Ed Roberts

The MGH have reinstated a Dokumentlieferdienst, or reprography service, and I'm advertising it on their behalf. If don't have access to a german library, you can order PDFs of rare papers and books, directly from their online catalogue. Example below!
mgh.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/se...

Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Lecturer in Early Medieval History (c.400-1100) Are you an experienced Lecturer who can teach British and European Early Medieval History?  Do you have a passion for Medieval History and are you available for a fixed term contract to start in Septe...

Delighted to say that I've been awarded a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship for 2025-26, and we are hiring a 1-year full-time lecturer in early medieval history to replace me. Deadline 7 August. Please get in touch with me if you have any questions about the role! jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Letters, gifts and messengers. The epistolary strategies of St Radegund This article studies the ways the sixth-century queen and monastic founder Radegund (c.520–87) managed the non-textual elements of communication by letter. While Radegund’s role as a writer and commi...

At a loose end now that #IMC2025 has ended? Fill the yawning hours with the latest issue of Early Medieval Europe!
The issue includes:
Robert Flierman and Hope Williard on Merovingian letter-writing
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Hey kids! First time at the #IMC2025 @imc-leeds.bsky.social?

Here are some of Old Man Kramer's Hot Tips!

#medievalsky

1-year temp. medieval lectureship at KCL, covering Alice Rio's teaching, closing date 20 July: my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...

Laymen and Church Reform Around the Year 1000: a Reflection This article reflects on an article published in the Journal of Medieval History in 1979 by Constance Brittain Bouchard, ‘Laymen and Church Reform Around the Year 1000: The Case of Otto-William, Co...

Hot off the press: my contribution to marking JMH's 50th anniversary, looking at the historiography of 'reform' since the publication of Constance Bouchard's article in JMH 5 (open access).
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Think I know what you mean - it was really enjoyable though!

Doppelganger What if you woke up one morning and found you'd acquired a double? Someone almost like you, and yet not you at all? When Naomi Klein discovered that a woman who shared her first name, but had radical...

On 3, have you read this? www.penguin.co.uk/books/453962...

What SHAPE graduates do The British Academy has released analysis of what social sciences, humanities, and arts graduates do after graduation. Pablo Roblero and Alfie Denness introduce the findings

As the debate continues about the value of humanities, arts and social sciences degrees, we have published a new toolkit that captures the vital contributions of SHAPE graduates to society, culture and the economy.

It's covered here on WonkHE: buff.ly/pB45bCX

Dive in here: buff.ly/WU6xBzT

Attendees of the Jinty Nelson memorial event at King's College London with a large banner image of Jinty Nelson. Speakers are Pauline Stafford and Peter Mandler.

It was a great privilege to attend Jinty Nelson's memorial event this afternoon, organised by @kingshistory.bsky.social.

Speakers reflected on Jinty as a teacher, researcher, mentor, collaborator, friend, colleague, and defender and promoter of the historical discipline and profession 1/2

Image of University of London with the text: RHS Centenary Fellowships, for PhD completion, 2025-26. Closing date for applications: 31 May 2025

This week, the Society advertised two Centenary Fellowships, 2025-26, to support PhD students in completing a doctorate in #history.

The Fellowships are held in association with @ihr.bsky.social
and are for £8500 over 6 months. Applications, by 31 May, are via the IHR bit.ly/4mybVDV #Skystorians

I have just been sent this wonderully witty 'funding' statement at the end of a book review. The state of things! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Talking narratives in early medieval Europe: Early Medieval Europe Early Medieval Europe is an interdisciplinary medieval studies journal covering European history from the fall of the Roman Empire up until the 11th century.

Delighted to see EME's new Special Issue, guested edited by Danuta Shanzer, is now out: *Talking Narratives in Early Medieval Europe*.
"Stories are like accordions, expanded and compressed". onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

Delighted you made it to Naoshima - that was certainly a trip highlight for us!

Yes... it was hard to find info (in English at least) on aspects of originality/reconstruction. I confess I was unsure in the case of Daigo-ji - widely acclaimed as 'oldest' but I have no idea about extent of any reconstruction!

