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Sven Meeder @svenmeeder.bsky.social · 1d

(P.S. Everybody knows that whatever the communication department puts out is not a reflection of the actual grant application or planned project)

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Sven Meeder @svenmeeder.bsky.social · 1d

I understand everyone is still shocked by what is happening to the NEH (and the US in general), but I think it is poor form to attack fellow researchers over the crumbs left by the regime. Keep your eye on the ball and target the real culprit.

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Sarah C E Ross @sarahceross.bsky.social · 4d

Job alert! University of Auckland, lectureship in English, in the long 19th century:

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Lecturer - English

Company Description: Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of AucklandThe University of Auckland is New Zealand’s pre-eminent University, with a turnover of $1.1bn, including research revenue of over $...

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Ingrid Robeyns @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social · 7d

In the US, another blow for independent reasoning, as Trump fires 22 of the 26 members of the National Council for the Humanities, a board of "scholars and humanities leaders appointed by the president to six-year terms" who advise the chair of the NEH on grantmaking, policy and funding decisions."

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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...

jobs.kent.ac.uk

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Francesca Tinti @francescatinti.bsky.social · 9d

Reposting for the early morning crowd: a three-year postdoc opportunity to work on early medieval correspondence

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...

jobs.kent.ac.uk

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Anne Petterson @annepetterson.bsky.social · 9d

Goed verslag over het optreden van de politie tijdens een anti-abortusdemo op de campus vorige week. Als ooggetuige deel ik de observaties.

Vox @voxweb.bsky.social · 10d

OPINIE - Universitair docent Marieke van Houte was verbijsterd toen de politie vorige week donderdag een tegendemonstratie op de campus labelde als ‘antifa’ en de tegendemonstranten insloot. (1/2)

Tegendemonstrant over optreden bij anti-abortusprotest: 'In de ogen van de politiek en de politie ben ik een terrorist' - Vox magazine

OPINIE - Universitair docent Marieke van Houte was verbijsterd toen de politie vorige week donderdag een tegendemonstratie op de campus labelde als ‘antifa’ en de tegendemonstranten insloot. Zeker in ...

www.voxweb.nl

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Leo Lucassen @leol.bsky.social · 12d

In zijn ijver zijn politieke mening over migratie en integratie met historische voorbeelden te staven, doet @steijehofhuis.bsky.social niet alleen de door specialisten opgedolven feiten geweld aan, maar rammelen ook veel van zijn redeneringen. Hierbij onze reactie:

www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 13d

The success of the far right is not only measured in votes and seats but in its impact on rhetoric, policy and ideology. The fact that a (nominally) social democratic head of government with a huge majority choses to say and do this is maybe the biggest success of the far right in Europe yet.

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Rutger K. 🟥 @anotheraspirin.bsky.social · 13d

This is a problem.

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 23d

Vidi pyramidas sine te, dulcissime frater/ et tibi quod potui, lacrimas hic maesta profudi…

“I saw the pyramids without you, my dearest brother, and here I sadly shed tears for you, which is all I could” trans. Hobel

Lien Foubert has a great article on the epigraphy & experience of ancient tourism

Men and women tourists’ desire to see the world: ‘curiosity’ and ‘a longing to learn’ as (self-) fashioning motifs (first–fifth centuries C.E.)

Although tourism is often defined as characteristically modern, this article examines a series of Classical and early medieval texts (produced between the first and the fifth centuries C.E.) that c...

www.tandfonline.com

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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 23d

Another in the continuing series loosely titled “just about everything you have been told is ancient Celtic paganism was made up by some dude in the 1970s”:

it's frank-en-SCHTEEN 🏳️‍⚧️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @mxfrankduffy.bsky.social · 23d

your yearly reminder that #Mabon is a Welsh word plucked out of Y Mabinogi by an American Wiccan in the 1970s for some bullshit reason (maybe bc Welsh sounds all Elvish to non-speakers), it has fuck-all to do with the autumn equinox, & the Welsh witches I know refuse to use it #witchsky

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Luke Turner @luketurner.bsky.social · 23d

“15m downloads a month and more than half their audience is under 35.” Good read on the success of The Rest Is History pod. Strikes me that mainstream broadcasters dumbing down history to “OMG #iconic” spoon-fed shite left a huge gap that they’re filling

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

‘We’re insanely hubristic’: how The Rest Is History became the world’s biggest history podcast

Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook on storytelling, their strangest interactions with fans and bonding over The Lord of the Rings

www.theguardian.com

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Colleen Curran @ccurran.bsky.social · 24d

When I started BretPal (almost two years ago 😪), I had one very clear research goal: to establish parameters for Breton Caroline minuscule
(Bern, Burgerbibliothek, Cod. 85)

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Winston Black @winstonblack.bsky.social · 23d

Well, that decides it. I was seriously thinking of applying for the open position in Medieval History at UT-Knoxville. Not now.

I won't give any time, energy, or support to an institution that sides WITH fascists, racists, and promoters of murder, & AGAINST free speech.

Shame on you, UT.

Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 23d

Add Knoxville to the growing list of campuses where faculty have been terminated or are facing termination procedures due to social media statements.

