Call for presenters! MEMRN are delighted to announce that we have speaking slots available for our Spring Showcase, a one-day online conference event celebrating the brilliant MEMs research within the global MEMRN community. Email us to apply!

The chapter house at York... resplendent as ever. ✨️ Completed in the 1280s, its magnificent vaulted ceiling has no central column, and is instead supported by external buttressing and timbers inside the roof.

We are looking forward to MEMS PhD student Charlie Fenton ‘s hybrid seminar The Religious Feeling of Wills in Kent c. 1547-1565 ( kent.ac.uk/events/event/7… or In Person: Darwin Lecture Theatre 1 University of Kent Canterbury Campus) #canterbury

#FrescoFriday - Fresco in the Fourth Pompeian Style depicting the personification of the Sarnus river with two Nymphs. From a wall in the House of the Vestals at Pompeii, AD 50-79.

The story begins: young Arthur draws the sword from the stone. BL Add MS 38117; 'the Huth Manuscript'; 14th century; f.73v Medieval Manuscripts

📰 Two almost life-sized sculptures have been uncovered at a tomb in Pompeii, perhaps depicting an elite couple or a priestess and a male relative. Such funerary sculptures are rare in southern Italy. #ArchaeologyNews via Archaeology News Online Magazine archaeologymag.com/2025/04/two-fu…

9 May is Europe Day! 📷 The goddess Europa gave her name to the whole continent of Europe. In Greek mythology, Europa was a Phoenician princess whose beauty inspired the god Zeus to seduce her. He appeared to her as a white bull and carried her away to Crete. Later, she bore Zeus

El Monasterio de Santa María la Real de las Huelgas (Burgos), fundado en 1187 por el Rey Alfonso VIII y Doña Leonor y casa madre de todo el císter femenino en la Corona de Castilla. Fue tal su poder que su abadesa sólo rendía obediencia al Papa #FelizSabado #BuenosDias

Excited to be joining the 3rd-year Architectural Conservation module tomorrow at the School of Architecture of the National Technical University of Athens! My lecture "Conservation Practice in the UK: A Different Approach". will explore what sets the British approach apart.

Two medieval archers - detail from one of the 15th century misericords at St. Mary’s Church in Beverley, East Yorkshire. 📸 My own. #Woodensday #Medieval #Beverley

‼️Our programme is live! Join us for two amazing days of presentations and workshops at this year’s MEMS Festival! Register your interest at the 🔗 in our bio and check out our full program on our instagram @mems_festival.

It is with great sadness that we report the passing of legendary architect and urban planner, Lèon Krier, one of our founding research fellows. He deeply cared about the plight of classical music and remarked that he had more piano sheet music than books about architecture. ⁦

Position still stands so please do let me know if anyone needs a temporary tutor or freelance researcher after October.

Excited to share some research from my forthcoming book. 🌿Who was the 'Green Man'? Not a pagan relic, but a window into medieval humanism. Join me for a lecture next month to find out more! 📍Guildhall, Sandwich 🗓 22 October, 7–8PM 🎟 Tickets £5 👇 sandwichlocalhistorysociety.org.uk/community/sand…

Upcoming colloquium! 📜 'Recapturing England's Monastic Heritage: The Infirmary of Canterbury Cathedral' 📍Clagett Auditorium, Canterbury Cathedral 🗓 30 Sept 2025, 3PM 💫FREE & open to all All enquires: Nikos Karydis (see email on poster) Event details👇 camems.org.uk/community/came…

14 September is the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, once known as 'Holyrood Day in harvest'. As summer moves into autumn, this festival extols a holy tree, bearing the fruit of life, standing steadfast at the still point of the turning world aclerkofoxford.blogspot.com/2012/09/steadf…

We’d love to see you there! 📍 Clagett Auditorium, Canterbury Cathedral 🗓 Tue 30 Sept 2025 · 3 PM 💫 Free & open to all Talks • Q&A • Tea/Coffee • Guided Tour of Canterbury's Medieval Infirmary RSVP below to help plan refreshments 🫖👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/recapturing-…

The 12th century lead font of Dorchester Abbey in Oxfordshire. The font is the only one belonging to a monastic church to survive the Reformation. 📸 My own. #FontsOnFriday #DorchesterAbbey #Oxfordshire