The second meeting this semester of the @towsonu.bsky.social #digitalhumanities Special Interest Group did not disappoint. We had four students talk about their #DH projects to faculty. They knocked it out of the park in their presentations as they did with their original research!

😡🤬🤬 Baltimore light rail sends my blood pressure through the roof. Schedule? Work of fiction. "Real time"? Also a work of fiction @mta.maryland.gov why can't we have nice things?

Today in teaching DH: controller batteries suddenly died while students were in Anne Frank's VR house. Certainly an extra historical dimension when they're digitally trapped in that space 😬

Giraldus lives on.

Venice Bakery is remembering those that have died in ICE custody this year by adding them to their community altar for Dia de Los Muertos. By @eltragon.bsky.social

I am interested in starting to hear from care workers on SNAP about your concerns. I'm @motherjones.com's disability reporter. Please be in touch. My email is [email protected] and my Signal is juliametraux.49. Reposts are appreciated.

Animal history people, what is a "watch hen"? OED isn't giving me anything. I'm getting it in the context of paying rent or heriot so it's obviously some type of poultry!

On the struggle bus today but seeing that the only pre-1700 reference to chickens in the @virtualtreasury.bsky.social is in the context of a list of mutant animals received by the Dublin Philosophical Society in the late 17th century giving me the giggles

My cats are *thrilled* I'm not at the Folger today and instead working at home. So if you're joining the MAA DH webinar today you are bound to see at least one of them. I apologize in advance for zoom cat arse.

Not too late to sign up for tomorrow's @medievalacademy.bsky.social #digitalhumanities webinar. We'll hear from Atria Larson about Gallery of Glosses and Gene Lyman on TJ Reader www.medievalacademy.org/page/MAAWebi... #DH #medievalsky

Y'all I lost the run of myself in trivia with the halftime round "put the invention of these premodern technologies in order." My ocean history class, my book chapter, all finally paying dividends. Until the answer code was wrong. Yes, I come with citations. No, I have no shame.

Doing my research often makes me hungry. Glad to spend today totting up chickens at monasteries and taking a break from all the salmon (I'm a pescatarian).

What does it say about a society that valued poets so highly? Find out in The Medieval Irish History Podcast — back for a 3rd series! We are kicking off again with the inimitable @thecelticist.bsky.social @ceilteachomn.bsky.social @tiagoovsilva.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/1DTU... 1/2

Today's the first meeting of the academic year of the @towsonu.bsky.social digital humanities #DH special interest group. We're learning about ArcGIS Online from Christina Bell in TU's Center for GIS in @cooklibraryoftu.bsky.social

Big thanks to @dinostalgia.bsky.social @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social and @drhick.bsky.social for the article recs for digital animals. Not only did we have an excellent week of discussion, they inspired the students in developing their own DH animal projects!

Advanced DH students heard from @clayonglass.bsky.social about the creative processes behind making a digital environmental creative piece. We followed up next class with readings about looking for animals in art and archives

*finally* BuzzFeed gets me

In which I beg archaeologists to sign up for the fall semester of Skype a Scientist, because we're getting buried in requests for your area of expertise. Sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Just over a month to go to get your articles in for consideration in Eolas vol. 19 (2026)! We're accepting short reports and digital humanities project reviews until end of year. I'm happy to answer any questions #medievalsky

This semester I'm teaching a collaborative course to go with an upcoming Walters Art Museum exhibit "Art from Wildlife." #envhist ppl, what are your fave publications on endangered animals, extinction history that you'd recommend to a student getting into the topic for the first time?

Dear colleagues, some concerning news has been circulating this week in relation to the 2025 @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social Annual Meeting (Belgrade Virtual). We, the IAI Board, believe it is important to acknowledge & share this info. Please see the full statement, with links, here: buff.ly/8YG0WmV

Today my DH class had a special tour of the Walters Art Museum as they're working on digital animal humanities projects to tie on with an upcoming exhibition. We're super excited and I will be sure to liberally spam here about it!

First day at my new academic home until June!

Call for seminar papers! The Animal History Group (@animalhistories.bsky.social) is looking for seminar papers for the next academic year (Oct 2025-May 2026). All seminars are online - please fill in the form if you are want to give a talk! 🐾🪶🐟🕷️🐛🐸🐈🐶🐴🐮🐑🐔 animalhistorygroup.org/seminar-seri...

Well, I've managed to persuade two institutions to buy me a giant box of pool noodles so I guess I'm doing my bit?

Whoa! Thanks for the tip. For other folks wanting to do this, here are screenshots of what I just did. Start by going to you "Account Settings." Then follow the screenshots below. And yes, when given the option "Are you sure you want to proceed?," you better believe I hit that sucker!

I'm super excited about starting my research fellowship on Tuesday. Bonus! I now get front row seats twice a day three days a week for a commute through Union station and Capitol Hill 😬😬😬

ESEH 2027, “Environmental History Beyond Disciplinary Boundaries,” will take place on 6–10 September in beautiful Salzburg, Austria! #ESEH2025 #ESEH2027 #envhist #envhum @mknoll.bsky.social

Four new fellowships will support research into the RIA’s historic ties to colonialism. Projects will explore museum collections, imperial knowledge networks, colonial cartography, and the Academy’s role in the spoils of empire. Find out more 👉 https://tinyurl.com/5bxknnkx ‬

Just opened my notebook for #ESEH2025 and I find I last used it for campus interview notes at Towson 3 years ago! Marveling at all my creepy notes on my colleagues 🤣

I've arrived at #ESEH2025 but coming right after a field season, I am now a tired antisocial introverted biatch, not merely an antisocial introverted b!tch. High risk of falling asleep giving my own paper.

Today I went to Birka. Surely one of the deserted medieval settlement greats. I sat on a grave mound and contemplated what this landscape told me about my own research sites. Also, I was not sick on the boat - win!

Arrived in Stockholm for a few days holiday before #ESEH2025 there will be Vikings and excessive medieval nerdiness.

I am so sorry to hear of the death of my friend Bríd McGrath whose intellect, extensive knowledge and generosity I will miss. Along with her love of red wine and puncturing sloppy thinking and pomposity rip.ie/death-notice...

Fieldworking isn't so shabby when the sun is out #HELMProject

Hey fieldwork, fancy some phenomenologizing on some medieval landscapes #HELMProject #archaeologyforrealz

Fieldwork going well, yeah, entertaining cattle right across the Irish midlands #realarchaeology

I'm just off the red eye so I look like shit, but I don't feel like shit seeing myself on the shelves of Hodges Figgis. Childhood ambition unlocked.

are you a @towsonu.bsky.social student thinking about a career in museums/libraries/etc, or strengthening a grad school application? In fall my Digital Humanities class (code HIST478/678) will work with Walters Art Museum. The best work will be featured in a public exhibit!

Call for submissions for Eolas 19 (2026). We accept full articles, short reports, and DH project reviews. Deadline starts October 17. Please share! #medievalsky

Happy Baltimore Pride!

Well if my head is on the website I guess it's definitely official 😉 super excited to spend the upcoming academic year as a Fellow at @folger.edu and getting research projects actually across the finish line! www.folger.edu/research/the...

Good morning! We’re hiring an editorial assistant (hybrid.) Books books books books books! jobs.jhu.edu/job/Baltimor...

CFP: Digital Mapping and Spatial Technologies in Medieval Studies, Medieval Academy of America Annual Meeting, 2026 Mapping, often viewed as an adjunct visual context for medievalists, can also enable new spatial and geographically informed interpretations. 1/

HEY BALTIMORE FOLKS, wear an n95 mask/respirator if you're spending time outside tonight or tomorrow! There's a literal 5-alarm fire at a mattress warehouse in West Baltimore and the air is gonna be full of awful chemicals in the smoke from it

It's the last day of #Kzoo2025 and in the last session you can hear some awesome archaeology and history papers on the lived experience of ordinary people from me and @megsmith.bsky.social in memory of a wonderful colleague gone too soon, Cherie Peters

No Tiggy it's too early to collapse from Kalamazoo exhaustion you lightweight #medievalsky #Kzoo2025

If you need a break from doom and gloom try some castles with your doom and gloom! I'm a guest on @niamhwycherley.bsky.social The Medieval Irish History podcast this month! open.spotify.com/episode/5Up0...