Dr Aisling Reid reports on her recent trip to Italy and her research into the pilgrims and Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy.
In canto fifteen of the Inferno, Dante encounters the author Brunetto Latini, who asks him how …
Medievalists, Classicists, and Early Modernists at Queen's University, Belfast.
News, events and conferences from previous academic years.
Dr Aisling Reid reports on her recent trip to Italy and her research into the pilgrims and Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy.
In canto fifteen of the Inferno, Dante encounters the author Brunetto Latini, who asks him how …
London, Royal College of Physicians.
‘Scholar, courtier, magician: The Lost Library of John Dee’
I’ve been researching Dee for nearly 4 years now, from MA to PhD, so it was not without some trepidation that I read the announcement of …
MA student Scott Eaton discusses the relationship between literacy and print in the Early Modern period…
Over the past two centuries world literacy rates have increased dramatically thanks to widespread education (for useful interactive graphs click here). For …
Scott Eaton, MA student in the School of History, reports on the challenges he faces while researching his MA Dissertation topic…
In today’s world we often think of a witch as an ugly old woman who keeps a black cat …
Final year PhD student Aisling Reid reports on her recent research trip to Palermo, Italy.
Inquisition in Palermo’s Prison
Palermo’s Piazza Marina is filled with Moreton Bay fig trees, some standing at heights of sixty metres (fig. 1). The seeds …
Borderlines XIX
Translating the Past: Appropriating the Medieval and Early Modern Worlds
10th-12th April 2015
The 19th annual iteration of the Borderlines Medieval and Early Modern conference for post-graduate students welcomed more than 50 participants from across Ireland, the UK, …
Queen’s PhD student at the School of History and Anthropology Robin McCallum discusses the significance of the 1345 charter granted to the city of Norwich
A royal charter was one of the most prized possessions a medieval town could receive …
Hi everyone!
If you look back a few posts you will see the ones I put up about my wonderful experiences on the Svartarkot course in Iceland.
Well now you too have the opportunity to be involved with this wonderful …