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/https://bsky.app/profile/uoftcms.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/uoftcms.bsky.social/post/3mvl5ujtcic2hCongratulations 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! 👏 https://www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/graham-johnson-successfully-passes-foe15 Sep 2026 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:ted6c2tyowdbahzjlodaaoo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvl5ujtcic2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/uoftcms.bsky.social/post/3mvl5tiruls2hWatch / Listen: Domenico Pietropaolo on “The Colours of Harlequin: Costumes, Cultural Adaptability, and Popular Culture” at Senior College, U of T. (September 9, 2026) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILHTjUV0LeU15 Sep 2026 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:ted6c2tyowdbahzjlodaaoo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvl5tiruls2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/uoftcms.bsky.social/post/3mvkp2jlty22h👏 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). https://www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/helen-marshall-wins-2026-sunburst-award15 Sep 2026 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:ted6c2tyowdbahzjlodaaoo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkp2jlty22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/uoftcms.bsky.social/post/3mv66svnex22lTomorrow! https://www.medieval.utoronto.ca/events/cj-jones-liturgical-books-religious-bodies-designing-manuscripts-monastic-ritual-late-middle [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Sep 2026 13:46 +0000at://did:plc:ted6c2tyowdbahzjlodaaoo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv66svnex22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/uoftcms.bsky.social/post/3mv3y4gluwc25Kirsty Campbell, CMS PhD 2006, has published “Knowing the raven will come” with Savage Realms, a magazine of fantasy, adventure, and sword and sorcery stories. https://us.amazon.com/Savage-Realms-Monthly.../dp/B0HHTHZ4DS09 Sep 2026 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:ted6c2tyowdbahzjlodaaoo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3y4gluwc25https://bsky.app/profile/uoftcms.bsky.social/post/3mv3ueyzsp225Thursday, September 10, 10:30 am, @stratfest.bsky.social Meighen Forum: "Who was King James?" with CMS' Brent Miles https://www.stratfordfestival.ca/WhatsOn/PlaysAndEvents/TheForum/Who-Was-King-James09 Sep 2026 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:ted6c2tyowdbahzjlodaaoo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3ueyzsp225https://bsky.app/profile/uoftcms.bsky.social/post/3mv3ua2qtls25Thursday, September 10, 6-8 pm, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, U of T - The George Kiddell Memorial Lecture: Lorna Goodison on 'The Inferno' libcal.library.utoronto.ca/event/4047074 https://libcal.library.utoronto.ca/event/404707409 Sep 2026 15:31 +0000at://did:plc:ted6c2tyowdbahzjlodaaoo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3ua2qtls25https://bsky.app/profile/uoftcms.bsky.social/post/3mupaxohpzs2jCongratulations 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'”. 👏 https://www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/samuel-macphee-wins-john-e-murdoch-prize04 Sep 2026 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:ted6c2tyowdbahzjlodaaoo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupaxohpzs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/uoftcms.bsky.social/post/3mumtmw6ydk2jhttps://english.ubc.ca/news/qa-with-bard-swallow-postdoctoral-fellow/03 Sep 2026 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:ted6c2tyowdbahzjlodaaoo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumtmw6ydk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/uoftcms.bsky.social/post/3mumnosfpkk2jTear in to the latest Chronica! uoft.me/ChronicaXII We share stories about all of our exciting research, accomplishments, and memories!03 Sep 2026 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:ted6c2tyowdbahzjlodaaoo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumnosfpkk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/uoftcms.bsky.social/post/3muhrsaifoc2qPlease join us in congratulating Dr. Terri Sanderson, who successfully defended her dissertation, "The Evolution of the English Outlaw from c. 800 to c. 1200"! 