Now that I'm back in the UK, a little announcement: I'll be speaking at the Medieval Manuscripts Seminar (Senate House Library) on Tues 30th. Expect fragments galore! The event is held in person & online! ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Don't forget to register for my hybrid #Voynich lecture on Friday, Sept. 26, at 2:30 PM Eastern at the University of Toronto! After a year of work, Colin Layfield & I have important data- and material-results about the original structure of the manuscript! www.medieval.utoronto.ca/events/lisa-...

#KingAndConqueror episode 6 and Edward the Confessor is dead.

Anyone interested in medieval fakes should plan a trip to Paris. The Musée Cluny has a show from 7 Oct. to 11 Jan., www.musee-moyenage.fr/activites/pr... and the Archives nationales has one from 15 Oct. to 2 Feb.:

I could never really grasp how writing on medieval wax tablets would be legible, until a recent visit to the _Archives nationales_ in Paris: in this example, the stylus leaves a white trace in the black wax:

A final reminder that the deadline for abstract submissions is the end of next week #medievalsky Details 👇

This 👇 Hard to deliver if - like my University - you're planning to cut - 1 in 4 members of staff overall - 1 in 3 academics in my discipline (English Literature)

Simply astonishing. Maybe Lecturer A should not have to mark over 100 essays in a two-week window in the first place? Invest in qualified staff and reduce impossible workloads FFS www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strate...

The @ihr.bsky.social Late Medieval Seminar series for autumn 2025 is now published. Themes from ladies in waiting to the custom house, and a roundtable on editing sources. All seminars are hybrid (or fully online), also, I'm now one of the convenors! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Interested in bookbindings? Learn all about Greek-style bindings in early modern Venice in this talk and book launch with author Anna Gialdini in conversation with Nicholas Pickwoad warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/greek... 8 October 2025, 5:30pm - 7:30pm #BookBindings #EarlyModern #BookHistory

Anyone out there have online access to volume 3 of The Oxford History of Literary Translation in English? I’m in desperate need of a chapter!

Can anyone help me with a PDF of: Kicklighter, Joseph A. "An Unknown Brother of Pope Clement V." Mediaeval Studies 38 (1976): 492–95. doi.org/10.1484/J.MS...? #ICanHazPDF #MedievalSky TIA!!

Give the gift of Rare Book School! The testimonies of our students speak powerfully to the ongoing vitality of the work we do. Your gift to the RBS annual fund before 30 September is the single best way to support future generations of RBS students. Donate today at rarebookschool.org/donate

This Fri, 19 September: Join Paul Dryburgh, medieval collections specialist @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy, for "England's first colony: medieval Ireland, 1171-1500". An overview of English intervention in Ireland and its role in the political development of the British and Irish isles.

We are looking for researchers from across the UK to deliver innovative public engagement projects working in partnership with a gallery, archive, library or museum (GLAM organisation). Up to £8,000. Deadline 15 October.

"You've let me down, you've let the squadron down... and worst of of all you've let yourself down."

New exhibition explores history of decorative borders: from medieval manuscripts to William Morris theconversation.com/new-exhibiti...

Our friends at the British Library have asked us to share details of this year's Panizzi Lectures: events.bl.uk/events/books...

Hat tip @clownf1st.bsky.social

Starting episode 5 of #KingAndConqueror. The men are covered in mud and the women still have uncovered hair.

I love a buttered parsnip.

Can we shift away from low-quality UUK leadership?

Call for Papers @imc-leeds.bsky.social Following my recent fieldwork sailing down the Seine in a reconstructed tenth-century ship, @stevedehailes.bsky.social and I are organising a panel on practice-based/experiential research in medieval studies. We welcome abstracts from any field. #Medievalsky

I have been cited about 120 times across eight languages. My work has been relied on in an amicus brief to SCOTUS and by the New Zealand Law Society. I was included last year in the OJLS’ retrospective of feminist work published across its history. But my career external funding stands at £13k.

