Mounawar Abbouchi

#CFP: GMG Fall Meeting at Andrew College in Cuthbert, GA, Oct. 25, 2025

Proposals are invited on any aspect of #medievalstudies and their related topics. Please send c. 200 words to Jonathan Sapp (jonathansapp@andrewcollege.edu) by September 30.

We're excited to see you there!

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CFP: New Responses to the Legend of Good Women at #ICMS2026
Join us at #Kzoo2026 to talk about one of Chaucer's historically criticized and neglected works. Submit your proposals to the CFP portal icms.confex.com/icms/2026/pr...
#ICMS #Kzoo

Only in England does it rain even when it's sunny.

That makes sense

That's interesting! It's possible that I have experienced the exceptions and not the rule. I suppose you can always argue that it's "in context". I'll need to actively watch for this.

One sure way to make it stop raining is to run back home to grab an umbrella.

As someone who would have been called one if I lived in the 11th century, I am not losing sleep over it. I just think it's interesting how different trends can be in different areas of study, and how they can have such differences in their academic culture. But my observations could be totally off.

As someone who floats between realms of medieval scholarship a lot, I find it interesting that on the French side, they still use "Saracen" casually, while everyone else seems to have collectively decided that it is pretty much a slur, to be used only between quotation marks. Have you observed this?

Nevir shal Ich give thee up
Nevir shal Ich let thee doun
Nevir shal Ich runne arounde
and go from thee
Nevir shal Ich make thee to crye
Nevir shal Ich 'farewell' sigh
Nevir speke falsehood
And cause thee sorowe

I love my fellow humans and respect their dignity and being, but they become real monsters in the library. No one is at their best when deadlines are looming.

Omg you're so kind! 😭

It was delightful! But ooh thank you for the tip!

Absolutely terrible. I wasn't planning on going this year, but this is not encouraging me to submit for next year :(

As someone who works on a study abroad program, the trouble is, it is often not my circus, but they are still my monkeys.

Obsessed with this bookshop in Bath. It is enormous, but still loving curated and cozy (they even serve you complimentary tea!)

I am so excited that you are doing this. How lucky that I will be in town for it! By the way, the line you used on the poster is my personal favorite. Can't wait to meet you and talk all about Y&O!

I am so looking forward to this when Daisy brings it to Oxford next month! I think I will be an emotional wreck.

The sun came out in Oxford today 🌞

Some highlights for me from the British Library exhibition: the Luttrell Psalter, a scroll recording the questioning of Eleanor Rykener, Christine de Pizan's Book of the Queen, and this Mortuary for Lucy of Hedingham. There were so many more amazing books and objects!

@britishlibrary.bsky.social

The Medieval Women in Their Own Words exhibition was so beautifully designed. I was stunned.

@britishlibrary.bsky.social

Balliol College looking rather grand in the afternoon sun.

#oxford #UGAatOxford

Trying to read for Comps but getting distracted by how many copies this place has of Circe by @madelinemiller.bsky.social

The Eagle and Child is reopening...some day

Made a quick stop in Oxford on the way North earlier today. I will be back in a few days. Excited for this Hilary Term!

Sorry, Mariah, Gower said it first.
#AllIwantforChristmas

Large blue and white bird with yellow eyes is resting on a log in a marsh.

Great Blue Heron resting peacefully.
#ArtAdventCalendar #photograph
#GreatBlueHeron #Herons #ArdeaHerodias
#birds

Pardon our dust!

Webb’s near and mid-infrared view of spiral galaxy NGC 2090 highlights its two winding arms as well as the beautiful details of its swirls of dust and gas. https://t.co/5GHzbWezoX https://t.co/KNzLUvjmbk

Art Deco from South Beach and Ocean Drive. The architecture in Miami is on point