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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️

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Canadian Medievalist Senior Lecturer/Associate Prof @Linnaeus Uni. Docent @Lund Uni. PI @MappingSaints. WebEditor @info_Scandia. Saints & society; Digital History; Medieval book fragments; Mediating the past via reconstructions/re-creations, (re)enactment

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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · Dec 6

The open-access digital research and educational resource, 'Mapping Saints', has now been officially launched!
Check it out here: saints.dh.gu.se

Screenshot of the Mapping Saints public interface

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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 22h

But is that like a lemon curd-filled croissant?

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NorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 1d

What is a viking to you? Has your perception of them changed over the years? NorseMap is a @erc.europa.eu funded research project where we want to map the legacy of vikings in areas like literature & art, branding, tourism & politics. Comments below -what comes to mind when you think of vikings?

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Kristel Zilmer @kristelzilmer.bsky.social · 2d

Vi har en ledig stilling som forsker i #runologi for en periode på 12 måneder ved Kulturhistorisk museum, UiO. Stillingen er en del av infrastrukturprosjektet NORCHRON: Norwegian diachronic corpus 200–1814, finansiert av Norges forskningsråd. www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...

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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 7d

> "the humanities are given greater weight and more space in professional programmes, in light of contemporary and future societal challenges".

Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 7d

Report out from Sweden's HUMTANK that shows the vital importance of humanities-based courses/influence in higher education programs leading to a profession. The report is based on a study of programs in engineering, medicine, and police training. Recommendations include:

humtank.se/ny-rapport-f...

Ny rapport från Humtank – humaniora i professionsutbildningar

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 9d

An excellent true thing is that I gave unequivocally anti-“AI” talks at Wesleyan and Tufts this month where the computer scientists and engineers in attendance have no interest in allowing this industry to hijack education and asked me “how can we get our students to take your classes?”

Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 9d

I will start teaching my students how to use AI when my colleagues in computer science start to teach Homer, Dante, Langston Hughes, Borges, Foucault, Audre Lord, Spivak, and Donna Haraway in their classes

Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 10d

I realize many people don’t quite get that not every single professor in every single university teaches computer science and might actually be trained in and invested in teaching other things, like let’s say, history? Or poetry.
Or sociology.
It is not our job to teach students how to use AI.

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 8d

October is the time for sowing the seeds.
#MedievalCalendar
BL Yates Thompson MS 3; 'The Dunois Hours'; c 1439 CE-c 1450 CE; France (Paris); f.10r

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German Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · 9d

Call for applications! 📣

The German Historical Institute London is seeking a Research Associate with a particular research interest in medieval history (with a focus on late medieval English history) for a part-time project position to start on 1 February 2026. 🤝
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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 9d

Great thread!

Peter Tarras @petertarras.bsky.social · 27d

Starting a new thread to collect critical perspectives on AI, as they are articulated dozens of times every day and appear repeatedly on my timeline. I can't read everything right away, but if, like me, you want to stay up to date, then this might help a bit:

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Medieval and Early Modern Orients (MEMOs) @memorients.bsky.social · 11d

Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe and the World (King's College London):

memorients.com/news/lecture...

Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe and the World (King's College London) | MEMOs

King's College London - Department of History

memorients.com

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 17d

Rosh Hashanah begins at sunset on 22 September. Here is the ram caught by its horns.

Bodleian Library MS. Michael 619; Maḥzor for the High Holidays (Rosh ha-Shanah and Yom Kipur), Western Ashkenazi rite (Tripartite Maḥzor, volume 3); 1320–1330 CE; f.5v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 19d

Imagine in a few years, you come across an online video of yourself - your face, your voice, presenting a garbled version of your research or ’in conversation’ with another scholar saying things you don’t agree with, you have no control to stop it 1/3 #academia

Irina Manea @shieldofskuld.bsky.social · 20d

Here's academia.edu for you, folks. Quite sure this rubbish does not comply with the European GDPR.
Gonna download all my papers and move to Knowledge Commons hcommons.org #medievalsky #academia

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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 19d

This is not always the case though! A lot of ECRs have families.

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 19d

The Ohio State University is now requiring students to become "fluent" in AI. It's a perverse metaphor, and as always, the wisdom of Star Trek proves useful in understanding its perversity.

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Can You Become "Fluent" in "AI"? — Sonja Drimmer

No. But the Ohio State University says that its students are required to pursue this goal if they want to receive their degree. Time was when engineers, linguists, and psychologists wanted to create ...

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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 19d

This sounds like a dream!!

Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 20d

Yes. It doesn't comply with GDPR but is showing up in the EU.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 20d

Critical thinkinge ys vitallye ymportant and manye academic fieldes rightfullye clayme that thei teache it. Englisshe majors learne critical thinkinge too, but thei also learne creative thinkinge and compassionate thinkinge.

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Michael Socolow @michaelsocolow.bsky.social · 23d

AI data scraping is causing major problems for digital archives.

Many publishers of cool historical material (free for the public), like @hagleycenter.bsky.social, are being hit w/ bot swarms akin to denial of service attacks.

Latest in The Lint Trap

linttrapofhistory.substack.com/p/when-ai-da...

Over an image of the Hagley Library's website, the following text is written: "When AI Data Scraping Causes Problems for Digitized Archives. This summer one of my favorite archival websites was hit by so much AI bot traffic it amounted to a denial of service. Which is bad, because the Hagley Digital Archives are awesome."

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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 21d

HORIZON application submitted! Many amazing collaborators & absolutely brilliant people in our digital medievalist consortium. What do we have in common? Saints of course!

Fingers crossed we get support for our work linking our linkable "silos" for sustainable intangible cultural heritage.

Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 21d

When it comes to brunost, most definitely!

Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 21d

I think your understanding of those words differs from mine. :)

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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 21d

Still... it doesn't feel that long ago!

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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 22d

What, in the world, have they done to the poor chocolate?!

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Kristel Zilmer @kristelzilmer.bsky.social · 29d

Big day tomorrow: The #Oseberg ship will be relocated to its designated spot in the new Museum of the Viking Age. You can follow a live stream on NRK nrk.no, showing how this happens, minute by minute, cm by cm. #MuseumoftheVikingAge #vikingships

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Sara Ellis-Nilsson (she/her), PhD 🕊️ @ellisnilsson.bsky.social · 22d

Was that conference 9(!!) years ago already?
Trondheim is so lovely!

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