On X creeps are using Grok to make revenge & child porn naked pics, but MAGA Rep Andy Ogle (TN) is using it to pretend he's a knight. He posted this in response to Mamdani swearing oath on Quran. Here's a sample of some of the many, many "knights" joining him in his idiot crusade.

This is so cringe. Cosplay by individuals scoring very low on standards of Christianity or chivalry. #medievalsky

Happy new year from the Blue Goat Books team! We’re so excited for the great books we’ll be sharing with you this year, starting with our first Beyond the Cubicle title announcement very soon. Get ready to join the conversation as we bring you innovative thinking for the changing world of work.

So 2 thoughts on this, 1 complementary and 1 a bit more critical #medievalsky

Far-right groups are co-opting the aesthetics of the Crusades for their own objectives, transforming an obsession with feudal justice into a campaign for a White Christian nation.

The BGB elves have been busy preparing for the launch of our first title in early 2026. Watch this space, we can’t wait to share it with you. Wishing you a very happy festive season from everyone at Blue Goat Books. 🎄

News! A new book. Household Problems: Domestic Incompetence in Diagrams. It’s a collection of more than 44 cartoons, as seen in my Diagram Club newsletter. A bit late in the year? Sure, but still available for Christmas delivery. Amazon UK link: amzn.to/4pSA2ym (available internationally too)

For example, "in 2022 English departments produced five PhDs for every two assistant professor job openings. The rest become members of the academic underclass, taking whatever work they could find or exiting academia completely." #Highered #PhDchat #research #teaching www.aaup.org/underclass-s...

Without wanting to overwhelm you with commercial announcements: This weekend isn’t the absolute worst time to buy someone a gift from my shop, as there’s free UK delivery. davewalkershop.com

Where is medievalism (at)? Here is a call for papers for all the medievalists of Bluesky (and elsewhere)! Deadline: February 15. Papers are expected in English, Spanish and French. We'd love to hear from you! #medievalsky www.fabula.org/actualites/1...

27% of people have quit a job because they didn’t feel comfortable expressing themselves. (World Economic Forum). Workplaces that don’t create space for genuine expression are haemorrhaging their best people. What voices in your organization have gone quiet? And what is that silence costing you?

Attention creative medievalists! Eleanor Barraclough & I are co-editing a special issue of Public Humanities entitled CREATING THE MEDIEVAL NOW! See the cfp for details: essays of 2,000-3,000 words due 1 May 2026. (Amazing artwork by @hellomizk.bsky.social). 1/ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

This week on The Medieval Podcast with @5minmedievalist.bsky.social : The Medieval Order of Assassins with Steve Tibble www.medievalists.net/2025/12/the-... #podcasts #historysky

Unfortunately, the conversation @profgabriele.com and I recently had about the crusades and their role in the worldview and political project of the current US Right remains relevant. bsky.app/profile/arde...

This is why, in a workshop I've introduced as part of an effort to help students to better understand what it is they're reading, I start with a talk about how academic publications come to be and what they *physically* are, and how this reflects and drives scholarly processes.

PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! Do not ask me how my writing is going.

The Royal Historical Society has published a very helpful guide to its various membership categories, including the Fellowship. If you're engaged in History study, research or teaching (including in public history, journalism & GLAM) & keen to support the discipline, do have a look. #Skystorians

CFP: www.northampton.ac.uk/research-blo... Nostalgia and Radical Politics, Past and Present, a 2 day workshop (15-16 June 2026) 🗃️Please share - and submit an abstract!

One of the manuscripts of the assizes of Jerusalem is currently located in the Marciana library in Venice. A copy of that manuscript was made in 1789 by the Marciana librarian, who sent it to the BNF in Paris. The copy disappeared sometime after that, but no one is sure when.

From AI to remote working and beyond, work isn't what it used to be. So we’re thrilled to introduce Beyond the Cubicle, Blue Goat Books’ ground-breaking new series. Bringing fresh thinking to the pressing questions of modern working life. Discover more at bluegoatbooks.com. #BeyondtheCubicle

Still looking for some of these! We’ve said yes to a couple of pitches, but are looking for around 3-5 more for early next year. We are primarily looking for historians of ancient, medieval, and non-Western figures.

Got a late start start on this one but an update from me & @lollardfish.bsky.social on our recent UK book tour.* Our visit to the supposed birthplace of Alfred the Great and how the local community talks about the medieval past #medievalsky Free to read —> *1 stop buttondown.com/ModernMediev...

My book is out today! 🎉 I wrote a blog on what the book is about and why you should read it! blog.royalhistsoc.org/2025/11/06/f... #skystorians #medievalsky 🗃️

Published today: 'Forging Fraternity in Late Medieval Society. The Palmers' Guild of Ludlow', by Rachael Harkes bit.ly/49CIDzC Rachael's new book is the latest title in the Society's New Historical Perspectives series. It's now available free Open Access & paperback print @uolpress.bsky.social 1/2

A few days left to respond to my call for papers for the @latineast.bsky.social conference in Porto next year - expressions of interest for papers on modern uses of the crusades welcome by 4 Nov.

