Caroline Womack
@womackcaroline.bsky.social
IBDP English Language & Literature Instructor and Medievalist, MA English Literature from University of Leeds 日本語もを教えてた。
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Project MUSE - Deconstructing the Function of Water: An Ecocritical Reading of Chrétien's <i>Yvain</i>
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I'm delighted to share my most recent publication "Deconstructing the Function of Water: An Ecocritical Reading of Chrétien's Yvain." Essays in Medieval Studies 38 (2023): 35-45. dx.doi.org/10.1353/ems.....
Belated posting of my annual St. Lucia Saffron wreath bread. It never lasts long though the process takes around 4 hours. I was under the weather this year so I only made one (I usually make two so it lasts longer!)
January 7, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Belated posting of my annual St. Lucia Saffron wreath bread. It never lasts long though the process takes around 4 hours. I was under the weather this year so I only made one (I usually make two so it lasts longer!)
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Another exodus from the other site, from the sounds of it? If you're looking for the #EarlyModern gang, we've got three starter packs that compile a bunch of them. I can keep adding to the third, just poke.
Here's the OG: go.bsky.app/VQeQbbF 1/3
Here's the OG: go.bsky.app/VQeQbbF 1/3
January 5, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Another exodus from the other site, from the sounds of it? If you're looking for the #EarlyModern gang, we've got three starter packs that compile a bunch of them. I can keep adding to the third, just poke.
Here's the OG: go.bsky.app/VQeQbbF 1/3
Here's the OG: go.bsky.app/VQeQbbF 1/3
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on this sunday-est of sundays, syllabus-ing for a new term
you're not alone against the oligarch agenda of cognitive deskilling, data capture, surveillance, and bias:
we've got assignment ideas, memes, recommended readings, o' captain speeches, syllabus policies, and so much more against-a-i.com
you're not alone against the oligarch agenda of cognitive deskilling, data capture, surveillance, and bias:
we've got assignment ideas, memes, recommended readings, o' captain speeches, syllabus policies, and so much more against-a-i.com
AGAINST AI -
against-a-i.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:59 PM
on this sunday-est of sundays, syllabus-ing for a new term
you're not alone against the oligarch agenda of cognitive deskilling, data capture, surveillance, and bias:
we've got assignment ideas, memes, recommended readings, o' captain speeches, syllabus policies, and so much more against-a-i.com
you're not alone against the oligarch agenda of cognitive deskilling, data capture, surveillance, and bias:
we've got assignment ideas, memes, recommended readings, o' captain speeches, syllabus policies, and so much more against-a-i.com
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Happy Holidays everyone! Here’s a lovely scene of the Adoration of the Magi from @rialibrary.bsky.social MS 12 R 31, a 15th-century Book of Hours that you’ll hear more about with other collection goodies in 2026! 😇📜🎄
December 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Happy Holidays everyone! Here’s a lovely scene of the Adoration of the Magi from @rialibrary.bsky.social MS 12 R 31, a 15th-century Book of Hours that you’ll hear more about with other collection goodies in 2026! 😇📜🎄
Saw this on Tumblr and had to repost #Farscape #DominarRygelXVI
December 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Saw this on Tumblr and had to repost #Farscape #DominarRygelXVI
This is awesome and so is the Looming Zone! Highly recommend!
Academics: join the listserve and sign the excellent statement. The Library of Babel Group is “an international coalition of educators resisting the incursion of “AI” technologies into education.”
The Library of Babel Group
www.law.georgetown.edu
December 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
This is awesome and so is the Looming Zone! Highly recommend!
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"We are currently looking for:
Crime & thrillers
Psychological thrillers
Cozy crime
Historical fiction
Romance & romantic comedies
We currently don’t accept non-fiction, science fiction, YA, children’s books, literary fiction, poetry or short stories."
Crime & thrillers
Psychological thrillers
Cozy crime
Historical fiction
Romance & romantic comedies
We currently don’t accept non-fiction, science fiction, YA, children’s books, literary fiction, poetry or short stories."
Check it out!! Hodder & Stoughton have an open submission window for all fiction genres.
Get in quick.
Details in link.
Please share :)
Get in quick.
Details in link.
Please share :)
HODDER & STOUGHTON OPEN SUBMISSIONS
Visit the post for more.
www.hodder.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
"We are currently looking for:
Crime & thrillers
Psychological thrillers
Cozy crime
Historical fiction
Romance & romantic comedies
We currently don’t accept non-fiction, science fiction, YA, children’s books, literary fiction, poetry or short stories."
