Check it out, we're planning a special issue of @frenchhistory.bsky.social for the 700th anniversary of the advent of the Valois dynasty! Details and timeline at the link below, but don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions 😊

The 3rd Medieval Loyalty Research Workshop is taking place tomorrow, 1.30pm-4.30pm on Zoom - please get in touch with myself or @mediev-el.bsky.social for the Zoom link and see here for more details of the programme: medievalloyalty.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/2026/01/06/t...

Delighted to bring you the programme for the third Medieval Loyalty Workshop, online on 24th January, under the command of the terrific @katybennett.bsky.social and @mediev-el.bsky.social All are very welcome! Details here: medievalloyalty.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/2026/01/06/t...

Another day to send us ideas and abstracts for this! Works in progress especially welcome ✨

One month left to submit your abstracts for Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis, @pembroke1347.bsky.social (17–18 Sept 2026). See the full #CFP below. #Fissures2026 #medievalsky #skystorians #medieval #GenderHistory #PoliticalHistory

The research group 'Loyalty in the Medieval World' is looking for papers for our online workshop on the 24 January 2026! Proposals can be on any topic relating to loyalty during the Middle Ages, abstracts due by 17 December to be sent to myself and @katybennett.bsky.social via email!

Enjoying the little postcards this year, can't wait for #IMC2026 next summer for more medieval loyalties! :)

A really exciting slate of papers for this year's Late Medieval France and Burgundy Seminar! If anyone will be in Durham and wants in (or maybe even wants to attend online, I don't know?), drop me a line and I can share details!

Call for Papers! Fissures: Gender and Political Crisis #medievalsky #Fissures2026

A reminder that there's about a week left to pitch your paper for this year's interdisciplinary Late Medieval France and Burgundy Seminar, the loveliest event of its kind, at Durham in mid-December! There's a great (and non-exclusive) theme, and it's lots of fun for ECRs and senior scholars alike!

At @ihr.bsky.social we can now offer PhD by Publication in History! For those with a substantial body of existing published research (within past 10 years), but without a PhD, should be of particular interest to #heritage professionals and independent scholars!

For the anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, 1066, here is thread on why 'who was the rightful king?' is the wrong question to ask, why we don't know the complete story and why that makes things more interesting. 1/ #medievalsky #skystorians #historyedu #historyteachers

Back to the thesis after an enjoyable few days at the Fifteenth Century Conference in Durham last week! Always nice to step out of the bubble and be reminded of the exciting work going on in the field

Just over 2 weeks left to apply to the Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers conference! It will take place in Oxford on April 20-21, 2026. We hope to provide bursaries to help with attendance. Email your abstracts to bordersboundariesbarriers[at]gmail[dot]com #medievalsky #skystorians

Just over two weeks left to send us your abstracts! #CfP #IMC2026 #medievalsky

And Open Access, too! 😁

Vacancy with the Royal Historical Society: Membership and Office Administrator bit.ly/46TgZNA We look to appoint a Membership and Office Administrator (0.8 FTE) to join our professional Office to help us support history and historians. £31,904 pro rata. Closing date Monday 8 September #Skystorians

Call for Papers @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2026 ‼️ The 'Loyalty in the Medieval World' network welcomes papers which explore the intersections between the concept of ‘loyalty’ and the conference theme of ‘temporalities’, c.500-1500! Get in touch by 15 September

CFP: Leeds IMC 2026 The Society for Fourteenth-Century Studies invites papers on any aspect of the long 14thC across the Plantagenet estates. 📅 6–9 July 2026 📨 Title + abstract by 31 Aug 2025 ✉️ [email protected] & [email protected]

For those at @imc-leeds.bsky.social, I’m part of what promises to be two great sessions on oaths, trust, and allegiance this afternoon, both in Esther Simpson LG.08. Looking forward to discussing all things allegiance!

If you're getting notifications from Academia(.)edu about AI versions of your papers now being podcasts, that's because the (predatory) platform has opted you into AI-enhanced outputs, which you can turn off in your Account Settings here.

I'm constantly thinking about the fact that despite all the focus on 'impact', they don't seem to count the context in which we have the most impact of all: teaching students, and especially those from a wide range of backgrounds

Devastated that the Centre for Lifelong Learning @york.ac.uk is being closed after 40 years. What a loss to education in the region. Feel for students and staff. Being a tutor has been joy, doing what universities should be doing by sharing knowledge widely with our communities.

I’m co-organising a medieval conference next year in Oxford! Please take a look at the CfP and consider submitting an abstract, by the 15th of September, to [email protected]. We hope to be able to provide funding to help cover expenses of attendance. #medievalsky #skystorians

Congratulations to Robyn Stewart who passed her viva yesterday. Robyn’s thesis “Harmonising the Word: A Textual and Philological Study of Iohannes Scottus Eriugena’s Gospel Quotations in the Periphyseon” was supervised by Mary Garrison, Thomas McLeish and Thomas O'Loughlin (Nottingham).

