Goooood morning! There's still quite a bit of (heh) time to submit an abstract for our sessions at the 2026 @imc-leeds.bsky.social. We very much encourage post/graduate students to apply. Details and PDF CFP at the link:

ceraejournal.com/2025/09/02/c...

#medievalsky #earlymodernsky #historysky

If you have about half an hour free every few months, very basic WordPress knowledge, and a desire to support a genuinely lovely group that raises important funds for local National Trust properties, please do get in touch with me!

The Oxford Centre of the National Trust is looking for a volunteer to take over managing their website (oxfordcnt.co.uk).

This is ideal for someone based in Oxford, but can be done remotely too.

♦️ Job opportunity at UCC! ♦️ 5-year Lecturer in Old English position, commencing in September. This will be a great opportunity for someone to join a thriving department, and to really put their own mark on the discipline. Please share widely!

www.ucc.ie/en/future-hu...

I recently wrote a somewhat personal piece for the Oxonian Review reflecting on the colonial and culinary histories of Catholic India and my attempts to connect to this heritage by learning to cook some of its iconic dishes.

Read it at oxonianreview.com/articles/coo...

OMS is looking for a new Social Media Officer to take the reins after I've left - if you're at all interested, please do reach out!

A recording of Professor Heather Sharkey's brilliant Hilary keynote on 'Food Studies: Surveying the Field through Potatoes' is now online!! Watch it at www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXnT...

@torchoxford.bsky.social

The #CFP for articles for Volume 12 of CERÆ is still OPEN!

Theme: Dreams, Visions, and Utopias
Deadline: April 30
Word count: ~5-8k
Graduate/ECR essays are eligible for an AUD$200 prize

Further details:

ceraejournal.com/2024/12/17/2...

#medievalsky #earlymodernsky #litsky #historysky

Join me for a quick look at some therapeutic medieval dogs! 🐕

For anyone wondering, some possible dog names have survived from cuneiform sources.

On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names.

dan rigiššu “loud is his bark”

munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe”

mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”

The eleventh volume of Ceræ journal is now live! This volume features three articles themed on 'Metamorphosis, Transformation, and Transmutation', two varia, and a record nineteen book reviews! Please, #medievalsky and #earlymodernsky, read on: ceraejournal.com/2025/01/22/c...