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Charles West (1816–1898) was a British physician, specialized in pediatrics and obstetrics, especially known as the founder of the first… more

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pseudo-isidore.bsky.social
She was in Edinburgh the other day but I was teaching so missed her talk :(

by Charles West

pseudo-isidore.bsky.social
A thread by @wpezemed.bsky.social, on a recent French tv programme on Charlemagne, which doesn't pull its punches (via @andreloez.bsky.social)
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Thread by @WPezeMed on Thread Reader App
@WPezeMed: Nouvel épisode de "Quand l'Histoire fait date" de P. Boucheron sur le couronnement impérial de Charlemagne sur @ARTEfr, ou: les ravages de l'omnihistorien à la française. Une liste d'erreur...
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gzornetta.bsky.social
Ms. 4, Leges Langobardorum (11th century): Carolingian capitularies / Lothar

Biblioteca statale del monumento nazionale della Badia di Cava dei Tirreni

#medievalsky
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by Martin Paul Eve — Reposted by: Charles West, Gary D. Rawnsley, Michael H. Whitworth , and 1 more

eve.gd
This makes me so angry. These people view all life as training for lifelong servitude/work. There's no room for interest, enjoyment, and culture in their bleak vision of education. At least she'll never be in power to see it through. Though Reform are probably worse.
Badenoch: Curb students taking "rip-off" degrees such as English. The performing arts, sociology and anthropology are among the subjects the Conservatives would like to cut
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Reposted by: Charles West, Steve Peers, Colin Murray , and 3 more

timeshighered.bsky.social
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch is expected to announce plans to cut the number of UK university places by about 100,000 annually by reintroducing student number controls, reports Patrick Jack #edusky
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/badenochs-number-caps-plan-would-cut-100000-university-places
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by Charles West

pseudo-isidore.bsky.social
Thanks Ross! I hope you like it.
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Reposted by: Charles West, Ralf Michaels, Holger Nehring

bildoperationen.bsky.social
So-called #genAI means the abolition of the future through the proliferation of endless streams of stochastically rendered generic pasts. Having turned large parts of the cultural archive into training data, it now traps us in a foreverized pastness, a 24/7 nostalgia for a past that never existed
quoproquid.bsky.social
QuoProQuid @quoproquid.bsky.social · 1d
have just come across a YouTube account that has been using Sora to upload reels of fake, AI-generated “90s sitcoms” every few hours
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pseudo-isidore.bsky.social
Hope you enjoy it (I haven't received my own copy yet!)
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pseudo-isidore.bsky.social
Congratulations!
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by James T. Palmer — Reposted by: Charles West, Kathleen Kennedy

jtpmedieval.bsky.social
New in open access #medievalsky: Bede's Medical Books!

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Keepin' it Old School this time
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by Charles West

pseudo-isidore.bsky.social
Should anyone find themselves in central London on Weds 19 November, consider yourself invited to a book launch! @earliermiddleages.bsky.social www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Book Launch: Local Priests in the Latin West, 900-1050
Earlier Middle Ages Seminar- Session 3
www.history.ac.uk
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sadiahqureshi.bsky.social
Now would be a great time to check out this BBC radio 4 series on the far right and racism in Britain by the amazing Camilla Schofield.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Britain's Fascist Thread
Camilla Schofield explores the unbroken thread of fascism in Britain.
www.bbc.co.uk
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by Charles West

pseudo-isidore.bsky.social
LUP is also an excellent publisher though.
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by Charles West

pseudo-isidore.bsky.social
"long forgotten" 😂
(Great project tho)
eicathomefinn.bsky.social
Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 1d
'A nationwide survey commissioned by Henry VIII on the property and wealth of 16th century England and Wales is to be made publicly accessible for the first time.

The survey, known as the Valor Ecclesiasticus, set out to discover the financial state of the Church'.
National project launched to rediscover Henry VIII’s long-forgotten ‘Tudor Domesday Book’
A nationwide survey commissioned by Henry VIII on the property and wealth of 16th century England and Wales is to be made publicly accessible for the first time. The survey, known as the Valor Ecclesi...
news.exeter.ac.uk
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Reposted by: Charles West, David Rosnick

wyeates.bsky.social
The British Transport Police (BTP) says it will not investigate bike thefts outside stations where the bicycle has been left for more than two hours.

Bike thefts at stations 'decriminalised'
Bike thefts at stations 'decriminalised'
The British Transport Police will not investigate many categories of bicycle theft, the BBC learns.
buff.ly
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by Margot C. Finn — Reposted by: Charles West, Tim Hitchcock

eicathomefinn.bsky.social
'A nationwide survey commissioned by Henry VIII on the property and wealth of 16th century England and Wales is to be made publicly accessible for the first time.

