Medieval Buildings Revealed by Summer Drought in England www.medievalists.net/2025/08/medi... #england

At Early Medieval Europe we’re thrilled to team up once again with the BSR to sponsor a fellowship! One doctoral student or ECR will have the chance to carry out a month of research in Rome. More info below

A warmly evocative tribute to Jinty Nelson by Alice Rio: 'Her openness about her family & how much it meant to her turned her into an inspiring role model to generations of younger women...she somehow made you feel that you could be yourself, & that this would not be counted against you.'

Introducing Boydell Horizons! An open access early career researcher book programme that offers an innovative way to diversify pathways to #openaccess publication, while enhancing the research environment and professional development for researchers. Find out more 👉 buff.ly/GmhGTzL

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...

Hugely proud of this NEW EPISODE: @rozierhistorian.bsky.social @rosiebonte.bsky.social joined by the amazing @hagenilda.bsky.social and Ben, as we talk ‘Neurodiversity + Academia’: - Definitions - Pros + Cons of our neurodivergent brains - Work by @ucu.org.uk on neurodiversity Links in bio!

The report featured in the Guardian today on the inclusion of women in hustory lessons is really important - lets make women’s voices heard and their actions remembered. www.history.org.uk/secondary/ca...

A final reminder that the deadline for abstract submissions is the end of next week #medievalsky Details 👇

Boydell & Brewer have a 40% sae on paperbacks with code PB40! You could, for example, get Heirs of the Vikings for £16.19 boydellandbrewer.com/book/heirs-o...

Wow… and if staff are supposed to use AI to mark, then surely students will *definitely* (possibly lazily) use AI to write

Do not plan to do deep thinking work on teaching days > 1.5 hrs. You get at most 3 -4 hrs of peak brain time a day & teaching will take most of them in your 1st year. Focus on editing, prep, admin, and other less taxing things. #FacYr1

Alongside the ‪@leverhulme.ac.uk, we invite postdoctoral – or equivalent – scholars in the humanities and social sciences to apply for the British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants. Application deadline is 5 November. Apply now: https://bit.ly/3K4kEyA

Call for Papers @imc-leeds.bsky.social Following my recent fieldwork sailing down the Seine in a reconstructed tenth-century ship, @stevedehailes.bsky.social and I are organising a panel on practice-based/experiential research in medieval studies. We welcome abstracts from any field. #Medievalsky

When art imitates life: @rozierhistorian.bsky.social and @latemedievalist.bsky.social sit down tomorrow to discuss ‘How to Leave one Job and Begin Another’ (with some interesting news from one of us!) Episode goes live on Monday morning, but our full (free) back catalogue available via links in bio

Delighted to announce that Krisztina Ilko and I are organising a set of panels for next year's IMC as a continuation of the some of the themes of the Bonn workshop back in January, this time focusing on chronological shifts in high medieval political culture. Details below and do feel free to share!

The online version of my article for BBC History Magazine '1066: who was the rightful king?' is available to subscribers ‪@historyextra.bsky.social‬. www.historyextra.com/membership/1... (written before the broadcast of #KingAndConqueror)

Step into the world of medieval cartography! 🗺️ Our Hereford Mappa Mundi t-shirt is a must-have for anyone who loves history and unique designs. 🌟 Get yours today! www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/5943... #HistoryLovers

New Biography Revives the Reputation of Æthelstan, the First King of England www.medievalists.net/2025/09/new-... #EnglishHistory and check out the new #book by @davidwoodman45.bsky.social for @princetonupress.bsky.social

@rozierhistorian.bsky.social + @rosiebonte.bsky.social had great time recording ‘How to Submit a Journal Article and get it Published’ with Olivia (yes, Olivia is back!) This will be released on Monday morning. In the meantime, check our back catalogue (links in bio) #academia #ecr #universities

Norfolk folk, anti-fascists & anyone with a conscience: there’s a neo-Nazi music festival coming to Great Yarmouth in September, you can help stop this by emailing the Home Office ⬇️ Nazi scum off our streets & out of our seaside towns

Job offer for medievalists at the University of Warsaw: historia.uw.edu.pl/en/job-offer.... My dear friend & colleague Grzegorz Pac is looking for a postdoc to join his project Recognising Saints in the High Middle Ages.

