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Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social · Aug 13

My book is out! Medieval Responses to Ovid's Exile, with Cambridge UP @universitypress.cambridge.org.

I am so grateful to the friends, family, colleagues, librarians and archivists who helped along the way. Nervous and excited to see it in the world!

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Medieval Responses to Ovid's Exile

Cambridge Core - Classical Literature - Medieval Responses to Ovid's Exile

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Noreen Masud @noreenmasud.bsky.social · Jun 11

Reporter: “Why do you think so many countries and governments around the world are just ignoring what’s happening in Gaza?”
Greta Thunberg: “Because of racism.”

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · Jun 11

This is how.

Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.

Reporter: How did the Israelis treat you, we saw them giving sandwiches?
Greta Thunberg: They probably have posted lots of PR stunts, they did an illegal act by kidnapping us in international waters but that’s not the real story here. The real story is the genocide in Gaza and systematic starvation.
Reporter: Are you worried about the others?
Greta: Yes…I’m calling for everyone who can to mobilize to demand their immediate release and, of course, to demand not only humanitarian aid being let into Gaza but also a ceasefire and most importantly an end to the occupation, an end to the systemic oppression and violence that Palestinians are facing on an everyday basis.
Reporter: “Why do you think so many countries and governments around the world are just ignoring what’s happening in Gaza?”
Greta Thunberg: “Because of racism.”

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Dr Jane Bonsall @janebonsall.bsky.social · Apr 30

I wrote a blog post about my book!

Want some ramblings about fairy ladies, magical princesses, and serpent women (and how we should feel about them)? Or just curious about how reading medieval romance is like watching Star Wars??

It's all here, folks (and also a 35% discount 👀)!

Boydell & Brewer @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social · Apr 29

From exotic princesses to wicked witches, Jane Bonsall explores how magical femininity was imagined by romance readers in late #medieval England in our latest blog post: buff.ly/edWgwaj @janebonsall.bsky.social

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Oxford Medieval Studies @oxmedstud.bsky.social · Apr 28

Somehow Trinity term has already snuck up upon us, but rejoice, for that means the 📯Oxford Medieval Studies Booklet📯 is ready for viewing!

Find it in its full glory along with some other announcements in this week's Medieval Matters: medieval.ox.ac.uk/2025/04/28/m...

Front page of the University of Oxford's Trinity Term 2025 Medieval Booklet.

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Dr. Olivia Colquitt @oliviacolquitt.bsky.social · Apr 28

So many Floire & Blancheflor manuscripts, so little time…thankfully the Post-REALM team make use of Transkribus! Read about Elliot Worrall’s experiences with this fantastic tool in his work on 2 Swedish texts, plus his tips on using it for your project.
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Using Transkribus

Editions and Transcriptions Since my first blog post, where I discussed the Scandinavian texts of the Floire and Blancheflor tradition, I have been looking more closely at the specific manuscript v…

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TOEBI @toebi.bsky.social · Apr 25

📢 #CfP #medievalsky #OldEnglish
📜New Directions in Old English Prose
🏫University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk
📅30-31 March 2026
⌛️Deadline: 1st August 2025

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · Apr 23

The replies to this thread are very funny, but it’s a warning sign that one of the key functions of Googling - the ability to factcheck a quote, verify a source, or track down something half remembered - will get so much harder if AI prefers to legitimate statistical possibilities over actual truth

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Helen Davies @helsinhashtags.bsky.social · Apr 24

Bindingggg fragmentssssss

Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · Apr 23

"The fragment was preserved by accident in the binding of a book in Hereford Cathedral’s library." Like I always say: survey those early bindings...you never know what you might find! #Fragmentology ftw! www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Shakespeare did not leave his wife Anne in Stratford, letter fragment suggests

Professor says text shows Hathaway lived with playwright in London, upending the established idea of an unhappy marriage

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Lauren Groff @legroff.bsky.social · Apr 23

Fellow authors, I love you, and I know it feels like we don’t have a choice, but B&N and Am*zon both scheduled sales this week to preempt Independent Bookstore Day, a hugely vital source of income for indie bookstores. Please don’t promote their sales; please promote your local indie this week.

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Dr Jane Bonsall @janebonsall.bsky.social · Apr 9

If you (or your students) are interested in genre-reading, medieval gender studies, and/or magical women in romance, please give it a read!

#medievalsky #publication #genrestudies #GenderStudies

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Women and Magic in Medieval Romance - Boydell and Brewer

Explores the conventions and contradictions inherent in archetypes of magical femininity - from loathly ladies to monstrous mothers - in a range of popular l...

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Prof Megan Leitch @meganleitch.bsky.social · Apr 11

I'm delighted to say that on Mon 28 April Prof Corinne Saunders (Durham) will present the 7th Annual MacDonald Lecture at the University of Groningen (17.30 - 19.00 CEST).

“Thinking and Feeling: Love and Loss in Chaucer’s Romance Writing”

Online attendees are welcome! meet.google.com/voz-rogm-jmt

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Dr. Krista A. Milne @kmilne.bsky.social · Apr 3

🎉✨The Destruction of Medieval Manuscripts in England ✨

Absolutely delighted to announce that my second book has just been released (and it's open access; free to download at the link below!).
academic.oup.com/book/59790?f...

The Destruction of Medieval Manuscripts in England: Institutional Collections

Abstract. It is generally accepted that the contingencies of manuscript survival have disproportionately destroyed some sorts of manuscripts and not others

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · Apr 2

A unique look at how classical notions of ascent and flight preoccupied early modern British writers and artists.

