Medieval Studies Research Group

Interpreting and Representing the Medieval Past

The Medieval Studies Research Group brings together academics, archivists, librarians, postgraduate students, and postdoctoral researchers with interdisciplinary interests both in the medieval period itself and in the later interpretation and representation of the medieval past. We have a strong relationship with the wider scholarly and professional community including Lincoln Cathedral Library and Archives, with whom we collaborate in our teaching and research. Key themes include: premodern Iberia and the Western Mediterranean; Lincoln, Britain and the North Atlantic; gender and identity, society and culture; inter-faith exchanges and religion; and archives, heritage, and medievalism.

We foster academic links within and beyond the University of Lincoln through hosting external speakers; organizing the annual Lincoln medieval lecture and ‘Medieval Week’; hosting international conferences; and contributing to national and international research networks and projects. Our research group's news can be followed on our blog.

Research Themes and Sustainable Development Goals

Our research is embedded in the following University research themes, a unique set of areas that key into our goals as a civic university undertaking internationally significant research with local relevance, and as researchers engaged in the pursuit of excellence. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals badges represent our research and collaborations in terms of their contribution to the issues the world faces today and into the future.

Medieval Studies Research Group Events

Upcoming Events

DateEventSubjectTime and LocationHow to Get Involved
October 2023 to January 2024 Research Seminars

Semester A Research Seminars, Open to All

Various times - on campus and online Find out more

Previous Events

Please use the links in the table to view previous events.

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Medieval Week 2022 Liminal Identities in Medieval Worlds. View
A Medieval Sound Bites Podcast 'Recovering Voices: Women, Christians, and Conversion in the Early Medieval Period' - Nicola Meyrick and Susan Phillips. View
A Medieval Sound Bites Podcast 'Medieval Heritage and Archives in the Modern Era' - Lynsey Coombs and Bethany Elliott. View
A Medieval Sound Bites Podcast 'PGR Feature: Archives and Animals' - Katherine Delaney and Gary Stephen. View
Medieval Week - April 2021 'A Medieval Scribe in the Modern Day: the Illuminations of Toni Watts'. View
Medieval Week - April 2021 An Overview of Medieval Week at the University of Lincoln. View
Medieval Sound Bites Podcast 'Women, Households and Power in the 13th Century' - Paula Del Val Vales and Dr Anaïs Waag. View
Medieval Sound Bites Podcast 'Digging in the Dirt: Forensic Science in Ancient and Medieval Archaeology' - Dr Sam Tipper and Dr Charlotte Primeau. View
Local and Global Perspectives Research Seminar The Medieval Mediterranean. 'The Autobiographical Impulse in the Medieval Mediterranean' - Dr Franz-Joseph Arlinghaus (Universität Bielefeld), Dr Jaume Aurell (Universidad de Navarra), and Dr Afrodesia McCannon (NYU), chaired by Dr Antonella Liuzzo Scorpo. View
Local and Global Perspectives Research Seminar The Medieval Mediterranean. 'Queenship studies across the Medieval Mediterranean and Western Europe' - Dr Anais Waag and Paula Del Val Vales. View
Research Seminars (2020-21)

An Overview of Our Semester A Research Seminars.

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Research Seminars (2020-21)

An Overview of Our Semester B Research Seminars.

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Research Seminars (2021-22)

An Overview of Our Research Seminars.

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