A Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships Programme, a partnership between King's College London and the Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, University of Kent. Directors: Prof. Julia Crick and Dr David Rundle. Website: https://www.komldsp.org.uk/https://bsky.app/profile/komldsp.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/komldsp.bsky.social/post/3mjxhwnz7gs2iHuge congratulations to Marie Trenchant, a KCL PHD whose essay 'Reassessing Documentary Culture in Monastic Communities: The Case of a Largescale Project of Manuscript Production at Burton Abbey' won a prize from the Pipe Roll Society and will appear in the next issue of Thirteenth Century England. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/pipe-roll-society-prize-for-phd-candidate20 Apr 2026 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:l75odvmucaadh6rd2zvmd5ct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxhwnz7gs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/komldsp.bsky.social/post/3mjxh77gcx22iOur phd student Ben Gray is giving two papers this Sunday 26 April based on his research into the Yugra campaigns, the titles are: 'Silver River – The link between Ob River silver artefacts and Novgorod’s Yugra campaigns' and 'The Riches of Midnight: The Novgorod Yugra Campaigns.' See links below.20 Apr 2026 21:50 +0000at://did:plc:l75odvmucaadh6rd2zvmd5ct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxh77gcx22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/komldsp.bsky.social/post/3mi2c4pdwgk2oCFP: Sowing the Seeds VIII: a Workshop for Early Career Medieval Economic and Social Historians × 13th Annual Conference of the Research Group for Late Medieval Economic History 5–6 Nov 2026. The conference theme is political economy, broadly interpreted. Full details: https://www.lse.ac.uk/economic-history/seminars/workshops/2026-27/sowing-the-seeds-viii27 Mar 2026 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:l75odvmucaadh6rd2zvmd5ct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2c4pdwgk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/komldsp.bsky.social/post/3mi2bxewyc22oDr Anthony Harvey on the Medieval Irish History Podcast had a fascinating discussion of the development of the Latin language in Ireland, with particular reference to Patrick and his writings. Listen to the podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3ffClj3onV3M5ozwnhtEBr?si=voGdWZkmTP2BtJlye2VItQ27 Mar 2026 14:04 +0000at://did:plc:l75odvmucaadh6rd2zvmd5ct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2bxewyc22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/komldsp.bsky.social/post/3mhm3asbxfs26Last Wednesday our first year cohort visited Winchester College, where they saw many wonderful things, including medieval chests and documents in the muniments tower. As part of the trip they also found time to visit the Cathedral. Huge thanks to James Willoughby and his colleagues for welcoming us.21 Mar 2026 22:27 +0000at://did:plc:l75odvmucaadh6rd2zvmd5ct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhm3asbxfs26https://bsky.app/profile/komldsp.bsky.social/post/3mh6o2uiffk2vAdrienne Green, a 1st year KOM doctoral students, will be presenting her stylometric research on Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and William of Palerne at the 3rd online Computational Literary Studies research seminar at 17:00 on 25 March 2026. Thanks as always to @leverhulme.ac.uk for funding our work. https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fteams.microsoft.com%2Fmeet%2F38035929314661%3Fp%3Do6NaH2eGQQ0ZuGKDqa&data=05%7C02%7Cwill.matthews%40kcl.ac.uk%7C69c38c8fe3784aaa90ff08de81187930%7C8370cf1416f34c16b83c724071654356%7C0%7C0%7C639090139273789368%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=E7E2tc3zy7U5WMRTAq5vZXNog%2FfZOEPC9nCL1x1aTrg%3D&reserved=016 Mar 2026 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:l75odvmucaadh6rd2zvmd5ct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh6o2uiffk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/komldsp.bsky.social/post/3mgx7lsdltc25Last Wednesday the full KOM cohort had a hybrid workshop at which 7 of our number gave short presentations on aspects of their research in a format designed to emulate a conference. Many thanks to Prof. Julia Crick and @bbombi.bsky.social for organising, and to @leverhulme.ac.uk for their support.13 Mar 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:l75odvmucaadh6rd2zvmd5ct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgx7lsdltc25https://bsky.app/profile/komldsp.bsky.social/post/3mgpnu5g7gs24There are 6 spaces remaining for a fascinating looking workshop on Arabic calligraphy on 24 March at KCL. 'Get ready to dive into the world of creativity by learning the expressive capacities of Arabic letters with Jasmina Bolfek-Radovani.' (from the booking site) libcal.kcl.ac.uk/event/4503803 https://libcal.kcl.ac.uk/event/450380310 Mar 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:l75odvmucaadh6rd2zvmd5ct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgpnu5g7gs24https://bsky.app/profile/komldsp.bsky.social/post/3mgpnil4mw224Harvey Moon, this year’s KOM Master’s Plus Doctoral Scholar, is giving a paper entitled 'The Making of the Martyr: Constructing Christian Identity in Ninth-Century Umayyad Córdoba' on 12 March 2026 at the University of Oslo’s Student Conference on Medieval Europe. See below for more details.10 Mar 2026 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:l75odvmucaadh6rd2zvmd5ct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgpnil4mw224https://bsky.app/profile/komldsp.bsky.social/post/3mgbgenir3s2uMany thanks to Dr Daniel Starza Smith for a brilliantly engaging workshop today on letterlocking. We all hugely enjoyed learning how to fold, tuck and adhere our own letters. Thank you Prof. Julia Crick and @drdavidrundle.bsky.social for organising and @leverhulme.ac.uk for making this possible!04 Mar 2026 23:21 +0000at://did:plc:l75odvmucaadh6rd2zvmd5ct/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgbgenir3s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/komldsp.bsky.social/post/3m6ooiciqkc2gCongratulations to our @kingsartshums.bsky.social PhD student, Adrienne Green, who recently presented at the Emerging Digital Methodologies conference @jesusoxford.bsky.social +28 Nov 2025 10:29 +0000at://did:plc:l75odvmucaadh6rd2zvmd5ct/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6ooiciqkc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/komldsp.bsky.social/post/3m64xuij4t22cAnd the news is... We're recruiting! Applications are now open for our 2026 @leverhulme.ac.uk Doctoral Scholarships. So, if you want to study at PhD level pre-modern handwritten cultures and the organisation of knowledge and power within them, do investigate our refreshed website.21 Nov 2025 09:29 +0000at://did:plc:l75odvmucaadh6rd2zvmd5ct/app.bsky.feed.post/3m64xuij4t22chttps://bsky.app/profile/komldsp.bsky.social/post/3m635auezik2aTomorrow, we at the @leverhulme.ac.uk-funded Knowledge Orders before Modernity Doctoral Programme will have some exciting news for you... Keep those eyes peeled.20 Nov 2025 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:l75odvmucaadh6rd2zvmd5ct/app.bsky.feed.post/3m635auezik2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/komldsp.bsky.social/post/3lrj24nie4225This past Monday, part of our #komldsp students had a workshop on vernacular manuscripts at @lampallib.bsky.social with Prof. @etreharne.bsky.social (Stanford University). This programme is possible because of @leverhulme.ac.uk #leverhulme #manuscripts #workshop13 Jun 2025 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:l75odvmucaadh6rd2zvmd5ct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrj24nie4225https://bsky.app/profile/komldsp.bsky.social/post/3lqcwthn5a22mThere's still time to join the London Palaeography Seminar's final meeting of this academic year here: https://ies.sas.ac.uk/events/corpus-palaeography-machine-learning-scribal-profiling-and-dating-and-localisation Machine Learning, Scribal Profiling and the Dating and Localisation of Manuscripts Containing Old English, w/ @markfaulkner24.bsky.social & @elimagnanti.bsky.social29 May 2025 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:l75odvmucaadh6rd2zvmd5ct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqcwthn5a22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/komldsp.bsky.social/post/3lpktron6dk2jDon't forget there's still time to join this! #palaeography #london #seminar #medieval [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 May 2025 00:36 +0000at://did:plc:l75odvmucaadh6rd2zvmd5ct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpktron6dk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/komldsp.bsky.social/post/3lpad6rtslk2dCongratulations to medievalist Prof David Carpenter for making this marvelous discovery. A previously believed copy of the Magna Carta is, in fact, genuine! Read more here: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm23zjknre7o15 May 2025 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:l75odvmucaadh6rd2zvmd5ct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpad6rtslk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/komldsp.bsky.social/post/3loltjvdmj22aNext London Palaeography Seminar: Changing the Script: Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Tanner 10, Scribal Stints and the Question of Norms in Early 10th Century Manuscripts, 21 May 2025 (online and in person) with Sharon Rowley (Christopher Newport University, VA) https://ies.sas.ac.uk/events/changing-script-oxford-bodleian-library-ms-tanner-10-scribal-stints-and-question-norms-early07 