Dr. Caitlyn Brinkman-Schwartz
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Dr. Caitlyn Brinkman-Schwartz
@caitlynbbs.bsky.social
I teach at Oxford University. Memory historian interested in medieval and epic literature, modern nationalism, asymmetric warfare, health humanities, gender.
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Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
I’ll never top this *Very Scary* Halloween costume
October 30, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Absolute burn from Richard the Lionheart [source is Hilary Rhodes, ‘Richard the Lionheart, Contested Queerness, and Crusading Memory’]
October 29, 2025 at 11:30 AM
There's no way to quite get it across in English but I love the saint Colum Cille's description of a young warrior as 'eólach cech ernmaiss'. It's like, 'learned in all forms of death-by-iron'
October 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I'm not saying it's difficult to find full-time academic posts in my fields of expertise, but--
October 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
One phrase in the English language stands out as for its exceptional versatility. In this essay I will--
October 22, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Normal family whatsapp chat
October 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Why is girls' night so hard to organise
October 1, 2025 at 8:51 AM
It’s Walter Benjamin’s yahrzeit. He was a philosopher who chose to die whilst fleeing the Nazis in 1940. He is the only historical figure I *miss*, irrationally, as though he was a friend I suddenly lost.
September 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Re: the Charlie Kirk murder in the USA: If you're not familiar with Horst Wessel, now would be a great time to look it up.
September 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The documents are Napoleonic era, but I nonetheless hear this in Picard's voice and expect tha next word to be 'stardate'
August 23, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Unexpected delight at the names for different classifications of gunship
August 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Someone should start a vegan shop and call it Seitanic Panic
August 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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People don't talk nearly enough about how cute 16th Century Witch's Familiars were.
August 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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reverse heist movie where a single snake has to chase all the priests back into ireland
August 9, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Best team shirt ever, such a vibe
August 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Friends are doing a romantic weekend away to learn how to forge swords, and, may I just say, that is absolute GOALS ⚔️
August 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The book manuscript is handed in to the publisher!
And the research assistants have both received carrots as per their contract.
July 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Omg is TikTok just a new version of tableaux performance, eg St Edna’s kids doing skits
June 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
This might be my favourite book of 2025, it’s such a fascinating and beautifully written read
June 26, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Packing for a trip:
15 minutes of throwing clothes haphazardly into a bag followed by 1.5 hours agonising over how to limit myself to a max of one book per day 😭
June 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Look at this long boi! [Seanchus Mór, TCD] www.isos.dias.ie/TCD/TCD_MS_1...
June 10, 2025 at 8:09 AM
This was not the thing I was searching my old notebook for, but nonetheless—
June 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM