Larisa Grollemond

Is there maybe a club I could join where we get together and drink wine and dunk on Ross Douthat?

In 1! (otherwise I think I’d have to retire)

this is my only magic trick but dang it’s a good one

🚨medievalist bat signal

also eagerly awaiting the art historian takes on the planned construction of a literal triumphal arch (!)

Can an architectural historian of the White House weigh in on the demolition of part of the East Wing to make room for this new ballroom?

The Getty Center’s ‘Going Places: Travel in the Middle Ages’ Is a Visual Feast of Medieval Movement “Accounts that are received from antiquity and repeated over and over again, then merge with eyewitness accounts and blend together in a mix of some fact informed by historical fiction, and e…

Nice review of Going Places!

observer.com/2025/10/exhi...

some days I just want to move to a remote cabin on Svalbard, an island close to the North Pole, and be friends with Cecilia and Grim. IYKYK.

listening to my husband explain a regular clock to my 5 year old and it’s a miracle any of us can tell time

delete your academia account for lots of reasons (mainly that it’s awful in every way), but also because of this nightmare new ToS

🚨Cool CFP alert! Are you working on something cool related to medievalism? We want your proposals for an upcoming issue of Different Visions: Medievalism II: Fragments, Fictions, Futures--non-traditional formats and approaches very welcome!

differentvisions.org/medievalism-...

my Medieval Tymes intro for Going Places 🫏🗺️🧭

it will be on view for the first time at the Getty in Going Places: Travel in the Middle Ages, opening next Tuesday!

The Adventures of Alexander the Great, Medieval-Style Alexander battles giants and unicorns in this new addition to Getty’s manuscripts collection

🚨new acquisition! @gettymuseum.bsky.social just acquired this gorg late 13th century French/Flemish copy of the Romance of Alexander:

www.getty.edu/news/romance...

Next week--sign up online for the Zoom link!

As Trump Targets the Smithsonian, Museums Across the U.S. Feel a Chill

“This is the new censorship: not a loud rejection, but a quiet dilution. And it’s just as effective.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/a...

So fun! Thanks @profgabriele.com and @lollardfish.bsky.social!

Going Places: Travel in the Middle Ages to Open at The Getty - Medievalists.net The Getty Center will present Going Places: Travel in the Middle Ages from September 2 to November 30, 2025, exploring medieval journeys through rare manuscripts, pilgrimages, trade, and imaginative v...

Thanks for the write-up of Going Places, @medievalists.bsky.social !

www.medievalists.net/2025/08/goin...

eating all those authentically medieval Spanish foods, tomato soup and corn

truly that would be the thing that would totally take the audience out of the entirely accurate historical experience!

Work for Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament Work as a Squire for Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament at 7662 Beach Boulevard, Buena Park, US, CA, 90620

it's always included in the Squire job postings: apply.jobappnetwork.com/clients/1342...

because of COURSE he did

the GENUINENESS of the production, of course

imagine the theatrical drama of a lady knight disguised as a man!

the disclaimer reads: "To preserve the authenticity and genuineness of the scripted role of Knights in the Medieval Times theatrical production."

Guys did you know that in the year of Our Lord 2025, the position of "squire" at Medieval Times (and of course, in connection, Knights who are promoted from the ranks of Squires) can only be filled by "male performers"?

Art Break: Travel in the Middle Ages | Getty Event Why did people travel in the Middle Ages? In this conversation, discover the compelling and often unexpected voyages of medieval people.

Thrilled to be hosting this ONLINE, FREE Art Break to talk to Anthony Bale (@realmandeville@bsky.social) about travel in the Middle Ages on Sept. 4th at 12pm PST--sign up here:
www.getty.edu/calendar/art...

Our latest blog features a recent acquisition: a Parisian journal, in medieval style, inspired by the 1900 Paris Exposition. Read all about it here: specialcollections-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk?p=30510

how dare I, an American, speak about European history

YouTube video by Book Historia Cotton Gloves and Old Books? No Way! | Bite Sized Book History

@book-historia.bsky.social has also made a wonderful video on this topic!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDMp...