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Call for submissions to the 2025 round of the Dionisius A. Agius prize for a distinguished first book in the field of Medieval Mediterranean studies. Deadline 31 January 2025. Info, eligibility criteria, and application form on the SMM website: https://t.co/oARpxNnvjZ

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The SMM is now accepting applications for the 2025/26 round of the Simon Barton PG & ECR conference prize. Info and application form here: https://t.co/1FxoGnlUhB

[Dr Antonella Liuzzo Scorpo @ALiuzzoScorpo]

After a very productive, stimulating and fun #SMM2024, another treat: visiting #Inchcolm island guided by @Pseudo_Isidore
A memorable day to conclude a memorable conference! Massive thanks to @mikecarrhistory for organising everything so amazingly! @socmedimedit #medieval

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Thanks to @Pseudo_Isidore for expertly guiding #SMM2024 attendees on a fascinating tour of Inchcolm Abbey. A perfect finale to a very successful conference! We’re so grateful to @mikecarrhistory for his brilliant organisation and hosting

[Dr Antonella Liuzzo Scorpo @ALiuzzoScorpo]

To conclude #SMM2024 Dr Hannah Barker’s keynote: an inspiring talk about slavery, friendship and emotions in the #Medieval #Mediterranean @socmedimedit @EdinburghUni

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We’re finishing a wonderful conference with an engaging keynote lecture from Prof. Hannah Barker on ‘Slavery, Emotion, and Tatar-Venetian Relations in the Memoirs of Giosafat Barbaro’ #SMM2024

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And coming up in our final session of papers, we’ve got: intercultural relations; new perspectives on the crusades; intellectual interactions in the western Mediterranean; rhythms of Jewish life #SMM2024

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It’s Wednesday, the 2nd and final day of papers @ #SMM2024 We’re starting with papers on Historiography and Ideology in Chronicles; Women in the late antique Mediterranean; hagiography in southern Italy; the Mamluk Sultanate in Christian sources

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After lunch we have: Rhythms of everyday life; more on Mediterranean women; literary interactions; inter religious interactions #SMM2024

[Dr Antonella Liuzzo Scorpo @ALiuzzoScorpo]

Excellent start of Day 3, talking about travel, mobility, slavery, diplomacy and (of course) friendship in the #medieval #Mediterranean #SMM2024 @socmedimedit @EdinburghUni

[Dr Antonella Liuzzo Scorpo @ALiuzzoScorpo]

Amazing #SMM2024 @socmedimedit Conference so far @EdinburghUni
Plenty of inspiring papers, new discoveries, thought-provoking debates, and… a whiskey tasting to conclude day 2, in perfect Scottish spirit (pun unintended).

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Finally for day 2 we have more on Harald Hardrada in the Mediterranean; also more becoming Carolingian in the Iberian peninsula; identity in the Ayyubid period; & papers in women and food in the medieval Mediterranean #SMM2024

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Excited to hear papers in session 1 this morning @ #SMM2024 First up we’re talking about taxation in medieval Egypt; diplomacy and alterity in southern Italy and Sicily; religious spaces in the eastern Mediterranean; and cross cultural interactions in Iberia #conferencing

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Session 4 sees the first papers on Harald Hardrada; discussions of becoming Carolingian; urban experiences across the Mediterranean; & interactions between the Crown of Aragon and the Mamluk Sultanate #SMM2024

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As part of this year’s @socmedimedit conference in Edinburgh, we visited the Edinburgh Central Mosque. An image of the mosque was featured at the very first Woolf Institute exhibition in 2017.

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Iñaki Martín Viso intervendrá esta tarde como keynote speaker en el congreso de la @socmedimedit celebrado en @EdinburghUni

Toda la información sobre su lección y el resto del programa⬇️⬇️
https://t.co/oRaGI5wxbz

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We’re live at #SMM2024 in Edinburgh with our first keynote, Prof. Iñaki Martin Viso on Murder and Adultery in north-western Iberia #conferencing #medieval #mediterrranean