Postdoc Opportunity! GRINNELL COLLEGE. The Department of Religious Studies invites applications for a two-year Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in Asian Religions beginning Fall 2026. networks.h-net.org/jobs/69657/g...

Medievalist friends! Applications are open until end of Feb for a fully-funded PhD in Arthurian Literature with the brilliant Louise D'Arcens @medievalafterlives.bsky.social and myself, based between Sydney (Australia) and Groningen (The Netherlands). Please share widely! tinyurl.com/f7su6urv

'Creative Medievalisms Now: Writing the Middle Ages Today and Tomorrow', forthcoming symposium at Cambridge. A two-day symposium for writer-researchers working on medieval materials to reflect on craft, research processes, and work in progress. Booking essential: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-m...

Join our team, @mideastmedieval.bsky.social, @imems.bsky.social & colleagues at #IMC2026. Explore #fragmentology from methodology applied to manuscripts, case-studies on textile fragments or pieces of relics; Latin to vernacular; early to late medieval; East to West. #medievalmonday #medievalsky

Calling all #postgrads: make sure to send in your paper submissions for our online PG conference by this Friday 19 December! Theme: 'Theories, Frameworks and Concepts' Plenary by Prof Miri Rubin Date: 30 March 2026 ecclesiasticalhistorysociety.com/pg-symposium... #SkyStorians #cfp #history

The Oxenham Arms pub in South Zeal, Devon, boasts the unusual distinction of having been constructed by 12th Century monks around a prehistoric standing stone. If you’re lucky and visit at the right time of day, as I did today, you might also see it being recharged with sacred energy by the sun.

Postdoctoral fellowships available to study medieval liturgical history in Hungary with the Usuarium project. momentummsca.mta.hu

Two jolly dragons looking forward to Chanukah (Hanukkah) which starts at nightfall on 14th December this year. BL Oriental 2736; Siddur (Italian rite); 1390 CE; Italy, Central (Bertinoro); f.186

A red letter day in #MedievalMedicine. The Sciencia.cat team, which has been working for over 2 decades to study the medical & scientific heritage of medieval Catalan literature, has released an #OpenAccess collection of essays: turia.uv.es/index.php/MCLM. #Vernacularity #MedievalSky #histmed

Fantastic postdoc opportunity on an amazing project.

Medieval landlords regularly collected eels as rent. But they didn't always eat them. Sometimes they bought things w/ their eels. In the early 1200s the Ramsey monks rented a local causeway at the yearly rate of 1 pair of scarlet pants, 2 pounds of pepper & ginger, & 1,000 eels. 🗃️🧪

Interested in connections between #history & #CreativeWriting / #poetry? @ihr.bsky.social is seeking a Creative Practitioner in Residence for 2026. £1000 monthly stipend, opportunities for collaboration & developing projects. Happy to have a chat! Please share: www.history.ac.uk/fellowships-...

BLOODY AI,a thread:so, I saw a picture online of the Towers of Perugia by a Renaissance artist, Benedetto Bonfigli whose other work I know a little bit. Here is the image 1/n:

Our Winter graduation ceremonies begin today 🥳 It’s our virtual graduation today, with our in-person ceremonies starting on Friday. Huge congratulations to everyone graduating over the next week or so! We're so pleased to welcome you to the @leedsalumni.bsky.social community 💚 #LeedsGrad

Booking is now open for Making Medieval Manuscripts! A practice-based course where we make ink, cut quills, illuminate, make pigments and bookbind, using #medieval techniques and materials. We also explore early medieval art. No experience necessary! #bookhistory ies.sas.ac.uk/study-traini...

Just gearing up for this tomorrow! 📕🗣️👩‍🏫

"Write! The written letter endures!" Scribal wit at the start of financial records for London bridge in 1424. Cleverly, the scribe created the letter 'S' by folding a speech scroll, so the form of the letter conveys the meaning of the conventional proverb, "speech is fleeting but writing endures."

If you are into sagas and poetry our next seminar is for you. Sign up to attend online: forms.office.com/e/ngg1zukWH3 More details at ahc.leeds.ac.uk/medieval/eve... #medievalsky #poetry #sagas #orkney #shetland #icelandic #northernisles #vikings @judithjesch.bsky.social @ragnasislands.bsky.social

Amazing news! I was planning on sitting bleary-eyed in front of my computer for this one, but the three am start meant I was snoozing like this bloke 👇🏼

#TimeTravelAdvent #Day7, and we're inside the #BlackDeath, with the poem Pearl. I wanted to share these illustrations from the medieval manuscript (British Library): the Dreamer lying down to sleep, and seeing the Pearl-Maiden across the river (look at those fish!). How did this poem make you feel?

Excerpts from Apicius by Vinidarius including items which ought to be on hand in the house: spices, seeds, dried herbs, liquids, nuts, dried fruit, followed by a summary of dishes. BnF Latin 10318; Codex Salmasianus; 8th century (2nd half); Italy (Tuscany?); f.198 @gallicabnf.bsky.social

Congratulations to @gi-anna97.bsky.social on her first book having just submitted her wonderful PhD thesis too. A truly brilliant young scholar of #histmed #medievalmedicine whose work all interested in history of medicine and medieval studies should follow.

