Emily Corran

Tribute to Mary Corran, 1954 - 2025 Dedicated to the memory of Mary Corran

marycorran.muchloved.com

Details of Mary Cunningham Corran’s funeral can be found at this page.
Thursday 20th November 11.00
St. Peter and St. Paul’s in Wantage.
Reception in the church immediately after the service.
Feel free to circulate the information to anyone who would wish to know.

UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

A 3-year medieval history teaching post @uclhistory.bsky.social to replace me during maternity and research leave. A wonderful place to work. I’m happy to talk to anyone interested in applying. www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

A question for medievalists: have you managed to make the updated format of International Medieval Bibliography work for you? I’m having no luck even with very generic searches.

I haven't seen any Anglophone obituaries of R.I. Moore yet, but here's one in French (demonstrating the respect his work had internationally).

International Fellowships 2025 The International Fellowships Programme enables researchers to work for three years at a UK institution with the aim of building a globally connected, mobile research and innovation workforce.

Get in touch with me if you are an non-UK early career researcher and would like to apply with @uclhistory.bsky.social to this excellent scheme @britishacademy.bsky.social.

It is to complicate the picture; it is to show that these simple assertions are much more nuanced; it is to muddy the waters and to try to de-weaponise the past.”

My favourite quote from the article: . I think [the job of historians] is to try to stand there at this arsenal of dangerous ideas and to make it more difficult for people to raid that arsenal to use it for their political projects. …

I’m so glad you could come!

Opportunities Find opportunities to join UCL History in academic, research, teaching and learning, admin and other capacities below.

5 full-time, permanent entry level (Lecturer, eg Assistant Prof.) academic posts at UCL History Department: 1) African, 2) Environmental, 3) Modern East Asian, 4) Modern European, & 5) Social & Economic History. Deadlines are 5 April 2024; apply for more than one if the job descriptions fit.

To medieval scholars: is the Medieval Libraries of Great Britain website permanently down? I can’t seem to access it.

Statement from the President, Officers and my fellow Councillors of the Royal Historical Society condemning cuts in History at Oxford Brookes, and the assault on the humanities more widely #academicsky 🗃️
We urge the university to rethink its current proposals.
royalhistsoc.org/history-at-o...

A belated post: last week UCL #MARS MA students successfully identified the constituent booklets in UCL manuscripts. Many thanks to UCL special collections for making the session possible!

Finished this for my inaugural lecture 29 Nov 1830 at UCL: all welcome.

ucl.ac.uk/history/even...

Advisory notice: contains Pieter Bruegel, farting to work, Douglas Adams, medieval geo-engineering, The Legend of Zelda, kind promiscuity, arguable utopias, Elon Musk & history for a world in ruins.

L’historien Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie est mort Professeur au Collège de France, administrateur général de la Bibliothèque nationale, historien de l’époque moderne et du climat, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie s’est éteint le 22 novembre à l�...

www.lemonde.fr/disparitions...

15 years ago I wrote this. And did anyone take any notice?

amp.theguardian.com/education/20...

L'avancée de l'enquête sur l'incendie de Notre-Dame de Paris – La Tribune de l'Art Alors que l'Assemblée nationale se penchera à nouveau sur la loi d'exception voulue par le gouvernement pour la restauration de Notre-Dame (nous y reviendrons), le procureur de la République a publ...

Report on the cause of the fire at Notre Dame. www.latribunedelart.com/l-avancee-de...

📣 We are Hiring 📣
Lecturer, Archives & Records Management.
UCL, London. Open Ended.

To contribute to MA & undergraduate teaching, and to work with me on our fabulous new Information in Society programme at UCL East.

£48,614-57,041 p.a.

Deadline is 12 November 2023.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DDD820/l...

Royal Historical Society Presidential Lecture: 'European Exploration, Empires, and the Origins of Global Capitalism' - Prof Emma Griffin (QMUL and RHS). 24 November 2023 6pm. Brewer and Smith Conference Room, Mary Ward House

Booking now open for the Royal Historical Society's Presidential Lecture from Prof Emma Griffin: 'European Exploration, Empires, and the Origins of Global Capitalism'.
24 November 2023 6pm. Brewer and Smith Conference Room, Mary Ward House (5-7 Tavistock Place) 🗃️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rhs-presid...

Thank you Jo!

I am delighted and very surprised to have been awarded a Philip Leverhulme prize! www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/philip-...

Yes to this, ECRs and Pgrs: Editors are your friends. Their job is to publish scholarship. Help them help you.

Early career medievalist scholars, I would love to see your work published in Traditio. Cambridge Core gives our journal a global reach. Please contact me with your article ideas. We can provide feedback and guidance to help you on your way!

Banzzaï : podcast et émission en replay | France Musique Du jazz qui brasse, qui buzz, qui s'embrase, du jazz en braise. Une programmation qui décoiffe !

One of the things I have brought back from a year in France is a deep love for Banzzaï - the daily after work France musique sluazz show. Easy listing for the discerning palate and the most comforting listening imaginable! www.radiofrance.fr/francemusiqu...

Come and work with us! We are recruiting for a new post of Training Fellow in History & the Humanities. Full-time, fixed term for 36 months. Details and how to apply here: www.jobs.london.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai... #HistoryJobs #Skystorians

I think everything should be now printed with such Inpressum.

How do you know when a society is baroque?
Mass luting in the streets

Update on AHRC future doctoral provision The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) will introduce major changes to its doctoral provision later this year.

"As a result of the changes, AHRC expects to fund one quarter fewer PhD students, reducing from 425 to around 300 new studentships per year by 2029 to 2030." www.ukri.org/news/update-...