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Dr Hope Doherty-Harrison
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Leverhulme ECF, Edinburgh Uni, writing The Living Judas in Medieval Text and Image for Cornell UP.
Love and anti-Judaism in medieval English romance (Manchester UP, 2025); Co-ed, Towards An Accessible Academy (MIP, 2025).
Volunteer, MCR Pathways.
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Dr Hope Doherty-Harrison @hdohertyharrison.bsky.social · Aug 26
Delighted to share that my second monograph, The Living Judas in Medieval Text and Image (working title), is now under contract with Cornell University Press @cornellupress.bsky.social! I am so grateful to @leverhulme.ac.uk & @paulmelloncentr.bsky.social for the time & support to work on this.
A medieval illustration of a queen in bed cradling an infant child, with an attendant sat next to the bed - Judas as a baby with his adoptive mother (queen of the island Scarioth), from Schaffhausen, Stadtbibliothek / Gen. 8, f. 223v.
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Saints Outside Hagiography starts next month! A new workshop-style series, discussing work in progress on saints in unusual sources. Come and join us ❤️‍🔥 drive.google.com/file/d/1-BPc...
Announcement: Saints Outside Hagiography Winter-Spring Series 2026 Where do saints appear outside the classic genre of the hagiography? How do they show up in art, literature, teaching texts, and everyday religious practices? This group brings together scholars interested in saints and sanctity across global history and culture, to explore how they are constructed in forms other than the single-text hagiography or ‘sacred biography’. In our online workshop sessions, we discuss two pre-circulated short excerpts from historical sources, briefly presented by scholars working on them. Friday March 6 – Saints on a Roll (or Two) Alicia Smith: Reclusive Saints as Models on the Throckmorton Layman’s Prayer Roll Laura Gisseleire: The Mortuary Roll of Lucy of Hedingham Friday March 27 – Saints in Images and Murals Marianne Kupin-Lisbin: The Miraculous St Mary of Olovo Maia Man-Abramiuc: The Transylvanian Mural of St Margaret Friday April 24 – Representations of Saints in Prayers Jenny Bledsoe: Prayers to Quiricus and Julitta in the Medieval Birth Girdle Tradition Iliana Kandzha: A Prayer to St Apollonia from De Speghel der Sammiticheyt Friday May 15 – Saints in Unlikely Places Fawaz Abdul Salam: The Sultan as a Saintly Figure in Early Ottoman Poetry Heather Blurton: William of Norwich Keystone in Girona, Spain Friday June 26 – Saints in Annals and Anti-Hagiographies Hope Doherty-Harrison: Extracts from Biographies of Judas Steffen Hope: Annalistic Hagiography? The Case of Margareta of Roskilde Friday July 31 – Saints in Teaching Texts and Epigraphs Mary Channen Caldwell: St Nicholas in the Musical Hand Kshitij Jain: Monastic Figures and Sacred Places in Jain Ritual Texts All meetings take place on Zoom, at 4pm-5:30pm CET / 3pm-4:30pm GMT / 10am-11:30am EST unless otherwise indicated. If you would like to attend these sessions, please email Laura Moncion (laura.moncion@philosophie.uni-tuebingen.de) or Alicia Smith (alicia.smith@uib.no).
February 5, 2026 at 9:44 AM
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biajs.bsky.social
There's still time to propose a paper for 'Space and Place in Jewish Studies' #BIAJS2026 as the deadline for abstracts has been extended to 13 February!
February 3, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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The Open Library of Humanities Open Access Award 2026. Applications for OLH funding of up to £500 are welcomed from individuals or organisations and may be used to help fund events, projects or activities on #OA or with an #openaccess component.

📅 Deadline 30/06: www.openlibhums.org/news/882/
The OLH Open Access Award 2026: call for applications
The Open Library of Humanities (OLH) is proud to continue its work towards its open access mission across the globe with the OLH Open Access Award 2026, a fund dedicated …
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February 2, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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cmrsedinburgh.bsky.social
Next week we will be running a roundtable on 'Emotions in Medieval and Early Modern Scotland', co-organised by with the Scottish History Seminar.

The event will take place on Tue 10 Feb, 5:15pm, LG.11, 40 George Square.

All welcome!
February 2, 2026 at 9:12 AM
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ncecire.bsky.social
cost of living crisis is absolutely demolishing students' capacity to study but no worries, we've funded everyone to have a go at this thing that makes you worse at learning...no you are not getting paid, the tech companies are, obviously
January 28, 2026 at 9:50 AM
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ncecire.bsky.social
literally thousands of people with unique expert knowledge and skills being made redundant, universities in the brink of closure, but sure, let's publicly fund the bullshit machine
January 28, 2026 at 9:44 AM
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biajs.bsky.social
Tomorrow evening! Especially for early-career scholars in Jewish studies…
newgenerationgroup.bsky.social JHSE New Generation Group @newgenerationgroup.bsky.social · 17d
NGG Social & Networking Event 📣 Join us for a 2026 catch-up: meet other NGG members, share what you’re working on, and chat plans for the year ahead.

