Happy Hanukkah! 🕎

Annual reminder that if you see a menorah in someone’s window, that’s an act of defiance against bigotry and hate. It’s also pride and bravery. It’s says “a Jew lives here” and that’s both painting a target but also reminding everyone that we still exist and we always will.

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BLOODY AI,a thread:so, I saw a picture online of the Towers of Perugia by a Renaissance artist, Benedetto Bonfigli whose other work I know a little bit. Here is the image 1/n:

CFP: Special Issue of the journal ‘Religions’ on “Polemics and Conversion: Setting and Crossing Boundaries in Medieval Jewish-Christian Relations,” edited by Dr. Eveline Brugger (Institute for Jewish History, Austria). Deadline for abstracts: Feb. 28, 2026. #jewishstudies mjsnow.hypotheses.org/19588

I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.

Jamie trying on his dad’s flip flops. #CatsofBluesky #caturday

Sir Anthony Weldon, A Cat May Look Upon a King (printed for William Roybould, at the Unicorn in Pauls Church-yard, 1652)

Tucker Carlson recently read the Old Testament and didn't like it. I have so many questions, the chief among them being... what would St. Augustine say? wapo.st/4p6mQ8a

New book (available for pre-order) — Craig Perry, Slavery and the Jews of Medieval Egypt: A History #jewishstudies mjsnow.hypotheses.org/19423

The Texas Medieval Association's annual meeting is coming to Rice University in April! Consider submitting a proposal. Rice is very cool, I promise. 😃 #medievalsky

A 2,000 year-old blue glass wine cup inscribed in Greek ‘EYΦPAINOY EΦωПAPEI’ “Be glad that you are here” Roman drinking cups like this were used to welcome guests at social gatherings. 1st century AD 🍷 📷 Corning Museum of Glass #EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology

Skeletons for #Halloween, from the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493). About the least rare rare book in existence (we have 5 copies) but this one hand-coloured and part of a donation made in 1574 by Elizabeth I's Archbishop of Canterbury Matthew Parker. CUL Inc.0.A.7.2[888].

{New Book} This centres on the phenomenon of the Joans of Arc—a global medievalist trend of women being celebrated as their nation’s own Joan...Use of the title is bound to diverse & shifting preoccupations, prejudices & prerogatives of post-medieval world.  www.arc-humanities.org/978180270007...

📣 New book series, “Court Cultures, 1000-1900”, 📚 launched by @historyboy30.bsky.social & @patrikpastrnak.bsky.social w/ @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. Series feat books exploring any & all aspects of global courts 👑 (all variations). CfP now open! Info & CfP: www.degruyterbrill.com/serial/cocu-...

[Open Iberia/América] Día de los Muertos/Halloween are coming up: read a medieval 'Danza general de a muerte' edited by Michelle Hamilton to celebrate openiberiaamerica.hcommons.org/2021/10/18/a...

Funding available for Full and Student Members of the European Association for Jewish Studies to pursue archival or library research in 2026/27 - do check out the details here: www.eurojewishstudies.org/scholarships... Application deadline 30 November 2025.

UCCS is hiring for my old job. I am happy to answer any questions. Tenure Track pre-1600 . www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=a...

Now equivalent to 3 US credit-hours, so go fill an elective with some intense medieval studies in this 3-week short-course!

Job: The Katz Family Archivist Librarian at the South Texas Jewish Archives (Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University). Salary range: $69,948 to $71,000, depending on qualifications and experience. Deadline: Nov. 21, 2025. #jewishstudies emdz.fa.us2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Job: Assistant Professor in Medieval European Art and Architectural History in the World at Brown University. Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2025. #medievalsky apply.interfolio.com/174923

In A Woman Is Responsible for Everything, Debra Kaplan and Elisheva Carlebach provide a groundbreaking look at the integral role of women in early modern Jewish communal life. Out now in North America (9 Dec UK pub): press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

How can ancient Jewish wisdom literature reshape our understanding of identity, religion and language in the Mediterranean? With David Torollo & Miriam Goldstein. 28 Oct 2025, 5-6 pm CET online Register: t1p.de/entanglement... #medievalsky #medievalmediterranean @maxweberstiftung.de @dhi-paris.fr