May 2025 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:l75odvmucaadh6rd2zvmd5ct/app.bsky.feed.post/3loltjvdmj22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/komldsp.bsky.social/post/3lo53e47g7s22Our cohort is still welcoming MA+ students! Applications are still open (UK students only). Check out the application process here together with deadlines and more info on this brilliant opportunity: https://www.komldsp.org.uk/ma-scholarships/01 May 2025 19:49 +0000at://did:plc:l75odvmucaadh6rd2zvmd5ct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo53e47g7s22https://bsky.app/profile/komldsp.bsky.social/post/3lmzmntnrck2tOur PhD based at King's College, Ben Gray, joined the Haskoli Islands Student Conference on the Medieval North. His presentation looked at the three Finnic allies of Novgorod as part of a forum held every April in Reykjavik dedicated to doctoral students working in medieval northern studies #komldsp17 Apr 2025 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:l75odvmucaadh6rd2zvmd5ct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmzmntnrck2thttps://bsky.app/profile/komldsp.bsky.social/post/3lmzmagplys2ePhD alert! ECOMEDS examines the interrelationships between economy, environment and culture in the Mediterranean, c.1250-1550. DL: 23rd of May 2025 https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study-legacy/funding/phd-studentship-ecomeds-economic-and-cultural-connections-within-mediterranean-ecosystems-c.1250-1550 #PhD #cfa #callforapplication #ecomeds #kingscollege17 Apr 2025 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:l75odvmucaadh6rd2zvmd5ct/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmzmagplys2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/komldsp.bsky.social/post/3ll6owmanlk23Dear all, today we invite to join us online and in person for the London Palaeography Seminar https://ies.sas.ac.uk/events/many-scripts-many-scribes-many-ways-production-relic-labels-early-middle-ages Ana de Olivier Dias received her PhD from Durham in 2019, and is currently engaged in her second postdoc project which draws on the work of the Crafting Documents project #kom25 Mar 2025 06:56 +0000at://did:plc:l75odvmucaadh6rd2zvmd5ct/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll6owmanlk23https://bsky.app/profile/komldsp.bsky.social/post/3ljqksvknoc26Yesterday, the KOM cohort spent a day in Cambridge visiting the manuscript collection at the Fitzwilliam, where Dr Suzanne Reynolds hosted us. Next, the cohort visited the University Library's Cairo Genizah project, which Prof. Ben Outhwaite was kind enough to introduce us to. #komldsp #Cambridge06 Mar 2025 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:l75odvmucaadh6rd2zvmd5ct/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljqksvknoc26https://bsky.app/profile/komldsp.bsky.social/post/3liwluxs6mk2xThere's still time to apply (DL Thu, noon) for our PhD projects. Here's one: Remembering the Martyrs. It seeks to understand the use and adaptation of Usuard’s martyrology through its reception in pre-1200 continental manuscripts w Alice Rio & Edward Roberts https://komldsp.org.uk/projects/remembering-the-martyrs/ #phd #cfa24 Feb 2025 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:l75odvmucaadh6rd2zvmd5ct/app.bsky.feed.post/3liwluxs6mk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/komldsp.bsky.social/post/3limlqy5egs27PhD opportunity with Ryan Perry & @lawrencewarner.bsky.social! Remaking History: Reproducing the Middle English Prose Brut in the late medieval metropolis. It'll investigate the literary production phenomena in medieval England represented by extant manuscripts and fragments of this chronicle #cfa20 Feb 2025 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:l75odvmucaadh6rd2zvmd5ct/app.bsky.feed.post/3limlqy5egs27https://bsky.app/profile/komldsp.bsky.social/post/3liids7jdtk2lDon't forget that you have until the 27th of February (noon) to apply to our PhD projects. Check the full list and conditions here www.komldsp.org.uk/projects/ or refer to our older posts. The projects are a collaboration between two institutions (King's College & University of Kent). #phd #cfa https://www.komldsp.org.uk/projects/18 Feb 2025 22:48 +0000at://did:plc:l75odvmucaadh6rd2zvmd5ct/app.bsky.feed.post/3liids7jdtk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/komldsp.bsky.social/post/3liidihzvtc2lPrior Eastry's Memory Palace Apply for this PhD project and explore crucial & largely untapped records of Canterbury's social and economic life in the High Middle Ages within the Canterbury Cathedral Archives and Library (CCAL). More info: komldsp.org.uk/prior-eastry... #phd #cfa #canterbury18 Feb 2025 22:42 +0000at://did:plc:l75odvmucaadh6rd2zvmd5ct/app.bsky.feed.post/3liidihzvtc2l