Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association

My friends bought me flowers. For me, there was nothing else really that was an adequate gift - it's the culmination of years of research and hard work, that most other people don't go through.

Just a congratulations and a delivery like flowers or a cake would be enough.

It's a slippery slope! I went back to uni to help me research a novel - ended up getting a PhD and the novel is in a drawer somewhere!

Visited the Cairo Geniza collection in the Cambridge UL for the first time today. Almost lost for words at the amount and diversity of materials, languages and scripts. Herewith my photo of a Hebrew primer used in 10th century Egypt to teach kids to write

"Rapture" is a zombie movie set in medieval England, but won't be out until next year. "Werewulf", directed by Robert Eggars, is also coming out next year.

I quite liked "Kingdom", which is a Korean zombie show with two seasons.

Between Prophecy and Apocalypse: The Burden of Sacred Time and the Making of History in Early Medieval Europe The Burden of Sacred Time and the Making of History in Early Medieval Europe

Don’t talk about this a lot online but I published an academic book recently and I think it’s pretty good. Thinks with the categories of prophecy, apocalypse, & history to rethink the early euro Middle Ages. Would love to talk more about it! #medievalsky

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Research-Creation in the early Middle Ages: the example of Hibernicus Exul : Find an Expert : The University of Melbourne <p> The pivotal role played by Irish scholars in preserving and transmitting ancient learning during the early Middle Ages is well known even beyond the academy, thanks to popularising works such as ‘How the Irish Saved Civilization’. Yet a great deal of work remains to be done on individual Irish figures working in continental Europe during the eighth to tenth centuries in order to establish more rigorously the Irish contribution. The shadowy figure known as ‘Hibernicus Exul’ (‘the Irish exile’) provides an ideal test-case for this work: the author of thirty-eight Latin poems, on scholarly, political, and comic topics, his works appear in a single manuscript, Vatican Reg. Lat. 2078. This is an important and influential poetic anthology from the heart of the Carolingian Renaissance, a period of intense cultural and intellectual activity in eight- and ninth-century Europe during which the literature and learning of the ancient Graeco-Roman world was rediscovered and concerted efforts were made to standardise and widen access to educational systems, with significant consequences for the intellectual history of western Europe. The PhD student recruited will write the first monograph-length study of Hibernicus Exul, setting his work in the context of the manuscript, addressing the controversial question of his possible identification with the better- known Carolingian scholar Dúngal, and demonstrate how the poet exemplifies the nature of medieval Irish literature, which simultaneously aims to educate and to entertain, and can in many ways be seen as a predecessor of today’s Research-Creation. </p> <p> <strong>Please note below additional requirements when submitting your Expressions of Interest:</strong> </p> <ul> <li>Additional requirements: <ul> <li> <strong>Statement of research interest [max. 1000 words]</strong> </li> <li> <strong>MA in a related field, or equivalent, to be completed by the programme start date.</strong> </li> <li> <strong>Evidence of at least six semesters of Latin, or equivalent, with grades of B+ or higher, or equivalent</strong> </li> </ul> </li> </ul>

#MEDIEVAL #LATIN #PHD OPPORTUNITY:
Co-supervised by myself and Cillian O'Hogan, University of Toronto

Project start: September 2027, with time in #Toronto, France, & @unimelb.edu.au. #Scholarship includes tuition fees, living allowance, health insurance, and relocation support.

Get in touch!

This is a shot in the dark but are there any Jewish philosophy/law people who know if there are any medieval Jewish texts that mention or allude to the Islamic concept of milk kinship? I haven’t been able to find any but my Hebrew is also not great. #medieval #jewishstudies #jewishlaw

#CFP So(cially) ancient! Representing Ancient and Early Medieval Social, Ethnic and Religious Realities in Video Games - Finnish Institute at Athens - October 22–23, 2026 - lukkarij.wixsite.com/socially-anc... Due by March 31

A Japanese woman with long black hair sits at a black lacquered writing desk. The green blinds are up on part of the wall of the room, letting in the moonlight. She looks out at the moonlit garden with a somewhat melancholy, pensive expression. She wears a voluminous purple robes that spill across the floor behind her. She holds an ink brush above a blank scroll of paper. Behind her in the room are a biwa lute and a black lacquered cabinet.

Happy Valentine's Day! It's also the 8th anniversary of Women of 1000. 8 years - wow!

For this anniversary, here's last year's illustration. Did you know that Murasaki Shikibu was quite possibly a big old lesbian?!

That's right, I mean *THAT* Murasaki Shikibu, Tale of Genji author! 🏳️‍🌈

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Julio Samsó - Profile on Academia.edu Julio Samsó, University of Barcelona: 279 Followers, 20 Following, 178 Research papers. Research interests: Arabic Studies, History of Arabic Sciences, and…

Sad news through the network that Barcelona historian Julio Samsó passed away yesterday. Many of his papers on medieval Andalusia and the history of astronomy in Islamic lands are available here: barcelona.academia.edu/JulioSams%C3... #MedievalSky #HistSTM

This is what happens when 'treasure' can't be bought by a museum - the hoard has been broken up into individual auction lots & will disappear into many different hands, some overseas.

When do we start saying enough is enough??

www.noonans.co.uk/auctions/cal...

#Archaeology #Treasure #Detecting 🏺

Man charged after Egyptian artefacts stolen from Caboolture museum A 52-year-old man has been charged and 'priceless' Egyptian artefacts have been recovered after a break-in at a small museum in Caboolture on Friday.

