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The University of Toronto's Centre for Medieval Studies hosts one of the largest interdisciplinary medieval studies programs in the world. https://www.medieval.utoronto.ca/
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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
September 18, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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Read "'Many Good Small Books': Archives, Lists, and Epistemological Instability in the Inventory of the Recluses of St. Katherine, Haguenau" by Laura Moncion in the Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies (2026) 56 (3): 527–541.
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“Many Good Small Books”: Archives, Lists, and Epistemological Instability in the Inventory of the Recluses of St. Katherine, Haguenau
This article examines the sometimes fraught relationship between recluses and archives, both in terms of finding recluses in the archives and in terms of studying the records that they created. Mediev...
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September 17, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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Camelot Conference hosted in the DRAGEN Lab at St. Jerome's University | Classical Studies | University of Waterloo
2026 Camelot Conference details
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September 17, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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Friday, September 25, Michael Herren presents "Hisperica Famina III: Incipit, Finit, Amen?" at the Convivium. RSVP to attend in person or virtually via Zoom!
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September 16, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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Friday, September 25, Michael Herren presents "Hisperica Famina III: Incipit, Finit, Amen?" at the Convivium. RSVP to attend in person or virtually via Zoom!
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rounded stone pyramid structure, the Gallarus Oratory
September 16, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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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.
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September 16, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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Helen Marshall Wins Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic | Book Pulse
Helen Marshall’s The Lady, the Tiger and the Girl Who Loved Death wins the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. Exit Party author Emily St. John Mandel is interviewed...
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September 16, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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An exciting time this weekend in Toronto as @uoftcms.bsky.social & the Centre for Renaissance & reformation studies presents Records of Early English Drama 50th Anniversary Colloquium. Our favourite acting troupe, the PLS will be performing. crrs.ca/crrsevents/r...
Records of Early English Drama 50th Anniversary Colloquium - Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies
Location Emmanuel College, Room 119 75 Queen’s Park Cres E, Toronto, ON M5S 1K5 September 19–20, 2026University of Toronto Applying REED to Reality: Pedagogy, Performance and Data Futures The international humanities research project, Records of Early English Drama (REED), was founded in 1976 to discover, edit and publish historical records of English, Welsh and Scottish […]
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September 15, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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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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September 15, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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Watch / Listen: Domenico Pietropaolo on “The Colours of Harlequin: Costumes, Cultural Adaptability, and Popular Culture” at Senior College, U of T. (September 9, 2026)
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2026.09.09 Domenico Pietropaolo on Harlequin
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September 15, 2026 at 5:33 PM
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👏 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).
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Helen Marshall, The Lady, The Tiger, and the Girl Who Loved Death
September 15, 2026 at 1:09 PM
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Tomorrow!
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September 10, 2026 at 1:46 PM
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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.
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September 9, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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Thursday, September 10, 10:30 am, @stratfest.bsky.social Meighen Forum: "Who was King James?" with CMS' Brent Miles

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September 9, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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Thursday, September 10, 6-8 pm, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, U of T - The George Kiddell Memorial Lecture: Lorna Goodison on 'The Inferno'
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The George Kiddell Memorial Lecture: Lorna Goodison on The Inferno
This year’s George Kiddell Memorial Lecture features a presentation by Lorna Goodison on her recently published translation and adaptation of The Inferno. Lorna Goodison is an...
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September 9, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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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-...
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September 4, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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Q&A with Bard Swallow, Postdoctoral Fellow - Department of English Language and Literatures
UBC’s Department of English Language & Literatures (EL&L) is pleased to welcome Dr. Bard Swallow as a new Postdoctoral Fellow. Dr. Swallow recently received the 2026 Leonard Boyle Dissertation Prize f...
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September 3, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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Tear in to the latest Chronica!
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We share stories about all of our exciting research, accomplishments, and memories!