Crime & thrillers
Psychological thrillers
Cozy crime
Historical fiction
Romance & romantic comedies
We currently don’t accept non-fiction, science fiction, YA, children’s books, literary fiction, poetry or short stories."
Face/Off counts as a holiday movie, right? Because I'm watching it and making Christmas cookies for my students... John Woo movie marathon really helps you get into the Christmas spirit. ❄️⛄🎄🤣
December 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Face/Off counts as a holiday movie, right? Because I'm watching it and making Christmas cookies for my students... John Woo movie marathon really helps you get into the Christmas spirit. ❄️⛄🎄🤣
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Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Are you a PhD student & interested in using museum collections in your teaching or research?
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
We're running a *free* doctoral training programme for students at any institution to learn about working with collections.
Find out more:
collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/
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We’re accepting applications for our (paid! remote!) summer internship! professors who follow me please share with any students interested in writing
Would You Like To Be Defector’s Sixth-Ever Editorial Intern? | Defector
Big news: Defector is looking to hire editorial interns for the summer of 2026. Wow! That could be you! How could it be you? I am here to answer that question, and many more. What will a Defector inte...
defector.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
We’re accepting applications for our (paid! remote!) summer internship! professors who follow me please share with any students interested in writing
Post a movie where you are from
November 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Post a movie where you are from
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🔔 job opportunity at @cam.ac.uk in the History of Knowledge Pre-1400 in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400
Applications are invited for the position of Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400, in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. Please note
www.cam.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🔔 job opportunity at @cam.ac.uk in the History of Knowledge Pre-1400 in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/assista...
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Join us for the webinar: What languages can do for you: Opportunities across the globe. Dr Peter Haysom-Rodríguez will discuss how the study of #languahes and global cultures can help you stand out in the job market! Booking required: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/talk-...
#employability
#employability
October 26, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Join us for the webinar: What languages can do for you: Opportunities across the globe. Dr Peter Haysom-Rodríguez will discuss how the study of #languahes and global cultures can help you stand out in the job market! Booking required: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/talk-...
#employability
#employability
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go, student newspaper of Notre Dame and Saint Mary
"employ in-class essays, oral exams+ rigorous discussions — that are far more difficult to use AI tools to complete. a close reading of the text should constitute the bulk in any introductory humanities class."
www.ndsmcobserver.com/article/2025...
"employ in-class essays, oral exams+ rigorous discussions — that are far more difficult to use AI tools to complete. a close reading of the text should constitute the bulk in any introductory humanities class."
www.ndsmcobserver.com/article/2025...
Editorial: AI-proof the Core Curriculum
The Core Curriculum is an essential part of a Catholic education that must be saved from AI.
www.ndsmcobserver.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
go, student newspaper of Notre Dame and Saint Mary
"employ in-class essays, oral exams+ rigorous discussions — that are far more difficult to use AI tools to complete. a close reading of the text should constitute the bulk in any introductory humanities class."
www.ndsmcobserver.com/article/2025...
"employ in-class essays, oral exams+ rigorous discussions — that are far more difficult to use AI tools to complete. a close reading of the text should constitute the bulk in any introductory humanities class."
www.ndsmcobserver.com/article/2025...
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It's the final countdown... ⏳
The #IMC2026 session and round table portal will be CLOSED at midnight BST tonight.
Don't forget to make your submission here: www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2026/pro...
#Medievalsky #Medieval #Skystorians #IMC2026
The #IMC2026 session and round table portal will be CLOSED at midnight BST tonight.
Don't forget to make your submission here: www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2026/pro...
#Medievalsky #Medieval #Skystorians #IMC2026
September 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
It's the final countdown... ⏳
The #IMC2026 session and round table portal will be CLOSED at midnight BST tonight.
Don't forget to make your submission here: www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2026/pro...
#Medievalsky #Medieval #Skystorians #IMC2026
The #IMC2026 session and round table portal will be CLOSED at midnight BST tonight.
Don't forget to make your submission here: www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2026/pro...
#Medievalsky #Medieval #Skystorians #IMC2026
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This will be terrific!
Next Wednesday 8th October, 12.30-1.30: Jiří Vnouček on "A Tale of Two Parchments" - insular and continental parchment preparation.
In person: @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Weston Library, Lecture Theatre
Or livestreamed.
Free: book here visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/oct25/...
In person: @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Weston Library, Lecture Theatre
Or livestreamed.
