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Laura Morreale

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Independent Scholar/Medieval Francophonie & Italian Historiographies. http://digitalhumanitiesddp.com, http://tcf.lauramorreale.com, http://dalme.org.

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Laura Morreale @lauramorreale.bsky.social · 14d

With apologies for multiple postings, La sfera is now available for pre-order (publish date October 1)! www.italicapress.com/index600.html

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Laura Morreale @lauramorreale.bsky.social · 14d

Hang in there!

Laura Morreale @lauramorreale.bsky.social · 14d

It would be wonderful to include the NEH as well.

Laura Morreale @lauramorreale.bsky.social · 15d

Also BE mentioning...

Laura Morreale @lauramorreale.bsky.social · 15d

Looking forward! I'll also me mentioning La sfera, as the collaborative translation comes out from Italica Press on October 1!

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Laura Morreale @lauramorreale.bsky.social · 21d

Yikes.

Laura Morreale @lauramorreale.bsky.social · 22d

Thanks, Vincent!

Laura Morreale @lauramorreale.bsky.social · 23d

nice review! Thanks for passing it along:)

Mohamed Qassiti @mqassiti.bsky.social · 23d

A new review now in Sehepunkte:
www.sehepunkte.de/2025/09/4031...

SEHEPUNKTE - Rezension von: A Crusader's Death and Life in Acre - Ausgabe 25 (2025), Nr. 9

Rezension über Anne E. Lester / Laura K. Morreale: A Crusader's Death and Life in Acre. The 1266 Account-Inventory of Eudes of Nevers (= Medieval Societies, Religions, and Cultures), Ithaca / London: ...

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Laura Morreale @lauramorreale.bsky.social · 25d

hang in there!

Laura Morreale @lauramorreale.bsky.social · 26d

Hey medievalists! Digital Medieval Studies Institute (DMSI) is coming to Kzoo! Learn about Handwritten Text Recognition, Photogrammetry, Digital Editions, Virtual Pilgrimage, and MSS in Material and Digital Environments. Application & registration info coming soon wmich.edu/medievalcong...

Laura Morreale @lauramorreale.bsky.social · 29d

How widespread were medieval technological objects, and who owned them? Read about where they were found in medieval households in a new DALME feature essay by Dan Smail. dalme.org/features/a-n...

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Laura Morreale @lauramorreale.bsky.social · 29d

I have requested it through scan and deliver! Will let you know when it arrives.

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Laura Morreale @lauramorreale.bsky.social · Sep 6

we should talk more about this IRL :). Would love to hear about alternatives.

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Laura Morreale @lauramorreale.bsky.social · Sep 6

I hear you. And frankly I think most of what people know about my work has been in the digital realm anyway. I guess that there IS however something good about the process of peer review. My writing and argumentation was sharper after that process.

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Laura Morreale @lauramorreale.bsky.social · Sep 6

hmmm. say more?

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Laura Morreale @lauramorreale.bsky.social · Sep 5

Members of Congress should call him out on his rhetorical strategy of impugning those who expose his lies; ”I am not going to be chastised because you did something wrong,” is my go-to on that middle-school move.

Laura Morreale @lauramorreale.bsky.social · Aug 29

Rock creek.,.

Laura Morreale @lauramorreale.bsky.social · Aug 29

There is a big sink hole on the P street on-ramp to Rick Creek parkway that could use some attention. I wish they would make their way over there.

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Laura Morreale @lauramorreale.bsky.social · Aug 26

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Laura Morreale @lauramorreale.bsky.social · Aug 19

Probs should come look at that for a paper I’m doing on La Sfera…

Laura Morreale @lauramorreale.bsky.social · Aug 14

think that alternative fora would be helpful as well, and perhaps even take some of the pressure off overloaded faculty.

Laura Morreale @lauramorreale.bsky.social · Aug 14

yes I see, and I am glad to hear that there is still hope for a way forward at the university. Since I am not formally a university insider, and have had a hard time finding footing there for many reasons, I don't see the inroads you do. So we don't have to have a scorched earth approach; but I do

Laura Morreale @lauramorreale.bsky.social · Aug 13

impatient. I just want scholars to take the steps they can before we loose our scholarly communities (and domain knowledge) for good.

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Laura Morreale @lauramorreale.bsky.social · Aug 13

what it means to teach it, learn it, and add to what we already know. So I don't like the feeling of helplessness, and want scholars to find a way to come together outside of the universities (or even to use them to our own benefit instead of the other way around). I hope I am not needlessly

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Laura Morreale @lauramorreale.bsky.social · Aug 13

Sorry to be vague (I just don't want to unintentionally call anyone out. But yeah. Scholars are the people who seem to really really care about this stuff, enough to dedicate much of our lives and intellectual passions to it. Universities, for whatever reason, have lost touch with that passion, and

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