XVIX International Symposium of Societas Celtologica Nordica 21.-22.5.2026 The registration for the symposium is now open until 30th April. Please register using this e-form: elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13... The keynote speaker of the symposium is Kristen Mills (University of Oslo).

#jobklaxon Do you want to do a PhD in #history and/or #philology and #digitalhumanities? Come to work with us in Paris at @ecoledeschartes.bsky.social @psl-univ.bsky.social 3 funded posts: www.chartes.psl.eu/gazette-char... Perhaps of interest to the @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social community.

Jobs! Three jobs! I am hiring three full-time, three-year postdocs to research the long history of song at Newcastle, from any disciplinary background (within reason), starting 1 October 2026. Spread the news far and wide – all details in the link below... jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...

Niche question for Welsh medievalists. While testing the prototype of a new TOC creator that links our data to IIIF resources, using the daunting Liber Landavensis as an example, I quickly got confused. The mystery of the absent f. 56v was easily solved (it's mislabelled) but ...

The CFP has now been extended until the end of March!

Stunning view of the Alps as I made my way back to the land of the green gold, where I’ll spend the next four months as a visiting researcher in the Dimensions of Europe research group

A reminder that this post closes in one week! 👀👀

A ‘temporary’ but seven-year post in Medieval English literature.

A reminder that abstracts are due in by 28th February!

Ireland’s fascination with ancient Greece, from our origin legends to Joyce’s Ulysses

The latest volume from the CLIC project is in the Irish Times! www.irishtimes.com/culture/book... The article by PI Isabelle Torrance discusses Irish Migrations and Classical Antiquity from the earliest mentions in Ireland to Ulysses.

Friends, can I ask you to spread the word that we have a THREE-YEAR postdoc in American history at Cambridge up for grabs - ANY field, but applications are due March 1 so don't delay - apply, apply, apply! networks.h-net.org/jobs/69790/u...

Available Oslo PhD positions – heritage conservation, archaeological & paleoenvironmental geochemistry, & on the POLYCHROME project (concerning historical sources on changing attitudes to medieval objects after the Reformations in the Scandinavian countries) #jobfairy www.hf.uio.no/iakh/english...

Got to love national funding bodies waiting for European funders to announce results so you can get two rejections in the space of an hour

Anyway, good news! Open-ended lectureship in early medieval history at KCL. www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/136727-...

Det er fortsatt litt tid for å sende inn fremlegg til Norske historiedager i mai i Oslo. Fristen er 25. januar 2026. www.hf.uio.no/iakh/forskni...

PhD scholarship in History or Geography at Dublin City University - applicants with an interest in medieval Ireland are particularly encouraged to apply. #MedievalSky www.dcu.ie/historygeogr...

Despite its shortcomings (mostly related to me not being an art historian), this was one of the most enjoyable pieces of academic writing I’ve ever done! #LámhscríbhinníGaeilge Classicizing the Gaelic: Visual Classicism, Migration and Irish Manuscript Culture tinyurl.com/5n7wwccd

There are far worse places to be waiting out visa processing

The volume Irish Migrations and Classical Antiquity is now out! Available, open access, from the following link, the volume covers such topics as the early medieval Irish migrant scholars to Joyce’s Ulysses. With a foreword by Mary McAleese. www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...

Hello! I am sharing information about my @researchireland.ie project Locating Loss: histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces. I would love to connect with researchers/ practitioners from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines, so please share widely! @nursingclio.bsky.social

Applications for our UofG Library Visiting Research Fellowships close on 5th January 2026, so don't delay! ⏳ We’re welcoming applications from scholars from across the globe to work with our unique research collections. Apply now: glasgow.ac.uk/library/rese... #UofGLibraryFellows

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/...