39th Victoria Medieval Conference:
Re-creating the Middle Ages
February 7th, 2026
Location: Bob Wright Centre
Full day: 8:45 am - 4:30 pm
Speakers and Program
| Time | Speaker |
| 8:45 |
Welcome and opening Dr. Eva Baboula |
| 9:30 |
Recreating the Middle Ages from York Dr. Marcus Milwright, UVic and the University of York, Live from York, UK |
| 10:15 |
Historical Combat Collective Demonstration and talk, refreshments available |
| 11:00 |
Breadcrumbs Through the Stacks: A Quest for Medieval Scholarship Michael Lines, Medieval Studies Librarian UVic |
| 11:30 -1:30 |
Hands-on experience and exploration PARMA, Laura Oakley (Embroidery), Michael Lines (Book binding), Georgia Angelopoulos (Calligraphy), and Special Collections (Medieval manuscripts tour) |
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Participants are welcome to enjoy their lunch on the premises or any of the campus food services. |
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| 1:00 |
Medieval Falconry and Hawking The Raptors |
| 1:30 |
Recreating Instruments and Music Performance Dr. John Tucker and the Early Music Society of the Islands |
| 2:15 | Refreshment break |
| 2:30 |
Medieval Brewing and the Downfall of the Alewife Dr. Noëlle Phillips, Douglas College |
| 3:30 |
Byzantium after Byzantium Dr. Andrea Myers Achi, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, Live from New York |
| 4:30 | Thank you and closing |
Participants may receive pre-circulated readings in the weeks leading up to the symposium.
Donations are handled through Giving to UVic and our conference can be accessed here.
Student work from 2022-23
We have some wonderful posters and a final report from some of our students who took Dr. Adrienne Williams Boyarin's class last term.
There will be a presentation on these during the conference, but please feel free to look at the posters and read the paper below.
Poster: "Marginalia in a Fiftheenth-Century Confessional" by Kiarra Burd
Poster: "Mistakes: The (Manuscript) world is Full of them!" by Lilian Goy
Poster and written report:"Early Modern English Wax Seals in the Brown Collection" by Eleanor Shippin