{"id":1617,"date":"2026-07-01T14:15:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T14:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/memsnews\/?p=1617"},"modified":"2026-07-28T14:27:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:27:47","slug":"exhibition-celebration-with-the-lord-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/memsnews\/2026\/07\/01\/exhibition-celebration-with-the-lord-mayor\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibition Celebration with the Lord Mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"

There and Back Again: Journeys through the Medieval World, an exhibition exploring aspects of the medieval world in England and Kent. Using material across collections in collaboration with our partners, the exhibition tells the story of medieval maps and mapping, pilgrimage \u2013 medieval and modern, and Geoffrey Chaucer\u2019s Canterbury Tales.<\/p>\n

This was a fantastic opportunity to celebrate the exhibition which our MEMS MAs co-curated, organised in partnership between MEMS and Special Collections (Templeman) and showcased as part of the annual MEMSFest. The exhibition was\u00a0produced for the Canterbury Medieval Weekend in May. It demonstrated our strong collaboration with outside partners: CAMEMS, the Beaney (Canterbury City\u00a0Council),\u00a0Torin Brown\u00a0(Canterbury Cathedral), as well as\u00a0Eastbridge Hospital, the\u00a0Canterbury HA,\u00a0CHAS,\u00a0Kent Archives,\u00a0Dover Maison Dieu\u00a0and others. Consequently, we were delighted that the new\u00a0Lord Mayor\u00a0and\u00a0Lady Mayoress of Canterbury\u00a0could attend and hear from 3 of the MEMS postgraduates involved in the exhibition\u2019s creation:\u00a0Angela\u00a0(PhD),\u00a0Tris\u00a0and Elijah (MA).<\/p>\n

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Tris (our CAMEMS MA Scholar) discussing Margery Kempe and her pilgrimage to Canterbury (photo: Robert Pay)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Elijah highlighting the importance of Chaucer\u2019s Canterbury Tales and the later Tale of Beryn (photo: Robert Pay)<\/p>\n
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Angela discussing medieval maps (photo: Robert Pay)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Conference delegates, guests and postgraduates exploring the exhibition (photo: Clair [Special Collections])<\/p>\n

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This is an adapted blog post from the KCHH blog. See more from Sheila’s KCHH blog here.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n

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