A few days left to respond to my call for papers for the @latineast.bsky.social conference in Porto next year - expressions of interest for papers on modern uses of the crusades welcome by 4 Nov.

🚨 TOMORROW FOR SUBSCRIBERS🚨 The Knights Hospitaller were more than just crusaders! They were a military force, a financial powerhouse, and masters of political intrigue. 👑 @rorymaclellan.bsky.social exposes the real story. Subscribe: www.patreon.com/historyrage Or join on Apple subscriptions

Signed a stack at @foylesforbooks.bsky.social in London.

Had a great time this morning with @cerysmatthews.bsky.social on BBC 6 Music, talking about #poetry and #history and my new history book #AHistoryOfEnglandIn25Poems. Brilliant to time travel with some of the very earliest poems in the book! Also: cheese! #IYKYK www.penguin.co.uk/books/461263...

Behold! A new prize of £500 for early career scholars of medieval church history (incl Crusades) @medievalists.bsky.social @imc-leeds.bsky.social @nicmorton.bsky.social

Hey in 1 week (!!!) me & @lollardfish.bsky.social are going to be at the fabulous Wantage Literary Festival in Oxfordshire (England). We’ll be talking our book, bloody civil watrs, and co-writing. Tickets still available! Come through!!!!! —> wantageliteraryfestival.co.uk/monday-27-oc...

"The Medieval in Museums": Fran Allfrey (University of York) and Maia Blumberg are calling for contributions to a proposed edited volume discussing the ways in which the "medieval" appears in a range of GLAM institutions. Info: docs.google.com/document/d/1... #medieval #heritagestudies #GLAM

Scheduled for publication next year! This is a first look at the forthcoming: “Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades” Edited by Jonathan Harris … and including a chapter by me!

🔔 CFP | SSCLE 2026 Crossing Seas, Crossing Cultures 📍 Univ. of Porto 🗓️ 29 June–3 July 2026 Send proposals (papers, sessions, roundtables) 📩 [email protected] 🗓️ 15 Sept–15 Nov 2025 🔗 11th-sscle-conference-porto-2026.mozellosite.com

So who am I and what am I doing? I am a historian of medieval Europe and am writing a book on the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem (1099-1187). It is under contract with Basic Books. The goal is to write a narrative history the incorporates cultural, religious, apocalyptic, and romantic (!) material

COVER REVEAL AND PREORDER: The Public Scholar - A Practical Handbook. "Perry focuses on the practical details of how to approach public scholarship. How do you pitch a piece to an editor? When should you follow or ignore the rules of the genre? And what happens once your piece is out in the world?"

Great news! JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month www.jstor.org/action/showL...

hey! you can hear me blather on about the medieval world, and now for 50% off!!!! click link below for the discount code and link to the course... #medievalsky

If you write professionally in the UK, make sure to sign up to ALCS for your fair share of royalties

hey UK friends! @lollardfish.bsky.social and me will be visiting to talk about our book OATHBREAKERS at the Wantage Literary Festival in Oxfordshire - Monday 27 October at 4pm Tickets are available but limited! come see us! #medievalsky #booksky wantageliteraryfestival.co.uk

🌟MOTHER IS CALLING! 🌟 Delighted to announce a new online research group, MATER: Medievalists Against The Extreme Right, under the @errnetwork.bsky.social umbrella! If you were at @themamoconf.bsky.social & enjoyed my workshop, you might find this new venture interesting. Do email me to sign up. 🗃️

My book Warrior Monks: Politics and Power in Medieval Britain is part of Waterstones' preorder sale until the end of Thursday. Get 25% off if you enter the code SUMMER25 at checkout. #WPreorder #medievalsky

See @pdh-journal.bsky.social's open cfp on far right uses of the past here. Excellent OA journal I enjoyed writing for - this looks like it will be a fascinating issue.

BlueSky academics! Reply with a link to the talk or lecture, available online, that you're proudest of giving. Or covers something you get super-excited talking about, no matter how obscure. Sharing stuff by colleagues allowed as well! I'm out of background viewing. Thrust your knowledge upon me.

Really pleased to see these new panels at the Tower of London using some of my research from my postdoc project there.

There is a PhD scholarship on offer for someone to come and work on Asterix, with me, at Monash: careers.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/jo...

What do Pete Hegseth’s tattoos say about him — and the far right’s obsession with the Crusades? @lsmwilson.bsky.social and guest @goingmedieval.bsky.social decode a rising strain of nationalist politics. Watch the latest @newlinesmag.bsky.social In Focus episode. newlinesmag.com/video/pete-h...

ICYMI on mine & @lollardfish.bsky.social's newsletter we're happy to announce a reading of our new book "Oathbreakers" in England! We'll be at the Wantage Literary Festival in October. Come meet us! always free to read and subscribe --> buttondown.com/ModernMediev...

Had a wonderful, inspiring, tiring, educational time at MAMO this week - learnt so much about what's going on in the world of medievalism (and there is a huge amount going on). A few spicy moments, mostly fire alarm related, but it all went swimmingly! Thanks to everyone who came! #MAMO2025