We lost Rosamond McKitterick, a great scholar, a great teacher, and a great human being, far too early. This has been hard to write, but thinking about her, who she was and the person she chose to be can never bring me anything but joy. #medievalsky salutemmundo.wordpress.com/2026/06/15/a...

Again and again, Russia kills the people and destroys the cultural sites it says it went to war to protect. These crimes will end when the US supplies missile defense to Ukraine and enforces sanctions on Russian energy. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Cannot imagine a more telling sign of Russian desperation. A wonderful, historic landmark of tremendous cultural value being attacked out of fear and what must be a growing understanding of Russian failure.

What remained of the Dormition Cathedral, Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, in 1941. It was destroyed a couple of months after the German troops occupied Kyiv, reportedly by Soviet explosives with delayed fuzes. Restoration began in 1995; the new church was consecrated in 2000. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dormiti...

Russia bombs a medieval monastery (UNESCO World Heritage Site) and at the meantime portrays itself as a patron of “traditional Christian values”. Killing infants and elderly, destroying places of worship does not seem very Christian to me.

Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra: Monastery founded in Kyiv's caves in 1051, spiritual heart of Kyivan Rus' & Eastern Orthodoxy centuries before Moscow even existed. UNESCO site with saints' relics & Baroque churches. Russian fascists struck the Dormition Cathedral with a ballistic missile.

Cultural genocide: "acts and measures undertaken to destroy nations' or ethnic groups' culture through spiritual, national, and cultural destruction". russia does what it always does: destroys all that is beautiful if it cannot steal it Europe should do so much more for Ukraine

Rosamond McKitterick (1949-2026) A formidable scholar, an inspiring teacher, a generous spirit and a supportive colleague - truly, we have lost one of the great ones. @sidneysussex.bsky.social @camhistory.bsky.social @camedieval.bsky.social

Twitter/X is an enormous national security threat on a global scale, and a lot more nations need to grow a spine and start blocking it (and taking other active, aggressive measures).

Q: How did we survive in the old days without modern hygiene or medicine? A: Half of us didn't. 🧪 #science #medicine #progress

Just discovered - somewhat belatedly - that the recorded version of my #charterrific inaugural is now up on YouTube! If you couldn't be there or were one of those who struggled with connection issues, here's your chance to hear it in its full glory... #MedievalSky #Skystorians

OCEANIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY CLOSE TO A DEAL WITH EURASIA

Academic writing should be addressed neither to the public nor to other academics. It should be addressed to a single interlocutor with whom you have a petty rivalry and whose work you are trying to discredit

Ich dachte, Putins Krieg hätte den toxischen deutschen Russland-Komplex zerstört. Jetzt sitzen die Geschichtsfälscher wieder in den Talkshows, wir diskutieren über den korrupten Schröder als Mittler und AfD-Rechtsextremisten lassen sich in St. Petersburg für Putins Kampagne einspannen. Finster.

I promise to stop going on about this soon, but my list of moving queens 900-1150 is now up to 122 women 👸 blogs.ed.ac.uk/cwest3/2026/... There are probably still errors/omissions (tell me if you spot one!), but thanks to everyone who's made suggestions on here or by email❤️

So anyway what’s it like to be a medievalist in 2026? Weird, man

Ja vēl nezini, ko darīsi X stundā (iespēju ir daudz: līdzdarboties civilajā aizsardzībā, palīdzēt ugunsdzēsējiem un policijai utt.), Zemessardze joprojām ir iespēja sagatavoties un atbalstīt citus. www.delfi.lv/898102/versi...

Peter Thiel is heading to his spiritual homeland of Argentina, following in the historical footsteps of thousands of other deeply problematic men with the exact same haircut.

well this seems unhinged #medievalsky youtu.be/cXA3Zgsky18?...

This is an interesting book indeed (an open access publication).

Dienā, kad valstī stipri mainās zinātnes politiskā vadība, šķiet vērts piefiksēt, ka Latvijā šobrīd ir viens no augstākajiem akadēmiskās brīvības indeksiem Eiropā un pasaulē. academic-freedom-index.net

Divtūkstošie gadi un to tikumi atgriežas valsts pārvaldē? www.delfi.lv/193/politics...

Yale historian Snyder on why U.S. diplomacy cannot work. Two negotiators: president's son-in-law and friend. Neither a diplomat. Already failed with Ukraine and Iran. No clear national interest. No working diplomacy. That is not a failure. That is a design feature.

Mūsu dienišķo maizi dod mums šodien un piedod mums mūsu parādus 🙏 #SIF_MAF2025

A network of fake academic journals masquerading as legitimate publications has published more than a hundred AI-generated papers in recent months, in some cases using the names of real professors at top universities without their knowledge.

