Natalie Hanna

Home page of the Medieval Libraries of Great Britain project beta website.

POSTDOC OPPORTUNITY!

@bodleianlibraries.bsky.social are advertising a full-time 6-month postdoc position to work with Andrew Dunning on redeveloping the Medieval Libraries of Great Britain project as a sustainable, open-access digital resource for manuscript studies.

🖊️ Apply by 14 July

Rachel, your workshop was great - very energising despite the despair-inducing subject matter. Thanks! Lots to think about & work to do.

Looking forward to it!

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, giant of African literature, dies aged 87 Kenyan writer’s death announced by his daughter, who wrote: ‘He lived a full life, fought a good fight’

“He lived a full life, fought a good fight.”

RIP Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Love & solidarity to the trans community today & everyday

JIC Davies Doctoral Studentship in English at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - JIC Davies Doctoral Studentship in English at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com

#PhD opportunity for Global Majority UK students, in English (Literature, English Language, Creative Writing or TESOL), at Liverpool. Please share with your networks www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

One year postdoc teaching post with us (in English literature). Spread the word among your networks

This picture from Christine de Pizan's Epistre Othea does the rounds every year on Valentine's Day, and I'm here to ruin it for you (sorry) 🧵

Call for participants for a mentorship programme for scholars who have not yet published in English

/postmedieval/ is launching a new mentorship programme to facilitate publication for scholars whose first language is not English.

👇 find all the details here 👇
sites.google.com/view/postmed...

News - Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies - Research at Kent

Exciting PhD Opportunity! Come join @memsunikent.bsky.social for a CHASE-funded collaborative doctoral award with Westminster Abbey to investigate the manuscript fragments held in the Abbey’s Archives. Learn more at the link below, deadline to apply 17 Feb 2025 📜🎉
research.kent.ac.uk/medieval-ear...

This speaks to inherent prejudices in AI tools and algorithms because they anticipate what I will say and interpret it accordingly

Due to a health condition I have to rely on speech recognition tools from time to time and they HATE me! (I’m Irish).

I said “rising nationalisms” in a lecture this week and the AI (aggressively) quoted me to the room: “you are all right wing nationalists” 😳🙃

Researching migration and refugee narratives

This #free #online #training event, from @ihrlibrary.bsky.social and @ials.bsky.social, will be useful for anyone researching #migration and #refugee narratives - including our friends @refugeetales.bsky.social.
www.history.ac.uk/events/resea...

The lyf so short, the spellynge so long to lerne

🤩Exciting news! We are seeking a Collection Information and Access Developer to work on an exciting archaeological collection-based project.

Find out more via the recruitment portal and enter 'Museums and Galleries' in the Department selection: www.liverpool.ac.uk/working/jobv...

Thank you! Good to know hashtags work here

Oh you know I might be down in a couple of weeks, so I'll message you and see if you're around! I am grand thanks, I hope you're well too

Hi Glyn :)

Medieval manuscript image showing Christine de Pisan and a Sybil pointing to a ladder from the heavens, from the Book of the Queen, c. 1410-1414, Harley MS 4431, f. 189v

Hi Blueskiers, I've finally (probably unwisely) taken the plunge and joined. Let me know your recommendations for accounts to follow, especially if they are about good reads, all things medieval, and bad humour (if the three intersect, even better).