Can't wait for this special issue of @parergon.bsky.social! Always great to work with Dr Cassandra Schiling and @flindersuniversity.bsky.social DECRA Fellow in Medieval History, @mattfirth.bsky.social and of course, ANU's Prof. Rosalind Smith!

Here is an example of what a politics of temporality looks like in practice and why it is relevant today. It's fascinating that modern Iranian nationalism, which once suppressed its pre-Islamic past, now celebrates the pagan king Shapur I as a national symbol. theconversation.com/a-roman-empe...

Fixed contract Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Islamic Archaeology position at UCL. Deadline: 27 November www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK031/a...

Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in Art History at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore with a scope for focus on the Islamic world www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOR950/a... Deadline: 11 November

Lecturer in the Study of Islam position at the University of Glasgow www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPG786/l... Deadline: 13 November

There's no stopping November 17th! Just three days left to submit an abstract!

MEM book prize goes to @rachelschine.bsky.social for her 'Black Knights: Arabic Epic and the Making of Medieval Race'!

The business meeting marks the official launch of the @alusuralwusta.bsky.social: journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/al.... A huge thanks to @zaydeantrim.bsky.social, @medievalqabq.bsky.social and the editorial board for all of their hard work in bringing this to fruition.

Huge thanks to Brennan Dew, Evan Parker and everyone at the South Australian Museum! #gallowayhoard

Come and study with us. #Flinders #openday2025 #medievalsky

Ok folks... it's that day when you get to #AskAnArchaeologist anything! #Archaeology ⚱️

Today is #AskAnArchaeologist Day and our intrepid team @nattrustarch.bsky.social is poised ready to answer. So, what have you always wanted to know about archaeology?

It's #AskAnArchaeologist day! We're thrilled to be sponsoring the @archaeologyuk.bsky.social event, so if there's anything you've wanted to ask an archaeologist fire away! Follow @askanarchaeologist.bsky.social for highlights.

We'll be answering your questions from 10am, so please feel free to start posting and we'll catch up with you later! #AskAnArchaeologist #FestivalofArchaeology @nationaltrust.org.uk @archaeologyuk.bsky.social

Calling all curious minds! Today is #AskAnArchaeologistDay, your chance to ask anything you’ve ever wanted to know about archaeology! 📱 Join the conversation on X, BlueSky, TikTok, and Instagram, just use the hashtag #AskAnArchaeologist or ask your question in the comments to get involved.

New publication in Australian archaeolinguistics!

So exciting to see this work being done by Claire Bowern, @dnatimetravel.bsky.social, Liusa Miceli, Raymond Tobler and @peteveth.bsky.social!

ARC2214 Europe Before Europe starts next week! Taught by @erinsebo.bsky.social, @johnkmccarthy.bsky.social, @janaanvari.bsky.social, Chelsea Wiseman, and @danclaggett.bsky.social

Always startling to see the #AlfredJewel in real life. Especially interesting now that I've seen the #GallowayHoard which potentially destabilises the identification as an æstel.

Fellowship Opportunity! Corpus Christi College, Cambridge seeks one Early-Career Researcher (4 years). This year applications will be considered in the following subjects: Modern and Medieval Languages; Classics; Linguistics; Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNY167/e...

📣#CFP for the PMRG conference!

Always lovely to see my colleague, @samleggs22.bsky.social's work @maacambridge.bsky.social!

Brighten your day. Historian rediscovers a pre-Incan method of water storage, gets money to restore the existing structures, and the town he grew up in now has access to water 10 hours a day, up from 1/2 hour per day. The details are v. cool. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Dr Antonia Thomas had a very early start yesterday when she co-convened a session at the World Archaeological Congress in Darwin, Australia. #WAC10 #archaeology #Graffiti #Orkney #ThinkUHI #UHIOrkney

With the Villaricos Stele, the earliest indigenous Punic inscription in Spain

Explore rare Viking-age treasures at the South Australian Museum >> https://glamadelaide.com.au/explore-rare-viking-age-treasures-at-the-south-australian-museum

Kate Lawrence, @flindersuniversity.bsky.social PhD researcher, speaking about her work at the South Australian Museum for #VikingFest

“The 2,000-Year-Old ‘Perfume Garden’ in the Ancient City of Pompeii Has Been Restored to Its Former Glory” #archaeology 🏺 www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...

