Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies (IMEMS)
Latest News and Events
Current News and Events
| Director's Newsletter | The Centre Director issues a regular newsletter as a means by which the Centre can share news and keep abreast of Centre activities and developments. |
Royal Shakespeare Company invites Bangor academic to comment on medieval Arthurian author |
Dr Raluca Radulescu, Senior Lecturer in Medieval Literature and expert in the work of Sir Thomas Malory, was invited to participate in the 'Authoring Arthur' public event on Sunday 27 June 2010, which involved a panel discussion with Mike Poulton, who adapted the Morte Darthur for the Royal Shakespeare Company and Gillian Bradshaw, novelist and author of the Arthurian trilogy Down the long wind. Click here for more information |
| 2010 | IMEMS Research Seminars IMEMS members meet frequently with staff at other Welsh universities (Cardiff, Swansea and Lampeter) via the Welsh Video Network, for research seminars in medieval and early modern studies. The series attracts speakers from a variety of disciplines and from all over the world, providing an opportunity for people working on different areas to exchange ideas. |
CMS Seminars |
The Centre for Medieval Studies holds regular seminars for staff and postgraduates. |
Funding News |
Medieval Welsh seals in the National Library of Wales The project team is delighted to announce the success of a major project bid to the AHRC to support work on medieval Welsh seals at NLW and other repositories. |
| CARMEN | CARMEN stands for Co-operative for the Advancement of Research through a Medieval European Network, a worldwide network, bringing together groups of medievalists (including 'federations of centres', such as national or supranational research centres, disciplinary bodies, or societies of individuals) which operate at a level above that of individual universities, as well as individual universities, public and private bodies (e.g. museums, galleries, publishers), actively involved in the teaching or research of the Middle Ages (ca. 400-1500 AD/CE). http://www.carmen-medieval.eu/ and http://carmen.eldoc.ub.rug.nl/root/abcarm/ The IMEMS representative/link person in CARMEN is Dr Raluca Radulescu (English, Bangor) who may be contacted on els201@bangor.ac.uk by IMEMS members interested collaborative research or teaching projects with international partners. |
Forthcoming Events
| 26 - 28 July 2011 | Conference of the Centre for Restoration Britain and Ireland on the 1690s. Click here for more information. |
| Spring 2014 | In Spring 2014 the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, and The Institute for Medieval and Early Modern Studies at the Universities of Aberystwyth and Bangor (IMEMS), in collaboration with The Huntington Library, California, are delighted to be hosting an exhibition showcasing one of the National Library’s greatest treasures: the Hengwrt manuscript of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, believed by some to be the earliest extant text of this literary masterpiece. |
Past News and Events
| 7 - 9 June 2010 | Post-medieval crusades: languages, contexts, change c 1400-1700 Aberystwyth University |
| 26 May 2010 | IMEMS annual conference will be held on Wednesday 26th May 2010 at the National Library in Aberystwyth. |
| 9 December 2009 | Aberystwyth and Bangor Universities Research and Enterprise Partnership mid-term Review |
| 2009 - 1st Semester | |
| Director's Newsletter | |
| 28 - 30 July 2009 | Politics, Religion and Culture in 1680s Britain and Ireland The Politics, Religion and Culture in 1960s Britain and Ireland will take place in late July 2009 in Bangor. |
| 2008 - 2009 | Autumn Semester Seminar Series The Centre for Medieval Studies hold a seminar series sponsored by the Schools of English, History, and Music. The seminars take place in the HRC/WISCA Seminar Room, Thursdays, 5.00 pm (unless stated otherwise) Refreshments outside WISCA room from 4.45 pm. |
| 11 October 2008 | Cultures of War and Conflict Resolution conference |
| 24 - 27 July 2008 | Annual Medieval and Renaissance Music Conference |
| 3-4 July 2008 | two-day conference on the theme ‘Writing Wales: 1500-1800’ |
| 10 – 12 June 2008 | Women and the sacred: postgraduate conference |
| 1 March 2008 | inaugural conference of the ‘Cultures of War’ network |
| 11 February 2008 | lunchtime workshop with Professor Gerd Althoff |
| Collaborative Postgraduate Training in Palaeography |