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

Led by Dr Ryan Perry, Senior Lecturer in Medieval Literature and Co-Director of the Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, and Dr Stephen Kelly, … Read more

Dr David Walsh and Dr Luke Lavan, Lecturer in Archaeology in the Department of Classical & Archaeological Studies, are currently leading a group of 30 … Read more

Hwæt! Thanks to a CHASE Cohort Development Fund, we are delighted to announce that we will be running online Old English and Medieval French language … Read more

Just over a month has passed to process the MEMS Summer festival, the sixth hosted by the centre, and one that proceeded against a decidedly … Read more

With Covid-19 closing the doors of our physical libraries, a team of postgraduate students at the University of Kent’s Centre for Early Modern Studies (MEMS) … Read more

Annabelle Stephenson is nearing the end of her Master’s degree studies with MEMS, and was one of the first-ever students to take up the opportunity … Read more

Many congratulations to Dr Ryan Perry (University of Kent) and to Dr Stephen Kelly (Queens University of Belfast) who have just been awarded £367,000 by … Read more

In February of this year’s Spring term, a group of twelve MA Medieval and Early Modern students took part in a five-day study trip to … Read more