Mary Blanchard
@hlaefdige_hist
Medievalist, 10th and 11th century England. Prosopography, aristocracy, bishops, legal history. Assistant Prof of History @avemariauniv, DPhil @UnivofOxford
CFP "Historical Aspects of Engla Land: Beyond Beowulf" Session(s) celebrating the historical study of Early Medieval England at @KzooICMS 2026. @medievalhistory and I welcome papers focusing on any historical aspect between 500 and 1070. Co-Sponsored by @HaskinsSociety!

Two hugging peacocks to form a X in this stunning 1000-year-old Greek manuscript @bodleianlibs Byzantine initials are stunning! #animals #FridayVibes #FridayFeeling #birds
We are delighted to share the news that the Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies (IMEMS) has been awarded a transformational investment of £1.3 million to support our new research programme, Inventing Futures. Read more below 👇
Researchers @IMEMSDurham have been awarded a significant philanthropic investment aimed at advancing #research into the past to address critical global challenges. Discover more 👉 brnw.ch/21wQOhI #DUResearch #TransformativeHumanities l @durhamalumni l @undp l #SDGs
Knowledge Orders PhD Project #2 *The Materiality of Early Medieval English Charters* komldsp.org.uk/projects/mater… With Dr Robert Gallagher @hwaetspur and Prof Julia Crick
JOB ALERT in medieval history/digital humanities: PhD (predoctoral) position at Ghent University in the research project "Hagiographical Entanglements of the Long Tenth Century": academia.edu/126960582/Vaca…
The LEIGHEAS project Medical Manuscript of the Month series is back for another year! Our January 2025 entry is @Library_RIA MS 23 F 19, containing an original Irish treatise on anatomy, an Irish version of the Trotula texts on women’s medicine & more👇 leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/leigheas-manus…
This includes a fully funded PhD to work on Anglo-Saxon charter single sheets with Julia Crick and me. Please spread the word, and hmu if you have any qs!
This is the day! New projects available now on komldsp.org.uk/projects/ for five lucky future PhDs. Four projects will be based at Kent while one at King's. Waste no time and check them out as they are set to begin in the autumn of 2025 #phd #cfa #callforapplication #komldsp
My book, Early English Queens, 850-1000, is currently 25% off at Routledge. As an added bonus, it also now comes with fewer typos - one of the benefits of the move to ebooks & print on demand. routledge.com/Early-English-…
Exciting PhD Opportunity! Come join @mems_ukc for a CHASE-funded collaborative doctoral award with Westminster Abbey to investigate the manuscript fragments held in the Archives. Link below, deadline to apply 17 Feb 2025 📜🎉 tinyurl.com/MEMSFragments
There's been such a lot of buzz around the @britishlibrary's wonderful new exhibition, Medieval Women: In Their Own Words, which runs until 2 March. Have you been already, or are you planning on going? Make sure to book your ticket here: tinyurl.com/yck27773
Abstracts due this Sunday, Sept 15! Please reach out with any questions to me or @DrCShieldsMas #imc2025 #medievaltwitter #statusrankoffice2025 #medievalcfp
CFP: IMC Leeds 2025 ‘Status, Rank, or Office?: Social Boundaries in England, 900-1200’ Abstracts due Sept 15, 2024 Any questions contact myself or @DrCShieldsMas Sponsored by @HaskinsSociety please share widely #medievaltwitter
Free event soon, the Frank Watson Prize Virtual Lecture, a talk on Máel Coluim III and the study of his reign, featuring myself, September 10 2024, detail linked below
CFP: IMC Leeds 2025 ‘Status, Rank, or Office?: Social Boundaries in England, 900-1200’ Abstracts due Sept 15, 2024 Any questions contact myself or @DrCShieldsMas Sponsored by @HaskinsSociety please share widely #medievaltwitter
Abstracts are due Sept 15 - a little under 2 weeks!
CFP: IMC Leeds 2025 ‘Status, Rank, or Office?: Social Boundaries in England, 900-1200’ Abstracts due Sept 15, 2024 Any questions contact myself or @DrCShieldsMas Sponsored by @HaskinsSociety please share widely #medievaltwitter
Excited to announce our CFP for @IMC_Leeds 2025 on 'Classical Learning in Medieval Europe: knowledge, translation, adaptation'. 🏛️📜 Please share widely. Abstracts due 15th September.
CFP: IMC Leeds 2025 ‘Status, Rank, or Office?: Social Boundaries in England, 900-1200’ Abstracts due Sept 15, 2024 Any questions contact myself or @DrCShieldsMas Sponsored by @HaskinsSociety please share widely #medievaltwitter

I've organized a session for the ICMS at Kalamazoo on "Reform and Nostalgia." Looking for either concept broadly or ideally together, how we remember the past shapes our policies. Please share with anyone you think might be interested! #CallForPapers urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https…
Sad to be missing @IMC_Leeds this year but thankful I can attend the session I organized online. Come listen to our wonderful panel #s641 "Not Just Nicola: Medieval Women in Office, c. 700-1400" #IMC2024 @DrCShieldsMas