Medieval Canterbury Weekend 2026

The Medieval Canterbury Weekend in 2026 is moving to the University of Kent at Canterbury. It will take place between Friday 1 May and Sunday 3 May 2026, and events will be held in the Templeman Library Lecture Theatre and a neighbouring lecture theatre in the Grimond Building. As in previous years, Craig’s Bookshop will have a stall there throughout the weekend. There is free parking at the University of Kent at weekends and evenings. Refreshments are available to purchase at several outlets on campus.

The lectures showcase recent research on the ‘Middle Ages’, making it readily accessible to a wide audience. Among the exciting internationally known scholars and well-known, more popular historians who have been invited are Helen Castor, Marc Morris, Rachel Koopmans, David Carpenter, and Caroline Barron. Together they will cover a wide range of topics across the period, from religion, including the cult of saints, to medieval kings and the problems faced by them and their subjects across often turbulent times. The programme is designed to appeal to those interested in medieval Kent and the Middle Ages more broadly.

As before, the Medieval Canterbury Weekend 2026 will offer audiences the opportunity to gain access to recent scholarship from experts and to hear new interpretations, ideas and knowledge across a wide range of medieval history topics. Lectures are classified under four themes: Royalty and Nobility, War and Politics, Religion and the Arts, and Social History. This Canterbury History Weekend is organised by the Canterbury Association for Medieval & Early Modern Studies (CAMEMS) and Kent MEMS.

Those attending the talks book their chosen events using a pick-and-mix approach. Tickets are £10 per person per talk, with a discount bulk-buy ticket available and a special rate for students. Any surplus from the Canterbury History Weekend goes into the CAMEMS bursaries fund to help postgraduates at Kent MEMS who are studying medieval and early modern research topics for higher degrees.

For the full programme and further details, see the website:
www.history-weekends.org

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