I used to read the Times for a bit of balance against the Guardian. I can no longer take it. These are the last four front pages. We’re being gaslit into a crisis (again!)

Review here. I found for first episode to be ok. Huge missed opportunity really… But will any colleagues be able to get over @lvhicks.bsky.social observation that they gave the moustache to the person least likely to have one? Absolute rookie error www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

The Times today. Usually I can just ignore this, but I made the mistake of reading the comments under each one of these stories, and my goodness, we really are ruined.

Can you guess which idiot came off their bike last night? Head is absolutely fine with no signs of concussion, but my favourite shirt is ruined, and I suspect my hand is broken. X-ray to follow later today. 😭

British Library day of Marianus Scotus, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Worcester version) and can confirm that these new ‘leaning stations’ in the BL are as comfortable as they look (very!) (Also had some traditional fun in the BM afterwards)

We are *delighted* to announce a new collaboration with @medievalists.bsky.social who will be hosting our podcasts alongside lots of other amazing medieval podcasts on their YouTube channel. As ever, it is still free to listen. Head to YouTube and click ‘podcasts’ youtube.com/@medievalist...

Woodbridge station, across the Deben valley and up towards Sutton Hoo 🚢

Cornish mining at Botallack

Researchers discover evidence for West African ancestry in Anglo Saxon England, revealing the diverse, cosmopolitan nature of early medieval Britain 🏺 #Archaeology Read the original research articles in Antiquity 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

We hope that all of our #IMC2025 registered delegates are enjoying the session recordings on the Virtual Platform. 😊 Remember, you have until Saturday 20 September 2025 to catch up on any sessions you didn't get the chance to see at the IMC! 👍 #MedievalSky #SkyStorians

AFC Mousehole 😍💚🤍

Morning view from the in-laws in Newlyn #Cornwall

Cleaning out the shed. Found my first ever gig ticket (Levellers, aged 9) and a highly topical gig ticket (didn’t bother seeing them this time, because why would I?)

Cleaning out the shed. Found my first ever gig ticket (Levellers, aged 9) and a highly topical gig ticket (didn’t bother seeing them this time, because why would I?)

Counting down until I’m forced out of this office at the end of the month. Pretty tough 😬

Are you an early-career historian interested in radical, public and digital history? We are currently looking for two part-time, paid Editorial Fellows to join History Workshop. Deadline is at midnight on 15th August. See below for more details! www.historyworkshop....

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BIG NEWS! We are delighted to share the dates for our second annual in-person Winter Conference. Join us from the 14th - 16th of November at the @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social and online. The Call for Papers is available via the MEMRN website and our social media. We look forward to seeing you!

An exciting day of papers for those interested in early medieval charters (on 9 September). If you’d like to attend, do send me a message!

The martyrdom of St Edmund mural, celebrating 1000 years of they abbey, by Louise Gridley (Our children always love the prominent role being played by the chickens!)

Really happy to see my article here on Orderic Vitalis It was very fun to write! #medieval

Kenilworth Castle 😍 #beagle

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The Battle conference on Anglo-Norman studies, University of Manchester

190 mss, over 7000 pages of medieval medical recipes, 42000 new images, 7700+ texts, new cataloguing, imaging and conservation treatments - oh my! We're so pleased to have been part of Curious Cures Congrats to @theul.bsky.social and everyone who worked on it 🎉👏👏 www.lib.cam.ac.uk/stories/curi...

In case it hasn't been clear: whole host of us academics at Warwick are, yes, bemused by the ridiculousness of the "rebranding" but also really quite angry at the potential exorbitant money spent on this (and the denied FOI) when told there must be extreme savings (on staffing) & bigger workloads.

The open access version is available here 🔓🪄:👇 academic.oup.com/book/59790 #MedievalSky

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