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Musicologist, parent, fair-weather gardener Head of Music Department at University of Liverpool
New washing up backing track
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Benefits of home working - daughter has made me a Christmas-coloured omelet for lunch.
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Benefits of home working - daughter has made me a Christmas-coloured omelet for lunch.
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AI-assisted writing in 1716.
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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD
8 days ago
It wasn't just monks who liked their eels...nuns did, too! In the 1280s the nuns of Romsey Abbey in Hampshire rented lands in the village of Welles to Nicholas de Barbeflete for some customary labor, 57s., 200 herrings, & 300 eels per year. Can't let the monks have all the fun! 🗃️🧪
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Continuo Connect
9 days ago
NEWS | Early Music finds a new home in The Peak District 🔗
go.continuoconnect.com/early-music-...
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News | Early Music finds a new home in the Peak District | Continuo Connect
Your guide to early music: concerts, festivals, articles, interviews, and artist profiles. Discover renaissance, baroque, classical and more.
https://go.continuoconnect.com/early-music-finds-a-new-home-in-the-peak-district
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Two more days until Christmas break.
9 days ago
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Brodie Waddell
11 days ago
Hooray! The British Library has just released a beta version of its rebuilt Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue:
searcharchives.bl.uk
2,619 hits for 'petition' in Western Manuscripts, texts in English, in case you're curious. 🗃️
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This is such a lovely image, and perfect illustration for tomorrow’s team writing day.
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12 days ago
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Charles Louis Richter
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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Seán Clancy
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We have a fully funded PhD (+ research expenses) in Ethnomusicology going in
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supervised by my new colleague, Abigail Lindo. Abigail is looking to supervise in a host of exciting & pertinant areas. Full details below:
www.ucd.ie/music/newsan...
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Ad Astra PhD Scholarship Opportunity - UCD School of Music
https://www.ucd.ie/music/newsandevents/news/adastraphdscholarshipopportunity/#d.en.865449
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Dan Elphick
21 days ago
My next book has a presence on the Boydell & Brewer website. 'Constructing Polish Musical Identities outside Poland since 1880: Sounding "Polish"'. Available Spring 2026!
boydellandbrewer.com/book/constru...
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Constructing Polish Musical Identities outside Poland since 1880
Examines music's role in political and cultural images of Poland during a period in which Poland regained independence, suffered cruelly in warfare, was a member of the Soviet bloc, then overthrew com...
https://boydellandbrewer.com/book/constructing-polish-musical-identities-outside-poland-since-1880-epub/
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Professor Lisa Johnson (known as Lisa Colton)
Royal Historical Society
22 days ago
"Of the 991 history exam questions set in 2023, 357 featured a named individual, but only 31 were women – and nine of those were references to Elizabeth I or her reign." Dr Natasha R. Hodgson of Nottingham Trent University writes this week in The Conversation
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Women are still absent from how history is taught and assessed in England
Over a third of GCSE, AS and A-level exam papers in 2023 made no mention of women at all.
https://bit.ly/49ZqTiq
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Helen McCarthy
23 days ago
If you are a historian with policy-facing interests who has recently submitted their PhD (or will do so imminently), this fantastic new London-based postdoc fellowship in Applied History could be for you.
www.history.ac.uk/fellowships/...
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Robert Mcintosh Applied History & Policy Fellowship
Robert Mcintosh Applied History & Policy Fellowship
https://www.history.ac.uk/fellowships/funded-fellowships/robert-mcintosh-applied-history-policy-fellowship
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network
23 days ago
You can apply at any stage in your career but you must: • Be aged 18+ at the time of applying • Be a woman (cis or trans) or gender-diverse person • Be based in Yorks and the Humber 🧵3/4 Find out more and apply by 11 January here:
yorkshiresoundwomen.com/yswn-rewired...
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YSWN Rewired: Call for music and sound creators · Yorkshire Sound Women Network
https://yorkshiresoundwomen.com/yswn-rewired-call-for-music-and-sound-creators/
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Yorkshire Sound Women Network
23 days ago
📣NEW CALLOUT: YSWN Rewired To celebrate YSWN turning 10 this year, we’re launching Rewired: artistic commissions for women and gender-diverse people working with electronic music and sound art in Yorks & the Humber. We're offering: • 3 micro-commissions of £750 • 1 main commission of £1,500 🧵1/4
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Bristol PGR Medieval Conference 2025
29 days ago
We are VERY excited to announce the call for papers for our 2026 conference! 🎉🎉🎉 This year, we invite paper and poster proposals on the themes of power and/or performance! All proposals to be sent to
[email protected]
by 17:00 on Friday 9th January.
