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Laura @lauropea.bsky.social · 5d

professional secret: vikings didn't exist. medievalists invented them in 1968 in the wake of the first wave of Tolkienmania to trick people into spending their careers reading saints' lives and homily books

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Northern Environmental History Network @northernenvhistory.bsky.social · 5d

The nights are drawing in, and the rain is tapping on the windows, which means that we probably ought to be getting our term-card out. Three really exciting papers to look forward to!

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Libby Robin @libbydeq.bsky.social · 15d

The #Anthropocene is a street in the Netherlands. Clearly a multi-generational philosophical corner with Rene Descartes and Hippias

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 15d

The summer has seen anti-trans campaigns across the UK and US, alongside a crisis in healthcare. But what use could trans history have in these time, beyond proving 'we have always been here'?

Sam Rutherford @echomikeromeo reflects on Imagining Trans Futures:
www.historyworkshop....

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Marianna Dudley @dudleymarianna.bsky.social · 22d

I'm teaching on this (but don't let that put you off, etc)

Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 22d

I am really excited to announce the call for the PhD Course in Energy Humanities!

Held at the @greenhouseuis.net from 1-5 December.

Applications are welcome until 24 October.

#envhum #envhist #energyhistory

Poster showing a wind turbine from frog perspective. The picture is in light pink and blue nuances and announces a PhD course in energy humanities. More information can be found in this website. https://www.uis.no/en/research/collaboration/the-greenhouse-centre-for-environmental-humanities/humanities/apply-for-phd

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Rachel Cole @rmartincole.bsky.social · Apr 7

Book cover with title “Rights of Trains”

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Rachel Cole @rmartincole.bsky.social · Jan 30

Text “transport and the environment.” Illustration of rainbow colored road.

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Postcard From The Past @pastpostcard.bsky.social · 18d

I'm pining for chocolate hob-nobs.

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Gwenffrewi Morgan @gjmorgan.bsky.social · 19d

I, personally, in presuming higher degrees have obviously never been 'driven' or imbued with 'vigour', the pursuit of knowledge obviously is just something that just *happens* if you ask nicely (sarcastic tone to whole thing)

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Centre for Place Writing @centreplacewriting.bsky.social · 19d

New PhD app with Ghent University.
PhD Scholarship in Environmental Humanities.
co-supervised by Professors Marco Caracciolo, Stef Craps, and Elly McCausland - combining theoretical exploration with textual analysis.
#AcademicSky

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOS381/p...

PhD Scholarship in Environmental Humanities at Ghent University

Explore a PhD Scholarship in Environmental Humanities. Apply today and discover more PhD opportunities at jobs.ac.uk.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Elizabeth Boyle @thecelticist.bsky.social · 21d

Early Irish & Celtic Studies Research Seminars this semester at Maynooth. In person only, but everyone is welcome.

@ceilteachomn.bsky.social

Schedule for the Early Irish & Celtic Studies Research Seminars at Maynooth University. 23 October, Dr Nia Wyn Jones, "The Welsh Legendary Triads: Trioedd Ynys Prydein"; 27 November, Dr Riona Doolan, "Three Women, Three Pregnancies, Three Punishments"; 4 December, Dr Sparky Booker, "Law and Narrative in Fifteenth-century Petitions to the Irish Parliament". All seminars at 5pm in Room 2.31, Iontas Building, North Campus, Maynooth University.

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 21d

Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"

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Dan Armstrong @historydan1066.bsky.social · 22d

A final reminder that the deadline for abstract submissions is the end of next week #medievalsky

Details 👇

Dan Armstrong @historydan1066.bsky.social · Jul 1

Michael Staunton and I are running a conference here at UCD in June 2026 on 'The Past, Present, and Future after Conquest: 1066, 1169'.

Details of the Call for Papers below 👇

#medievalsky #Normans @leverhulme.ac.uk

Deadline for the submission of abstracts is the 26th September

Separated by almost exactly a century, England and Ireland were conquered by Norman invaders. The years of conquest, 1066 and 1169, mark major turning points in the national historiographies of England and Ireland, with these invasions leading to the violent imposition of foreign rulers and regimes that altered the very past, present, and future of the British-Irish Isles. The violent subjugation of England and Ireland were part of a wider pattern of expansion and colonisation across eleventh- and twelfth-century Europe, a process in which the Normans played a defining role. This conference aims to consider the Norman conquests of 1066 and 1169 in parallel. Rather than treating these invasions in isolation, we will explore their similarities and differences. It will seek to understand external perspectives on these invasions, beyond England and Ireland, and will encourage comparison with other invasions and conquests of the period. Whilst the conference will examine the immediate impact of these violent and disruptive events, it will also consider how these invasions led to a rethinking of the past. The crisis of these conquests led individuals and institutions to rethink their past, rewriting history to justify their actions and establish their place in a new and uncertain world.

