The new academic year starts in 2 months. The modules to run are set in stone even if the all-new first year ones haven’t yet been designed. All that remains is to decide which 3 of the 23 of us will still be here to teach them. The redundancy selection criteria has not yet been announced…

CFP: IMC Leeds (5–8 July 2027) Conquest, Invasion, Colonisation: Experience and Memory in Early Medieval Britain. Papers are invited for panels on the experiences and legacies of conquest in early medieval Britain and Ireland. Abstracts to [email protected] by 31 August 2026.

Any #MedievalSky or #SkyStorian pals care to cast an eye at these binding fragments and suggest a date/location? I've narrowed it down to caroline minuscule but that's the extent of my expertise.

📣 #jobalert #medievalsky #OldEnglish 📜 Lecturer in Medieval Literature 🏛️ Newcastle University ⏳ Full Time, Fixed Term, 10 months Sept 2026 - June 2027. 💷 Salary: £36,636 - £38,784 per annum ⏰ Deadline: 9 July 2026 📲 Application details: jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...

🚨Viking heritage alert🚨 We are looking for people to test our brand new Viking mobile app. If you have Norse-themed photos, or live in an area with lots of Viking heritage, we'd love you to help test our app before we release it publicly. Comment below, and we'll send you a link 😎 #ERC #vikings #UCC

As our union indicates "If just the 16 highest-paid execs capped their salary at £120k, we’d save more money than all the cuts to Archeology & History!"

Job alert! British Library seeks a Curator for their Ancient and Medieval Manuscripts DL 12 July tinyurl.com/25fs9kun #medievalMSS

I think this is the bleakest manifestation of AI edtech I’ve been offered so far

I think this is the bleakest manifestation of AI edtech I’ve been offered so far

This is genuinely an amazing article and, if you’re my age, extremely relatable: “like most people, I’ve somehow convinced myself I was young at exactly the right time.” www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Your heatwave reminder that you're probably not far from an old stone church which will be much cooler than most other buildings, and they'd love to see you.

Accurate.

We have an 18-month temporary lectureship in early modern British and European history just advertised at Newcastle - closing date 9th July www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRW166/l... #skystorians

A die stamp, potentially for making foils akin to those on the Sutton Hoo helmet has been found in Kent. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... The @findsorguk.bsky.social record is here: finds.org.uk/database/art...

The Museum of Cultural History @uio.no is hiring a PhD candidate in Nordic #Archaeology, linked to the museum’s research on the #VikingAge. As icing on the cake, you’ll be working in the environment of the new Museum of the Viking Age, part of MCH, opening in 2027! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

We lost Rosamond McKitterick, a great scholar, a great teacher, and a great human being, far too early. This has been hard to write, but thinking about her, who she was and the person she chose to be can never bring me anything but joy. #medievalsky salutemmundo.wordpress.com/2026/06/15/a...

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of the old Thwaite Hall Library at @uniofhull.bsky.social I don't think the university owns this any more, but I may be wrong! #HullWeek If you like this image, I’d really appreciate a repost - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

A discussion about the social media ban on under 16s. BBC: “You’re gong to have a lot more time to fill. What will you do?” Student: “Stare at a wall.”

I feel very proud to release the programme of a conference I have co-organised with @yanivfox.bsky.social and @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social funded by the @dfg.de on the intersection between Narratology and Temporality on 29-31 July in Tübingen. We have an incredible lineup - I can't wait!

An enormous loss for Medieval Studies.

I absolutely love this

Obsessed with this! What a great game.

Paging @makingawarrior.bsky.social

We had a wonderful event at York Explore Library with JT Welsch and Caleb Klaces discussing their beautiful books… #SIGNED copies on the website! FoxLaneBooks.co.uk #BookSky💙📚

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Wait till they find out where the Normans came from.

Not only is this not a quotation from Lewis Carroll, you could only think it was if you'd never read Alice in Wonderland.

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