Keith Ruiter
@keithruiter.bsky.social
Medievalist | likes law, normativity, transgression, & other Viking Age oddities (also has a life outside work) | Senior Lecturer at University of Suffolk | Hon. Assistant Prof at Centre for the Study of the Viking Age | PhD | he/they
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Lecturers for the last 200 years:
Optional Modules should explore a topic in depth giving students a sense of a field of enquiry and different approaches to it.
The best teaching is research-led, delivered by experts in the area bringing students the latest knowledge in their field. 1/
Optional Modules should explore a topic in depth giving students a sense of a field of enquiry and different approaches to it.
The best teaching is research-led, delivered by experts in the area bringing students the latest knowledge in their field. 1/
April 6, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Lecturers for the last 200 years:
Optional Modules should explore a topic in depth giving students a sense of a field of enquiry and different approaches to it.
The best teaching is research-led, delivered by experts in the area bringing students the latest knowledge in their field. 1/
Optional Modules should explore a topic in depth giving students a sense of a field of enquiry and different approaches to it.
The best teaching is research-led, delivered by experts in the area bringing students the latest knowledge in their field. 1/
What are the rules at the intersection of video games & public history? In this talk (www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBuX...), I explore Viking-Age law, video games, & pose some questions about gamified heritage. Thanks again to @jubalbarca.bsky.social for inviting me and sorry for the glitch at the start!
“What are the Rules?” Medieval Law and Opportunities for Authenticity in Video Games: CMW5 Keynote
YouTube video by The Exilian Channel
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April 6, 2025 at 6:16 AM
What are the rules at the intersection of video games & public history? In this talk (www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBuX...), I explore Viking-Age law, video games, & pose some questions about gamified heritage. Thanks again to @jubalbarca.bsky.social for inviting me and sorry for the glitch at the start!
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For those historians keeping track, esp #milhist folks, “history” is now a flagged word bc of its apparent connection to #DEI. Canary in a coal mine, indeed. @smh-historians.bsky.social 🗃️ www.tpr.org/military-vet...
U.S. military removes words 'history,' 'respect,' 'dignity' from digital presence as part of DEI review
The Department of Defense issued a Digital Content Refresh document to comply with DEI removal from the armed services. TPR obtained a document laying out the guidance of what to remove.
www.tpr.org
March 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
For those historians keeping track, esp #milhist folks, “history” is now a flagged word bc of its apparent connection to #DEI. Canary in a coal mine, indeed. @smh-historians.bsky.social 🗃️ www.tpr.org/military-vet...
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No fooling! If you're in #Kirkwall on 1st April, come along to our reading of #poetry composed in and inspired by #Orkney and #Shetland. 7.30 pm in the St Magnus Centre, and free. A @ragnasislands.bsky.social event.
February 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
No fooling! If you're in #Kirkwall on 1st April, come along to our reading of #poetry composed in and inspired by #Orkney and #Shetland. 7.30 pm in the St Magnus Centre, and free. A @ragnasislands.bsky.social event.
Really excited to join #WolseyWriters for a session on branching narratives! If you’re in Ipswich on the 1st, come play!
'You see a castle and walk towards it...'
🧙♂️ Our #WolseyWriters theme is Text-based Videogames, with guest speaker @keithruiter.bsky.social from University of #Suffolk.
🍄 SAT 1 MAR, 10:30am-12pm
🦉 New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich IP1 2AS
Pay what you feel ⤵️
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/shows/wolsey...
🧙♂️ Our #WolseyWriters theme is Text-based Videogames, with guest speaker @keithruiter.bsky.social from University of #Suffolk.
🍄 SAT 1 MAR, 10:30am-12pm
🦉 New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich IP1 2AS
Pay what you feel ⤵️
www.wolseytheatre.co.uk/shows/wolsey...
February 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Really excited to join #WolseyWriters for a session on branching narratives! If you’re in Ipswich on the 1st, come play!
The inaugural Humanities Seminar at the University of Suffolk was a huge success! Thanks again @thecelticist.bsky.social!
A #CreativeWriting & #History 🧵
Yesterday I gave a seminar at the University of Suffolk on "Life-writing as History-writing", looking at historians who have used memoir as a way of writing history, & the relationships between (auto)biography, family history, creative nonfiction, memoir, etc. 1/9
Yesterday I gave a seminar at the University of Suffolk on "Life-writing as History-writing", looking at historians who have used memoir as a way of writing history, & the relationships between (auto)biography, family history, creative nonfiction, memoir, etc. 1/9
January 26, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The inaugural Humanities Seminar at the University of Suffolk was a huge success! Thanks again @thecelticist.bsky.social!
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I've been experimenting with creative assessments for a while. Students get to bring their skills and interests to them, they still get training in long-form, research-driven writing, and I get to have way more fun marking them. Win-win-win!
Then I had a student ask if they could do a tattoo... 😳
Then I had a student ask if they could do a tattoo... 😳
December 10, 2024 at 4:22 PM
I've been experimenting with creative assessments for a while. Students get to bring their skills and interests to them, they still get training in long-form, research-driven writing, and I get to have way more fun marking them. Win-win-win!
Then I had a student ask if they could do a tattoo... 😳
Then I had a student ask if they could do a tattoo... 😳
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We're so pleased to launch The Great Viking Survey today, a global study on how people view and connect with the viking world as history and heritage. We invite anyone, anywhere, to share their thoughts on vikings and their legacy!
Let us see the Viking Age through your eyes at vikingsurvey.org
Let us see the Viking Age through your eyes at vikingsurvey.org
November 14, 2024 at 9:15 AM
We're so pleased to launch The Great Viking Survey today, a global study on how people view and connect with the viking world as history and heritage. We invite anyone, anywhere, to share their thoughts on vikings and their legacy!
Let us see the Viking Age through your eyes at vikingsurvey.org
Let us see the Viking Age through your eyes at vikingsurvey.org
Consulting on a film & a game this year made me realise how much I miss being creative. So, I've started making silly little videos, offering insights on how to better integrate #History into #TTRPGs like #dnd. Check it out!
www.youtube.com/channel/UC7W...
www.youtube.com/channel/UC7W...
March 6, 2024 at 8:27 AM
Consulting on a film & a game this year made me realise how much I miss being creative. So, I've started making silly little videos, offering insights on how to better integrate #History into #TTRPGs like #dnd. Check it out!
www.youtube.com/channel/UC7W...
www.youtube.com/channel/UC7W...