The Medieval Association of the Midwest

Promoting solidarity among medievalists and exchange of ideas throughout the midwestern United States and around the world.

[The Medieval Association of the Midwest @medievalmidwest]

Calling all medievalists and movie lovers for a post-premiere discussion of #TheGreenKnight , Aug. 2nd: https://t.co/nTQzk4p8o5

[The Medieval Association of the Midwest @medievalmidwest]

Dr. Sierra Lomuto (@slomuto) speaks on "Fantasies of Race and Racial Passing: The Global Middle Ages at the Morgan Library,” 7:00-8:30 PM CST on March 11, 2021.

Register for this FREE online lecture: https://t.co/DsMNfBmxnv 

Contact Dr. Bovaird-Abbo (@colomedievalist) for info!

[British Museum @britishmuseum]

Today marks the 850th anniversary of the murder of #ThomasBecket, Archbishop of Canterbury – an atrocity that sent shockwaves around medieval Europe.

Read more about the murder that shook the Middle Ages in our curators’ blog post: https://t.co/wi1KYu62np #Becket2020

[The Medieval Association of the Midwest @medievalmidwest]

Wishing everyone a safe and socially distanced beginning to the holiday season! If the holidays have got you down, imagine sailing the medieval Mediterranean with “Enya's Orinoco Flow, but it's a Bardcore sea shanty” https://t.co/UQsgnnNO1g via @YouTube

[International Congress on Medieval Studies @KzooICMS]

#Kzoo2021 All proposals for sessions of papers, roundtables, panel discussions, and poster sessions of the 2021 Congress must be made in the Confex system. Only proposals made in the system can be accepted by session organizers. Deadline: September 15. https://t.co/DWhvuQv8xj

[The Medieval Association of the Midwest @medievalmidwest]

On this #JUNETEENTH2020, the medievalist community must remember the beginnings of the transatlantic slave trade that continue to inform racial injustice in our modern society. To amplify the voices of Black Medievalists is to strengthen our field as a whole. #BLM

[Amy Carleton @amy_carleton]

African American History is not covered nearly enough (or sometimes at all) in traditional public school classrooms but Selma Online is offering free civil rights lessons here--so check it out: https://t.co/s0RwU31Jvm

[Walters Manuscripts @MedievalMss]

Okay...after trying our hands at paintings, my son and I decided to make our first attempt at a manuscript re-creation! Here he is as St. Nicholas from the fabulous Claricia Psalter (W.26), created in Germany ca. 1200.

Here's a link to the original: https://t.co/qcWjqda5VC

[Chaucer Doth Tweet @LeVostreGC]

Ich am so thankful for the writeres, the storytelleres, the artistes, the game designeres, the daunceres, the performeres, the tech & crewe & editors, and everyone else who doth offer us now lyke a blessing the sustaininge power of storyes and spectacles and feeling and hope.

[International Congress on Medieval Studies @KzooICMS]

In consultation w/ Michigan's governor, the president of Western Michigan Univ. has canceled all events over 100 people beginning 3/16, but w/out a specified end date. We are waiting for clarification & continue to follow university guidelines. https://t.co/UGgtdGkwAu #Kzoo2020

[The Medieval Association of the Midwest @medievalmidwest]

Hold the phone—Dev Patel looks awesome as Gawain, but the Green Knight made me yell so triumphantly I scared my cat. Ahhhh!!!! @colomedievalist

[The Green Knight @TheGreenKnight]

𝔚𝔥𝔢𝔫 𝔥𝔬𝔫𝔬𝔯 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔤, 𝔠𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔞𝔤𝔢 𝔪𝔞𝔡𝔢 𝔨𝔦𝔫𝔤𝔰 ⟡

Watch the new teaser for #TheGreenKnight, from acclaimed filmmaker David Lowery. Starring Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, and @JoelEdgerton1 — May 29

[Medieval Manuscripts @BLMedieval]

What's the oldest Christmas #carol?

A good candidate is ‘Veni redemptor gentium’, by Ambrose (c. 340–397).

https://t.co/Ax0PyBpZgw

[Dr. Katie Wedemeyer-Strombel, PhD @krwedemeyer]

Friendly reminder:

Rest is not a reward for hard work, but a critical component to working hard.

Mark it as a timepoint in your protocol or appointment in your calendar if necessary.

Rest. Recreate. Spend time with loved ones.

[𝕯𝖎𝖑𝖉𝖔 𝕭𝖆𝖌𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖘 @EmmaTolkin]

THE CAST OF “CATS” AS MEDIEVAL CAT PAINTINGS: A THREAD

[Tweeting Historians @Tweetistorian]

Hello everyone! This is @RachelSchine, and as my first act of this twitter takeover, I've changed the profile photo to a portrait of a mother and son by Egyptian artist Wagdy Ibrahim. The banner is a folk art painting of 'Antar and 'Abla, like many such designs, it's anonymous..

[Axel Folio, PhD, White Tears Distiller 🪁 @ISASaxonists]

#Medievaltwitter In case it's not sinking in that everything is political & you're still in doubt that white supremacists look to "Anglo-Saxon studies" as "their" history to be studied exclusively by white ppl, here's another example that was just posted on my Medium article. 1/6

[Eleanor Parker @ClerkofOxford]

The 'Introducing Medieval Christianity' website is growing! Two excellent new articles recently posted: @floalicee on how visiting a saint's shrine engaged all the senses of medieval pilgrims https://t.co/StN0dnSPjt