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PD Dr. Laury Sarti @laurysarti.bsky.social · 6d

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...

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British School at Rome @bsrome.bsky.social · 6d

📣 BSR / Early Medieval Europe Fellowship – Call for Applications!

Are you a PhD student or early career researcher in early medieval European history?
Apply now!

⏳ Deadline: 30 January 2026
More info here: bsr.ac.uk/awards-resid...

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Interdisciplinary Seminar for Medieval Studies @ecrmedieval.bsky.social · 6d

📣Next event! 📣
Join us on 14 October at 12 PM in the UCD Global Lounge for a roundtable on Navigating a Career in Medieval Studies! 📚 The panel will include professionals from a variety of subjects, and will provide advice and guidance relevant to careers in and outside of academia.
See you there!

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Robert Gallagher @hwaetspur.bsky.social · 9d

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...

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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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Gabriele Passabì @gabpassabi.bsky.social · 15d

The much-anticipated news is now here. I am very excited to announce that my book, soon out with York Medieval Press, is now available for pre-order! Hats off to @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social and the awesome Mont-Saint-Michel design team for the cover!

boydellandbrewer.com/book/robert-...

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Dan Armstrong @historydan1066.bsky.social · 19d

No problem at all! Your current research sounds very interesting. So, if you think the logistics are viable, do send us an abstract

Dan Armstrong @historydan1066.bsky.social · 19d

I am afraid the conference will just be in person (due to various factors). However, I will add that there is no conference fee, whilst the lunches and coffees etc. will all be covered.

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Dan Armstrong @historydan1066.bsky.social · 19d

Oh, I think you should definitely talk yourself in to submitting something!

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 21d

The Ó Cléirigh seminars in @ucddublin.bsky.social
resume on 10 Oct 2025.

Fáilte roimh chách /all welcome.

And feel free to re-post.

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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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Interdisciplinary Seminar for Medieval Studies @ecrmedieval.bsky.social · 23d

Reminder for tomorrow's event! ✨
Do come along and join us in UCD for a fascinating afternoon lecture

See post below for details ⬇️

Interdisciplinary Seminar for Medieval Studies @ecrmedieval.bsky.social · Sep 4

New year, new seminar series! 📣
This year's inaugural lecture will be delivered by Dr. Patrick Wadden on the European Identity of Early Medieval Ireland. Join us on September 16th at 4:30 PM in room K114 in the Newman Building, followed by a drinks reception at 5:15 PM Hope to see you there!

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Tom Fairfax @tcfairfax.bsky.social · 29d

I'm excited to announce that I'll be sharing some findings of my PhD research at an online talk for UHI's Institute for Northern Studies on November 27, titled 'Families, Networks and Informants: The Making of Orkneyinga saga'. Click the link below to register!

UHI Institute for Northern Studies @insuhi.bsky.social · 29d

We're thrilled to announce our fantastic series of free @thinkuhi.bsky.social online and in-person seminars, conferences, and symposia for 2025-26! Discover the full line-up on our website and secure your place today!

www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-...

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 29d

Royal Historical Society vacancy: Events and Academic Engagement Officer bit.ly/3V8q5PC

We look to appoint an Events and Academic Engagement Officer (0.6 FTE) to join our professional Office to help us support history and historians. £36,433 pro rata.

Closing date: Sunday 5 October #Skystorians

Vacancy: the Society seeks to appoint an Events and Academic Engagement Officer - RHS

The Royal Historical Society seeks to appoint an Events and Academic Engagement Officer (0.6 FTE) to join its professional Office based at University College London. The post will help support and dev...

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Dr Will Wyeth @willwyeth.bsky.social · Sep 8

Sharing this CfP for @imc-leeds.bsky.social 2026 - send us your ideas on castles and temporalities, we’d love to hear them!

Dr Will Wyeth @willwyeth.bsky.social · Aug 13

Anyone up for another great set of castles papers at Leeds next year?

Send your best proposals for papers on time, castles, and everything in between. #CfP #castles

Please share! @imc-leeds.bsky.social @castlestudies.bsky.social

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TIME FOR CHANGE: TEMPORALITIES & CASTLES

Call for Papers - Leeds IMC 6-9 July 2026 - 'Temporalities'

[photograph of a sundial on the wall of Duriston Castle, by Neil Owen]

What is a castle in time? Is there a time of castles, for castles? Can castles be atemporal? What does a castle studies engaging with questions of temporality look like? Whose castle temporalities matter? Can we call time on the castle studies of yesterday, yesteryear? Can the lens of temporality challenge castle knowledges and interpretations?

