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Rare medieval scroll found in shoebox goes on display in York The 15th-century Arma Christi, one of only 11 copies, is the focus of a new gallery at Bar Convent.

Holding out for the day I find a medieval manuscript opening a shoebox or searching for athletic equipment in my closet.

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We're so excited to read and publish it!

Thei did the Mash; thei did the Monstere Mash.
The Monstere Mash: beholde, sepulchral smash!
Thei did the Mash, and it kaughte on moost fast -
Hark, heare the Mash! Forsooth, the Monstere Mash!

One more while we’re at it! We’re interested in offering TSW authors the chance to commission images to companion their pieces (if they wish). If you are an artist whose work aligns with our values & you'd be interested in being listed, send us an email (thesowhatpub [at]gmail [dot]com) #medievalsky

Call for Guest Editors Call for Guest Editors: The So What Special Issues The So What welcomes proposals for individual or teams interested in guest editing a special issue on one of the following topics: Bardcore Medieva...

Call for #medievalsky & related other ski’s!! Guest editors for issues & clusters—we summon you!!! We’re currently looking for individuals or teams interested in #bardcore, craft medievalism & medieval crafts, changing climates, early globalities, & more! #cfp

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Worrye not about 'being productive,' for thou art not a product. Thou art a star daunsinge yn a hopeful skye. A signal blinking across centuryes and worldes. Thou art a song performid just once and perfectlye.

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.

If you are in or near Baltimore you should know that the Walters Art Museum (which is free!) has a small but wonderful exhibit about cats in medieval manuscripts

Thank you so much!

Beowulf and the Far Right (Pedagogical) — Arthuriana Why do we still read medieval stories? This is the question I ask my students before my lesson on Beowulf and far-right groups. One reason, they decided, was that many medieval lessons and ideas r...

6/ last but very certainly not least, Sarah Barringer offers detailed lesson plans and pedagogical guidance for having students investigate and critique the appeal #Beowulf to the Far Right.

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A New Poem in Context: A Medieval Bog Woman in Northern Europe — Arthuriana It’s not easy being a historian of the early Middle Ages. Historians most commonly use primary sources to reach into the experience of people whose world was far different from our own. But the very l...

5/ check out a creative piece in context! Amanda Brighton Payne shares her poem, “The Window Bog,” and it’s origins in: “A New Poem in Context: A Medieval Bog Woman in Northern Europe.”

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IRRECOVERY — Arthuriana Archival and critical projects referred to as ‘recovery’ allow scholars to make heard the voices of those historically inaudible and marginalized. When discourses of representation, centers and margin...

4/ then read Seeta Chaganti’s “IRRECOVERY,” a powerfully written exploration of scholarly methods, medieval outlawry, and contemporary resistance; a moving call to “leave the agents of certain collective actions undetectable.”

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Black Neomedievalisms in Late and Post-Covid Music Videos — Arthuriana The world of man was ending, rapidly, or so it seemed to me as I sat in my lonely New Jersey apartment in late Spring of 2020. Looking out at the skyline of the city I loved, I watched my friends flee...

3/ next we have Maggie Hawkins’ fascinating essay on “Black Neomedievalisms in Late and Post-Covid Music Videos”! And yes, those do include videos by Lil Nas X and hemlocke springs, thank you for asking!

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Queer Medieval Outing with Nicola Griffith: A Public Humanities Event — Arthuriana How do we recover the voices of those throughout history who have not been in positions of power and who, therefore, have been either left out of records or only represented in partial or stigmatizing...

2/ First up, “Queer Medieval Outing with @nicolaz.bsky.social: A Public Humanities Event,” in which María Bullón-Fernández & Sarah Faulkner discuss an amazing #pubhums event on the Queer Medieval sponsored by Humanities Washington

Hi #medievalsky! We’re excited to announce that Issue 2 of The So What is available on our site: www.arthuriana.com/tsw-issues! #pubhums #arthuriansky
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The So What is on Bluesky! Check out our website at www.arthuriana.com/tsw to read our first two issues!