Medieval and Early Modern Student Association

The Medieval and Early Modern Student Association (MEMSA) lies at the heart of postgraduate participation within the Institute of Medieval and Renaissance Studies (IMRS). Echoing the example set by the Institute, MEMSA is fully interdisciplinary in nature, involving postgraduates from the Departments of History, English Studies, Theology, Archaeology, Classics, Philosophy, and the School of Modern Languages and Cultures. All postgraduates working on material pertaining to the Medieval, Renaissance and Early Modern periods whether reading for taught or research degrees are invited and warmly welcomed.

The group is run purely by postgraduates under the encouragement of the Institute. It offers a strong postgraduate voice to the research conducted within the IMRS and is represented at all IMRS General Meetings, which provides an opportunity to communicate any postgraduate opinions to the Institute's Officers on matters relating specifically to postgraduate activities centred on the study of the Medieval, Renaissance and Early Modern periods.

The primary aim of the group is to promote the sharing of the ideas, questions, and challenges emerging from postgraduate research with the aim of initiating and galvanising conversations across disciplines. In addition, the MEMSA is dedicated to providing warm and supportive relations between MA students and the wider postgraduate research community. The group hosts a vibrant and varied series of fortnightly seminars which are augmented by regular social events,reading groups, workshops, colloquia, as well as the annual summer conference.

• MEMSA Epiphany Flyer 2012 (last modified: 31 January 2012)
• MEMSA Epiphany Poster 2012 (last modified: 31 January 2012)
• MEMSA Michaelmas Flyer (last modified: 11 October 2011)
• MEMSA Michaelmas Poster (last modified: 11 October 2011)

MEMSA Executive 2011-12

The current postholders are listed below. New postgraduates are warmly welcomed to participate in the organisation of the MEMSA and its events in 2011- 12 . All queries and enquiries should be sent to the following email address: imrs.memsa@dur.ac.uk