People of Connecticut and regions nearby. Come on out on September 16! Free and open to the public.

Solidarity with the faculty Dalhousie who were locked out by their administration this morning. Thinking of them on the lines and I hope to be there to march with them on Friday.

More and more evidence to support movements of peoples in the EMA- here people from sub Saharan Africa buried in Kent. Every time I teach a finding like this to a class, they are surprised, because it up ends what they have been taught, often in grade school, about the hegemonic white Middle Ages.

Spread word! In memory of the late Walter Goffart, we kindly invite scholars to submit proposals for papers on a range of topics clustered around quintessential Goffartian subjects Maps, Migrations, and the Mechanics of Settlement & Taxation in Late Antiquity. To be held at @imc-leeds.bsky.social.

This is amazing!

This whole thread is important. Sad to see what has been an excellent medievalist press gobbled up by T and F. And of course, this is the result. At the end of the thread, @aspencerhall.bsky.social has recced some excellent books from AUP, doing T and F's job for them.

Another day, another session summary! To begin, Katherine Pierpont used municipal records to trace the presence of troubadours and jongleurs in medieval Toulouse. Her work enables her to sometimes place individuals in precise domiciles and allows her to start to understand their social networks.

Hey at CSM Medievalists! I know we just finished our annual conference, but is there any interest in a DH workshop/sharing what we are doing at CSM 2025? Just a thought right now...

I'm biased, but i think broad approach means we are often publishing cutting edge work. Come join us!

Putting on my JCHA co-editor hat. JCHA publishes original research on all aspects, places and periods of history and its related disciplines. If you are interested in publishing with us, see our submission guidelines here: jcha-rshc.ca/index.php/jc...

Fascinating find near my hometown, where a rock was carved in a Futhark version of the Lord's Prayer. The version is from 1611 but was republished (and copied into stone to claim space) in the 19th c. But the comments make clear why we need to teach the skills of history. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The Outstanding Dissertation in Disability History prize, in partnership with the Disability Histories series & the Disability History Association, is now open for submissions! Visit go.illinois.edu/DisabilityHi... for guidelines. *Submissions due by June 30, 2025* #DisabilityHistory #DisHist

Symposium - Ritual Cultures of Medieval Religious Women A symposium of new research on nuns, beguines, recluses, and other sisters. DATE: 14-15 July 2025 HOSTED BY: Notre Dame Rome and the Medieval Institute of the University of Notre Dame. www.themedievalacademyblog.org/symposium-ri...

I'm in a new department @stfx-university.bsky.social, Art and Material Cultures so I'm designing new courses like this one that looks at the social and architectural realities of building cathedrals and castles in the Middle Ages. So exciting to be teaching this in the fall! I'll see you in Art 395!

Every democracy has understood that an educated voting population was necessary for its survival (even if, in the past, the voting population and so education was limited by class/gender). Hollowing out education only benefits those who can afford access to it anyway- elites in a failing democracy.

So appreciative of Shami Ghosh's review of Ziolkowski's new book (Nostalgia and the German(ic) Past) in the TMR today. A really important reminder that there is no neutral position, no matter how much we might wish or pretend there is. It's hard to read, but oh so important in our field right now.

Friday Feature: This roundtable is coming up soon! Join us online this Monday to discuss Rowan Dorin’s prizewinning book. #cdnhist #medieval @medievalatx.bsky.social

More than a quarter of people eligible to vote in this election have already voted. This has shattered records. It's pretty clear Canadians understand the importance of this national election and the critical importance of good leadership right now. www.cbc.ca/news/politic....

I suspected this travel advisory was coming. Here we are. This is from is our the national union of university teachers in Canada, representing faculty from 120 universities. I'm sorry to be missing the Zoo for a while, but I, like most of my colleagues, hit at least 2 of those bullet points.

New job at Oxford - do please share widely! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMS153/a...

Join the CHA and CSM for a online panel about Rowan Dorin's awarding winning book! May 5, 5 pm UTC. Featuring Rowan Dorin, Nicholas Terpstra, Elisheva Baumgarten, Ada Maria Kuskowski, Marie Dejoux with Miri Rubin (moderator) and Shannon McSheffrey (chair). To register, follow the link. #medievalsky

How did I not know Murderbot was being turned into a series! This looks amazing. Not surprising, the books were also amazing.

Apparently @bsky.app is the place to be for research! It definitely has been the new home of #medieval research for months.

“From April 14-18, select UBC graduate programs at UBC Vancouver will re-open their applications for US citizens to be considered for Sept 2025 or Jan 2026 entry - they are ready to provide quick admissions decisions for these applicants“ #gradstudent #gradschool www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...

