Brand new podcast appearance on Infectious Historians! We discussed our team’s recent burial archaeology article in Speculum, as well as the methods and applications of bioarchaeology

New timely episode (#135 for those of you keeping track) on "Avian Flu." Lee and I talked to Natalie Porter about her work on outbreaks in Vietnam as an anthropologist and also her move to a non-academic career. Listen: infectioushistorians.com/2025/04/13/a....

Watching Disney’s Atlantis for the first time in probably a decade. As an archaeologist and historian familiar with both Iceland and Ireland, I am blown away by how well-researched this movie is (they even utilized the fact that Iceland is volcanic). I wish I had known this as a kid!

With vol. 55 of our journal, Northern Studies, having been out for a little while, you can now read the previous volume (54) for free in Open Access! 🔓 www.ssns.org.uk/journal/nort...

To friends and colleagues in #archaeology, @naturecities.bsky.social is looking for articles that combine archaeology and history! 6k word limit, more details at website. Submit and/or spread the word! www.nature.com/natcities/

Reminds me very much of Jasper Fforde’s excellent novels, he was onto something! @jasperfforde.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Worth reading this thread in full. The only thing I can see positively is that at least the Guardian didn't write about the even more problematic idea in the article that connected this one event to the "fall" of Rome 100 years later. But, anyway, huge problems.

DNA and tomb styles suggest they might have been communal rather than dynastic burial spots. 🧪🏺

New Episode alert: "Marian Devotion and Plague in Late Medieval Italy." Lee and I spoke with Bianca Lopez (SMU) about her book on plague, piety and power in late medieval Italy. A great convo on Santa Maria di Loreto & the impact of the Black Death. Listen: infectioushistorians.com/2025/03/07/m...

New job at Oxford - do please share widely! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMS153/a...

Congratulations to ‪‪Merle Eisenberg‬ ‪@merleeisenberg.bsky.social‬ on winning yesterday's contest for best map for teaching the Carolingian Empire! The image will be featured in a gallery on the MAFE website with any commentary Merle would like to append to it.

An invaluable guide for scholars stifled by the traditional academic route. Ilana M. Horwitz's The Entrepreneurial Scholar: A New Mindset for Success in Academia and Beyond is out now. Explore a free sample and save 30% with code PUP30: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

A new book just published by Ian Wood; it may not have a fancy cover but I'll bet it'll be good and useful. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Exciting discovery at Abydos! penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-mu...

#ironage #medievalsky #scandinavia

Lectures and an exhibition in Sherborne next month for anyone interested in early medieval Wessex

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We are excited to announce the recipients of the 2025 ACLS Fellowships! This year, the program will award more than $3.5 million to 62 scholars, recognizing outstanding research in the humanities and social sciences: bit.ly/4jwiyEq

Congrats to @ccooijmans.bsky.social and co-authors on their article on warriors in viking society!

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Want to learn how a careful study of burial #archaeology can improve our understanding of past disease events, especially the First #Plague #Pandemic (6th-8th centuries)? Check the #OpenAccess article I led in this month’s issue of Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies!

New #SpeculumSpotlight episode!! @medievalacademy.bsky.social