Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies: a home for innovative interdisciplinary research from the medieval to the early modern in a World Heritage Site.
Durham University, UK
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🎉The first year of IMEMS' flagship programme of research, Inventing Futures, is drawing to a close, and to say it's been a whirlwind would be an understatement.
Read more about the programme, generously funded by Joanna & Graham Barker, here: durham.ac.uk/research/instit…
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How to celebrate #AppleDay? Make Early Modern apple pie, of course.🥧
IMEMS member Dr Amanda Herbert used 17th & 18th century recipes to do just that at Old Durham Gardens this weekend. 🍎
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Read about Amanda's work: tinyurl.com/mpcxnezj
Learn about IMEMS food research: tinyurl.com/7brhxbp6
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A battle fought outside Durham 680 years ago changed the course of English, Scottish & French relations. But why have so few people heard of it?
Dr Alex Brown of @durham_history & @IMEMSDurham explores the lasting impact of the battle of Neville’s Cross➡️brnw.ch/21x6xzI
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Today, the IMEMS spotlight is on Dr John Latham-Sprinkle, whose book, 'The North Caucasian Kingdom of Alania, 850-1240', has been shortlisted for the @CESS_news Book Prize!
Find out more and order the book here: www-cambridge-org.ezphost.du…
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This week, we welcomed a new cohort of students from @durham_uni 's MEMS MA . They will study topics from across the arts & humanities, surrounded by 1000 yrs of history on Durham's @UNESCO World Heritage Site. 🎓
Interested in joining in 2027? Click here: tinyurl.com/3ju3vv8k
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We're looking forward to welcoming a host of international scholars from across the arts & sciences as part of our lively programme of research events this term. 🌎
Click to see what's on at 7 Owengate, or grab a term card at our next coffee morning. 📅
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Today, the #IMEMSSpotlight is on Dr Stuart James!
Read more about Stuart's work here: durham.ac.uk/staff/stuart-a-…
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Congratulations to all our colleagues and collaborators involved in "Stormin’ Durham’s Castles", a new project helping local communities discover, explore and celebrate Durham’s Norman heritage which has been awarded £98,000 from @TNLUK Heritage Fund. 🏰
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The project will officially launch at a special public lecture on Saturday 10 October, marking the beginning of a year of activity celebrating Durham’s Norman heritage as part of the European Year of the Normans 2027.
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Register here: creativityworks.uk/events/st… Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland Durham University
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This week, members of our #InventingFutures team, including Professor Richard Scholar, Dr Rob Twiss and Joost Oosterhuis, visited @Sorbonne_Univ_ to participate in a workshop entitled 'Traduction, Adaptation, Invention en Europe à l’époque de la première modernité'. 🇫🇷
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The event also featured papers from fellow IMEMS members Professor Kathryn Banks, Professor Fiona Robertson, and Dr Lizzie Swann. @MLACdurham
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Read more about the projects Richard, Rob and Joost work on at IMEMS here: durham.ac.uk/research/instit…
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The 7th volume in the series is out in December! 'Early Modern Catholic Missions and Emotions: Conflict, Suffering, and Communities in Global Encounters', eds Elisa Frei, Thomas Santa Maria with Carlos Eire. Details: boydellandbrewer.com/book/ea… #twitterstorians #earlymodern #history
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What can some of history’s largest volcanic eruptions tell us about the world today?🌋Alex Brown of @durham_history & @IMEMSDurham explores how major eruptions plunged medieval Europe into darkness, triggered famine & reshaped societies:➡️ brnw.ch/21x5bwc
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Did you know we publish books through our own academic press, an imprint of @boydellbrewer? 📚
The Durham University IMEMS Press publishes volumes across a wealth of different subjects, by scholars at every career stage. Find out more here: durham.ac.uk/research/instit…
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Today, the #IMEMSSpotlight is on Ava Siena Cohen, IMEMS Barker Doctoral Student on the #InventingFutures project ‘Daphne and her Sisters'!
Read more about the project team here: durham.ac.uk/research/instit…
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The feeling when you get your hands on an IMEMS tote bag! ☀
Read more about our innovative medieval and early modern research here: durham.ac.uk/research/instit…
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Through the story of Jacob Buyck, a 16th century exiled Catholic priest, @elisewatson_ explores how book collections were used to build and define identity, and can endure as records of their owners' lives.
Read the blog: buff.ly/GEKwrgt
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Congratulations to our student association, MEMSA, and particularly to conference co-convenors Ava Cohen and Joost Oosterhuis, on organising such a wonderful meeting of minds! 👏
📲 Follow @DurhamMEMSA to keep up with news and events from our postgraduate community.
Earlier this month, Durham MEMSA was proud to host its 20th Annual Conference, ‘Connection, Conversation, Contention: Encounters in the Medieval and Early Modern World’ at St. John's College, Durham, chaired by Ava Siena Cohen and Joost Oosterhuis!
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