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J.D. Sargan @jdsargan.bsky.social · 18h

It's true: I wrote a book. And what's more, the book is done and soon you'll be able to own a copy. And what's more more, if you want a hard copy you can order one for 50% off now, with the code SAR50. And if you want it digitally, it'll be open access!

www.arc-humanities.org/978180270163...

Trans Histories of the Medieval Book - Arc Humanities Press

Archival collections are political spaces: the decisions that govern whose histories are preserved, when, and by whom are not neutral. They reflect the commu...

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Rachel Hope Cleves @rachelcleves.bsky.social · 26d

Come be my colleague! Research Chair in Trans Studies position open at @uvic.ca www.uvic.ca/faculty-staf...

SOSC/HUMS 250-108 - Faculty & staff - University of Victoria

Inspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.

www.uvic.ca

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Dr Dean Irwin @medievaljews.bsky.social · Sep 9

It was a pleasure to work with Rory on this exciting new project! We had so much fun working with the Barbican community!

Dr Rory MacLellan @rorymaclellan.bsky.social · Sep 8

@medievaljews.bsky.social and I were quoted in The Times last week about a project we've been helping on to commemorate London's medieval Jewish cemetery. A free exhibition on the site is now at St Giles Cripplegate church until 16 September. #medievalsky

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Britain’s oldest Jewish cemetery discovered at the Barbican

A team of amateur historians found the site, which dates from Norman times, just outside London’s ancient Roman wall

www.thetimes.com

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Borders, Boundaries, Barriers Conference @bordersboundaries.bsky.social · 28d

**FINAL ORDERS** Just four days to get your abstracts in the Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages. We've already had an amazing response to the Call for Papers, but don't miss you chance to be included!

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Stephen Guy-Bray @stephengb.bsky.social · 29d

Here are two tenure-track jobs in the English Department at the University of Victoria:

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ENGL 250-106 - Faculty & staff - University of Victoria

Inspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.

www.uvic.ca

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Naomi @naominar.bsky.social · Aug 28

Just over 2 weeks left to apply to the Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers conference! It will take place in Oxford on April 20-21, 2026. We hope to provide bursaries to help with attendance. Email your abstracts to bordersboundariesbarriers[at]gmail[dot]com
#medievalsky #skystorians

Full plain text available at: https://medieval.ox.ac.uk/2025/06/24/cfp-borders-boundaries-and-barriers-real-and-imagined-in-the-middle-ages/

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Austin Benson @austinbenson.bsky.social · Jun 29

Very excited to be presenting my paper “Meir of Norwich and the Formation of an Insular Hebrew Poetics” at next summer’s New Chaucer Society Congress in Freiburg!

Did Meir of Norwich know any French or English poetry? Probably! And I’ve got the Hebrew metrical evidence to strongly suggest it!

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Carin Ruff @carinr.bsky.social · Aug 1

OMG PEOPLE! I have the BL hack of all BL hacks. Why didn't this occur to me before? It turns out the Wayback Machine has snapshots of MS metadata from the old Digitised Manuscripts site. I tried it for the Benedictional of St. Æthelwold, in honor of his day, and lo! web.archive.org/web/20140305...

Screenshot of the Wayback Machine capture of the old entry for BL MS Add 49598

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Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship @socmedfem.bsky.social · Jul 31

The Medieval Foremothers Society invites proposals for two hybrid sessions honoring Sharon Kinoshita (UC Santa Cruz) at the International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI in May 2026. Full CFP below!👇✨

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Princeton Geniza Lab @genizalab.bsky.social · Jul 28

For the first time since the Princeton Geniza Project began in 1986, we have published our metadata collated from over 30,000 Geniza documents and the People, Places, and histories of the Middle East and premodern Jewish communities found therein!

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Princeton Geniza Project Dataset

Since 1986, the Princeton Geniza Lab has been studying and digitizing historical documents from the Cairo Geniza, a cache of roughly 400,000 fragments of paper and parchment preserved in a medieval Eg...

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medievalJewishStudiesNow! @med-ljewishstnow.bsky.social · Jul 22

New book — Reading Across Cultures: Translating Romances, Fables, and Poetry in Medieval Ashkenaz, by Caroline Gruenbaum.
#jewishstudies
mjsnow.hypotheses.org/18229

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Adrienne Williams Boyarin @aboyarin.bsky.social · Jul 16

Very sad to say that the love of my pet-owning life suddenly died this week. RIP Leonard the cat. A noble and cuddly animal who always knew when I needed him. I will miss him very very much.

