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Sarah-Maria Schober @smschober.bsky.social · 1d

Want to work on the history of hair? I am looking for a doc and postdoc to join my project team researching #earlymodern hair, race, trade and multispecies history at the University of Lucerne.

Do apply and spread the word!

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PhD position in History (100%, 4 years) - Vacancies - University of Lucerne

Assistant or doctoral positions, employment or internship: Looking for a job at the University of Lucerne? Find our listed open positions and apprenticeships here.

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Michael H Whitworth @profmhwhitworth.bsky.social · 2d

A long shot: does anyone have an image of Iseult Gonne’s signature?

I acquired a 1930s book signed “Iseult” on the flyleaf and, as it’s an uncommon name, wondered if it had been hers.

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Hsozkult Service @hsozkultservice.bsky.social · 2d

Job: 12x 0,65 Promotionsstellen + 17 Postdoc-Positionen (m/w/d) "Cross-Cultural Philology" (LMU München)

https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-157894

München, 01.01.2026-31.05.2029, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universtität München, Bewerbungsschluss: 21.10.2025

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David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 @davidstifter.bsky.social · 4d

@muahi.bsky.social are recruiting an experienced research administrator. MU AHI are proud to support 3 @erc.europa.eu grants and two prestigious @researchireland.ie Laureate Fellowships, the HiddenCOST Network, and many other awards. Join us! #research #ireland

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em horne @em-ehx.bsky.social · 7d

Happy to share a call for papers for our PGR/ECR research showcase on Life and Landscape. The showcase is a fantastic opportunity to share environmental research with both the academic community and the wider public. Please share widely!

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dr. Nike @naoicea.bsky.social · 28d

About this. I've just received an email from a friend and associate of Maartje Draak saying Maartje would have been 'highly satisfied' with this article, and I'm, just, I can't even, what. This is probably the best peer review I'll ever get in my life.

SFennica.bsky.social @sfennica.bsky.social · May 20

The first article in our 2025 volume is @naoicea.bsky.social et al's edition and translation of the previously illegible pages of the Leiden University Library Fled Bricrenn and the process by which they made them visible, available open access here: journal.fi/scf/article/...

Reading the end of Fled Bricrenn: : Multispectral Imaging applied to f. 9v of Leiden MS VLQ 7

This contribution discusses the multi-spectral investigation of the previously illegible final page of Leiden, Universiteitsbibliotheek MS VLQ 7. The technical specifications of the images and the pos...

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Dominik Waßenhoven @domwass.bsky.social · 8d

4 year fully funded PhD at University College Cork in the field of Old Norse-Viking Studies, working on artistic and literary representations of the Vikings for the ERC-funded @norsemap.bsky.social project. www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc... #medievalsky

Research Vacancies | University College Cork

Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.

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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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Ciaran McDonough @metamedievalist.bsky.social · 13d

Fantastic! I can’t wait to read!

Ciaran McDonough @metamedievalist.bsky.social · 13d

I may have to update my biography of him…

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Classical Influences and Irish Culture (CLIC) @clic-erc.bsky.social · 14d

Classics Ireland vol. 31 (2024)
New publication on the complex interconnections between classical antiquity and Irish visual aesthetics.
Research project: @clic-erc.bsky.social
Funding: @erc.europa.eu and @carlsbergfondet.dk
Online and open access: classicsireland.ie/new-graeco-r...

New: Graeco-Roman Influences in Irish Visual and Material Culture - Classics Ireland

Classics Ireland vol. 31 (2024) is now published! This is a themed volume on Graeco-Roman Influences in Irish Visual and Material Culture, edited by Ciarán Rua O’Neill, University College Dublin, and ...

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Classical Influences and Irish Culture (CLIC) @clic-erc.bsky.social · 14d

Project member @metamedievalist and CLIC affiliate Feliks Levin are both presenting at the biennial Nordic Irish Studies Network conference in Uppsala, organised by fellow affiliate Gregory Darwin.

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Classical Influences and Irish Culture (CLIC) @clic-erc.bsky.social · 14d

Delighted to share the second series of the podcast "Reimagining Ireland 2.0" from the Centre for Irish Studies, Aarhus!! Listen to the AMAZING @janeohlmeyer.bsky.social now in the first two episodes: www.spreaker.com/podcast/reim...

Reimagining Ireland 2.0

Reimagining Ireland 2.0 shares knowledge from scholars and affiliated researchers at the Centre for Irish Studies at Aarhus University with listeners around the

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Ciaran McDonough @metamedievalist.bsky.social · 20d

Zenodo. You’ll never look back

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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · 20d

Bumping this up again. Deadline for applications is October 3rd.

Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · Sep 4

🚨JOB Alert🚨 We are looking for another postdoctoral researcher to cover the history of veterans in the British colonies of Southern and/or East Africa in the interwar period. 24 month contract, deadline October 03. Please share widely. universityvacancies.com/maynooth-uni...

Post-Doctoral Researcher, Specified Purpose, Department of History and the Arts and Humanities Institute | University Vacancies Ireland

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Thom Gobbitt 🎲✨🌿☠️⚖️📖 @booksoflaw.bsky.social · 25d

Hi #Medievalsky,

Michaela and I have decided to put together a last minute #IMC2026 session proposal: *Dead Reckoning in the early medieval [?world]"

If you've anything on interactions with the dead (literary, historical, legal, etc.) and are looking for an (unfunded) session to join, let us know!

michaelajaneruth.bsky.social @michaelajaneruth.bsky.social · 25d

Hey! Are you still looking for someone? I hadn't got around to organizing a panel cos I've been so busy so if you wanted to put together a last minute one I'd be keen 🙂

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lawcult.bsky.social @lawcult.bsky.social · 29d

Join us tomorrow for a talk on the construction of manuscript gatherings in fourteenth-century Icelandic manuscripts by Lea Pokorny at @haskoliislands.bsky.social. Link to register to the talk is available here: forms.gle/HohE69851kLB...

Sign-up form for "Consistently Inconsistent: constructing gatherings in fourteenth-century Iceland"

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Ciaran McDonough @metamedievalist.bsky.social · Sep 8

Sorry everyone, I’m not coming back

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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · Sep 4

🚨JOB Alert🚨 We are looking for another postdoctoral researcher to cover the history of veterans in the British colonies of Southern and/or East Africa in the interwar period. 24 month contract, deadline October 03. Please share widely. universityvacancies.com/maynooth-uni...

Post-Doctoral Researcher, Specified Purpose, Department of History and the Arts and Humanities Institute | University Vacancies Ireland

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Ciaran McDonough @metamedievalist.bsky.social · Sep 2

Gorgeous evening over Lake Geneva as I make my way to Lyon for the Transcriboquest summer school