Free event at the Weston Library in collaboration with @ochjs.bsky.social and part of Jewish Culture Month. A talk featuring two case studies of Jewish and Christian scholarly collaboration in past centuries by Professor Judith Olszowy-Schlanger and Dr César Merchán-Hamann.

Newest addition to the 2nd Plague Pandemic bibliography: Susan Einbinder's edition & translation of a Hebrew text from the 1340s, showing a practicing physician wrestling w/ a swiftly lethal disease amid an unfolding pandemic. #histmed #EpiSky #MedievalSky www.arc-humanities.org/978180270397...

Happy to share my latest article in Aschkenas, “Rachel Was Shapely and Beautiful: A Jewish Woman in Hostile Archives”—on a 13th-century woman from Nottingham, archival silences and hostility, and critical speculation. Check it out: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

This is one of my absolute most favorite works of art from the Romans

Please help spread the news far and wide! We have a new, full-time, permanent Lecturer in Global History of Science job @stsucl.bsky.social Don't be fooled by the application of deadline of only 9 June 2026. This is an open search #histsci #skystorians www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

New: “The evidence is now clear: History departments are shrinking.” bit.ly/3RhjGCY

📢JOB ALERT 📢 We are looking to appoint a F/T open-ended Lecturer in Late Medieval / Early Modern History (1400-1700) @lancasteruni.bsky.social. This is an amazing opportunity that we are very proud to announce, so please spread the word far and wide! www.hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

This Wednesday we're @librarywales.bsky.social and @aberuni.bsky.social to meet with historians from the region. Subjects include history in Welsh HE and new work in Welsh history. Our public lecture (6pm) is by Prof Miri Rubin (QMUL). All welcome www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blackbeaut... #Skystorians

Going to #kzoo2026? Come hear me talk about my little side project this coming Thursday (May 14). The other two papers sound fantastic as well! It's a hybrid session, so those of you registered to attend virtually can listen in! #kzooicms #medievalsky

A lovely croizier head from Sicily (1100s, metal mounts from the 1500s), as seen at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford last month. #medievalsky

Love me some Etruscans! If I were going to be in San Francisco in the next few months I would 100% be going to this. In fact, maybe I should take a trip... www.famsf.org/exhibitions/...

Looks like a great course! share.google/WoOWqGYuzHcz...

JOB: early modern global history jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

The date of this rune stone points to how the practice of monumental memorialisation continued well into the Christian era. The practice most likely came to an end when an organised church absorbed much of the power previously held by local aristocrats.

My review of Tzafrir Barzilay's book, Poisoned Wells: Accusations, Persecution, and Minorities in Medieval Europe, 1321–1422, just appeared in the journal "Antisemitism Studies." Let me know if you need a PDF. #jewishstudies muse.jhu.edu/issue/56703

'Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson is leaving the university after administrators told him in January that he couldn’t teach Plato’s Symposium in his philosophy class; they said the ancient Greek philosopher’s work violated the system’s restrictions on gender and sexuality content.' 1/3

Happening tomorrow! Join us for a special panel discussion and conversation with Professor David Nirenberg at the Art Workers' Guild in Bloomsbury. Please sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-convers... #medievalmonday #skystorians #medievalhistory

New projects: “Only One Jew”: Theological Pretexts, Political Leverage, and the 1514 Expulsion from Merseburg, by Arik Solomon. #jewishstudies mjsnow.hypotheses.org/21104

From Pulitzer Prize finalist Steven Nadler comes Spinoza, Atheist, a fascinating historical and philosophical narrative that unravels the mystery of whether Spinoza was an atheist. Now available (2 June UK pub). Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #Philosophy #Spinoza

📢 New blog alert! MEMOs News Editor Jessica Minieri (@jessicaminieri.bsky.social) takes us into the fascinating world of bodily relics in The Body of a Crusader King: The Relics of Louis IX of France between Tunisia and Sicily. memorients.com/articles/the...

For #CoffeeWithACodex on April 9 (12pm Noon ET, on Zoom), @leoba.bsky.social#CoffeeWithACodexwill bring out LJS 478, a collection of astronomical treatises, with a particular focus on the astrolabe. The copy was completed in A.H. Jumādá al-Ākhirah 625 (May 1228). #medievalsky Register here: https://bit.ly/4d0PPYh

Happy almost-loaf #caturday!

