Deadline: 18th April King’s Manor, University of York The rood – understood as the cross itself, and/or the image of Christ crucified – was central to the visual and devotional culture of medieval Christianity. By the late middle ages, a rood was present in monumental form, either painted or sculpted, at the east end of … Continue reading CFP: The Rood in Medieval Britain and Ireland c.900–c.1500 (University of York, 2–3 September 2016)

Meet an Archaeologist - Dr Steve Ashby Steve Ashby is a medieval archaeologist with specialism in the archaeology of portable material culture and the use of animal products in craft and industry. He is trained in geology, zooarchaeology, and artefact studies, and is particularly interested in the relationship between the various regions of Britain and … Continue reading Meet an Archaeologist – Dr Steve Ashby

David Wallace (University of Pennsylvania) "Europe: New Foundations for an Unknown Future Wednesday 9 March 5:30pm – wine reception, KG/84 6:00pm – Lecture, Huntingdon room The ‘greatest generation’ of literary historians, headed by E.R. Curtius and cheered on by T.S. Eliot, attempted after World War II to stabilize European literary tradition around tropes and figurae … Continue reading York Medieval Lecture – Prof. David Wallace (University of Pennsylvania) “Europe: New Foundations for an Unknown Future” (Wednesday 9 March)