I feel that there's a Wuthering Heights joke to be made in resharing this, but I'm failing to conjure it.
JOB ALERT: Lead Curator, Modern Archives & Manuscripts (1601-1800) at The British Library - closing date: 18th Feb
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH179/l...
Great to hear that "early medieval" now goes to 1150: an expanding field ;)
Still time to sign up for our first seminar of the year tomorrow!
PhD scholarship in History or Geography at Dublin City University - applicants with an interest in medieval Ireland are particularly encouraged to apply.
#MedievalSky
www.dcu.ie/historygeogr...
Nothing like responding to copy edits to make me loose all confidence in my mother-tongue
This is going to be a really interesting talk next Tuesday afternoon!
This on Tuesday afternoon is one not to miss!
Next Tuesday the Medieval Manuscripts Seminar is online. Kate Gerry will be sharing her work on the Guthlac Roll. Book 👇 ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
The nights are drawing in, and the rain is tapping on the windows, which means that we probably ought to be getting our term-card out. Three really exciting papers to look forward to!
The #Anthropocene is a street in the Netherlands. Clearly a multi-generational philosophical corner with Rene Descartes and Hippias
The summer has seen anti-trans campaigns across the UK and US, alongside a crisis in healthcare. But what use could trans history have in these time, beyond proving 'we have always been here'?
Sam Rutherford @echomikeromeo reflects on Imagining Trans Futures:
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I'm teaching on this (but don't let that put you off, etc)
I'm pining for chocolate hob-nobs.
I, personally, in presuming higher degrees have obviously never been 'driven' or imbued with 'vigour', the pursuit of knowledge obviously is just something that just *happens* if you ask nicely (sarcastic tone to whole thing)
New PhD app with Ghent University.
PhD Scholarship in Environmental Humanities.
co-supervised by Professors Marco Caracciolo, Stef Craps, and Elly McCausland - combining theoretical exploration with textual analysis.
#AcademicSky
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOS381/p...
Early Irish & Celtic Studies Research Seminars this semester at Maynooth. In person only, but everyone is welcome.
@ceilteachomn.bsky.social
Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"
A final reminder that the deadline for abstract submissions is the end of next week #medievalsky
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A detail from the 25" Ordnance Survey Map of Cerne Abbas, published in 1888.
Is it just me or have they missed out an important detail...?
I am really excited to announce the call for the PhD Course in Energy Humanities!
Held at the @greenhouseuis.net from 1-5 December.
Applications are welcome until 24 October.
#envhum #envhist #energyhistory
On Sydney's Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. An institution when I was young.
nobody wants video essays anymore. all the money’s in illuminated manuscripts these days. you can write any manuscript at all – a terrible one! it doesn’t matter! some startup will still jump in your emails begging to partner with you and get it illuminated
Call for Papers @imc-leeds.bsky.social
Following my recent fieldwork sailing down the Seine in a reconstructed tenth-century ship, @stevedehailes.bsky.social and I are organising a panel on practice-based/experiential research in medieval studies. We welcome abstracts from any field. #Medievalsky
Publication – « Medieval Bestiaries. New Approaches », éd. Debra Higgs Strickland
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The Institute of History of the University of Bern is seeking to fill a full time professor position (open rank) in History of the Middle Ages with consideration of digital Methods, beginning 1 February, 2027.
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