UT looks to terminate assistant professor for social media post 'endorsing violence and murder'

The university said it initiated the termination process against the employee for a recent post, saying she "failed to meet our expectations for civil engagement."

www.wbir.com

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cua-press.bsky.social @cua-press.bsky.social · 27d

We're thrilled to post an interview with @svenmeeder.bsky.social about his new book. He actually beat us to by posting himself but we'll forgive him!

Interview with Sven Meeder on Collectio CCCC capitulorum, The Collection in 400 Chapters - Catholic University of America Press

Interview with Sven Meeder for the CUA Press Blog on his new canon law book.

www.cuapress.org

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Sven Meeder @svenmeeder.bsky.social · 28d

If early medieval canonical collections are your thing, and you're interested in the recently published edition of the "Collectio CCCC capitulorum", then I have great news! You can read some more about it on the @cua-press.bsky.social blog: www.cuapress.org/2025/09/10/i... #medievalbsky

Interview with Sven Meeder on Collectio CCCC capitulorum, The Collection in 400 Chapters - Catholic University of America Press

Interview with Sven Meeder for the CUA Press Blog on his new canon law book.

www.cuapress.org

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Herbert Blankesteijn @hmblank.bsky.social · 29d

Iedereen die #Bontenbal geweldig vindt, raad ik aan om de komende tijd het stemgedrag van het #cda in de #tweedekamer in de gaten te houden.

Sybrand Frietema @frietema.bsky.social · Sep 9

“Doel Verdrag van Aarhus is om bij te dragen aan een gezonde en schone leefomgeving. Het Verdrag beschermt burgers en organisaties op drie manieren.

Aarhusmotie [verkennen om op te zeggen] van BBB kreeg steun van CDA, VVD, SGP, JA21, PVV en FvD.”

Dat u dit even voor ogen houdt tot 29 oktober.

Wetenschappelijk Bureau GroenLinks @wbgroenlinks.bsky.social · Sep 9

In de laatste week vóór het zomerreces nam de Tweede Kamer een nogal zorgwekkende motie aan.

Het is de volgende aanval van rechts in de kruistocht tegen een effectieve tegenmacht, schrijft @noortjethijssen.bsky.social in haar column.

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Agenda des médiévistes @rmblf.bsky.social · Sep 3

Publication – Robert A.H. Evans, « God and History in the Early Medieval West. The Theology of Carolingian Historians »

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Publication – Robert A.H. Evans, « God and History in the Early Medieval West. The Theology of Carolingian Historians »

While virtually all early medieval historians wrote about God, they did not do so in the same way. Rather than taking their comments about God at face value then, as has been the case in much work …

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Sven Meeder @svenmeeder.bsky.social · Sep 6

Chinese “identity”..? I need to chew on the meaning of that word in this context

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Jan van Doren 🟥 @janvandoren.bsky.social · Sep 3

Can highly recommend this volume as a holiday gift --as an added bonus you can even read my article within it about the judicial experiences of vulnerable groups in the Carolingian empire.

Simon Coupland @scoupland.bsky.social · Sep 3

Excited to hear that this volume is coming out in December - just in time for you to buy copies as Christmas presents for all your friends! 🤓
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Living in a Carolingian World

"Living in a Carolingian World" published on 18 Dec 2025 by Brill.

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Institute of English Studies @ies-sas.bsky.social · Aug 12

📣Applications still open for the Senate House Library Visiting Fellowships 📣

In 2025-6 up to two awards of £1500 will be allocated to support a fellowship of up to two weeks.

Deadline: 15 September 2025

More info 👇
https://tinyurl.com/ykudv9tn

Senate House Library announces relaunch of Visiting Research Fellowship

Senate House Library and the Friends of Senate House Library are delighted to report that the Visiting Research Fellowships programme has been relaunched.

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Nosferatu's John Thomas @karanthir.bsky.social · Aug 19

Something new on the blog today: an interview with @leafandstream.bsky.social about his recent book on Willibrord
longhairedkingsblog.wordpress.com/2025/08/19/w...

Willibrord and Beyond: An Interview with Michel Summer

I’m very excited to give you something new today: an interview with a fellow scholar. I hope this will be part of an ongoing series in which I talk to other researchers about topics more or less re…

longhairedkingsblog.wordpress.com

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Michel Summer @leafandstream.bsky.social · Aug 19

Many thanks to @karanthir.bsky.social for featuring my book @livunipress.bsky.social on his blog & interviewing me about my research on Willibrord and the wider context of his biography, i. e. the Merovingian world around 700. Already looking forward to the next parts in the series!

Nosferatu's John Thomas @karanthir.bsky.social · Aug 19

Something new on the blog today: an interview with @leafandstream.bsky.social about his recent book on Willibrord
longhairedkingsblog.wordpress.com/2025/08/19/w...

Willibrord and Beyond: An Interview with Michel Summer

I’m very excited to give you something new today: an interview with a fellow scholar. I hope this will be part of an ongoing series in which I talk to other researchers about topics more or less re…

longhairedkingsblog.wordpress.com

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · Aug 21

Jesus fucking Christ we're doomed.

Atrios @eschatonblog.com · Aug 21

Oh no. Sorry forgot alt text on the previous post
Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 33% (+2)
LAB: 18% (-1)
CON: 17% (-2)
LDM: 12% (=)
GRN: 10% (=)
SNP: 3% (=)

This also represents Labour's joint-lowest EVER recorded polling, equaling YouGov in July 2019.

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