Why does it look like Liam died? #oasis

Today's the last day I have access to my Elon account--idk why but it's making me all teary!

What a lovely bunch @midagesmodgames.bsky.social

Even if you have a tangential interest in game studies, this review is well-worth your time. Any emerging field is going to have some sloppy scholarship (that's certainly true of game studies). But, what makes this review worthwhile is how it reckons with the costs of that behavior.

A twist on the 'Sonic Pasts' book in the wild 😜 If anyone is interested in sound heritage work including sound in museums, the book is currently at a reduced rate www.routledge.com/Sonic-Pasts-...

Seems fitting that I crack @robehoughton.bsky.social's 'The Middle Ages in Compiter Games' on the train to the airport from @imc-leeds.bsky.social

Here you go @marianajlopez.bsky.social -- not as good as a picture with your actual book but still pretty cool!

Antonia diNardo (UNC Chapel Hill) is killing this presentation tbh

The two genders: Gandaolf or Gandalf

BEST end slide today tbh

Wonderful turnout for our Middle Ages in Modern Games strand! We'll be in Maurice Keyworth 1.09 all day and tomorrow @imc-leeds.bsky.social

Rare Matilda sighting!! So excited to meet Francesca Guerri (I'm a fan, obvi)

i love tiktok comments @charlottebowyer.bsky.social

@charlottebowyer.bsky.social is starting off where @aspencerhall.bsky.social left off re: #medievaltwitter to #medievalbluesky -- sad realities of being unable to recreate the apex of #medievaltwitter post Elon takeover

@aspencerhall.bsky.social is giving such a wonderfully incisive look at the way #medievaltwitter has largely replicated the ills of the academy it largely purports to subvert

I feel like @aspencerhall.bsky.social is directly calling me out re: #medievaltwitter being dominated by phd candidates...

@aspencerhall.bsky.social starting the morning off talking about #medievaltwitter 🚬 I havent heard that name in years...

Tomorrow evening at #IMC2025 come to our roundtable discussion with @chillrike.bsky.social @blairapgar.bsky.social “Let’s Continue to Get Uncomfortable!: Doing Intersectionality". You can also attend online. If you can't attend in person but you want to work with us, drop us a line here! 💕

@nominiel.bsky.social you've been summoned in Aska Mayer's presentation!

Feels fitting I'm starting Skyrim* en route to Leeds IMC. *yes i've never played!

OMG -- YES. I know I'll be looking for a copy at Leeds either way!"

If youre interested, hit me up! Happy to tell you all about the role :)

Thank you for your paper Simone. Our final paper of this panel is by Blair Apgar (@BlairApgar , @blairapgar.bsky.social )and titled “Framing the Other Within: Sebhat of Sadai, Narrative Legibility, and Ethiopian Manuscript Aesthetics in Pentiment” #MAMG25 middleagesinmoderngames.net/mamg25/frami...

R u #digitalhumanities researcher affected by the recent developments in the US? R u interested in collaborating with @psl-univ.bsky.social ? The PSL seed fund has been doubled this year to enable this. 1-yr projects will be funded up to EUR 12k. Don’t hesitate to reach out! psl.eu/en/news/call...

Moving all my junk out of my office in Powell House is bittersweet. I LOVED being a part of this weird lil program--so lucky to spend so much time here with amazing students and colleagues.

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

How long before Pope Leo issues a Papal bull stating that Chicago deep dish is superior to Naples style pizza?

Hahah, nice

I've gotten some absolutely amazing emails from students in the last day or two, letting me know how much I've positively impacted them during my time at Elon--really just the best feeling on the planet. I'm so lucky I get to do my dream job.

This was in the last few weeks of editing my dissertation (I was using the read aloud function to catch grammatical errors or weirdness in the text).

Our newest @crusaderkings.com mini-documentary is up! We welcome @nicmorton.bsky.social , author of "The Mongol Storm" to talk a bit about nomads and Mongols.

All I'm saying is that this would be a hilarious time to bring back anti-popes.

If you know, you know

@eagatti.bsky.social giving big ups to @helsinhashtags.bsky.social who poured her time and effort into crafting a successful NEH grant application, only to have the 250k unceremoniously and illegally clawed back.

@eagatti.bsky.social speaking on the attacks on research (and funding) during the AAUP Teach-In at @elonuniversity.bsky.social // @arthistoryelon.bsky.social

"Lucky to have the work" is very much the vibe in academia rn (T. Snyder on Freedom & Tyranny)

AAUP National Day of Action for Higher Ed here at @elonuniversity.bsky.social -- talking about reproductive rights and Project 2025.

#MappyMonday! Take a journey through #Medieval #London with this map of the city in c.1270 over on @layersoflondon.bsky.social www.layersoflondon.org/map/... #HistoricalMaps #MapMonday #GIS #HGIS #SpatialHumanities #DigitalHumanities #GeoHumanities #DH #Cartography

Now that the contract has been signed, I'm pleased to share that I'll be joining the Department of Art & Design at Kutztown University as an assistant professor in art history! I am so, so, SO grateful to everyone who put wind in my sails along the way.

You can now register for the Mythological Game Studies Conference (22-24 May, online)! We'll have around 30 presentations on mythology & games, a dev roundtable, and more. Head over to mythgamescon.wordpress.com for the conference schedule and abstracts! @maciejpaprocki.bsky.social #MythGames2025

Why is it men talk the *most* in (art) museums but are so infrequently students in my art history courses?

As art historians are wont to do, I've filled my extra day in Chicago with a trip to the art museum. At the moment, I'm very taken with this mosaic chicken

This was a ton of fun to do! Go check it out :)

FRIDAY 21 March, 1pm GMT: Edwin Evans-Thirlwell of Rock Paper Shotgun will present: "Poeticising history through the tricks, hackwork and peculiarity of video games" Sign up for the zoom link: forms.gle/5BAnEf6KNtxz... #archaeogaming

Completing the lineup of content from our Medievalism panelists, in today's post Blair Apgar @blairapgar.bsky.social explores the reuse and reinterpretation of historical architecture, & how the practice connects to memory&power in The Witcher 3 www.historicalgames.net/echoing-the-... #gamingthepast

The Vagina Museum is just one month away from closing. Forever. A perfect storm of circumstances means that we may have to close our doors permanently and cease all digital activities. But we're not going to go down without a fight. Save the Vagina Museum. www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2

If you're interested in checking out some non-traditional jobs for art history majors, check out the zine I've just finished! I've linked both a color and b/w version on my site as well as a guide on how to fold it! www.blairapgar.com/in-the-class...

Honey wake up a super niche @arthistoryelon.bsky.social zine just dropped

Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"