🗓 Thu 29 Jan
🕖 19:00–20:00 (UK time)
💻 Online (Zoom)
📩 DM us for the link or email: [email protected]
January 28, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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drlauravarnam.bsky.social
The CFP for the Gender & Medieval Studies conference 2026 is now LIVE! The theme is Gender & Creativity. The conf will be held in Oxford, 8-10 Sept, abstracts due to me by 13 April. Full details on the GMS website (artwork by @hellomizk.bsky.social) medievalgender.co.uk/2026-oxford/
January 25, 2026 at 10:22 AM
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bryonycoombs.bsky.social
Flashback to a key Auld Alliance moment for me - making haggis from scratch for my in-laws in France - a mildly traumatic experience!
Also an early recipe for haggis, Sloane BL MS 1986, f. 55r.
Happy Burns night! #BurnsNight
January 25, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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arodsan95.bsky.social
*Reposted CFP with alt text*

III Colloquium on Late Medieval and Early Modern Cities: Moving and Being Moved

London, 11-12 June 2026

Deadline abstract submissions: 31 January 2026

Looking forward to meeting everyone! 🤗🤗

#medievalsky #skystorians #medieval #earlymodern #callforpapers #history
Ill Colloquium on Late Medieval and Early Modern Cities in Europe: Moving and Being Moved Call for Papers London, 11-12 June 2026 We are delighted to launch the Call for Papers for the III Colloquium on Late Medieval and Early Modern Cities in Europe, which will take place in London on 11-12 June 2026. After two successful editions, this year's Colloquium will focus on movements) within and accross late medieval and early modern cities (ca. 1300-1800). Topics to be addressed may include but are not limited to: • Mobile people in urban centres, e.g. migrants, merchants, vagrants, enslaved people, minstrels, mendicants, and pilgrims. • The exchange of goods and knowledge. • Transitory urban events and performances that moved bodies and minds, including social uprisings, civic performances, dances and urban processions. • Lack of 'movement: considerations of what it means to stay put and belong in a city or to be forced to remain in a city. This is an interdisciplinary and international Colloquium which offers an opportunity for PhD students and early career scholars to share their research through 20-minute long presentations, and to receive feedback through constructive discussion. Established scholars will also be invited to present their research and methods and to contribute to discussion. There will also be opportunities for all participants to continue the conversation over coffee and lunch. Interested applicants are encouraged to send an abstract of 200 words along with a short bio to Ana Roda Sánchez (Queen Mary University of London), Eliot Benbow (Institute of Historical Research) and Emma Olson (University of Cambridge) in colloquiumcities@gmail.com by 31 January 2026. If you have any questions, please get in touch with us. We look forward to receiving your proposals and learning about your research!
January 21, 2026 at 9:29 AM
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biajs.bsky.social
Get your hands on some really great books in British & Irish Jewish studies, including Gavin Schaffer's 'An unorthodox history', Tony Kushner's 'The Jewish pedlar', a study of Jewish refugee nurses by Jane Brooks, & 'Love and anti-Judaism in medieval English romance' by @hdohertyharrison.bsky.social
manchesterup.bsky.social Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · Jan 5
HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎉

To celebrate the start of a new year, we are currently offering 40% OFF EVERY SINGLE BOOK on our website, until 31st January 2026.

Head to our website (link in bio) to shop now.
#booksky
January 20, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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Thank you so much for inviting me & for all the wonderful conversations afterwards @kateai.bsky.social & @cmrsedinburgh.bsky.social ✨
kateai.bsky.social Kate Ash-Irisarri @kateai.bsky.social · 15d
Huge thanks to @hdohertyharrison.bsky.social who gave a great paper on the ‘Histories and Futures of Judas, c.100-c.1500’ to kick off semester 2’s research seminars @cmrsedinburgh.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 8:21 AM
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cmrsedinburgh.bsky.social
📢 ✌️ We're kicking off our event programme for this semester off with two CMRS sessions!

🎨 📜 First join us tomorrow as our own @hdohertyharrison.bsky.social discusses depictions of Judas in medieval art and literature.