Mood. #medievalsky @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social MS Douce 366, f. 41v

The Cuerdale Hoard was discovered by workmen beside the River Ribble near Preston, Lancashire, #OTD in 1840. One of the largest Viking silver hoards ever found, it comprised around 8,600 items. 📸British Museum #medievalsky

May 16: Feast of Brénainn mac Findloga (Brendan the Navigator) († c.577), founder-abbot of Cluain Fearta (Clonfert, Ireland). According to his Life, he also founded a monastery on Ailech in the Hebrides, which has been identified with Eileach an Naoimh, pictured. 📸Rude Health #medievalsky

🏺 Submerged stone tools and stone circles discovered off the coast of #Scotland show that people were settling farther north than what was previously thought 11,000 years ago #Archaeology #SubmergedLandscapes #AncientBlueSky

It was always a "real thing," it just turns out to be a little bit older - and therefore more important - than originally thought. This article demonstrates how the word "copy" can be misinterpreted, especially in the context of medieval manuscript studies. 1/2

‘Budheard son of Bilheard made this.’ An early attestation of a use of the definite article in the English language on an early 9th-century runic pendant from the Deben Valley: heritagesuffolk.wordpress.com/2025/02/21/a...

Coming to the Rhode Island Medieval Circle in two weeks in partnership with the Ecologies of East Asian Religions lecture series.

I added many medieval institution on the #Medievalsky feed 😊to make your survey easier

Great opportunity for you to join the team here at @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social participate in the survey of many great Irish sites.

📢 We invite applications for grants from #TOEBI members who are graduate students or recent PhDs without a full-time post to support presentations at conferences (in-person & online) in 2025. ‼️ Application deadline: 5pm on the 9th May 2025. 📲 Details: www.toebi.org.uk/grants-for-g.... #️⃣ #medievalsky

Great lecture by Grace Howe in #ENGL2150 looking at how Protestantism affected attitudes to the English language!

Check out @mattfirth.bsky.social next week👇

Check out our new highly-citable entry, Southeast Asian Caves, in the 2nd edition Encyclopedia of Geoarchaeology, co-authored with 2 fantastic former PhD students of mine, @ingatkatandaan.bsky.social & Conor McAdams #geoarchaeology @flindersuniversity.bsky.social link.springer.com/referencewor...

English has the word 'churl', meaning "rude, boorish person". It's not only related to German 'Kerl' and Dutch 'kerel' (guy; dude) but also to the name 'Charles'. 'Carolus', the Latin ancestor of 'Charles', was borrowed from a Germanic word meaning "freeman", a variant of which became 'churl':

The @flindersuniversity.bsky.social Library’s regional, rural and remote support hub is now live! Showcasing all your library services in a ‘one stop shop’ Library staff also available to respond to calls, ph and online chat 9-5 M-F library.flinders.edu.au/students/rur...

📜 Lecture: 'From Manuscript to Print to Digital: Petrarch and the Renaissance Filter', Isabella Magni, University of Sheffield | Kislak Center, Upenn (Hybrid) 📆 Thurs. Apr. 10, 5:15-6:30 pm EDT ▶️ Info and registration: www.library.upenn.edu/events/renai...

The ENGL2150 teaching team

Caught the Renaissance Reimagined exhibition with Early Modernists

🏺🏺🏺🏺👇 #archaeology

Beginning work this 2025 @flindersuniversity.bsky.social, part of a project using archaeological science to better understand the long history of Early Modern Period Cambodia, aimed at unravelling stories of resilience anchored on a deeper understanding of economy, industry & environmental change.

Book now for @etreharne.bsky.social on Mortuary Rolls as Evidence of Scribal Practice, a lecture in London on 11 June! Not to be missed 👇📜📝 www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Sad to report that John H. Pryor, Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Sydney, has passed away. He did some excellent work on medieval military history, especially related to naval warfare related to Byzantium and the Crusades.