Not early medieval history, but it's not often you see an Australian museum heist! A thief stole four ancient Egyptian artefacts from the Abbey Museum near Brisbane, but the job was "quite amateurish", according to police, and the artefacts were recovered today:

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

📢 #CfP #medievalsky #OldEnglish
📚 36th International Conference of SELIM (SELIM 36)
🏫 University of Castilla-La Mancha in Toledo
📅23rd-25th September 2026
‼️Abstract deadline: 30 March 2026
💻Further details: eventos.uclm.es/go/SELIM36

The So What - Sports Medievalism CFP.docx Call for Proposals:  Sports Medievalism - TSW Special Issue *** Submission Deadline for Proposals: March 31, 2026*** In athletics, athletes are often described as ‘throwing down the gauntlet’ when t...

Just dropped! A #CFP for a Sports Medievalism Special Iss of TSW, guest ed. by
@mairistirlinghill.bsky.social! We’re seeking proposals for pieces that engage w/ the relationship between sporting culture & medieval aesthetic! Full CFP attached
Deadline: 3/31
#medievalsky #academicsky #sports

A book cover that reads "Conceiving Heroic Christianity in Early Medieval England" with the author's name, "David G. Pedersen" above the title on a brown background featuring a black-eyed susan. To the left is a title card that reads "Coming soon."

Text on a brown floral background that reads: "Unlike much of early medieval Europe, the early English converted to Christianity through missional efforts, not martial conquest. Thus early English converts had freedom to construct their Christian identity, producing a religious subjectivity that differed from the Latinate perspective of the missionaries who converted them. This book investigates lay texts to undermine monolithic conceptions of medieval Christianity by revealing a uniquely English religious subjectivity evident in Old English wisdom literature."

Coming this summer from MIP's Christianities Before Modernity series, "Conceiving Heroic Christianity in Early Medieval England" by David G. Pedersen!

Detail from the Aberdeen Bestiary (Aberdeen University Library MS 24), specifically of f. 9r, showing the panther. The image features a gold background, and the panther is accompanied on its left by a number of horned cervidae, a camel, and another felid, possibly a lion. One the right is a serpentine dragon with wings (a wyvern) which appears to be in considerable distress. Written above the image, in an insular script, are the words "partus creari, ut mulus et burdo.\ De pantera" ("offspring are created, like the mule and the burdon", referring to the previous entry, which describes leopards as being the hybrid offspring of lions and "pards"; followed by the title "Of the Panther").

Specifically from Bodleian Library, MS. Bodley 764 [Bestiary (Second Family)], folio 7v: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/ecf9...

And here is the Aberdeen Bestiary version, not so lurid!

EXCITING UPDATE: The "Trans Natures" collection is now fully open access! Read it here: scholarworks.wmich.edu/med_ecocriti...

#MedievalSky #EnvHum

Huge thanks to @matthewharffy.bsky.social and @justinhillauthor.bsky.social for letting me witter on about my Princesses of the Early Middle Ages.
This was great fun!
#medievalsky
@penandswordbooks.bsky.social
mybook.to/EarlyPrincess
tinyurl.com/42d58uyd
youtu.be/Q4jHQCuMTdQ

📢 #CfP #medievalsky #TOEBI
📜Theme: All Kinds of People
📅Date: Saturday, 24th October 2026
🏫Host: University of Nottingham
⏰Submission deadline: 30 March 2026
📚TOEBI is a supportive and collegial conference open to anyone involved in the teaching of Old English at any level.

𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲, 𝟵𝟵𝟴–𝟭𝟱𝟬𝟯
Evan Gatti, Angelo Silvestri (eds)

More Info: bit.ly/4a7inMo

#History #Patronage #Medievalsky #ArtHistory #ReligiousHistory #Historysky #Medievalists #MedievalArt

How a medieval French chapel made its way to a Milwaukee college campus Marquette University is technically the third home of the St. Joan of Arc Chapel, which was built in France around 1420.

this is interesting #medievalsky. has anyone done any research collecting all the various European medieval structures there were imported and reconstructed in the US? there must be other small ones like this at Marquette...

www.wuwm.com/marquette-st...

Excellent news!

Link to a new open-access introductory textbook for Coptic language study below. 👇 @uclpress.bsky.social also recently produced an open-access textbook on Judeo-Arabic for anyone who wants to try their hand at other historic regional languages: uclpress.co.uk/book/baghdad... 👇 #MedievalSky

Very proud of @leedsims.bsky.social PhDs Natalie and Saaleha along with their colleagues Rachael (York) and Cameron (Sheffield) for putting together this fab series of 18 papers from postgraduate and early career scholars! Full programme: thelongmiddleages.com. All hybrid. Starts today! #medievalsky

Detail of a drummer, wearing a red tunic and green hose, from the Hours of St Ormer (Add MS 36684, f. 6v), c. 1320s.

I'm not going to be able to drum anything up (outside of my specialities), but will there be an online attendance option/recordings made?

Just a few days left to go to get your abstracts in for Norse in the North 2026! Deadline is Monday 2nd February!

Four early medieval swords found in Kent – child graves reveal they were more than just weapons Swords found in early medieval graves show the complex cultural meanings that weapons can hold.

Swords found in early medieval graves show the complex cultural meanings that weapons can hold.

The jobs you had? Nah, tell me five classes you took at uni:

The History of the Supernatural

Medieval Heresy

The Medieval World

Witchcraft & Demonology

The Idea of the Sacred

If you want to study early medieval history in Australia, check our course list: aema.org.au/medieval-stu...

Papyrus Economies and the Experience of Early Medieval Papal Documents* Abstract. The medium of papyrus, a ubiquitous, state-sponsored product in the Roman world, was turned by the empire’s loss of Egypt in the 630s–640s into a

Here is the very latest from Caroline Goodson, hot off the presses! It is an amazing and incredibly important study. Already put it in my syllabus! academic.oup.com/past/advance...