Society Events

The Society has catalysed medieval research through hundreds of events, directly held or sponsored, bringing together many thousands of medievalists.

Past Events

Alastair Minnis (Re)anthologizing Literary Theory from Medieval Commentary Tradition: New Parameters University of St Andrews -
Global Glossing: Transnational Commentary in the Later Middle Ages University of St Andrews -
The 2025 Oxford Medieval Graduate Conference: Rituals & Ceremonies Maison Française d'Oxford -
Sarah Bowden 2024 MÆ AGM and Lecture: ‘Shifting Landscapes: St Oswald of Northumbria in England and Germany’ Grimond Lecture 3, Grimond Building, University of Kent / Online -
Matthew Kempshall The 2023 MAE Lecture: Causes and Chronography in Medieval Historical Writing Grosvenor Museum, Chester -
Ryan Perry The 2022 MAE Lecture: Middle English Books of Devotion & Liturgical Privatisation in 15th England University of Nottingham - algm22
Jocelyn Wogan-Browne The 2021 MAE Lecture: Jocelyn Wogan-Browne, Women and Multilingualism in Late Medieval England Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York, online - ALGM21
The 2020 Oxford Medieval Graduate Conference
Dark Archives 20/20 University of Oxford, online - DABanner
Decoding the Past: Critical Editions and Their Editors The Trinity Long Room Hub -
Teaching the Codex III: Decentring the Codex Merton College -
Dark Archives: A Conference on the Medieval Unread and Unreadable English Faculty, Oxford - DA2019
Constructing the Public Intellectual in the Premodern World University of Manchester -
International Medievalisms Conference Maynooth University -
Speaking Internationally: Medieval Women’s Literary Culture and the Canon in the Global Middle Ages Bangor University, Wales -
Old Norse Poetry in Performance: Text and Texture Christ Church College -
Mediating Dante University College Cork -
Angels in the Medieval World University of York -
Power of the Bishop IV: Bishop as Patron from Late Antiquity to 1500 Sarum College, Salisbury -
David D'Avray The 2019 MÆ AGM and Lecture - David d'Avray (UCL), 'How to explain the Medieval Papacy' University of Birmingham - ALGM19
The Early English Drama and Performance Network Graduate and Early Career Symposium. Fribourg -
Crossing Boundaries?: Trade and Connections on the Medieval Mediterranean St John's College, Oxford, Woolf Institute -
The Life Course in Early Medieval England Cambridge University -
Northern Network for the Study of the Crusades: 3rd Annual Symposium University of Huddersfield -
Conference Title: Gender and Aliens: Gender and Medieval Studies 2019 Durham University -
Names and Identity in the Medieval World: The 2018 Medium Ævum Day Conference University of Glasgow - Names and Identity
Symposia in Historical Archaeoethnology Fries Museum, Leeuwarden -
Symposium in Historical Archaeoethnology: The Frisians Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, Netherlands -
Janet Nelson MÆ Annual Lecture, Meeting and Colloquium - Medieval Life Writing - in Celebration of the Lecture's 60th Anniversary Harris Manchester College -
Animals Harris Manchester College -
‘Britain & its Neighbours: Cultural Contacts & Exchanges in Medieval & Early Modern Europe’, 28-9 June 2018 Swansea University -
Reimagining Records Kew, The National Archives -
Sixth Annual Symposium on Medieval & Renaissance Studies Saint Louis University, Saint Louis Missouri -
Brussels Medieval Culture and War Conference: Power, Authority, and Normativity Université Saint-Louis – Bruxelles -
Wycliffitism and Hussitism: Contexts, Methods, Perspectives St. Anne's College, Oxford -
2018 John Coffin Memorial Lecture Chancellor's Hall, First Floor, Senate House, London - coffin
The Animal in Medieval Romance Kalamazoo, Michigan -
Application Deadline for AHRC CHASE Collaborative Doctoral Award: 'Beautiful Fragments: Glass, Ceramics, Leather and Metalwork in Medieval London'
Medieval Bodies Ignored: Politics, Culture, and Flesh Parkinson Building, University of Leeds -
Medieval English (ca600-1500) in a Multilingual Context network University of Westminster, Seville, University of Bristol, Cardiff University -
Margery Kempe in the 21st Century University College, Oxford -
LASS 2018: 'Anglo Saxon London' Senate House, London -
Bennett & Kerr - Twelfth Night Open Day Invitation Millhill Warehouse, Church Lane, Steventon -
Transmissions and Translations in the Medieval World Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York -
A Lecture on Decorated Charters S.T. Lee Seminar Room, Senate House Library, London -
Neighbours and Strangers: The 2017 Medium Ævum Day Conference University of Southampton -
Ovid Across Europe: Vernacular Translations of the Metamorphoses in the Middle Ages & Renaissance University of Bristol - Ovid
Biennial London Chaucer Conference: Chaucer and the Law Institute of English Studies, Senate House, London -
Power and Identity: The Reading of History in High Medieval Europe Old College, Aberystwyth University -
Mobility and Space in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe TORCH -
Storytelling: York CMS Graduate Conference 2017 University of York -
The Power of the Bishop: Bishops as Diplomats John Percival Building, University of Cardiff -
Kathryn Kerby-Fulton Literary Networks of the Vicars Choral and the Clerical Proletariat in Late Medieval York Sir Clive Granger Building, University Park, Nottingham - ALGM17
Teaching the Codex 2: further pedagogical approaches to palaeography and codicology Merton College -
The Material Culture of Religious Change and Continuity, 1400-1600 University of Huddersfield -
Architectural Representation in the Middle Ages University College -
Animals: The 2017 London Anglo-Saxon Symposium Senate House, London -
Translating, Editing and Using Medieval Documents Cardiff University -
Shaping, Representing and Using the Medieval City University of Ghent -
Saints and Sinners: Footprints of Mary and Margaret, Queens of Scots IASH, Edinburgh University -
The Crusades in France and Occitania – Roots, Impact, and Cultural Signification of the Crusading Movement in Medieval Texts Institute of Historical Research, London -
People, Places and Possessions, 1350-1550 TORCH -
The Codex Amiatinus and its Contexts University of York, Bede's World, Jarrow -
New Chaucer Society Biennial Congress, 2016 Queen Mary, University of London -
Æthelred II and Cnut the Great: A Millennial Conference to Commemorate the Siege of London in 1016 University of London -
Celts, Romans, Britons: Classical and Celtic Influence in Britain, 55 BC - 2016 AD Radcliffe Humanities Building -
Pastoralia in the Late Middle Ages: Teaching, Translation, Transmission University of Kent -
Old Norse Poetry in Performance Somerville College -
Interrogating the Germanic a category and its use in Late Antiquity University of York -
Medieval Culture and War: Ideals, Representations, Realities University of Leeds -
Eleanor Knott Memorial Conference Neill Lecture Theatre, Trinity College Dublin -
MAE Annual Lecture and AGM 2016 (Cardiff) Cardiff University -
Crusading Masculinities Conference (Zurich) University of Zurich -
Fifth London Anglo-Saxon Symposium 2016 Court Room, Institute of English Studies, Senate House, Uni. of London -
The Senses in Medieval and Renaissance Europe: Sight and Visual Perception University College, Dublin -