Return to the Manor
From Monday 3 August some staff and research students will be returning to our city centre campus at King's Manor. This is especially welcome for those who cannot efficiently or easily work from home, as it allows them a peaceful work-space - probably a lot more peaceful than usual, given the restrictions on numbers permitted … Continue reading Return to the Manor
Monarchy, State and Political Culture in Late Medieval England: Essays in Honour of W. Mark Ormrod
On Thursday 16 July, Dr Craig Taylor (History) hosted a launch for Monarchy, State and Political Culture in Late Medieval England: Essays in Honour of W. Mark Ormrod (Eds. Gwilym Dodd and Craig Taylor, York Medieval Press, 2020). This Festschrift has been produced by Mark Ormrod's former students and Research Assistants, and honours his long and illustrious career … Continue reading Monarchy, State and Political Culture in Late Medieval England: Essays in Honour of W. Mark Ormrod
Graduate Conference 2020
On 23-24 June, the CMS (virtually) hosted its annual Postgraduate Conference. We asked the organisers, Katie Vernon (CMS), Jordan Cook (HoA), Isobel Staton (History), Yuki Sugiyama (English), and Karli Grazman (CMS), to write about the conference, and their experience of organising a virtual event. As a team of five, we organised the CMS graduate conference … Continue reading Graduate Conference 2020
CMS Summer Party
On Thursday 25 June, we welcomed staff and students to our virtual King's Manor lawn (a Zoom meeting, I know, a poor substitute), to celebrate another fabulous year at the CMS. Despite the global pandemic, we had kept our cohorts and community going, through the hard work of staff, both academic and administrative, and students … Continue reading CMS Summer Party
Award of Ormrod Prize 2019
Dr Alice Toso is the winner of the Mark Ormrod Prize for 2019 for her thesis: "Diet in Medieval Portugal: exploring Inter-faith and Social Dynamics through Stable Isotope Analysis".
CMS Christmas Party & Medieval Bake-Off
The CMS community gathered on Monday 9 December for our Christmas party and the seventh annual Medieval Bake-Off. Staff, students, and CMS alumni enjoyed festive refreshments and a spectacular selection of baked goods that included Latin epigraphy, gingerbread dragons, and a real whale of a cake! The arduous task of judging fell to some of … Continue reading CMS Christmas Party & Medieval Bake-Off