#medievalsky
#skystorians
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There is something that looks like flu in my house, and I don’t want it!
28 days ago
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A Christmas single by
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alumnus, and a chance to support the Walton Centre for Christmas.
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alumni.liv.ac.uk/news/stories...
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Stories - Alumni - University of Liverpool
https://alumni.liv.ac.uk/news/stories/title,1536940,en.html
30 days ago
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Oxford Medieval Graduate Conference
about 1 month ago
The OMGC committee is delighted to announce this year’s Call for Papers! We look forward to receiving submissions for 20-minute papers from graduate students on the theme ‘Sounds and Silence.’ Please submit abstracts of 250 words to
[email protected]
by 8 December 2025. Details Below
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Hoping tomorrow brings fewer things at once.
about 1 month ago
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Dr Chris Naunton
about 1 month ago
Calling all postgraduate and postdoctoral researchers – in ALL ARTS & HUMANITIES SUBJECTS and from ANYWHERE in the world – this is your chance to spend a month in London in pursuit of your research:
robertandersontrust.org/apply/
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Update November 2025: the Trust is now inviting postgraduate and postdoctoral students and scholars in the arts and humanities to apply for the opportunity to visit London for a period of one month…
https://robertandersontrust.org/apply/
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We have accessed this funding for specialist support during times of crisis.
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Very excited to see our article on a fabulous central European music fragment now out in Plainsong & Medieval Music. Thanks to co-authors Jared Hartt & Karen Desmond! Fully open access.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Introducing a central European fragment of medieval polyphonic song | Plainsong & Medieval Music | Cambridge Core
Introducing a central European fragment of medieval polyphonic song - Volume 34 Issue 2
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/plainsong-and-medieval-music/article/introducing-a-central-european-fragment-of-medieval-polyphonic-song/C10AEFC7F198C81762F43F289495668C#article
about 1 month ago
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Tits McGee
about 2 months ago
This might be of interest to a few people The Boring Fund: Small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups who just need a bit of help to pay for boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc Apply by 30 November
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund
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Boring Fund | Christina Poulton
Applications now open! £200 grants available for small charities, CICs and voluntary groups towards some of those boring but hard-to-fund costs.
https://www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund
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MedRen2025
about 2 months ago
This is awful news to come out of Nottingham. MedRen-ers will be aware that Nottingham has hosted three MedRens in 2012, 1985, and the first ever MedRen in 1972. Do consider signing the petition in the next post.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly9zwqvn53o?fbclid=IwZnRzaAN5Y5lleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeyRwVNaHdg-wWS72MY63XyR3TNac5PrN2Ujw6qAup2duRHs6rmTUhNRf9IfY_aem_atCA-9vFZZn5231vevQrtQ
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Pauline Stafford
about 2 months ago
Reposting because of the interest of the book and article, but also because the thread gets to some of the fine grain of the impact of redundancies. In every way they threaten so much.
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Helen Gittos
about 2 months ago
I'm lucky to have worked with one of the many brilliant people in these departments. Henry Parkes in Music is one of the cleverest, most insightful and inspirational historians I know - and one of the finest teachers too. Don't waste such talent
@uniofnottingham.bsky.social
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Joanne Cormac
about 2 months ago
Heartbroken to share the news that recruitment to Undergraduate Music courses at the University of Nottingham has been suspended. Please do contact us on
[email protected]
if you would like to support us.
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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺
about 2 months ago
Horrific, stupid news from
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— they are closing their music department. Apparently they all found out suddently in a meeting yesterday. It is one of the best music departments in the country — solidarity with my colleagues and their students
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly9zwqvn53o
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Sign to show your anger and disappointment in the decisions taken at the University of Nottingham, where Music and Modern Languages are being cut.
