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Sara McDougall @sarannmcd.bsky.social · 8d

#medievalsky @cuny.edu Assistant Professor Medieval British Literature
Hunter College, full-time, tt area of medieval literature and culture, broadly defined (c. 600-1500), including but not limited to Old English, Old Norse, Middle English… @gsc-maa.bsky.social
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Víctor Sierra Matute @sierramatute.bsky.social · 10d

Tomorrow!

Víctor Sierra Matute @sierramatute.bsky.social · Sep 4

In less than three weeks, I’ll be sharing material from my forthcoming monograph at @texastech.bsky.social. Many thanks to Prof. @pavelandrade.bsky.social for the kind invitation, and to all the sponsors at TTU! #academicsky

Poster for the talk "Disonancias imperiales: Ruido y verdad en México-Tenochtitlan (1519-1692)". Víctor Sierra Matute, Baruch College, September 29, 4-5pm. Featuring the mural La gran Tenochtitlan by Diego Rivera.

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Víctor Sierra Matute @sierramatute.bsky.social · 11d

Budget cuts at Giza… or just Utah being Utah?

Guy-faced sphinx at Gilgai Sculpture Park, Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Víctor Sierra Matute @sierramatute.bsky.social · 14d

Proofs, proofs, proofs!! 🧾

Proofs of "The Spatial Display of Poetry in the Recibimiento al obispo Pimentel (1629)", by Víctor Sierra Matute, Baruch College, The City University of New York.

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Susan Larson @susanlarson.bsky.social · 15d

This time next week at Texas Tech University: both Victor Sierra Matute and Cristina Pardo Porto in the house.

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Víctor Sierra Matute @sierramatute.bsky.social · 16d

Next week!

Víctor Sierra Matute @sierramatute.bsky.social · Sep 4

In less than three weeks, I’ll be sharing material from my forthcoming monograph at @texastech.bsky.social. Many thanks to Prof. @pavelandrade.bsky.social for the kind invitation, and to all the sponsors at TTU! #academicsky

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Víctor Sierra Matute @sierramatute.bsky.social · 18d

"Rigatoni, mozzarella, tomato sauce" (ALDI 2025). Groceries, but properly cited.

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Víctor Sierra Matute @sierramatute.bsky.social · 19d

That's awesome!! Yes, please, share!

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Víctor Sierra Matute @sierramatute.bsky.social · 19d

Of course!! I'm sure it will!!

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Víctor Sierra Matute @sierramatute.bsky.social · 19d

The real pleasure of teaching a grad seminar on the Colonial/Global Early Modern is digging into edgy scholarship with amazing CUNY students! This week @taoleighgoffe.bsky.social, next week @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social 💯

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Víctor Sierra Matute @sierramatute.bsky.social · 21d

¡Muchas gracias!

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Víctor Sierra Matute @sierramatute.bsky.social · 23d

"'Every People Under Heaven': The Global History of a Franciscan Tombstone", talk by Prof. Emerita Nancy Wu @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

“Every People Under Heaven”:

The Global History of a Franciscan Tombstone

Nancy Wu speaking from a lectern.

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Víctor Sierra Matute @sierramatute.bsky.social · 25d

What a wonderful cohort to learn with!

Wolf Humanities Center @wolfhumanities.bsky.social · Sep 8

In 2025–2026, the Wolf Humanities Center is pleased to host scholars from across the humanities disciplines who are conducting research on our annual topic, Truth. Join us in welcoming this year’s cohort of Research Fellows!

wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/fellows/truth

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Víctor Sierra Matute @sierramatute.bsky.social · 28d

Here we go: copies of my edited volume!

Folk holding two copies of an academic edited volume titled Soundscapes of the Early Modern Hispanophone and Lusophone Worlds", edited by Víctor Sierra Matute.

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · Sep 6

An important new book by a team of experts on the tremendous violence of the revolutionary world, in which Europeans’ enlightenment humanism co-existed with their assaults on each other & the often genocidal destruction of non-European societies.

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Víctor Sierra Matute @sierramatute.bsky.social · Sep 4

In less than three weeks, I’ll be sharing material from my forthcoming monograph at @texastech.bsky.social. Many thanks to Prof. @pavelandrade.bsky.social for the kind invitation, and to all the sponsors at TTU! #academicsky

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Víctor Sierra Matute @sierramatute.bsky.social · Sep 2

Thank you.

Víctor Sierra Matute @sierramatute.bsky.social · Sep 1

Thank you.

Víctor Sierra Matute @sierramatute.bsky.social · Sep 1

Goodbye kitty. Thank you for all the years of love. You’ll be deeply missed.

My cat Isis, a brown, black and white cat in the restroom, near the sink.

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Víctor Sierra Matute @sierramatute.bsky.social · Aug 31

Our department is hiring! Join us and be part of a wonderful community of faculty, students, and staff. Apply here and/or please share: www.indeed.com/viewjob?from...

Assistant Professor - Modern Languages (Spanish Peninsular) - New York, NY - Indeed.com

The City University of New York (CUNY)

www.indeed.com

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Dr Elizabeth Norton @enortonhistory.bsky.social · Aug 30

In Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy, out 4 Sept, I look at Mary Queen of Scots’ as child queen before looking at her fall, considering parallels drawn between Mary, the Biblical Queen Athaliah and Cleopatra of Egypt @wearefootnote.bsky.social
#womenwhoruledtheworld