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Europe in the Later Middle Ages
Hilary Term 2026 theme: The Sea
Note there will be no seminar on 3 March (Week 7)
Tuesdays at 14:00-15:30 in the New Seminar Room, St John’s College, unless otherwise specified.
Undergraduates welcome.
Type: Seminar Series
Series organisers:
Natalia Nowakowska,
Hannah Skoda,
John Watts
Timing: Tuesdays 14:00-15:30
Talks:
Tuesday 10 February 2026
“God forebede that a wylde Yrishe wyrlynge shulde be chosene for to be there kynge”: Gaelic Recovery in a North Atlantic Context, c.1350-c.1550
Date: 10 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
:
Simon Egan (Queen's University Belfast)
Venue: St John's College, St Giles OX1 3JP
Venue Details: New Seminar Room
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 17 February 2026
Maritime Risk Management and Aequitas: the long life of the principle of General Average
Date: 17 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
:
Maria Fusaro (Exeter)
Venue: St John's College, St Giles OX1 3JP
Venue Details: New Seminar Room
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 24 February 2026
The Mortar Wreck: A Thirteenth Century shipwreck outside of Poole Harbour, Dorset
Date: 24 February 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
:
Tom Cousins (Bournemouth)
Venue: St John's College, St Giles OX1 3JP
Venue Details: New Seminar Room
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 3 March 2026
NO SEMINAR
Date: 3 March 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
:
No seminar
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Tuesday 10 March 2026
Popes, Ambassadors and Falcons: Trade and Diplomacy between Latin Europe and the Mamluk Sultanate in the Fourteenth Century
Date: 10 March 2026, 14:00 - 15:30
Speaker
:
Mike Carr (Edinburgh)
Venue: St John's College, St Giles OX1 3JP
Venue Details: New Seminar Room
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Editors:
Laura Spence,
Belinda Clark
