Oxford Medieval Studies

09/07/2025

OPPORTUNITY 📯

Applications are now open for the Durham University Collections Fellowships and Visiting Fellowships, enabling research across the historic collections of Durham!

Deadline: 3 September 2025

More details at https://durhamcollections.org.uk/

18/06/2025

Join us online from 16:45 TOMORROW (19 June) for the premiere of the 2025 Oxford Medieval Mystery Cycle Film!

Watch it live and comment along at https://youtu.be/R-bYdS8pLUY?si=AWrTCjbXL51e9IjW

University of Oxford TORCH - The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford English Faculty, University of Oxford Oxford University Department for Continuing Education Pusey House

12/06/2025

Just one week until we celebrate the launch of the 2025 Oxford Medieval Mystery Plays FILM!!

Join us for drinks and nibbles and share your thoughts about the future of this grand Oxford tradition.

https://medieval.ox.ac.uk/2025/06/01/film-launch-medieval-mystery-plays-2025/

09/06/2025

It's Week 7! Just two more weeks to go, which means two more weeks of fantastic medieval lectures, seminars, reading groups, and more, all viewable now in the latest Medieval Matters:

Medieval Matters TT25 Week 7 by Tristan Alphey09/06/202507:52Comments Off on Medieval Matters TT25 Week 7Around Oxford, events, Medieval Matters, News, opportunities Welcome to Week 7: the full Medieval Studies booklet is available here. First, a number of important reminders. The Centre for Early...

06/06/2025

📯 Exciting news! To celebrate the end of the year and the success of this year's Medieval Mystery Plays, we have planned a very special FILM LAUNCH for the plays!

🗓️ Thursday 19 June, 4.30-6pm
📌 Farmington Institute, Harris Manchester College

https://medieval.ox.ac.uk/2025/06/01/film-launch-medieval-mystery-plays-2025

Join us for drinks (including the famous Tiddly Pommes apple juice) and nibbles, and help shape our vision for the next Mystery Cycle.

And here's a little preview to get you excited...

https://youtu.be/q49mwvkfYIE

Many thanks to all actors, directors, musicians, prop builders, and spectators who took part in the Oxford Medieval Mystery Plays 2025, and to St Edmund Hall...

02/06/2025

🌍 Applications are now open for the TORCH Global Visiting Professorship 2026–2027!🌍
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We are inviting academics from global majority countries (G77) to join us in Oxford for a fully supported, one-term research visit.⁠
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👩🏾‍🏫 Hosted by All Souls College
📚 Supported by TORCH Oxford
🎓 Open to researchers in the Humanities (fellows need to be nominated by a faculty member in the Humanities)
💼 Includes accommodation, travel + research allowance, and more⁠
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This is a unique opportunity to contribute to Oxford’s vibrant academic life and share your work through public events and engagement.⁠
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🗓️ Deadline: Monday 6 October 2025, 12 noon BST⁠
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🔗 Check out the website to learn more!
📩 Questions? Reach out to [email protected]⁠
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02/06/2025

It's Week 6! Just 3 more weeks until the end of the academic year but we're nowhere near done yet - find out what's in store this week in the latest Medieval Matters:

Medieval Matters TT25, Week 6 by Tristan Alphey02/06/202507:54Comments Off on Medieval Matters TT25, Week 6events, Medieval Matters, News, opportunities, Uncategorized Welcome to Week 6: the full Medieval Studies booklet is available here. Big News! Join us on Thursday 19th June from 4:30 – 6 at...

27/05/2025

Somehow, it's already Week 5 and we're half way through the term 🙀! See how our medieval community is marking this midpoint with this week's Medieval Matters:

Medieval matters TT25, Week 5 by Tristan Alphey26/05/202508:22Comments Off on Medieval matters TT25, Week 5Call for Papers, events, Medieval Matters, News, opportunities, Uncategorized Welcome to Week 5: the full Medieval Studies booklet is available here. Thank you to those who have submitted the...

19/05/2025

It's Week 4! Take your mind of exams and essays with one of our many fantastic medieval events, all in this week's Medieval Matters:

Medieval Matters TT25, Week 4 by Tristan Alphey19/05/202508:23Comments Off on Medieval Matters TT25, Week 4Call for Papers, events, Medieval Matters, News, opportunities, Uncategorized Welcome to Week 4: the full Medieval Studies booklet is available here. OMS are working towards producing an ‘Imp...

12/05/2025

It's Week 3! Check out the latest events in the world of medieval studies in this week's Medieval Matters: https://medieval.ox.ac.uk/2025/05/12/medieval-matters-tt25-week-3

And do consider applying for this social media role - deadline this Friday!

Medieval Matters TT25, Week 3 by Tristan Alphey12/05/202508:10Comments Off on Medieval Matters TT25, Week 3Around Oxford, events, Medieval Matters, News, opportunities, Uncategorized Welcome to Week 3: the full Medieval Studies booklet is available here Deadline for Social Media Officer expanded! Ca...

06/05/2025

The fourth iteration of the Oxford Medieval Mystery Plays took place on 26 April at St Edmund Hall. And it was a truly marvellous day! A total of 13 plays were put on by about 150 participants – actors, directors, singers, costume designers, musicians, and many more. Throughout the day, about 350 audience members popped in and out of Teddy Hall, some staying for shorter periods, others for several hours or the whole day. Audience members and participants included a wonderful range: undergraduate and graduate students and academics from within and without Oxford, a full children’s choir, tourists, and members of the public found their way to Teddy Hall and partook in the medieval shenanigans.

And what shenanigans they were! This year, we are particularly proud of the incredible diversity of languages, plays, and different approaches on display. But see for yourself in our full report at

The Oxford Medieval Mystery Plays 2025 by Antonia Anstatt05/05/202504:47Comments Off on The Oxford Medieval Mystery Plays 2025Around Oxford, blog, events, News, report events, mystery plays, trinity 23 From the Creation to Judgement Day The Oxford Medieval Mystery Plays 2025 are over – thank you t...