Early modern handwriting = real life time travel. ⏳These memories of Anne Boleyn, recorded in 1610 by Rose Lok, can be read today at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social.
Take our 2-wk online course (13-24 April) & learn to get the most from early modern handwriting: tinyurl.com/32hfbm6m 💻
X marks the spot! ✒️✖️
Spaces are filling up fast on our Latin European Medieval Palaeography course, running 13-24 April 2026. Now is the time to get your application in!
Apply here: imemsdurhamlearn.com/latin-mediev...
It's been a busy term of events at IMEMS @durham.ac.uk, including our research showcase w/ Marie Legendre from @edinburghuni.bsky.social's Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies department.📄Marie's paper was on early Caliphate tax regimes - read about her work: edwebprofiles.ed.ac.uk/profile/mari...
Photo of Marie Legendre giving a paper on early Caliphate tax regimes
Fantastic to hear Marie Legendre's paper on early Caliphate tax regimes at @imems.bsky.social. It included a great story about the keeper of a cheetah in Abbasid Egypt who was paid in honey...
You can see me there looking intently at all your applications!
Join us and learn Latin or Early Modern English Palaeography. There will be many manuscripts, many videos, and many live sessions.
Book now!
#medievalsky #palaeography #manuscripts #online #course
📢 Applications are now open for our 2-week online palaeography courses!
📆 13-24th April 2026
💻 Fully Online
👥 Daily Live Sessions
Latin European Medieval Palaeography: imemsdurhamlearn.com/latin-mediev...
Reading English Handwriting 1500-1700: imemsdurhamlearn.com/early-modern...
🎉 The latest publication from the IMEMS Press with @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social is this annotated diary, ed. & translated by Sara Ayres! 📚
Order here: boydellandbrewer.com/book/the-gra...
Papers below, including Amanda's, a collaboration with Prof. Zara Anishanslin, 'Elizabeth I's Wardrobe as a Cabinet of Curiosities' and IMEMS' Professor Natalie Mears', 'Queering Elizabeth'.
Today sees the beginning of a two-day conference hosted by @thehuntington.bsky.social, organised by Dr Vanessa Wilkie and IMEMS member Dr Amanda Herbert, 'United Queendom: Legacies of Gendered Power in the Early Modern British World'. 👑
An exciting release from the IMEMS Press with @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social! Many congratulation to its author, Dr Sara Ayres.
New from @imems.bsky.social The Grand Tour of Prince George of Denmark in England, 1669 is an annotated diary describing the politics, cultural richness and practicalities of elite educational travel in England during the early reign of Charles II. Read more > buff.ly/jAXnZqB @saraayres.bsky.social
This term, Slater Fellow Prof Mary Watt leads a series of #NorthernSaintsTrails walks🗺️ Walkers have followed in the footsteps of King Canute & countless others, through the forests, fields, & ancient streets leading to #DurhamCathedral.
Read about Mary's Slater Fellowship here: tinyurl.com/5y3tp8mh
Today, the #IMEMSSpotlight is on Dr Robert Twiss!
Read about Rob and his research here: www.durham.ac.uk/staff/robert...
We invite 20-minute papers for our 2026 Summer Conference 'The Church and Race' #CfP #history
Keynote speakers:
▪️Prof Miri Rubin, EHS President @qmul.bsky.social
▪️Prof Herman Bennett, @cuny.edu
▪️The Right Reverend Rowan Williams
Deadline: 15 April
ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/26summer/
'Working with Early Modern Letters' has arrived! ✍ 💻
Our newest online short course is an introduction to early modern letters and a guide to their use as historical sources, designed to be taken at your own pace.
Join us and book your place for just £100:
imemsdurhamlearn.com/working-with...
Did they have any hacks for staying dry? ☔
A person switching on an electric blanket.
With cold weather for many of us, turning up the heating or grabbing an electric blanket can be just what we need. But for medieval monks, staying warm looked quite different as historian Professor Giles Gasper explains.
tinyurl.com/mr2jwe8j
@durhamhistory.bsky.social | @imems.bsky.social
'Working with Early Modern Letters' has arrived! ✍ 💻
Our newest online short course is an introduction to early modern letters and a guide to their use as historical sources.
Join us and book your place for just £100:
imemsdurhamlearn.com/working-with...
Discover 17th-century codes with our new online course, 'Working with Early Modern Letters'! 🤫✒️ tinyurl.com/5d9r8rcp
✔️A week's worth of content for just £100
✔️Optional Q&A sessions with an expert
✔️Learn at your own pace
Pictured: John Pell's 17th-century equivalent of an Enigma machine.
Discover 17th-century codes with our new online course, 'Working with Early Modern Letters'! 🤫✒️ tinyurl.com/5d9r8rcp
✔️A week's worth of content for just £100
✔️Optional Q&A sessions with an expert
✔️Learn at your own pace
Pictured: John Pell's 17th-century equivalent of an Enigma machine.
Great opportunity to learn more about a fascinating study!
'Working with Early Modern Letters' has arrived! ✉️✒️
An introduction to early modern letters and a guide to their use as historical sources, designed to be taken at your own pace.
📲Join us and book your place for just £100: imemsdurhamlearn.com/working-with...
'Working with Early Modern Letters' has arrived! ✉️✒️
An introduction to early modern letters and a guide to their use as historical sources, designed to be taken at your own pace.
📲Join us and book your place for just £100: imemsdurhamlearn.com/working-with...
Why did 17th century letter writer Katherine Thimelby use this curious patchwork style? ✒️
📅 Find out more about women's letter-writing in the new IMEMS online short course 'Working with Early Modern Letters'! Available to book from Monday 9 February 2026.
The latest exhibition at the Oriental Museum, Durham University is on view until 31 May 2026:
'Journey of a Century: From the Forbidden City to the Palace Museum'
www.durham.ac.uk/things-to-do...
@ducollections.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk @imems.bsky.social
This photo includes the other members of the organising committee: Luca Degl’Innocenti (Università degli Studi di Firenze), Anna Carocci (Università Roma Tre), Annalisa Perrotta (Sapienza Università di Roma), Nicola Catelli (Università di Parma) and Stefano Jossa (Università degli Studi di Palermo).
IMEMS travels to Parma! 🌍
Last month, our Director Ita Mac Carthy was in Parma as part of the organising committee of a 3-year project focused on the 15thc Italian poet Maria Matteo Boiardo, concluding at @durham.ac.uk in June.
Our Research Showcase yesterday featured Dr @Ben_Raffield from the University of Uppsala speaking on slavery in the Viking age. @uppsalauni.bsky.social
Read more about Ben's research here: www.durham.ac.uk/research/ins...
1/ A shout out to seriously the most stunning article I have read perhaps ever - Erin Maglaque's in the December @Journalofmoder. I was one of the readers for this piece, and I even wrote in my report that it was such an intense read that I had to go for a walk afterwards to calm down.
New Year, new book from the IMEMS Press! 📖 @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social
Chelsea Reutke's 'Catholic Print Networks in Restoration London, 1660-1688' reconstructs the various networks that sustained the production and circulation of Catholic texts.
📲Order here: boydellandbrewer.com/book/catholi...
