Hugely exciting to be able to advertise the Professorship in Latin Palaeography at the History Faculty @ox.ac.uk in conjunction with @wadhamcollege.bsky.social, and to join the world's largest community of medievalists @oxmedstud.bsky.social medieval.ox.ac.uk/2025/02/27/j... #medieval #palaeography

The British Library is organising a compelling two-day symposium to mark the closing of the exhibition A Silk Road Oasis: Life in Ancient Dunhuang on February 21-22. Tickets are available for attendance online and in person at the BL. idp.bl.uk/blog/a-silk-...

1/ Today for #LibraryLoversMonth we are looking at a 1745 English translation of a pamphlet, originally printed in Italian & the subject of a lecture delivered by physicist Antonio Cocchi (1695-1758) in Florence 2 yrs previous, on the merits of vegetarianism, or a Pythagorean diet as it was called.

Digitization & cataloging is complete for the collection of the Lebanese Maronite Order in Kaslik, Lebanon. The oldest manuscript fragments in the collection date back to the 15th century and were discovered within the binding of a printed book. Learn more: hmml.org/collections/...

From 21 February @royalhistsoc.bsky.social will be closing and archiving its X account. From this date all updates from the Society - and its promotion of work by fellow organisations for #history and the humanities - will be via BlueSky. Please encourage colleagues to join us here #skystorians

One step closer to Leeds #IMC2025 and #DMSI2025 UK edition! See you in July!

This year marks 100 years of the Leverhulme Trust. Enabling talented researchers across the arts, humanities, sciences and social sciences to undertake blue skies, interdisciplinary, ambitious and risky research. www.leverhulme.ac.uk/what-we-do

🚀📈 Making Victorian visual culture searchable: Introducing an open-access and AI-powered dataset of 72,000 illustrations from the Illustrated London News (1842-1890). (w. Bethany Warner, @pfyfe.bsky.social and @bcgl.bsky.social) openhumanitiesdata.metajnl.com/articles/10....

If you need another break from current news, come with me 7000 years ago to search for the first speakers of Indo-European languages. 🧪 Gift link: nyti.ms/42ILio5

Had so much fun with food historian Marjory Szurko to present a @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social workshop for the Medieval Women’s Writing and Critical Food Studies Network groups on historic recipes (with sweet treats by Marjory)! 📜🍰

2,000 years on the 'To Be Read' pile but with new technological advances we may soon be able to unlock the secrets inside the Herculaneum Scrolls: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article.... Exciting stuff!

Reminder: Hilary Term Lecture The Centre for Manuscript and Text Cultures Elizabeth Frood (Oxford) An unexpected script for an unexpected text: the tomb autobiography of the Egyptian Royal Secretary Tjay cmtc.queens.ox.ac.uk/seminars/#po... Magrath Room, The Queen's College 5 February: 5.30pm

New! In Conversation with @rosariataddeo.bsky.social, @oiioxford.bsky.social discussing the ethics of AI in defence. Read the full interview: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/... #aiethics #defence

A magical @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social Coffee Morning today on early modern alchemy! 📜🎉

Exciting addition to the playlist of manuscript presentations from @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social: Dr Péter Tóth, Curator of #Greek #Manuscripts, presents #NewTestament #apocrypha #papyrus #parchment #fragments #codices youtu.be/_tat1NzWXIo

Drawing, especially in ink, demands absolute focus—every stroke is final. Unlike painting there’s no room for corrections, making it a true test of precision. This challenge sharpens skill over time, pushing constant growth. Freehand drawing is raw and immediate, mastering it means mastering control

Centre for Manuscript and Text Cultures Establishes New Partnership in China The centres will develop inter- and cross-disciplinary research on early text cultures across the world to foster the pollination of knowledge across the study of literate societies. www.ames.ox.ac.uk/article/cent...

The IKEA Foundation has renewed its support for Oxford’s Refugee-Led Research Hub (RLRH), a pioneering initiative that helps people who have been affected by displacement to become leaders across the humanitarian sector. More info ⬇️

..."For the moment, it would be incorrect to say outputs of ChatGPT or other generative models are protected under IP law by default," Professor Brent Mittelstadt, @oiioxford.bsky.social, told news website The Daily Upside. www.thedailyupside.com/technology/a... #DeepSeek #Chatgpt

Take the Bodleian Reader Survey: unioxforfrankie.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... Win £50!

Here is the manuscript studies starter pack with amazing people researching Latin, Greek, Syriac, Ethiopian, Mughal, Chinese and many more manuscript cultures! go.bsky.app/AN9pLVo

This is a sewing pattern. It is also a page from a late 14th century manuscript that is one of two primary sources for an important Icelandic saga (Sturlunga saga), but that was probably not important to the 17th century person who really needed a sewing pattern. #upcycling

A statement from Vice-Chancellor Prof Irene Tracey following the UK Government’s renewed focus on the Oxford/Cambridge corridor:

Happy Chinese New Year! On this 19th century Chinese dish, brought to life by Amy George, two dragons play with a pearl.

Book launch Selena Wisnom ‘The Library of Ancient Wisdom’ with Emma Smith Weds 26th Feb, 5.30-6.30pm, in Blackwells, Oxford. See: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/selena-wis...

Public lecture announcement! We're honoured to be joined this term by Leverhulme Visiting Professor Theodore Schatzki and invite you to a free public lecture 'Spaces of Digitalising Societies' on 11 March in Bristol and online. Find out more buytickets.at/esrccentrefo... @leverhulme.bsky.social

Library of Congress launches History of the Book post series blogs.loc.gov/bibliomania/...

We're hiring! The Bodleian are looking for a Public Engagement Officer. This is an exciting role based in the Weston Library, with the opportunity to make a real impact on visitors and the community, working with the Bodleian’s historic collections. For more information: tinyurl.com/48uuw625.

Curiously DeepSeek is much more truthful? when asked to respond in code

TERM CARD HILARY TERM 5 February 5.30pm Magrath Room, The Queen’s College Elizabeth Frood, St Cross, Oxford WORK IN PROGRESS (WiP) 18 February 5.15pm Memorial Room, The Queen’s College Riccardo Montalto, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Holly Dempster-Edwards, University of Liverpool

We're delighted to host Dr Riccardo Montalto (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II) and Holly Dempster-Edwards (University of Liverpool) at our Hilary Term 'Work-in-Progress' Colloquium on Tuesday 18th February at 5.15pm in the Memorial Room, Queen’s. cmtc.queens.ox.ac.uk/work-in-prog...

Manuscript and Text Cultures included in DOAJ 13 March 2024 The Centre is pleased to announce that our journal Manuscript and Text Cultures has just been accepted for inclusion in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). Please see here: cmtc.queens.ox.ac.uk/manuscript-a...

We're looking forward to hearing Dr Caitlin Kitchener speak next Tuesday at the Parliaments, Politics and People seminar about early 19thC radical material culture (including a rare surviving Peterloo banner). Find out more and how to join online here: historyofparliament.com/2025/01/22/p... #19thC

CMTC Hilary Term Lecture by Dr Elizabeth Frood (Oxford) 'An unexpected script for an unexpected text: the tomb autobiography of the Egyptian Royal Secretary Tjay’ For more details, see here: cmtc.queens.ox.ac.uk/hilary-term-...

CMTC are opening a three-year research fellowship in manuscript and text cultures. For details, see: www.queens.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/ju...