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Carl Hendrick @carlhendrick.substack.com · 1d

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 · 2d

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 · 1d

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!

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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.

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John Raimo @johnraimo.bsky.social · 3d

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

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Yoïn van Spijk @yvanspijk.bsky.social · 5d

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 · 5d

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 · 5d

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 · 6d

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 · 6d

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 · 6d

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.

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PD Dr. Laury Sarti @laurysarti.bsky.social · 6d

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...

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Wiley @wiley.com · 7d

@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 · 7d

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 · 9d

📣 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 · 7d

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

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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

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Agenda des médiévistes @rmblf.bsky.social · 7d

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 · 8d

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 · 8d

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 · 9d

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?

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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

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Julia Hillner @writinghelena.bsky.social · 8d

The Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies is hiring three postdoctoral researchers.

We investigate the causes and mechanisms that contribute to the persistence of strong asymmetrical dependencies across historical and contemporary contexts.

Pre-modern perspectives are very welcome!

3 Postdoctoral Positions (100%, TV-L E-13, for 3 years)

full-time, Temporary, EG 13, Reference number: 2025/152

www.uni-bonn.de

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 8d

To my mind, some of the absolute best scholarship in art history appears in edited volumes--venues where high quality images can be reproduced and (often) words counts are less restrictive in either the minimum or maximum direction. It's such a shame that these volumes often fly under the radar.

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Robert Gallagher @hwaetspur.bsky.social · 9d

Interested in letter-writing in early medieval Britain? A three-year postdoc on @francescatinti.bsky.social’s and my project is now available. Apps close on 17th Oct. Let me know if you have any questions and please circulate! 🙂 jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Postdoctoral Research Associate

Are you passionate about early medieval Britain? Do you have advanced knowledge of Medieval Latin and interested in the analysis of Latin letter-writing? If yes, then you may be interested in this f...

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Robert Wiśniewski @relicsclerics.bsky.social · 8d

Warsaw Late Antique seminar on 2 October: Jakub Urbanik (UW) D. I 3.37 / P. Oxy. LXXXV 5495 – Consuetudo Strikes Back.
In person and online. For the full programme see: lateantiqueseminar.historia.uw.edu.pl

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Prof.dr. Beatrice de Graaf @beatricedegraaf.bsky.social · 8d

“En misschien zit juist in die lappendeken van kleine coalities de echte Europese kracht.” uitstekend punt dat Steven Everts hier maakt:

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Opinie | Europa is een lappendeken, en dat is juist een goede zaak

Geopolitiek: Bij de recente drone-provocaties waren het telkens kleine groepen Europese landen die in actie kwamen. Lang niet alle belangrijke besluiten worden dan ook genomen door de 27 EU-lidstaten,...

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Agenda des médiévistes @rmblf.bsky.social · 8d

Colloque – Pax Normanna. Pendant et après la conquête : gouverner la pluralité

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Colloque – Pax Normanna. Pendant et après la conquête : gouverner la pluralité

Journées d’études organisées dans le cadre du Programme de recherche Pax Normanna (2022-2026) à l’Università della Calabria (Rende CS) et à San Marco Argentano, 13-14 octobre 2025. Programme : ici …

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