Helping to spread the word: Western Washington University is hiring a one-year VAP in Medieval European History for the 2026-2027 academic year. Review of applications begins April 15, 2026! hr.wwu.edu/careers-facu... #medievalsky

Chag Pesach Sameach to all who are observing. My heart is heavy this year. May we all find peace, freedom, self-determination, and sacred moments of love and joy.

📣If you plan on attending ICMS Kalamazoo or IMC Leeds, there are still some few seats remaining for the Digital Medieval Studies Institute. Join us for hands-on sessions with Digital Methods for Medieval Data! #medievalsky #digitalhumanities #DMSI

Early modern literature job in my department! Permanent which is the UK equivalent to tenure track #earlymodern #acjobs www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

New on the SUP blog: in consideration of current events, we have put together a list of books on Iran that we hope provides context and provokes careful thought. #ReadUP

one great consequence of teaching völsunga saga: all my students HATE sigurðr

🚨 LATE SUBMISSION WINDOW OPEN 🚨 We've had a withdrawal from one of these sessions and would be very keen to include another paper - please do not hesitate to reach out if you're interested, and to help us spread the word. Many thanks!! #skystorians #medieval #medievalsky #premodernrace #imc2026

Hi friends. As I previously noted, the U. of Iowa is planning to get rid of African American studies; Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies, & the Classical Languages major—along with others. If you wish, please sign the classics petition: www.change.org/p/keep-the-c.... I will add more as I find out.

the party that wants to require ID to vote abruptly invalidating a thousand people’s IDs overnight seems like a pretty giant flashing red light

this article I wrote after Kirk's death is perennially relevant. the reality of the situation is awful, horrifying. but it's never without hope, and preserving your mental fortitude is the simplest and most powerful way to fight back and win. transnews.network/p/on-survivi...

"it's time for ideas, people, and critical thinkers to flourish. That means that, after years of mocking, English majors are finally getting recognized for their usefulness." www.businessinsider.com/ai-job-marke...

TT job in Native Studies, Brandon U: universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...

TT job in critical theory and contemporary lit, UNBC: universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...

swordfighting tactics, germany, 16th century

CFP: Race, Law and Empire

Hottake on David in Giovanni’s Room from my queer literature classroom - “very sad, kind of a dick.”

An amazing essay by art historian Dr. Denva Gallant. 😇 hyperallergic.com/all-about-lo... for @hyperallergic.com

Publishing in March! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 'A queer scrapbook' vividly illustrates the diversity of LGBTIQ+ lives across Britain and Ireland since the Second World War. 📖 Pre-order before the 28th Feb to get 30% OFF, just enter code LGBT30 at checkout on our website. @lgbthm.bsky.social #booksky

Excited to share the CfP for @amendproject.bsky.social ‘s Early Modern European Neurodivergence conference happening in Swansea this August! Info here: drive.google.com/file/d/1TQpB...

The CFP for the Gender & Medieval Studies conference 2026 is now LIVE! The theme is Gender & Creativity. The conf will be held in Oxford, 8-10 Sept, abstracts due to me by 13 April. Full details on the GMS website (artwork by @hellomizk.bsky.social) medievalgender.co.uk/2026-oxford/

TT job in Native Studies at U of A: iaejup.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

“Targeting regional universities and community colleges reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of tenure—as if it were a privilege reserved for a select few rather than an essential working condition for all faculty responsible for teaching and research.” @uoklahomaaaup.bsky.social

hey, this sucks

The Trans Natures special issue (ed by @malentendre.bsky.social and Nat Rivkin) of Medieval Ecocriticisms that I contributed to is available open access ! Enjoy ! scholarworks.wmich.edu/med_ecocriti...

Just registered for @kzooicms.bsky.social #kzoo2026! Definitely stick around for session 1710 on Saturday afternoon for all things Old English and trans studies with me, @parkerchronicle.bsky.social, Caz Batten, and @jdavissecord.bsky.social as our presider.

Hey, #medievalsky - I just launched Compilatio ( oldbooks.humspace.ucla.edu/index.html ), a quick-and-dirty site that assembles completely digitized #medieval #manuscripts (mostly from UK repositories) in one convenient location. Check it out, and do let me know what you think.

Postdoc and PhD positions at Ghent University: Ecological Entanglements and Biodiversity in Late Medieval Northern Europe, 1400-1600 niche-canada.org/2026/01/31/p... #envhist #medieval #envhum

2 year term job, feminist and gender studies, Mount Alison U: universityaffairs.ca/search-jobs/...

👀👀👀 #MedievalSky 🗃️

Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...

Announcing the Mediterranean Seminar Summer Skills Seminars for 2026 Regular registration is open until 26 April 2026. Numbers are limited so please register early to guarantee a place. EXCUSE CROSS-POSTINGS – PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY

Update: The Trans bathroom bounty hunter bill in Kansas has just passed the Kansas House. They have rushed it to the Senate for passage. If it passes, the most extreme anti-trans bill in the nation is about to be sent to the Governor's desk. Live here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzwe...

I want to say a bit more about our initiative to hire scholars to 3yr Research Associate positions. None of us know what the twinning of humanities research support and employment will look like in another 5(?) years. But we do know that we need it. As a matter of social and cultural health. 1/

“I love writing about Beowulf,” he said, crying.

Like everyone else I’ve been watching the horrors unfold as emboldened fascists take to the streets and murder people. However seeing people band together and fight back has been heartening and that inspired this piece I drew up this weekend, depicting a good old fashioned peasants’ revolt.

It's relevant that the congressional Dems who voted to fund ICE include one of the most avowedly anti-trans reps (Suozzi) and the four who voted to support Marjorie Taylor Greene's draconian ban on lifesaving care for trans youth (Cuellar, Davis, Gluesenkamp Perez, Gonzalez).

Save 30% on #NewBook "Sex Isn't Real" by Beans Velocci, which traces the history of current high stakes attempts to define sex and to create a world devoid of #trans life. buff.ly/Yn8UO0i

Happy National Handwriting Day! open.substack.com/pub/jasminhi...

It's been a pleasure being on the great organising team at York and Northumbria for next year's NEHN meeting - a collaborative worksop on the many histories of 'unwanted life'. Do see the CFP below, and send in a submission if it appeals!

Please help spread the word on this, especially to those who may be feeling cold winds towards their research. We’ve opened the call for our International Fellowships, enabling early career researchers to work for two years at a UK research institution www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...

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Again, all polls show that abolishing ICE is an incredibly popular position, completely in the mainstream center of American politics. "Centerism" has nothing to do with what's in the center, but is instead an absolute and radical stance against the idea of change

An interesting PhD opportunity (i.e. job!) at Oslo on the project POLYCHROME: "Candidates should propose a research project that examines, in one form or another, historical sources that shed light on changing attitudes to medieval objects after the Reformations in the Scandinavian countries."

Coptic spell to Acquire a Beautiful Voice, 6th–7th century CE, Egypt, ink on papyrus, 37.3 x 25.4 cm (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven) archives.yale.edu/repositories...

cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/... Assistant Professor of Black Studies

A colleague reminded me I needed to do this: if you assign anything I wrote in your classes, I am very happy to zoom in and talk to your students. I consider it the best part of my job.

A vivid illustration of “deliberate assaults” from a copy of Magnus Erikssons landslag from about 1430.