Can you help a local historian locate and map examples of historic Gaelic inscriptions on Scottish gravestones? Read the latest blog on our website here that explains more about this interesting project 👇 www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/blog/in-sear...

14 two-year postdocs for academics of any nationality who cannot continue their research due to US politics. Do share if you know of such.

This year, we had a special issue of the journal on gender and theory in medieval Celtic literature, which has now just been published. It is available, open access as always, here: journal.fi/scf/issue/vi...

Finally got to check out @themedievaldrk.bsky.social’s curated collection of medieval manuscripts in Bristol Central Library today

Just published is @pomuirch.bsky.social's review of the Festschrift for Patrick Sims-Williams, edited by Simon Rodway and Erich Poppe. Available here: journal.fi/scf/article/...

We’ve got 8 PhD studentships open in Durham for interdisciplinary research, especially projects sitting at the intersection of humanities and sciences. Many music psychology projects can tick these boxes! Feel free to get in touch www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...

I write a newspaper column about Scottish history, historians and heritage. I’m keen to feature more Early Career Researchers. Their work might not otherwise be publicised to a wide audience. Do you know anyone who might like to be in the column?

The conference fee for attendees will be 50€ / 20€ for students. We also request that the attendees become members of SFKS and pay the membership fee 15€ /10€ for students.

[https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/138110/lomake.html] The organising committee of the symposium are Katja Ritari, Alexandra Bergholm, Ciaran McDonough Antti Lampinen and Riitta Latvio. Enquiries to the organisers can be directed katja.ritari at helsinki.fi

SFKS is glad to host the next Societas Celtologica Nordica symposium in Helsinki on 21-22.5.2026. We invite papers on all aspects of Celtic Studies, including linguistics, philology, literature, history, study of religion and theology, art history, and archaeology.

The ad for the second postdoctoral position on our @leverhulme.ac.uk Britain’s Early Medieval Letters project is now live. We’re looking for an Old English specialist (who also works with Latin). 32-month FT post. Deadline for apps is 16 Jan 🙂 jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Call for Papers / Appel à contributions 24es Journées lotharingiennes du Centre Luxembourgeois de Documentation et d'Études Médiévales, @uni.lu, @uni-saarland.de, 21.-23.10.2026 Femmes de pouvoir ? – Mächtige Frauen ? #MedievalSky

A reminder that this is happening tomorrow!

I'm delighted to see this new article out in the world, published in Studia Celtica Fennica - a philological study of a minor glossary preserved in a sixteenth-century legal miscellany. journal.fi/scf/article/...

In his article, Paul Lewin presents the first full analysis of Manx-speakers in Douglas found in the 1901 census. Available here: journal.fi/scf/article/...

Two new articles in Studia Celtica Fennica! In her philological study of a minor late medieval Irish glossary @chantalkobel.bsky.social @ceilteachomn.bsky.social presents the first edition and translation of the Tindrum glossary in TCD MS H 3.18 (1337). Available here: journal.fi/scf/article/...

PI Isabelle Torrance kicks off the Politics of Linguistic Inclusion and Exclusion in Ireland conference over the next two days with an overview of the project and the results

Just published in Studia Celtica Fennica is Fangzhe Qiu's (@ucdscoilglcb.bsky.social) review of K. Carella's 'The Ideological Foundations of Early Irish Law and Their Reception in Anglo-Saxon England, c. 600 — c. 900'. Available, open access, here: journal.fi/scf/article/...

Join us on 10th December for the last lecture in the series this year by Margaret Cormack on "Feasts and Fasts in the Christian Laws’ Section of Grágás". For the Zoom link, register at this link here: skjemaker.app.uib.no/view.php?id=....

Want to join the www.codicum.eu project? 3 year PostDoct at SDU (Odense, Denmark) for an Latin expert with palaeographical as well as text and book historical skills. #Medieval #Manuscript

📣Our UofG Library Visiting Research Fellowships are now open for applications! We’re delighted to invite scholars from across the globe to apply to work with our internationally significant collections. Apply at: www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li... 📆Closing date: 5 January 2026 #UofGLibraryFellows

Fellow medievalists! What do you call this swirly ink ribbon (Danish "sløjfe") that often concludes sections in manuscripts? An ink bow? Pen bow? Pen ribbon? #MedievalManuscript

The first librarian of Queen's College Galway, James Hardiman, died on this day, November 13, 1855. Read the lovely article in the @galwayadvertiser.bsky.social today marking the anniversary of his death and legacy. www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic... #hardiman #universitycollegegalway #historian

The British Academy invite applications for the Neil Ker Memorial Fund 2026. The scheme aims to promote the study of Western medieval manuscripts, particularly those of British interest: https://bit.ly/4hO0Oo1

Job advert: The Maynooth Arts and Humanities Institute @muahi.bsky.social advertises a permanent, full time position for research support and consultancy. The successful candidate will support the digital research and technical development of the Institute and of funded research projects.

