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James Harland @jmharland.bsky.social · 8d

At the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies we are offering 10 fellowships for scholars at any stage in their careers to stay with us for up to 6 months (PhD candidates and senior academics) or 12 months (postdocs) to complete a research project:

www.dependency.uni-bonn.de/images/pdf-f...

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Mary Valante @medievalmaryq.bsky.social · 1d

It's been digitized and available online for over a decade. When you're looking for people to follow, maybe stick with the ones that don't keep recycling old news.

Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 2d

The Medieval Masterpiece, the Book of Kells, Is Now Digitized and Available Online

If you know nothing else about medieval European illuminated manuscripts, you surely know the Book of Kells. “One of Ireland’s greatest cultural treasures” comments Medievalists.net, “it is set apart ...

www.openculture.com

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Steffen Hope @hopesteffen.bsky.social · 2d

Can anyone direct me to scholarship on book-binding in sixteenth-century France? (Texts in English, German, French, Dutch, Spanish or Italian are welcome.)

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 17d

Waiting for Godot: The Hunt for Godot is the recently announced newest installment of the Godotverse. The long awaited sidequel follows Godot's adventures during the events of the original play.

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Coleen Murphy @ctmurphy1.bsky.social · 2d

Begging scientists (and media posts about science) to stop using ChatGPT-generated images

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tranna karenina @einegeniesserin.bsky.social · 2d

yes, yes, it's true that [insert criticisms of genAI] but you've failed to take into account that i'm a lazy piece of shit with no taste or discernment, and deserve money and praise for that

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Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 5d

The Innovation Illusion: Most of what’s worth knowing in education isn’t new, and most of what’s new isn’t worth knowing.

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Alexa Ray Corriea @alexaray.bsky.social · 6d

It’s boiling in October because you’re using ChatGPT to write your emails, Janice.

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Sarah-Maria Schober @smschober.bsky.social · 5d

Want to work on the history of hair? I am looking for a doc and postdoc to join my project team researching #earlymodern hair, race, trade and multispecies history at the University of Lucerne.

Do apply and spread the word!

www.unilu.ch/en/universit...

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PhD position in History (100%, 4 years) - Vacancies - University of Lucerne

Assistant or doctoral positions, employment or internship: Looking for a job at the University of Lucerne? Find our listed open positions and apprenticeships here.

www.unilu.ch

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John Raimo @johnraimo.bsky.social · 7d

Arnoud S. Q. Visser ( @arnoudvisser.bsky.social), On Pedantry: A Cultural History of the Know-it-All (@princetonupress.bsky.social, 2025; #skystorians) press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

On Pedantry

A lively and entertaining cultural history of a supremely annoying intellectual vice

press.princeton.edu

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Yoïn van Spijk @yvanspijk.bsky.social · 9d

Dinsdag verschijnt mijn boek 'Woord voor woord: de verleden tijd van taal'. Daarin vind je onder andere 70 grote infographics.

Vandaag is het tijd voor preview nr. 2: 'Een suikerreis':

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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 9d

New issue of Scrinium Vol. 21, No. 1 (2025) brill.com/view/journal... @degruyterbrill.bsky.social

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Agenda des médiévistes @rmblf.bsky.social · 10d

Offre d’emploi – Assistant Professor of Art History, American University of Paris

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Offre d’emploi – Assistant Professor of Art History, American University of Paris

The American University of Paris invites applications for a full-time position in the Department of Art History and Fine Arts at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning 1 August 2026.The Departme…

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PD Dr. Laury Sarti @laurysarti.bsky.social · 10d

0,75 Universitätsassistent:in Praedoc "Hochmittelalter" (Univ. Wien) www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-1...

0,75 Universitätsassistent:in Praedoc "Hochmittelalter" (Univ. Wien)

Als eine der größten Forschungseinrichtungen Europas bietet die Universität Wien einen ungewöhnlich breiten Fächerkanon und damit eine hervorragende Infrastruktur für geisteswissenschaftliche Forschun...

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scott⚡️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.social · 10d

Written 55 years ago, Schulz's heartfelt clarity cuts through the noise, even today.

h/t @tisserand.bsky.social

Scan of a typed letter from 1970, from Peanuts creator Charles Schulz, addressed to "Joel Lipton, 622 N. Foothill Road, Beverly Hills, Calif. 90210"

It reads:

"Dear Joel:

I think it is more difficult these days to define what makes a good citizen than it has ever been before. Certainly all any of us can do is follow our own conscience and retain faith in our democracy. Sometimes it is the very people who cry out the loudest in favor of getting back to what they call "American Virtues" who lack this faith in our country.

