British Library, Qatar Foundation, to work together to digitize historical documents
A partnership exploring ways to transform online resources for the study of the history, science and culture of the Arabian Gulf was announced…
Council for British Archaeology launches new online bibliographic service
A fully upgraded service of biab online – the primary research resource for British and Irish archaeology – has now been launched by…
Scholars to Discuss Jewish/Christian Relations in the Middle Ages at Southern Connecticut State University
Scholars who study the Middle Ages will gather at Southern Connecticut State University on Saturday, November 6th, for a conference entitled Jewish and…
Exeter Cathedral awarded £45,800
Plans to transform opportunities for education and research at Exeter Cathedral received a boost last week, thanks to a £45,800 award from the…
Students receive $50 000 to create Virtual Joust game
Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s (WPI) Interactive Media and Game Development program and Higgins Armory Museum have won a highly competitive $50,000 Digital Humanities Start-Up…
Oxford Centre for Asian Archaeology, Art and Culture officially opens
Oxford University has launch a new centre to study the archaeological and cultural heritage of Asia. The Oxford Centre for Asian Archaeology, Art…
Anglo-Saxon Leper Hospital discovered in Winchester
The University of Winchester’s archaeological excavations at St Mary Magdalen, on the outskirts of Winchester, have revealed evidence for what may be Britain’s…
The Codex Manesse and the Discovery of Love at Heidelberg University
It was in the Hohenstaufen era that European literature turned its attention to the subject of courtly love, thus sparking off one of…
Repairs needed at medieval chapel in Bradwell Abbey
St Mary’s Chapel at Bradwell Abbey in Buckinghamshire, England is undergoing repairs with a temporary roof put in place make it water and…
Medieval Frontiers at War symposium to take place in Spain
The Spanish city of Caceres will be hosting many of the most notable medieval military historians next month for a symposium on ‘Medieval…
Medieval Observatory discovered in Iran
Iranian archaeologists have discovered a 13th century observatory at the Ismailis stronghold of Alamut. It is believed this was used by the famous…
Estate of Margaret Wade Labarge donates art collection to the National Gallery of Canada
Thanks to a generous gift from the collection of the former medieval historian, writer, lecturer and Order of Canada recipient Dr. Margaret Wade…
Book – Richard Rolle and His Readers: Defining the Literary in the Fifteenth Century – receives fellowship
Katherine Zieman, an assistant professor of English at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded a National Humanities Center Fellowship for work…
Who Ate All the Pigs in Medieval Denmark?
It’s fair to assume that Valdemar the Conqueror, while ruling over Denmark in the early 1200s, ate like a king. But, what was…
29th International Conference of the Charles Homer Haskins Society takes place next month
Boston College will be hosting the annual conference of the Charles Homer Haskins Society next month. The conference will bring together some of…
Meeting “reinvented our understanding of medical manuscripts” in the High Middle Ages
An international team of medieval scholars from the United States, Australia, the Netherlands, Finland, Germany, and Canada have made several important discoveries related…
Bangor University commemorates medieval historian J. E. Lloyd
A historian who changed the face of modern Welsh history is to be commemorated with a biennial Public Lecture in his name at…
22nd International Congress on Byzantine Studies to take place in Bulgaria
The International Association of Byzantine Studies will be holding its annual congress in Sofia, Bulgaria next year. The congress, which will take place…
Saxonhouse offers visitors the chance to see 7th century life
If one is interested in experiencing how people lived in Anglo-Saxon England, a trip to Lincolnshire might offer some unique insights. In the…
New visitor centre for the Battle of Bannockburn
Scotland’s Minister of Culture announced today £5 million in funding to create a state-of-the-art visitor centre at the site of the battle of…
Sealing the Fate of the Newport Ship
The Newport Ship is at the heart of a new collaboration that gets underway this week between the University of Wales Trinity Saint…
13th century ‘travel lodge’ found by Time Team
A medieval travel lodge has been discovered by archaeologists working for the British television program Time Team. The remains of the building were…
Medievalist creates new typography to honour 1000th anniversary of the Kingdom of Leon
Ricardo Chao, a Spanish medievalist has created a new typography to honour the one thousandth anniversary of the creation of the Kingdom of…
6th century Byzantine mosaic uncovered in Israel
A Byzantine mosaic dating to the 6th century AD has been discovered in Israel. The find was made by researchers from the University…
Reading Europe: European culture through the book
Europeana, Europe’s digital library, museum and archive, has launched an online exhibitions that explore highlights of the continent’s literature. Reading Europe: European culture…