A ten-page wax notebook from the 13th/14th century, found in a latrine in Paderborn, possibly belonging to a merchant? www1.wdr.de/nrw/ostwestf...

Tallinn in the epitaph of the members of the Brotherhood of Black Heads who fell fighting against invading Russians on 11 September, 1560. St Olaf's church and the uttermost barbican of the Clay Gate still standing. The procession leaves the town via Cattle Gate left from the gun tower Lurenburg.

Luk’yanikva area in Kyiv like a war zone this morning after Russian Blitz attack. Ukraine’s first McDonald’s opened here 29 years ago to the day, May 24, 1997. The “World’s Most Bombed McDonald’s”, it was damaged many times in previous attacks. Today, fascist Russia destroyed it.

Mēs mainām noteikumus

Simon Grunau claimed to base his Chronicle of Prussia (c. 1526) on the secret diary of a 13th-century bishop who had in turn found the secret diary of a Greek naturalist shipwrecked in Prussia in the 1st century

Oh wow, amazing, thanks for telling us what medieval people had for lunch Al....

Jāpalasa jaunā premjera kandidāta grāmatu. #Kulbergs #Kolbergs #Strenga #Stranga

Mēs Latvijas Kultūras akadēmijā darām interesantas un aizraujošas lietas. Te ieskats mūsu pētnieciski/mākslinieciskajā FLPP projektā, kuru īstenojam sadarbībā ar LU: naba.lsm.lv/lv/raksts/zi...

Parunāsim @zarinstoms.bsky.social par ko citu woke garā. Kā nākas, ka Latvijas visētiskākā un godīgākā partija @progresivie.lv joprojām ir labējo ekstrēmistu platformā X?

Ancient History / Late Antique History / Medieval History

Mark your calendars: on May 6, AABS member Dr. Paula Oppermann will present her 2025 book "Thunder Cross. Fascist Antisemitism in Twentieth-century Latvia" (University of Wisconsin Press) in discussion with former JBS editor Dr. Matthew Kott. Join on May 6 at 15.00 CET: vist.ly/42esz

❗ UPDATE ❗ Please read the latest news regarding the changes described above 👇 link.europa.eu/TBqRQJ

Somijā ik pa laikam pētnieki paši tiek aicināti diskutēt un izvirzīt Somijai un vienmēr arī reģionā, pasaulē aktuālas tēmas, pētniecības virzienus, tad tur sanāk reālistiski un tiešām prātīgi ierosinājumi. 'Sabiedrība', tomēr tāds izplūdis un baigi slidens jēdziens

daļu sabiedrības neinteresē īpaši badinātās humanitārās un sociālās zinātnes, jo “tās taču tikai kāš naudu” (kaut vairums zinātnieku plēšas pušu, skaidrojot savu pētījumu rezultātus, to nozīmi). kaut kā nešķiet, ka aptaujas palīdzēs “nodrošināt visu zinātnes nozaru grupu vienmērīgu attīstību”.

New #openaccess release! 'The Business of War in the Early Modern Baltic Sea Region, 1530–1765', edited by Björklund, Schiavone, Murdoch & Lahtinen, explores the development of the fiscal-military networks and #military markets: doi.org/10.33134/HUP... #earlymodern #history #business #economic

The far right interpretation of medieval history that I'm researching is usually pretty boring - square-jawed kings with swords being Heroic and Manly in fairly modern ways. The reality of medieval culture - and masculinity - is much weirder and richer. Fainting! Feather costumes! Vibes for days.

Glaubt nicht, was ihr auf mit 'KI' 'verbesserten' historischen Abbildungen seht. Hier ein Bus mit englischer Werbung am historischen Bahnhof Friedrichstraße.

Today is the feast of St Adalbert, very unsuccessful apostle to the Prussians but very successful patron saint of Poland, †997 (St Adalbert arriving in Prussia by Arvydas Stanislovas Každailis, 1986)

👏 Big moment for Latvia! 🇱🇻 Valts Ernštreits, a Livonian linguist & advocate for Indigenous culture, has been elected Vice Chair of the 🇺🇳Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. #UNPFII 🇱🇻 highlights the impact of conflict on health, including the situation of Crimean Tatars under Russian occupation. ‼️

The first volume of ‘Tomb Monuments in Medieval Europe’, features twenty-one authors exploring diverse aspects of medieval tomb monuments across Europe, combining scholarly insights with visual richness, and sets the stage for two subsequent volumes.

Pašlaik kopā ar kolēģiem strādājam pie pētījuma par to, kā Latvijas iedzīvotāji iztēlojas iespējamo x stundu. Ja vēlaties piedalīties šajā pētījumā un pastāstīt par sevi, lūdzu DM.

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