I believe that our greatest strength lies always in the protection of our smallest minorities.

Sincerely yours,

Charles M. Schulz"

At bottom is an illustration of Charlie Brown and Snoopy, a kite wrapped around the dog house.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 10d

1. Led by Elon Musk, the far-right has exploded in a campaign to get Netflix to remove shows with queer and trans characters.

If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.

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Elon Musk Leads Campaign To Force Netflix To Remove Shows With Trans Characters

Musk's posts have been seen by tens of millions of users, and many conservatives are now attempting to force Netflix into a removal of LGBTQ+ content.

www.erininthemorning.com

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PD Dr. Laury Sarti @laurysarti.bsky.social · 10d

Tenure-track assistant professor "Early medieval history" (Univ. of Copenhagen) www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-1...

Tenure-track assistant professor "Early medieval history" (Univ. of Copenhagen)

Tenure-track assistant professor in early medieval history at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen The Saxo Institute, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen (UCPH) invites ap...

www.hsozkult.de

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wiley.com @wiley.com · 11d

@anotheraspirin.bsky.social Thank you for raising this. We’re updating this wording in our platform. To clarify, we will use this data solely to improve our publishing platform. Wiley remains committed to transparency and responsible AI, in line with our AI Principles.

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The Medieval Academy of America @medievalacademy.bsky.social · 11d

Jobs For Medievalists

Melvin R. Seiden Curator and Department Head, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
(Full-time)
The Morgan Library & Museum invites applications for the position of Melvin R.
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/jobs-for-med...

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IHR Earlier Middle Ages Seminar @earliermiddleages.bsky.social · 13d

📣 The Earlier Middle Ages seminar @ihr.bsky.social is now on Bluesky! Here's our autumn term schedule. First up is @rorynaismith.bsky.social on 8 October, giving the annual David Wilson Lecture (with @uclarchaeology.bsky.social). All welcome! Please sign up here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Autumn 2025 schedule for the Institute of Historical Research's Earlier Middle Ages seminar. Full information available at https://www.history.ac.uk/news-events/seminars/earlier-middle-ages

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Anthony Bale FBA @realmandeville.bsky.social · 12d

Medieval Literature faculty vacancy: Assistant Professor (Medieval British Literature), English Department, School of Arts & Sciences, Hunter College, CUNY

cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...

Jobs | City University of New York

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formlitchart.bsky.social @formlitchart.bsky.social · Sep 2

Neben unserer Edition mit Übersetzung der frühmittelalterlichen Formeln und unserem e-Lexikon haben wir auch ein ständig wachsendes Urkundenkorpus in unserer Werkstatt. 15.376 Herrscher- und Privaturkunden sind es inzwischen! Frei zugänglich und voll durchsuchbar:
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Willkommen in der Formulae - Litterae - Chartae Werkstatt!

Medieval Latin Formulae and their German translations in the Capitains Format

werkstatt.formulae.uni-hamburg.de

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Agenda des médiévistes @rmblf.bsky.social · 12d

Publication – Suzette van Haaren, « The Digital Medieval Manuscript. Material Approaches to Digital Codicology »

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Publication – Suzette van Haaren, « The Digital Medieval Manuscript. Material Approaches to Digital Codicology »

We increasingly encounter medieval books as digital facsimiles—zooming in on high-resolution images, clicking through virtual pages, or engaging with interactive displays. But what actually happens…

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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 12d

The 2025 Dorothy Whitelock Lecture @engfac.bsky.social will be given by Prof. Jane Roberts. All welcome. In person and online. Registration details below.
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Dr. Erika Graham-Goering @jeanneologist.bsky.social · 13d

No! I have been so pleased to see better sleeper train networks develop in the last few years, and now this?? Why the hell do we keep subsidizing air transport when what we want and need are trains, the best form of transport devised by humans to date?

Ben Sanderson @benmsanderson.bsky.social · 13d

Paris-Berlin sleeper: low carbon, 2 years old, constantly full, but currently losing SNCF a few million EUR/yr

Intl Jet fuel tax exemptions are 80 years old and cost the EU 22 million EUR/yr for the Paris-Berlin route alone.

And you're cutting... the sleeper?

www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

It’s goodnight Vienna as Paris sleeper train to Austria and Berlin hit by cuts

Some Nightjet services suspended from mid-December after French withdrawal amid public budget crisis

www.theguardian.com

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