🎉 https://www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/terri-sanderson-successfully-passes-foe01 Sep 2026 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:ted6c2tyowdbahzjlodaaoo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhrsaifoc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/uoftcms.bsky.social/post/3mufdjytrbs2kRead "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). brepols.net/products/IS-9782503623412-1 https://www.brepols.net/products/IS-9782503623412-131 Aug 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:ted6c2tyowdbahzjlodaaoo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufdjytrbs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/uoftcms.bsky.social/post/3mtyhewr72k2dPoculi 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! 🦊🐺🐔 https://plsplayers.com/2026/08/11/cluck-clonk-and-conquer-pls-takes-the-fox-and-the-wolf-and-the-chicken-on-the-road-this-summer/26 Aug 2026 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:ted6c2tyowdbahzjlodaaoo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyhewr72k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/uoftcms.bsky.social/post/3mtygzrnscc2dAuthor Talk: Nerd Faith by Rachel Kessler September 8, Trinity Cathedral, Cleveland https://trinitycleveland.org/event/author-talk-rachel-kessler/26 Aug 2026 13:32 +0000at://did:plc:ted6c2tyowdbahzjlodaaoo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtygzrnscc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/uoftcms.bsky.social/post/3mtlun5jwa223Read "Parchment damage assessment: a review of methods, multimodal workflows, and a transparent reporting framework" by Christina D. Nguyen, Stephanie J. Lahey, Alexandra Gillespie, Seamus Ross & Laurent Bozec in npj Heritage Science. rdcu.be/fBhSV https://rdcu.be/fBhSV21 Aug 2026 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:ted6c2tyowdbahzjlodaaoo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlun5jwa223https://bsky.app/profile/uoftcms.bsky.social/post/3mtjv7ad7mc2lhttps://www.victoriagoddard.ca/products/the-river-that-ran-away-to-paradise-ebook20 Aug 2026 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:ted6c2tyowdbahzjlodaaoo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjv7ad7mc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/uoftcms.bsky.social/post/3msxyn25y6s2jJoin us on Zoom or at CMS for the first lecture of our Convivium series with University of Notre Dame's CJ Jones presenting, "Liturgical Books, Religious Bodies: Designing Manuscripts for Monastic Ritual in the Late Middle Ages"! Friday, September 11, 2:30 pm (EDT) uoft.me/CJ-Jones13 Aug 2026 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:ted6c2tyowdbahzjlodaaoo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxyn25y6s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/uoftcms.bsky.social/post/3msxw2frwfc2jRead "The Fall of King Arthur of Britain in Giovanni Boccaccio’s On the Downfall of the Famous" by Christopher Berard and Morris Tichenor on @medievalists.bsky.social! https://www.medievalists.net/2026/08/fall-of-king-arthur-giovanni-boccaccio/13 Aug 2026 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:ted6c2tyowdbahzjlodaaoo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxw2frwfc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/uoftcms.bsky.social/post/3mst226gbvs2zCongratulations to Reza Hadisi (Philosophy / CMS), who was awarded the Elahé Omidyar Mir-Djalali Faculty Scholar Award! 👏 https://philosophy.utoronto.ca/news/reza-hadisi-elahe-omidyar-mir-djalali-faculty-scholar-award/11 Aug 2026 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:ted6c2tyowdbahzjlodaaoo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mst226gbvs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/uoftcms.bsky.social/post/3mssvkpr7wc2zCongratulations to Bard Swallow, who, this fall will begin a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of British Columbia with Siân Echard. 👏 https://www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/bard-swallow-awarded-postdoctoral-fellowship-ubc11 Aug 2026 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:ted6c2tyowdbahzjlodaaoo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssvkpr7wc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/uoftcms.bsky.social/post/3msqsp67ggk2vCongratulations to CMS Alumna, Deanna Brook's, who was recently appointed Assistant Professor at Brandon University. 👏 https://www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/deanna-brook%E2%80%99s-appointed-assistant-professor-brandon-university10 Aug 2026 19:14 +0000at://did:plc:ted6c2tyowdbahzjlodaaoo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqsp67ggk2v