The survey, known as the Valor Ecclesiasticus, set out to discover the financial state of the Church'.
National project launched to rediscover Henry VIII’s long-forgotten ‘Tudor Domesday Book’
A nationwide survey commissioned by Henry VIII on the property and wealth of 16th century England and Wales is to be made publicly accessible for the first time. The survey, known as the Valor Ecclesi...
news.exeter.ac.uk
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pseudo-isidore.bsky.social
oh that looks very cool
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pseudo-isidore.bsky.social
"A major exercise is now underway to measure the "significance” of HES sites, which will no longer be valued solely on its historic and cultural value but also their worth in economic, social and environmental terms" 🤔
scotsman.com
The Scotsman @scotsman.com · 1d
Historic Environment Scotland embarks on 'difficult and emotional' decisions over future of 300 properties
www.scotsman.com/heritage-and...
'Difficult and emotional' decisions start on future of 300 of Scotland's historic sites
There are tough talks ahead on the future of Scotland’s prized historic sites as climate change, costs and rising visitor numbers take their toll
www.scotsman.com
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by Charles West

pseudo-isidore.bsky.social
Week 4 and the library catalogue is down.😵‍💫
screenshot of malfunctioning catalogue
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Interesting comparative paper for those working on medieval queenship: Paula Sabloff: "The Political Agency of Royal Women: A Comparative Analysis of Eight Premodern States According to Societal Rules and Roles"
link.springer.com/article/10.1.... Suggests a lot of structural similarities.
The Political Agency of Royal Women: A Comparative Analysis of Eight Premodern States According to Societal Rules and Roles - Journal of Archaeological Research
Comparative analysis of women rulers and main wives of kings in eight premodern states around the globe reveals similar patterns of political agency, or the opportunity and ability to take political action. Queen rulers, regents, and main wives substituting for their husbands in their absence made policy, but they had somewhat less political agency than male rulers. Main wives’ political agency took the forms of influencing policy and people’s behavior (sometimes through their role as patron to others), interceding between their kin and their husbands, advocating for one party or the other, spying, and conspiring. Therefore, women’s political agency ought to be part of any political study. This study builds on the anthropological/archaeological study of agency by drawing attention to royal women’s political agency and showing how the analysis of structural rules and the roles of kings, queen rulers, and main wives illuminates the societal structure in which agency is embedded. By analyzing premodern societies this way, we learn that there is remarkable similarity of agency behaviors among royal women in the eight sample societies, even though the societies emerged independently of one another.
link.springer.com
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csmc-hamburg.bsky.social
New open-access publication: Discover how a multidisciplinary approach helped identify and contextualise three Qurʾānic parchment fragments from the University of Münster collection, revealing their shared origins in an Umayyad Qur’an:
www.nature.com/articles/s40...
From fragments to text and ink: a scientific and historical study of an Umayyad Qur’ān - npj Heritage Science
npj Heritage Science - From fragments to text and ink: a scientific and historical study of an Umayyad Qur’ān
www.nature.com
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samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social
Rereading Geoff Koziol's magnificent 'Is Robert I in Hell?' in and I had forgotten about this delightfully savage line.
Screenshot from page 238 of the article, containing the line 'The problem is that early medieval historians really don't know how to deal with human beings.'
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theguardian.com
‘Obedient, yielding and happy to follow’: the troubling rise of AI girlfriends
‘Obedient, yielding and happy to follow’: the troubling rise of AI girlfriends
AI dating sites claim they remove potential for exploitation, but critics say they are reinforcing harmful stereotypes
www.theguardian.com
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Reposted by: Charles West, Césari Laurent, Camille Lefebvre

lxslcs.bsky.social
publication day for my *Documents géographiques de Dunhuang*, a social and cultural history of geographical knowledge, and probably one of the only medieval history books published in France during the ephemeral Lecornu government, which you can freely download here: books.openedition.org/cdf/20307
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scotsman.com
Historic Environment Scotland embarks on 'difficult and emotional' decisions over future of 300 properties
www.scotsman.com/heritage-and...
'Difficult and emotional' decisions start on future of 300 of Scotland's historic sites
There are tough talks ahead on the future of Scotland’s prized historic sites as climate change, costs and rising visitor numbers take their toll
www.scotsman.com
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by Charles West

pseudo-isidore.bsky.social
Looking forward to hearing Lisa Eberle talk about "Disciplining Dominae. Sex, Slaves, and Stories in the
Reign of Constantine" this Wednesday:
hca.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...
Classics seminars | School of History, Classics & Archaeology | History Classics and Archaeology
The Classics research seminars provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and the promotion of new research and debate among the research community, both within and outside the University. All are welc...
hca.ed.ac.uk
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untamed.bsky.social
New OA book Narratives of Resilience edited by the wonderful @kateelizrigby.bsky.social & Evi Zemanek & with lots of cool contributions. My chapter "Doggerland Rising: Oil, Literature, and Resilience" is in & has maps! #EnvHum #Petroculture #Ecocriticism link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Narratives of Resilience / Narrative der Resilienz
This open access anthology examines how resilience narratives in literature and media contribute to cultural identity construction.
link.springer.com
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Reposted by: Charles West, Stephen M. Walt, Kim L. Scheppele , and 24 more

fishkin.bsky.social
I thought I'd put the administration's proposed "compact" with universities in context, so I wrote the blog post below.

It's especially for journalists covering this story!

Many details about how the compact itself works and why the administration has retreated to this strategy.
Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal
A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics
balkin.blogspot.com
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pseudo-isidore.bsky.social
Cuthbert manages to squeeze into a rather small suitcase.
Spaniel in suitcase
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Reposted by: Charles West, Anupam Chander, Peter Thorne , and 12 more

justinhendrix.bsky.social
Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."
defenddemocracy.bsky.social
Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.bsky.social · 3d
President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!

We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”

defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
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