Abbie Fray (she/her)

I've had a number of exciting abstracts for the Nostalgia and Radical Politics, Past and Present conference but I've decided to EXTEND the deadline to 22 Feb, as I'm away the prior week so won't be reviewing apps then! www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blo... Please share. Ask Qs below! 🗃️

Need some help accessing medieval documents? I am available for freelance work in archives!

I have extensive experience transcribing medieval documents in Latin, Middle French, Middle English and Italian from 1200 to 1500.

a little known fact about activism is that it’s not a competition

Gender & History Special Issue Call for Papers - Childhood, Gender and Crises: Living at the End of the World - CALL FOR PAPERS - RHS 'Childhood, Gender and Crises: Living at the End of the World' Gender & History: Special Issue Edited by Katie Barclay and Emily Ward Call for Papers deadline - 31 May 2026. What is the future of our ...

This sounds great! #histchild #skystorians royalhistsoc.org/calendar/gen...

The journal and conference #CFP for Volume 13 of Ceræ is now open!
Please share widely and spread the word to anyone who might be interested.
#medievalsky #earlymodernsky

3 places left!

Next Wed 28 Jan I’ll be running a *free* 60-minute webinar on ‘How to Start Learning Grant Writing’ (4-5pm CET). It’s intended for grad students and ECRs in the arts/humanities planning to apply for their first big grants.

Please share widely!

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Ceræ’s Volume 12 is out, featuring an excellent set of articles well worth your time! Check it out here:
#medievalsky #earlymodernsky

This miniature shows the medieval author Christine de Pizan presenting her Book of Peace to Louis de Guyenne. The manuscript dates to 1470, and the illustration was painted by the Flemish artist Jean Hennecart. #ChristinedePizan #medievalmanuscripts

Doctoral Research Fellowship (SKO 1017) at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History (293057) | University of Oslo Job title: Doctoral Research Fellowship (SKO 1017) at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History (293057), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, March 22, 2026

An interesting PhD opportunity (i.e. job!) at Oslo on the project POLYCHROME: "Candidates should propose a research project that examines, in one form or another, historical sources that shed light on changing attitudes to medieval objects after the Reformations in the Scandinavian countries."

This is the last week to submit abstracts for Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis! #Fissures2026 #medievalsky

We hope everyone had a lovely holiday season and will continue having a comfortable beginning-of-semester. CERÆ is preparing the Call for Papers for our thirteenth volume, to be published soon: watch this space!

#medievalsky #earlymodernsky

My 2 workshops on academic grant writing start NEXT WEEK—and there are still spaces available! (Pls share!)

You get:

- access to 2 dozen successful applications for major grants (e.g. ERC, NEH, NSF)
- guidance to help you write stronger grant proposals
- 1-year subscription to Page by Page

1/5

Medievalist friends! Applications are open until end of Feb for a fully-funded PhD in Arthurian Literature with the brilliant Louise D'Arcens @medievalafterlives.bsky.social and myself, based between Sydney (Australia) and Groningen (The Netherlands).

Please share widely!

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I’ll say to you, my blessed spouse, ‘Welcome to me with all kinds of joy and happiness, to live here with me and never to leave, to always stay with me in joy and bliss, which no eye has seen, no ear has heard, no tongue can tell, and no heart can imagine.’

Margery Kempe, born c. 1373

Call for Papers. Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis. Host and dates: Pembroke College, Cambridge. 17-18 September 2026. Deadline for submissions: 16 January 2026. #essecfp.
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CFP: Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis. Pembroke College, Cambridge, 17–18 Sept 2026. Abstracts due 16 Jan 2026.

One month left to submit your abstracts for Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis, @pembroke1347.bsky.social (17–18 Sept 2026).

See the full #CFP below.

#Fissures2026 #medievalsky #skystorians #medieval #GenderHistory #PoliticalHistory

Trans scholars being ‘pushed out of academia’, researchers warn Universities ‘afraid to be trans inclusive’ after Supreme Court ruling and OfS Sussex fine, leaving staff fearing ‘hostile environment’

Pleased to be interviewed for this much needed piece on the rising transphobia in higher education.

www.timeshighereducation.com/news/trans-s...

(Archive link: archive.is/oYqXS)

I’ve had a beautiful unicorn tapestry dress in my basket for months, but I do not think I could ever justify it for over £300 *cries*

Submissions Author Guidelines Ceræ: An Australasian Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies invites submissions for original and engaging articles of approximately 5000–8000 words, varia of up to 3000 wor…

The semesters are rattling to a close, the winter is bearing down, and we at Ceræ are still accepting non-themed articles by postgraduate students and early career researchers! #medievalsky #earlymodernsky ceraejournal.com/submissions/

Attention creative medievalists! Eleanor Barraclough & I are co-editing a special issue of Public Humanities entitled CREATING THE MEDIEVAL NOW! See the cfp for details: essays of 2,000-3,000 words due 1 May 2026. (Amazing artwork by @hellomizk.bsky.social). 1/ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Can I even call myself a medievalist when medieval was only 4th on my Spotify wrapped?

Bern is starting to feel so Christmassy, I love it 🎄♥️

On this Trans day of remembrance, let’s think about Rolandina Ronchaia, cruelly executed in 14th-c Venice middleagesforeducators.princeton.edu/resource/cas...

I'm glad to have signed this statement in support of queer and trans staff at the National Library of Scotland, who by the sounds of it are going through an awful time at the moment: docs.google.com/document/d/e...

MOURN THE DEAD, FIGHT LIKE HELL FOR THE LIVING TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE THIS IS WHY WE'RE SO FUCKING ANGRY

Today is Trans Day Of Remembrance

#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames

*** Trigger warning for the following thread: Violence against trans people (especially TWOC) * * *

The Cambridge Urban History of Europe Cambridge Core - European Studies - The Cambridge Urban History of Europe

One for urban historians... The new Cambridge Urban History of Europe is out soon, including chapters by Durham historians Christian Liddy (vol. 2) and Markian Prokopovych (vol. 3):

www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...

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Very excited to announce this CfP! Please share widely with anyone who might be interested! #medievalsky #skystorians #cfp #histmed #Fissures2026

Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham In a statement the institution also says it is

Well this is awful news: tinyurl.com/yr65mjkx
'All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham.'

Nottingham friends: please be assured that we will join you in protesting against this decision in the strongest possible terms. Solidarity.

This sounds really great! Can people join online?