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September 3, 2026 at 2:24 PM
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And second, but with an earlier deadline of *15 Sept*, please propose a paper on the same theme of 'Saints Outside Hagiography' for @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2027 - a chance for more developed research to be put forward, in person at next year's Congress! Submit here: forms.cloud.microsoft/r/Qqv6AA7q4K
The Saints Outside Hagiography online workshop has been an illuminating and generative space to explore the many ways people encounter and create holy figures and their lives. To continue these discussions, we plan to host a panel series at the 2027 International Medieval Congress (5–8 July 2027) co-sponsored by the Hagiography Society. We hope these conversations will go deeper into some of our initial source explorations and make new connections between scholars interested in saints, hagiography, and their contexts. We invite proposals for 15-20 minute conference papers on 'Saints Outside Hagiography', especially those that align with the IMC 2027 theme of 'Communities'. Please follow the link in the post to submit a proposal.
September 2, 2026 at 9:25 AM
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Calling anyone & everyone interested in saints: Saints Outside Hagiography has *two* calls open for you to consider! First, for our next series of monthly online workshops: get in touch to propose a source from your research about saints and sanctity to discuss in an informal setting, by 25 Sept.
We invite expressions of interest to participate in the Saints Outside Hagiography workshop series 2026–2027. Our group examines how saints and holy people are represented outside the classic form of the single-text hagiography. Sessions so far have examined texts including: visual art, poetry, mortuary rolls, chronicles, liturgical texts, didactic literature, and objects. We offer an informal, work-in-progress format focused on discussion of primary sources and key methodological questions in the study of saints. Meetings consist of 1-2 brief presentations, discussing a text or object precirculated along with a short description and the speaker’s guiding questions. If you have a source related to sanctity that you would like to discuss, please get in touch with Laura Moncion (laura.moncion@philosophie.uni-tuebingen.de) and Alicia Smith (alicia.smith@uib.no) by 25 September 2026 with a brief description of the source, career stage, and institutional affiliation if any. Guidelines: • Chronological and geographical scope are open. • Participants are free to contest whether a text is ‘outside hagiography’ – we aim to study saints and the construction of saint/sanctity beyond canonical textual forms, including troubling our understanding of those forms. • If your source is not in English, we will need an English translation.
September 2, 2026 at 9:25 AM
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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"! 🎉
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September 1, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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Read "Materiality, Sensory Experience, and the Sacraments in Late Medieval Toursnais Wills" by Ariana Sider Mésenge in "The Role of the Senses in Medieval Liturgies, Rituals, and Devotional Practices", edited by Z. Murat, V. Baradel, and S. Carreño (Brepols).
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Brepols - The Role of the Senses in Medieval Liturgies, Rituals, and Devotional Practices
Brepols is an international academic publisher of works in the humanities, with a particular focus in history, archaeology, history of the arts, language and literature, and critical editions of histo...
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August 31, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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We’re jumping into the Odyssey movie discourse, finally! We discuss our reactions to the Nolan movie and then chat with some podcasters who’ve just released relevant books. Oh, and I have a song about Odysseus. www.alliterative.net/podcast/2026...
Episode 127: The Odyssey, the movie -- and more! — The Endless Knot
We’re jumping into the Odyssey movie discourse, finally! We discuss our reactions to the Nolan movie and what we found interesting about it, and then chat with some podcasters who’ve just released r...
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August 31, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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Poculi Ludique Societas presents "The Fox and the Wolf (and the Chicken)", a talking animal story adapted from a 13th-century dramatic poem this weekend at the Oxford Renaissance Festival. Not to be missed! 🦊🐺🐔
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Cluck, Clonk, and Conquer:  PLS Takes THE FOX AND THE WOLF (AND THE CHICKEN) on the Road This Summer
Our next performances happen August 29 and 30 at the Oxford Renaissance Festival! This summer, we’re pumped to bring our new portable, interactive production, THE FOX AND THE WOLF (AND THE CHICKEN)…
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August 26, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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Author Talk: Nerd Faith by Rachel Kessler
September 8, Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland
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Author Talk: Nerd Faith by Rachel Kessler - Trinity Cathedral Episcopal Church
Join Rachel Kessler, known to millions as the Nerdy Priest on TikTok, for a fun and thought-provoking conversation exploring the intersection of faith, fandom, and pop culture. Drawing from her book N...
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August 26, 2026 at 1:32 PM