Back in my fave city, York — the sun is shining, the pubs are full, and it’s such a lovely place to return to every year I’m speaking twice at the Eboracum Roman History festival tomorrow at the Yorkshire Museum, if you fancy coming along. Tickets cheap! www.yorkshiremuseum.org.uk/news-media/l...

Tomorrow! I’ll be interviewing @emmasouthon.bsky.social about her brilliant new book in the stunning Merchant Adventurers Hall

I’m really sorry to hear that on a personal level… But also… Cutting Chinese Studies?!? In 2026?! To the lay person it seems like it might be increasing dramatically in relevance at this point in history. But what do I know?

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/...

Maybe it thought they meant ‘medievalist’, because this pretty much describes my own diet

I’m visiting my kids’ school tomorrow for careers week. What do 9 year olds need to know about the job of being a historian? #skystorians

I GET LOGGED OUT. BUT I LOG IN AGAIN

New Associate Professor role in modern British History, just advertised here at Oxford. @lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk @kelloggoxford.bsky.social my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Or should VCs and the academic members of their senior teams instead be required to lead and teach 1 undergraduate module per term/semester, including all module admin and marking? Non-academic members of SMTs could all annually take a module, completing all assessments. Serious counterproposal. 3/3

James Raine opened the tomb of St Cuthbert at Durham Cathedral #OTD in 1827. The cathedral librarian found the saint's remains inside a series of coffins together with relics of other saints and treasures, including vestments, pictured, given by King Æthelstan. 📸Durham Cathedral

Hollow laugh at the idea we could get away with this

This is a really exceptional opportunity: a studentship funding an MA followed by a PhD. For students from underrepresented or lower-income backgrounds. Apply to do the wonderful MA @memsunikent.bsky.social or equivalent MA at KCL: www.komldsp.org.uk/ma-scholarsh.... Deadline: 12 June

IMPORTANT UPDATE - there was an administrative error that resulted in the closing date for this post being listed as 19 May. It is, in fact, 19TH JUNE. This has now been corrected, so please do alert anyone you know who might be interested in applying.

We're looking for a Lecturer in Global Medieval History (ongoing) to join us in the vibrant School of History @universityofleeds.bsky.social ! Deadline 1 June. Full details jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... #jobfairy #medievalsky #history

Come and join our team! 18 months, 0.8fte, and a beautiful view of York Minster

Looking suitably ominous outside the ruins of Culross Abbey (Clyde banks, Scotland) in this advert for a signing event at @waterstones.bsky.social York!

Great to see the Melsonby Hoard on display for the first time at @yorkmuseumstrust.bsky.social - check out that huge block of Iron Age objects in the central case!

Recently, FamilySearch digitized and uploaded tons of microfilmed records, including many from 18th-century Massachsuetts. They're using some sort of AI to transcribe/summarize the handwritten documents. I've noticed that the AI strips out references to race and enslavement in 18thc documents.

Great to see the Melsonby Hoard on display for the first time at @yorkmuseumstrust.bsky.social - check out that huge block of Iron Age objects in the central case!

Come and join our team! 18 months, 0.8fte, and a beautiful view of York Minster

Next Thursday in the beautiful @merchantshallyork.org - come learn more about a book about Ancient Rome that will genuinely make you laugh AND cry

Next Thursday in the beautiful @merchantshallyork.org - come learn more about a book about Ancient Rome that will genuinely make you laugh AND cry

14th May is the feast of the Ascension. BL Cotton MS Tiberius C VI; the 'Tiberius Psalter'; 11th century; (?) Old Minster, Winchester; f.15r @blmedieval.bsky.social

Furta sacra www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Coincidentally, the number of staff currently at risk of redundancy (2700) at the University of Nottingham is the same as the number of jobs at risk at British Steel. Yesterday, the govt said they aren't neutral on job losses & so pledged to save those steel jobs. Watch as they blithely ignore HE.

There’s still time to register. Registration closes at 5pm tomorrow.

We currently invite applications to our 2026-27 Master's Scholarships programme: bit.ly/4dTHmXe Scholarships of £5000 are for students from groups currently underrepresented in academic history to study for an MA in history or a related subject. Closing date: Friday 5 June #Skystorians

📢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...

The “what’d I say??! Why are they booing??” To “what am I gonna do??” Is amazing

Struck by the relevance of these words of CS Lewis: I have found as a tutor in English Literature that if the average student wants to find out something about Platonism, the very last thing he thinks of doing is to take a translation of Plato off the library shelf and read the Symposium… 1/3

Historical research does not need to be done faster or in greater volume for any social or intellectual purpose whatever; if anything, it needs to be done more slowly and deliberately than at present, by people allowed the training, time, space, and resources to do it that way.

Very excited to be giving this paper next week! 🇫🇴📝

♥️ 🥰 💕 Soooo happy!

Why would we want to learn from our pasts, or ponder the power of the written and spoken word, or explore the deep questions of humanity? According to the University of Hertfordshire, we wouldn't. They've just cut all of our undergrad Humanities programmes

‘The child brain’s tendency toward delightful non sequitur and unpredictable meanderings is not aligned with an L.L.M.’s orientation toward speed and sleekness and summary, toward frictionless, rational outcomes.’

All these guys out there just broadcasting to everyone what absurdly easy marks they are for any romance scam

Because it apparently needs to be said: ‘The findings align with cognitive offloading theory and the ‘desirable difficulties’ principle: while AI assistance may ease initial learning, it appears to undermine the effortful processes needed for robust learning’

This platform, developed with Microsoft, felt like an effort to stop people from Googling. So many of the scenarios could reach a resolution with some search savvy, but this was not addressed. In fact, choosing the non-AI option in quizzes was marked wrong, even when it was a valid choice. (19/30)

Where are all my women in PHLEGM at? Yes, I will be adopting this phrase henceforth and encouraging female students on this path.

Lovely to see that my chapter in the upcoming Viking Congress volume is already available for download (OA), courtesy of @livunipress.bsky.social. It considers the role of viking camps as distinct social spaces, being both safe havens and homes. www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

Absolute masterpiece

We’re currently recruiting for a Project Cataloguer on a 1 year fixed-term contract to catalogue parts of our archives relating to our transfer from Hamburg to London in 1933. 35 hours per week £30,842 per annum Apply by 12 May 2026 Apply now ➡️ warburg.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... #jobopportunity #UoL

4 PhD funded positions at Swansea University on history, heritage, archives and museums. #PublicHistory #Museums #Archives #Heritage www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Andy Marshall’s Remarkable Anglo-Saxon Survivals You Can Still Visit www.digest.andymarsh...

A West Saxon assassin named Eomer tried to kill Edwin, king of the Northumbrians, in his hall by the Derwent #OTD in 626. A thegn, Lilla, leapt into the blade’s path, dying alongside another man, Forthhere, before the assailant was slain. The Lilla Cross 📸Phil Catterall

Ok fine, but I’m not sure you’re meant to have a ‘favourite testament’, I don’t think that’s how it works

I grew up near here and had no idea… but there was some excellent graffiti proclaiming ‘Home Rule for Crick’

👀 Funded PhD opportunity: Connecting with North Yorkshire’s Protected Landscapes: Towards a Natural Health Service @yorkstjohn.bsky.social "The project ... will explore the role protected landscapes have on human health and wellbeing." www.howardianhills.org.uk/phd-scholars...

Friday! The Toronto Old English Colloquium returns with Lindy Brady of Edge Hill University's "Multilingualism, Old English, and the Viking Age". RSVP to attend in person at CMS or virtually via Zoom, April 17, at 2:30 pm. uoft.me/TOEC2026 #oldenglish