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Not (only) AI. Education funding being hollowed out. Not paying teachers nearly enough. Undervaluing education for its own sake. Historically, cultures with democracies understood the need for an educated voting population. But not recently in North America.

And this is why I won't vote conservative. This is the very rhetoric Trump used and it has led cancelled funding in all disciplines from cancer research to classics. universityaffairs.ca/news/where-d...

Came on to see what was going on after successfully ignoring news for most of the day. What's going on BESIDES a near century of trade relationships being blown up yesterday at 4pm EDT... post after post of cancelled NEH grants. Of course. Going to put my head back in the sand until tomorrow.

If you are an MAA member and your NEH or IMLS funding is at risk or has already been revoked, please email me. I don't know what, if anything, MAA can do to help you, but we will absolutely try. #MedievalSky

I know that cuts to medicine and climate research seem more immediately concerning, but cuts to the humanities mean fewer people who learn about different cultures and that other ways of being, other political structures, are possible. These cuts make authoritarianism more likely to succeed.

Nice to see this in print! If you are interested in publishing with the JCHA, drop a line, or check out our submission portal here: jcha-rshc.ca/index.php/jc.... Also, remember that the JCHA/RSHC publishes all all fields of history (including medieval!) and in English or French.

I am a day late posting, but it was lovely to see our honours students in RLGS and HIST come together to talk about their thesis work at STFX. Charlotte Adams talking about the representation of women in Gnostic texts and Dionne Lynch working on a piece of a larger project on recipes for the eye.

More than 300 archival documents stolen from Scottish and other UK archives by Trent University history professor in the 70s and 80s: then bequeathed to the university archives on his death! Apparently sat there for 20+ years, no one there thinking it suspicious. www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...

Due April 1: The Dept of History at the University of Washington is hiring a 9 month distinguished lecturer in ancient or medieval history. 4 classes over 3 quarters, salary $100–115k, plus benefits. Review begins April 1st, feel free to email me with any questions apply.interfolio.com/161510

Ready to move from Amazon-owned Goodreads to Storygraphs? (This is best done on a computer, not a phone) 1. Log into your goodreads. Click "My books" from the top menu, then "Import and Export" from the bottom of the left-hand menu 2. Export your data (this generates a .csv file)

Canada should welcome them with open arms. We are going to need top scientists. Often lost in the shuffle, we are also going to need top humanists. We need tools to think critically and empathetically about what is happening in the USA (and elsewhere) and creative ideas for how to manage it.

Me too! Did the define medieval before they asked this admittedly very odd poll question? Because ideas of what medieval is can be, let's say, arbitrary.

My feed these days ricochets between the awfulness of US (and by extension Canadian and world politics) and the loveliness of beautiful medieval manuscripts. Kind of like real life.

Cats and manuscripts. Nothing has changed since the Middle Ages. Thanks Jasper, with the help editing this transcription. Thank god for pencils, imagine this with ink. #medievalsky #catsbeingcats

Mostly, I am in my happy place editing a transcription and writing. But wow, sometimes it is hard to concentrate these days. This was one of many headlines today in the CBC, all about how the Trump admin is attacking Canada in various ways. Unthinkable just 8 weeks ago. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

On the other hand, this is the front page of one of Canada's national papers today. HT to the BBC (and not the NYT or the WSJ) which, of all places, is where I saw it first.

JOB: TT Assistant/Associate Professor, English, UNBC Medieval or Early Modern universityaffairs.ca/search-job/?...

Well, this is neat and unexpected!

Houston's government wants to directly influence what is taught in NS universities by increasing its direct say in research goals and noting that the gov't can withhold funds if the government does not agree with the uni's "sustainability plans". To protest, a rally at Province House tomorrow.

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JOB OPPORTUNITY: Professor in Latin Palaeography The Faculty of History and @wadhamcollege.bsky.social are seeking an outstanding palaeographer to join the team of medieval historians. Applications are welcome from candidates at all post-doctoral career stages, including at professorial level.

I enjoy editing for the JCHA because I can read wonderful articles outside my field. Today I have read about BC in the 1800s, Britain in the 1940s, Ghana in the 1980s and Canadians in WWI. Don't forget to submit your article if you are interested! Submission portal here: jcha-rshc.ca/index.php/jc...

@yorkuniversity.bsky.social, seriously? Cutting a program that is desperately needed to make sense of our world. Too often people don't see how important cultures of religion still operate in modernity. Cutting RS means a world with less empathy and understanding of ourselves and others.

I never met Dr. Moore, but I have taught his work for decades. His work remains formative to both my research and teaching. Sending condolences to his family and friends while mourning the loss of an important scholar.