Time for this elephant to rest after a hard week #ElephantonFriday BL Harley 4751; Bestiary; 13th century; England, S; f. 8r

New OA article linking the timing of the Black Death's arrival in Europe to a volcanically induced climate downturn in 1345-1347 that brought famine & desperation among Italian city-states to import additional grain from Black Sea regions already impacted by plague: www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Nice write-up on the new article on a volcanic eruption in 1345 and Black Death. But as @monicamedhist.bsky.social states in this piece: the study helps explain why the BD happened when it did, but that it could happen is because of an existing "plague infrastructure" ... 1/2 #histmed

Examples of medieval mobility aids - a gallery - wellcomecollection.org/stories/medi...

A thread of my articles at Wellcome Stories. Starting with some very good dogs. wellcomecollection.org/stories/guid...

Come and do an MA or PhD in Medieval Studies at the University of Leeds. To see what we are like: www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1Do... ahc.leeds.ac.uk/medieval #medievalsky #medievalstudies

Does the concept of a 'shatter zone' help us understand 11th-c. Normandy? Looking forward to reading this by @ralphtorta.bsky.social direct.mit.edu/jinh/article...

Recently published - open access! Full of good stuff to read. #medievalsky #vikings books.ub.uni-heidelberg.de//propylaeum/...

If you are into sagas and poetry our next seminar is for you. Sign up to attend online: forms.office.com/e/ngg1zukWH3 More details at ahc.leeds.ac.uk/medieval/eve... #medievalsky #poetry #sagas #orkney #shetland #icelandic #northernisles #vikings @judithjesch.bsky.social @ragnasislands.bsky.social

A blast from my past - the Medieval Soldier database takes nearly 300,000 military service records from 1369-1453 and makes them available as a searchable database. An invaluable resource for understanding medieval warfare, society and the English medieval state. Learn more in the link. 🗃️

For those philosophically minded: rabbit's head, or creature with a bill? BL Add 21160; 'the Yonah Pentateuch'; Germany; 13th century; f.269r

Excited to announce my first ever panel at #IMC2026! 🎉 Our session, 'Negotiating Masculinity in Eastern Orthodoxy', brings together papers from @nick-mayhew.bsky.social, Orlen Crawford (co-organiser) and myself, with @maroulix.bsky.social as moderator. @imc-leeds.bsky.social @leedsims.bsky.social

We've got some HUGE news! We've DOUBLED in size overnight! Not only have we added "some" more Cairo Genizah fragments, but "ALL" of them @theul.bsky.social !!! This now brings the total number of items in Cambridge Digital Library to OVER 160,000! cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/...

December is a time for baking. #MedievalCalendar BnF MS Latin 1173; Horae ad usum Parisiensem (Heures de Charles d'Angoulême); 15th century; f.6v @gallicabnf.bsky.social

This Thursday. In person or hybrid. To sign up for online attendance click forms.office.com/e/L834SBHzKX. #medievalsky #medievalwarfare #museums #materialculture

Glass 'funnel beaker' from #Viking-Age Birka grave Bj 854. From the Carolingian region, such pieces were high-status signifiers due to the costs of importing delicate artefacts long distances, and their likely prominent role in elite feasting contexts. My 📷 Ref. Historiska museet

Medieval Ghost Stories: The Chilling Haunts of Byland Abbey www.medievalists.net/2024/11/medi... #ghoststories

Next Thursday! 5.30 pm. Hybrid. Please join us. #medievalsky #medievalwarfare #museums

Chaucer in the Age of Medievalism needs you! In the wake of our conference, we are now preparing a collective volume and seeking additional chapters to complement the proceedings. Please share widely! #medievalsky modmed.hypotheses.org/8517

Okay, I've fleshed out this initial timeline w/ bibliographical citations & a few more pertinent details on how & when our current knowledge about the 12thC medic Trota of Salerno was recovered. You can find it here: doi.org/10.17613/emm... #histmed #MedievalSky

A little history of the medieval horse | @nicmorton.bsky.social engelsbergideas.com/reviews/a-li...

Love medieval manuscripts? Love public libraries? Love Bristol? Don’t miss this FREE exhibition: bristol.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=250...

Alex Brown and I have a new piece in @uk.theconversation.com - check it out! #medievalsky #history #medieval theconversation.com/medieval-pea...

Read more about it here: www.historians.org/perspectives...

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Lee's monograph has been published open-access with @archumanities.bsky.social. Read The Medieval Womb: Hildegard of Bingen’s Views on the Female Reproductive Body now! www.arc-humanities.org/978180270039... [3/4] #medievalsky #histmed

Want to start the new year by learning new things? In January 2026 Anna Somfai will teach an online course on medieval philosophical and scientific manuscripts. More information here 👇 @warburginstitute.bsky.social @ies-sas.bsky.social #MedievalSky please reskeet! ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...