It's out! On Thursday, there was a book launch for this transformative study of how the Domesday Book was made. Astonishing that it has been possible to learn so much about something so apparently well-understood. @oxmedstud.bsky.social

A fab opportunity for #MedievalHistory students interested in the Medieval March and the Mortimer family. The Mortimer History Society have opened applications for their 2025 Student Bursary: 2 awards of £1,000! Check out the application here: mortimerhistorysociety.org.uk/society/burs...

New job at Oxford - do please share widely! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMS153/a...

The @frenchhistory.bsky.social is recruiting another associate editor to join our team, with a preference for an 18th c or revolution specialist. The journal team are a wonderful intellectual community behind loads of recent exciting initiatives 🗃️ frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/associate-ed...

The martyrdom of St Alban, the executioner's eyes popping out and falling to the ground after dealing the final blow. Cotton MS Nero D II, f. 39.

Are you a recent recipient of a doctorate? Come work with us! This post is designed to provide experience in teaching and teaching-related administration in a world class university environment. The post is tenable for one year only from September 2025. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMD111/a...

The latest issue of French History is out now, a special issue on 'Rethinking the aristocracy in Capetian France, 987–1328' edited by Daniel Power doi.org/10.1093/fh/c... I think this is our first ever #medieval special issue @frenchhistory.bsky.social ! 👸🤴🦄💂🧑‍🌾🏰🇫🇷

✨ Viva Success ✨ Congratulations to @marisapmichaud.bsky.social for passing her viva last week! Completing the PhD is a huge achievement, and the massive efforts and dedication shown by the students that come through CMS are always inspiring.

Have been looking forward to this delivery, excited to get stuck into this after teaching prep is done this week!

New in French History @frenchhistory.bsky.social, 'Regional networks in revolt: opposition to the Valois in Gascony at the end of the Hundred Years’ War, c.1452–1453', by Andrew Green academic.oup.com/fh/article-a... 🏰⚔️🤴👸⛰️ #medieval

Looks like there's a two year postdoc going in Dublin for a legal historian (and/or historian of law? books?) in Medieval Irish Law on Prof. Fangzhe Qiu's "Fluid texts and scholars’ digests: (re)production of law in medieval Ireland" project, #medievalsky!! www.findapostdoc.com/search/Job-D...

The University of York Centre for Medieval Studies has two full home scholarships for 2025-26 for the MA in Medieval Studies: www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu...

Very glad to have the hard copy in hand at last! (The paper handles beautifully, if I say so myself 😉) As a reminder, you can hear me chat about this collection here: newbooksnetwork.com/lordship-and... Ask your library to order, or use AUFLY30 for 30% off via OUP! global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Offre d’emploi – Assistant Professor in Medieval Irish History (Trinity College Dublin) rmblf.be/2025/02/11/o...

Very excited to be speaking at the @ihr.bsky.social Late Medieval seminar later this week (Friday 14th), presenting some of the findings of my PhD thesis! Link to sign up here (online or in-person): www.history.ac.uk/events/loyal...

Up now from Journal of Medieval History: Alice Taylor, Homage, Overlordship and the Consequences of Peace: The Treaties of Norham (1209, 1212), Anglo-Scottish Relations and the ‘Scottish Clause’ in Magna Carta Revisited www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Every now and then I think about how useful it would be, as a medievalist, if google maps had a “by horse” option

Coming 23 January, pre-orders are now live! I'll post some sneaky previews once I've got them, but many details are already available on the OUP page (if not yet our snazzy cover, which I must therefore gratuitously re-share here). So excited about this project! 😊 global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Well, since I absolutely wasted all afternoon making this, might as well share it in case it's useful—have a simplified map of fourteenth-century France! (I do not swear to the absolute accuracy of all the borders, but it gives an idea.)

The programme for the 8th Late Medieval France and Burgundy seminar, 'Exploration, Importation, Adaptation' (1-2 December, St Andrews) is now up. If you'd like to come in person or virtually via Teams, please let me know. www.academia.edu/109604977/8t...

It’s a beautiful autumn day in York 🧡🍁

Am looking forward to chairing the IHR History of Sexuality seminar on 21st November, when @jeannecorviere.bsky.social will be speaking about 'Sexual Violence during the Lancastrian Occupation of Normandy.' More details (inc. free booking) here:

Disposables from late summer hiking across Skye ⛰️

CFP: The 8th Late Medieval France and Burgundy Seminar will be held at St Andrews (Scotland) on 1-2 December 2023. The theme is 'Exploration, Importation, Adaptation'. Deadline for proposals is 27 October. tinyurl.com/2285a62w

Going into second year with realistic goals