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Sign the Petition
Stop the suspension of undergraduate music courses at The University of Nottingham
https://c.org/qZcXBxHHGG
about 2 months ago
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Field trip with 20 students to Chester Cathedral today.
about 2 months ago
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Ennius
about 2 months ago
These terrifying bats are looking forward to
#Halloween
🦇🦇🦇😱 Bodl. Library MS. Ashmole 304; 13th century; England, St. Albans; f.47v
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Still plenty of things to find in the archives
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Some of the earliest written notes in western musical history discovered in Pennsylvania
Ninth-century manuscript for Easter services remained ‘out of sight’ for years in hands of private collector
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/28/pennsylvania-historic-latin-music
about 2 months ago
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Alison Spring
2 months ago
#31DaysofGraves
#Day24
#UnusualAnimal
Found in the 18thC in the grounds of nearby Dyke parish church, "Rodney's Stone" features a carving of the Pictish Beast, an unidentified animal found on numerous stones around Scotland, variously thought to be a dolphin or an elephant. More at:
buff.ly/B6OfAKF
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2 months ago
The
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online Winter School in Jan. 2026 includes courses by Michelle Brown (the Medieval Book); Anna Somfai (Medieval Scientific and Philosophical mss); and dream team
@manuelmunoz.bsky.social
@rozierhistorian.bsky.social
and me (History Books). Book👇
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IES: LIPS & LRBS Winter School | 2026
https://ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/events/ies-lips-lrbs-winter-school-2026
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Faculty of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences
2 months ago
📜 A national project led by
University of Exeter
is reviving Henry VIII’s Valor Ecclesiasticus — a Tudor-era survey of England’s churches, land & people. Digitised & mapped for the first time, it’s a fresh look at 16th-century life.
https://ow.ly/jeN050Xarsh
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It’s that time of year when kids who were terrified of Harry Potter films about five days ago have somehow been watching Scream. Maybe it was longer ago and I’m much older than I thought.
#Halloween
2 months ago
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Fellow historians may enjoy this super corrective from Allan Barton at The Antiquary.
youtu.be/sVKavKfppQc?...
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Has Prince Andrew Lost his Titles?
YouTube video by Allan Barton - The Antiquary
https://youtu.be/sVKavKfppQc?si=gIQIdOQj7cbWiCTA
2 months ago
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Went to the archives today with two classes and we saw and sang from medieval manuscripts, explored an early modern print of Byrd songs, and an 1840s edition of Purcell’s Bonduca (ie story of Boudica). Recording recommendations for Bonduca welcome, including any “with piano forte accompaniment“!!
2 months ago
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The sparrows are VERY LOUD TODAY. I love them, but it’s like they don’t care about my inbox at all.
2 months ago
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Professor Lisa Johnson (known as Lisa Colton)
International Medieval Congress Leeds
3 months ago
There is only 3 days left before the
#IMC2026
Bursary application portal closes! 😱 The deadline is Wednesday, 15 October 2025 at 23:59:59 BST (GMT +1). Click here to read about how to apply for an IMC Bursary:
www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/about/bursary/
#MedievalSky
#SkyStorians
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Omar Khan
3 months ago
I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
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Professor Lisa Johnson (known as Lisa Colton)
Faculty of Music, Oxford University
3 months ago
The Faculty of Music seeks to appoint a Betts Fellow in Organ Studies, who is responsible for creating an enhanced profile for organ activities and study at Oxford, and for fostering a community amongst organ scholars across the collegiate University.
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Humanities & Social Sciences, UoL
3 months ago
🎧 Looking for a lunchtime listen? Our latest 'researcher in focus' podcast features Grace Goodwin from our Music Dept sharing her work tackling gender and regional inequalities in the music business. Smash the system here 🤘
creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
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All I want for today is to match this fox's joyous energy.
3 months ago
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Karen Carney, La Voix and Ellie Goldstein were my favourites tonight, but everyone was brilliant. Bring on Autumn
#Strictly
3 months ago
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Professor Lisa Johnson (known as Lisa Colton)
Senate House Library
3 months ago
After 80 years, Senate House Library has reunited a rare 14th-century manuscript looted in WWII with the Chandon family. Thanks to expert detective work, MS541 will remain accessible for study, preserving its history for future generations.
www.london.ac.uk/senate-house...
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Greg Jenner
3 months ago
If you write professionally in the UK, make sure to sign up to ALCS for your fair share of royalties
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