Free: book here visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/oct25/...
A tale of two parchments
In this talk, Dr. Jiří Vnouček discusses differences in species choice and membrane preparation of 'Insular' and 'Continental' parchment used for book-making in the early Middle Ages.
visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk
September 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This will be terrific!
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shoutout to tumblr user kleinergeist for this post which is going straight into my powerpoint for Grendel day in my monster class this week
September 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Dream job alert!
#medievalsky
#medievalsky
Jobs for Medievalists
Professor - Late Antiquity
Department of Classics / Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto
Application Deadline: November 6
The Department of Classics and the Centre for Medieval Studies in the Faculty of Arts and
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/jobs-for-med...
Professor - Late Antiquity
Department of Classics / Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto
Application Deadline: November 6
The Department of Classics and the Centre for Medieval Studies in the Faculty of Arts and
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/jobs-for-med...
September 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Dream job alert!
#medievalsky
#medievalsky
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Jobs For Medievalists
Tenure-track Assistant Professor of English: Medieval Literature
Review of applications will begin 10 November, 2025
The English Department at Trinity University seeks to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor in medieval
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/jobs-for-med...
Tenure-track Assistant Professor of English: Medieval Literature
Review of applications will begin 10 November, 2025
The English Department at Trinity University seeks to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor in medieval
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/jobs-for-med...
September 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Jobs For Medievalists
Tenure-track Assistant Professor of English: Medieval Literature
Review of applications will begin 10 November, 2025
The English Department at Trinity University seeks to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor in medieval
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/jobs-for-med...
Tenure-track Assistant Professor of English: Medieval Literature
Review of applications will begin 10 November, 2025
The English Department at Trinity University seeks to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor in medieval
www.themedievalacademyblog.org/jobs-for-med...
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Hi #medievalsky! We’re excited to announce that Issue 2 of The So What is available on our site: www.arthuriana.com/tsw-issues! #pubhums #arthuriansky
And now, a quick teaser 🧵 of the pieces in this issue… /1
And now, a quick teaser 🧵 of the pieces in this issue… /1
TSW Issues and Collections — Arthuriana
www.arthuriana.com
August 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Hi #medievalsky! We’re excited to announce that Issue 2 of The So What is available on our site: www.arthuriana.com/tsw-issues! #pubhums #arthuriansky
And now, a quick teaser 🧵 of the pieces in this issue… /1
And now, a quick teaser 🧵 of the pieces in this issue… /1
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Thanks for sharing this, Fran, what a great resource!
I'd really recommend the British Academy Early Career Researcher Network (www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/early-career... ) - you don't need an affiliation to join, but you get access to free workshops & events (the network pays for travel to its own events), & to funding and grants!
Early Career Researcher Network
An inclusive, researcher-led network for UK-based early career researchers working in the humanities and social sciences
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
August 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Thanks for sharing this, Fran, what a great resource!
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Delighted to say that I've been awarded a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship for 2025-26, and we are hiring a 1-year full-time lecturer in early medieval history to replace me. Deadline 7 August. Please get in touch with me if you have any questions about the role! jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Lecturer in Early Medieval History (c.400-1100)
Are you an experienced Lecturer who can teach British and European Early Medieval History? Do you have a passion for Medieval History and are you available for a fixed term contract to start in Septe...
jobs.kent.ac.uk
July 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Delighted to say that I've been awarded a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship for 2025-26, and we are hiring a 1-year full-time lecturer in early medieval history to replace me. Deadline 7 August. Please get in touch with me if you have any questions about the role! jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Something right up my alley. *Casually adds to cart* 😏
Had students memorize 5 stanzas each of Völuspá
Today we circled around this silly little stage prop "fire", turned out the lights, and played a storm in the background on YouTube while reciting the whole poem.
IT WAS FREAKING MAGICAL
Today we circled around this silly little stage prop "fire", turned out the lights, and played a storm in the background on YouTube while reciting the whole poem.
IT WAS FREAKING MAGICAL
July 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Something right up my alley. *Casually adds to cart* 😏
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AI steals from the past to steal from the future. That is in its nature. If we allow it to continue, even if doesn't destroy the world, it would still do that. It's diminishing returns, yes, but from a six-month shareholder profit stand point, they don't care;
July 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
AI steals from the past to steal from the future. That is in its nature. If we allow it to continue, even if doesn't destroy the world, it would still do that. It's diminishing returns, yes, but from a six-month shareholder profit stand point, they don't care;