The five-storey pagoda at Daigo-ji, Kyoto

Thanks for the great blog and reading suggestions! I will add that any early medievalists to the region should (in addition to Nara) pay a visit to Daigo-ji temple near Kyoto. The pagoda dates to the 10th century and is apparently the oldest structure in Kyoto.

Carolingian Japan Long before the phrase ‘Global Middle Ages’ had appeared on anyone’s horizon, historians of medieval Europe were fascinated by Japan. The world of feuding daimyos plotting in castles supported by h…

Never good at staying in my lane, this week on the blog, I annoy two sets of historians for the price of one by comparing early medieval Japan with the Carolingians.

#medievalsky #GlobalMiddleAges #Japan

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Making the Case for History: A View from the Royal Historical Society Lucy Noakes on how the crisis in UK higher education is impacting history and historians, and how the Royal Historical Society can advocate for our discipline.

How is the crisis in higher education impacting history and historians in the UK?

Lucy Noakes on the scale of cuts and closures, and how the Royal Historical Society (@royalhistsoc.org) can advocate for our discipline.
www.historyworkshop....

Publication – « Annales de Saint-Bertin. La continuation des Annales du royaume des Francs (830-882) », trad. Warren Pezé, Régine Le Jan, Adrien Bayard Les Annales de Saint-Bertin, continuation des Annales du royaume des Francs, sont la principale source historiographique sur la période carolingienne finissante et sur les débuts du futur royaume d…

Today, the French translation of the Annals of Saint-Bertin is finally published, the result of extensive efforts by medievalists from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. For those who already possess the translation by the late Janet Nelson, this book may prove valuable. 1/7
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I haven't seen any Anglophone obituaries of R.I. Moore yet, but here's one in French (demonstrating the respect his work had internationally).

I missed this news - how sad. I was assigned The First European Revolution as an undergrad, and was mostly overwhelmed by it. But as a bold synthesis it always stuck with me and I still return to it. An inspiring work and a remarkable historian. RIP

Thee Doctoral Research Fellowships in History (271124) | University of Oslo Job title: Thee Doctoral Research Fellowships in History (271124), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, March 16, 2025

Three **salaried** PhD positions available in History at the University of Oslo, projects should relate to one of these themes: Democracy / Knowledge / Rights / Migration. Anyone interested in working on something medieval with me is welcome to email me
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Time for a 🧵that is going to make me sound like a horrendously arrogant and elitist monster. History as a discipline cannot be bound by what seems interesting or plausible to the general public. #history #academia (1/13)

This is the day! New projects available now on www.komldsp.org.uk/projects/ for five lucky future PhDs.
Four projects will be based at Kent while one at King's. Waste no time and check them out as they are set to begin in the autumn of 2025 #phd #cfa #callforapplication #komldsp #medieval

Louis the Pious (814-40) day 6: an original charter dated 16 March 819 authorising Abbot Arnulf to bring water from the river Boulogne to the new monastery of St Philibert at Grandlieu, built “because of the frequent barbarian attacks on Noirmoutier”. 📷 Archives départementales de Saône-et-Loire

Louis the Pious (814-40) day 5: PE Dutton wrote a great article called 'Charlemagne's mustache' [sic] - here's the evidence that his son Louis sported one too, on portrait coins from Dorestad, Melle and Aachen (L-R)

MEROVINGIAN WORLDS IS OUT Want a fresh history of the Merovingians? Maybe the newly published Merovingian Worlds (Cambridge University Press, 2024) is for you! James’s new book Ok, so it begs the questions of whether …

What to expect from Merovingian Worlds in c. 500 words.

#medievalsky

Dublin Castle ogham comb © Photographic Archive, National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland (E748:54) image Megan Kasten

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10ᵗʰ c.
I-DUB-002 (Caisleán Bhaile Átha Cliath/Dublin Castle, Co. Dublin)

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AQE or ENA

The knowledge of ogam did not end with the demise of large commemorative stones. Its use in private contexts continued on smaller objects such as this decorated antler comb (15.1×3.4×1.1cm),…
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No worries - as I said, you shouldn't have to really!

I have copies sent directly to reviewers, and have to assume they've been received unless I hear otherwise. So I always ask reviewers to let me know if they didn't get the book. But I appreciate it's annoying to have to chase something for which you've already generously offered your time & labour!