Category: News

We are immensely proud of Emma Rose Kraus’ latest publication on early modern rope dancing. Edited by Amrita Sen and Jennifer Linhart Wood, Early Modern Performance … Read more

The Bibliographical Society, founded in 1892, is the senior learned society dealing with the study of the book and its history. The 2025 Gold Medal … Read more

We are delighted to share the fantastic news that two outstanding students, Irene Lopez Huicochea and Elizabeth Gilbody, have been awarded prestigious scholarships to pursue … Read more

The Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) at the University of Kent is proud to celebrate the outstanding range of publications and grant … Read more

Next week, several members of the MEMS community will travel to Leeds for the annual International Medieval Congress. If you’re attending the conference, come along … Read more

The Royal Historical Society has launched its Masters’ Scholarships for 2025-26. Awards provide financial support to students from groups currently underrepresented in academic history. The … Read more

Leverhulme funding with our Knowledge Orders before Modernity programme. Thanks to the funding of the Leverhulme Trust, Knowledge Orders before Modernity is offering a scholarship covering … Read more

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

 Rebecca Gaylord and John Manley have jointly won the Thirsk Prize awarded by Kent Archaeological Society for their MEMS MA dissertations. This blog post was created by Dr … Read more

Michael Maier’s Atalanta Fugiens (1617) is one of the most intriguing early modern books held in the Templeman Special Collections and Archives. This blog post … Read more