📅 ➡️ Then later this week ...
January 19, 2026 at 9:50 AM
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openlibhums.org
New articles in the #OLHJournal Special Collection: Global Premodern Literature in the Digital Age: The Seven Sages of Rome/ Sindbad/ Syntipas/ Dolopathos

1) "Self-Injury and Truth in Hebrew and Latin Versions of the Seven Sages of Rome" by @hdohertyharrison.bsky.social : doi.org/10.16995/olh...
Self-Injury and Truth in Hebrew and Latin Versions of the <em>Seven Sages of Rome</em>
This article compares three medieval versions of the ‘Seven Sages of Rome’ narrative: the Latin Dolopathos (1184–1212) and Historia septem sapientum (1300–1342) and the Hebrew Mishle Sendebar (1100–12...
doi.org
January 6, 2026 at 12:13 PM
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Special Collection: Global Premodern Literature in the Digital Age: The Seven Sages of Rome/ Sindbad/ Syntipas/ Dolopathos olh.openlibhums.org/issue/1302/i... #openaccess @openlibhums.org @mosspepe.bsky.social @daisyeblack.bsky.social
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January 2, 2026 at 10:55 PM
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bordersboundaries.bsky.social
ICYMI just 133 days until Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages. The committee are so excited for April and hearing all of the amazing papers.

What better gift to get the medievalist in your life this Holiday Season than registration for our *little* conference?!
December 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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medievaljews.bsky.social
Super excited to see that the sessions that Birgit Wiedl and I organised for @imc-leeds.bsky.social have been accepted! Four panels, and a round table, considering Jews and Christians in medieval Europe!
November 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
hdohertyharrison.bsky.social
My article 'Self-Injury and Truth in Hebrew and Latin Versions of the Seven Sages of Rome' is now published in OLHJ & available open access. Very grateful to Bettina Bildhauer, @janebonsall.bsky.social & the @7sagesresearch.bsky.social community for making this work possible.
doi.org/10.16995/olh...
Self-Injury and Truth in Hebrew and Latin Versions of the <em>Seven Sages of Rome</em>
This article compares three medieval versions of the ‘Seven Sages of Rome’ narrative: the Latin Dolopathos (1184–1212) and Historia septem sapientum (1300–1342) and the Hebrew Mishle Sendebar (1100–12...
doi.org
December 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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bryonycoombs.bsky.social
Final proofs off for Anselm Adornes: Travel, Trade, Cultural Exchange, and Intellectual Networks in Scotland, Bruges, and Jerusalem. It is so beautiful!
Such a rewarding project. With enormous thanks to my co-editors @jillharrison1.bsky.social and Giovanna Guidicini
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December 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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starcrossed2018.bsky.social
I can't do a poll, but I can make an executive decision, so🥁🥁🥁
I'll be starting my EIGHTH #SlowShakespeare daily blog on 1 January: #MoonMad aka Midsummer Night's Dream. Because we could all do with some laughs & a bit more fairy-dust right now...
(Gwendoline Christie as Titania at the Bridge, 2019)
December 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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phdhurtbrain.bsky.social
Just discovered an insane new form of co-intelligence where you briefly share the mind of a great thinker in history and then a portion of their mind travels in yours for the rest of your life. Calling it a "book."
December 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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kateai.bsky.social
The Middle English Reading Group I set up this semester has been reading Sir Gawain & the Green Knight. For our last session of the year, a student baked excellent biscuits. Of course, we started by eating the green knight’s head!
A tray of biscuits in the shape of a shield with a gold pentangle on a red background, a gingerbread knight dressed in red and a gingerbread green knight. Accompanied by a copy of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
November 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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bryonycoombs.bsky.social
Phew: another output for the PTAS project ✔️
A really stimulating afternoon discussing experiential learning, heritage in education, recipes, historical fashion, pedagogy & so many exciting projects currently underway. With massive thanks to @jillburke.bsky.social for a fabulous keynote✨
December 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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noreenmasud.bsky.social
it's gutting to see access and widening participation initiatives being binned across the university sector. ELCE here at Bristol, Essex Pathways here. nothing pushes my personal, visceral buttons like the idea of denying academic study to someone whose life it could change
ucuessex.bsky.social UCU Essex @ucuessex.bsky.social · Dec 6
In yet more devastating news, the VC has confirmed her plans to cut 80% of academic staff from Essex Pathways, our foundation year department. This would effectively close down all our existing foundation year programmes through the back door.

But it's not a done deal yet. Please share urgently.
December 8, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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qmucu.bsky.social
It somehow is always the widening participation programmes that are the ones that get cut first, that get deemed dispensable.

Shame on @universityofessex.bsky.social. Transforming society for the better is #UKHE 's role, Essex's in particular. Have you forgotten what you were established for?
ucuessex.bsky.social UCU Essex @ucuessex.bsky.social · Dec 6
In yet more devastating news, the VC has confirmed her plans to cut 80% of academic staff from Essex Pathways, our foundation year department. This would effectively close down all our existing foundation year programmes through the back door.

But it's not a done deal yet. Please share urgently.
December 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM