Category: Research

We’re delighted to announce that ‘Literatures Without Borders: A Historical-Comparative Study of Pre-Modern Literary Transnationalism’, a collaborative project involving medievalists at the University of Kent, … Read more

The year 2020 marked the 850th anniversary of the brutal martyrdom of St Thomas Becket inside Canterbury Cathedral and, in a matter of months, Becket … Read more

We are delighted to share the news of Dr Robert Gallagher and Dr Edward Roberts’ new book, The Languages of Early Medieval Charters. The Languages … Read more

We would like to draw your attention to our call for papers for the international conference ‘Thomas Becket: Life, Death, and Legacy,’ which will take … Read more

Thomas Becket – Life, death and legacy A conference to commemorate the extraordinary life, death and legacy of Thomas Becket will take place between 11-14 … Read more

Jessica Schwindenhammer | js2095@kent.ac.uk Taught MA student, Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, University of Kent On 4 March 2019, MEMS lecturers, Dr. David Rundle … Read more

In March 2019, a workshop and public lecture took place to celebrate the return to the City of Canterbury, a late-thirteenth century Parisian Bible (the ‘Lyghfield Bible’) … Read more

Liminal Time and Space in Medieval and Early Modern Performance 5th-7th September 2014, University of Kent Human experience of time and space has been the … Read more

On 27th September, the University of Kent hosted Knowledge Machines, a one-day symposium that showcased different approaches to using digital methodologies in the humanities. A … Read more

Programme:           Medieval Hythe & civic uses of sacred space by Sheila Sweetinburgh Church upper spaces and their uses by Toby Huitson Masonry sculpture: Hythe’s carved … Read more