Philip Hardie's Celestial Aspirations is 60% off in the latest print flash sale: press.princeton.edu/sale/flash-s...

Celestial Aspirations: Classical Impulses in British Poetry and Art
Philip Hardie

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Hester L-J @starcrossed2018.bsky.social · Mar 25

Hamlet: but what if SOMETHING after death, something worse even than this?
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Andrew Scott at the Almeida dir. Rob Icke in 2017, with subsequent transfers, and filmed; here's Scott delivering this soliloquy. Ooof 💔 www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdZV...

A photograph of a character in a play. Half length, a young man with short dark hair and dark eyes speaks, looking up slightly; his right hand is raised in front of him .He is wearing a plain black shirt with the sleeves pushed up and a couple of buttons undone.

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Lucie Kaempfer @lukaempf.bsky.social · Mar 14

My article on Partonope of Blois, beauty and the hero's identity is out!! My Postdoc project on translation and medieval romance has ended a while ago but what a joy it was to work on this wonderful romance! muse.jhu.edu/article/9518...

Project MUSE - The Romance Hero in Translation: Beauty, Reputation, and Identity in Partonopeu de Blois and Partonope of Blois

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Lucie Kaempfer @lukaempf.bsky.social · Mar 17

The University of Lausanne is advertising for a doctoral position. A truly wonderful place and wonderful department to spend 5 years in!
career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...

Career Opportunities: Full-time assistantship in medieval English (22147)

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Mary Flannery @15thcgossipgirl.bsky.social · Mar 17

My research team’s special issue of The Chaucer Review has now been published! All pieces authored by COMMode team members @unibern.bsky.social are available open access thanks to @snsf-ch.bsky.social:

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Volume 60 Issue 2 | The Chaucer Review | Scholarly Publishing Collective

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Lucie Kaempfer @lukaempf.bsky.social · Mar 17

The University of Lausanne is advertising for a doctoral position. A truly wonderful place and wonderful department to spend 5 years in!
career5.successfactors.eu/career?caree...

Career Opportunities: Full-time assistantship in medieval English (22147)

career5.successfactors.eu

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Kristen Haas Curtis @hellomizk.bsky.social · Mar 12

Medievalist-friends! Interested in learning about comics and narrative art and meeting cartoonists for potential collaborations? Apply to join us in Chicago from 5-6 June 2025 for a crossover workshop at the Newberry Library entitled “Cartooning the Medieval”!! www.newberry.org/calendar/car...

Cartooning the Medieval

A symposium exploring the potential of comics and narrative art to create new opportunities for engaging with medieval culture.

www.newberry.org

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Mary Flannery @15thcgossipgirl.bsky.social · Mar 14

ATTENTION MEDIEVALISTS and MEDIEVAL-CURIOUS ARTISTS! This upcoming event at the Newberry Library is one you won’t want to miss!

Kristen Haas Curtis @hellomizk.bsky.social · Mar 12

Medievalist-friends! Interested in learning about comics and narrative art and meeting cartoonists for potential collaborations? Apply to join us in Chicago from 5-6 June 2025 for a crossover workshop at the Newberry Library entitled “Cartooning the Medieval”!! www.newberry.org/calendar/car...

Cartooning the Medieval

A symposium exploring the potential of comics and narrative art to create new opportunities for engaging with medieval culture.

www.newberry.org

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Lucie Kaempfer @lukaempf.bsky.social · Mar 14

My article on Partonope of Blois, beauty and the hero's identity is out!! My Postdoc project on translation and medieval romance has ended a while ago but what a joy it was to work on this wonderful romance! muse.jhu.edu/article/9518...

Project MUSE - The Romance Hero in Translation: Beauty, Reputation, and Identity in Partonopeu de Blois and Partonope of Blois

muse.jhu.edu

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Rebecca Menmuir @rebeccamenmuir.bsky.social · Mar 10

Very excited to share that registration for the 5th Middle Ages in the Modern World (MAMO) conference is now open!
24-26 June, London.
Over 100 speakers will present on the reception of the medieval world across a variety of panels, keynotes, events, performances. Take a look:
themamo.org

The Middle Ages in the Modern World

A multidisciplinary conference on medievalism in the post-Middle Ages

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Simon Thomson @scfthomson.bsky.social · Dec 6

Hey, #medievalsky, specifically #earlymedievalenglandsky Have you read or written a kick ass article, book, edition or translation over the last 24 months? Have you done or encountered some incredible outreach or teaching? Nominations are open for ISSEME's awards, details here: isseme.org/awards/

Awards

At the biennial conference of ISSEME, the following publication prizes are awarded: Best Article (paper or electronic), of at least 4000 words, in a journal or edited volume, on any subfield o…

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Mary Flannery @15thcgossipgirl.bsky.social · Dec 3

If you’re looking for a gift for someone right now, may I humbly suggest my little‬⁩ Chaucer biography? Smarter people than I am have said it’s great, and it’s only £16.95!

Plus it’s small enough to fit into a big stocking….

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Geoffrey Chaucer | Reaktion Books

This is a new account of the life and accomplishments of medieval England’s most famous poet, Geoffrey Chaucer. For over six centuries, Chaucer has epitomized poetic greatness, though in more recent y...

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Harriet Soper @hattiesoper.bsky.social · Nov 27

this amazing new Cambridge Element by Caroline Batten is available open access for the next four weeks! www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Health and the Body in Early Medieval England

Cambridge Core - European History 450-1000 - Health and the Body in Early Medieval England

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