Our forthcoming SSMLL Day Conference 2025, 'Global Glossing: Transnational Commentary in the Later Middle Ages', features expert speakers:

🌍BESS RHODES
🌍ANDREW KRAEBEL
🌍PAOLA NASTI
🌍LUCIE DOLEŽALOVÁ
🌍REBECCA MENMUIR
🌍COSIMA GILLHAMMER
🌍RAPHAELA ROHRHOFER
🌍IAN JOHNSON
🌍ALASTAIR MINNIS

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Register for the conference today at mediumaevum.org.uk, and follow the instructions to secure discounted accommodation at the University of St Andrews Agnes Blackadder Hall.

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🌍Registration for the 2025 SSMLL Day Conference, 'Global Glossing: Transnational Commentary in the Later Middle Ages' is now open!🌍

Our 2025 SSMLL Day Conference will take place at St Andrews University on Saturday 19th July, 2025, both in-person and online.

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'Global Glossing: Transnational Commentary in the Later Middle Ages' promises to be a fascinating day, with expert speaker presenting on later medieval exegesis, glossing, scribal comments, self- and auto-commentary, and more.

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To register for the Global Glossing Conference follow the link: shorturl.at/1OMIK

To take take advantage of the discounted accommodation booking at Agnes Blackadder Hall follow the instructions in your confirmation of registration email, and book by the 20th May.

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Thank you to all who entered the competition, or who recommended it to eligible entrants. The Medium Ævum Essay Prize 2026 will open to entries at the beginning of next academic year (Autumn 2025) with a deadline of 12:00 midday (GMT) on Monday 1st December 2025.

We are pleased to be able to share the winner of the Medium Ævum Essay Prize 2025:

Chenyun Zhu (Nanjing University, China; currently on a visiting studentship in Oxford), 'The Curse and the Seal: Fertility Myth in the Nine Herbs Charm'

Our warmest congratulations to Chenyun!