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6:30 pm, Fox Lecture Theatre, Arts Building, UWA

The Difficult Birth of the Self in Western Portraiture, an illustrated lecture by Emeritus Professor Richard Read

Further information available here.

6:30 pm, Mathematics Lecture Room 3, UWA.

Our next Show & Tell will be A Colonial Frontier in England? A free-ranging discussion of the book Imperial Mud: The Fight for the Fens by James Boyce, led by Jennifer Hole.

For more details, see here.

And a poster is available here.

Our President, Glen McKnight, gave an interview recently for an online article about the rise of enthusiasm for medievalia in Perth. You can read it here.

6.30 pm, Arts Lecture Room 6, UWA

Our first informal ‘Show and Tell’ gathering will be ‘Medieval Aesthetics in Gothic Literature‘, an open discussion led by Louise Pitcher. You can find out more about the evening and the concept of ‘Show and Tell’ here. 

You can find a poster here.

PMRG has now launched its Bluesky Social account: @pmrgwa.bsky.social. Please follow us if you are interested!

At our AGM on 25 February, a new committee was elected and will hold its first meeting on 25 March – the start of the English medieval year! – to start putting together our exciting programme for 2026.

President: Glen McKnight; Vice-President: Louise Pitcher; Secretary: Jo Merrey; Treasurer: Bruce McClintock; members: Ariarne Chinnery, Jennifer Hole, Claire McIlroy.

 

6.30 pm, Arts Lecture Room 5, UWA

The AGM will be followed by a lively discussion: Into the Future: PMRG 2026 and Beyond  – members’ views essential! 

More details available here.

A poster is available here.

A new text for the new year! Readers are having fun continuing with Chaucer’s Man of Law’s Tale, and looking forward to reading Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in the new year. If you are interested, more information on the reading group is here.

Apologies, but due to unforeseen circumstances, we have had to cancel the planned talk by Dr Benjamin Szumskyj on Thursday 20 November.

We hope that Dr Szumskyj will be able to give his talk to us next year.

An end-of-year gathering for PMRG members will be held at the home of Gail and Helen Thomas.