😱Suspended from ropes, lowered through the ceiling boss at Beverley Minster – a once-in-a-lifetime perspective. I’ve tried to capture it in words & film. Full story + video here: 🔗 www.digest.andymarshall.co/andy-marshal...

And this is about to get much, much worse.

Alternatively, if you want a world-leading research sector you can’t afford NOT to have “unfunded” exploratory research.

'"You can’t have hobbyist research that’s unfunded going on in institutions. We can’t afford it.”' Such a badly formulated phrasing of the issues, so open to so many misinterpretations. If this is the level of thinking about research among sector leaders and policy-makers, be very afraid.

The tube's back up and running (or will be shortly!) so why not celebrate by coming to our FREE event from 5-8pm today (hourly slots) and enjoy longsword demonstrations, performances, art and craft workshops, dressing up, a photo booth and more! www.sal.org.uk/event/age-of...

ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT! #fragments #imc2026 @imc-leeds.bsky.social

The inimitable, David Pope! #auspol #highered #universities

Unfunded ≠ low quality

Well this is chilling. So much funded research begins as ideas investigated by researchers in the “unfunded” bits of their time.

📣New on the blog📣 Read more about Angéline Rais' research into the antiquarian book trade in Switzerland and her forthcoming book! ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

The Institute of History of the University of Bern is seeking to fill a full time professor position (open rank) in History of the Middle Ages with consideration of digital Methods, beginning 1 February, 2027. ohws.prospective.ch/public/v1/jo...

📚Join us on 30 Oct 2025 at Senate House for The History of English Studies in Britain symposium 🎤 Speakers include Carole Atherton, Gail Marshall, Ronan McDonald, Christopher Stray, Stuart Jones, & Stefan Collini Free (booking required)👉 tinyurl.com/43z9mxnc #EnglishStudies #Humanities #Literature

Last but not least, Jason McElligott of @marshslibrary.bsky.social on the Royal Hospital at Kilmainham #BuiltWithBooks

Julian's forthcoming PhD opportunity (Oct 26 start) has just gone live - take a look! #BuiltWithBooks We are looking for HEI supervisors to collaborate on 'The Dispersal of Manuscripts from the Cotton Library' www.bl.uk/services/res...

Back to Sir Robert (“bad Bob”) Cotton for the afternoon session of #BuiltWithBooks

Are you a #school #teacher introducing students to #Chaucer? Come along to this amazing #free #event on Saturday 4 October, to discover resources & share expertise. From tackling the #medieval language to creative methods. I'll be there! ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... Please share! Booking info 👇

New #Skystorians job alert! The impressive VCH Herefordshire project have been fundraising hard for some time and are now able to advertise two contributing editor roles which will work towards completing work histories of Ledbury and the Malvern Hills. Details in the link below. 1/2

Thinking of colleagues at UKC and Greenwich today and I also keeping a beady eye from one of the other Canterbury universities. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

These papers are working together brilliantly. Now Alex Plane is talking about Patrick Young. #BuiltWithBooks

Next up, Julian Harrison on Robert Cotton and his networks. #BuiltWithBooks. Hoping for lots of medieval mss in this one 😍

Now Yvonne Lewis is going to talk about Blickling Hall’s early modern library. #BuiltWithBooks

Kicking off day 2 of #BuiltWithBooks with Ted Simonds and Sion College’s benefactions. Looking forward to seeing how Ted’s PhD research on Jesuit archives will develop @ies-sas.bsky.social

'As universities close courses and departments in response to financial pressures...students in parts of the North, South West and East of England, as well as large areas of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, are losing access to social sciences, humanities and arts (SHAPE) courses.' 1/2

We love this tiny illustration of a Bridgettine nun engrossed in a book! She can be found in the border of Sister Mary Dominic's vow in the Syon Abbey archive. 📷 EUL MS 389/COM/2/2/3/4 (date: 1924-27) #TinyTuesday #SyonAbbey #Nuntastic #Archives

Had fun talking about @marshslibrary.bsky.social with my @ies-sas.bsky.social colleagues for #BuiltWithBooks