Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️

Hoping to make the tour time for @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social while in Cambridge this week!
But also... does anyone know of any other university libraries in Cambridge that don't actually require college or tour access?

This is why I chose to study liturgical fragments! What a beauty!

Skål för försöket! Och beklagar.

Introduction to Latin Palaeography

Back by popular demand, Introduction to Latin Palaeography will run online in February 2026 #MedievalSky 👇

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This sounds amazing!

Man saknar Montreal Expos ibland. :)

So much this!

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För alla oss i högskolevärlden är upplevelsen att vi nu nått en bristningsgräns. Lokaler sägs upp, administrationen sägs upp och på vissa håll även undervisande personal, mer undervisning och mindre forskning i tjänst.

You're most welcome !
He's at it again :D !

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That is a densely packed calendar page! Just beautiful really. Thanks for sharing!

Haha! Yeah, ketchup and ice cream is just, no. 😅
Ok, so there was a reason I asked. I had a lemon curd-filled croissant (no meringue, ew) the other day and it was surprisingly good (!!!).

But is that like a lemon curd-filled croissant?

What is a viking to you? Has your perception of them changed over the years? NorseMap is a @erc.europa.eu funded research project where we want to map the legacy of vikings in areas like literature & art, branding, tourism & politics. Comments below -what comes to mind when you think of vikings?

Vi har en ledig stilling som forsker i #runologi for en periode på 12 måneder ved Kulturhistorisk museum, UiO. Stillingen er en del av infrastrukturprosjektet NORCHRON: Norwegian diachronic corpus 200–1814, finansiert av Norges forskningsråd. www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...

> "the humanities are given greater weight and more space in professional programmes, in light of contemporary and future societal challenges".

Report out from Sweden's HUMTANK that shows the vital importance of humanities-based courses/influence in higher education programs leading to a profession. The report is based on a study of programs in engineering, medicine, and police training. Recommendations include:

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An excellent true thing is that I gave unequivocally anti-“AI” talks at Wesleyan and Tufts this month where the computer scientists and engineers in attendance have no interest in allowing this industry to hijack education and asked me “how can we get our students to take your classes?”

October is the time for sowing the seeds.
#MedievalCalendar
BL Yates Thompson MS 3; 'The Dunois Hours'; c 1439 CE-c 1450 CE; France (Paris); f.10r

Call for applications! 📣

The German Historical Institute London is seeking a Research Associate with a particular research interest in medieval history (with a focus on late medieval English history) for a part-time project position to start on 1 February 2026. 🤝
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Great thread!

Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe and the World (King's College London) | MEMOs King's College London - Department of History

Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe and the World (King's College London):

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Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset on 22 September. Here is the ram caught by its horns.

Bodleian Library MS. Michael 619; Maḥzor for the High Holidays (Rosh ha-Shanah and Yom Kipur), Western Ashkenazi rite (Tripartite Maḥzor, volume 3); 1320–1330 CE; f.5v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

Imagine in a few years, you come across an online video of yourself - your face, your voice, presenting a garbled version of your research or ’in conversation’ with another scholar saying things you don’t agree with, you have no control to stop it 1/3 #academia

This is not always the case though! A lot of ECRs have families.

Can You Become "Fluent" in "AI"? — Sonja Drimmer No. But the Ohio State University says that its students are required to pursue this goal if they want to receive their degree. Time was when engineers, linguists, and psychologists wanted to create ...

The Ohio State University is now requiring students to become "fluent" in AI. It's a perverse metaphor, and as always, the wisdom of Star Trek proves useful in understanding its perversity.

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This sounds like a dream!!

Yes. It doesn't comply with GDPR but is showing up in the EU.

Critical thinkinge ys vitallye ymportant and manye academic fieldes rightfullye clayme that thei teache it. Englisshe majors learne critical thinkinge too, but thei also learne creative thinkinge and compassionate thinkinge.

Over an image of the Hagley Library's website, the following text is written: "When AI Data Scraping Causes Problems for Digitized Archives. This summer one of my favorite archival websites was hit by so much AI bot traffic it amounted to a denial of service. Which is bad, because the Hagley Digital Archives are awesome."

AI data scraping is causing major problems for digital archives.

Many publishers of cool historical material (free for the public), like @hagleycenter.bsky.social, are being hit w/ bot swarms akin to denial of service attacks.

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