Category Archives: Leeds

Leeds International Medieval Congress 2017: Part 1 – four days, 16 hours, 20 minutes

Posted on July 12, 2017 by Robert J S Briggs

Last week was largely taken up by attending what was my third Leeds International Medieval Congress (if we discount an accidentally-larcenous first experience of the IMC a decade back when I worked as one of the people who looks after a group … Continue reading →

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Pannage and the Disco: Reflections on Leeds International Medieval Congress 2016

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Robert J S Briggs

It’s little over a week since I returned from Leeds and this year’s International Medieval Congress. Previously when I’ve been to big conferences I’ve prevaricated about writing up my experiences and observations as, well, it requires quite a lot of time … Continue reading →

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Following up on Leeds

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Robert J S Briggs

It took me several weeks to write up and publish a post on my time at the Kalamazoo International Congress of Medieval Studies, so I thought I’d do the opposite and set down my thoughts on the Leeds International Medieval Congress (spot … Continue reading →

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One hectic week done, time for some PiMMS

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Robert J S Briggs

So the Leeds Monasticism Conference – indeed, my return to Leeds in general – was all I hoped it would be and more. Slickly run, diverse in its subject matter and with a couple of really stimulating roundtable sessions at the … Continue reading →

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Surrey Medieval is three, won’t you come and celebrate in Leeds with me?

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Robert J S Briggs

WordPress in its infinite loveliness has just bid me a Happy Anniversary, which I think is its way of telling me that it was exactly three years ago that I finally got my digit moving and created Surrey Medieval (unless signing up for this … Continue reading →

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