Harry Gilbert is one of MEMS’s CHASE-funded PhD students. In that capacity, he is also one of the organisers of the Medieval and Early Modern … Read more
Category: MEMS Events
MEMS to Host the Fifteenth Century Conference 2026
MEMS is proud to have been asked to host the national Fifteenth Century Conference in 2026. The local organisers will be two of the Centre’s … Read more
MEMS Postgraduate Open Days
Are you interested in exploring the world of pre-modern Europe at graduate level? If so, the University of Kent’s Centre for Medieval and Early Modern … Read more
Conserving Heritage – in Kent and Canterbury
We started the year of events with Kent & Canterbury History and Heritage’s Michael Nightingale Memorial Lecture to which the Lord Mayor of Canterbury Cllr Keji … Read more
Bookscapes in Norwich
Clara Chamberlain, PhD student at UEA, reports on the latest outing of Bookscapes, a set of workshops funded by UEA, with MEMS as the lead … Read more
MEMS Summer 2025 Programme
From discovering rare jewels in the archives to listening to the miracles of Thomas Becket in the setting of Canterbury Cathedral, there is something for … Read more
Bookscapes in Essex -17th and 18th February 2025
We are delighted to announce the next instalment of Bookscapes, a series of workshops thinking about the materiality of libraries and books across the medieval … Read more
MEMS seminars for autumn 2024
A warm welcome to all our new and returning students and researchers! We’re delighted to reveal our programme of seminars for the autumn term. Most … Read more
Registration Open for Books across Borders
Come and join us on 14th September for the one-day conference Books across Borders. This special event hosted by MEMS is part of the Bookscapes … Read more
Upcoming public lecture: Kenneth Pennington on ‘The Tyranny of Law’
On 7-13 July 2024, the University of Kent and MEMS will be hosting the 17th International Congress of Medieval Canon Law. Meeting every four years, … Read more








