Rutger K. 🟥

Screenshot of a text I'm writing with the passage "In a nutshell, therefore, I am trying to find a better answer to the question of Saint Nicholas’s popularity than “he was popular because he was a saint who was popular because he was a saint”. And then write a book about why there isn’t really an answer, because the true Saint Nicholas is the friends we make along the way."

"The true Saint Nicholas is the friends we make along the way"

I regret to inform you that I am back on my bullshit again.

fyi, i have a podcast and it's really great and fun. and there are a lot of super-smart people who've been on to talk about not just the Middle Ages but how and why it's studied here in the USA. please give it a listen.

AmericanMedieval.com

Uit een post van Mariëlle Hageman: een klein briefje met een versje, gelegen op een blauw omslag van inventarisnummer 9 uit het archief van Jan Boon en de Maatschappij ter Bevordering van Nijverheid. Op het briefje de tekst: Tot welsijn van de burgerij Van dese plaas juijst niet voor mij Maar k heb er ook mijn voordeel van Zoo wens ik dat dees oude man Die nu van daag is heer traktant Nog lange blijve in dit lant En zo de heer een eijnde geeft Dat gij dan in den hemel leeft oud 80 Jaar 12 November 1802 W. Middelveld

Op deze zondagavond ga ik toch nog eens een poging wagen: zijn er hier geschiedenisleraren in het VO die het leuk zouden vinden om ook eens een weekje op @historicivertellen.bsky.social te posten? Mag ook samen met collega’s!

Je kunt me hier een berichtje sturen of op anne.petterson @ ru. nl

De deuren zullen straks wagenwijd openstaan voor de massa’s vluchtelingen als ik zie hoeveel liefde rechts Nederland voor de Iraanse bevolking heeft.

Felt profound, might delete later.

Break promises like you break spaghetti.

Come do your PhD with me!

I am offering a fully-funded, four-year PhD position in the School of Education @ucddublin.bsky.social. If you want to do critical research on technology and education, especially combining philosophical and qualitative methods, please apply!

www.ucd.ie/education/re...

Early Medieval Aquitaine and Carolingian Dynastic Drama Snow closed over the trail almost as soon as Pippin fled. The winter of late 831 was, as Louis’ biographer, known as the Astronomer, put it, ‘very harsh and inclement’, and the imperial army could not...

Don’t forget to check out @eddiemeehan99.bsky.social’s article on the early medieval Carolingian dynastic drama in issue 23 of @epoch-history.bsky.social, it was a pleasure to work with him!

www.epoch-magazine.com/post/early-m...

It is, however, quite a good album.

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

What is an Academic Field? Some Positive Reflections Hello! I received my PhD in Medieval History in May 2025 and am using my expertise to educate interested people in the Middle Ages and the process of creating history. Subscribing as either a free or ...

Things in the academic world (and elsewhere) are pretty grim currently. I wanted to write something a bit more positive, and personal, about what an academic field can be. Partially inspired by a moment of existential terror when I opened a journal and didn't recognize any of the names. #medievalsky

So, here's the article I have out as of today and it's #OpenAccess. It deals with one of the earliest Christian Arabic scribal workshops in the Sinai monastery, where many of the mss produced there have been preserved to this day. In this 🧵 I do a quick rundown of the most important findings. 1/n

Hey, you. Yes, you. Stop looking over your shoulder. You on your phone there.

You can't fix anything right now by rubbernecking the cascading disaster.

Go for a walk. Clean your kitchen. Stay fresh.

Give some money to DWB if you have it to give. They're gonna need it.

I'm now recruiting for a crucial post in my team - Curator: Parliamentary Art Collection. A rare chance to work with a wonderful collection in a unique setting.

Please do share, and feel free to get in touch with any questions

Update late last night:

The PhD has been submitted and I'm feeling all kinds of ways about it! Thank you to everyone who helped me get here over the past few years ❤️

Community Archaeologist - Lost Waterways - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources Salary: Salary of £42,631- £43,500 per annum, depending on experienceClosing Date: 12/03/26Location: London Area

Another archaeology and nature job. Looks like a great opportunity www.bajr.org/job-ad/proje...

#medievalsky

Real 90s girls always knew she sucked. Thoroughly horrible vibes from the start, and then there was that whole bizarre episode where she appeared to be keeping four Japanese women as pets

Agenda for the founding meeting of the non-tenure #MCRHumNetwork?
- a monthly online lecture by MCRs and independents?
- e-mailing list?
- survey?
- related to former: a British Academy Small Grant?
- ambition: a COST action?
- funding networking?
What else? JOIN US! Message me.

Precies.

De leugens van Rutte bleven altijd onbestraft, net als die van Yesilgōz. Terwijl die leugens grote maatschappelijke schade veroorzaakten (toeslagenschandaal, haatklimaat tegen vluchtelingen).

Voor partijen als de VVD gelden andere (of: geen) regels bij veel media en in de politiek

TWO DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS IN EAST ASIAN RELIGIONS (296038) | University of Oslo Job title: TWO DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS IN EAST ASIAN RELIGIONS (296038), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, April 6, 2026

Job alert!

We are looking for talented PhD researchers to write a dissertation on Benzaiten worship in modern Japan or Mazu pilgrimages in Taiwan, as part of the ERC project "Maritime Goddesses: Transnational Connections, Blue Environments, and Ritual Care in East- and Southeast Asia" (MARGO).

Damn now you wrote the thesis already :-)

YouTube video by Adam Neely Why does everyone sing it like THAT?

Irrelevant but still, your phrasing immediately reminded me of this important analysis.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1m9...

Free thesis topic for anyone looking for a thesis topic:

The Council of Nicaea (325) in Popular Culture

I made a graph and everything.

Annals in Carolingian Europe In the 8th-9th centuries annals became the predominant genre of Frankish historiography, displaying a remarkable variety of texts. Yet for a long time scholarly appreciation of this variety has been l...

Oh hey by the way, this book exists now and you should all read it!

Annals in Carolingian Europe: A Genre in Motion; ed. by Sören Kaschke and Bart van Hees, with articles by a.o. McKitterick, Flierman, Davis, Evans, Story, Diesenberger (and also yours truly).

www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

“Bedford borough council was not responsible for the creation of the moon”

man, someone’s having a fun day at work

‘Over Galileo Galilei werd altijd veel geroddeld’ Anna-Luna Post | historicus: De 17de-eeuwse astronoom Galileo Galilei werd zowel beroemd als verguisd. Hij werd neergezet als iemand die „uitsluitend eigenroem nastreefde en daarom dingen verzon”.

Kijk 👇👇 @annalunapost.bsky.social in @nrc.nl

www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

St. Nicholas (Santa?) with Rutger Kramer

new episode alert! in this one @profgabriele.com talks with @anotheraspirin.bsky.social about St. Nicholas!

basically he became the folk hero (eventually Santa Claus) because he was a rich guy who was nice to people and helped them with his $....

CAN YOU IMAGINE THAT HAPPENING???

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Dammit we forgot to talk about Red One.