Upcoming events and notices
31st October 2026, 1.30pm – 4pm, in person: PMMS Study Day, The National Archives (Kew Gardens). Register here.
We will have interactive invited talks examining different documents from TNA, offering expert insights into the artefacts themselves and the chance to learn more about how this important collection enriches our understanding of the musical past. Contributions will come from Prof. Karen Desmond, Prof. Andrew Wathey, Dr James Cook, and Prof. Magnus Williamson. Our intention is for the day to take the form of guided dialogue, so this is a great opportunity to learn more about medieval music and talk with like-minded colleagues about some important historical documents.
Spaces limited, so early registration recommended. Register here.
All members welcome. To register for these events or for more details, please contact secretary@plainsong.org.uk
Past events
11 August 2026, online: informal peer-review of early career researcher work (please get in touch if you’d like to submit works in progress for us to discuss). This is intended to be a friendly and constructive forum for development.
9 June 2026, online: discussion with Elizabeth Eva Leach on her recent book, Medieval Sex Lives: The Sounds of Courtly Intimacy on the Francophone Borders (Cornell, 2024).
7 April 2026, online: informal peer-review of ECR work (please get in touch if you’d like to submit works in progress for us to discuss)
10 February 2026, online: discussion of Karin Largergren’s recent book, Birgittine Chantscapes: Chant and Liturgy in the Order of St Birgitta of Sweden, 14th–21st Century (Uppsala, 2025)
9 December 2025, online: discussion with Melanie Shaffer on her ‘Signs of Song in Medieval Iberia’ UKRI project
AGM 2025: Online, 8th October 2025, including a presentation from Philippe Vendrix on the EarlyMuse COST Action.
PMMS Reading Group: 7 October 2025: discussion with Margaret Bent on her recent book, The Motet in the Middle Ages (Oxford, 2023)
Study Day and AGM 2024: Peterborough, 25th May 2024
Study Day and AGM 2023: Oxford, 10th June 2023
Study Day and AGM 2022: Cambridge, 3rd December 2022
AGM 2021: Online, 4th December 2021
AGM 2019: Oxford, 5th December 2019
Study Day and AGM 2018: Oxford, 20th October 2018
Study Day: Oxford, 20th January 2018
Study Day and AGM 2017: Worcester Cathedral, 13th May 2017
Workshop: Palaeography of Old Hispanic Manuscripts: Music, Text and Beyond: Lisbon, 4th May 2017
The Ranworth Symposium: St Helen’s Church, Ranworth, 30th April 2016
Study Day and AGM 2016: Northumbria University, 9th April 2016
Study Day: John Rylands Library, Manchester: 13th November 2015