EXCITING UPDATE: The "Trans Natures" collection is now fully open access! Read it here: scholarworks.wmich.edu/med_ecocriti... #MedievalSky #EnvHum

Huge thanks to @matthewharffy.bsky.social and @justinhillauthor.bsky.social for letting me witter on about my Princesses of the Early Middle Ages. This was great fun! #medievalsky @penandswordbooks.bsky.social mybook.to/EarlyPrincess tinyurl.com/42d58uyd youtu.be/Q4jHQCuMTdQ

📢 #CfP #medievalsky #TOEBI 📜Theme: All Kinds of People 📅Date: Saturday, 24th October 2026 🏫Host: University of Nottingham ⏰Submission deadline: 30 March 2026 📚TOEBI is a supportive and collegial conference open to anyone involved in the teaching of Old English at any level.

𝗘𝗽𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲, 𝟵𝟵𝟴–𝟭𝟱𝟬𝟯 Evan Gatti, Angelo Silvestri (eds) More Info: bit.ly/4a7inMo #History #Patronage #Medievalsky #ArtHistory #ReligiousHistory #Historysky #Medievalists #MedievalArt

this is interesting #medievalsky. has anyone done any research collecting all the various European medieval structures there were imported and reconstructed in the US? there must be other small ones like this at Marquette... www.wuwm.com/marquette-st...

Link to a new open-access introductory textbook for Coptic language study below. 👇 @uclpress.bsky.social also recently produced an open-access textbook on Judeo-Arabic for anyone who wants to try their hand at other historic regional languages: uclpress.co.uk/book/baghdad... 👇 #MedievalSky

Very proud of @leedsims.bsky.social PhDs Natalie and Saaleha along with their colleagues Rachael (York) and Cameron (Sheffield) for putting together this fab series of 18 papers from postgraduate and early career scholars! Full programme: thelongmiddleages.com. All hybrid. Starts today! #medievalsky

Just a few days left to go to get your abstracts in for Norse in the North 2026! Deadline is Monday 2nd February!

Swords found in early medieval graves show the complex cultural meanings that weapons can hold.

The jobs you had? Nah, tell me five classes you took at uni: The History of the Supernatural Medieval Heresy The Medieval World Witchcraft & Demonology The Idea of the Sacred If you want to study early medieval history in Australia, check our course list: aema.org.au/medieval-stu...

Here is the very latest from Caroline Goodson, hot off the presses! It is an amazing and incredibly important study. Already put it in my syllabus! academic.oup.com/past/advance...

Final call for the @bsrome.bsky.social and Early Medieval Europe early career fellowship, for a month's stay in Rome plus some travel costs to get there. Deadline tomorrow. bsr.ac.uk/awards-resid...

Opening tomorrow! New exhibition of artefacts from one of England's most significant #earlymedieval cemeteries at Broughton Lodge, Willoughby-on-the-Wolds @uniofnottingham.bsky.social Museum of #Archaeology. From 30th January - 12th July (open Thurs-Sun 12-4pm)

Our most recent issue has an article on Gildas, his theories of kingship, and his being 'intimately attached to the deeds of [King] Arthur' as an exemplar of kingship: search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/...

JOB! Lecturer in early medieval history at my lovely once and future department! www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/136727-...

New #openaccess title ➡️ Old English Biblical Prose by Francis Leneghan provides the first in-depth study of the earliest attempts to make the sacred words of the Bible available to English readers, clerical and lay, in prose writing. Find out more: buff.ly/vJhX4AA #medievalsky #skystorians

Appel à contribution – Conquête et créativité : les dynamiques de l’innovation en contexte de conquête dans les mondes normands médiévaux (Xe-XIIIe s.) rmblf.be/2026/01/28/a...

ICYMI: Our 2026 Call for Papers for both our thirteenth volume and our conference is out! Postgraduate students encouraged to participate! #medievalsky #earlymodernsky #historysky #academicsky

📢 #CfP #medievalsky #OldEnglish 📚 New Directions in Old English Prose 📜 Programme: roep.site.ox.ac.uk/event/confer... 📲 Register here: www.oxforduniversitystores.co.uk/conferences-... 🏫 University of Oxford 📅 30-31 March 2026

Ceræ Volume 12: Published! 2025 has been a year in which the contemporary world has seen immense geopolitical shifts and generational changes. Cultural fault lines globally have deepened and been exploited cynically by a wide variety of different individuals, organisations, and companies.…

We are delighted to announce the first 2026 Colloquium! Please join us for an exciting journey through Non-Conformities 🤗🎉 The LMS Colloquia are online and free to attend, but prior registration is required. Please sign up here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... We are looking forward to it!

Throughout Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages, a vast corpus of potentially dangerous texts was dismissed as unorthodox and unauthorised by Christian scholars and policy makers. Yitzhak Hen explores some of the mechanism that allowed the dealing with such texts. see mgh.de/en/blog/post...

Norse in the North 2026: Mind and Body Deadline for Abstracts: 2nd February 2026 We welcome postgraduate students from any level with research on any aspect of Old Norse, medieval Scandinavian, and Viking studies that fits the theme. #NitN2026 #medievalsky #callforpapers #oldnorse

Serious contender to go alongside my Onfim tattoo...

