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Edward Mills @edwardmills.bsky.social · 1d

A small thing, but I love the clear and up-front acknowledgement of what is and isn’t included — so helpful!

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Edward Mills @edwardmills.bsky.social · 27d

Is this the new UUK head’s speech? Reeeaaalllyyy interested by what precisely ‘unfunded’ means in this context …

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Edward Mills @edwardmills.bsky.social · Jul 22

Emily is far too kind as ever, but yes -- free online classes in medieval French, starting in September! Sign up now! Venez nombreux! Moult alentatifs seez!*

(* We'll cover this in session 1.)

Emily Dolmans @edolmans.bsky.social · Jul 21

PGRs, do you need to read medieval French for your research? CHASE has renewed funding for its Medieval French training, taught by the brilliant @edwardmills.bsky.social - information and sign up form here: www.chase.ac.uk/news-1/medie...

Open to all, but priority goes to CHASE-funded students.

Medieval French — CHASE Doctoral Training Partnership

This course, aimed at postgraduate researchers, will introduce participants to medieval French materials, and offer the tools to read and interpret te...

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Edward Mills @edwardmills.bsky.social · Jul 18

But what if they unleash a horror from beyond time? @garybrannan.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Unique ice, 1.5m year old, to be melted to unlock mystery

BBC News went inside -23C freezers to see the ice that could

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Edward Mills @edwardmills.bsky.social · Jun 16

This week on the Exeter Medieval Studies blog … me! I’m talking about #Twitter, #MedievalSky, and the future of medievalist social media, with a lot of help from @aspencerhall.bsky.social sites.exeter.ac.uk/medievalstud...

Medieval social media and Twitter's 'zombie corpse'

As the Centre joins Instagram, Edward Mills looks back on the rise and fall of Twitter for medievalists, and asks what might come next.

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Edward Mills @edwardmills.bsky.social · Apr 15

Ironically, if one thing needs a raise, it's the person doing the @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social's social media ...

The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · Apr 15

On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,

"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"

Allow our scaled diagram to explain...

A light blue diagram depicting the sea, with the water's surface at the top, and just below it is an outline of the Mary Rose, with the depth (12m, 40ft or 6.7 fathoms). There is a line showing the seabed, which takes a rapid dive into the vertical...

Edward Mills @edwardmills.bsky.social · Apr 2

I've managed to source it from someone in Exeter, but thank you for the offer!

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Edward Mills @edwardmills.bsky.social · Apr 2

Thank you! Think I'm sorted now, but I'm very grateful :-)

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Edward Mills @edwardmills.bsky.social · Apr 1

Medievalists / friends / people with university library access: would anyone be able to help me out with one or two pictures from 'Maugis d'Aigremont : chanson de geste', ed. Philippe Vernay (1980)? I'm looking for Laisse XIV (begins l. 382 and lasts about 30 lines), so it shouldn't be too onerous!

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Edward Mills @edwardmills.bsky.social · Apr 1

Medievalists / friends / people with university library access: would anyone be able to help me out with one or two pictures from 'Maugis d'Aigremont : chanson de geste', ed. Philippe Vernay (1980)? I'm looking for Laisse XIV (begins l. 382 and lasts about 30 lines), so it shouldn't be too onerous!

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Edward Mills @edwardmills.bsky.social · Mar 29

Une pause-café 😊☕️

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Edward Mills @edwardmills.bsky.social · Mar 26

No, I really did!

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Edward Mills @edwardmills.bsky.social · Mar 26

You know, the first thing I thought when I opened it was, ‘is that Surprised Eel Historian?’

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Edward Mills @edwardmills.bsky.social · Mar 24

🐴 There's an equine theme to the @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social Medieval Studies Blog this week, Ollie Creighton tells us all about five years of research on the medieval horse -- and shares news about the project's upcoming book launch. #medievalsky

Looking back on the 'Medieval Warhorse' project

With the conclusion of the 'Warhorse' project, regular contributor Oliver Creighton looks back on its findings - and forward, to a forthcoming book launch.

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Edward Mills @edwardmills.bsky.social · Mar 19

Really interesting news out of the rowing world, as the mixed eight becomes a World Champs event! I wonder whether will take the place of the M2+ (historically used as a development event), or whether we’ll see more established athletes doubling up?

World Rowing - World Rowing Quadrennial Congress 2025: A New Era for the Sport

The World Rowing Quadrennial Congress, held this past weekend in the Olympic Capital of Lausanne, Switzerland, marked a pivotal moment for the sport as delegates from across the globe gathered to shap...

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Edward Mills @edwardmills.bsky.social · Mar 17

Ahead of the Orme Lecture at @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social, we sat down with our speaker, Roberta Gilchrist (@uor-research.bsky.social), to discuss the Medieval Ritual Landscape project, her route to medieval studies, and how religious objects ended up buried! sites.exeter.ac.uk/medievalstud...

'Medieval lived religion': the 2025 Orme Lecture

Roberta Gilchrist, Professor of Archaeology at the University of Reading, talks to us ahead of her 2025 Orme Lecture, 'Medieval Religion: the Complex Lives of Ritual Objects'.

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Edward Mills @edwardmills.bsky.social · Mar 14

This week on the Medieval Studies blog at @uniofexeternews.bsky.social / @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social, Camille Vo Van Qui reports on the experience of turning their PhD thesis into ... a picture-book! A must for all fans of horses ...

Turning my thesis into a picture book

Camille Vo Van Qui, a recent PhD graduate from the Centre, shares her experience of producing an altogether-less-common research output.

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Edward Mills @edwardmills.bsky.social · Mar 13

THANK YOU for providing references

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Emma Cayley 谷曦 @emmacayley.bsky.social · Mar 12

‘Language is not an ancillary service. It is crucial for expanding understanding of key issues of our age beyond anglophone perspectives and assumptions.’ A response by @ilcs.bsky.social @ucflangs.bsky.social
and St. Andrews School of Modern Languages. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/mode...

Modern languages departments are neither colonial nor obsolete

Advanced linguistic and cultural skills remain essential for deep insight into how people see themselves in the world, say five modern languages academics

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Edward Mills @edwardmills.bsky.social · Mar 12

Wow. I hadn’t seen the original article that thus responds to before now, but this addresses it so well — thank you!

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Edward Mills @edwardmills.bsky.social · Mar 11

Eh?! Are they possibly referring to some sort of Turnitin similarity report score, which they're weirdly defining as plagiarism?

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Edward Mills @edwardmills.bsky.social · Mar 10

Say hi to the students I sent your way! Hope it goes well :-)

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Edward Mills @edwardmills.bsky.social · Mar 4

Would love to hear @gheebowman.bsky.social weigh in on this!

Edward Mills @edwardmills.bsky.social · Mar 3

The Centre for Medieval Studies blog this week welcomes back Jennifer Farrell, fresh from a series of speaking arrangements with Seed Talks. Read on for all things witchcraft and feminism! @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social #MedievalSky

Talking about witchcraft and feminism (to a thousand people)

Here at the University of Exeter we have a particularly strong research and teaching presence in the histories of magic, esotericism, and witchcraft. Only last year we advertised the new MA in Magic a...

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · Mar 3

Discussing this 2017 article on digital medieval history with MSc students later.
8 years after publication, 18.5% of its digital links no longer work. What implications does that have?
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....

The Digital Middle Ages: An Introduction | Speculum: Vol 92, No S1

www.journals.uchicago.edu

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