PhD Researcher at the University of Leeds. Researching representations of Muslim women in Old French and general medieval European literature and culture. Funded by AHRC/WRoCAH.
Co-convenor of @thelongmiddleages.bsky.social
Saaleha Iqbal
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Looking forward to talking about Islam and Muslims in Mandeville’s Travels and Matthew Paris’s chronicle (manuscripts of both texts are part of Chetham’s collection) later this week!
Want to learn more about Teaching Medieval Women? Come along to our free CPD day at Nottingham Trent University on Thursday 25 June! Check out our packed schedule below...
Register via our Eventbrite before 19 June to secure your place: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/teaching-m...
Tomorrow is the day! Hope to see you all there! Don’t forget to register at bit.ly/londonmedieval
So happy to see this one published, I had to watch over 100 TikToks for this and I don’t know if I can’t ever listen to Golden Brown ever again, so please all go read it to justify my choices
It's publication day!
It gives me great pleasure to announce that my new book The Crusader Storm is now available in the UK.
Offering a history of the early crusades from around ten different cultural perspectives, you can find out more here: basicbooks.uk/titles/nicho...
2026 Ceræ conference – session playbacks available until 30 June!
We’re pleased to offer access to recordings of all nine sessions and three keynotes until 30 June. In addition, we’ve reduced registration to just $10! Our 2026 conference Fame and Fortune has concluded and we’re pleased to offer…
Medieval World: Conflict and Culture is now on Bluesky!
Keep an eye out for some exciting announcements as well as some great content 👀
@medievalworldmag.bsky.social
Beyond thrilled to share the my monograph proposal “Sanctity, The Body,& Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Popular Culture & Cryptomedievalism has *OFFICIALLY* been approved by @archumanities.bsky.social to be included in @aspencerhall.bsky.social new series “Intercessions: Sanctity in the Pre/Modern World”
Career Development Fellow in French & Francophone Studies (2 years) at Durham University
'we are especially interested to receive applications from those with specialisms in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries'
Deadline 21 June, start Sept 2026
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRS327/c...
@imems.bsky.social
Saaleha Iqbal
Looking to connect with fellow researchers, students & anyone interested in Medieval Islamic History, political thought, Sufism & the Turkic/Arab/Persian worlds. Let’s share ideas, discuss histories & build a network. Feel free to reach out! 📚✍️
#Histodons #MedievalHistory #IslamicThought #Sufism
Founded in 1970/1, the London Society for Medieval Studies seeks to foster knowledge of, and dialogue about, the Middle Ages (c.500–c.1500 CE).
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