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Dominik Waßenhoven

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Historian (Early Medieval) ❧ Bishops ❧ Church History ❧ Female Power ❧ England ❧ ‘Germany’ ❧ Scandinavia ❧ based @ University of Cologne ❧ @fobim.bsky.social ❧ @digitrip.bsky.social ❧ Header: Bamberg Msc.Lit.53, fol.2v ❧ opinions my own ❧ he/him

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Dominik Waßenhoven @domwass.bsky.social · May 26

An diesem Projekt 👇 arbeite ich mit zwei Bonner Kolleginnen (Valerie Palmowski, Archäologie, und Hanna Jacobs, Kunstgeschichte). Alles weitere im Thread. #medievalsky #Mediävistik

VFG Archäologie Bonn @vfg-arch-bonn.bsky.social · May 23

Wie erzählt man Geschichte, wenn Quellen fehlen?

Das Projekt „Mind the Gap / Mut zur Lücke“ untersucht, wie verschiedene Disziplinen mit Überlieferungslücken umgehen – am Beispiel von Schwarzrheindorf & Vilich bei Bonn.

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#vfg_bonn #archaeologie #archaeology #interdisziplinär

Zu sehen ist St. Maria in Schwarzrheindorf aus der Vogelperspektive, dazu der Text: Projektvorstellung , "Mind the Gap".

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Dr Matt Firth @mattfirth.bsky.social · 3h

I'll be on ABC Nightlife's 'This Week in History' at 11.00pm (AEDT) on Sunday - 30 minutes on the life of Edgar Ætheling and the political landscape of 1066.

You could make a drinking game out it: a beverage whenever I muddle my Edwards, Edgars, Harolds, and Williams. But it might get dangerous!

History with Philip Clark and Suzanne Hill | Nightlife with Philip Clark and Suzanne Hill - ABC listen

www.abc.net.au

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Dominik Waßenhoven @domwass.bsky.social · 3h

Would be interested as well. I re-read it a year or two ago (did a course on Empress Matilda), and my impression was that she didn’t come off well – though, admittedly, politics serves only as a backdrop in the book.

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 9h

hey #medievalsky anyone know of any good scholarly articles talking about the medievalism of Follett's "Pillars of the Earth?"

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 13h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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John Sabapathy @jwwsabapathy.bsky.social · 20h

Chapeau to @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social for his wonderful new book which has just arrived, an amazingly global and ecumenical volume, in all senses! Beautifully produced by OUP (and before publication day!?).

A spur to others!

Front cover of Charles West's Europe in the Eleventh Century

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Dominik Waßenhoven @domwass.bsky.social · 18h

Das ist hart. Mein herzliches Beileid!

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This is very common in the Middle Ages.

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netzpolitik.org @netzpolitik.org · 8d

In den kommenden Tagen wird die Bundesregierung entscheiden, wie sie am 14. Oktober in der EU zur #Chatkontrolle abstimmt. Eines ist klar: Kommt die Chatkontrolle, wird es keine verschlüsselte und sichere Kommunikation mehr geben.

netzpolitik.org/2025/anlassl...

Anlasslose Massenüberwachung: Messenger Signal wird Deutschland verlassen, wenn Chatkontrolle kommt

In den kommenden Tagen wird die Bundesregierung entscheiden, wie sie am 14. Oktober in der EU zur Chatkontrolle abstimmt. Eines ist klar: Kommt die Chatkontrolle, wird es keine verschlüsselte und sich...

netzpolitik.org

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Dominik Waßenhoven @domwass.bsky.social · 7d

The Church of England has a female leader. ‘… she's also a former midwife who describes herself as a feminist’. I reckon this as very good news!

Graham Kings @grahamkings.bsky.social · 7d

Dame Sarah Mullally will be first woman Archbishop of Canterbury in Church of England's history

Mullally, 63, has served as Bishop of London for more than seven years and is a former nurse.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 7d

A warmly evocative tribute to Jinty Nelson by Alice Rio:
'Her openness about her family & how much it meant to her turned her into an inspiring role model to generations of younger women...she somehow made you feel that you could be yourself, & that this would not be counted against you.'

Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · 8d

Dame Janet L. Nelson (28 March 1942 – 14 October 2024)

by Alice Rio (All Souls College, University of Oxford)

doi.org/10.1093/past...

Dame Janet L. Nelson (28 March 1942 – 14 October 2024)*

Jinty Nelson left a strong mark of her presence in every institution that she was ever a part of, and there is none which does not regard its association w

doi.org

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PD Dr. Laury Sarti @laurysarti.bsky.social · 7d

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...

www.hsozkult.de

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scott⚡️mccloud @scottmccloud.bsky.social · 7d

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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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 15d

Look what we have here then.

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Dominik Waßenhoven @domwass.bsky.social · 9d

4 year fully funded PhD at University College Cork in the field of Old Norse-Viking Studies, working on artistic and literary representations of the Vikings for the ERC-funded @norsemap.bsky.social project. www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc... #medievalsky

Research Vacancies | University College Cork

Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.

www.ucc.ie

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Julia Hillner @writinghelena.bsky.social · 9d

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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Linguistic Discovery @linguisticdiscovery.com · 9d

Where did we get the letters of the alphabet from?

And why does English use them so strangely?

Here’s an excerpt from the new book, “Why Q needs U: A history of our letters and how we use them”, which takes you on a linguistic odyssey through the history of the alphabet:

Where does the alphabet come from? And why does English use it so strangely?

A new book takes us on a linguistic odyssey through the history of the alphabet

linguisticdiscovery.com

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Dominik Waßenhoven @domwass.bsky.social · 9d

Die falschen schon, die echten nicht. 😉 (This post was brought to you by a typography nerd. 🧐 You’re welcome. 😇)

Dominik Waßenhoven @domwass.bsky.social · 9d

Why not try this drink, then? (More from the heartlands of Arnulf, though.)

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Startseite - Charlemagner

In unserer schönen Heimat, der fränkischen Schweiz, produzieren wir für Sie ein wahrhaft „kaiserliches Getränk“.

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Robert Gallagher @hwaetspur.bsky.social · 10d

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...

jobs.kent.ac.uk

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Chris Riedel @medievalhistory.bsky.social · 12d

So my understanding is that most medieval scholars no longer believe in the historicity of the berserker myth, but I'm having trouble finding focused scholarship on the issue in English. Does anyone here have a good reference article to hand on the question?

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Klaas Reese @sportkultur.bsky.social · 12d

Stichwahltag. Nutzen Sie Ihre Stimme.

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Dominik Waßenhoven @domwass.bsky.social · 12d

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Dominik Waßenhoven @domwass.bsky.social · Jan 27

Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?

Historian: Obviously, this has to be attributed to the loss of sources.

Laura Ashe @lauraashe.bsky.social · Jan 27

Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?

Literary critic: The "gap", or occlusion, if you will, the liminal and fleeting spectre that returns to haunt us in the shape of the Real, that absent presence that animates our flickering awareness of the unreachable and unknowable Other

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Thomas Kohl @zezzo796.bsky.social · 13d

Nicht vor dem Altar knien, wir wissen, was dann passiert!

Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 13d

Sounds familiar?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

King Charles to visit Vatican and meet Pope Leo for first time

King and Queen Camilla to join pontiff in late October amid jubilee year celebrations, says Buckingham Palace

www.theguardian.com

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Dominik Waßenhoven @domwass.bsky.social · 13d

Carolus modicus (Charlemedi)?

Dominik Waßenhoven @domwass.bsky.social · 15d

„Grundsätzlich hätten alle Schulen in Hessen dafür Sorge zu tragen, ,dass […] alle […] Verlautbarungen ausschließlich dem amtlichen Regelwerk des Rats für deutsche Rechtschreibung entsprechen‘.“ – Wo kämen wir hin, wenn jeder [!] so schreiben würde wie er [!] wollte? Zustände wie bei Goethe!!!!elf!