An astoundingly brilliant talk, and a great beginning to the last day of #Haskins2025 !
16.11.2025 20:00 β π 9 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0@haskinssociety.bsky.social
International scholarly society studying the peoples of early & high medieval Europe & their encounters in the Mediterranean, Baltic & larger medieval world. https://thehaskinssociety.wildapricot.org/
An astoundingly brilliant talk, and a great beginning to the last day of #Haskins2025 !
16.11.2025 20:00 β π 9 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0A view of the University of Miami campus with lush tropical greenery and paths.
Saying goodbye to the beautiful venue of #Haskins2025 after two and a half days of brilliant papers and even better conversations over coffee and drinks. Eagerly looking forward to the next one.
16.11.2025 20:07 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Extremely excited to discover the Hampton conference hotel has a waffle iron #Haskins2025
13.11.2025 14:48 β π 12 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0And that, joyfully and sadly, is a wrap for the 44th International Conference of the Haskins Society. A great inaugural year at the University of Miami, our home for another two years. #Haskins2025 ##medievalsky
16.11.2025 16:50 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0And we're moving into our concluding panel, on Conquest and Aftermath in both England and Sicily. #Haskins2025 #medievalsky
16.11.2025 16:32 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Alison Beach has just finished up inspiring this gathering of medievalists with the possibilities of telling far more empathetic and inclusive stories of medieval people. #Haskins2025 #medievalsky
16.11.2025 15:16 β π 11 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1Haskins is now in the Latin East. Nicholas Paul, in a strong panel of exemplary scholarship, shows us Matthew Paris' directions for how to get there. #Haskins2025 #medievalsky
15.11.2025 21:56 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Paul Oldfield takes the Haskins Conference through the changing "devotional landscape" of 12C Palermo. #Haskins2025 #medievalsky
15.11.2025 19:38 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Session 4 is full of revelations and thoughtful insights regarding penance, pain, childbirth, and the medieval body. #Haskins2025
15.11.2025 16:57 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0We are back at it, now exploring legal ideals and messy realities. Frances Eshleman wraps up another strong panel. #Haskins2025
15.11.2025 14:58 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0@haskinssociety.bsky.social Shai Cohen presents on the Virtual Maimonides project. #Haskins2025
14.11.2025 21:56 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0#haskins2025
14.11.2025 17:36 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Paul Freedman takes Haskins into the world of medieval English and Catalan cookbooks. #Haskins2025
14.11.2025 19:45 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0@haskinssociety.bsky.social Paul Freedman takes Haskins into the world of English and Catalan cookbooks. #Haskins2025
14.11.2025 19:53 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0A cat peering over the back of a laptop. The screen shows blurred people in a Zoom meeting.
My view during the @haskinssociety.bsky.social Council meeting this morning.
#Haskins2025
Iβm excited that the Haskins Society has moved to a hybrid conference. Iβve never been able to make it to one (and canβt attend this yearβs) but will be present virtually next year. I planned to submit an abstract for a paper for 2026 but, alas, missed the deadline.
13.11.2025 15:40 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0I'll be briefly presenting in the New Research Forum tomorrow morning on my (relatively) recent dissertation turn towards the environment as a key component of early medieval landscape research around the firths.
13.11.2025 15:35 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0On my way to Miami for the @haskinssociety.bsky.social conference and very excited!
Planning to ditch my sweater (an absolute necessity today in Boston) about halfway to balmy FL...
You can find conference details, including the program, on our website here: thehaskinssociety.wildapricot.org/page-1856509
13.11.2025 13:28 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We're excited to welcome both our in-person as well as our virtual attendees for the 44th annual Haskins Society Conference at the Univ. of Miami this weekend!
Be sure to tag us or use #Haskins2025 so that we can share your posts & pictures!
If you havenβt registered for our conference yet,l on 14-16 November, you can still do so by following the link below
Online attendance is back: available for just $20 (Zoom links and access codes to be sent prior to the conference)
thehaskinssociety.wildapricot.org/event-6239326
Very excited to help with this in January. Itβll be history manuscript-tastic π€
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Poster for the next evvent of the Interdisciplinary Seminar for Medieval Studies. Green and tan parchment-like background, and an interlinked male and female symbol in the corner. Poster text: Interdisciplinary Seminar for Medieval Studies, Tuesday 4th November at 4.00 PM in room K114, Newman Building, to be followed by refreshments. Paper 1: Professor Ruth Karras, Trinity College Dublin, Title: "The Invention of Gomorrah" Paper 2: Aisling Walsh, University College Dublin, Title: The Expectations of Women as Crusaders: A Case Study of Alice de Montfort and the Albigensian Crusade. To sign up to our mailing list for future events, please contact Dan Armstrong via email: daniel.armstrong@ucd.ie
π£Seminar Announcement!π£
Join us on 4 Nov at 4 PM in room K114 at UCD for a seminar on medieval gender
Papers will be delivered by Prof. Ruth Karras @rmkarras.bsky.social speaking about The Invention of Gomorrah, and Aisling Walsh on the expectations of women as crusaders
Hope to see you there!
@rozierhistorian.bsky.social and @rosiebonte.bsky.social chatted to Jo last week, about copy editing. Authors take note!
Episode 34: a guide to copy editing for academic authors
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Here's a video of the Bayeux Tapestry being carefully removed from its case and packed away. I had my heart in my mouth while watching. And yes, I do have nightmares about it crossing the channel! I had my heart in my mouth just watching this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7ys...
18.10.2025 11:38 β π 144 π 41 π¬ 5 π 8An exciting find!
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Enjoyed hearing all about the amazing events and PG degree courses at @memsunikent.bsky.social yesterday.
Please share, and feel free to enquire with questions! #medieval
15,000+ searchable charters from the early Middle Ages...
01.10.2025 09:15 β π 53 π 17 π¬ 1 π 1Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...