Tomorrow 9:00 Pacific (online)

Helping to spread the word: Western Washington University is hiring a one-year VAP in Medieval European History for the 2026-2027 academic year. Review of applications begins April 15, 2026! hr.wwu.edu/careers-facu... #medievalsky

Happy International Hug a Medievalist Day - the best holiday of the year! 😜

My daughter, an anthropologist, just published her first article, about land-grabbing practices by Columbia University in New York City. Read it - It's Open Access! #SfAA #SocialScience #Anthropology #AppliedAnthropology @anthciis.bsky.social anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

There is so much new scholarship published every month, it would be easy to miss all of it. I've decided to collect the things I find each month, and compile it into a list for perusal. It shows how vibrant and dynamic (academic) medieval studies can be! #medievalsky

📣 Applications open! Women’s History Scotland Research Bursary Up to £500 is available for Masters students, doctoral researchers, ECRs, and independent historians researching women’s and gender history 🗓 Deadline 31 May 2026 Details on how to apply 🔗 womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...

Sinners being tormented in hell. Portal Archivolt from the Cathedral of Alife, 1100-1150, Campania, Italy. The collection of Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University. #medievalsky

UPDATE: Historians have not, in fact, got 1066 'all wrong'. www.marcmorris.org.uk/2026/03/did-...

Tickets going fast for my talk at The London Archives on the Jews of medieval London and their role in the 1267 siege of the Tower. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lunchtime-...

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In addition to the two days of ‘Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages’, (20-21 April) those who register also have the option to join us on the Oxford Medieval Jewish Walking tour on 19 April. Just two weeks left to register! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

New book by Jeremy Cohen: The Salvation of Israel. Jews in Christian Eschatology from Paul to the Puritans (Cornell University Press, 2026). #jewishstudies mjsnow.hypotheses.org/20504

Dear medievalist and medieval-curious friends, please help spread the good word about a new opportunity to enroll in the Advanced Certificate in Medieval Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center. CUNY may not be rich, but we are uniquely rich in medievalists! www.gc.cuny.edu/events/medie... #medievalsky

📰 Elephant foot bone found in southern Spain may be evidence of war elephants used during the Punic wars 🐘 🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Very happy with the positive review of/Trés heureux avec le compte rendu très positive de 'A Chivalric Life. The Book of the Deeds of Messire Jacques de Lalaing', in @lemoyenage.bsky.social by Matthieu Marchal: shs.cairn.info/revue-le-moy.... The book appeared in 2022 @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social

FEATURED JOB: University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point - Teaching Assistant Professor in History jobs.chronicle.com/job/37944779...

Tomorrow (February 17th) at 5:15 pm EST, @upenn.edu's Jewish Studies Program welcomes Debra Kaplan and Elisheva Carlebach for a discussion of their book, A Woman Is Responsible for Everything. This is a free, in-person event. Register here: buff.ly/o3T2ZFt

Its Miscellany Monday! Here's one of my old ones! Butler, "Performing Anti-clericalism: Rioting in Church and against Clergymen in Late Medieval England| (2022). Enjoy! legalhistorymiscellany.com/2022/02/18/p...

A monster emerges from a coffin to attack someone in this Welsh translation of the Travels of John de Mandeville. #marginaliamonday

We're hiring at Birkbeck! Lecturer in Ancient History and Classics, full-time and open-ended. Closing date March 18th. Details here: cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...

Tune in to this WORT-FM Monday 8 O'Clock Buzz interview with Daniel Lord Smail, author of Magdalena Coline: A Life Beyond Slavery in Mediterranean Europe:

Tomorrow (Feb 11) at 6:30 pm EST, head to @literatibookstore.bsky.social to see Elizabeth F. S. Roberts, author of In Praise of Addiction! With Neda Ulaby, she will explore her transformative way of understanding addiction and how dependency can serve as a binding force. Learn more: buff.ly/Ijx7j64

Friends, can I ask you to spread the word that we have a THREE-YEAR postdoc in American history at Cambridge up for grabs - ANY field, but applications are due March 1 so don't delay - apply, apply, apply! networks.h-net.org/jobs/69790/u...

Job posting: Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics and Religious Studies, Hamilton College. Applications due February 23, 2026 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/visitin...

Next week, on February 17th at 5:15 pm EST, @upenn.edu's Jewish Studies Program welcomes Debra Kaplan and Elisheva Carlebach for a discussion of their book, A Woman Is Responsible for Everything. This is a free, in-person event. Register here: buff.ly/o3T2ZFt