This panel welcomes proposals which examine temporalities and temporalities in castle studies as a field of inquiry at the intersection of (among others) medieval studies, architecture, archaeology, history, heritage and medievalism.

Papers of between 15-20 minutes, by researchers at all career stages, discussing any aspects of castle studies research including but not limited to the following, are welcome:

• Temporality in castle studies;
• Remembering and memorializing in castle
Obscured history, identities and heritages in spaces, communities, themes: past and
castles past and present
present;
• Medieval temporalities and the heritage •
Temporally situated antiquity, novelty and innovation in castles;
• Planning, timing, scheduling, recording in • castle communities, lives, societies;
• Ruined, lost and fictional castles in time
Parallel and contradictory times;
• Time and temporality in the reception of castles;

Please send proposals (a title and abstract of no more than 200 words; short biography of 50 words or less), or any questions, to Dr William Wyeth (william.wyeth@english-heritage.org.uk) by 15 September 2025,

This session is organised by Emma Fearon (Nottingham Trent University) and William Wyeth (English Heritage)

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Ryan Kemp @ryan1992reading.bsky.social · Sep 8

Delighted to announce that Krisztina Ilko and I are organising a set of panels for next year's IMC as a continuation of the some of the themes of the Bonn workshop back in January, this time focusing on chronological shifts in high medieval political culture. Details below and do feel free to share!

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Interdisciplinary Seminar for Medieval Studies @ecrmedieval.bsky.social · Sep 4

New year, new seminar series! 📣
This year's inaugural lecture will be delivered by Dr. Patrick Wadden on the European Identity of Early Medieval Ireland. Join us on September 16th at 4:30 PM in room K114 in the Newman Building, followed by a drinks reception at 5:15 PM Hope to see you there!

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Caitlin Ellis @medivalist.bsky.social · Sep 4

My article 'Beyond Clontarf: links between Dublin and the earldom of Orkney' is out in the latest Medieval Dublin volume @fmdmedievaldublin.bsky.social covering political examples up to the Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland with a wee bit of trade and archaeology at the end

Front cover of Medieval Dublin XX edited by Seán Duffy

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Dan Armstrong @historydan1066.bsky.social · Sep 4

Congratulations, David! It was great to chat at the Battle conference in July

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Caitlin Ellis @medivalist.bsky.social · Aug 29

The online version of my article for BBC History Magazine '1066: who was the rightful king?' is available to subscribers ‪@historyextra.bsky.social‬. www.historyextra.com/membership/1... (written before the broadcast of #KingAndConqueror)

1066: who was the rightful king?

Which of four main contenders for the English throne had the strongest claim? Was it the Anglo-Saxon strongman, the Norman duke, the ‘Thunderbolt of the North’ or a callow teenager? Caitlin Ellis size...

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David Woodman @davidwoodman45.bsky.social · Sep 2

On publication day for The First King of England, enormous thanks to @princetonupress.bsky.social and Doug Young of PEW Literary for making it possible

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Dan Armstrong @historydan1066.bsky.social · Sep 1

Thank you, Matt! Yes, we'll definitely be discussing it's 'naming/misnaming' in week one.

Dan Armstrong @historydan1066.bsky.social · Sep 1

I’m teaching two new 3rd-year modules: The ‘Papal Revolution’: Religion, Power, & the Transformation of Medieval Europe, c.1049–c.1123 and Conquest 1066, 1169: The Norman Invasions of England & Ireland. I’ll also be teaching on a skills module, where my group will be studying the Bayeux Tapestry.

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Dan Armstrong @historydan1066.bsky.social · Sep 1

A bit of a role change for me here @ucddublin.bsky.social this academic year. Over the next nine months, I’ll be taking on the position of Teaching Fellow in Medieval History. I’ll then return to my Leverhulme grant in June 2026, which has a year remaining.

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Dan Armstrong @historydan1066.bsky.social · Aug 30

Yes! Happy to send you a pdf if you don't have access to a copy, Matt.

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