shoutout to tumblr user kleinergeist for this post which is going straight into my powerpoint for Grendel day in my monster class this week

Just over one week left to submit your abstracts! Come join @rafletcher.bsky.social, Dr Thijs Porck, and me at #IMC2026 talking about "Old English in the Long Nineteenth Century".

Are you a late stage doctoral or postdoctoral reasearcher with expertise in medieval and/or early modern landscape history & an interest in working with or in the heritage sector? This opportunity with the University of Oxford and West Horsley Place may be for you: www.tss.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/19...

Astrolabes and quadrants return to display in the Upper Library at Merton College with special thanks to Nikki Tomkins, Oxford Conservation Consortium, Khris Watts, Harriet Campbell Longley, and @stephenaj.bsky.social It took many hands! #astronomy #astrolabes

12-week research post available in medieval and early modern landscape, focusing on West Horsley near Oxford: www.tss.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/19...

We are devastated and enraged by the murder of Awdah Hathaleen by Israeli settler Yinon Levi earlier today. Awdah was a writer, teacher, and activist in his village of Umm al-Khair in Masafer Yatta, and a friend of Vashti Media. May his words resound through the entire world:

This is disastrous for access to the Humanities for all but the independently very wealthy. My own doctorate was a student-led AHRC-funded project (ie I came up with the project). It’s awful to see these opportunities taken from the next generation, especially given the huge increase in tuition fees

Now just under two months to get your abstracts in for Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages. Do get your thinking caps on because we've already received some great abstracts and are look forward to reading everybody's proposals in September!

Love it when what is presented as "academic publishing" is really just "publishing in STEM fields" :/ basically none of this is true for humanities publishing, and especially for humanities books www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Ready to chair @imc-leeds.bsky.social panel 1634: ‘Learning the Middle Ages in the Long C19 II: Language and Literature’ at 11:15

Happening now at @imc-leeds.bsky.social : the first of three panels in memory of Dr Johanna Green. Speakers in the first panel will speak about one of Johanna’s greatest passions: Old English literature.

An exhibition of medieval manuscripts at Cambridge's @parkerlibcccc.bsky.social! Curated by Timothy Glover (Richard Rolle specialist and current Parker Library Early-Career Research Fellow). Do pop in/book a tour if you are in Cambridge - July only!

Today I’m representing @germancambridge.bsky.social at the @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social’s Careers Roadshow. Looking forward to meeting lots of school groups!

I had a Leverhulme ECF until last year, and if you want to chat about anything to do with the application etc, feel free to reach out to me. It was a real gift to hold one of these fellowships.

Apply by 14 July to work with Andrew Dunning to make the Medieval Libraries of Great Britain project online accessible again - 6-month postdoc position @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social. Pls advertise, @oxmedstud.bsky.social @bkhistoxford.bsky.social medieval.ox.ac.uk/medieval-lib...

We've brought Teaching the Codex over to Bluesky to celebrate our fantastic new series by @sianwitherden.bsky.social, 'How to collate an early printed book' (yes, we're adopting the new technology of moveable type).

CFP for Borders, Boundaries, Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages (20-21 April 2026). Deadline 15 September 2025.

Our Chaucer focus at MAMO continues with the hybrid panel 'Chaucer: At Home and Abroad (II)'! With papers from Mary Boyle (@maryrboyle.bsky.social, Cambridge), Hugo Lacoue-Labarthe (Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle), and Candace Barrington (@candacebarrington.bsky.social, Connecticut). 👇 #MAMOmonth

Another day, another short-sighted attempt by a UK university to cut Modern Languages. This time it's Bangor, planning to discontinue German and Chinese and reduce staffing in French and Spanish. Please sign: www.change.org/p/stop-cuts-...

I honestly don't understand how we can have riots from the far-right less than a year ago...and no one from the govt. says "Reform, Farage, Robinson have done Incalculable Damage to the UK"? But let's blame the people who they were trying to set on fire.

Did you know that @germancambridge.bsky.social has a monthly outreach newsletter? You can sign up to receive it here and get notified first about our events and activities: www.mmll.cam.ac.uk/teachers-ger...

Please consider signing this petition, asking the government to reconsider its pointlessly cruel policy blocking anyone who arrives in the UK “illegally” from ever obtaining citizenship. How about creating some safe routes instead? 38d.gs/nzff

Check out this absolutely fantastic opportunity in Oxford. Free summer school on fantasy literature with leading experts open to people over 16: fantasyliteratureschool.web.ox.ac.uk

This is really quite dreadful. Not a lawyer, but I wonder whether it falls foul of the Refugee Convention bar against penalizing people for illegal entry. As the article says, this is not supported by people who voted for this government.

The shortfall in postgraduate funding is one of the the biggest barriers to widening participation and to new and exciting research. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Registration is open until 12th Feb for undergraduates who'd like to attend the Cambridge Undergraduate Conference in German Studies. We've got great undergrad speakers, a careers panel, and a keynote from Aida Baghernejad! There are just a few places remaining! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cambridge-...

Not one, but *two* mentions of medieval German in this episode. So which of my colleagues is it passing on language tips? There aren’t that many of us!

The deadline to submit your abstract for the 2025 Cambridge Undergraduate Conference in #German Studies is TOMORROW 15th JANUARY 2025! #CfP is below.

The deadline to submit your abstract for the 2025 Cambridge Undergraduate Conference in #German Studies is TOMORROW 15th JANUARY 2025! #CfP is below.

The 10th-Anniversary Cambridge Undergrad Conference in German Studies is on 1 March 2025. The theme is 'Recognition' and the Call for Papers is out: www.mmll.cam.ac.uk/german-under... Deadline: 15 January 2025 Encourage your students to send us their abstracts: bit.ly/CUCGS2025Abs...!

“Every Rose Has Its Porn: Optical Character Recognition and the Middle English Problem” is a title for an article that I don’t even need to write. Please cite this post.

Hwæt! For our next seminar Ian Felce (independent researcher) will speak on 'What? Beowulf and William Morris’s New Old English'. In-person at @ihr.bsky.social and online, 17.30 UTC, Weds 11/12/24. Free to attend and all welcome, but please register in advance at: www.history.ac.uk/events/what-...

I can’t wait to visit! So much has changed in the world since 2019 that it’s hard to comprehend that this restoration has taken only five and a half years. www.theguardian.com/world/galler...

Don’t forget to sign up to our Cambridge German Outreach newsletter and events mailing lists. The newsletter will be launched very soon!

Wearing my other hat, I am the Outreach Coordinator for German at @germancambridge.bsky.social Did you know that you can choose German as half of your degree at Cambridge even if you’ve never studied it before?

Hello Bluesky. I work on medieval pilgrimage and on medievalism. My book on English and German medieval pilgrimage writing & my edited volume on international medievalism are here: boydellandbrewer.com/author/mary-... I’ve nearly finished my next book on Anglo-German medievalism in the long C19.

I've had a go at putting together a Medievalism starter pack - if you'd like to be added (or removed!), please do let me know :)

First post and statement of intent that I plan to avoid the former bird site as much as possible.