We are pleased to announce our call for papers for PECIA 28, dedicated to « gloses et langues vernaculaires au Moyen Âge ». More details on our website : pecia.blog.tudchentil.org

3-year postdoc with CODICUM project for a medievalist placed in Odense, Denmark! Special focus on Latin, palaeography & Dominican text and book history 📖😍🕵️ tinyurl.com/yrt4x8y3

Just published in Studia Celtica Fennica is Alderik Blom's review of 'Medieval Glossaries from North-Western Europe: Tradition and Innovation', eds., A. Seiler, C. Benati & S. M. Ponz-Sans. Available, open access, here: journal.fi/scf/article/...

Only THREE places remaining!

Assistant Professor in Irish and/or European Medieval History Dublin City University - School of History & Geography #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOY744/a...

Want to work on the history of hair? I am looking for a doc and postdoc to join my project team researching #earlymodern hair, race, trade and multispecies history at the University of Lucerne. Do apply and spread the word! www.unilu.ch/en/universit... www.unilu.ch/en/universit...

A long shot: does anyone have an image of Iseult Gonne’s signature? I acquired a 1930s book signed “Iseult” on the flyleaf and, as it’s an uncommon name, wondered if it had been hers.

Job: 12x 0,65 Promotionsstellen + 17 Postdoc-Positionen (m/w/d) "Cross-Cultural Philology" (LMU München) https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-157894 München, 01.01.2026-31.05.2029, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universtität München, Bewerbungsschluss: 21.10.2025

@muahi.bsky.social are recruiting an experienced research administrator. MU AHI are proud to support 3 @erc.europa.eu grants and two prestigious @researchireland.ie Laureate Fellowships, the HiddenCOST Network, and many other awards. Join us! #research #ireland my.corehr.com/pls/nuimrecr...

Happy to share a call for papers for our PGR/ECR research showcase on Life and Landscape. The showcase is a fantastic opportunity to share environmental research with both the academic community and the wider public. Please share widely!

About this. I've just received an email from a friend and associate of Maartje Draak saying Maartje would have been 'highly satisfied' with this article, and I'm, just, I can't even, what. This is probably the best peer review I'll ever get in my life.

4 year fully funded PhD at University College Cork in the field of Old Norse-Viking Studies, working on artistic and literary representations of the Vikings for the ERC-funded @norsemap.bsky.social project. www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc... #medievalsky

Interested in letter-writing in early medieval Britain? A three-year postdoc on @francescatinti.bsky.social’s and my project is now available. Apps close on 17th Oct. Let me know if you have any questions and please circulate! 🙂 jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

I may have to update my biography of him…

Classics Ireland vol. 31 (2024) New publication on the complex interconnections between classical antiquity and Irish visual aesthetics. Research project: @clic-erc.bsky.social Funding: @erc.europa.eu and @carlsbergfondet.dk Online and open access: classicsireland.ie/new-graeco-r...

Project member @metamedievalist and CLIC affiliate Feliks Levin are both presenting at the biennial Nordic Irish Studies Network conference in Uppsala, organised by fellow affiliate Gregory Darwin.

Delighted to share the second series of the podcast "Reimagining Ireland 2.0" from the Centre for Irish Studies, Aarhus!! Listen to the AMAZING @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social now in the first two episodes: www.spreaker.com/podcast/reim...

Bumping this up again. Deadline for applications is October 3rd.

Hi #Medievalsky, Michaela and I have decided to put together a last minute #IMC2026 session proposal: *Dead Reckoning in the early medieval [?world]" If you've anything on interactions with the dead (literary, historical, legal, etc.) and are looking for an (unfunded) session to join, let us know!

Join us tomorrow for a talk on the construction of manuscript gatherings in fourteenth-century Icelandic manuscripts by Lea Pokorny at @haskoliislands.bsky.social. Link to register to the talk is available here: forms.gle/HohE69851kLB...

Sorry everyone, I’m not coming back

🚨JOB Alert🚨 We are looking for another postdoctoral researcher to cover the history of veterans in the British colonies of Southern and/or East Africa in the interwar period. 24 month contract, deadline October 03. Please share widely. universityvacancies.com/maynooth-uni...

Gorgeous evening over Lake Geneva as I make my way to Lyon for the Transcriboquest summer school

Recent @galwayclassics.bsky.social PhD alumna Francesca Guido presented her work in the ERC project GlossIT as part of the team of @bernhardbaver.bsky.social (6/7)

@jasmimdrigo.bsky.social, also a current @researchireland.ie GOI Postdoctoral Fellow @galwayclassics.bsky.social, like Christian working with @padraicmoran.bsky.social, spoke on Latin Borrowings into Old Irish: Religious and Grammatical Terms (5/7)