Being irritating is similar to being informative, right? I’m glad people are enjoying/reacting to our translation of the sources for the Battle of Tours, which you can find here: salutemmundo.wordpress.com/2023/10/24/k... #medievalsky

Much #charterrific fun to be had on the new Fiscus website, dedicated to fiscal lands in the regnum Italiae! #medievalsky fiscus.unibo.it/en/

Religion scholars: One week left to apply to be my colleague in the small but mighty Religion Department at my small liberal arts college. We are hiring a TT professor of Religion in the US. Right now we have four religion professors, and you could be number five! slc.peopleadmin.com/postings/2425

Medieval through Early Modern Jewish Studies (@msoiferirish.bsky.social)

Job: Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics, Binghamton University. #jewishstudies mjsnow.hypotheses.org/19032

Interested in letter-writing in early medieval Britain? A three-year postdoc on @francescatinti.bsky.social’s and my project is now available. Apps close on 17th Oct. Let me know if you have any questions and please circulate! 🙂 jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

When the Groom Paid the Dowry: New Study Rethinks Marriage in Medieval Catalonia www.medievalists.net/2025/07/when... #MedievalMarriage

Three-year VAP in Medieval Middle East/Islamic History at Colby's History Department jobs.chronicle.com/job/37887745...

Is the Book of Kells from Pictland rather than Ireland? Great to see this @theguardian.com piece about @victoriawhitworth.bsky.social's new book on Kells, published by @headofzeus.bsky.social next month: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/book-of-k... www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

The much-anticipated news is now here. I am very excited to announce that my book, soon out with York Medieval Press, is now available for pre-order! Hats off to @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social and the awesome Mont-Saint-Michel design team for the cover! boydellandbrewer.com/book/robert-...

Penn Press and @katzcenterupenn.bsky.social are delighted to announce that @thejqr.bsky.social will become fully Open Access beginning with the winter 2026 issue (coming in January)! www.pennpress.org/blog/jewish-...

K-12 Updates and Call for Proposals K-12 Updates and Call for Proposals The Medieval Academy’s K-12 Committee is testing ways to best engage with K-12 educators. We are currently developing two modes of engagement. www.themedievalacademyblog.org/k-12-updates...

Does your teaching touch upon the Black Death? Then don't miss the one and only Dr. Monica Green's open-access, introductory teaching module for the History for the 21st Century (H21) project! www.history21.com/owit-module/... #earlymodern #histmed #medhumanities #medieval #worldhistory

The Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast welcomes proposals of single episodes for its fifth season. After four successful seasons, The Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast (MMA) will return for its fifth in 2026. www.themedievalacademyblog.org/the-multicul...

So proud to have co-written this newly published book w/my brilliant friend Anne E. Lester; I just remembered the book came into being largely b/c of an #NEH grant Anne received in 2020-2021, allowing us to follow up on our pandemic zoom calls together. cornellpress.manifoldapp.org/projects/a-c...

Good morning! Rise and shine!

Just under a week left to submit a proposal for our sessions at @imc-leeds.bsky.social next year and to apply for a bursary! #Skystorians #MedievalSky

Jobs For Medievalists Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Classical Studies: Medieval Literature Department of English: Trinity University, San Antonio TX Review of applications will begin November 10, 2025 Tenure-trackAssistant Professor of www.themedievalacademyblog.org/jobs-for-med...

So far my time in WI has been great. The weather’s been beautiful, and I added 2500 words to my book manuscript. irh.wisc.edu/current-irh-...

how it feels to contribute to an edited volume

{Coming very soon} Public Engagement in the European Middle Ages: Medieval Solutions for a Modern Crisis by Christopher D. Fletcher -This manual uses the medieval past to teach modern scholars how to succeed in public engagement. www.arc-humanities.org/978180270096...

Medieval Studies is one of the eliminated programs. hartfordbusiness.com/article/ucon...

A stunning and infuriating analysis of what’s wrong with the University of Chicago, with no doubt some relevance to other places too. www.compactmag.com/article/the-...

Why not go all the way and sever the hard sciences from Humanity - not just the Humanities.* If AI is good at anything, it's cold rationality. Let robots teach other robots sciency stuff, and have universities focus on something that only humans can do well - the study of humans. *insert sarcasm

Professor - Late Antiquity, University of Toronto: memorients.com/news/profess...

Ducks walking on Hydrangea petals.