A sleepy adult cat, grey fur with white feet and nose.

A very awake and alert grey and white cat.

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Adrienne Williams Boyarin @aboyarin.bsky.social · Jul 14

After 2 weeks away, I’m about to head into the office and tackle the email I’ve missed. I’m sure it will be fine.

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · Jul 10

In the meantime, you can read the story of this object and the Roth Collection here: www.leeds.ac.uk/news-arts-cu...

Opening up pioneering Jewish historian’s treasured collection

Looked at from one side, it’s the leather sole of a child’s shoe, a scarce resource re-purposed during wartime.

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Rutger K. 🟥 @anotheraspirin.bsky.social · Jul 3

Hey kids! First time at the #IMC2025 @imc-leeds.bsky.social?

Here are some of Old Man Kramer's Hot Tips!

#medievalsky

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Adrienne Williams Boyarin @aboyarin.bsky.social · Jun 27

All taken care of! A big public thank you to @medievaljews.bsky.social.

Adrienne Williams Boyarin @aboyarin.bsky.social · Jun 27

Does anyone have easy access to Cecil Roth's JEWS OF MEDIEVAL OXFORD? If so, I need to see pp 126–137 and would very much appreciate photos and/or scan sometime in the next few days. #medievalsky @medievaljews.bsky.social? @med-ljewishstnow.bsky.social?

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Adrienne Williams Boyarin @aboyarin.bsky.social · Jun 27

Of course! Thanks again.

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Adrienne Williams Boyarin @aboyarin.bsky.social · Jun 27

Amazing! Yes, quick camera photos would be just fine. Thank you! 🙏

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Adrienne Williams Boyarin @aboyarin.bsky.social · Jun 27

Does anyone have easy access to Cecil Roth's JEWS OF MEDIEVAL OXFORD? If so, I need to see pp 126–137 and would very much appreciate photos and/or scan sometime in the next few days. #medievalsky @medievaljews.bsky.social? @med-ljewishstnow.bsky.social?

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medievalJewishStudiesNow! @med-ljewishstnow.bsky.social · Jun 22

New article by Elisheva Baumgarten: "The Art of Weaving and the Art of Embroidery: Jewish Women’s Professions in a Medieval European Perspective."
#jewishstudies
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The Art of Weaving and the Art of Embroidery: Jewish Women’s Professions in a Medieval European Perspective

Read this new piece by Elisheva Baumgarten, “The Art of Weaving and the Art of Embroidery: Jewish Women’s Professions in a Medieval European Perspective,” in: Von unbequemen Dominikanern, organisierte...

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Dr Dean Irwin @medievaljews.bsky.social · Jun 18

Super excited to share the CFP for the 'Borders, Boundaries, Barriers: Real and Imagined in the Middle Ages' conference. Organised by Tash Jenman (Oxford), Naomi Reiter (QMUL), and myself (Lincoln/OCHJS) this will be held in Oxford 20-21 April 2026. All welcome, please share!

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Adrienne Williams Boyarin @aboyarin.bsky.social · Jun 11

Yes, he’s great! A beloved figure in my household, for sure. 😊

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Adrienne Williams Boyarin @aboyarin.bsky.social · Jun 11

Hankus is one of my eldest son’s teachers! (at NEC)

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Adrienne Williams Boyarin @aboyarin.bsky.social · Jun 6

A spec. iss. of EARLY MIDDLE ENGLISH, ed. S Fein and T Goodmann, in honour of late Osage poet & medievalist Carter Revard, is now live!: muse.jhu.edu/issue/54946. (A stand-alone book version is forthcoming from @archumanities.bsky.social—but u can reach out if you need access.) So proud of this one.

Project MUSE - Early Middle English-Volume 7, Number 1-2, 2025

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Mateusz Fafinski @calthalas.bsky.social · Jun 8

Extraordinary moment at the exhibition in the Bode Museum that brought, in the same room, Paul Klee’s Angelus Novus and the manuscript of Walter Benjamin’s On the Concept of History. Methodology of history’s equivalent of nuclear fission.

Paul Klee’s Angelus Novus on a red background

A handwritten manuscript of Thesis IX, in French, in Walter Benjamin’s handwriting

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