Fascinating article on the possibility and probability of early medieval contact between England and India during the reign of King Alfred by @caitlinrgreen.bsky.social:

Having too much fun with Canva making covers for the Journal - gotta ask the committee why we can't have nice covers!

It's either #DragonAppreciationDay or #AppreciateADragonDay today? Here's some of the dragons from the Galloway Hoard!

New essays for #medievalsky folks - including a #histsci -related essay on elephants in medieval England, and an essay on race and Beowulf. 🗃

Don't miss out! Get your abstract in by 17:00 tomorrow (Friday 16th Jan!) CFP: medievalstudies.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/pgr-conferen... #medievalsky #skystorians

𝗠𝗲́𝗺𝗼𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗲́𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲́𝘁𝗲́𝘀 𝗱𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘂𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗻 𝗔̂𝗴𝗲 (𝗩𝗜𝗲-𝗫𝗜𝗜𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗲̀𝗰𝗹𝗲) Laurence Leleu, Charles Mériaux, Régine Le Jan (eds) Plus d'Infos: bit.ly/49FsGY2 #History #Communitiy #Medievalsky #Historysky #Medievalists

New paid doctoral position with the Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus project in Munich, for students researching Arabic or Latin texts related to Ptolemy's astronomical or astrological material; dissertation can be in English or German, apply by March 31st. ptolemaeus.badw.de/start #HistSTM #MedievalSky

Genetic and historical perspectives on the early medieval inhumations ... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Couple of interesting looking articles on the Byzantines here!

Some Sasanian-ish hunters on a lovely example of the shared luxury culture of late ancient and early medieval Eurasia. “Brocade with Four Heavenly Kings,” Tang dynasty silk brocade (jin 錦) from the Hōryū-ji (法隆寺) Buddhist temple in Ikugara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Mid-7th century CE.

#MedievalSky #histSTM #histmed CFP: “The Science of Natural Properties: Knowledge, Transmission, and Practice (6th – 15th century)” (Bologna, June 17-19, 2026). Transportation to Bologna is covered for speakers of accepted papers. Deadline: 15 Jan 2026. www.academia.edu/145294551/Ca...

This is a beautiful post in honour of Josep María Salrach, a great historian of medieval Catalonia who passed away last year but whose work will remain essential for the field for decades to come. #medievalsky tenthmedieval.wordpress.com/2025/12/29/a...

Stupendous stuff from @samleggs22.bsky.social - meta analysis of human strontium and oxygen stable isotope data from southern Britain in 2nd half of 1st Millennium AD. Too rich to summarise but if your are into complex early medieval mobility, this one’s for you. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Fragmentology VIII (2025) is live. This is our biggest issue yet! doi.org/10.24446/qxs0 With studies of individual fragments and entire traditions, from the end of Antiquity through the present! All three eras: pre-medieval, medieval, and post-medieval!

𝗟𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲-𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗜𝘀𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰 𝗔𝗗 𝟰𝟬𝟬-𝟭𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 This study presents the results of a large-scale isotopic meta-analysis of early medieval England which reveals migration patterns from c AD 400–1100. doi.org/10.1080/0076...

New on early view in Early Medieval Europe, squeaking in for 2025: Julia Borczyńska's study of the calligraphy of early Christian inscriptions in Rome. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Still plenty of time to get your application in for this amazing new postgraduate fellowship opportunity in marine/maritime archaeology 🏺

Anglo-Saxon gold-and-garnet hoard discovered in England reveals early medieval jewelry and ritual practices More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/12/angl... #archaeology #archeology #archaeologynews #medievalart #anglosaxon #medieval

It's the feast of John the Evangelist! 🕯️ For his day, here are a few In Principios in chronological order. 🧵 First up, Luxeuil ca. 700, with its characteristic challenging minuscule. The manuscript is BNF lat. 9427, a lectionary. Look at that I running the whole length of the page! #medievalsky

Where are my palaeographers at? Anyone? #MedievalSky [This is from TNA, SC 1/30/121. The context is asking for updates from a co-envoy regarding Anglo-French negotiations.]

Just under one week remaining now to get your proposals in for our 2026 conference 'Folklore on the Move'! Proposal deadline: Sunday 14 December 2025

I’ve put together a list of funding sources for graduate students in biblical studies and early Christianity. Most of these are only available to students in the U.S. but many of them don’t have citizenship requirements. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

A party @ox.ac.uk on Thursday to celebrate the work of Ros Faith with a magnificent book edited by @hannah-boston.bsky.social & @richardpurkiss.bsky.social. Speakers emphasized her commitment to 'treating the peasantry as people with minds of their own'.

As a little treat for you, here's an #ArabicBible Advent calendar 🧵. Every day I'll post a verse from the Christmas story from one of the oldest Arabic Gospel lectionaries, Sinai ar. 72, dated 897 CE (and a few other texts in between). [2nd attempt, I won't be offended if you point out my nonsense.]

Yesterday's Dorothy Whitelock Lecture at St Peter's College, Oxford, given by Professor Jane Roberts (University of London): ‘Guthlac: what the early medieval records tell us’.