Thoroughly enjoy the fact that this year has been (almost) topped and bottomed by Gothic Horrors: Nosferatu in January with Frankenstein in November? A phenomenal year for cinema (for me).

Ms. 4, Leges Langobardorum (11th century): Lombard / Latin legal vocaboulary 💙 Biblioteca statale del monumento nazionale della Badia di Cava dei Tirreni #medievalsky

Only 10 days left! If you know of anyone who might be interested in joining us to this coming IMC ("long beard" not a requirement), then please forward this over!

if you know anyone who might be interested, please circulate this Call for Papers: "Rethinking Popular Religion from Late Antiquity to the Early Medieval Period" 📍Venezia / Università Ca' Foscari / 12-13th March 2026 💣 deadline: 30th September 2025 #medievalsky #cfp #Venice @rmblf.bsky.social

Circulating this CfP for Leeds #IMC2026 on the evolution of the Lombards and Lombard identities through time. #MedievalSky #skystorians

The Lombards - not to be confused with the Lumbar - form the backbone of this panel. Whether you specialise in Late Antiquity or the Renaissance, we'd love to hear from you! After all, who *are* the Lombards to you? #IMC2026 #MedievalSky

Something odd in older philological texts are the wild presumptions being made. Gamillscheg (1935, p. 62), for instance, simply throws out that the Lombards entered Italy 'fast ohne Kenntnis des Lateinischen' (barely knowing Latin), and bases it on Germanic toponyms.

Thanks to @seaxeducation.bsky.social for the opportunity to speak at the @imc-leeds.bsky.social #onomastics panel. It was wonderful to participate in such a vibrant field, and hear so many fascinating papers!

Excited to talk on the Associative Naming practices of Names as "Lombard Histories Beyond Paul the Deacon" at Tuesday's 14:15 @imc-leeds.bsky.social #onomastics panel as chaired by @seaxeducation.bsky.social.

When you graduate from your degree just to end up working in a completely unrelated field.

It was a pleasure chairing and speaking today at @themamoconf.bsky.social as part of the panel at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Strand Campus. Thanks to all the organisers for making this happen!

Our final panel in the Middle Ages in Modern Games thread at MAMO is Wednesday's 'Education and Exploration'! Feat. Josip Mihaljević (Old Church Slavonic Institute), James Worth (@worthjrw.bsky.social, UCL), and Thom Gobbit (@booksoflaw.bsky.social, Graz). 👇 #MAMOmonth

One of my favourite cinematic scenes will always be Théoden's crisis just before the climax of The Two Towers. His struggle with personal insecurity and the weight of responsibility for the lives of those he lead to this point, all whilst facing an inevitability, is powerful and moving.

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One of my favourite Latin misunderstandings comes from Paul the Deacon's story about the Lombards leaving Pannonia for Italy and taking with them 'all their household possessions'. Cue the mental image of a group of Lombards bearing their beloved Aloe Veras, Sea Monkeys, and Lava Lamps into Italy.

Sent over a chapter, and the relief is overwhelming. Unpicking ~150 years worth of philological assumptions (no guys, not all anthroponyms confer equal linguistic data) and their critics (yes, some are influenced by pronunciation) through Derridean Écriture and Différance was not a picnic.

Interested in working with us on The Place-Names of #Herefordshire? We're recruiting a Research Assistant! Fixed term, full- or part-time. Closing date 14 March. Please share widely. #academicsky #medievalsky jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Finally getting around to seeing the Medieval Women Exhibition! Although, par for the course, I seem to have chosen the literal last moment to do it...

Rereading a section of my thesis, just to find out I've used the same phrase ("in a similar fashion") five times in the same paragraph really has me wondering if my brain actually functions or if it's just one big sentence regurgitation machine.

I might love Le Creuset pots far too much for my own good. Stews have, so far, never been easier*. *previous attempts courtesy of my long-suffering "sauce"pan.

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