Applicants should submit an abstract of no more than 500 words for a 20-minute paper. When submitting a paper proposal, please nominate one or more of the following thematic strands:
• Session 1: Rewriting the Past after Conquest
• Session 2: Justifications of Conquest and Violence
• Session 3: Beyond England and Ireland: The View of 1066 and 1169 from Wales, Scotland, and Continental Europe
• Session 4: The Church, the Papacy, and Conquest
• Session 5: Society, People, and Cultural Exchange before and after Conquest

Paper proposals should be emailed to Dr Dan Armstrong (daniel.armstrong@ucd.ie) AND Professor Michael Staunton (michael.staunton@ucd.ie) by the 26th September 2025

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Dave Annal Lifelines Research @davelifelines.bsky.social · 22d

A detail from the 25" Ordnance Survey Map of Cerne Abbas, published in 1888.

Is it just me or have they missed out an important detail...?

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 22d

I am really excited to announce the call for the PhD Course in Energy Humanities!

Held at the @greenhouseuis.net from 1-5 December.

Applications are welcome until 24 October.

#envhum #envhist #energyhistory

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Bryn Hammond @brynhammond.bsky.social · 22d

On Sydney's Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. An institution when I was young.

Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · 23d

On advance access: "The Cult of Gay Relics and Queer Medievalism in 1980s Sydney"

by Miles Pattenden (Deakin University/
@ox.ac.uk) and Michael Barbezat (Australian Catholic University)

#OpenAccess

doi.org/10.1093/past...

The Cult of Gay Relics and Queer Medievalism in 1980s Sydney*

Abstract. This article explains how the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a group of radical queer nuns, created gay ‘religious relics’ in San Francisco and

doi.org

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Lily Alexandre @lily-is.online · 24d

nobody wants video essays anymore. all the money’s in illuminated manuscripts these days. you can write any manuscript at all – a terrible one! it doesn’t matter! some startup will still jump in your emails begging to partner with you and get it illuminated

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Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 26d

Call for Papers @imc-leeds.bsky.social

Following my recent fieldwork sailing down the Seine in a reconstructed tenth-century ship, @stevedehailes.bsky.social and I are organising a panel on practice-based/experiential research in medieval studies. We welcome abstracts from any field. #Medievalsky

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Agenda des médiévistes @rmblf.bsky.social · 27d

Publication – « Medieval Bestiaries. New Approaches », éd. Debra Higgs Strickland

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Publication – « Medieval Bestiaries. New Approaches », éd. Debra Higgs Strickland

What could the phoenix, elephant, and spider teach medieval people, and what can they teach us now about human – animal relationships? Medieval Bestiaries: New Approaches offers innovative insights…

rmblf.be

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Tuija Ainonen @tainonen.bsky.social · 28d

The Institute of History of the University of Bern is seeking to fill a full time professor position (open rank) in History of the Middle Ages with consideration of digital Methods, beginning 1 February, 2027.

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Uni Bern: Open rank Professorship in History of the Middle Ages with consideration of digital Methods

The Institute of History of the University of Bern is seeking to fill a full time professor position (open rank) in History of the Middle Ages with consideration of digital Methods, beginning 1 Februa...

ohws.prospective.ch

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Dr Charlotte Pickard @drcharlottepickard.bsky.social · 28d

Becca Searby and I are accepting proposals for ‘Approaching Medieval Sources’, a series which provides in-depth companions to medieval sources @routledgehistory.bsky.social We’d love to hear from you if you would like to discuss a potential volume! See the attached CfP for more information.

Image: Approaching Medieval Sources Call for Proposals.

Approaching Medieval Sources provides in-depth companions to the rich array of sources available for those researching the medieval period. The books in the series are dedicated to specific sources and records spanning the full range of the medieval period, c. 500-c. 1500, without geographical limits. Each volume introduces readers to the record itself, its historical and historiographical context, and includes case studies illustrating how the source can be analysed and interpreted.

If you are interested in writing for the series please contact the series editors: Charlotte Pickard - pickardc@cardiff.ac.uk and Rebecca Searby.

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MEMRN @memrn.bsky.social · Sep 4

Just over ONE WEEK to go! The deadline for submitting an abstract for the Winter Conference is Friday 12th September! Share the news with your friends and come on down and join us in Norwich 🏰

@ueahistory.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @chase-dtp.bsky.social

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Levi Roach @proflroach.bsky.social · 29d

To London, to the 29th annual @britishacademy.bsky.social Anglo-Saxon Charters Symposium! #charterrific

Screenshot of the programme of the annual charters symposium.

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Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social · Sep 5

Past & Present No. 268 (August 2025) is now published
All articles in the issue can be accessed here:

academic.oup.com/past/issue/2...

via our publisher @oxfordacademic.bsky.social

Or by scrolling down the thread👇

Cover of the August 2025 issue of the history journal Past & Present. Cover has bands of red and grey with the journal's name, bibliographical details and the titles of the articles in the issue and the names of the authors picked out in white text

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